Irish Bandwagons

Omackeral

I saw it said in the Shane Lowry thread that him winning the Open has gotten the bandwagon fans on boards. I believe the Rugby one is due to pull in to the station soon though...

Which bandwagons do you recall being flavour of the month. Which annoyed you most? Did any of them pique your interest long-term and you became a fan because of a given athlete or team? Curious to know. Personally, I can't stand the arsehole that hops on the wagon and thinks they know everything.

Some I can think of off-hand would be;

Ireland at the Cricket World Cup in 2007.
Bernard Dunne's rise and fall in the world of boxing.
The O'Donovan brothers at the Olympics
Ireland's Ladies in hockey

Omackeral

And to answer my own thread, I suppose Dublin football fans in the semi-final/final stages of the All-Ireland.

Tell me how

The Peter Casey one.
At least the rest are motivated by enjoyment and goodwill.

Thelonious Monk

Kerry are notorious for only going to semi finals. I don't really get the haters when it comes to bandwagons, it's very difficult to support ROI in football sometimes but I understand why suddenly everyone supports them for a play off or if we've qualified for something.
Golf also has a massive following in Ireland, probably more so than anywhere in the world really as the sport is so accessible here, so the hype around Lowry is understandable.

Dr. Bre

McGregor considering the amount that do MMA

Michelle Smith at the Olympics in 1996.

touts

Omackeral wrote: »

I saw it said in the Shane Lowry thread that him winning the Open has gotten the bandwagon fans on boards. I believe the Rugby one is due to pull in to the station soon though...

Which bandwagons do you recall being flavour of the month. Which annoyed you most? Did any of them pique your interest long-term and you became a fan because of a given athlete or team? Curious to know. Personally, I can't stand the arsehole that hops on the wagon and thinks they know everything.

Some I can think of off-hand would be;

Ireland at the Cricket World Cup in 2007.
Bernard Dunne's rise and fall in the world of boxing.
The O'Donovan brothers at the Olympics
Ireland's Ladies in hockey

Love Island.

Omackeral

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

it's very difficult to support ROI in football sometimes but I understand why suddenly everyone supports them for a play off or if we've qualified for something.

People get caught up in the hype I guess. Plus it's a social thing and the buzz is contagious. I don't mind that. What I do hate are the sh!tebags who say ''I wouldn't watch that crap if it was in me back garden'' about an Ireland qualifier or friendly but then are Ole Ole-ing like a drunken leprechaun if we make it to a major tournament.

whiskeyman

The Celtic Tiger!

We all partied!

Dr. Bre

The year Ireland beat England at the cricket World Cup and George Hook cried on the radio

mad muffin

Anything that brings a bit of national pride is a good thing.

Poor Uncle Tom

When Ireland landed Neil O'Armstrong on da moon.....

mistersifter

the bandwagon know-it-alls you describe can be annoying at times, but there's also another side to the coin: the person who likes to have a go at the band-wagoners so as to let everyone know that they are either a real expert or too authentic to go with the flock. A bit of a hipstery attitude if you like.

A fella I know is big into Rugby and is fairly disparaging towards anyone who just watches 6 nations and doesn't sit through meaningless league games and know the name of every player of Munster's '78 side.

Fact is that people are entitled to enjoy big sporting occasions without being absolute hard-core fans. Everyone can't be a hard-core fanatic of every single thing they watch.

Are only the most knowledgeable and dedicated of golf fans are allowed to enjoy Lowry's win? I dont think that attitude has much benefit. The part-time fans are a good thing for their sports. They bring attention and cash. They're especially useful to lesser-followed sports. Without em, the likes of rowing or MMA or whatever would be eternally confined to the smallest of audiences.

Let the bandwagon have their day out, I say.

_blaaz

Omackeral wrote: »

And to answer my own thread, I suppose Dublin football fans in the semi-final/final stages of the All-Ireland.

Wexford fans in hurling!...i remeber going to a league match in wexford park 2 or 3 years ago and max of 300 people at it.....expect 30K yellowbellies in croker sunday





For national id say ufc like fair play to mcgregor etc etc....but its terrible boring to watch


(And rugby to lesser extent)

Omackeral

I think with the likes of UFC and McGregor fights in particular it can easily be partially because it's a handy bit of background noise. It's a good foundation/excuse for a social gathering like a house party as they typically occur on Saturday nights.

JohnnyFlash

The ‘RA.

Limerick after the Gaa last year..

They all abandoned their Munster jerseys for the green and white..

mloc123

Sorry OP, too busy looking to buy some golf sticks and a wool jumper here to answer the question...

Panthro

Just so you all know, I've been following this thread since the very beginning.

SEPT 23 1989

SodaStream

Uncharted

Mental health awareness advocates.


(Self promotion through an easy avenue)


Bressie et al. Fcuk off.

Odhinn

Omackeral wrote: »

I saw it said in the Shane Lowry thread that him winning the Open has gotten the bandwagon fans on boards. I believe the Rugby one is due to pull in to the station soon though...

Which bandwagons do you recall being flavour of the month. Which annoyed you most? Did any of them pique your interest long-term and you became a fan because of a given athlete or team? Curious to know. Personally, I can't stand the arsehole that hops on the wagon and thinks they know everything.

Some I can think of off-hand would be;

Ireland at the Cricket World Cup in 2007.
Bernard Dunne's rise and fall in the world of boxing.
The O'Donovan brothers at the Olympics
Ireland's Ladies in hockey

Brian o driscoll

Zeek12

Deleted User wrote: »

Michelle Smith at the Olympics in 1996.

Cian O'Connor/"Waterford Crystal" of the 2004 Olympics say Hello

Stoner

Omackeral wrote:

And to answer my own thread, I suppose Dublin football fans in the semi-final/final stages of the All-Ireland.

And to add to that, all the rural fans
that were not in the stadiums yesterday but will be come semi and final day.

So pretty much every county in every final in hurling and football every year.

Or those Catholics who don't show every sunday but do on Christmas day.

Dr. Bre

Cheltenham- people become horse racing experts for a few days

RobbingBandit

Tayto ho taa teeee

Arghus

All aboard the anti bandwagon bandwagon...

It comes along quite regularly.

steddyeddy

Arthur's day really made me lose respect for people. A day made up by a drinks company and people fell for it.

Arghus

steddyeddy wrote: »

Arthur's day really made me lose respect for people. A day made up by a drinks company and people fell for it.

I don't know if "falling for it" was exactly how I'd put it: everyone knew it was a marketing campaign, but it handily became a day to get plastered en-masse. It was just an excuse to go on the beer. I could sneer at people for that I suppose, but I also know going on the beer is good fun.

The Lost Sheep

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Kerry are notorious for only going to semi finals. I don't really get the haters when it comes to bandwagons, it's very difficult to support ROI in football sometimes but I understand why suddenly everyone supports them for a play off or if we've qualified for something.
Golf also has a massive following in Ireland, probably more so than anywhere in the world really as the sport is so accessible here, so the hype around Lowry is understandable.

but Kerry thig isnt bandwagon. They'll go to Munster final in killarney or cork then to the all Ireland semis and theyre always in them...

Omackeral wrote: »

People get caught up in the hype I guess. Plus it's a social thing and the buzz is contagious. I don't mind that. What I do hate are the sh!tebags who say ''I wouldn't watch that crap if it was in me back garden'' about an Ireland qualifier or friendly but then are Ole Ole-ing like a drunken leprechaun if we make it to a major tournament.

so they just get caught up in hype. Dont see why you would bother get annoyed by itm

Uncharted wrote: »

Mental health awareness advocates.

(Self promotion through an easy avenue)

Bressie et al. Fcuk off.

nothing easy about talking about personal issues like this though

Tell me how

The 'anti' bandwagon.

Other species could monitor us and have their version of David Attenborough narrate it. A heretofore popular individual or group is picked out and marked to be abolished. Most often observed to happen within the music industry.

The target is usually someone like U2, Madonna, Oasis, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, etc and suddenly, seemingly overnight, the narrative switches from them being lauded for selling platinum albums or singles, filling concert venues and creating original stuff to experts (not really experts) on social media saying how terrible they are, all their stuff is rehashed, they phone in their live shows and they can't understand how anyone ever liked them.

I'm not saying any of the above are good or bad but I cringe when I see or hear people say things like 'they're good, if you like listening to 3 notes or the sound of a busker on a cd' and people falling over themselves to agree with it like Dave Fanning or Tom Dunne are ringing them for advice on what music to listen to.

Do NOT thank this comment. It'll make me in to a hypocrite. :mad:

_blaaz

^^^^^hehehehe

Harry Palmr

Riverdance and the resultant explosion of suburban children plastered in paedo friendly make up and attire.

ArnoldJRimmer

People jumping on a bandwagon is good as its more people taking an interest in the sport, and why not take some enjoyment out of an Irish person succeeding? There are rules though:

a) Don't all of a sudden act like you are an expert in that sport and more importantly
b) Don't stick the boot in when the bubble bursts for that particular team/ individual

I remember a Facebook page popping up when Donegal started to become successful under Jim McGuinness, culminating in a surprise All Ireland win in 2012. Lots of stuff posted while the celebrations lasted. A year later and Mayo absolutely hammered them in a quarter final. The person who ran the page posted something along the line of 'We need an inquiry into that performance, not good enough for us supporters.' That said, nowhere near the level of delusion on the 'Hill 16 Army' Facebook page

RhubarbCrumble

Katie Taylor. Personally I can't stand her myself.

harry Bailey esq

mad muffin wrote: »

Anything that brings a bit of national pride is a good thing.

I don't think anyone posting could disagree with that, the coverage on the media is a bit heavy in fairness. That being said, I don't follow golf so I wouldn't know the significance of the tournament he won. Fair dues to the chap eitherways, I hope he trousered a nice few bob for it. Thing is though, it's a bit baffling to me that Irish people are pissed off that an Irishman won something.

odyssey06

steddyeddy wrote: »

Arthur's day really made me lose respect for people. A day made up by a drinks company and people fell for it.

Saw some great live acts as part of that. People are allowed to get excited about a music festival. Didnt fall for anything.

Omackeral

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

so they just get caught up in hype. Dont see why you would bother get annoyed by it

Did you even read the next sentence. Literally said I don't mind.

Omackeral wrote: »

People get caught up in the hype I guess. Plus it's a social thing and the buzz is contagious. I don't mind that.

How Soon Is Now

Sure look if the Irish won the world egg and spoon championships half the country would be celebrating it and flying flags :pac:


The Irish in general love a good moan about how ****e we are but Jesus as soon as where in with a chance of doing well at something the hype is on!

liatroimabu

Omackeral wrote: »

I saw it said in the Shane Lowry thread that him winning the Open has gotten the bandwagon fans on boards. I believe the Rugby one is due to pull in to the station soon though...

Which bandwagons do you recall being flavour of the month. Which annoyed you most? Did any of them pique your interest long-term and you became a fan because of a given athlete or team? Curious to know. Personally, I can't stand the arsehole that hops on the wagon and thinks they know everything.

Some I can think of off-hand would be;

Ireland at the Cricket World Cup in 2007.
Bernard Dunne's rise and fall in the world of boxing.
The O'Donovan brothers at the Olympics
Ireland's Ladies in hockey

You could probably include every successful boxer in there, like its great for everyone getting behind them but mother of god you get lads that start ****eing on about it analyzing things as if they had done 12 rounds with Ali in his prime. Then they never mention a single boxing match again for the 12 months or so till another big Irish one rolls around.

Mad_maxx

The various Liberal agenda referendums

" yes equality" banners on Facebook etc

Edgware

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

Katie Taylor. Personally I can't stand her myself.

I got to like her since she turned pro and started wearing Romanian prostitute style gear

Yer Da sells Avon

Bloomsday. An excuse for middle-class pensioners in South Dublin to dress up in silly hats and ponce around the place, pretending that they've read Ulysses.

Bobblehats

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Sure look if the Irish won the world egg and spoon championships half the country would be celebrating it and flying flags :pac:


The Irish in general love a good moan about how ****e we are but Jesus as soon as where in with a chance of doing well at something the hype is on!

It’s sport man I don’t care I’ll get behind it... demands of physical competition don’t diminish any it’s still the same mountain to climb with that egg

Not about to start chasing the hottest ticket in town that truly is the wrong sort of bandwagon jumping! Beware the contagion that makes some egotist very rich indeed where just one night of half arsedness can reap millions.

EmmetSpiceland

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

Bloomsday. An excuse for middle-class pensioners in South Dublin to dress up in silly hats and ponce around the place, pretending that they've read Ulysses.

They could be pretending to read worse.

Bobblehats

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

They could be pretending to read worse.

The library called; they want Gloria Hunniford’s autobiography back

Wheety

Annalise Murphy

Mean Laqueefa

I myself think they are lovely

Scoundrel

While it's understandable the reasons for bandwagons in Irish sport small country lack of success etc the one that really annoys me is Irish rugby every time Ireland are playing pubs are full of **** in brand new jerseys talking ****e about coming in from the side or off your feet or other such nonsense but if you asked them to name an AIL team or even asked them what the AIL is they wouldn't have a scooby doo i'm dreading the rugby world cup as there'll be a plague of them around.

Ragnar Lothbrok

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Up The ‘RA.

FYP

Tell me how

Always have been a massive fan of the cricket. Think I'd be a good thrower if I had played it when I was younger. Murtagh threw really well.


:pac: