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LA Galaxy explosion

ironictoaster · 2007-07-26 00:08:54

So, I was walking down Grafton St. today and went into a sports shop and the place was bombarded with LA Galaxy Jerseys. This is pathetic people, are Irish people really that stupid to jump on a stupid bandwagon. If anyone buys the jersey on boards, I will personally hit you. Sorry but this one takes the biscuit!!!

26-07-2007 12:08am

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So, I was walking down Grafton St. today and went into a sports shop and the place was bombarded with LA Galaxy Jerseys. This is pathetic people, are Irish people really that stupid to jump on a stupid bandwagon. If anyone buys the jersey on boards, I will personally hit you.

Sorry but this one takes the biscuit!!!

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#2 26-07-2007 12:10am

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What's LA Galaxy?

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#3 26-07-2007 12:12am

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Ro: maaan! wrote:

What's LA Galaxy?

I think it's a Soccer team...

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#4 26-07-2007 12:13am

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Jaysus, I thought there had been a terrorist attack or something from the thread title.

I haven't seen any Galaxy stuff yet myself. Don't want to either.

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#5 26-07-2007 12:18am

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Down with this sort of thing. :mad:

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#6 26-07-2007 12:22am

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Irish Wolf wrote:

I think it's a Soccer team...

lol

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#7 26-07-2007 12:27am

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Ro: maaan! wrote:

lol

Me likes No.2...

See also: lmao, stfu

Actually.. whatever happened to the boards "cards" - I vaguely remember them from my lurker days..

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#8 26-07-2007 12:35am

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I thought La Galaxy was a French chocolate bar. <guffaw>

On topic, I saw these for sale today in Athlone. I laughed heartily at the skangerette who was buying one for her sprog.

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#9 26-07-2007 12:38am

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Henceforth LA Galaxy jersies shall be known as the mark of the skanger.

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#10 26-07-2007 12:39am

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sockcuckers.

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#11 26-07-2007 12:39am

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Ruu wrote:

Down with this sort of thing. :mad:

careful now

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#12 26-07-2007 12:48am

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Henceforth LA Galaxy jersies shall be known as the mark of the retarded.

fyp.

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#13 26-07-2007 1:20am

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#14 26-07-2007 1:25am

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So what if people are buying LA Galaxy or Sunderland jerseys?

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#15 26-07-2007 1:25am

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creggy wrote:

are Irish people really that stupid to jump on a stupid bandwagon.

Do you really need to ask this question? :rolleyes:

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#16 26-07-2007 1:38am

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ffs, this is the same as every knacker toddler at work wearing a madrid shirt with beckham on the back!

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#17 26-07-2007 1:46am

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Move to soccer or not?
Hmm.
A good bitching and moaning AH thread or a soccer thread where everyone hates everyone else?

Meh. It's all the same. ABU, 1966 and all that.

Please note: Any incursion of soccer rivalries will result in a permanent ban.
That means if I see so much as a "<insert team here>" are shoite you will be banned forever and ever and ever.

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#18 26-07-2007 8:47am

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creggy wrote:

......I will personally hit you.

OK! I don't really like football or pretty much any sport, but I'm off to buy a jersey so you can make good on your promise above!

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#19 26-07-2007 8:54am

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Who? What?

What is wrong with wearing the jersey?

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#20 26-07-2007 8:56am

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It's the same bandwagon that passes through Dublin and Kerry every summer.

It's the same bandwagon that passed through Ireland when Liverpool, ManYoo and other British teams, like Celtic, got popular.

It's the same bandwagon that passed through Ireland when BoD, Stringer and the lads got good.

It's the same bandwagon that passed through Ireland last March and April when the cricket world cup was on.

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#21 26-07-2007 9:02am

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Tar.Aldarion wrote:

What is wrong with wearing the jersey?

Its racist, and sexist.

Let them eat cake

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#22 26-07-2007 9:10am

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Terry wrote:

Move to soccer or not?
Meh. It's all the same. ABU, 1966 and all that.

Small boys. Jumpers for goalposts. Oooh...marvellous!

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#23 26-07-2007 9:11am

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Irish Wolf wrote:

Me likes No.2...

See also: lmao, stfu

Actually.. whatever happened to the boards "cards" - I vaguely remember them from my lurker days..

A lot were lost due to crappy data backups, ssome are still on the boards wiki, or they used to be anyway.

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#24 26-07-2007 9:17am

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This is going to save some time. Now we don't even need to tattoo them before we intern them, just grab everyone wearing these jerseys.

Excellent.

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#25 26-07-2007 9:20am

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LA Galaxy are no more 'foreigners' than Man United, etc. so it's all the same really.

I support Dundalk.

Sort of.

Irish Wolf wrote:

Actually.. whatever happened to the boards "cards" - I vaguely remember them from my lurker days..

THESE?

