Irish fans welcome England team to Poland

Paddyfield

Reality_Check1

Feckin morons

LizT

Embarrassing.

AlmightyCushion

Bunch of eejits.

garv123

They'll be screaming and roaring supporting them in the premiership in a few months time.

Faith+1

Thankfully these idiots don't represent the majority of Irish fans,.

TouchingVirus

Clowns

2qk4u

Am I the only one that finds this funny ?

Allyall

Harmless jibes..

Singing the National Anthem was a bit much, but still, all harmless fun, Unless they purposely went out of their way, to that hotel to do it.. In that case, very, very sad..

But if they were cordoned off on that street as the bus/cars/fleet was/were coming, then i think, supporters of any country would've acted similarly, some may even have kept eggs just for such an occasion.

Anyway, harmless fun, part and parcel of the whole Euros package..

BorneTobyWilde

Faith+1 wrote: »

Thankfully these idiots don't represent the majority of Irish fans,.

Sparks43

FFS get a sense of humor guys.

Terry is a racist pmsl:D:D

cournioni

Sparks43 wrote: »

FFS get a sense of humor guys.

Terry is a racist pmsl:D:D

It would be funny if we were playing them and there was a funny chant in there somewhere. To purposely go out of their way to boo the England team is just sad and small time. Hence why people are embarrassed.

prettyboy81

Jesus serious lack of sense of humour on this thread, more moral outrage over Irish fans who travelled to Euro 2012 & who where staying in Krakow decided to entertain themselves by having some banter with English fans, as their team arrived at hotel.

Me & friends found the video amusing....lighten up people! :D

cournioni

prettyboy81 wrote: »

Jesus serious lack of sense of humour on this thread, more moral outrage over Irish fans who travelled to Euro 2012 & who where staying in Krakow decided to entertain themselves by having some banter with English fans, as their team arrived at hotel.

Me & friends found the video amusing....lighten up people! :D

No moral outrage here, I just think its daft that people would go out of their way to boo and jeer the English team. If it had been the English booing the Irish team, then you'd hear the moral outrage and it would probably be from some of the lads singing in this video too. Again, it's sad and very small time. I think most seasoned football supporters will agree.

If England had been in our group it may have been funnier. At least then the England supporters might give a shït.

i8mancs

2qk4u wrote: »

Am I the only one that finds this funny ?

+ 1

Myrddin

garv123 wrote: »

They'll be screaming and roaring supporting them in the premiership in a few months time.

+1

Pathetic. No moral outrage, I couldn't care less, but it doesn't make it any less pathetic

abouttobebanned

What's pathetic about it? It's called Football banter.

I was especially happy to not hear any "Sinn Fein" "IRA" inserts in the Fields.

Myrddin

abouttobebanned wrote: »

What's pathetic about it? It's called Football banter.

I was especially happy to not hear any "Sinn Fein" "IRA" inserts in the Fields.

Its football banther when one end of a stadium is chanting at the other. Travelling out of your way to shout insults at the very men your cheer about every other week though? Yeah sorry, to me thats pathetic

abouttobebanned

Yes but you like Star Wars and Console Modding. What would you know about it? :pac:

gerryo777

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Yes but you like Star Wars and Console Modding. What would you know about it? :pac:

Jesus, it's a bit of banter.

What would luke skywalker think of it all.....

abouttobebanned

There are videos on the internet of fans at the euros battering the shiit out of each other...and we have fans singing and chanting (lame chanting compared to what goes on at english grounds) at the English team and people are outraged. I guarantee there won't be one arrest of an Irish Fan over there.

Myrddin

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Yes but you like Star Wars and Console Modding. What would you know about it? :pac:

Brilliant crayola wit there

Down with the brits & all that jazz, unless there's a premiership game on of course...coz ya know, 'we' are doin' well in the leage!

getz

abouttobebanned wrote: »

There are videos on the internet of fans at the euros battering the shiit out of each other...and we have fans singing and chanting (lame chanting compared to what goes on at english grounds) at the English team and people are outraged. I guarantee there won't be one arrest of an Irish Fan over there.

who said the english team and people were outraged ?you are making up your own stories,i doubt that the english even noticed ,just the polish citizens who watched their TV to see some irish fans behaving like that

lookitsme

just a bit of fun IMO, as long as no individuals from the team were singled out. is anyone hoping for a similar english performance that they had in the world cup.

abouttobebanned

getz wrote: »

who said the english team and people were outraged ?you are making up your own stories,i doubt that the english even noticed ,just the polish citizens who watched their TV to see some irish fans behaving like that

I'm talking about people on this thread. :rolleyes:

kaizersoze

Meh!

