gnasher16 30,121 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 (edited) There we go thankyou squire a good honest answer to a simple question at last So a bit of an arsehole off the pitch but an outstanding competitor on it........well as a sports fan id judge him on what he does rather than what he says all day long but does what he did give him the right to be heard.... we tend to bestow that privilege on top ex players so i guess so. Edited June 23, 2016 by gnasher16 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,209 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Its certainly better to run out on the field knowing hes on your side than face him in the opposition. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fly The Boy 339 Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Clowns of europe Now who are the clowns of Europe,,,,,,Iceland 2 England 1,,boys this is only aimed at downview,,the silly ejit putting down Ireland,,who has the last laugh now................. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jack44 187 Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Clowns of europe Now who are the clowns of Europe,,,,,,Iceland 2 England 1,,boys this is only aimed at downview,,the silly ejit putting down Ireland,,who has the last laugh now.................derry rovers would beat England last nite? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bryan 1,362 Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) They dont celebrate the same, previously we were loving it, you wanted to see the celebrations last night, eclisped the rest, so they dont celebrate the same. Im saying it again, because youve said it again, you said the fans are trying to win popularity contest, cmon gnash. Admit it you cant accept that are fans are the best lol cheer up The best at what ? drinking beer and singing ?.....no problem if that's what constitutes " good fans "....fill ya boots and all that. Ive been a West Ham fan my entire life i know what gallows humour is all about......but celebrating defeat i find bizarre sorry. Im not trying to piss on anyones shoes i simply wanted to know how Irish folk felt towards probably their greatest player of all time and it seems many dont hold him in particularly high esteem because he wanted to win too much.......which kind of answers my question Francie but cheers anyway. It's funny how you notice thing and I have said this before, they have really talented, skilful players here at every level.....and those GAA lads are big, fit units mate......but sports all a bit too "polite" here if you get my meaning. There's no "nasty".......and IMHO they are weaker for it.......I would say the vast majority of football teams here would be a match for English teams skill and fitness wise but they would absolutely get tackled off the park by almost any English team, they just couldn't deal with it. I'm sure I will get a telling for saying that but it's the reality as I see it. Funny there should be such a difference for people who are basically the same. WILF, have you been to any Hurling and Gaelic football games? Surely there's reasonably good tackling there? Gnasher, we take our sport very seriously, but soccer/football is the 3rd most popular team sport and the national team is seen as light entertainment compared to other sports because we've no chance of success. Some players will only declare for Ireland because they wouldn't make the English team, Jack Grealish wouldn't even play for Ireland because there was a chance he'd make an English squad. A country is slow to get behind that. Stephen Ireland wouldn't even play for the team. The country does identify with We can all celebrate Robbie Brady stealing a goal and running crying to his brother. The best we can hope for is shock results or being game in a loss. Playing with a bit of heart has to do us rather than dreaming of success. The Euros is an excuse to get away from home and recessions and the other halves and have a drink and a laugh, that's the only hope of success. the victory in getting out of the group stages is just that you can drink and party longer and harder, we can't win. Katie Taylor anything less than gold will be a national disaster. Edited June 28, 2016 by Bryan 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mary 352 Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Great clip that, it take great heart, guts, passion to give and take hits like that, one piece inparticular there was the full back for cork "the Rock" coming out with the ball, that shoulder always stuck in my head, like getting hit by a train. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jack44 187 Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 They dont celebrate the same, previously we were loving it, you wanted to see the celebrations last night, eclisped the rest, so they dont celebrate the same. Im saying it again, because youve said it again, you said the fans are trying to win popularity contest, cmon gnash. Admit it you cant accept that are fans are the best lol cheer up The best at what ? drinking beer and singing ?.....no problem if that's what constitutes " good fans "....fill ya boots and all that. Ive been a West Ham fan my entire life i know what gallows humour is all about......but celebrating defeat i find bizarre sorry. Im not trying to piss on anyones shoes i simply wanted to know how Irish folk felt towards probably their greatest player of all time and it seems many dont hold him in particularly high esteem because he wanted to win too much.......which kind of answers my question Francie but cheers anyway. It's funny how you notice thing and I have said this before, they have really talented, skilful players here at every level.....and those GAA lads are big, fit units mate......but sports all a bit too "polite" here if you get my meaning.There's no "nasty".......and IMHO they are weaker for it.......I would say the vast majority of football teams here would be a match for English teams skill and fitness wise but they would absolutely get tackled off the park by almost any English team, they just couldn't deal with it. I'm sure I will get a telling for saying that but it's the reality as I see it. Funny there should be such a difference for people who are basically the same. WILF, have you been to any Hurling and Gaelic football games? Surely there's reasonably good tackling there? Gnasher, we take our sport very seriously, but soccer/football is the 3rd most popular team sport and the national team is seen as light entertainment compared to other sports because we've no chance of success. Some players will only declare for Ireland because they wouldn't make the English team, Jack Grealish wouldn't even play for Ireland because there was a chance he'd make an English squad. A country is slow to get behind that. Stephen Ireland wouldn't even play for the team. The country does identify with We can all celebrate Robbie Brady stealing a goal and running crying to his brother. The best we can hope for is shock results or being game in a loss. Playing with a bit of