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Oct 152007
 

Just as a reminder as I was asked during the weekend, older posts are viewable a couple of ways: By clicking on the categories on the Right lists all the posts in a particular category, clicking on tags under the posts lists all the posts with those tags. The latest 9 posts or so are shown on the Left, the Archives are clickable with a dropdown link on the right a month at a time and you can also access the posts by date using the calendar which also lets you go back a month at a time as well (under the Ads), holding the mouse over a date lists the posts (If any) for that date.

Finally if all else fails do a search using the search box on the Right.

Now surely ye can handle one of the above ways to get at a post if you need to 🙂

Oct 072007
 

God, I’m sickened, like me mate Bock

Now I know I said that the All Blacks might choke in an earlier post but it was in the context of Ireland being where Argentina are now. I hope to god we get an Argentina Vs France final and it’s quite possible, as to me it looked like Argentina never really broke a sweat in their closer-than-it-should-be tie with Scotland tonight. Mind you I have to agree with ShavyTrevy when he says that Scotland played the bench bloody well tonight, maybe there’s a lesson in there for someone?

Yesterday was something else wasn’t it. First the Anglo’s putting Australia to bed and then The whole of the bar at Dunnsers surprise party in Clohessy’s (Which was a great night BTW) were screaming for the french. A chorus of the Marseillaise was started by Gino (I keep telling him we have to learn the words, Da da daaa da, da, da, daaaaaaaa da, da just doesn’t cut it.)

Now, what about the 6 Nations Vs Tri-nations Argument huh? What hemisphere is going to take the Argies?

P.S. some rather rich comments were texted to Kynan who travelled to Cardiff to support his homeland, The Chick was in the middle of that, natch….

It’s been a great dozen years or so, look forward to the next dozen.

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Sep 272007
 

It struck me earlier tonight that in the last month the first XV have beaten three Senior clubs from divisions above them, one Former division one team now playing in Div. 2 and two Div. 1 clubs. As little as three years ago these teams were beating us by 60 and 70 points in the Senior Cup.

Now I remember some years ago being at a game in which the last penalty decided whether we would be demoted to Junior Division three and discussing the ramifications of that in Keatings bar well into the early hours of the morning with John “Bull” Hayes, Pat Dunne, Pat “Scoby” O’ Callaghan along with our host Ger Whelan.

In the years in between we have won under 16, under 18 and under twenty All-Irelands. We have taken on the most famous, most glamorous and have come through. We have numerous Community games wins, We have won all of the Munster under-age competitions and Munster Junior competitions (except the Junior Cup which evaded us, due in no small part to the great rivalry with Nenagh Ormond). We have been through three AIL Round Robin series having won the Munster Junior league three times, qualifying finally on the third attempt with a clean sweep. In the three years as a senior club we are reigning Division three champions and have now laid our hands on the Limerick Charity Cup, both for the first time. We have a referee in the International and Heineken cup series, we have had players or former players on all of the provincial and National representative sides, including Lions. We have had former players return to play in their own provincial leagues in the southern hemisphere.

We have a great solid membership, a good clubhouse, fine grounds, nice facilities improving constantly, are getting match standard floodlighting to enable nighttime matches when we are required to do so. We have introduced the game of rugby football to many, many, primary and secondary schools throughout the county, where it had never been seen before. We have spread the good word and continue to do so.

We now “Box above our weight” on a regular basis.

When other clubs have folded under the pressure we have met all the challenges and have raised the bar constantly. We are recognised throughout the length and breadth of the country as one of the most progressive clubs in all facets of our development (It’s true, I’m not simply blowing our own trumpet).

We’re not doing too bad at all for a small little country club in the middle of County Limerick. We evolved, we did it our way (to paraphrase the great Frank). We need to keep evolving, together, changing to meet the challenges of the future as we have done in the past.

We cannot rest on our laurels.

No pressure?

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Sep 212007
 

As I count down the hours and minutes to “Le Crunch Match” a few questions are running through my head that I would like to ask you all to share your views on.

  • Are we doing our traditional “Play crap against the crap and step up for the big ones”?
  • If France don’t get a fifteen point lead in the first twenty minutes will they fold under the pressure from the crowd and the weight on their shoulders (The Croke Park effect…… in reverse…..only worse…..).
  • Can we break out of the malaise and actually perform?
  • Are we tired or has the preparation been totally wrong?
  • Is Eddie O’ Sullivan actually capable of bringing the differing styles of Munster, Leinster etc. together to gel into something far greater than the sum of the parts, which are pretty awesome in their own different ways when under someone else’s tutelage?
  • How or why can the best winger in the premiership be incapable of performing in a green jersey? Is he being “Spancilled” to coin a colloquialism? Or have we a manager that tries to micromanage so much that if you don’t pass the ball or play his way you get dropped, thereby stifling all freedom to express any creativity (The hallmark of Geordan Murphy)? Can he actually not recognise that unpredictability and innovation is exactly what is needed at this time. Can he not see that Murphy is a WINGER? It’s pretty bloody obvious to me, but then I’m not the Irish Manager, I’m also not under the thumb of a skulking Hidden group of D4 XMEN. I thought that Warren Gatland had actually managed to break the mould but it would appear not so.
  • Did we manage to win a couple of Triple Crowns DESPITE the manager rather than BECAUSE of him?

The other way hasn’t worked, it’s time for plan X, not plan b or c …. Am I the only one that sees this or am I talking through my Bruff woolly hat?
Whether we like it or not the next 5 hours will show the world whether we are actually capable of doing what we have promised for the last four years but we haven’t actually delivered. YET!

Or are we the worlds second greatest CHOKERS? We’ll soon know.

Anyway please note that the above is my own opinion and not that of anyone else, If you have a problem with it talk to

Me.

The Blogger.

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Sep 202007
 

The Limerick Blogger has a bit about the upcoming Charity cup final on Saturday next.

K.O. @ 3:00 in Dooradoyle.

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