Who should Ireland support in the World Cup?

slipss

So I was listening to the radio and theywere asking people to text in who they think the Irish should support in the World Cup seeing as were not in it. Some people said the Ivory coast because their flag is very similar to our own and its their first time qualifying and it'd be nice to see them do well. Others said Poland beacause of the large Polish community in Ireland and it'd be a great atmosphere in the pubs and things for the matches. And then others said England because they are fukking idiots and spawns of the anti-christ.

So anyways who do you think we should all be cheering for in the World Cup this year?

P.S. Before someone feels compeled to tell me as their prone to do on here, I know thiers a soccer forum but thats semi-private, and besides this is more of a geographi-social-political-cultural styley do-hickey.

Creamy Goodness

supporting ivory coast because they have a similar flag is ridiculous.

i won't be supporting anyone, but i will enjoy watching england, holland and czech republic playing.

Dave!

ENGLAND!!!

...ok I'll go now

crosstownk

I'll be suporting Mexico as my sister-in-law is Mexican.

Honestly, once Ireland are not in the World Cup I just watch the games with interest.

¡Viva México!

Gator

CELTIC!!!!! any smert alec remerks an il brin de pain!!!!

Pigman II

I don't think we should be cheering anyone.

But if you have to pick a team then it might as well be England as so many here already have copious amounts of practice cheering Svens men at club level week-in week-out.

Kinetic^

Gator wrote:

CELTIC!!!!! any smert alec remerks an il brin de pain!!!!

You sir are a tard!!!!!

I'll be supporting Brazil and Gator's mother!!!

smemon

brazil - the way football should be played

Mossy Monk

Holland for me. dark horses i feel

Paul Tergat

slipss wrote:

England because they are fukking idiots and spawns of the anti-christ.

ok then....

Get behind England!

Dave!

smemon wrote:

brazil - the way football should be played

http://nikefootball.nike.com/nikefootball/siteshell/index.jsp#,en,0;jogatv,,1,0,0

tbh!!!!!!

dSTAR

Australia!!

Because one third of this country is of Irish descent and the poor buggers haven't seen a world cup for 30 odd years!

Ruu_Old

Dont say England, you will have all the Celtic fans out from under the rocks.

"How could you support England, I bet your a Rangers supporter too!?!? Catholics ftw":rolleyes:

BOHS

Im going for Trinidad as 1) they are complete under dogs and 2) they have a player in Avery John who used to play in the Eircom league with Bohs

Binka

I'll be supporting Poland because my mum was polish and England because my dad was english and if Ireland had qualified i'd have supported them too because i live here.

And if none of the above had qualified i'd support Italy because i like the food!

ferdi

trinidad cause i have family from there

MrJoeSoap

T&T ftw! Avery John to lift the World Cup!

MrJoeSoap

slipss wrote:

England because they are fukking idiots and spawns of the anti-christ.

Well done for that.

Dave!

oh I forgot that the Aussies got in, actually! yeah I'll support them

blu_sonic

Engerland cuz i used to live there, but i couldn't give a monkeys who wins, i hope they don't because of the stick i'll get

Paul Tergat

Binka wrote:

I'll be supporting Poland because my mum was polish and England because my dad was english and if Ireland had qualified i'd have supported them too because i live here.

And if none of the above had qualified i'd support Italy because i like the food!

well i'm actually all 4 of those nationalities, born in England and grandparents from Ireland (Galway and Mayo), Poland (some place) and Italy (Verona)

England for the win (and i'm a Man Utd and Celtic fan too)

Fighting Irish

brazil

zuma

I think we should support Poland as a large chunk of Irelands population are Poles after all!!!

Plus a lot of Polish women are hot!!!

Selik

I'd usually support England and I will again although I've just been reminded that Australia are playing in it as well and as I spent 8mths there recently and had a fantastic time so I'll be supporting them as well!

Go AUSSIES!

DonkeyStyle \o/

Who should Ireland support in the World Cup?

Who ever happens to be in the lead at the time... that way everyone's happy all the time.
Having your cake and eating it too... brilliant.

whizzbang

Poles I think! So we can all join the party if they win!

Lirange

Spain & Sweden

Pherekydes

Here's a surprise: I'll support Brazil and Argentina, because they (alone) play the beautiful game.

(Also, any other country that's predominantly Catholic )

I'm actually stunned that nobody's mentioned these two yet.

Hagar

Mossy Monk wrote:

Holland for me. dark horses i feel

Leaving Mossy's horse fondling fantasies to one side... Brazil FTW.

It's not that I don't want England to win, it's just that I don't think I could put up with the crowing for the next 40 years. You would think 1966 was just yesterday.

Milk Lover

I support my two legs because they support me.

Im supporting any team that plays england.

Spalk0

Ok wanting England to win to me is like wanting Liverpool to win the FA cup.....it aint gonna happen because if they did you'd never hear the end of it for years!:rolleyes:

Brazil for me as they are just pure entertainment and theyre allways worthy winners!:D

Its not that i dislike the English....but as Tommy himself had put it we just like to see them defeated in things like football and war!hehe

SpAcEd OuT

I'll be supporting Italy and Swedan, Italy because I watch a lot of Italian football and Swedan because apart from this season I love watching Ibrahimovich playing so hopefully he'll play better in the WC

mikedragon32

England.

