Running out(of) time ..

Another of these close reverses. Final score 4 -2. After going 2 -1 up (tasty free kick by chris) we then conceded 3. I think the third goal broke our hearts. It was one of thoes bizarre goals that only we seem to concede. There is no lack of effort on anyone's part its just not going our way, simple as that really.

Steve
Donogh Mark
Chris/Noel/Dave
Sean

Paul was out sick

Countdown : I forget

Sack watch : I seem to have descended into a sort of strange numbness which has me in a kind of perma bad mood. I'm sure i will snap out of it in a year or so .

Send in the clowns

I saw "Wrecks" last night at the Everyman Theatre here in cork, It was a one man show but don't let that put you off .. Screen legend "Ed Harris" was the actor, we had the best seats in the house, front row centre, it was all about Ed though, I was genuinely star struck for the first ten minutes, it takes some talent to hold at least 400 people's attention for 1hr 15mins.

Sack Watch : at least there is a consistencey to these days .. there all equally s***

Countdown : 16 days

Quick Pick Selection :

1. SON, KM, NB, SR enjoy a sniffter of port in LK this weekend
   
2. Feisty leaves Penarol by "Mutual Consent"
   
3. In light of KM's unhappiness in current job the FAI move swiftly to install him as the new Rep of Irl Boss
   
4. SR unveils his latest "buffon" hairdo at a gala charity event in LK this weekend
5. Cormo joins Bob Dylan for an impromptu duet on stage at the point, critics praise his Leonard Cohen style melancholy
6. SON buys a push bike and decides to wander the earth
   
7. Roy Keane comes in to fill the gigantic hole left in penarols midfield after feisty's departure. In a statement to the media penarol management said "We had to move quickly to placate fans .. we hope roy will be able for this enormous challenge"
   

Days like this

Sack watch : Horrible day really, unnerving to be talked around over and through in a small office. Conversations with Bob and Joseph seem my only salavation at this point. The good(in case you haven't guessed I was being sarcastic .. you stink etc) news is i have another 3 weeks of this.

Countdown : 17 days

As an amusing aside, following on from yesterday's Red Mist post it now seems that Chris has in actual fact been banned for 3 matches which seems extremely harsh considering we have three games left in this league and also considering we pay them not the other way round.
when contacted Feisty had this to say to the waiting media :
"The Referee should be suspended indefinitely for being uniquely incompetent and singularly incapable of controlling the tortured genius that is festy baker"

We'll watch with interest for further developments .

Red Mist

We fought out a 2 -2 draw in our match last night. Not unusally we conceded early but tried hard for the rest of the first half. On the restart we conceded a second. It was one of thoes unfourtunate goals that slipped in past steve. 2 down it wasn't looking good but we battled away, they were no great shakes .. we got in eventually with paul sliding in from close range. We kept trying and with less than ten minutes to go chris was put through but was caught by a tackle. Reacting badly to the fact that a free wasn't given .. he called the ref "a STUPID Bastard" instant yellow card he then followed that up with a "yeah F*&*K you Ref" what was yellow became red. The team rallied well however and practically in injury time we forced an equaliser.

Ref Watch: Gave us very little, apart from paul another who really doesn't like us.

I think Feisty is now blacklisted by three of the four refs, just aswell there is no disciplinery points system or we wouldn't be able field a full team till next season. 3 sendings off in a row we are surely bottom of the fair play league.

Steve
Dave Mark
Sean Chris
Paul

Donogh and Noel were both out sick

Sack Watch : Starting to find my form (routine) tea, chatting and generally working at my own pace, also given my official walking papers this morning. Stessing I must "work" out my notice.

Countdown : 18 working days left

My very own SACK RACE

I have been laid off yet again .. this is the 3rd job I've left this year.. I am out of work christmas week .. basically the girl who took me on and then went on maternity leave is back and i am out as there isn't enough money in the pot, it must be said this is probably sweet relief to me in many senses.
This has got me thinking a bit about the IT Industry in general and the truly vacuous nature of it. I intend also to devote some time in the future to the world of MANAGEMENT and the wonderful characters who reside there for now I am going to start what i hope will be a daily "SACK WATCH and Countdown" Starting today

SACK WATCH: Have done little other than drink tea and surf (the net)
a routine I broadly intend to follow
also at least an hour spent outside chatting to Joseph (Great friend and former colleague) in the smoking shed

CountDown : 19 days

Friday Rumble

1. Sean Ryan receives prestigious "Sexiest Man Alive" gong from GQ magazine. He says "It’ll be a whole new kind of sexy!"
2. Keano goes to Wigan and they subsequently win league
3. Penarol lose remaining matches in six a side league
   
4. Christmas heatwave
   
5. Derry win the eircom league tonight
   
6. Sean Ryan wins "Rear of the Year"
   
7. KM wins spectacle wearer of the year
   
8. chelski beat the daylights out of the unfortunate opponents .. Manyoo don't
9. OZ beat the snot out of Ireland in the rugby
   
10. The Fonze to win at Punchestown
    

Wish you were here !!!

