Lifestyles Tv Ad I`m a Real Fan

dreamers75

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2mSTAv2Tuc

I actually felt a little bit of vomit in my throat after watching this.

Football fans go to football matches win/lose/draw.

People who like football watch it on tv/internet/swivelchairs.

GLaDOS

Oh boy

Superbus

Wow. I make no bones about being a complete blow-in of a fan but even I find that offensive. Jesus.

Mint Sauce

Even as a Liverpool fan i'm thinking OMG.

eagle eye

Whats wrong with that?

Is this another of those LOI followers are the only real fans in Ireland nonsense.

If it is then I have one thing to say and its a smiley.

:rolleyes:

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Oh Lord.

ironictoaster

Some nice trolling from lifestyle there.

dreamers75

eagle eye wrote: »

Is this another of those LOI followers are the only real fans in Ireland nonsense.

No its a people who go to football matches are real followers type nonsense.

Others are just umm people who like football on screens.

That and Lifestyle have like 3 jerseys at any one time ever.

flahavaj

dreamers75 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2mSTAv2Tuc

I actually felt a little bit of vomit in my throat after watching this.

Football fans go to football matches win/lose/draw.

People who like football watch it on tv/internet/swivelchairs.

They're trying to sell a few jersies to kids, not provide an accurate commentary on the committment and behaviour necessary to support a football team properly. Calm down. You'd be tugging yourself mercilessly if it had been a Bray Wanderers jersey but they probably don't sell as well, (which at the end of the day is the bottom line when a sports vendor is making a TV ad to sell its wares).

Mint Sauce

eagle eye wrote: »

Whats wrong with that?

Is this another of those LOI followers are the only real fans in Ireland nonsense.

If it is then I have one thing to say and its a smiley.

:rolleyes:

My first thought was actually LOI when he made reference to being a real fan and being irish.

But putting that to one side, its still kind of cringe.

OPENROAD

irish-stew wrote: »

My first thought was actually LOI when he made reference to being a real fan and being irish.

But putting that to one side, its still kind of cringe.

Brilliant with an English jersey and an English player on his back , love it

PHB

I think it'll increase sales. Job done.

eagle eye

dreamers75 wrote: »

No its a people who go to football matches are real followers type nonsense.

Others are just umm people who like football on screens.

That and Lifestyle have like 3 jerseys at any one time ever.

How many times is this rubbish going to be brought up? I've been to about 400 LOI matches in my lifetime and I haven't been to one in 13 years. I follow Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League and no LOI team. Am I not a 'real' football fan?

Anybody who chooses to follow a club is football fan in my eyes. It doesn't matter whether they never go to see them live although most do at some stage. This pathetic line thats taken by fans of LOI clubs is not helping their own clubs. There might be people on here who might go and watch an LOI game but when they read the pile of garbage thats posted here they might decide against it because they don't want to be involved with people with anti-Premier League views.

Mr Alan

dreamers75 wrote: »

No its a people who go to football matches are real followers type nonsense.

Where in this ad that has offended you so much, does the protagonist say he doesn't go to watch Liverpool matches?

Paully D

dreamers75 wrote: »

Football fans go to football matches win/lose/draw.

People who like football watch it on tv/internet/swivelchairs.

What about those who put their families first and spend any disposable income on them rather than going to watch football matches and just catch games on the TV, or through streams etc?

Your argument is a pathetic one.

flahavaj

I'm going to say the word "barstooler" will get bandied about at least 17 times before the thread gets locked. Anyone wanna go higher or lower? We might even somehow veer into blaming the GAA for this ad if we're really lucky.

Oat23

Love this comment on the video.

"I'm a barstooler, I've been watching an English team on the telly a while now, reading about them in the newspapers, I 'm a plastic Paddy, I follow them when they win, slick advertisement means I wear this jersey, because it says I'm a fool, I'm a glory hunter, I'm Irish, I'm average, I dream big for a scousers team and for me the arm chair fan, yeah it might be another English players name for now but soon I will boo him when he plays for his national team, Jersey printing at Lifestyle Sports"

BOHtox

beaten to the parody.

OPENROAD

If he left out the whole "I'm Irish" thing, the ad would be ok imo

NufcNavan

As someone rightfully pointed out in the comments under the video, would you really want a muppet like him going to LOI games?

starviewadams

Why are some LOI fan's so bitter?would turn off any potential fans of their league if they read some of the comments on here.