heart has to do us rather than dreaming of success. The Euros is an excuse to get away from home and recessions and the other halves and have a drink and a laugh, that's the only hope of success. the victory in getting out of the group stages is just that you can drink and party longer and harder, we can't win. Katie Taylor anything less than gold will be a national disaster. I'd love to see any of the players in the euros compete physical for a full senior gaa game ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnGalway 1,043 Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 They dont celebrate the same, previously we were loving it, you wanted to see the celebrations last night, eclisped the rest, so they dont celebrate the same. Im saying it again, because youve said it again, you said the fans are trying to win popularity contest, cmon gnash. Admit it you cant accept that are fans are the best lol cheer up The best at what ? drinking beer and singing ?.....no problem if that's what constitutes " good fans "....fill ya boots and all that. Ive been a West Ham fan my entire life i know what gallows humour is all about......but celebrating defeat i find bizarre sorry. Im not trying to piss on anyones shoes i simply wanted to know how Irish folk felt towards probably their greatest player of all time and it seems many dont hold him in particularly high esteem because he wanted to win too much.......which kind of answers my question Francie but cheers anyway. Greatest player of all time? I don't think so. We've had lots of good players, John Giles, Liam Brady, Paul McGrath. Roy was a very good player indeed. But when it came to Saipan he threw the toys out of the pram, said f**k the rest of ye, and ran back to England like a little bitch. A professional would have worked within the team, made his objections, sucked it the f**k up and got on with it, but our drama queen blew the stack and ran away. The team then went on to do as well in a World Cup as they ever had. As someone said, he's a sour c**t. He's always right. He's always better. Bit of a shit manager from what I could see. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,121 Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 (edited) Greatest player of all time? I don't think so. We've had lots of good players, John Giles, Liam Brady, Paul McGrath. Roy was a very good player indeed. But when it came to Saipan he threw the toys out of the pram, said f**k the rest of ye, and ran back to England like a little bitch. A professional would have worked within the team, made his objections, sucked it the f**k up and got on with it, but our drama queen blew the stack and ran away. The team then went on to do as well in a World Cup as they ever had. As someone said, he's a sour c**t. He's always right. He's always better. Bit of a shit manager from what I could see. My understanding was he got sent home for being TOO professional and not being happy with the fact that the island chosen to prepare for the biggest tournament in world football didnt have a football pitch !......along with various other things. All time best player thats not for me to decide i,ll take your word/opinion on it Edited June 30, 2016 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,121 Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 (edited) Edited June 30, 2016 by gnasher16 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,851 Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 They dont celebrate the same, previously we were loving it, you wanted to see the celebrations last night, eclisped the rest, so they dont celebrate the same. Im saying it again, because youve said it again, you said the fans are trying to win popularity contest, cmon gnash. Admit it you cant accept that are fans are the best lol cheer up The best at what ? drinking beer and singing ?.....no problem if that's what constitutes " good fans "....fill ya boots and all that. Ive been a West Ham fan my entire life i know what gallows humour is all about......but celebrating defeat i find bizarre sorry. Im not trying to piss on anyones shoes i simply wanted to know how Irish folk felt towards probably their greatest player of all time and it seems many dont hold him in particularly high esteem because he wanted to win too much.......which kind of answers my question Francie but cheers anyway. It's funny how you notice thing and I have said this before, they have really talented, skilful players here at every level.....and those GAA lads are big, fit units mate......but sports all a bit too "polite" here if you get my meaning. There's no "nasty".......and IMHO they are weaker for it.......I would say the vast majority of football teams here would be a match for English teams skill and fitness wise but they would absolutely get tackled off the park by almost any English team, they just couldn't deal with it. I'm sure I will get a telling for saying that but it's the reality as I see it. Funny there should be such a difference for people who are basically the same. WILF, have you been to any Hurling and Gaelic football games? Surely there's reasonably good tackling there? Gnasher, we take our sport very seriously, but soccer/football is the 3rd most popular team sport and the national team is seen as light entertainment compared to other sports because we've no chance of success. Some players will only declare for Ireland because they wouldn't make the English team, Jack Grealish wouldn't even play for Ireland because there was a chance he'd make an English squad. A country is slow to get behind that. Stephen Ireland wouldn't even play for the team. The country does identify with We can all celebrate Robbie Brady stealing a goal and running crying to his brother. The best we can hope for is shock results or being game in a loss. Playing with a bit of heart has to do us rather than dreaming of success. The Euros is an excuse to get away from home and recessions and the other halves and have a drink and a laugh, that's the only hope of success. the victory in getting out of the group stages is just that you can drink and party longer and harder, we can't win. Katie Taylor anything less than gold will be a national disaster. I have mate, not hurling as that's no so big in my area but "football" is very popular......however I have only been to youngsters games as my lad played. He was getting pulled up all the time for being too rough lol I have also played and watched football from local playing to watching your equivalent of the prem and I can tell you for a fact it's exactly like I say having played for over 30 years in England. As you know lots of the lads that play GAA play football too so you can't tell me they are aggressive at Gaelic then playing like a netball team the next day at football......it's just don't work like that. There's was outrage I remember that a couple of lads had got into a fight at Gaelic, I watched it, it was f**k all. I can only say it how I see it pal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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