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Euro 2012 vs AI Championship

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People sometimes say "So what if I follow an English club? Why shouldn't I?" The problem I have with it is that so many people invest so much time, energy & money in following these clubs - paying for Sky Sports, going to the pub, buying the merch, going to Old Trafford etc. All fine & dandy in its own right BUT wouldn't a fair dollop of that better serve you, your family & your community by getting involved in your some of your local club(s), regardless of which sport?

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 09/06/2012 19:50:39    1190487

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tipptothetop
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How do you support these Dublin players so? You go to hill16 to watch your Dublin team for whom some or most of the players you have no respect for as you call them hypocrites. You are also having a go at alot of your fellow Dublin supporters for supporting their country. Maybe it is you who are the hypocrite.

i support the dublin football team players come and go and because they have intrests in things does not mean i have to agree with it now does it
eamonn fennell is going on that reality show celebrity salon does it mean i have to support that show,if i dont does this mean i like or dislike him any more or less
i support them as players playing for dublin if i dont agree with things they do out of football does not mean i have no respect for them

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 09/06/2012 19:59:57    1190501

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keeper 7

your right and these same people cannot see why the league of ireland is not at a higher standard and its mainly because of the lack of money coming in instead these soccer supporters are handing the money over to the english fa buying and helping to fund their leagues if they were to attend and support our own leagues the standard would improve as there would be more money coming into the clubs which means they would be able to keep players here instead of cashing in on money across the pond its not rocket science

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 09/06/2012 20:04:24    1190504

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The Dubs every day of the week, next would be katie taylor for gold in the olympics and the rest of the boxng team.if ireland win im happy for the genuine irish fans who go to the matches and if it puts a smile on peoples faces why not.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 09/06/2012 20:18:31    1190522

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Ok third time trying to post. Keeper and hill ye are judging players who give more to gaa than 90% of people. If they want to support an English club team and the Irish national team then so be it. They don't deserve to be chastised by ye.

tipptothetop (Tipperary) - Posts: 531 - 10/06/2012 12:20:41    1190752

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It really annoys me when Irish people refer to Man Utd or Liverpool as WE.
In my opinion the only teams that should be refered to as we are your local club, county, national teams and if you are a soccer fan your local LOI team

Bal1991 (Westmeath) - Posts: 95 - 10/06/2012 12:38:27    1190761

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I'm not chastising anyone, merely expressing my opinion. That's what forums are for. A Man Utd fan once said to me that it's just as hypocritical for the likes of me to refer to my county team as "we". I told him that as a member of & contributor to my local GAA club which feeds into all our county's teams I have every right to refer to any county Longford team as "we" because they do in many respects represent me, my efforts, mo mhuintir.

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 10/06/2012 13:38:12    1190803

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Keeper have a look at your post above, that is a chastising statement. You are telling people what they should be doing with their money and their free time.

tipptothetop (Tipperary) - Posts: 531 - 10/06/2012 14:22:48    1190823

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Lovin the Euro's absolutely brilliant stuff, ten times better than the drivel weve had to watch in the champ so far this year, and even worse - the commentary and punditry.

hmmm you watching the same thing as the rest of us
a danish performance that jim mcguinness would have been proud of hardly better then armagh v tyrone today,
also the pundits are terrible the guy who does the formula 1 was doing the holland match and evrytime that van persie touched the ball it was the arsenal man this the arsenal man that its pity he didnt know anybody club that wasnt in england,oh and least we forget john giles when asked about a player not playing in the premier league his answer " eh eamonn would know more about him then me"

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 10/06/2012 21:38:12    1191285

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tipptothetop
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they can do as they want it does not mean because they play for my county that i have to agree with it though does it

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 10/06/2012 21:42:05    1191289

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i think the football championship this year will be better than other year with so called weaker teams really pushing hye stronger ones look at carlow and meath, sligo and galway

blueandgold78 (Offaly) - Posts: 39 - 11/06/2012 08:12:13    1191317

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this weekend was great. sligo beat galway, clare beat limerick, carlow draw against meath, wexford shock longord, cork beat kerry and tyrone put in a great performance to beat a decent armagh team. then we have ireland who are taking up most of every papers sports coverage and we are subject to a crap amateur performance for 90 mins. Half the countries counties were involved in GAA this weekend why do the sun or star only provide 1 page of coverage. I don't even recognize half of irelands players. they don't deserve the coverage it annoys me someone like denis obrien would put all that money towards that organization where everyone already earns 10 times too much.