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#26 26-07-2007 9:32am

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Its no different to people buying clothes with designer labels (calvin klein, polo, etc,). Beckham has long become a fashion brand as opposed to simply a footballer. And fair play to him, wouldn't go out and buy stuff with his name plastered on it, but it makes a change from every other professional footballer who goes into "coaching" once their career is at an end (regardless of their aptitude for it)

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#27 26-07-2007 9:41am

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I was flying from LA to Dublin a few days after Beckhams 'launch' and the release of their new (practically carbon copy of real madrid) jersey, and in the queue was this young irish lad, about 15 maybe, wearing the LA Galaxy. My first reaction was 'how sad' then I realised I didn't really care.

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#28 26-07-2007 9:44am

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Oh, so I take they are some american team that acquired David Beckham.
No different than people wearing a man Utd Jersey or a Celtic one.

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#29 26-07-2007 12:18pm

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So what. Maybe its a nice jersey (for all the hype before it Sky showed about 5 seconds of the actual match with Chelsea, I can barely recall the jersey). I have a Real Madrid one, I dont passionately follow La Liga, I won the jersey in a raffle and its probably one of the nicest any European team has Im sure most of yis have a hoody with the name of some American college whos sport you arent even aware of

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#30 26-07-2007 12:49pm

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ziggy67 wrote:

Pathetic.
Just as bad are the bandwagon jumpers who are buying Sunderland jerseys.

ive got the jersy, but where are these jumpers your talking about?

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#31 26-07-2007 12:49pm

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creggy wrote:

So, I was walking down Grafton St. today and went into a sports shop and the place was bombarded with LA Galaxy Jerseys. This is pathetic people, are Irish people really that stupid to jump on a stupid bandwagon. If anyone buys the jersey on boards, I will personally hit you.

Sorry but this one takes the biscuit!!!

Just got mine today!! Im calling my friends now to go up to UCD to play some football so I can wear it!!!

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#32 26-07-2007 2:07pm

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BrightEyes wrote:

Just got mine today!! Im calling my friends now to go up to UCD to play some football so I can wear it!!!

Your gona get p!ssed on.

And its gona rain.

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#33 26-07-2007 2:20pm

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I saw my first LA Galaxy when out on my lunch break there a while ago. Don't think there is a problem wearing football shirts the odd time but I think the LA Galaxy one is a bit silly tbh.

No one here would be wearing one if David Beckham hadn't gone there. Wearing one of these shirts is saying "I am a David Beckham fan" and says nothing about LA Galaxy.

Although it is actually quite a nice football shirt to be fair.

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#34 26-07-2007 2:28pm

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I think it's funny.
Sheep, all of them.

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#35 26-07-2007 3:06pm

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I don't see any harm in it to be honest.. If people are fans of David Beckham then let them buy LA shirts...

I'm working in the states at the moment, and its great to see football getting that much attention in the mainstream media here. Its good for the game in the long term really.

I myself have supported NY Metrostars (now NY Red Bulls... damn corporate takeover) for about 6 years and I think the american league (MLS) deserves the attention its getting.

Begrudgery... Ba humbug! Get over it!

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#36 26-07-2007 3:36pm

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At last: a worthy successor to my "Tim Henman Rules" t-shirt

Rule 1: Don't expect to win

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#37 26-07-2007 3:41pm

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The 'Hate Beckham/LA Galaxy/Hate Bandwagon-jumpers-on' is kinda another bandwagon isn't it?

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#38 26-07-2007 3:43pm

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creggy wrote:

This is pathetic people, are Irish people really that stupid to jump on a stupid bandwagon.

Yes. Why are you so surprised?

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#39 26-07-2007 3:53pm

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Third_Echelon wrote:

I myself have supported NY Metrostars (now NY Red Bulls... damn corporate takeover) for about 6 years and I think the american league (MLS) deserves the attention its getting.

Wasnt it NY NJ Metrostars?

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#40 26-07-2007 4:05pm

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Ro: maaan! wrote:

What's LA Galaxy?

they play that soccer ball game, you know with a round ball NOT made of pigskin!!

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#41 26-07-2007 4:11pm

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David Beckahm is the greatest player of all time.

LA Galaxy for the champion league 2008

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#42 26-07-2007 4:13pm

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I'm going to get one and have "Wanker" Printed on the back and wear it!

Why not, I've enough social credits saved up. I can take it.

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#43 26-07-2007 4:18pm

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SetantaL wrote:

I'm going to get one and have "Wanker" Printed on the back and wear it!

Why not, I've enough social credits saved up. I can take it.

I urge you to do this and post pics.

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#44 26-07-2007 5:46pm

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saw a bloke in the square with one on, with Beckham across the back. spa.

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#45 26-07-2007 6:47pm

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My point is, If Beckham never went to LA. How many sales do you think that jersey would had got? Football is getting attention for all the wrong reasons.

By the way, did anyone hear Arnold Schwarzenegger interview during the match between Chelsea and Galaxy. Biggest waffler ever. He looked highly confused when he talking about his youth playing "soccer"

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#46 26-07-2007 11:11pm

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kearnsr wrote:

Wasnt it NY NJ Metrostars?

They were NY/NJ for the first season in 1996, but after one year they dropped the NJ part of the name...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_New_York

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