Sorry, have you seen the track record of English teams in Champions League in the last 10 years? Manchester United alone have won a trophy and entered the finals thrice. If not because of that pesky Barca team. Liverpool won one and enter another final during that period. Then we have Chelsea which also enter the…

This. The Troubles were never really an issue of Catholicism v. Protestantism, although the media sometimes portrayed it that way. It was all about nationalism and governance. Identifying the IRA with Catholicism was almost always a red herring to derail the argument. It wasn’t like it was the bloody Crusades or…

most of the post-IRA tribalism where I live is pretty non-church. I think they go on Christmas and stuff but mostly it’s about continuing the argument with local King William types.

A car acccident that nearly kills you will do that to you.

Gotze not rocking his signature boner is slightly disappointing.