Euro Irish banter are you bored of it yet?

Barry Badrinath · 14-06-2016 11:47PM

Any yokes wrote: »

Trying way too hard, sounds a bit like , the greatest fans in the world?

Please love me! Please give me attention! Please like this post!

Love you Yokey!

Xxx

bucketybuck · 14-06-2016 11:47PM

Irish fans are just versions of John Hurts character in "The Field", gurning and capering about hoping for a pat on the head and maybe a nod of praise from the Bull McCabe.

Maireadio · 14-06-2016 11:48PM

For what it's worth, I enjoyed the clip of Irish and Swedish fans seeing the team busses off and then dancing together in the street. :pac: It's not all cringeworthy paddywhackery.

LorMal · 14-06-2016 11:48PM

Maireadio wrote: »

That's not my intention. I know lots of people are just over there enjoying themselves, not looking for attention, having good craic.

But there does seem to be a sizeable minority playing into the leprechauny, desperate-for-approval, "you love me, you really love me!" stereotype. And that is what some of us find cringeworthy.

Who knows? Maybe other nations' fans are doing the same and we don't realise. It might not be unique to Ireland. I know Welsh people are generally quite "go hard or go home" too, for example.

I have yet to witness the same desperate need to be loved by any other supporters. This whole Oirish 'best supporters in the world' thing started in Euro 88.
Back then it was incredibly muted in comparison to today. The pictures and interviews of fans having fun seemed much more spontaneous and genuine - much less forced.
The nadir came in Poland - Delaney and a mob of drunken eejits acting like ecstatic morons every night while the team were embarrassingly bad.

Rothko · 14-06-2016 11:51PM

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

this summers christmas jumper is the novelty tricolour.
it used to be a reindeer with a glitter red nose, now its drake dancing to hotline bling in fairy lights.

each one must be more outrageous than the other. "davey keogh says hello" replaced by " if you can't beat them bang them". incidentally you couldn't beat them....as usual.

having fun is one one thing but the irish self awareness that they are being filmed is unreal. gurning and lampooning for the fomo brigade back home, like leprechaun versions of david brent. telling the gag and then winking at the cameras.

its not enough to have the fun, oh no , you have to dance with your smartphone held aloft. generation "me's" pose ....an anthitesis to the statue of liberty.

the exact same clowns who don't go to one race meeting all year but make sure they are behind ted walsh making sex faces in an ill fitting remus uomo suit on stephens day.

banter actually breaking the 4th wall.

the self proclaimed best fans in the world only have 3 songs "shoes off for boys in green", to be replaced with "sit down for boys in green" as the mood takes.
ole ole ole and "come on you boys in green" which incidentally most of them replace with blue should dublin reach the all ireland final ( another event for the vacuous digital scrapbook ).

man utd have really good inventive songs, liverpool and dortmund a devout proper fanatical support.

these guys are devoid of identity trapped somewhere between the shoreditch man bun and the so-cal top heavy muscle bound empty vessel.

they travel in numbers as we are an economically privileged country with the benefit of a low cost airline and a sense of entitlement. i deserve the annual leave. i have to be there.

lets see how packed the aviva is for the next game against whogivesa****-istan.

there will be a coronas concert on or an episode of the great british bake off to watch , so i hazard it will be empty. because the irish boys only show up to the big dance. they don't do the foreplay. straight to the moneyshot.

this best in the world narrative ( or crapaganda) is rammed down my throat by the masturbating irish media to the point that if you are not part of it you are a begrudger , jealous, have no life of your own and no purpose.

as far as I'm concerned you are just another emerald cloaked shill at the balls.ie gang bang .

https://twitter.com/niallharbison/status/742491365213278208 this tweet today states that nike could not have conceived an ad as impressive as the clip.

this is the same nike who currently have an ad where cristiano ronaldo falls over the advertising boards, collides,morphs into, swaps places with, and then assumes the life of a ten year old black boy.

I'm fairly sure they could ****e out on a napkin a bunch of pasty white knuckle dragging sun shine boys banging on the side of the bus.

get off the road gents. you are in the way of real people.

100 years after michael collins freed us we are self imprisoned in shamrock coloured douchebaggery.

stop the world , i want to get off.

written by the self proclaimed best ranter in the world.

Wow, you put a lot of effort into that. Why do you hate soccer so much?

