Euro Irish banter are you bored of it yet?

Maireadio · 16-06-2016 01:28PM

elfy4eva wrote: »

The thread title and OP suggest it very much is about the fans but if it is the media u are upset about, how about stop reading the articles and comments.

Blinding originality here. We could use that smart thinking down here at the office!

Maireadio · 16-06-2016 01:30PM

gladrags wrote: »

The reaction by the media and those wishing to jump on the publicity bandwagon is patronising and idiotic.

Most fans of any sport you care to mention,and most
nationalities,attend these events without causing trouble,or getting pissed,for that matter.

Irish fans,be they rugby,or cricket or football or GAA fans,are no different.

They don't need to be congratulated or patted on the back,for not wrecking the stadium or causing riots.

This is condescending,they are not monkeys.

The reputation of Irish fans abroad since Giles was manager,has always been simple.

Enjoy the experience,and don't look for brownie points for doing so.

+1

Shanotheslayer · 16-06-2016 01:56PM

Kenny Bania wrote: »

Drinking with a bunch of 'lads' is probably the best thing you can experience on our tiny boring planet alright.

Hahaha. Yeh you're so right.

Comparing 'Drinking with a bunch of lads' to going to the EUROS. Should have stayed in my gaf and got the lads down, sure it's the exact same like.

I pity people like you.

Au Revior my friend! C'est La Vie

bigpink · 16-06-2016 02:42PM

Was the nun video funny or rude in your opinion?

nehe milner skudder · 16-06-2016 02:42PM

bigpink wrote: »

Was the nun video funny or rude in your opinion?

rude

Kenny Bania · 16-06-2016 02:47PM

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Hahaha. Yeh you're so right.

Comparing 'Drinking with a bunch of lads' to going to the EUROS. Should have stayed in my gaf and got the lads down, sure it's the exact same like.

I pity people like you.

Au Revior my friend! C'est La Vie

If you think hopping on a Ryanair flight to go drinking & watching football with a bunch of drunk gombeens is the "experience of a lifetime", try broaden your horizons. I assume you're 19 and haven't had a chance to do much with your life so far, so if that's the case then I apologise.

Maybe go snorkeling in the barrier reef before it's gone. That's the "experience of a lifetime, to name but one.

beach_walker · 16-06-2016 02:47PM

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Comparing 'Drinking with a bunch of lads' to going to the EUROS. Should have stayed in my gaf and got the lads down, sure it's the exact same like.

Aye. The girlfriend was raving about the Bruce Springsteen gig recently, I told her she was a fool and could have had the exact same experience drinking a box of wine in her room listening to a cassette of "The River".

Dempsey · 16-06-2016 02:56PM

Kenny Bania wrote: »

If you think hopping on a Ryanair flight to go drinking & watching football with a bunch of drunk gombeens is the "experience of a lifetime", try broaden your horizons. I assume you're 19 and haven't had a chance to do much with your life so far, so if that's the case then I apologise.

Maybe go snorkeling in the barrier reef before it's gone. That's the "experience of a lifetime, to name but one.

Well arent you so sophisticated! :rolleyes:

I done the travelling the world stuff, great experience, would recommend it highly aswell. But going to Paris for our opening game of the euros is right up there with those experiences.

Stay watching all the videos on joe.ie though, they clearly capture the entire experience of being there

armaghlad · 16-06-2016 03:08PM

Kenny Bania wrote: »

If you think hopping on a Ryanair flight to go drinking & watching football with a bunch of drunk gombeens is the "experience of a lifetime", try broaden your horizons. I assume you're 19 and haven't had a chance to do much with your life so far, so if that's the case then I apologise.

Maybe go snorkeling in the barrier reef before it's gone. That's the "experience of a lifetime, to name but one.

Could you be any more of a snob?

irishguy1983 · 16-06-2016 03:12PM

Dempsey wrote: »

Well arent you so sophisticated! :rolleyes:

I done the travelling the world stuff, great experience, would recommend it highly aswell. But going to Paris for our opening game of the euros is right up there with those experiences.

Stay watching all the videos on joe.ie though, they clearly capture the entire experience of being there

I'll second that - going to a big football tournament is an experience in a lifetime type thing.

HensVassal · 16-06-2016 03:12PM

Kenny Bania wrote: »

Drinking with a bunch of 'lads' is probably the best thing you can experience on our tiny boring planet alright.

