Whats wrong with 'some' Fans!?!

Carcharodon

I was out in Dublin last weekend after the Kerry v Armagh match (iam a Kerry supporter) and i got chatting to two Dublin guys around my age(24), one was wearing Dublin jersey and we got chatting about football.

He started telling me how Dublin are going to destroy Kerry and are way better, i said i didnt think so, said they might win but it would be close and i thought Kerry had the advantage

He got kind of thick with me and said Dublin always beat Kerry, i compared all Irelands won and when both teams last won one but he wouldnt believe it.

Dont know how anybody could put on their county jersey and not know a thing about them and be so pig ignorent.

I know all Dub fans are not like that but i do find alot are clueless, they are like the English Soccer fans with the World Cup, they think they have a divine right to win it.

[Mod Edit] thread title changed to avoid potential flamefest

chillywilly

nothing is wrong with dublin fans....you met one guy who didnt know what he was talking about, get over it:rolleyes:

WellyJ

chillywilly wrote:

nothing is wrong with dublin fans....you met one guy who didnt know what he was talking about, get over it:rolleyes:

Amen to that

Nalced_irl

We gotta get by Westmeath first, thats not even gonna be easy. Every county has fans like that. I dont see how anyone can say we always beat Kerry. I think Kerry are a team that have been consistently better than us for quite a while now. I think if we get by Westmeath we certainly have a good chance at Kerry tho. This year Kerry arent what they were altho they are beginning to look better. The Dubs are looking strong but the real test would come against a team like Kerry and will show whether we are actually as good as we looked against Offaly and Laois or if they were just that bad in the second 35.

Carcharodon

chillywilly wrote:

nothing is wrong with dublin fans....you met one guy who didnt know what he was talking about, get over it:rolleyes:

Its not just one, he was the extreme version i admit but most of them are so clueless its scary

Just because you wear the jersey doesnt make you an expert

Culchie

Carcharodon wrote:

Its not just one, he was the extreme version i admit but most of them are so clueless its scary

Just because you wear the jersey doesnt make you an expert

Not picking on you, but I've met a fair few Kerry fans in my time who think they are invincible as well.
In fact, I think I've met them all:(

kaimera

Nothing like sports to bring out the armchair 'experts' whos knowledge comes from the **** on the barstool they sit on most of the time.

whassupp2

Kerry supporters in Croker for only a semi final??????
Thats a novelty.

Flukey

The last time Dublin beat Kerry in the Championship was in 1977. It was the All-Ireland Semi-final and is still regarded as the greatest Gaelic Football match of all time. We'll put that right this year, assuming they get past Cork.

Carcharodon

Culchie wrote:

Not picking on you, but I've met a fair few Kerry fans in my time who think they are invincible as well.
In fact, I think I've met them all:(

Cant argue with that but i think they are the most sceptical at the same time

Carcharodon

whassupp2 wrote:

Kerry supporters in Croker for only a semi final??????
Thats a novelty.

It was actually a quarter final !!!!!
Shows how much you know

Nalced_irl

Good to see the title changed but these "Dublin fans......" threads are getting tired. If you dont like Dublin fans, dont talk to them.

"Just because you wear a jersey doesnt make you an expert"??
Since when do you have to be an expert to be a supporter?? Again, all this talk of "GAA Knowledge" and how much of a "Real" supporter it makes you is getting tired.

Why do you think there is this thing that no Kerry fans turn up for any early games, even as far as quarters and semis? Maybe cos they think they have the "devine right" to go further so dont bother going to the "walkovers"? I have met many of these Kerry fans, and other counties but i dont feel the need to start a thread whinging about it here. But i suppose its different if its a Dublin fan that said it.


PS. Again, i point to the many threads here where Dublin fans have stated that we do not think we will win the AI this year. Yes we will be close (hopefully thinking that isnt a crime) but not the best in the country. So this devine right bullsh*t is a bit lost really.

dcr22B

Carcharodon wrote:

Its not just one, he was the extreme version i admit but most of them are so clueless its scary

Just because you wear the jersey doesnt make you an expert

I was in Croker myself on Saturday and afterwards, I went down to Gills to meet up with my cousin from Cork and his fiance as he was staying in my house that night. Was wearing my Dublin jersey (moreso to wind my Dad up who is a Donegal man and never gives the Dubs any credit).

