Monday, March 28, 2011

Pitched by leprechauns for leprechauns

What is it about Ireland? We seem doomed before we begin.

On Saturday our soccer team played in Dublin.

The pitch was in a shocking state. This on a brand new stadium. That same evening the Germans played in perfect conditions in a stadium near Mainz. It was like a carpet and Dublin was a dump. And not a word from the well paid FAI officials.

Who allowed that happen on Saturday in Lansdowne Road. Sorry we are not allowed call it that name.

A land of leprechauns.

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