Munster 2017 -2018

[Oldschoolsocks]

According to the OTB lads tonight, they have been getting dogs abuse from Munster fans. Accusing them ( and the rest of the D4/Leinster media) of being anti-Munster and if it was Leinster who had signed a doper there would not have been a peep.
Lenihan,Wood,Toland and O'Leary pretty much agree with the OTB stance and all think that he should never don the red jersey.

OTB probably deserve a bit of a kicking, instead of rational discussion they ratcheted up the indignation like they were dealing with pro cycling, this from a station who are giving George Hook a second chance?

Hey Ger how come you don't talk to Gerry anymore? How come you don't talk to any journo from the IT? What's that Ger? Silence is deafening, guess your towing that party line you accused the Munster players and management of, hmm funny how that goes in the professional world.....

+1

[simonokeeffe]

+1 to TJ

Academy and sub academy are different. One of the clues is their different names.

[sunshiner1]

Betts leaving Leicester Tigers next season. Anyone see him in the Castres game? Was he any good?

http://sportinglimerick.com/exclusive-b ... ar-future/

[Dave Cahill]

Its hard for people from small provincial towns to realise how cosmopolitan a modern multicultural european capital city is. He won't be the first person to come over here and play a bit of rugby (Aaron Mauger anybody) and he won't be the last.

[Dave Cahill]

Finally, in desperation, they're reduced to whataboutism as regards other players or other forms of behaviour - the Godwin's law of the social media age.

[simonokeeffe]

Oh so sub academy is fine then. No outrage about the Leinster lad who didn't get a spot.

You massive hypocrites. Cheers for the personal abuse as well.

Dont think theres even a limit to the sub academy numbers, then literally nobody is missing out.

Even if there is theres still 40 or 50 Leinster guys getting a shot in the sub academy

[Oldschoolsocks]

According to the OTB lads tonight, they have been getting dogs abuse from Munster fans. Accusing them ( and the rest of the D4/Leinster media) of being anti-Munster and if it was Leinster who had signed a doper there would not have been a peep.
Lenihan,Wood,Toland and O'Leary pretty much agree with the OTB stance and all think that he should never don the red jersey.

those D4 Leinster centric meedja putting the boot in on Newstalk

[Oldschoolsocks]

Oh so sub academy is fine then. No outrage about the Leinster lad who didn't get a spot.

You massive hypocrites. Cheers for the personal abuse as well.

rein it in a bit Timbit can ye? - if you think someone has abused you fairynuff but kindly don't go about generalising everyone on this Forum as a single hive mind.

thanks etc...

[blockhead]

Finally, in desperation, they're reduced to whataboutism as regards other players or other forms of behaviour - the Godwin's law of the social media age.

Whataboutism seems to be the theme atm. I had a look down on MFs during the week because of the whole doping "scandal". Even though it was a Munster V Meeja sh*tstorm, somehow poor oul Leinster managed to get its name dragged into every 3rd or 4th post. They're obsessed with all things Leinster/Dublin/Pale/Heaslip.
A bit sad really, they have good things going on down there, like the Burren and stuff.

[CiaranIrl]

Finally, in desperation, they're reduced to whataboutism as regards other players or other forms of behaviour - the Godwin's law of the social media age.

Whataboutism seems to be the theme atm. I had a look down on MFs during the week because of the whole doping "scandal". Even though it was a Munster V Meeja sh*tstorm, somehow poor oul Leinster managed to get its name dragged into every 3rd or 4th post. They're obsessed with all things Leinster/Dublin/Pale/Heaslip.
A bit sad really, they have good things going on down there, like the Burren and stuff.

That's the thing that's a bit disturbing. They're completely obsessed with Leinster over there. They go on and on in a sort of creepy, paranoid way.

[simonokeeffe]

According to the OTB lads tonight, they have been getting dogs abuse from Munster fans. Accusing them ( and the rest of the D4/Leinster media) of being anti-Munster and if it was Leinster who had signed a doper there would not have been a peep.
Lenihan,Wood,Toland and O'Leary pretty much agree with the OTB stance and all think that he should never don the red jersey.

those D4 Leinster centric meedja putting the boot in on Newstalk

Cork Con Mafia always the real villians

[ronk]

Match delayed until 4 due to weather

[IanD]

Match delayed until 4 due to weather

But Leicester v Racing on now.

Now until 6 months ago I would have shrugged my shoulders. Now surely somehow they are cheating. Only a DOPE can't see that.

Seriously though Munster will have some advantage kicking off after the other match finished.

[suisse]

One thing really stood out for me when Joe Molloy interviewed O'Connor and Wood. He seemed to be referencing an article someone had written and was talking about how the argument that "everyone is doing it", in relation to something as "insidious" as employing a drug cheat, is wrong. It's very, very wrong. Very wrong.

I wish they'd use the language when it comes to Project Players. O'Connor said this SA guy is a PP. The continued pilfering of talent developed abroad to represent Ireland is "insidious" and can not be justified because "everyone else is doing it." We're trying to gain an unfair advantage over countries by going abroad to recruit players to play for Ireland. And we're also directly weakening that country (SA) by taking another player they developed. It's okay cos other countries are doing it. It is utterly wrong.

Listening to Browne sort of say that there are issues in SA sport when it comes to steroids is also brutal. Stop going down there and tapping up guys to play for Ireland.

[simonokeeffe]

Match delayed until 4 due to weather

But Leicester v Racing on now.

Now until 6 months ago I would have shrugged my shoulders. Now surely somehow they are cheating. Only a DOPE can't see that.

Seriously though Munster will have some advantage kicking off after the other match finished.

I dont think theyre getting much of an edge purely as they have such a gimme fixtute

[deco]

Match delayed until 4 due to weather

But Leicester v Racing on now.

Now until 6 months ago I would have shrugged my shoulders. Now surely somehow they are cheating. Only a DOPE can't see that.

Seriously though Munster will have some advantage kicking off after the other match finished.

I dont think theyre getting much of an edge purely as they have such a gimme fixtute

Apart from the fact they can now decide whether to finish as 3rd or 4th seeds. Cute hoorism at it's worst.

[Oldschool]

Well done to Munster and their fans.
Great result.
Looking forward to meeting you in the final, hopefully.

[hugonaut]

Castres conceded 19 penalties at the weekend! [source: http://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/matchstats? ... gue=271937 ].

[blockhead]

Duncan Casey is off to Grenoble. Could be as early as next week.

[Oldschool]

Not that it was the only reason but that sequence of scrums in the 2nd half that lead to their 2nd? YC really knocked the stuffing out of the Castres forwards.
Their forwards were dragging themselves around the pitch after that.