So there we are having the banter (4 Cork fans, 2 Kerry fans and 2 Dubs fans) about how the rest of the championship will pan out when along comes a severely intoxicated Kerryman and the first words he utters out of his mouth, "F**k off Dubs, shure yer only a bunch of c**ts".

Charming I thought considering the toolbox probably never even made it as far as the stadium given the state of him so he proceeded to annoy the whole group that I was with and still verbally abusing me when he started to chant "Championees, championees" which got me going. My instant response was "If I remember correctly, you haven't won anything yet (we'll disregard the League as I was speaking in Championship terms)". With that, he tried to kick me in the nether regions when the Kerry lad who was with us stepped in and got rid of the fool.

So, let's just put it to bed that most Dublin fans are clueless. What you've got to take into account is that we're always going to have more "fairweather" supporters due to the size of our population but every single county has its share of idiot supporters.

Waylander

After the amount of arguements I had last year, I have made a concious effort to avoid all these threads about Dublin supporterrs, and to avoid any post by Lemlin which mentions Dublin. I have decided to accept that some people are idiots who like to apply double standards to Dublin supporters as oppossed to supporters from other counties. As a result of this decision I am considerably more relaxed this year. I suggest other Dublin fans make the same choice, as you are not going to convince these idiots to change their mind, they do not come on here to discuss these things, they come on here to bitch and cause strife!

DUB

Dublin have more then most probably but every county has summer time fans, whats the problem? Croke park could be a quarter of the size it is if only knowledgeable fans were allowed in, smaller probably.

califano

Carcharodon wrote:

I know all Dub fans are not like that

Yes they are.
Im a Dubliner but im always up for whichever team plays against them because of their 'supporters'.

Culchie

DUB wrote:

Dublin have more then most probably but every county has summer time fans, whats the problem? Croke park could be a quarter of the size it is if only knowledgeable fans were allowed in, smaller probably.

Exactly.

Sure every county has the fair weather fans, otherwise wouldn't all the league games be sell outs?

Just another pick on Dublin thread.

Culchie

rounders123 wrote:

Yes they are.
Im a Dubliner but im always up for whichever team plays against them because of their 'supporters'.

Jeez Aidan, never had anything but the best of craic with the Dubs.

Meath on the other hand.....don't get me going:p

califano

Culchie wrote:

Jeez Aidan, never had anything but the best of craic with the Dubs.

Meath on the other hand.....don't get me going:p

I could be wrong mick. Im mostly going on what i see on the telly. No1 haircuts, arms folded with furious facial expressions as they watch on, , heading into the match in groups of 6 like myr cats!. Ive got no county pride when im watching Dublin football im afraid. I root for their hurlers though.

DUB

oh for the love of god, i suggest you go down to parnell park for a league match, great buzz, friendly atmosphere. same goes for the VAST majority of fans in Croke Park on a match day, it's a tiny minority that give us a bad name on the day. The cameras on match day always focus on the young lads on the hill.

califano

DUB wrote:

oh for the love of god, i suggest you go down to parnell park for a league match, great buzz, friendly atmosphere. same goes for the VAST majority of fans in Croke Park on a match day, it's a tiny minority that give us a bad name on the day. The cameras on match day always focus on the young lads on the hill.

Fair enough, im sure your right. I hope so anyway.

Culchie

rounders123 wrote:

Fair enough, im sure your right. I hope so anyway.

If we win on Sunday Aidan, and you win on Saturday, we'll meet up for a few scoops on the day of the semi-final.

Dublin V Mayo would be electric, and some fecking scramble for tickets.

Waylander

I was offered tickets for the semi final last week. It was a bit of a tough decision, didnt like to tempt fate by saying yes before we had got there. In the end I had to take them, but I am thinking of putting the face value on Westmeath to win just so I dont have to face the wrath of the sporting gods:)

califano

Culchie wrote:

If we win on Sunday Aidan, and you win on Saturday, we'll meet up for a few scoops on the day of the semi-final. .

