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Reply | Christmas Sports Books
at 11:03 5 Dec 2025
Brian, it's a story you're familiar with, but for the benefit of others.
"The Dodger. DJ Carey and the great betrayal."
One man's journey from sporting superstardom to the jail cell, with nothing to look forward to other than life as a social pariah.
It's the story of one of the greatest hurlers of all time, who retired with the world at his feet from a commercial endorsement perspective. Yet he threw it all away and then conned many people out of hundreds of thousands of Euro, pretending he needed the money for non-existent cancer treatment. The real figure extracted from the public will never be known as many victims probably haven't come forward.. |
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Reply | Oh look, here comes Alex Mowett again- Throstles match thread
at 09:44 5 Dec 2025
Its QPR v WBA. Fans will attend for FOMO, IMO it's in their DNA, they love the LOLs and OMGs of a good day out. At the final whistle, some fans will need TLC. Their team's development will still be WIP and while their aspirations may need an SOS, they won't be deemed RIP. |
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Reply | Funny Fings
at 00:00 28 Nov 2025
My son's a Liverpool fan. On Wednesday, I told him that there was a choice between watching the Liverpool Champions League match or the QPR Championship match in the Living Room. I suggested that I wouldn't put him through the torment of enduring another Liverpool performance, so told him I'd be watching the QPR match in the Living Room and he could do whatever he liked. He chose to watch the Liverpool game elsewhere.
With 10 minutes to go in the QPR match, he poked his head into the Living Room and said "I see you're enjoying your night more than I am!". There is a part of me that feels sorry for him and saying "welcome to the what it feels like to support a normal football team". Another part of me did say that "I looked at the top half of the Premiership Table and didn't see Liverpool there, don't worry, Big Sam is putting his CV together, he'll keep you up!" |
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Reply | Asterisks*
at 13:25 26 Nov 2025
Asterisks here there and everywhere, you can talk about them all you like. But nobody ever gives Obelisk the credit he deserves for doing all the heavy lifting to enhance the legend. While the Asterisk is granted immortality by being included on your standard keyboard, where's the Obelus eh? ( The Obelus is the mathematical dividing sign by the way, with two dots above and below a horizontal line).
It's clear and obvious discrimination. |
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Reply | Must have home gadgets
at 01:15 22 Nov 2025
If your fertile imagination drags you in that direction, who am I to deny you your fantasies? Enjoy the moment.... |
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Reply | Must have home gadgets
at 14:33 21 Nov 2025
I was on holiday in Italy and saw a grinder for Parmesan cheese, and just thought that was genius. I bought one, brought it back home and haven't looked back. |
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Reply | Mental!!
at 17:06 16 Nov 2025
That's the RTE Sports Personality of the Year sorted. Sorry Rory! |
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Reply | The perfect match
at 23:20 13 Nov 2025
I have invested in season tickets for the Ireland home games for my son and I over the past few seasons. Tonight, we finally got a return on that investment. It was a special atmosphere from the start and simply got better as the night unfolded.
My son thinks it's the best home win since Germany ten years ago. I told him to savour this feeling, as nights like this don't come around too often for us long suffering Irish fans. |
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Reply | They Couldn't Wait Until Wednesday 10pm To Sack Him - QPR Vs Southampton Thread
at 23:30 6 Nov 2025
We had 12 corners and 40 crosses, but Southampton had 60 clearances. That suggests we didn't have players who would win aerial duels up front.
Burrell seems to me to need a bit of space to run into, like he did with his goal. He's not a target man who you can lump the ball up to and will lay off the ball to a supporting forward time after time. Kone's key strength is running into space too. Southampton sat so deep there was no space at all in front of their goal, which was utterly frustrating to watch as we didn't have the ability to play through that defense.
Was it a scenario where Frey could have thrived? But he wasn't on the bench. |
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Reply | Julian Stephans diary
at 14:13 6 Nov 2025
Must create a Plan B, when persisting with Plan A of attempting high crosses into a box defended by giants doesn't work. |
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Reply | Smyth’s elbow
at 10:27 20 Oct 2025
I noticed the two medics who ran onto the pitch didn't even attempt to massage the keeper's leg to alleviate any cramp. They just knelt down beside the incapacitated keeper and healed him through the medium of prayer. Hallelujah. |
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Reply | New pub ( never to replace the C&S) The Hawthorn
at 22:10 19 Oct 2025
We paid it a visit after the match on Saturday, thinking that most home supporters would turn left on the Uxbridge Road, coming off Loftus Road, before beginning their search for a pub.
We were rewarded for our initiative by getting a table straight away. I can recommend the Oxford Gold draught ale served there. It's hoppy and full of flavour. |
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Reply | Today’s ref
at 21:51 19 Oct 2025
I totally agree. He clearly saw every incident, just like everyone in attendance in the ground. He didn't hesitate to give free kicks for shirt tugging etc on the halfway line, but refused to blow his whistle for the same foul in the penalty area. That's just unacceptable, the referee's job is to call everything as he sees it, irrespective of where the foul occurs on the pitch.
I know VAR is a curse, but it was born out of frustration like this. |
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Reply | Pensions Advice
at 13:22 3 Oct 2025
It's a no-brainer. Maximise your tax-free withdrawals from your pension pots upon drawdown, ie take the full 25%. You'll be paying tax on every future withdrawal, so you'll be minimising your tax liability by taking the lump sum. |
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