CrazyRabbit

Don't worry. The English fans shall have their revenge when they start rioting and attacking everyone.

ShamoBuc

Quite funny really - they gave them a nice welcome. If Irl play Eng - I would expect all Irish fans to give Eng a similar welcome.
Wether they support a Prem lge team is completely irrelevant!

ricero

god them fans make ireland look like a pack of losers

mike65

ricero wrote: »

god them fans make ireland look like a pack of losers

I reckon the Irish can scrape a draw with Croatia!

If they traveled there for the express purpose of shouting those things at the English then for shame. Just imagine if the roles were reversed, if the English supporters did the exact same; made their way to that street, shouted and sang, "God Save the Queen", you could be guaranteed that everyone that thinks it's funny would be in uproar over it.

But no, since it's us doing it to the English, it's fine. And, as someone else said, they'd be off supporting the very same players they jeered at as they're playing in the premiership.

I genuinely think the people that went there should have both their passports and their rights to leave this country revoked. At least then, they wouldn't make the rest of our country look like idiots.

CoachTO

All the Captain bring downs and Serious in here. Its only a bit of banter. A lad I know was in that crowd and he said both sets of fans were having a laugh singing at each other for a good while and it was all a bit of fun. Oh and to add a lot of them went drinking after with each other.

CoachTO

EnterNow wrote: »

Travelling out of your way to shout insults at the very men your cheer about every other week though? Yeah sorry, to me thats pathetic

A lot of them flew into Krakow first before heading up to where Ireland are playing. Hardly traveling out of their way.

LizT

CoachTO wrote: »

A lot of them flew into Krakow first before heading up to where Ireland are playing. Hardly traveling out of their way.

So they just happened to be outside the hotel when the team arrived?

I think the poster meant if they were in Krakow and said "let's go to their hotel and boo them as they arrive" - that's going out of their way.

Flying out specifically to boo a team would be beyond sad.

CoachTO

lizt wrote: »

I think the poster meant if they were in Krakow and said "let's go to their hotel and boo them as they arrive" - that's going out of their way.

:rolleyes:

Their hotel is smack bang in the middle of Krakow and stones throw from the main tourist area of Krakow. Talking a stroll if you are in Krakow to Englands hotel is hardly going out of your way. They went for a bit of banter got their banter had a laugh and most likely them and the English fans had great craic that night.

LizT

CoachTO wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Their hotel is smack bang in the middle of Krakow and stones throw from the main tourist area of Krakow. Talking a stroll if you are in Krakow to Englands hotel is hardly going out of your way. They went for a bit of banter got their banter had a laugh and most likely them and the English fans had great craic that night.

The point is that they didn't turn up there by accident.

I'm sure they did have great craic with the English fans, what does that have to do with anything?

As someone said previously, if the English fans did this to the Ireland team there would be uproar.

cournioni

CoachTO wrote: »

All the Captain bring downs and Serious in here. Its only a bit of banter. A lad I know was in that crowd and he said both sets of fans were having a laugh singing at each other for a good while and it was all a bit of fun. Oh and to add a lot of them went drinking after with each other.

Why didn't they go to the Croatia team hotel instead and have their "banter" there?! The England obsession is sad and embarrasing.

ShamoBuc

lizt wrote: »

As someone said previously, if the English fans did this to the Ireland team there would be uproar.

I'd be very disappointed if the English outsung the Irish ouside the Irish hotel aswell.:pac:
Bit of banter, plain and simple.

LizT

ShamoBuc wrote: »

I'd be very disappointed if the English outsung the Irish ouside the Irish hotel aswell.:pac:
Bit of banter, plain and simple.

You may call it that but how does it look to people outside Ireland? Sad and obsessive.

Booing a team purely because of where they are from? I'd call that xenophobia, not banter.

ShamoBuc

cournioni wrote: »

Why didn't they go to the Croatia team hotel instead and have their "banter" there?! The England obsession is sad and embarrasing.

Those fans know the English players as well - if not more - than their own! Our nearest neighbours. The whole history of the 2 countries etc..... harldy obsession/sad/embarassing, just a fact of life really.

jblack

cournioni wrote: »

Why didn't they go to the Croatia team hotel instead and have their "banter" there?!

