Comments on: The Little Drogheda That Could?

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:32:24 +0000

Dynamo Kiev 2-2 Drogheda

almost made it…

By: Fredorrarci

Fredorrarci — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:58:36 +0000

It’s all a bit strange in EU-land at the moment, alright. Don’t worry – there’ll be a re-run soon, and if that fails there’ll be another, and if that fails, etc. Buggered if I know what to make of it all, to be honest.

But hey, this is a football blog – apologies for steering it from the topic at hand.

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:14:22 +0000

doubt it was moderation Fredo, moronic comments get removed so I assume his got deleted by the editor (more than one around, hooray for management).

the way you guys fucked over the EU was quite something. The fact that the EU took it lying down was even more hilarious. A double-lesson in why democracy was doomed from the start…

By: The ghost of Fredorrarci

The ghost of Fredorrarci — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:47:16 +0000

A ghost is composed of pure spirit, so I suppose you could say I have reached the average Irish person’s naturally desired state.

To respond to Ron’s second comment (it’s in my inbox as I’ve subscribed to the comments on this post; I assume it’s awating moderation or some such):

Perhaps a joke automatically fails when one has to explain it, but I’ll risk it anyway. My point is that we can surely be a wee bit more confident as a nation so as not to get too concerned when someone makes an error such as the one in this post (especially after Eddie apologised). Come on, man! Let’s just enjoy ourselves! We’re mature and loaded and we have our own lurid minor celebrity deaths and a golfer who’s won the British Open twice in a row and we can paralyse a huge pan-national organisation via a simple plebiscite (whether or not you agree with the result, feel the power)…we have no need to worry ourselves about such trivial matters as this.

(rattles chains and disappears)

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:15:20 +0000

Fredorrarci – how do Irish ghosts get drunk? Or is the afterlife sober for you?

By: Fredorrarci

Fredorrarci — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:02:53 +0000

Yeah, Eddie, thanks to your staggering ignorance the British army have invaded our glorious country once more! The tanks are rolling down O’Connell Street as I speak – oh God! They’ve blown up the Spike and….yes, they’re hauling up a newly-carved statue of Nelson in its place! Oh, the humanity! And as I look out the the window, there’s a squadron of Black & Tans with a battering ram about to break into my house and murder me in front of my wife and children. Expect my ghost to haunt you by making regular comments registering its spluttering outrage at you, sir.

By: BD Condell

BD Condell — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:55:38 +0000

Good to see someone writing on the relatively obscure, Eddie. But as regards their chances…well I’m afraid, no chance at all.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:19:29 +0000

Comment removed by moderator.

By: Liam

Liam — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:47:30 +0000

I went to the home leg of the Shels game with Deportivo. Its a real shame what happened to them because if anyone was going to do it it was them.

By: Fredorrarci

Fredorrarci — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:42:22 +0000

The difference in class was pretty obvious on Tuesday, really, and it would be very surprising if Drogheda make it through. That said, their attitude was fantastic. Ordinarily they’re pretty hard to watch, but instead of flooding the midfield and letting their front men feed of scraps, they really took it to Dynamo when they got the chance. What’s more, they actively made sure they got the chance: they refused to sit back and allow Dynamo to do as they pleased. When a team of minnows gets knocked out of a competiton by a relative giant, the post-match guff about how “it was a brave performance” and “they can be proud of how they played” can be pretty hollow, but Drogheda really did do themselves proud here.