You know full well its the pubs where its at its worst!:D

DUB

Waylander wrote:

I was offered tickets for the semi final last week. It was a bit of a tough decision, didnt like to tempt fate by saying yes before we had got there. In the end I had to take them, but I am thinking of putting the face value on Westmeath to win just so I dont have to face the wrath of the sporting gods:)

I'd take the tickets regardless! not counting any chickens but a Dublin v Mayo match would be a fantastic atmosphere!

dcr22B

DUB wrote:

I'd take the tickets regardless! not counting any chickens but a Dublin v Mayo match would be a fantastic atmosphere!

I wouldn't go writing Laois off in the other QF as they would be dying for another crack at the Dubs or Westmeath who they both owe for defeats in the past few years.

The Rooster

rounders123 wrote:

Im mostly going on what i see on the telly. No1 haircuts, arms folded with furious facial expressions as they watch on, , heading into the match in groups of 6 like myr cats!. Ive got no county pride when im watching Dublin football im afraid.

From a man who claims to be from the "rough part" of Dublin

Yes, all 50,000+ Dubs who attended the Leinster final are scumbags.

It is ironic that you're description matches groups of supporters from every county, not to mention soccer clubs etc.

Imagine heading into a match in a group!!! Dirty bashtads :rolleyes:

Of course everyone can talk bucket loads of sh!te when they know nothing on the subject.

hawker

My experience of Dublin fans (hill and otherwise) has been nothing but positive. Bit of craic before and after the match and all the usual banter. I have to say that I've always liked the Dublin fans because of their wit. Of course you are going to have a rough element but no more than any other county. And of course I'll throw the odd dig at the Dubs but only in the name of banter.

I reckon that it's the media hype thats annoying fans of most other counties more than anything else. But people have to understand that this is not the fans fault. There are over 1m people in Dublin and any story that hypes the Dubs will sell.

That mightn't stop me from shouting for Westmeath on Sunday though!!:)

DUB

dcr22B wrote:

I wouldn't go writing Laois off in the other QF as they would be dying for another crack at the Dubs or Westmeath who they both owe for defeats in the past few years.

Hey i'm not writing off anyone, Laois v Mayo will be a cracker i'd say, could go either way. Same goes for Áth Cliath v An Iarmhí!

dcr22B

hawker wrote:

And of course I'll throw the odd dig at the Dubs but only in the name of banter.

Surely you don't wish to resort to violence against us!

califano

The Rooster wrote:

From a man who claims to be from the "rough part" of Dublin .

Thats not a boast its a fact!. If i could afford to be living in Dalkey or Foxrock with the snobs i would be!.

btw all your points are valid especially the last one!

Lemlin

Waylander wrote:

After the amount of arguements I had last year, I have made a concious effort to avoid all these threads about Dublin supporterrs, and to avoid any post by Lemlin which mentions Dublin. I have decided to accept that some people are idiots who like to apply double standards to Dublin supporters as oppossed to supporters from other counties. As a result of this decision I am considerably more relaxed this year. I suggest other Dublin fans make the same choice, as you are not going to convince these idiots to change their mind, they do not come on here to discuss these things, they come on here to bitch and cause strife!

You Dub fans sure do love dragging me into things. Here's a suggestion for ya:

How about you go and find one topic where I mentioned Dublin on this forum this year before Blackbelt, a Dub supporter, dragged me into a topic by making hugely outlandish claims?

He later said these claims were to get a reaction from me but I don't see you mentioning him.

Why? Because he's a perfect example of what the author is on about. A Dub supporter who doesn't have a clue what he's on about. Would you disagree?

And seeing as you've dragged me into this. I totally agree with the author. Yes, every county has supporters who are just there to drink, cause trouble etc. and know nothing about the game. The problem is that Dublin have far more than any other county, hence bottles thrown at umpires and flares thrown at the pitch. Would you disagree with that?

Collie D

kaimera wrote:

Nothing like sports to bring out the armchair 'experts' whos knowledge comes from the **** on the barstool they sit on most of the time.

Yup and I bet the guy he was talking to got a ticket for the Westmeath game whereas I couldn't.

