Tag: Christian Horner
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Hideous Horner should put down the shovel
I’ve been lucky to have legendary former Meath football manager Sean Boylan central to my life for as long as there’s been a pulse here. There’s hardly a superlative in the English language which hasn’t been used in praise of the man. Of the numerous articles, interviews, television programmes and books produced about this mosy […]
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If you’re not happy winning by the rules it says a lot
“Trust it, move it, prove it groove it, show how good you are”. So sang his wife in a former life. Yet you suspect if Christian Horner was told his was the only team in an F1 race he’d still find fault with the arrangements. Remember, this is a man who badgered former Race Director […]
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Is the dream car turning into a nightmare for its owners?
If you’ve ever dreamt about winning the Lotto or anybody has ever asked you what you would do if it did happen, what would your course of action be? I would buy a nice block of land, a new tractor and a racehorse, to be trained in Castletown. For some people, it could be home […]
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Who will cribbing Christian blame this time?
This corner will in no way claim to be an expert in Formula 1, but what will be said is that once one becomes acquainted with a given subject area, knowledge thereof tends to be ingested and retained fairly quickly. Thus, while it would never be claimed that yours truly is an aficionado of the […]
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Horner gets Christmas No. 1 as epic battle gets deserved Spicy finish
In the dying embers of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, reference was made to the unforgettable climax to the First Division (now Premiership) of 1989 when Arsenal had to win 2-0 at Anfield to take title away from the home side. And thanks to Micky Thomas’s amazing goal deep into stoppage time did just that. At […]
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Great salesmen with daredevil competitivness
Can you remember what hooked you on your favourite sport? Or, if you’re like me and like nearly every discipline on the planet, what flicked the switch in the various codes? Here are just a few examples applicable in this corner. For American Football, it was eventually sitting through a first Super Bowl about eight […]
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Winners thread the line delicately and sometimes cross it
On a least one occasion during her illustrious riding career, Nina Walsh (Carberry) stayed that close to the rails while going around a racetrack she ended up sustaining fairly bad foot/leg injuries. For another story of a close encounter of the white line kind, examine the beginning of the move which culminated in the greatest […]
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Technology can’t legislate for human error
The adoption of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) is probably the most contentious alteration to the governance of football in a generation. Naturally, judgement about such things is mostly subjective. If a decision from the eye in the sky goes your way, it’s a great thing, be on the wrong side of a dubious call and […]
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Gentle persuasion undone by complete lunacy
The fact Netflix has altered the way we peruse visual content would probably be fairly universally accepted. In my case, that has meant taking in the likes of The Staircase and The Last Dance. Being honest, there’s more sporting content thereon than this corner was expecting. Undoubtedly the best of which – so far – […]