‘The Russian Rubberbandits’ and a frosty atmosphere in Chile – it’s comments of the week

IT’S BEEN ANOTHER busy week of sport. Here’s how you reacted…

Brendan urges people to get behind the League of Ireland this season.

Kieran O Callaghan wins puns this week, after his comment under the article entitled ‘Alexis out! Thousands of Chileans to march for Sanchez to ditch Arsenal’.

ktsiwot pretty much summed up everyone’s reaction to this article on Russian hooligans and their plans for next year’s World Cup.

On the back of our interview with Jon Goodman, Greg Doyle recalls encountering the man himself during his days as a footballer.

st.ultan sees parallels with his own experience in Paul Dollery’s recent article on the highs and lows of being a League of Ireland supporter.

Bayern’s Arjen Robben celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Arsenal. Source: Matthias Schrader

If only Arsenal’s Francis Coquelin was as perceptive as Tom Murphy, he could have prevented Bayern Munich’s opening goal from being scored in the midweek Champions League clash.

Ireland’s CJ Stander runs on his way to score against Italy. Source: Alessandra Tarantino

Tim Brennan leads the calls for CJ Stander’s superb form to be recognised by rugby’s powers that be after another influential performance in Ireland’s win over Italy.

A thoughtful analysis of last weekend’s Dublin-Tyrone clash from clumley.

John Lally pays tribute to Finn Balor and professional wrestlers in general.

It’s hard to disagree with Paul Scanlon’s points in relation to talk of a potential Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight.

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