And what the fuck makes you think that he even drinks? In fact he mightn't even do any narcotics to get a euphoric feeling. Unlike you.

HensVassal · 16-06-2016 03:20PM

Kenny Bania wrote: »

If you think hopping on a Ryanair flight to go drinking & watching football with a bunch of drunk gombeens is the "experience of a lifetime", try broaden your horizons. I assume you're 19 and haven't had a chance to do much with your life so far, so if that's the case then I apologise.

Maybe go snorkeling in the barrier reef before it's gone. That's the "experience of a lifetime, to name but one.

And how do you know that outside of watching a football match he didn't venture into the french countryside and sample some of the finest wines at a variety of vineyards? How do you know he didn't hanglide in the Alps? How do you know he didn't get a guided tour of the Louvre usually off limits to the public?

You're a sad, opinionated and bitter little man, obviously a bit of a loner who needs psychedelic drugs to lift your mood of loneliness.

Snorkeling in the Barrier Reef, oh ya mad bastard!!

podgemonster · 16-06-2016 03:21PM

Kenny Bania wrote: »

Maybe go snorkeling in the barrier reef before it's gone. That's the "experience of a lifetime, to name but one.

I've actually scuba dived the Great Barrier reef.
I've witness majestic lions on African planes.
I've visited the ancient temples of Cambodia
I've walked upon glaciers in New Zealand
I've driven the great ocean road, the garden route, California Route 101 and most of the wild atlantic way.
I've trekked across jungle on the back of an elephant
I've taken a girl on a gondala ride at dusk in Venice
I've sailed around Halong Bay in Vietnam
I've stayed with hill tribes in Laos
I've barbecued frog on an homemade grill in the Philipinnes
I've but $20 on red in Vegas and won
I've seen Springsteen play non stop for 3 hours on a summers day
I've drank cans of crap beer at night by a bonfire on a beach in California
I've had afternoon Tea in the worlds only 7 star hotel
I've cycled across indonesian rice fields
I've looked upon the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the face of Mona Lisa
I've climb the Tower of Pisa and the Effiel Tower

And none of that compares to that instant of euphoria when Wezzy rattled Swedish net on Monday night.

Ya kinda had to be there i guess...

Shanotheslayer · 16-06-2016 03:21PM

Kenny Bania wrote: »

If you think hopping on a Ryanair flight to go drinking & watching football with a bunch of drunk gombeens is the "experience of a lifetime", try broaden your horizons. I assume you're 19 and haven't had a chance to do much with your life so far, so if that's the case then I apologise.

Maybe go snorkeling in the barrier reef before it's gone. That's the "experience of a lifetime, to name but one.

I'd rather visit Stade De Francais and feel the passion of singing the Anthem.

Thanks tho

nehe milner skudder · 16-06-2016 03:21PM

podgemonster wrote: »

I've actually scuba dived the Great Barrier reef.
I've witness majestic lions on African planes.
I've visited the ancient temples of Cambodia
I've walked upon glaciers in New Zealand
I've driven the great ocean road, the garden route, California Route 101 and most of the wild atlantic way.
I've trekked across jungle on the back of an elephant
I've taken a girl on a gondala ride at dusk in Venice
I've sailed around Halong Bay in Vietnam
I've stayed with hill tribes in Laos
I've barbecued frog on an homemade grill in the Philipinnes
I've but $20 on red in Vegas and won
I've seen Springsteen play non stop for 3 hours on a summers day
I've drank cans of crap beer at night by a bonfire on a beach in California
I've had afternoon Tea in the worlds only 7 star hotel
I've cycled across indonesian rice fields
I've looked upon the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the face of Mona Lisa
I've climb the Tower of Pisa and the Effiel Tower

And none of that compares to that instant of euphoria when Wezzy rattled Swedish net on Monday night.

Ya kinda had to be there i guess...

recency bias

Muahahaha · 16-06-2016 03:23PM

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

And here's was joe's description of it

We've said it a million times at this rate, but we really are a great bunch of sound f*ckers.
JOE reader Shane Heffernan has sent us in this video of a group of Irish fans clearing up their own bottles and cans after going on the tear in Bordeaux.

This was filmed by Shane just across from the Connemara Irish pub.

Their mams are looking at this back in Ireland, going, "sure aren't they great, Margaret, they always offered to do the washing up after dinner on Sunday as well."

A credit to the nation.

