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Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2022 11:12 pm
by Dave
big mervyn wrote:I see Ryan Jones is the latest high profile former player to have been diagnosed with early onset dementia aged just 41. This definitely seems to be becoming a pandemic of the modern professional game. With a few notable exceptions, this was nowhere near as prevalent back in the day.
Higher impacts now with strength and conditioning. Brains are too vulnerable. Time to bin the sport or bring in weight restrictions.

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:17 pm
by solidarity
Uwe Seeler, German footballer died today. One club man (SV Hamburg for 26 years). Precious few of these about anywhere these days. Even in rugby, they're not all that common, or are they?

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:42 pm
by big mervyn
solidarity wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:17 pm Uwe Seeler, German footballer died today. One club man (SV Hamburg for 26 years). Precious few of these about anywhere these days. Even in rugby, they're not all that common, or are they?
Soon to be an under Seeler?

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:49 am
by HwoodMike2umate
Major General Artem Nasbulin on the 12th July 2022 ( which probably means he missed most of the live GB News coverage of the 12th from Armagh) whilst on holiday in Nova Kakhovka ( twinned with Saint Etienne Du Rouvray), near Kherson, Ukraine.

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 10:32 am
by StandUp
Come on you HIMARS!!!!
Rest in pieces you murdering b@stard.

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 10:36 am
by BR
Dave wrote: Mon Jul 18, 2022 11:12 pm
big mervyn wrote:I see Ryan Jones is the latest high profile former player to have been diagnosed with early onset dementia aged just 41. This definitely seems to be becoming a pandemic of the modern professional game. With a few notable exceptions, this was nowhere near as prevalent back in the day.
Higher impacts now with strength and conditioning. Brains are too vulnerable. Time to bin the sport or bring in weight restrictions.
Need to remove the unwritten bias in favour of the ball carrier. Return it to a contact sport rather than a collision sport.

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:38 pm
by jean valjean
BR wrote:
Dave wrote: Mon Jul 18, 2022 11:12 pm
big mervyn wrote:I see Ryan Jones is the latest high profile former player to have been diagnosed with early onset dementia aged just 41. This definitely seems to be becoming a pandemic of the modern professional game. With a few notable exceptions, this was nowhere near as prevalent back in the day.
Higher impacts now with strength and conditioning. Brains are too vulnerable. Time to bin the sport or bring in weight restrictions.
Need to remove the unwritten bias in favour of the ball carrier. Return it to a contact sport rather than a collision sport.
Reduce numbers to 13 players with no flankers allowed in a scrum 3/2/1 formation. Will have a quicker game with less collisions where speed trumps size.

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Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:44 pm
by Dave
Just bin it.

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:45 pm
by colind
Paddy Hopkirk

Another great sporting ambassador from this wee country.

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:22 pm
by StandUp
David Trimble the latest to hit snooze.

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 8:21 pm
by solidarity
StandUp wrote: Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:22 pm David Trimble the latest to hit snooze.
Always thought he had a bit of the John Major greyness about him but he certainly had a lot more subtance.

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:27 pm
by volvo
Terry Neill N.I. Captain and Arsenal Captain joins the past N.I team members in the clouds

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:50 am
by mid ulster maestro
Bernard Cribbens finally fell off the ladder yesterday.

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 4:54 pm
by Dublin4
The carnival is over for Judith Graham.

Re: And today, joining the underground .....

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 6:20 pm
by Hans Indaruck
Dublin4 wrote: Sat Aug 06, 2022 4:54 pm The carnival is over for Judith Graham.
Not sure about Ms Graham but it is certainly over for Judith Durham!