- After it was revealed that Dublin full-back Rory O’Carroll is heading to New Zealand for the year, Darragh Brennan couldn’t resist this little dig at Kerry:
Hope he doesn’t forget to take Donaghy out of his Arse pocket , before he gets on the plane. Huge loss to Dublin and won’t be easily replaced.
- Dave Field manages to find some humour in the unfortunate situation surrounding Irish show jumper Cian O’Connor and his horse ‘Good Luck’:
They did however win the Most Ironically Named Horse Award.
- It’s not easy managing Real Madrid, as illustrated by Fran Heavey, who explained why Carlo Ancelotti got the sack last summer:
Because he never won the Masters,the Superbowl and the Tour de France with them…..in the one year.
- It was difficult to argue with Brendan Byrne‘s assessment of the situation at the Bernabeu following the departure of Rafael Benitez, who was replaced this week as Real Madrid manager by Zinedine Zidane:
Ah here, Harchester United made more sense than this shower
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Teddington had some good advice for the many UFC fighters queuing up for a lucrative crack at Conor McGregor:
Can they just not do the respectful thing and come straight out with the question “Will you please fight me so I can make a heap of money Conor?”
- As Rob O’H reminded us, this Jermaine Jenas-inspired line wasn’t one of Martin Tyler’s finer moments:
The man who birthed Martin Tyler’s cringiest commentary line… “Jenas by name, genius by nature”
- Irish rugby fans weren’t quite sure how to reach to the news that Andy Farrell will join the Ireland coaching staff after the Six Nations…
David Davidson: Do we… like this?
Cian O’Donoghue: I really don’t know…. Maybe?
