A nation of "west Brits"?

mike65

Okay maybe its a quiet news day but is anyone else struck how news that the non Irish manager of a football team in a country not Ireland has dominated the Irish media (all types) chatter this morning and lunchtime? About 15 minutes of the RTE radio 1 news is being spent on this fairly minor matter. Apparently callers to Joe Duffy will be sharing memories of Sir Alex Ferguson and his part in their lives from 1.45. The Irish papers will be all over this tomorrow and not just on the back pages..

ScumLord

Soccer is an international sport and Alex Ferguson is a bit of a legend in the sport so it's a big enough news story.

Over all we've little in common with the Brits. We'd be better off if we were a bit more like them.

Hunterbiker

Surr even when the Boss Lady came to visit even the people complaining and throwing rocks were wearing premiership footie shirts...

We're all West Brits really even the ones in denial

Wossack

Tis everywhere alright

some poxy thread on boards about it too

AEDIC

mike65 wrote: »

Okay maybe its a quiet news day but is anyone else struck how news that the non Irish manager of a football team in a country not Ireland has dominated the Irish media (all types) chatter this morning and lunchtime? About 15 minutes of the RTE radio 1 news is being spent on this fairly minor matter. Apparently callers to Joe Duffy will be sharing memories of Sir Alex Ferguson and his part in their lives from 1.45. The Irish papers will be all over this tomorrow and not just on the back pages..

So you only want Irish news and events in the papers on the Radio and Tv is that it? No world events to be reported on.....?

Links234

I'm really beginning to hate the term "West brit"

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Sooooooooo, that makes us "West Brits"?

Thats silly

Skid X

And yesterday the news was all over a story about Kidnapped children in Cleveland - did that make us East Americans? No.

humbert

Dirty unwashed soccer loving commoners, perhaps, but not West-Brits.

Yakult

Does anyone really care? It will be news for a day or two and then back to normal.

jam_mac_jam

Meh, can people not like what they like without being called names. I don't like it myself I find it boring but if you are into football you are likely to like one of the best teams in the world which are not very far from you. I don't think that makes you a west brit. I think west brit is a bit of a silly name anyway.

Seedy Arling

Links234 wrote: »

I'm really beginning to hate the term "West brit"

Don't be such a eh.... West Brit about it... :p:pac:

Dravokivich

What a lot of horseshít. Were we Eastern Yanks with all the coverage of bombings in the USA?

Seedy Arling

If you are a 'West Brit' does that mean you are Welsh?

mike65

Links234 wrote: »

I'm really beginning to hate the term "West brit"

Indeed, your reaction is partially why I used it, in an ironic sense (Irony being hard to spot on the internet).

biko

Only soccer fans really care, ManU is incredibly popular in Ireland.

WilyCoyote

Links234 wrote: »

I'm really beginning to hate the term "West brit"

I find the term OK. It's the West Brits that I can't stand. Why, oh why, do some Irish people try to be/adopt British traits/accent etc?

Duckworth_Luas

Remember when Nelson Mandela was released? A nation of North South Africans that day!

Rented Mule

I'm not a big soccer supporter, but the man is a legend. I can't think of another manager in any sport in the world that has had the prolonged success that he has at Manchester United.

Driving into work this morning (in Chicago), this was the second news story on the local sports radio channel (after the Blackhawks winning -Game four of the NHL playoffs last night.)

RADIUS

WilyCoyote wrote: »

I find the term OK. It's the West Brits that I can't stand. Why, oh why, do some Irish people try to be/adopt British traits/accent etc?

British traits such as?

Duckworth_Luas

RADIUS wrote: »

British traits such as?

All the Irish girls on Facebook have stiff upper lips in photos!

Seedy Arling

Alsatian once again...

The Backwards Man

To be fair, Dublin is a lot closer to Old Trafford than Man U's other main fanbases in Surrey and Shanghai.

Seedy Arling

Prawn sangwiches for all.

WilyCoyote

RADIUS wrote: »

British traits such as?

Knocking Irish Republicanism, for starters.

WilyCoyote

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

All the Irish girls on Facebook have stiff upper lips in photos!

And botox

Cantona's Collars

Guess who the op supports?

Dravokivich

zerks wrote: »

Guess who the op supports?

Shamrock Rovers?

mike65

zerks wrote: »

Guess who the op supports?

and? my point is about media not Man Utd per se or at all in fact.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

biko wrote: »

Only soccer fans really care, ManU is incredibly popular in Ireland.

You have to be American!

anncoates

United are fucking Irish,alri?

Seaneh

It's also been all over the media in pretty much all of Europe, Africa, Oceania Asia and South America...

