Dexter wrote:John Cooney having a go at Indo's Eamonn Sweeny on Twitter, re an article on Sunday
Any wonder did you read it ?
Cooney fully justified and the article was opinionated garbage - I've room for another 500 words at the bottom of the page, so I'll have a cut at Ulster players and fans for daring to express their sorrow at what has happened to Jackson and Olding, and sure plenty of rugby punters will be buying the paper today.
However, unfortunately this sort of s#@te is going to follow Ulster until they produce some sports results of significance.
Dexter wrote:John Cooney having a go at Indo's Eamonn Sweeny on Twitter, re an article on Sunday
Any wonder did you read it ?
Cooney fully justified and the article was opinionated garbage - I've room for another 500 words at the bottom of the page, so I'll have a cut at Ulster players and fans for daring to express their sorrow at what has happened to Jackson and Olding, and sure plenty of rugby punters will be buying the paper today.
However, unfortunately this sort of s#@te is going to follow Ulster until they produce some sports results of significance.
I deliberately skipped that article on the basis that I wouldn’t rise to Sweeney’s coat-trailing. I’m happy that Cooney has challenged him on it.
I hope that the Ulster players remember those hacks (and their media channels) who took the opportunity to preach at them and pontificate on their supposed imperfections. It’s one thing to be criticised on your professional actions- that’s fair enough; another to be subjected to the moralising of a self elected claque on your failure to contribute to the pyre. The wheel will turn...
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Ulster have banned the news journalists from weekly press conference for the past 2 weeks, that is the press gripe now, yet the likes of Belfast Telegraph and hence Indo have their sports journalists there and they are crying that they are only getting rugby related stuff now. It had got to the ridiculous stage that rugby journalists were not getting asking all their questions in allocated time
Speaking to the media yesterday, Glasgow head coach Richard Cockerill responded to suggestions that his side should deliberately allow their Scottish counterparts win. He joked if that was the case, something similar should happen in Ireland.
Tut, Tut.
You know I'm going to lose,
And gambling's for fools,
But that's the way I like it baby, I don't want to live FOREVER!
Speaking to the media yesterday, Glasgow head coach Richard Cockerill responded to suggestions that his side should deliberately allow their Scottish counterparts win. He joked if that was the case, something similar should happen in Ireland.
Tut, Tut.
Edinburgh must be shocked that he's ditched them right at the end off the season
"My fear for some of the Leinster guys is... Sometimes you need to experience losses to make you stronger."
Yeah Quinny, I'm with you.
I would rather Leinster had a heartbreaking loss in the final but maybe learned something from it than winning the Champions Cup.
curates_egg wrote:Hilarious from Quinlan on Off the Ball:
"My fear for some of the Leinster guys is... Sometimes you need to experience losses to make you stronger."
Yeah Quinny, I'm with you.
I would rather Leinster had a heartbreaking loss in the final but maybe learned something from it than winning the Champions Cup.
Was he not just saying that he'd be worried that some of the younger guys still don't have the experience of that level of game? I don't see anything particularly wrong in what he said. Well, other than the fact that Leinster have never lost a European final before so clearly the "losing at this level is what creates the winning mentality" idea is flawed. And the fact that most of these guys have just won a GS.
The latest from the Northern brethren is the Ultonians' new superhero Jacob Stockdale publicly upbraiding BO'D for - in a throwaway remark on OTB it must be pointed out - referring to the current state of Ulster rugby as being a "basket case". Whatever about the choice of words, the Great One might be on to something. Read on....:
riocard911 wrote:The latest from the Northern brethren is the Ultonians' new superhero Jacob Stockdale publicly upbraiding BO'D for - in a throwaway remark on OTB it must be pointed out - referring to the current state of Ulster rugby as being a "basket case". Whatever about the choice of words, the Great One might be on to something. Read on....:
I'm not sure how many times BOD has visited Belfast has much relevance to the point he made. Anyway, he works in the media and presumably has some mates/former teammates up there he's in contact with. In 2 of their 3 away games in Europe, Ulster lost 41-17 and 26-7. The previous season, when finishing last, they lost 28-13 in Bordeaux, 38-19 in Clermont, 31-19 in Exeter and then home to Bordeaux. Despite so much grandstanding from Shane Logan. Throw in a court case which has severely damaged the brand and then you have what BOD said.
His lack of impact along with others was due to travel fatigue allied to altitude fatigue.
Francis yesterday in the indo
The plane journeys and the logistics are a factor - but they don't really explain the lethargy of Munster's performance. You can't put that performance solely down to attitude - fatigue and altitude did most of the damage.
You know I'm going to lose,
And gambling's for fools,
But that's the way I like it baby, I don't want to live FOREVER!
If fatigue was an issue, then why were they the team on top in the final quarter? I know Racing had switched off, but it was them who had guys down with cramp and sauntering around the pitch, not Munster.
molloyjh wrote:If fatigue was an issue, then why were they the team on top in the final quarter? I know Racing had switched off, but it was them who had guys down with cramp and sauntering around the pitch, not Munster.
The point I was trying to make is that Francis is coming on here, stealing Oldschool's ideas and then getting paid to regurgitate them in the INDO.
Or, that Oldschool and Francis are one in the same.
Would explain a few things tbh.
You know I'm going to lose,
And gambling's for fools,
But that's the way I like it baby, I don't want to live FOREVER!
