Euro Irish banter are you bored of it yet?

Maireadio

CrabRevolution wrote: »

There was a thread maybe last year on AH called "Irelands greatest sporting embarrassments". It was really eye opening to see how many of the responses were people claiming to have felt humiliated and disappointed by victories and successes Irish teams/people have achieved over the years. People were putting grand slams and olympic medals down as embarrassments. There's just a certain bunch out there who hate seeing others happy or successful.

It's the same case here. News of riots and violence dominate the coverage of the euros, yet people here are pissed off that Irish people are having fun and getting positive attention both here and abroad.

I can't believe the first paragraph, that people would be disappointed by sporting success. :eek: But I wouldn't equate the embarrassment at undignified paddywhackery.

Me personally, I'm always proud of our sporting acheivements so it's not true that all the people on-thread who are sick of the "bantz" fall into the first category.

nehe milner skudder

Collie D wrote: »

The Louvre doesn't open on Mondays.

Today is Wednesday

IamtheWalrus

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

Embarrassing. Have they no other past time besides drinking?

The louvre is nearby. why not educate yourselves. Take in some culture.

Always an Irish bar too. God forbid they try and learn some French.

In their defence, they're going on a football-watching trip; acting the maggot and letting their hair down is the priority. They can go, and may already have gone, on cultural trips to France at different times.

I don't mind them having a laugh. I do find it all a bit patronising/stereotype-confirming and you wouldn't find me dead in one of those 'banter' clips but each to their own.

CrabRevolution

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

Today is Wednesday

The video was clearly taken on Monday though.

Dempsey

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

Today is Wednesday

And all those videos were taken on monday

CaraMay

The Brits are off again. Throwing bottles at police

nehe milner skudder

Dempsey wrote: »

And all those videos were taken on monday

I didn't get the memo

Two Tone

Maireadio wrote: »

So... nobody on this thread then?

Criticising a handful of Irish people =/= hating Irish people.

But you knew that.

Ah but there are some people who, despite being Irish, have a go at Irish people in general (apart from themselves) - "Paddy this" and "Paddy that". It's cringey too how superior they think they are. As annoying as the Ireland fans acting the eejit stereotype in my opinion.

Wonzy

Dry ****e, High horses who act like their poop don't stink out in force who begrudge anyone having a good time and look down on them with their beaky noses cause they think there better them when in fact their lives are as exciting as watching paint dry.

muddypaws

CaraMay wrote: »

The Brits are off again. Throwing bottles at police

The English?

Barry Badrinath

muddypaws wrote: »

The English?

God damned Anglo Saxons!

nehe milner skudder

Wonzy wrote: »

Dry ****e, High horses who act like their poop don't stink out in force who begrudge anyone having a good time and look down on them with their beaky noses cause they think there better them when in fact their lives are as exciting as watching paint dry.

completely baseless. begrudery ,jealousy. the last bastion of a beaten debater.

AnonoBoy

Wonzy wrote: »

Dry ****e, High horses who act like their poop don't stink out in force who begrudge anyone having a good time and look down on them with their beaky noses cause they think there better them when in fact their lives are as exciting as watching paint dry.

That's an Outkast song isn't it?

Wonzy

AnonoBoy wrote: »

That's an Outkast song isn't it?

Roses really smell like poo poo poo

lawlolawl

Wonzy wrote: »

Dry ****e, High horses who act like their poop don't stink out in force who begrudge anyone having a good time and look down on them with their beaky noses cause they think there better them when in fact their lives are as exciting as watching paint dry.

Everyone's life is boring and just lol if you think that getting scuttered and acting the tit and being a nuisance makes you interesting.

Bonus points for "dry ****e". The worst insult an Irish person can think of to call another Irish person :pac:

Wonzy

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

completely baseless. begrudery ,jealousy. the last bastion of a beaten debater.

No, just the truth. People looking down on others because they think there better than them. Your posts on this thread show this.

nehe milner skudder

lawlolawl wrote: »

Everyone's life is boring and just lol if you think that getting scuttered and acting the tit and being a nuisance makes you interesting.

Bonus points for "dry ****e". The worst insult an Irish person can think of to call another Irish person :pac:

100 percent this.

Wonzy

lawlolawl wrote: »

Everyone's life is boring and just lol if you think that getting scuttered and acting the tit and being a nuisance makes you interesting.

