Ta don't listen to these "nueva republicans" with their ever so concerned about everybody elses feelings nonsense,they would give ye the skitter.Its called having no back bone,they would rather accommodate everybody and please nobody.If the players don't want to stand for the anthem then they shouldn't be on the team,its that simple.Funny how nobody ever demands that the "Soldiers Song" ever gets played in Windsor park before N.Ireland soccer games to accommodate the players of an Irish republican/nationalist persuasion.

seanie_boy (Tyrone) - Posts: 4235 - 04/02/2011 20:39:29    860686

seanie_boy.
120per cent correct thats the problem no backbone , but me sir i will always speak my mind on how i see it ;D. FAIR PLAY SEANIE.

ta32 (Tyrone) - Posts: 4907 - 04/02/2011 20:44:08    860690

seanie_boy
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860686
Ta don't listen to these "nueva republicans" with their ever so concerned about everybody elses feelings nonsense,they would give ye the skitter.Its called having no back bone,they would rather accommodate everybody and please nobody.If the players don't want to stand for the anthem then they shouldn't be on the team,its that simple.Funny how nobody ever demands that the "Soldiers Song" ever gets played in Windsor park before N.Ireland soccer games to accommodate the players of an Irish republican/nationalist persuasion.
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And theres me thought you were a die hard Shinner Seanie, my mistake.

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 04/02/2011 20:45:38    860693

Do you guys ever realise that you are just as bad as the curb painting unionists you purport to dislike so much. You make everything about nationalism and getting one up on them. It's pathetic lads, seriously.

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4655 - 04/02/2011 20:51:01    860700

Bad monkey it's kerb not curb. All countries play their anthem before international sporting events. They do so with pride. By all means accomodate the Ulster players wearing the green of Ireland and play Irelands Call. If our anthem is good enough to play in Landsdowne Road/Aviva then it is good enough to play in Murrayfield, The Millenium Stadium, The Stadio Flamini, The Stade de France and Twickenham. Playing the anthems is a very important tradition at international sporting occasions. Our anthem should be played at away fixtures.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6182 - 04/02/2011 21:09:09    860710

greengrass.louth.
here here , now we are talking .

ta32 (Tyrone) - Posts: 4907 - 04/02/2011 21:21:47    860719

I would not say I was a die hard Sinn Fein supporter Brend,although they do have my support for now.

seanie_boy (Tyrone) - Posts: 4235 - 04/02/2011 21:24:04    860722

brendtherehand.
yes the mute button was a great invention , it always works a treat ;D.

ta32 (Tyrone) - Posts: 4907 - 04/02/2011 21:26:48    860726

but do nationalists like rugby?

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 04/02/2011 21:29:13    860731

I know plenty lads who are nationalists and they like rugby,personally I don't,but I love soccer if that makes me any less of an anglophobe?

seanie_boy (Tyrone) - Posts: 4235 - 04/02/2011 21:35:04    860736

dhorse.
i thought i ordered you in the event of of E.E.F. , that you call a F.C.O. in this instance the F.S.G. should be effecient in quelling the situtation .
breaker tango out ;D.

ta32 (Tyrone) - Posts: 4907 - 04/02/2011 21:35:10    860737

its so true the gombeens on here are more interested in politics than sport- any bit of oneupmanship on the unionists they will try for it every time- its complete true ye are as bad as the curb painting unionists in fact ye are 100% the same- sad very sad. rugby is lost on ye gombeens as its a game based on respect and that is a concept alien to ye. to hear people spout on that is they dont want to stand for the national anthem (which it isnt anyway as it only represents 26 counties and its a pathetic biggotted song) they shouldnt be on the team- so basically what the finers are saying is their politics should govern who plays for ireland- sad sad sad people thank god the good rugby people of ireland noth and south are not as pathetic

liathroidboy (Mayo) - Posts: 4921 - 05/02/2011 09:51:30    860779

So my love of the oul soccer does me no favours in your eyes then Littlerodboy?

seanie_boy (Tyrone) - Posts: 4235 - 05/02/2011 10:09:07    860792

we are talking about rugby seanie- this is basic stuff when the thred says rugby its fairly safe to assume that thats whats going to be talked about.... og dear god it just gets worse!

liathroidboy (Mayo) - Posts: 4921 - 05/02/2011 10:13:33    860797

it takes a very sad individual to come out and term his national anthem pathecic .

ta32 (Tyrone) - Posts: 4907 - 05/02/2011 11:45:03    860829

I find rugby really boring. I do watch it a bit and I have to say Ireland have given me some great thrills down the years. I never got into the munster thing. Seemed like a bit of a fad to me. People who aren't even members of their local rugby clubs trying to buy tickets to a munster match in france. Seems stupid. Have you ever met a GAA man who goes to county games but not to club games???
The thing i like best about it is that we compete as an island. It's an example to all other sports. I don't care if they sing humpty dumpty before games so long as they get along. I'm confident enough to know that the soldiers song is my national anthem.

hurlinspuds (Cork) - Posts: 1494 - 05/02/2011 12:22:01    860846

Ta im sorry but you may think like alot of people in the north the mindless killing is perfectely acceptable, which is what the song represents, i on the other hand dont want to be associated with such crap- how does this make me pathetic? in fact it makes me the exact opposite, does it make me more irish to sing a song about killing people?

liathroidboy (Mayo) - Posts: 4921 - 05/02/2011 12:43:30    860853

jesus hurling spuds where do all the people at an all ireland final come from so? i havent seen 80 odd thousand at a club match

liathroidboy (Mayo) - Posts: 4921 - 05/02/2011 12:53:03    860861

04/02/2011 19:36:11
ta32
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in the sense that the sportman and women that take part for there country , feel a sense of pride and dignity for not only themselves but the rest of the nation watching .. its that simple pat . no need for the spinmaster




To be brutally honest Ta, I doubt if most of them give a toss about whose head is on the Euro notes they receive for representing "their country".

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 05/02/2011 14:43:14    860920

Ah, rugby, the game of the working man. Been drawing huge crowds for at least ten years now. May its success continue long after the present crop of players retire and the team goes back to being the 5th best in Europe.

Seamus89 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 3848 - 05/02/2011 15:12:42    860931