FAO: The "SFI"

[Actin The Sham]

From today's Examiner:




Are you a sports & INTERNET fanatic?

If so, we have the job for you!


A vacancy now exists for a sports editor in the TCM newsroom. The successful candidate will work with the editor on our sports strategy, in addition to being a "hands-on" member of the editorial sub editing team.


Applications to: jill.osullivan@tcm.i e


Closing date for applications: November 10th.


Go on lads, off ye go.

[EDDIEB]

That job requires sanity as a prerequsite at least......people would stop buying the Echo / Examiner if the sports topics EVERY day were Anti-Rugby & Roy Keane obsessives ....etc.

I can picture EVERY sports headline - " Insert team,player here RATTLED"

[Actin The Sham]

That job requires sanity as a prerequsite at least......people would stop buying the Echo / Examiner if the sports topics EVERY day were Anti-Rugby & Roy Keane obsessives ....etc.

I can picture EVERY sports headline - " Insert team,player here RATTLED"



Heh heh heh.

Although it's only for the online sports section, as in www.breakingnews.ie, so they would be fine seeing as it is the INTERNET.

[BangorFeen]

That job requires sanity as a prerequsite at least......people would stop buying the Echo / Examiner if the sports topics EVERY day were Anti-Rugby & Roy Keane obsessives ....etc.

I can picture EVERY sports headline - " Insert team,player here RATTLED"
With the sub-headline, "And badly rattled at that!"....

[POL]

looks like a few lads are rattled by the SFI, and badly rattled at that.

[BangorFeen]

looks like a few lads are rattled by the SFI, and badly rattled at that.
I hear the Opera House are looking for some pantomime villains if de Paper gig doesn't come off for ye...

[Lamps]

looks like a few lads are rattled by the SFI, and badly rattled at that.

I think it's becoming an obsession for some of these guys. Its like when one of them "thinks" he lands a blow and next thing fellas are flying from the woodwork saying good on ya lad, you showed em.

[Lamps]

I hear the Opera House are looking for some pantomime villains if de Paper gig doesn't come off for ye...

aren't you the lad who couldn't get a ticket for the pay at the gate game

[POL]

I think it's becoming an obsession for some of these guys. Its like when one of them "thinks" he lands a blow and next thing fellas are flying from the woodwork saying good on ya lad, you showed em.

I judge success on the amount of whinging and SFI tribute threads. We are making progress on "The Keane Question"

[BangorFeen]

aren't you the lad who couldn't get a ticket for the pay at the gate game
Indeed I am. Aren't you the one who got owned WRT the number of Munster fans at Rodney Parade?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/shoestring/theatre/images/dame150.jpg

[Lamps]

I judge success on the amount of whinging and SFI tribute threads. We are making progress on "The Keane Question"


you know the SFI is huge when langers with 10 posts are arriving and seem to know all about us.

i think it says it all that Keane only polled 56% of the votes in his hometown in the recent saipan poll

[Lamps]

Indeed I am. Aren't you the one who got owned WRT the number of Munster fans at Rodney Parade?



oh yeah, ROG said it.

ROG tells it like it is

[Sound]

FAO threads?

Where's yer fuckin' pride?

[Lamps]

FAO threads?

Where's yer fuckin' pride?

focking actually chief

[BangorFeen]

One of the keys to not looking like a git is to quit digging when you're in a hole.

Lamps, put down the shovel, it's for your own good

owned (http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2005/12/08/story359235200.asp)

Aaaaaagus owned (http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s450/st79357.htm) arís

[Lamps]

One of the keys to not looking like a git is to quit digging when you're in a hole.

Lamps, put down the shovel, it's for your own good

owned (http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2005/12/08/story359235200.asp)

Aaaaaagus owned (http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s450/st79357.htm) arís

that examiner report says over 3000(and we all know thery have a blind spot on the oul munster attendances), so I'd say it was between 1 and 2 thousand


you said " France is far from sunny in December let me tell you. Neither is Rodney Parade, we still brought 5,000 over with us in December...."

Its great to see a beaten man squirm and latch onto such a pedantic point.

[BangorFeen]

Sir, I posit that when it come to pedantry I really couldn't hold a penny candle to your efforts.

In any event, you are wrong and (dare I say it) badly wrong at that. The quote is from Dragons box office sales two days before the game. The report does not take into account those who travelled without tickets (IIRC the game was not a sell-out). The 5,000 estimate would be a fair one.

Apparently I'm a glitch in the matrix but heh, what harm?

Also, I was there, you weren't.

[Lamps]

Sir, I posit that when it come to pedantry I really couldn't hold a penny candle to your efforts.

In any event, you are wrong and (dare I say it) badly wrong at that. The quote is from Dragons box office sales two days before the game. The report does not take into account those who travelled without tickets (IIRC the game was not a sell-out). The 5,000 estimate would be a fair one.

Apparently I'm a glitch in the matrix but heh, what harm?

Also, I was there, you weren't.



the examiner says "Dragons having already sold 7,000" including 4000 to Dragons fans. So you say there were 5000 munster plus 4000 dragons plus whatever else dragons fans who showed up on the day(just like all these munster fans who travelled without tickets) , I'd be estimating 11 thousand at least.

offical attendance was 8,323. hmmmm

so thats all that cleared up.

Now tell me again, you couldn't get a ticket for the clare game cos they we're all sold out to the prawn sandwich brigade? Would you care to explain this

[BangorFeen]

Here, read this (http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2005/12/12/story692310973.asp) again. That's not an O'Gara quote, not that it matters.

We have
i)eyewitness account
ii) independent corroboration

Official 8323
Munster 4,500 (roughly)
NGD 3,500 (roughly)

Suck it up. You got it wrong and no amount of mealy mouthed posturing will change that. There's no shame in that, hell we all get it wrong occasionally. The difference is having the cahones to admit it rather than becoming some sad sort of parody of yourself

[Lamps]

Official 8323
Munster 4,500 (roughly)
NGD 3,500 (roughly)



you're changing your figures again

examiner gave at least 4000 dragons fans having got their tickets a few days before the game. add to this those that got them nearer kick off, plus you said 5000 munster.

the figures don't add up.

p.s care to explain the clare game, a blatant lie, a for more heinous situation than this crowd estimation lark

[Paddy Wagon]

you're changing your figures again

examiner gave at least 4000 dragons fans having got their tickets a few days before the game. add to this those that got them nearer kick off, plus you said 5000 munster.

the figures don't add up.

p.s care to explain the clare game, a blatant lie, a for more heinous situation than this crowd estimation lark
Who Cares?

[Lamps]

Who Cares?

I'm not bothered but he seems to think he has some sort of edge on this one, he leaves me no choice

[EDDIEB]

I'm not bothered but he seems to think he has some sort of edge on this one, he leaves me no choice


You could just maybe.......now I am being controversial here...but any way....
here goes....you could actually GET A LIFE !

[Lamps]

You could just maybe.......now I am being controversial here...but any way....
here goes....you could actually GET A LIFE !

i have a wonderful life thanks, playing a key role in a prominent and well respected INTERNET sports discussion organsiation as well as other things

[EDDIEB]

i have a wonderful life thanks, playing a key role in a prominent and well respected INTERNET sports discussion organsiation as well as other things


At least you have your sense of humour left........