We're really are a great bunch of sound fcukers now, have we reached peak self congratulation in the media yet?

osarusan · 16-06-2016 03:26PM

I started out agreeing that the 'Euro Irish banter' is grating, but I'd take a f**king year of it over the f**king moaning on this thread.

PARlance · 16-06-2016 03:32PM

podgemonster wrote: »

.....
I've seen Springsteen play non stop for 3 hours on a summers day.....

I'm begining to see a trend here.
Springsteen fans = "shoes off for the boys in green" people.

I have never really gotten either group but I'm beginning to think they're largely the same people.

Arghus · 16-06-2016 03:43PM

I really wouldn't take the trolling to heart guys.

nehe milner skudder · 16-06-2016 03:47PM

podgemonster wrote: »

I've driven most of the wild atlantic way.

over rated invention just like the gathering.

its a road in the shticks.

ThunbergsAreGo · 16-06-2016 03:52PM

Muahahaha wrote: »

And here's was joe's description of it

We're really are a great bunch of sound fcukers now, have we reached peak self congratulation in the media yet?

Your problem is with Joe.ie

I am sick of Joe.ie

PARlance · 16-06-2016 03:53PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

A lot of people like two hugely popular things!

Stop the press.

Taking your shoe off and waving it around has grown in popularity but I wouldn't claim it to be hugely popular just yet.

Bruce is indeed hugely popular.

Jayop · 16-06-2016 03:54PM

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

over rated invention just like the gathering.

its a road in the shticks.

:rolleyes:

HensVassal · 16-06-2016 04:12PM

Kenny Bania wrote: »

If you think hopping on a Ryanair flight to go drinking & watching football with a bunch of drunk gombeens is the "experience of a lifetime", try broaden your horizons. I assume you're 19 and haven't had a chance to do much with your life so far, so if that's the case then I apologise.

Maybe go snorkeling in the barrier reef before it's gone. That's the "experience of a lifetime, to name but one.

And just so you know, the Euros only happen every 4 years. Not only that but Ireland rarely qualifies. The last time was 2012 and then 24 years before that tecnically making the experience less frequent that total solar eclipses. For many if not most 2012 it literally was a chance of a lifetime. One can snorkel the barrier reef any day of the week, any week of any year. All you need is 2 grand and a week off work. Its not going anywhere.

Maireadio · 16-06-2016 04:13PM

osarusan wrote: »

I started out agreeing that the 'Euro Irish banter' is grating, but I'd take a f**king year of it over the f**king moaning on this thread.

This is the moaniest post I've read on-thread in a while.

Kenny Bania · 16-06-2016 07:55PM

Saps:
http://www.balls.ie/football/ireland-fans-euro-2016-reaction/336719

More saps - literally telling everyone how amazing they are:
https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/videos/vb.6622931938/10153821709756939/?type=2&theater

bucketybuck · 16-06-2016 08:00PM

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

I just flew home yesterday.

And it was the best experience of my life. Something that will never change no matter how many people moan about it.

Ireland drawing with Sweden was the best experience of your life?

Oh, you don't mean the actual football do you.

16-06-2016 08:02PM

Kenny Bania wrote: »

Saps:
http://www.balls.ie/football/ireland-fans-euro-2016-reaction/336719

That headline is mental!

The Rest Of Europe Is Absolutely Sick That They're Not Irish

bucketybuck · 16-06-2016 08:28PM

Omackeral wrote: »

That headline is mental!

The Rest Of Europe Is Absolutely Sick That They're Not Irish

It starts quite well I think.

The detractors would suggest that our desire to pat ourselves on the back is rather embarrassing. They'd say that the need to be seen to be the good guys of Euro 2016 is even worse than the 'win, loose, we're on the booze' attitude on show in Poland four years ago. And perhaps they're correct.

Perhaps our pride in having the self appointed 'greatest fans in Europe' is embarrassing. Perhaps we do like nothing more than rolling over like the mad auld scones we are and having our bellies tickled by the big boys every few years as they promptly dispatch us with ease on the field.

But if you really want to understand the mentality involved in those type of clickbait articles one Donald Trump style line will capture the essence.

They're more than welcome to their cerebral thoughts

Maireadio · 16-06-2016 08:29PM

Omackeral wrote: »

That headline is mental!

The Rest Of Europe Is Absolutely Sick That They're Not Irish

I know, right?

Yes, I'm sure the Germans, Italians, French and Spanish etc. are devastated that they have much better national teams. :pac:

Euro Irish banter are you bored of it yet?

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