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 11/06/2012 09:22:34    1191347

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Well said BettystownRoyal !.

fortyfive (Tyrone) - Posts: 5929 - 11/06/2012 09:57:03    1191376

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You and me both!!! when ye think of what these soccar players get paid and the effort GAA players put into their training and committment and the sheer enterainment they provide for us all summer, the mind boggles...I tell ye if Id forked out a few grand to go over to Poznan I think Id be sick this morning...

Mollymalone (Dublin) - Posts: 1137 - 11/06/2012 09:58:34    1191377

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BettystownRoyal
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1191347 this weekend was great. sligo beat galway, clare beat limerick, carlow draw against meath, wexford shock longord, cork beat kerry and tyrone put in a great performance to beat a decent armagh team. then we have ireland who are taking up most of every papers sports coverage and we are subject to a crap amateur performance for 90 mins. Half the countries counties were involved in GAA this weekend why do the sun or star only provide 1 page of coverage. I don't even recognize half of irelands players. they don't deserve the coverage it annoys me someone like denis obrien would put all that money towards that organization where everyone already earns 10 times too much.


Great post except I wouldn't have said Wexford shocked Longford!

Culann (Dublin) - Posts: 2306 - 11/06/2012 10:20:01    1191391

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Problem solved, thanks Trappa!

lilypad (Kildare) - Posts: 1363 - 11/06/2012 11:13:30    1191488

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I was in Tullamore yesterday and I guarantee you will not see anything in Poland or The Ukraine to compare with the last fifteen minutes of the Longford/Wexford match. Those prima donnas (I dont refer to the Irish players to be fair) could certainly learn from the "amateurs" in Tullamore and all the other grounds around Ireland this and every summer.

lochgarmanabu (Wexford) - Posts: 1022 - 11/06/2012 11:30:39    1191508

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Actually ended up watching it with my dog who decided to bark at the TV for most of the second half. Obviously either a discerning pundit or ultra patriotic!

My daughter went to watch it with her friends in one of their houses. Felt disappointed for them because the whole thing is a bit of a buzz for them. Have to admit though that there is small part of me not exactly broken hearted that the hpye will be gone now. And agree with Bettystown regarding the attitude of a considerable proportion of soccer people here towards GAA. I know they are only a minority but would love to have been with a few of them in particular at around half nine last night :-)

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 11/06/2012 11:53:59    1191545

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I've been thinking about this subject for the last few days. Is it just me or is something missing this time around or are people just copping on that soccer is a borefest?. Are people in Ireland just trying to recreate Euro 88 or Italy 90 or US 94. It seems to me that the imagination has not been captured to the same level (don't get me wrong, as a GAA man that doesn't bother me). Is it because deep down the Irish public see todays soccer stars as spoilt millionaire brats compared the Irish teams that played in 88, 90 and 94 (men who lived wealthy lifestyles but nothing like todays pre madonna) and that they haven't the same effection for the players? Think of past heroes, the fighting Irish (there are no real leaders on the Irish soccer team to my knowledge but I might be wrong I wouldn't watch more than two or three games a year - and that at a push), Kevin Moran, Paul McGrath, Quinn, Stapleton, Staunton? Think of our own GAA heroes, plenty of leaders in their midst - McGeaney, Tomás Ó Sé, Séamas Moynihan, Alan Brogan, Henry Shefflan, Dooher, Noel O' Leary, Canty, etc. They are heroes and leaders. Is it we just don't have leaders on the soccer team and thats why not as many people are bothered with the borefest in Poland?

Culann (Dublin) - Posts: 2306 - 14/06/2012 13:32:05    1194179

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No culann it's because we're the worst team in the tournament and everyone knows we're going home after tonight.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 14/06/2012 13:39:44    1194184

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