Maireadio · 14-06-2016 11:55PM

LorMal wrote: »

I have yet to witness the same desperate need to be loved by any other supporters. This whole Oirish 'best supporters in the world' thing started in Euro 88.
Back then it was incredibly muted in comparison to today. The pictures and interviews of fans having fun seemed much more spontaneous and genuine - much less forced.
The nadir came in Poland - Delaney and a mob of drunken eejits acting like ecstatic morons every night while the team were embarrassingly bad.

And having witnessed the amazing singing of both the Welsh and Icelandic fans, I'm not even convinced we're the best! The Icelandic fans singing their anthem tonight was so incredibly rousing.

XR3i · 15-06-2016 12:03AM

Maireadio wrote: »

And having witnessed the amazing singing of both the Welsh and Icelandic fans, I'm not even convinced we're the best! The Icelandic fans singing their anthem tonight was so incredibly rousing.

ooh ah paul mcgrath say ooh ah paul mcgrath

Rothko · 15-06-2016 12:04AM

I see a lot of posters on here talking about how so many Irish supporters are desperate to be seen as the best fans in the world. I've never seen anything of the sort. Any links that can enlighten me?

Any yokes · 15-06-2016 12:05AM

I see Joke.ie has an interview with Paddy X in Bordeaux

He apparently shi-t down his shorts after 3 pints, but hes happy as long as some English get battered and his Instagram vid gets 30 likes

XR3i · 15-06-2016 12:06AM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

Too far :mad:

ooh ah paul mcgrath say ooh ah paul mcgrath

Mountainsandh · 15-06-2016 12:08AM

Maireadio wrote: »

That's not my intention. I know lots of people are just over there enjoying themselves, not looking for attention, having good craic.

But there does seem to be a sizeable minority playing into the leprechauny, desperate-for-approval, "you love me, you really love me!" stereotype. And that is what some of us find cringeworthy.

Who knows? Maybe other nations' fans are doing the same and we don't realise. It might not be unique to Ireland. I know Welsh people are generally quite "go hard or go home" too, for example.

Thing is, it's only the Irish who cringe and see the Paddywhackery. And maybe the English can see it too.

The French will just see youth who seem patriotic in a good natured way, heavy drinking (but they already know the Irish for that), but good fun, decent, and maybe yes, a bit heavy going after a while.

So fair enough, you're finding it cringey, but there is a good chance that the "you love me" attitude will actually boost French people's enthusiasm for coming over to Ireland, so it's not all that bad.

It's weird, I'm French myself, but I don't think I've ever heard or had a conversation in France with anyone who might have been ashamed of the stripey shirt, garlic necklace, beret, baguette and moustache image to the extent that Irish people are ashamed of their shamrocky image.

Stereotypes are fine sometimes, most nations on the planet surely have the intelligence to realize that they're only that, stereotypes. If they're a selling point, they really shouldn't be such a soul destroying issue.

I think a lot of countries have made their peace with that.

Two Tone · 15-06-2016 12:13AM

I would have agreed in the past, Mountainsandh, but I think Irish people acting the eejit abroad is starting to tick people off, e.g. in Australia and the U.S./Canada. There wouldn't be the same droves of Irish people emigrating to France.
I love that we, as a people, can have a great laugh and have no pretensions about us, and find humour in sombre situations and can take the piss out of each other in a good-natured way, etc - but then there is going too far and acting the public nuisance, and that truly lets us down unfortunately. I'm not talking about the Ireland supporters in France as they appear to be behaving themselves (although I'd say they make a hell of a racket at night) - I just mean in relation to how our general perception is becoming internationally.

_Kaiser_ · 15-06-2016 12:15AM

I tell ya what I'm sick of... Apres bloody Match.

It was never that funny to begin with (but then I'm not a big fan of paddywhackery anyway) but it'a long past its sell by date at this stage IMO

Any yokes · 15-06-2016 12:19AM

Mountainsandh wrote: »

So fair enough, you're finding it cringey, but there is a good chance that the "you love me" attitude will actually boost French people's enthusiasm for coming over to Ireland, so it's not all that bad.

The poor french must have no idea Ireland is the toilet of Europe. They will get a shock when they land into this kip, it makes Zimbabwe look appealing. As for the people in it, more like sheep than human beings. But as long as they rub Paddys belly give him his pork chop and can of guinness, they will have no problems

XR3i · 15-06-2016 12:26AM

There seems to be quite a few variations on this, so you might have to
tweak it so it sounds like you want it.

