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Booing @France game :(

Dcully · 2005-09-07 19:07:44

Whats with the disgusting booing tonight? Am i missing something? Sickening to hear.

07-09-2005 08:07PM

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Whats with the disgusting booing tonight?
Am i missing something?
Sickening to hear.

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#2 07-09-2005 08:22PM

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its brilliant.. irish fans are far too nice

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#3 07-09-2005 08:47PM

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Ah relax will ya, they're booing everyone that came back from retirement, it's just a way to try and put them off, and it's work. Great tactic by the Irish fans, players coming back from retirement who get booed will wonder wtf are they doing there.

COME ON IRELAND!

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#4 07-09-2005 08:48PM

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Dcully wrote:

Whats with the disgusting booing tonight?
Am i missing something?
Sickening to hear.

LOL!

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#5 07-09-2005 08:50PM

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Should have expected replies like this tbh
If it was the other way round im sure yas would be here moaning ffs.
As regards an excuse itsretired players coming back, has Vierra,Henry,Wiltord,Galas come back from retirement?
Cmon Ireland btw,france are there for the taking.

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#6 07-09-2005 08:54PM

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^ Calm down will ya. I am assuming they are booing the french in an attempt to put them off their game, and to create an intimidating athmosphere? Perfectly acceptable IMO.

Though I do think some of the imbeciles in the ground are booing Boumsong because he is a former Rangers player :rolleyes:

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#7 07-09-2005 08:56PM

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Dcully wrote:

Whats with the disgusting booing tonight?
Am i missing something?
Sickening to hear.

:rolleyes: Yes! we should all get together hold hands and sing koom-bi-ya after all it’s not like this is a competition or anything

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#8 07-09-2005 08:56PM

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its about time with started intimidating the away team, does anyone remember the crowd at Anfield when Liverpool played Chelsea in the semis of the CL, the atmosphere was killer. It really fu*ked chelsea up!

More power to the fans, keep the boo's coming !

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#9 07-09-2005 08:57PM

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LOL guess im on my own here

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#10 07-09-2005 08:59PM

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bizmark wrote:

:rolleyes: Yes! we should all get together hold hands and sing koom-bi-ya after all it’s not like this is a competition or anything

hahah, classic.

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#11 07-09-2005 09:01PM

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The crowd are really up for it tonight!!

Should be a great second half.
Nothing wrong with a bit of booing to put the other players off.
Although if we were in france and France were playing like this, there own fans would be booing them! (it happens)

Gwan the Ireland

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#12 07-09-2005 09:04PM

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Ah feck it your probably right,screw it let the booing continue:P

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#13 07-09-2005 09:06PM

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Dcully wrote:

Ah feck it your probably right,screw it let the booing continue:P

LOL it took less than an hour for you to turn Cully!

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#14 07-09-2005 09:21PM

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Dcully wrote:

LOL guess im on my own here

i agree with you but guess i am on my own now

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#15 07-09-2005 10:08PM

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booing when the opposition have the ball is great. one of the more effective ways to make home advantage count...

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#16 07-09-2005 11:09PM

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No real malice in it.
Perhaps if they only booed only one particular player all through the game, that'd be questioned, but they were booing the French every time they had the ball.
It's just a way of showing home crowd advantage.
All part of football tbh...

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#17 08-09-2005 12:02AM

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sjones wrote:

Ah relax will ya, they're booing everyone that came back from retirement, it's just a way to try and put them off, and it's work. Great tactic by the Irish fans, players coming back from retirement who get booed will wonder wtf are they doing there.

Yes let's all Boo Roy Keane.........

It's the difference between the majority of soccer fans and rugby fans in these isles... :rolleyes:

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#18 08-09-2005 01:05AM

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well they were asked to create a hostile atmosphere, that was pretty fecking hostile, not that it did much good.