Whiting Bay .. near where I live

In Seville with Hally and Ned .. I'm in good form here .. it was only 46 degrees

any which way but WIN

Another reverse . Final score 2 -1. I don't think we played badly really . we are just not there right now. Chris got sent off for a few indiscretions.

Ref Watch: He couldn't care less

Steve
Donogh Mark
Sean/Chris/Noel
Paul

Predictions

This slot has been away for a number of weeks, hopefully I can get back on track here goes

I will now predict in no particular order :

1. New Zealand V Ireland 35 - 15 (Ireland to do moderately well cause all the big guns are on the bench being rested)
2. Argentina to do England 2 -0 (although apparently the argies are in a bit of disarray with internal rifts etc)
3. Paudie O'Shea to be tentatively approached about the vacant Ireland manager's job .. amid a surprising groundswell or support for his candidature.
   
4. Sean Ryan to be married in a Las Vegas "Shotgun" wedding by an Elvis impersonator. (He is quoted as saying "It was the happiest day of my life")
5. Chris Baker surprises the world by ridding himself of his "cold" and not complaining about his not broken toe nail.
6. Tom O' Connor does not go out this weekend (very long odds here)
   
7. I do nothing over the next four days
8. in a busy weekend Sean Ryan joins the Freemasons (we all knew he took the soup)
   
9. A long term punt : Arsenal to win the premiership/CL .. covering myself there but i reckon they look good
   

The show must go on ...

The first thing i saw/heard when i walked in the metropole front door was these guys .. They were giving it "The full gun"

This guy with the clarinet was brillo .. he alternated between the Clarinet and Sax (Saxamophone) .. I saw them on the sunday night in the Imperial hotel they were just as impressive a second time i thought, for the life of me i can't remember there name.

A New York Swing band .. Excellent .. but then i love a bit of Swing !!

The city's finest came out to play ...

Quiet Tough

Yet another stinging loss. Again 3 - 2. In a match that was marred by ill feeling and a little grudge we came off the worse. we went one up and seemed to be about to take it by the scruff and all of a sudden we were 2 -1 down . Towards the end of the first half mark got a yellow card (10 mins in the bin) it was very harsh as they were doing just as much mouthing as us . we defended well and scored from the restart for the second half .. the ball lashed passed the keeper before he had time to react. We were still a man down for the next five minutes but played well until we conceded a soft goal from a corner. Try as we might we couldn't find a goal even though we really went at them for the last ten minutes.

Ref Watch : a couple of guys on the pitch (from both sides) that this lad hates the sight of .. he reffed it accordingly

Steve
Donogh Mark
Chris/Sean/Noel
Paul

More Jazz Stylings

Gerry K very close to the action

Miles Davis & John Coltrane (l to r)
before they took to the main stage in the Metropole Hotel During the
"Cork Guinness Jazz Festival"

A stinging loss

A very bad night in more ways than one. We lost 3 -2 in a conditions not out of place in the monsoon season in India. Conditions were a complete lottery but i think we should still have probably won. We went one down very early to a long distance shot which was well taken. We then conceded an OG which was a bit heart breaking because we were trying to rally and they were not really threatening us. The second half we really went at them and eventually got our reward with first paul sliding home and then chris. This brought it right back to level and it looked as if we would go on to win but unfourtunately we conceded again pretty much straight after the restart. We came back well but it has to be said that quiet a number of oppurtunities were missed by all of us which is very dissappointing. It was a tough night though.

Ref Watch : Just got on with it didn't blow for much .. maybe because he was soaked and frozen.

Steve
Mark Donogh
Noel/Sean/Chris
Paul

The Jazz

All the players from friday's night out a the metropole ..
Note : Good snap by donogh

Gerry's long awaited debut ... note the t-shirt