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The bog down in the valley-o.
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Hey, ho, the rattlin' bog,
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The bog down in the valley-o.

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Now on that feather there was a bug,
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A rare bug, a rattlin' bug,
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And the bug on the feather,
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And the nest on the twig,
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And the twig on the branch,

Mountainsandh · 15-06-2016 12:28AM

Two Tone wrote: »

I would have agreed in the past, Mountainsandh, but I think Irish people acting the eejit abroad is starting to tick people off, e.g. in Australia and the U.S./Canada. There wouldn't be the same droves of Irish people emigrating to France.
I love that we, as a people, can have a great laugh and have no pretensions about us, and find humour in sombre situations and can take the piss out of each other in a good-natured way, etc - but then there is going too far and acting the public nuisance, and that truly lets us down unfortunately. I'm not talking about the Ireland supporters in France as they appear to be behaving themselves (although I'd say they make a hell of a racket at night) - I just mean in relation to how our general perception is becoming internationally.

Yeah, I know what you mean, but that's mostly English speaking countries, and like you said, it doesn't really apply here in this situation. What you're saying is more in relation to emigration, and to be honest, I think it is diluted enough in Europe that there's generally no issue with the Irish getting a bad reputation. Certainly, most people in France are well aware that the Irish drink heavily, but we had the same image of the Irish in the 90s when I was in college.

I know I have 3 young nephews (from 15 yo to 23) who certainly won't get a chance to get sick and tired of the Oirish banter. They'll just think the Irish are brilliant for harmless craic.

XR3i · 15-06-2016 12:34AM

Mountainsandh wrote: »

Yeah, I know what you mean, but that's mostly English speaking countries, and like you said, it doesn't really apply here in this situation. What you're saying is more in relation to emigration, and to be honest, I think it is diluted enough in Europe that there's generally no issue with the Irish getting a bad reputation. Certainly, most people in France are well aware that the Irish drink heavily, but we had the same image of the Irish in the 90s when I was in college.

I know I have 3 young nephews (from 15 yo to 23) who certainly won't get a chance to get sick and tired of the Oirish banter. They'll just think the Irish are brilliant for harmless craic.

chill out man, you don;t need to apologize for your football team cheating to get to the world cup

it;s water under the bridge

best of luck in t eeuros

Mountainsandh · 15-06-2016 12:45AM

XR3i wrote: »

chill out man, you don;t need to apologize for your football team cheating to get to the world cup

it;s water under the bridge

best of luck in t eeuros

You are seriously talking to the most uninterested French female in the land of Ireland, and quite possibly spanning over France too.

I mean, seriously.

"I was blissfully unaware, playing Irish trad music in a session somewhere in Ireland when the French were winning" kind of uninterested.

The kind that when Irish people say : "Good one last night, pity about the penalty" I go in a minions "whahhh ?" mode.

XR3i · 15-06-2016 12:48AM

Mountainsandh wrote: »

You are seriously talking to the most uninterested French female in the land of Ireland, and quite possibly spanning over France too.

I mean, seriously.

"I was blissfully unaware, playing Irish trad music in a session somewhere in Ireland when the French were winning" kind of uninterested.

The kind that when Irish people say : "Good one last night, pity about the penalty" I go in a minions "whahhh ?" mode.

d'accord

lertsnim · 15-06-2016 12:54AM

The self loathing on this site really is something else at times.

Arghus · 15-06-2016 01:05AM

The media over do it sometimes in their coverage but I'd rather have it, warts and all. Football is a broad church and it contains a lot of people of many different stripes and as irritatingly banterrific as it can get, I'll still rather have it over the anodyne corporate Rugby fakery.

PistolsAtDawn · 15-06-2016 01:15AM

Best fans in the world me arse, god I cringe every time I see Irish people desperately trying be "mad lads" in front of foreigners.

How come all these clowns act the same, dress the same, talk the same etc... Whatever happened to individualism, are they that devoid of a sense of personal identity that self worth is only attained when acting like the collective?

This quote from Arthur Schopenhauer springs to mind:
“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”

DEFTLEFTHAND · 15-06-2016 01:16AM

Any yokes wrote: »

I see Joke.ie has an interview with Paddy X in Bordeaux

He apparently shi-t down his shorts after 3 pints, but hes happy as long as some English get battered and his Instagram vid gets 30 likes

This reveling at the thought of English fellas getting the sh1t kicked out of them by Russian scum is pretty nasty alright.

They might not be so welcome over there anymore they next time they make the trip to Anfield or Old Trafford.

