catching up on the Liverpool lowlights and it's really one of those games that where when you're down, you're down bad. when we are rolling you can generally throw out any mix of League Cup nonsense and somehow get the result.

It's been a while. Good morning Bluesky!

I was given a funny hat

Wirtz was good tonight. It's so close to clicking for him. Gonna be electric.

wrote about the Enhanced Games www.gobb.ie/p/changing-l...

wrote about the Enhanced Games www.gobb.ie/p/changing-l...

hilarious timing with the Klopp interview - but how on earth did Bartlett, of all people, land his first big interview since leaving.

The Cruellest Game www.gobb.ie/p/the-cruell...

i always get a kick out of guys retiring mid season. just waking up one morning and realising the juice isn't worth the squeeze anymore.

Cape Verde - and Shamrock Rovers' Pico Lopes - have qualified for the World Cup. Crazy achievement.

Loved this from Kevin on the endless misery and delusional hope of being an Ireland fan.

The Cruellest Game www.gobb.ie/p/the-cruell...

this victory lap from Trump and Bibi is crass, to say the least.

international week Mondays are and underrated low point, as the routine of listening to weekend review pods is gone.

we have a medley of issues in Ireland but one I never see covered is just how difficult it is to make friends as you get older. since moving to Cork I haven't made a single new friend. but i'm lucky to have friends back home I can turn to. i'd say there's a lot of very lonely people out there.

Second Captains to RTE would be a turn up for the books.

random question - who are your favourite (active) sportswriters?

fool me once etc., but at two separate times now i've had a subscription to the Irish Times when they've been offering it for pittance, and each time have eventually had trouble accessing or managing the sub. you need to email someone to cancel it. utterly awful service.

Was there much of a turn out to the right wing march in Cork? Was out earlier and didn't see a soul.

I fear I might be getting into baseball. I think I finally get it.

i'm sure it's a low hanging moneymaker, but nothing moves me less than biopics and especially musician biopics. the beatles being the latest one.

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Slot’s struggle as Salah's shadow looms www.gobb.ie/p/slots-stru...

Slot’s struggle as Salah's shadow looms www.gobb.ie/p/slots-stru...

Odd. Have never, ever had an interaction with him.

very disappointing. we are really getting screwed on this front www.independent.ie/business/no-...

On the bright side, it looks like we've found a real one in Mamardashvili.

Was that Madonna eating a plastic bag of popcorn she snuck into the ground?

Anyone who thinks Liverpool need to improve by NOT having Wirtz on the pitch is an absolute cod.

Liverpool have a lot of issues converging into one big one at the moment - settling a right back post Trent, MacAllister fitness/performance, gelling of Wirtz/Isak/Ekitike, and Salah. If and when it clicks it'll be majestic, but right now it's a real struggle trying to find ways to make it work.

Haven't been keeping too close an eye on Bluesky matters, but Liverpool fans over on the other place have lost their absolute minds. Same here?

At Bethpage, the blood and thunder of Offaly came to the fore www.gobb.ie/p/at-bethpag...

At Bethpage, the blood and thunder of Offaly came to the fore www.gobb.ie/p/at-bethpag...

In a moment of weakness I picked up FC26 the other day and boy do I regret it already. I am utter thrash and getting smoked in Ultimate Team. Time to hang up the online gameplay, I reckon.

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Couldn't care about Maria Steen getting on the ballot either way, but rocking as a voice for the common man with a notably lavish $12k Hermes bag is VERY funny.

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Played my bench boost this week in FPL and rose 2.8m places.

I am enjoying the shit out of All Out. The AEW roster is just ridiculously deep and it's great to see some squad players get a chance to shine on a big show.

I've become a bit down on MJF, but having that classic with Mistico and then going into a tacks match with Briscoe is real shit. #aew #allout

WrestleMania sell-out leaves fans in the cold www.gobb.ie/p/wrestleman...

Salah is permanently pitched up at the coffee bar. A real pintsman of coffee.

WrestleMania sell-out leaves fans in the cold www.gobb.ie/p/wrestleman...

Keir is bending over backwards for these people with his migrant rhetoric and they want to assassinate him.

The projection, the cognitive dissonance people on the right and especially people of faith are showing right now is outrageous. We live in a parody world.

The reaction on Twitter from the right Irish is very interesting. They essentially want the country to mourn and be respectful towards what is essentially a right wing podcast grifter, killed by a lunatic with a gun. I would say a tiny minority of the country had ever heard of him.

Any semblance of empathy for Kirk quickly vanishes at the sheer volume of videos showing him to be a massive scumbag.

After that Ireland shambles, just remembered that I have an Alexander Isak Liverpool to look forward at the weekend.

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