Bonus points for "dry ****e". The worst insult an Irish person can think of to call another Irish person :pac:

Never said it makes you interesting. Just begrudgers giving out about people having fun. It mighn't be how you like to live your life but looking down on others is not a great trait to have.

mickotoole

Just saw a post on Twitter by LovinDublin "amazing scenes as Irish fans clean up Paris" accompanied by a video of Irish fans cleaning up after themselves. I'm all for the craic etc but posts like this are what the op started this thread for. Embarassing

DEFTLEFTHAND

Jaysus some of them don't take too kindly to criticism. I got fcuked out of it on one of the youtube comment sections. :D

lawlolawl

mickotoole wrote: »

Just saw a post on Twitter by LovinDublin "amazing scenes as Irish fans clean up Paris" accompanied by a video of Irish fans cleaning up after themselves. I'm all for the craic etc but posts like this are what the op started this thread for. Embarassing

"Irish fans are very good little boys and cleaned up after themselves after they went on a really scary fast aeroplane to watch the big boys soccer team have fun playing a game".

It's adorable.

learn_more

I am finding these live pictures on sky news of hooligans skirmishing far most entertaining that the football matches. But that wouldn't be hard.

Maireadio

Two Tone wrote: »

Ah but there are some people who, despite being Irish, have a go at Irish people in general (apart from themselves) - "Paddy this" and "Paddy that". It's cringey too how superior they think they are. As annoying as the Ireland fans acting the eejit stereotype in my opinion.

It probably wasn't accurate for me to say "nobody" but the number of people on-thread who fall into the above-category are minimal from what I can see.

CaraMay wrote: »

The Brits are off again. Throwing bottles at police

Of course, they'll be cute enough to keep it outside the stadium to avoid sanctions. But I guess that's good for all the non-troublemaking English fans.

El Caballo

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

The louvre is nearby. why not educate yourselves. Take in some culture.

Sport is just as much a part of culture as art.

Maireadio

mickotoole wrote: »

Just saw a post on Twitter by LovinDublin "amazing scenes as Irish fans clean up Paris" accompanied by a video of Irish fans cleaning up after themselves. I'm all for the craic etc but posts like this are what the op started this thread for. Embarassing

Mortifying. The thing is though, they know their audience! All the posts I've seen on FB in the last few days about the fans have tens and hundreds of comments underneath lapping this shít up! I haven't actually seen any dissenting comments. The stories exist because it's what a sizeable portion of people want to see, for whatever reason.

smurgen

Omackeral wrote: »

I think some of it is begrudgery but there is definitely some deserved annoyance among fans who go to most games week in and week out and don't get any talking up yet these guys do it once a decade on the p*ss and are the second coming. Meanwhile clubs here go to the wall e.g. Monaghan Utd in 2012 while Delaney sang and danced and Athlone now look done.

This pic sums up what they're feeling.

https://comeheretome.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/521340_10151053018328829_686182787_n-1.jpg

i don't get that line of thinking.so people don't go to the LOI games.would you prefer we don't go to the big international tournaments so?would it be better that we go to neither?

DEFTLEFTHAND

smurgen wrote: »

i don't get that line of thinking.so people don't go to the LOI games.would you prefer we don't go to the big international tournaments so?would it be better that we go to neither?

They've no right declaring themselves as the greatest fans in the world when the domestic league struggles to keep it's head above water. The Spanish, Italians, French, German, English etc are all better in this regard.

This is a one off big trip but it would be great if on their return these fans could get themselves down to an LOI match on a Friday night. They'd really love it, just give it a chance if you have a side in your locality.

Lyaiera

El Caballo wrote: »

Sport is just as much a part of culture as art

I remember working at an art event. I was talking to the stage director. One of the artists involved came up and said he'd be away for a few hours to take a break and get some food and have a few beers. The stage director asked where he was going. He said he'd be in a particular bar getting a steak and watching the Liverpool match. I said Liverpool were in with a good chance, but they'd miss having a particular player that was injured at the time. I am not a football fan, my mother watches it when she can and my brother makes time to watch. This injury was in the news and my football fan friends talked about it a lot, so this was your basic pleasantries for me. Me and the artist talked about it a bit. Then he headed off. The stage manager told me after the artist hates football and sports, and thinks their fans are moronic. That he was taking the piss.

I was talking to another artist involved later. He is nationally famous, and would be well known in his field around Europe. He's been abroad for international matches and . I know for a fact he'd watch any sport on TV if he had some free time. We talked about the six nations.

Maybe a lot of the people in France would be dismissive of art. I wouldn't be surprised if a fair few went to look at the Mona Lisa, or tried some Bretagne cider. I know a lot of artists who are dismissive of sports, my artist friends value sport.

Sure isn't our very own president a lifelong fan of Galway United, a poet, a lover of sport, art and most of all a lover of all things cultural.

feargale

Someone posted that English thugs are at it again.

Why not? Hasn't that mammon worshipping, lily-livered organisation UEFA given its blessing to thuggery outside the stadium?
Blatter is alive and well!

HensVassal

Any yokes wrote: »

Despite all my supposed mean spiritedness and soapboxing in this thread I will say I hope all the Irish fans over in France enjoy the Euros and most importantly get home safe. And the others too.

PEACE

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