Two Tone · 15-06-2016 01:19AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

This reveling at the thought of English fellas getting the sh1t kicked out of them by Russian scum is pretty nasty alright.

People liking the idea of hooligans getting the **** kicked out of them is hardly nasty - not that I like the idea of anyone getting the **** kicked out of them, but it's silly to pretend they're innocent and that they would not share the same glee themselves over others getting the **** kicked out of them.

They might not be so welcome over anymore they next time they make the trip to Anfield or Old Trafford.

If security at Anfield or Old Trafford know it's them.

Any yokes · 15-06-2016 01:21AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

This reveling at the thought of English fellas getting the sh1t kicked out of them by Russian scum is pretty nasty alright.

They might not be so welcome over there anymore they next time they make the trip to Anfield or Old Trafford.

Paddy thinks the "English are scum" and their fans all deserve to assaulted with weapons by psycho Russians. But he cant see the irony in living in London or wearing his Liverpool jersey to training

"**** the English" Paddy says, just let me have their jobs money and football teams

Any yokes · 15-06-2016 01:26AM

Two Tone wrote: »

People liking the idea of hooligans getting the **** kicked out of them is hardly nasty - not that I like the idea of anyone getting the **** kicked out of them, but it's silly to pretend they're innocent and that they would not share the same glee themselves over others getting the **** kicked out of them.

If security at Anfield or Old Trafford know it's them.

Nonsense, innocent English fans were mostly getting targetted. One man minding his business was half beaten to death with Iron bars by Russians and only for Police doing CPR he didnt die, now has brain damage and is in a coma. The video is even on youtube and pics in the media

But the Joe.ie brigade all had a good laugh and say he deserved it cos hes English. Fckwits will fly over to Old Trafford and curse the English at the same time, I know sound English lads who arent too happy reading some of the filth online from the Joe.ie Ole Ole greatest fans ever

Two Tone · 15-06-2016 01:28AM

Any yokes wrote: »

Nonsense, innocent English fans were mostly getting targetted. One man minding his business was half beaten to death with Iron bars by Russians and only for Police doing CPR he didnt die, now has brain damage and is in a coma. The video is even on youtube and pics in the media

But the Joe.ie brigade all had a good laugh and say he deserved it cos hes English. Fckwits will fly over to Old Trafford and curse the English at the same time, I know sound English lads who arent too happy reading some of the filth online from the Joe.ie Ole Ole greatest fans ever

Ok well I agree there - I was only referring to the England supporters who are being violent twits also.

Any yokes · 15-06-2016 01:39AM

The Irish are the opposite of the master race. Really the ugliest people in the world

No wonder Sarah Annabelle loves cosmetic surgery and Brown Thomas, she looks like Miss Piggy after a bottle of brandy. Shes taken 100 vacuous selfies but has finally got one to put on Instagram. Shes trying to bag a rich husband, Paddy in France whos one of the greatest fans in the world. He cant believe the French moths arent interested. He needs 10 pints to approach and thought they would like the smell of garlic from his breath. He can't believe his gym selfies, sunbeds and bandana from Forbidden Fruit have failed him. What went wrong he asks could it be my incredibly dull personality. No way he says, I'm one of the greatest fans in the world, time to sink 10 more pints

Ole Ole Ole Ole

Mec27 · 15-06-2016 01:48AM

Any yokes wrote: »

The Irish are the opposite of the master race. Really the ugliest people in the world

No wonder Sarah Annabelle loves cosmetic surgery and Brown Thomas, she looks like Miss Piggy after a bottle of brandy. Shes taken 100 vacuous selfies but has finally got one to put on Instagram. Shes trying to bag a rich husband, Paddy in France whos one of the greatest fans in the world. He cant believe the French moths arent interested. He needs 10 pints to approach and thought they would like the smell of garlic from his breath. He can't believe his gym selfies, sunbeds and bandana from Forbidden Fruit have failed him. What went wrong he asks could it be my incredibly dull personality. No way he says, I'm one of the greatest fans in the world, time to sink 10 more pints

Ole Ole Ole Ole

Hahahahahahahaah, so legit btw.

sabat · 15-06-2016 01:51AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

They might not be so welcome over there anymore they next time they make the trip to Anfield or Old Trafford.

The English national team is only marginally less unpopular than Man Utd on Merseyside.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1YU9sDpQQ1g

Euro Irish banter are you bored of it yet?

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