Manchester United is one of the most recognisable brands in the world, SAF is one of the most known sports personalities in the world, it's big news everywhere.

Cantona's Collars

mike65 wrote: »

and? my point is about media not Man Utd per se or at all in fact.

Biggest story of the day,he even put the Queens speech in the shade.

Seaneh

deccurley wrote: »

You have to be American!

He's definitely not.

Go East and North a bit, think vikings and blond girls with big boobs and long legs, yeah, statoil and all that, that's him.

Seedy Arling

mike65 wrote: »

and? my point is about media not Man Utd per se or at all in fact.

The public gets what the public wants i suppose. Same logic applies with the argument over the bombings in Boston and then in Syria with the difference in coverage.

Or is it the public wants what the public gets?

discus

West Brits all of you

Duckworth_Luas

Seedy Arling wrote: »

The public gets what the public wants i suppose. Same logic applies with the argument over the bombings in Boston and then in Syria with the difference in coverage.

Or is it the public wants what the public gets?

But I want nothing this society's got!

Aidric

Ah here..

anncoates

Seaneh wrote: »

Manchester United is one of the most recognisable brands in the world,.

You make them sound like a soft drink or toilet roll brand.

Seaneh

anncoates wrote: »

You make them sound like a soft drink or toilet roll brand.

Nah, I wouldn't piss them out or wipe my arse with them :P

It's true though, they are a global brand, they stopped being a football "club" yonks ago.

Seedy Arling

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

But I want nothing this society's got!

You'll take what you're given, now gerrup!

Duckworth_Luas

anncoates wrote: »

You make them sound like a soft drink or toilet roll brand.

Didn't Ferguson have to announce his retirement before Wall Street open for business?

Systemic Risk

mike65 wrote: »

Indeed, your reaction is partially why I used it, in an ironic sense (Irony being hard to spot on the internet).

So you posted specifically to evoke a negative reaction. Hmmmmm troll much.

I also hate that term. Really hate it.

rubadub

mike65 wrote: »

is anyone else struck how news that the non Irish manager of a football team in a country not Ireland has dominated the Irish media (all types) chatter this morning and lunchtime?

its shocking alright, I had no idea anybody here showed any interest in English soccer. Maybe the media should cop onto the advertising revenue potential of this topic.

I see the East Brit media are reporting it too.

http://www.dw.de/sir-alex-ferguson-retires-as-manchester-united-boss/a-16798079

http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/manchester-united-trainer-legende-alex-ferguson-hoert-auf_aid_983888.html

Ando's Saggy Bottom

mike65 wrote: »

Okay maybe its a quiet news day but is anyone else struck how news that the non Irish manager of a football team in a country not Ireland has dominated the Irish media (all types) chatter this morning and lunchtime? About 15 minutes of the RTE radio 1 news is being spent on this fairly minor matter. Apparently callers to Joe Duffy will be sharing memories of Sir Alex Ferguson and his part in their lives from 1.45. The Irish papers will be all over this tomorrow and not just on the back pages..

Says the fella that spends all day everyday posting about an English team himself and even avidly watches their bloody youth team! Indeed didn't you used to support not one but two English teams before one of them turned to sh*t?!

Nodin

mike65 wrote: »

Okay maybe its a quiet news day but is anyone else struck how news that the non Irish manager of a football team in a country not Ireland has dominated the Irish media (all types) chatter this morning and lunchtime? About 15 minutes of the RTE radio 1 news is being spent on this fairly minor matter. Apparently callers to Joe Duffy will be sharing memories of Sir Alex Ferguson and his part in their lives from 1.45. The Irish papers will be all over this tomorrow and not just on the back pages..

By which logic the way the nation was fixated on Dallas meant we were a nation of Americans......

discus

I love the soccer heads who refer to him lovingly as 'Sir' Alex Ferguson, yet any other aspect of the Royal Familys' rule is anachronistic and vile.

LordSutch

Football is an international sport, and Alex Ferguson is a a legend in the sport, so it's a big enough news story for Ireland & the world of football.

We have very much in common with the British people (like following ManU), but its an international game with supporters all over the world.

I'm not a ManU follower myself, but most of my Irish mates would be, with the odd Chelsea fan thrown in

BraziliaNZ

What am I, I'm from Dublin but I live in HRM's London... an East West Brit?

Oh and my Ma sent me one of those Tayto crisps bars the other day, must be trying to keep my feet on the ground ffs

Andrew_Doran

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Knocking Irish Republicanism, for starters.

Knocking Irish Republicanism makes you a West Brit?

Can you explain that one please?

Hunterbiker

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Knocking Irish Republicanism, for starters.

In fairness that's an Irish trait too