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#19 08-09-2005 02:02AM

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Well they're gonna support the irish players. by definition, that means NOT SUPPORTING the french players ie being AGAINST them. how the hell are they meant to show "anti-support" for the french players? talk amongst themselves? write a column in their weekly newsletter? send a few txts to their mates sayin henry smells of wee wee? stay perfectly silent?

look fact is, its a game & its entertainment!! nobody ever whinges when the baddys in pantomimes get boo-ed. same difference!! its nothin personal. stop bein overly PC and grow some male genetalii ok?!?!

Women! :rolleyes:

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#20 08-09-2005 02:04AM

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Booing the opposition for being the opposition is perfectly acceptable..

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#21 08-09-2005 09:53AM

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#22 08-09-2005 10:03AM

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the funniest thing last night was during the french national anthem - given that the tune is well recognised by most people - an awful lot of irish people where singing along, except singing "dum da dum dum dum dum dum da dum, dum da dum dum dum da dum". Hilarious.

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#23 08-09-2005 11:35AM

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RE*AC*TOR wrote:

the funniest thing last night was during the french national anthem - given that the tune is well recognised by most people - an awful lot of irish people where singing along, except singing "dum da dum dum dum dum dum da dum, dum da dum dum dum da dum". Hilarious.

That was quite funny actually.

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#24 08-09-2005 12:08PM

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sjones wrote:

Ah relax will ya, they're booing everyone that came back from retirement, it's just a way to try and put them off, and it's work. Great tactic by the Irish fans, players coming back from retirement who get booed will wonder wtf are they doing there.

DubGuy wrote:

Yes let's all Boo Roy Keane.........

It's the difference between the majority of soccer fans and rugby fans in these isles...

Ouch.......Isn't there a law against being brutally honest

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#25 08-09-2005 01:26PM

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I for one am appalled - think of the potential tourism we lost in giving France such a bad reception. We should have been more gracious hosts and aplauded and cheered every time they had the ball. There's no point in wearing a leprechaun hat and a waving about a tri-colour with a pub's name on it if you're not willing to go the extra mile for out masterful visitors. :rolleyes:

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#26 08-09-2005 01:52PM

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Well there goes our friendliest and most behave fans tag, i was ashamed of it. Totally uncalled for. It can institgate crowd trouble which is not what the irish are about.

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#27 08-09-2005 02:59PM

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RE*AC*TOR wrote:

the funniest thing last night was during the french national anthem - given that the tune is well recognised by most people - an awful lot of irish people where singing along, except singing "dum da dum dum dum dum dum da dum, dum da dum dum dum da dum". Hilarious.

The exact same thing actually happened in Paris.. The French loved it then too..

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#28 08-09-2005 02:59PM

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What a load of rubbish. The idea is to help the Irish team by creating the most hostile and intimidating enviroment for visiting teams to play is. Who give's a crap what everyone else thinks of is - I'd rather be disliked as a winner that liked as a loser.

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#29 08-09-2005 03:00PM

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super_furry wrote:

I for one am appalled - think of the potential tourism we lost in giving France such a bad reception. We should have been more gracious hosts and aplauded and cheered every time they had the ball. There's no point in wearing a leprechaun hat and a waving about a tri-colour with a pub's name on it if you're not willing to go the extra mile for out masterful visitors. :rolleyes:

**** I nearly took the bait.. Damn the lack of sleep!!

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#30 08-09-2005 03:58PM

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I think booing everytime a French player got the ball last night was ridiculous, and it lost its affect after a few mins as players are used to just tuning that out, mentally. It would have been far better to have the Irish fans cheering vociferously for the Irish, all the time and maling a real loud nose.

I agree on Kerr's stance, that a hostile stadium of mad opposing fans can create a difficult environment for opposition to perform. But we can be hostile without being negative with booing. Sure, we could have started throwing coins and plastic bottles at them as well, wouldnt that have helped our cause too? There is a place for booing if a player does something dirty or if an official makes a blatant mistake, but not booing for the sake of booing, a waste of energy and negative. I'd say even the Irish players got sick of it after a while.

redspider

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#31 08-09-2005 04:46PM

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i appreciated that the french anthem has been respected. it happen not that often.
i didn't notice that the players were booing.

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