BOHtox

starviewadams wrote: »

Why are some LOI fan's so bitter?would turn off any potential fans of their league if they read some of the comments on here.

You in no way think that video is cringeworthy?

3hn2givr7mx1sc

That comment is actually pretty funny!

dfx-

I liked the bit "I'm proud to wear our jersey, because it says I am loyal"

Strange thing to have printed on a jersey..

SM01

My tuppance-worth, having spent 12+ years working in advertising: It's gash. The faux-sincerity, the predictable and poorly written script, the misplaced sentiment, the sigur ros-lite soundtrack, the end message that seems to be just tagged on. It won't appeal to anyone over 16 because of the above. It won't appeal to anyone under 16 as I doubt their attention span would keep them interested in watching 'til the end.

Ebbs

Annnnnnnddddd here we go again. First mention of this being an LoI thread was Eagle Eye.... shock horror.

I support liverpool too, and its cringeworthy. If it had been a shamrock rovers jersey... it would have been equally cringeworthy.

Pedro K

starviewadams wrote: »

Why are some LOI fan's so bitter?would turn off any potential fans of their league if they read some of the comments on here.

For the majority of people who support EPL clubs (nothing wrong with it btw) and don't attend LOI matches, that situation is not going to change no matter what. The ship has sailed, they aren't interested in LOI football.

The way attendances would increse IMO is through proper advertisement, promotion and coverage of the league in our national media. Often times in "Irish" newspapers there are more inches of a page dedicated to travel deals to go see EPL clubs than there is to the LOI fixtures the night before.

flas

i actually know the chap who is in this ad, he is not a liverpool fan or anything like that, he is in the lyons tea ad and the mcdonalds ad's, he is the eejit sayin "it wrecks the cheese"... i know he goes to parkhead about 10 times a season, thats the only football he follows! thought it was a terrible terrible ad!

Liam O

Like it or not, people have loftier dreams than playing for Shels or Bohs when they start playing football. Most will have a lot more interest in higher quality teams that produce great football rather than the barely pro Irish league. It's the same in every sport. No kid dreams of being the next Glen Crowe or Jason Byrne.

flas

Liam O wrote: »

Like it or not, people have loftier dreams than playing for Shels or Bohs when they start playing football. Most will have a lot more interest in higher quality teams that produce great football rather than the barely pro Irish league. It's the same in every sport. No kid dreams of being the next Glen Crowe or Jason Byrne.

kind of bad examples if you ask me! you could have choosen a mountain of other players! both played for their international team, the highest acolade in football?

eagle eye

Liam O wrote: »

Like it or not, people have loftier dreams than playing for Shels or Bohs when they start playing football. Most will have a lot more interest in higher quality teams that produce great football rather than the barely pro Irish league. It's the same in every sport. No kid dreams of being the next Glen Crowe or Jason Byrne.

I hate when people go overboard on either side. Any kid who is brought to games as a youngster will want to play for the team he goes to see. I wanted to play for Finn Harps when I was a kid. Dreamt of playing alongside my favourite player Hilary Carlyle. He for me was as big as Johnny Giles or Liam Brady when I was a child.

Obviously when you get into your teens and it becomes an option then things will change but not with young kids.

Liam O

flas wrote: »

kind of bad examples if you ask me! you could have choosen a mountain of other players! both played for their international team, the highest acolade in football?

playing for the national team is far from the highest accolade in football.

AgileMyth

Liam O wrote: »

Like it or not, people have loftier dreams than playing for Shels or Bohs when they start playing football. Most will have a lot more interest in higher quality teams that produce great football rather than the barely pro Irish league. It's the same in every sport. No kid dreams of being the next Glen Crowe or Jason Byrne.

Do they dream of being the next Seamus Coleman, Kevin Doyle, Keith Fahey etc? I can't see why not.

Maybe if our media stopped pushing the english league so much the 'barely pro' league would actually prosper.
And there are a good few teams in Ireland that produce great football, often better than some of the shite you see in the english premier.

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Ebbs wrote: »

Annnnnnnddddd here we go again. First mention of this being an LoI thread was Eagle Eye.... shock horror.

Don't forget Flah's witty remarks too, he never fails to turn up with them. Hilarious bloke that he is.

Iago

First mention of it being a "real fans LOI TM pending" thread was in the first post.

This isn't soccer forum related so I'm locking this. If anybody would actually like to discuss the merits of the ad itself there is a marketing forum on boards.