I've even gone to the trouble of getting an England Jersey. The nice red one!

Keedowah

Poland i think - but i hope the English do well.

I cant understand the people who dislike the English and then every weekend cheer on English players...

Boggle

I cant understand the people who dislike the English and then every weekend cheer on English players...

I think its because their media is always so cocky and self-assured... (Makes it funnier to see them fall!!)

Dunno who I'd follow - will hardly root for England but will hardly root against them... Australia would be a nice team to get behind as they are underdogs - and most aussie's I've met are sound.

(Although I've aquired some good english friends here in london too... but the need for a slagging match is too great!!)

cournioni

I was going to say England. But now that Rooney is injured I think it will be either Argentina (Heinze) or Portugal (Ronaldo).

Hagar

Keedowah wrote:

I cant understand the people who dislike the English and then every weekend cheer on English players...

On average how many English players are on each Premiership team?
I would really love to know the answer to that one.

eirebhoy

Ruu wrote:

Dont say England, you will have all the Celtic fans out from under the rocks.

"How could you support England, I bet your a Rangers supporter too!?!? Catholics ftw":rolleyes:

It's sort of bred into Celtic fans (not just the steriotypical 16 year old scumbag. The Scottish are worse because they don't have people on boards.ie on their backs for hating the English football team:mad: ) that England are the baddie's. I couldn't be more happier to see them go out before the knockout stages.

I win €1100 if Italy win so it's only one team for me. After Brazil, Italy have the best chance of winning so 10/1 was fantastic odds.

CoolGuy2006

I suppose ill have to support Germany. Im moving to Hamburg on the 24th of May. Hamburg is already filled with loads of World Cup Shenanigans. Was over there last week. Big huge blue neon Goalposts all around the city and on top of most of the tall buildings.

There are gonna be massive Screens erected all around the city so it should be a mad buzz being over there while its on.

masterK

All I want is a team that plays decent entertaining football to win. So for me I'd be quite happy with Brazil, Holland, Portugal and maybe Argentina. I'd hate to see those bores in England, Germany or Italy win it. Imagine an England Italy final, would be 1-0 at most.

Sauce

Im gonna be shouting for Australia and Japan.

Australia - because its been so long since they were last there, and they are a sports mad country
Japan - because them seem like such a great nation of people

Id also like to see Spain do well because of the Liverpool players on the team

eirebhoy

masterK wrote:

All I want is a team that plays decent entertaining football to win. So for me I'd be quite happy with Brazil, Holland, Portugal and maybe Argentina. I'd hate to see those bores in England, Germany or Italy win it. Imagine an England Italy final, would be 1-0 at most.

Italy recently beat Germany 4-1, Holland 3-1 and Ireland 2-1. They have players like Totti, Pirlo (and his sidekick Gatusso), Cameronasi, Gilardino and Luca Toni. Just because they have the best defence in the world I wouldn't call them defensive orientated. Totti is one of the best players in the world to watch. Lippi has them playing really well.

castagnoli

Sauce wrote:

Im gonna be shouting for Australia and Japan.

Australia - because its been so long since they were last there, and they are a sports mad country
Japan - because them seem like such a great nation of people

Id also like to see Spain do well because of the Liverpool players on the team

The amount of Liverpool players on the Spanish team are turning me off them!
Im going with Argentina because of the huge amount of Inter players they have.

MonkeyWrench

Brazil - they play the best football and Ronaldinho could possibly have a world cup like maradona did in 86 which would be some spectacle to watch..

Dun laoire

I wont be shouting for anybody in particular. Plenty of good football is all i wanna see.

MrJoeSoap

eirebhoy wrote:

Totti is one of the best players in the world to watch.

When he's not being sent off at key moments, stamping on people, throwing punches, spitting on people and being an idiot in general, perhaps.

Few players I detest more than him.

snickerpuss

England i guess, but at the same stage i don't want to hear them go on about it for the next trilion years.

HelterSkelter

slipss wrote:

So I was listening to the radio and theywere asking people to text in who they think the Irish should support in the World Cup seeing as were not in it. Some people said the Ivory coast because their flag is very similar to our own and its their first time qualifying and it'd be nice to see them do well. Others said Poland beacause of the large Polish community in Ireland and it'd be a great atmosphere in the pubs and things for the matches. And then others said England because they are fukking idiots and spawns of the anti-christ.

So anyways who do you think we should all be cheering for in the World Cup this year?

P.S. Before someone feels compeled to tell me as their prone to do on here, I know thiers a soccer forum but thats semi-private, and besides this is more of a geographi-social-political-cultural styley do-hickey.

Well seeing as most Irish football supporters support a Premiership team, and most good Irish players play for Premiership teams, the obvious choice should be England!

Mossy Monk

HelterSkelter wrote:

the obvious choice should be England!

for you maybe. the premiership team i support has 2 English players that play regulalry, the rest are all not English

tabatha

Mossy Monk wrote:

for you maybe. the premiership team i support has 2 English players that play regulalry, the rest are all not English

does it really matter??

i will support england as they are our nearest neighbours and a lot of english live here (as well as a lot of irish living over there). after that portugal.

Mossy Monk

tabatha wrote:

does it really matter??

it is obvious that it does to some people