And whoever said Kerry fans at only a semi-final, kudos, been saying that for years, worst fans in the country for getting behind their team.

Carcharodon

Collie D wrote:

Yup and I bet the guy he was talking to got a ticket for the Westmeath game whereas I couldn't.

And whoever said Kerry fans at only a semi-final, kudos, been saying that for years, worst fans in the country for getting behind their team.

Kerry had the same average support most counties had through the season.
Its only natural when a team is used to success that they take getting to semi and finals for granted and when a team has had little success, everyone will get behind them,eg Longford

It can be difficult to travel up to Dublin for games, its costly and awkward..

Easy for Dublin supporters to big up the great support they have, when they have a massive population and all their games are on their doorstep

Evil_Bilbo

I'll agree with the author here - most (not all) dub fans I've met are totally clueless not to mention pig ignorant. I'm from wexford and was lookin for a ticket last year in pubs around croker (was wexford v dublin and kildare v laois) - I was wearing my wexford jersey and tonnes of the dubs were shouting "kildare are gonna hammer ye today" or "laois are gonna kill ye".

1. I am wearing a wexford jersey, which is pretty distinctive and actually has the word "WEXFORD" on the front incase you are thick enough to not recognise the colours
2. These fans obviously didnt even know who they were playing even though the match was soon to start
3. They were spiteful for no reason ("yer gonna get hammered") even though they didnt know who we were or who we were playing.

Ended up getting a ticket eventually and during the match witnessed bottle throwing, fireworks shot onto the pitch when wexford were taking a penalty, and fans in groups hurling abuse at us all the way home after the match (which they won) - they knew who we were then eh?

They do add an incredible atmosphere to croke park (the noise is unreal!), and I'm sure some are okay, but this was typical of the soccer supporting skinhead aggressive clueless carry on we usually associate with our friends across the irish sea. The only reason these idiots even go to these GAA matches is to see what its like to be part of a big gang of hooligans at a big game (I'm sure there's never much of a turn out to their precious FAI games).

Collie D

Carcharodon wrote:

Easy for Dublin supporters to big up the great support they have, when they have a massive population

And there we have the answer to your original post. Can I suggest that if this is an anti-Dublin post that it be moved to another forum as I don't think there is much football talk going on in here, just an excuse for a bit of Dub-bashing, not that we care what you think

theCzar

Just ignore the gobsh!tes and pray to god they pass out and leave you alone, you can also pray they pass out in front of a bus if your team have just lost and this guy's throwing insults without knowing who scored and God will understand.

How much attention is paid to the 99% of supporters who come and go quietly out of a love of football, and pride in county versus the attention paid to a few eejits who think volume is an adequate replacement for brains.

Carcharodon

Collie D wrote:

And there we have the answer to your original post. Can I suggest that if this is an anti-Dublin post that it be moved to another forum as I don't think there is much football talk going on in here, just an excuse for a bit of Dub-bashing, not that we care what you think

Bit sad to quote something and not include the entire quote and then use it out of context.
That was a reply in regards to the so called lack of Kerry support at Croke park each year.

You or as you say "we" do care otherwise you wouldn't reply...:rolleyes:

Collie D

Carcharodon wrote:

Bit sad to quote something and not include the entire quote and then use it out of context.
That was a reply in regards to the so called lack of Kerry support at Croke park each year.

You or as you say "we" do care otherwise you wouldn't reply...:rolleyes:

Don't think it was used out of context, you were giving about Dublin fans and then later you mention the huge population... there are over a million people in Dublin, of course there is going to be a higher number of arseholes

Carcharodon

Collie D wrote:

Don't think it was used out of context, you were giving about Dublin fans and then later you mention the huge population... there are over a million people in Dublin, of course there is going to be a higher number of arseholes[/QUOTE

I mentioned population because people were saying that Kerry people dont travel to Croke Park for games, and only arrive for the final.
I was trying to say that its easy for Dublin fans to fill Croke Park because of population and its on their doorstep.
Its costly and akward for Kerry people to travel up a couple of times a year and the population is far less

I get your point though and realise iam being just as ignorent as those minority of Dublin fans by attacking all Dublin fans, it just seems they really overshadow the rest of the supporters.