Irish fans welcome England team to Poland

You know one of my pet peeves? When someone sugarcoats and dresses up being a complete and utter dick by using the word "banter", as if it makes it all OK.

CoachTO

Deleted User wrote: »

You know one of my pet peeves? When someone sugarcoats and dresses up being a complete and utter dick by using the word "banter", as if it makes it all OK.

One of my pet peeves is when people clearly can't distinguish the difference between people have genuine fun and people actually being dicks.

The English fans there that day saw it as fun and I bet you anything the English team care less about a few Paddy booing them. Its sad that people like yourself are tarring all those fans as "utter dicks"

gerryo777

Deleted User wrote: »

You know one of my pet peeves? When someone sugarcoats and dresses up being a complete and utter dick by using the word "banter", as if it makes it all OK.

Oh FFS, Get back in your box will ya! Go cut some turf or something, jeez!

abouttobebanned

This is why all soccer threads should be on the soccer forum.

Jarren

Pics & vids ffs:D

LizT

CoachTO wrote: »

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:

I wasn't trying to make you look stupid. Someone disagreeing with you doesn't mean they're trying to make you look stupid. Nice to see you're getting good mileage out of the rolleyes smiley though

I just don't agree that booing someone is banter and frankly I'm sick of people trying to write it off as that.

It's clear that we have different viewpoints, I'm embarrassed that these people represent Ireland abroad whereas you see it as harmless. Let's just leave it there, don't want to drag this thread even more off topic

MaxSteele

OP you should've left a warning for the chastisement brigade.

I posted this exact video a few days ago, and was actually told by some complete gob****e that I and those enjoyed it as banter were "unevolved, close minded bigots". :rolleyes:

CoachTO

lizt wrote: »

I wasn't trying to make you look stupid. Someone disagreeing with you doesn't mean they're trying to make you look stupid. Nice to see you're getting good mileage out of the rolleyes smiley though

No but you accused me of saying you had never been to a game and when I called you out on it you tried then to then make it look like I was by mis quoting me. And yes that looks like you are trying to be smart and trying to make me look silly.

And here you go :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: Loads more for you.

I just don't agree that booing someone is banter and frankly I'm sick of people trying to write it off as that.

So you have never booed at someone for a laugh without actual negative intent? Fair enough.

It's clear that we have different viewpoints, I'm embarrassed that these people represent Ireland abroad whereas you see it as harmless. Let's just leave it there, don't want to drag this thread even more off topic

Good thing they didn't break any laws or kill someone god knows how you would feel then. But agree to disagree and all that jazz

NinjaK

lol at the west brits nerds without a sense of humor

stovelid

An unfortunate taster of the deluge of spasticity that will engulf the country in the next few weeks.

MaxSteele

stovelid wrote: »

An unfortunate taster of the deluge of spasticity that will engulf the country in the next few weeks.

I cannot fathom the smugness of that comment. :eek: Pathetic really.

RichT

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.

You're kinda right..........

Not one but three so far.

Polish police say they have arrested 14 football fans involved in a brawl that broke out overnight ahead of the European Championship match between Ireland and Croatia.

The fighting, which involved glass bottles and chairs being thrown, took place around 1 a.m. Sunday on the main square of Poznan.

A police official, Andrzej Borowiak, said police detained 10 Poles, three Irish fans and one Croat, and were still trying to determine what role they had in the fight.

Video footage showed chairs toppled on the square and police arriving in force to make arrests.

Ireland and Croatia meet for their first Group C match at Euro 2012 later on Sunday.

SOURCE

abouttobebanned

RichT wrote: »

You're kinda right..........

Not one but three so far.



SOURCE

A mate of mine was there, said the gang just showed up out of the blue causing trouble and were arrested within minutes. One Irish fan was arrested for taking photos. Once the Polish gang were taken away the police were posing for photos with the Irish and Croatians.

Our man on the scene.

MaxSteele

RichT wrote: »

You're kinda right..........

Not one but three so far.

SOURCE

Doesn't it strike you as coincidence that the Irish and Croats were getting along fine all day .. then 80 thugs show up and cause mayhem ?

I'm sure being confronted with glass and chair wielding psychos warrants self defence doesn't it ?

Arrested or not ... The irish aren't the ones being confrontational and provoking all out riots.

bnt

Wieder an die Arbeit, Schlaffis.

tmc86

abouttobebanned wrote: »

I guarantee there won't be one arrest of an Irish Fan over there.

There were 3 Irish fans arrested yesterday did you honestly believe that there'd be no arrests?!

stovelid

MaxSteele wrote: »

I cannot fathom the smugness of that comment..

Read it again.

I'll PM you a glossary if you require it.

MaxSteele

stovelid wrote: »

Read it again.

I'll PM you a glossary if you require it.

Read it again .... still reeks of generalized finger waving and over hyped sensationalism.

Nah, I wouldn't want to waste your time ...

I'm sure you have other threads to do some more class bashing in.

abouttobebanned

tmc86 wrote: »

There were 3 Irish fans arrested yesterday did you honestly believe that there'd be no arrests?!

Yeah I did, like there were no irish arrests in America in USA 94. None in Italia 90 and none in Korea in 02.

They were released in time to watch the match so it sounds like the arrests were over tiny incidents.

Nozebleed

everyone knows,as soon as ireland are knocked out of the euros...all those irish fans will be wearing their utd shirts..

abouttobebanned

Nozebleed wrote: »

everyone knows,as soon as ireland are knocked out of the euros...all those irish fans will be wearing their utd shirts..

Who the fcuk cares?

Paddyfield

Nozebleed wrote: »

everyone knows,as soon as ireland are knocked out of the euros...all those irish fans will be wearing their utd shirts..

Galway United?

downwithpeace

I wouldn't condone it but I did laugh.