Alan Mac Lochlainn
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Alan Mac Lochlainn
@DrPlow
Esker Celtic U-13 Most Improved Player 2005. Now I teach about dead people and rocks

‘how to fix taskmaster’ and it’s taking away everything that makes taskmaster taskmaster



this is one of the best posters i’ve seen in a very long time btw

Robbie Keane's Ferencvaros exit Europa League after Braga hammering rte.ie/sport/soccer/2…


No teacher should be out on sabbaticals or career breaks for longer than 18 months and all new teaching graduates must work in Ireland for a minimum of 3 years.

The uncomfortable conversations about Lammens have finally arrived. Let me be clear about what I value in a goalkeeper. My ideal profile is the one who wins Man of the Match when his team is under siege. The De Gea type. The Van der Sar type. The goalkeeper who rescues points, not just participates in games. Lammens is young, physically strong, and mentally confident. He has the character to become a top goalkeeper. The data supports that. He has prevented the most goals in the league. But here is the part people keep avoiding. He also has the fewest clean sheets among the top ten teams. He concedes one or two goals almost every game. Even when we score freely, he still gives goals away. Five saves mean nothing if you concede twice. Proportion matters. End product matters. If the defense is weak, then the goalkeeper must compensate. That means commanding the back line, organizing spacing, and improving starting positions. Positioning is not optional at this level. Yes, he is in a new league. Yes, he has done well overall. But mistakes must be called out. Osula’s shot was saveable. A committed dive changes that moment. The hesitation did not. These are patterns, not isolated incidents. At times, he slips into the same habits we criticized in Onana, and we have been hesitant to say it because he is new. That grace period is ending. Comfort is creeping in. He knows there is no real competition right now. That will change. Goalkeepers on loan will return. Competition is coming whether he likes it or not. And this is why I want Onana to stay beyond the summer. Take the criticism. Sit in it. Fight through it, just like Maguire did. Then push Lammens every single day in training. No guaranteed number one. No comfort zones. Lammens has talent. But talent without authority is incomplete. It is time for him to step up.

Inadmissible diatribe du commentateur suisse lors du passage de l’équipe israélienne de bobsleigh. Des sanctions s’imposent.

I can’t be bullied. I can’t be bought. I’ve stood for the same principles for many decades.







