What Makes You Cringe?

OwaynOTT

Football snobbery.

Dempsey

latenia wrote: »

Robbie Keane's 'slingshot' celebration.

You must have a tough life!

Madworld

People passing off whatever ****e Dunphy spouts as their own opinion.

adaminho

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

That annoying tune
Dododododo dodododo dooooooo doo doo dodo dododododo.

It is sung at most clubs in the epl and normally something inflammatory towards another club. For example manu fans sing "its never your fault" about liverpool at a bloody west brom game.

http://youtu.be/pK9Mg6gXGdk

Superbus

adaminho wrote: »

http://youtu.be/pK9Mg6gXGdk

Hulk Hands

Hearing Irish fans singing 'The Fields of anfield Road. A song symolising the Irish famine being turned into a brutal anthem, by those who caused it. Seriously?

The song used to be used (in natural ballad form) only by Athenry and Galway Gaa in sporting terms. They now hate it. It's been turned into a rather horrible anthem by Munster and Celtic who have very little connection to it. For Christ's sake at least learn the verses, which are far more important to the songs meaning (and those teams only connection to it), rather than chanting the chorus.

Hearing them singing the original version is bad enough. Hearing anfield belting out a brutalised version is even worse. The numerous Irish fans going over, condoning and joining in is the definition of cringe

eoin2nc

Irish fans calling anyone who supports their teams local rivals 'scum' (ie united fans calling city fans scum or anyone from spurs side of N London being called scum by SFC fans) Very annoying to see tweets etc along the lines of 'delighted the scum lost'

The saying that a person was 'born to support x team'. Seing it increasingly on twiiter recently. You were not, most just started following whichever team was doing well when they were a kid.

Random enough, but most of the things that make me cringe have already been posted

artanevilla

In terms of the chanting in an English accent, it's a song, you sing it as you hear it.

For example, you'd sing Sex Pistols songs in a English accent, or Green Day songs in an American.

It doesn't really happen in the LOI either, I find it quite funny sometimes hearing a Cork/Derry accent in a chant.

Sir Gallagher

Irish United and Liverpool fans calling themselves and each other Mancs and Scousers.

builttospill

This won't be a popular choice but it genuinely makes me cringe so I'm compelled to post:

When players point to the sky after they have scored in dedication to their God or someone who has died. As an atheist I find it so simplistic and it almost sums up the dumb modern footballer. Add to that the fact that they all copy each other in doing it and then it becomes yet another generic celebration.

I really don't want to bring religious beliefs into this thread but I immediately thought about this when I read the thread title. It's not so much the religious element that bothers me. It's the unoriginality of the players.

Sir Gallagher

Bertser

Liverpool's Fields of Anfield Road chant doesn't make any sense, stupid chant, the fact that it's so popular amongst them makes me cringe.

Whatsisname

Had 2 Leeds fans get onto me today saying that the majority of United fans are from India or Saudi Arabia.

And how United claim 659 million people support them while the population of Manchester is 512,000 so half must be city fans so in turn, club's supporters are from India, Saudi Arabia or surrounding countries.

Only a Leeds fan would make it out that a team with global support is a bad thing.

Cypher_sounds

Looks like Bale is wearing a mask in that picture. Maybe its really Ronaldo and not infact Bale:p

~Rebel~

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Looks like Jim Carey.

Xavi6

Some of the hyperbole around Spain and Barca over the past few years has been horrendous.

Both great sides of course but fuck me, there are some people out there who need a good kick up the hole after hearing them talk about "the right way to play football".

gosplan

Bill, Eamonn And Giles.

Funnily enough Giles is grand on newstalk but on the TV, they just get into their cringeworthy shtick.

Load of rubbish. Stage managed stereotypical formulaic nonsense. There may as well not actually be a game at this point given how predictable they are.

When lads do an interview after the game in an Irish jersey and have the thickest English accents. Just so so odd!

NIMAN

Fans of football teams watching games in bars who stand up and applaud the screen after the game is over. Never understood that.

Its not as if the players can hear them, I'm guessing its done to impress the people in the bar to show how true a fan they are.

NIMAN

Once seen a street fight in Derry between Man Utd and Liverpool fans, maybe involving up to a dozen.

Irish people fighting over English football teams!

razorblunt

Fields of Anfield Road.
United's version of "Take Me Home".

The rock the baby celebration.

Will I Amnt

NIMAN wrote: »

Fans of football teams watching games in bars who stand up and applaud the screen after the game is over. Never understood that.

Its not as if the players can hear them, I'm guessing its done to impress the people in the bar to show how true a fan they are.

What bars do you people be going to?
I've never seen anybody do anything like this or squaring up to a TV as said earlier

The most I've ever heard was a cheer for a goal or a shout of encouragement.
I can only hope it's you that's in the minority and not me.

Sappy404

"Anything can happen in football".

Kerrigooney

Trap interviews. Why do they bother showing them? I never have a bloody clue what he's blathering on about.

markc1184

Only thing that really gets to me is how commentators pronounce Cahill.

WesternZulu

I know a lad who I have seen crying after United got knocked out of the Champions league but couldn't give a rats ass about Ireland results.
It just doesn't seem right!

Lads who say 'I'd support Liverpool/United/Barca even if the turned to sh**e and got relegated/demoted to the lower leagues''....same people slag LoI teams as they perceive the quality to be lesser than that of the EPL.

Sir Gallagher

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Just read that he is trademarking this celebration...so its even more cringeworthy now.

Hidalgo

I find this more odd/amusing than cringe but

When its almost as important for fans to abuse opposition players as support the team you've gone to see.
Look at any corner being taken if the player taking it is in front of opposition fans. All the fans making the wa*ker sign and giving the finger and shouting abuse at him as if said player stolen all belonging to said fans.

If it was primary school kids fair enough, but grown men.

Utd fans giving out about Suarez diving when there's Young and Nani playing for Utd, ditto Liverpool fans giving out about Young or Bale for diving.

dan1895

Will I Amnt wrote: »

What bars do you people be going to?
I've never seen anybody do anything like this or squaring up to a TV as said earlier

The most I've ever heard was a cheer for a goal or a shout of encouragement.
I can only hope it's you that's in the minority and not me.

I heard a few clowns booing the ref in the Woolshed on Parnell Street one Sunday.

Will I Amnt

dan1895 wrote: »

I heard a few clowns booing the ref in the Woolshed on Parnell Street one Sunday.

Actually any adult booing, even at a match is one of the most cringe inducing things for me.
It's what kids do at a pantomime.