The women would be too good looking.

Galwayguy35

So the Irish fans shouted at the England squad, so what?
Anyone remember Lansdowne in 1995?
Haven't seen the Irish smash up any stadiums and beat up the other teams fans when they visit a country.

CoachTO

lizt wrote: »

You may call it that but how does it look to people outside Ireland? Sad and obsessive.

Booing a team purely because of where they are from? I'd call that xenophobia, not banter.

Are you for real? :rolleyes: Euro 2012 is on in Poland/Ukraine and all the banter is expected which gives the whole tournament the fun element and good craic for all involved. Football banter has always been about the loud singing and cross banter you see in that video. You would understand if you ever traveled to an away game or tournament.

As for my comment about the fans drinking with each other after? Really? It shows that no one there took offense to it and clearly shows it was nothing more than banter. If the English fans there can accept it as banter why can't everyone else? You would swear they set the streets on fire and broke sh1t up the way people are going on.

And I bet you any money most of those complaining on here have never been to an International match.

golden lane

sad to think that the people in england give a fiddlers fe*k what goes on in the euro....championships......

they don't.........

gerryo777

Deleted User wrote: »

If they traveled there for the express purpose of shouting those things at the English then for shame. Just imagine if the roles were reversed, if the English supporters did the exact same; made their way to that street, shouted and sang, "God Save the Queen", you could be guaranteed that everyone that thinks it's funny would be in uproar over it.

But no, since it's us doing it to the English, it's fine. And, as someone else said, they'd be off supporting the very same players they jeered at as they're playing in the premiership.

I genuinely think the people that went there should have both their passports and their rights to leave this country revoked. At least then, they wouldn't make the rest of our country look like idiots.

The only people making our country look like idiots are the ones like yourself coming on here spouting some pseudo outrage about a group of Irish fans having the banter with the English team/fans.
Cop on to yourself, will you.
It's part of the craic at a championship!
The Irish fans will do us proud out there.
Wish I was going!

LizT

CoachTO wrote: »

Are you for real? :rolleyes: Euro 2012 is on in Poland/Ukraine and all the banter is expected which gives the whole tournament the fun element and good craic for all involved. Football banter has always been about the loud singing and cross banter you see in that video. You would understand if you ever traveled to an away game or tournament.

As for my comment about the fans drinking with each other after? Really? It shows that no one there took offense to it and clearly shows it was nothing more than banter. If the English fans there can accept it as banter why can't everyone else? You would swear they set the streets on fire and broke sh1t up the way people are going on.

And I bet you any money most of those complaining on here have never been to an International match.

So from my few posts in this thread you have surmised that I've never been to an away game or tournament or international match. Great powers of deduction there.... I've been to several international matches, sorry to burst your bubble.

CoachTO

lizt wrote: »

So from my few posts in this thread you have surmised that I've never been to an away game or tournament or international match. Great powers of deduction there.... I've been to several international matches, sorry to burst your bubble.

Where did I say you in particular? I said "most of those complaining". That doesn't mean "All" but hey fair play to you for only focusing on that part of what I wrote good to see you neglected the rest of the post to try contradict what I said.

LizT

CoachTO wrote: »

Where did I say you in particular? I said "most of those complaining". That doesn't mean "All" but hey fair play to you for only focusing on that part of what I wrote good to see you neglected the rest of the post to try contradict what I said.

Forgive me if I'm reading this wrong but you said

You would understand if you ever traveled to an away game or tournament.

But hey, fair play to you for only focusing on another part of your post

CoachTO

lizt wrote: »

Forgive me if I'm reading this wrong but you said



But hey, fair play to you for only focusing on another part of your post

So have you been to an away game or tournament?

LizT

CoachTO wrote: »

So have you been to an away game or tournament?

Why is that relevant
I haven't been to an away game for financial reasons.

CoachTO

lizt wrote: »

Why is that relevant
I haven't been to an away game for financial reasons.

Because that was my point in the first part of that post. The banter you see in that video is common on away trips or tournaments more so than home games. Good old banter and singing against rival fans.

See the stupid thing is you replied twice to me to try make me look stupid and you failed on both counts. If you are going to quote me at least get the correct context.

Talk about mis quoting me though to prove your point. :rolleyes: