Thank you Ireland

KdjaCL

i have enjoyed the last 2 weeks no end.
The 4 games ireland played in were amazing.
I will remember those games for the rest of my life.
i have no complaints about subs, managers, peno takers etc.
ireland were fukkin brilliant and made me proud.
thx and well done to all the players and staff.
kdja

Wook

i am not from Ireland and do support different world cup teams , but the game yesterday was amazing, i was supporting ireland all the way , the damn deserved to win.
Ian harte peno miss kick was unlucky or too nervous to take it right. but Kilbane's open goal chance was terrible , i am wondering how hard it must have been to shoot it wide so close to the goal.
it's weird, but being non-irish and and seeing them loose felt bad.

Well done, succesfull world cup campaing

Belgium-south korea suporter

eth0_

Wook - are you going to buy one of those oh-so-gorgeous shocking pink korea shirts?

I'm up for Belgium now Ireland are out, we have a fantasy football type thing going in work, If Belgium win, I get about a hundred euro

seamus

Yeah, I have to say, I was more disappointed yesterday really about the fact that the craic is now gone. While I was rooting for Ireland all the way, I reckon you only get so into it because everyone else is, and you have a laugh. Hence why I don't watch football normally, and have no intention of supporting anyone else for the rest of the world cup - it's boring without a few mates there too, and everyone going mad! Roll on 2004!

SheroN

In the year of our Lord 2002, patriots of Ireland, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields at Suwon. They fought like warrior poets. They fought like Irishmen. And won their respect.

lynchie

Originally posted by SheroN
In the year of our Lord 2002, patriots of Ireland, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields at Suwon. They fought like warrior poets. They fought like Irishmen. And won their respect.

lol....

Roll on 2004.. Will be heading over to portugal for those games. I reckon with the younger squad members starting to flourish things can only get better for the Irish team

gandalf

Yep the Irish Team were magnificent. They should have won that match.

Roll on 2004

BTW the Irish fans in Japan and Korea were the best. I was lucky enough to go to the Saudi match and there was at least 15,000-20,000 Irish at that match with another 2,000 outside the stadium cause they couldn't get tickets.

I am glad McCarthy is staying with the team until 2004, I feel they will have a very good chance of winning that competition.

Come on you boys in Green, Come on you Boys in Green...............

Gandalf.

Wook

Originally posted by eth0_
Wook - are you going to buy one of those oh-so-gorgeous shocking pink korea shirts?

I'm up for Belgium now Ireland are out, we have a fantasy football type thing going in work, If Belgium win, I get about a hundred euro

heh , i was thinking about buying one but the designer of those shirts should get shot...they look awfull.
so the answer would be no , unless they have a different -home- version.

Bateman

I know we all have our little favourites (Germany always been mine), but now that Ireland are out I can't bring myself to cheer for another team. Sure there are some great games left, England Brazil and Spain Italy should be classics.
But there will not be another game like the Battle Of Suwon. It was a war, the Spanish will never forget it.

Kolodny

What kdja said. I have never enjoyed a World Cup so much and though we deserved to go further I feel very proud that Ireland did so well

Dustaz

Originally posted by eth0_

I'm up for Belgium now Ireland are out, we have a fantasy football type thing going in work, If Belgium win, I get about a hundred euro

Oh well :P

ondafly

It was an honour to watch the Irish matches, Im proud to call myself Irish, and tomorrow night the team will get such a great welcome home, that they will feel ontop of the world, and so they should! Roll on Russia. I hope to see Korea and Japan do well, they're fans remind me of the same support Ireland gets from its fans.

plastic membrane

Its been a crazy old fortnight, hasnt it ? Its been brilliant, i loved every second of it (eventhough the Germany match was agony, except for the twist in the tale) and all the players, all the supporters did us proud. Im sad about we went out the way and the competition has lost some colour now, but roll on Portugal 2004...

Tellox

once again lads, Im sorry for my actions the other day

the lads did brilliant, I never expected them to get so far, Im very proud

But honestly speaking, I bawled my eyes out for hours on end..

http://www.2fm.ie/musiczone/rams/artists/dustys_army/put_em_under_pressure_2002.ram
I'll never forget their preformance, those were the most exciting 2 weeks of my life.

BKtje

rofl tizlox that song brought a smile to my face and reminded me of the feelings i had while watching the games
n1

fisty

Originally posted by SheroN
In the year of our Lord 2002, patriots of Ireland, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields at Suwon. They fought like warrior poets. They fought like Irishmen. And won their respect.

here here!!!!!
but if i hear ole ole ole one more time im gonna scream (workin in pub for summer)

Bateman

>that they will feel ontop of the world, and so they should!

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They have just been knocked out of the World Cup. I would imagine the ones who played their hearts out would still be gutted at this stage, and that no amount of pathetic drunken revelry from people who only take an interest in football every 4 years will make them feel better. They will be still hurting after the penalties. Why do we always celebrate failure? Makes you wonder what we would do if we actually won something.

Kali

Originally posted by Bateman
[BI would imagine the ones who played their hearts out would still be gutted at this stage, [snip] Why do we always celebrate failure? Makes you wonder what we would do if we actually won something. [/B]

you've just answered that yourself.

Bateman

you've just answered that yourself.

I don't think so. Purely hypothetical situation. This country has been underdogs for long enough. It'll still be considered a great achievement if we scrape through our 2004 group, even though we are the best side in it.