yourdeadwright wrote: » Isn't it quite obvious ? People who love soccer and the closest big league is in England, Its only semi professional here , so England is the closest professional league ,
valoren wrote: » It's all about the hype and the atmosphere. Take any football game and remove the hype, the build up, the impressive stadia, the passionate commentators, the 24/7 media coverage and the chants and cheers of thousands of spectators and you reduce it to it's essence. 22 players kicking a ball around a field. Without the smoke and mirrors it's equivalent to watching a sitcom without the laugh track. It will not have the same psychological impact. Imagine watching Seinfeld without a laugh track? Quality writing delivered by well honed comedians but while being incredibly funny it would just seem weird and off without the implied laughter cues that a laugh track/live audience reaction provides. Go and watch youtube videos of The Big Bang Theory without the canned laughter. It's an awful turgid watch. In football matches, the smoke and mirrors are football's laugh track. If you took LOI level squads and had them play their matches with the same smoke and mirrors invested in and afforded to PL and Champions League games then the subjective quality of the players themselves become moot but the subjective quality of the football increases psychologically. You'd have a prim and proper host and endless talk with pundits beforehand conveying a sense of importance to the upcoming Cork City v Dundalk match, you'd have Martin Tyler delivering his slick commentary, you'd have dedicated TV channels to Cork City FC and you'd have thousands of fans generating an "event" like atmosphere in an Old Trafford type arena for what is in reality a bunch of full time footballers running around a pitch trying to win a match.
farmchoice wrote: » I was once in the pub with a mate of mine who claims to be a big Liverpool fan ( never been to liverpool) he shouted at another fella in the pub that he was ''manc filth'' , the other chap was also from mayo, in turn called my friend a ''scouse ****''. they then started chanting at each other in bad put on english accents
Billy Mays wrote: » There's few things cringier than Irish people referring to themselves or others as scousers or mancs.
Billy Mays wrote: » Irish Liverpool fans are an odd breed..
RobbieTheRobber wrote: » But if they were calling each other abusive slurs and being disparaging because their local parish teams were playing each other, that would be ok though right?
Billy Mays wrote: » There's few things cringier than Irish people referring to themselves or others as scousers or mancs. Irish Liverpool fans are an odd breed. If you slag off the city of London to an Arsenal/Spurs fan or the city of Manchester to a United fan they tend to just shrug their shoulders. Say anything negative about the city of Liverpool to an LFC fan and they're on the defensive straight away. A lot of them genuinely think that supporting Liverpool makes them different to other football fans and that they're part of some sort of special football family.
Irish Guitarist wrote: » I find it stranger when someone who claims to have no interest in football cares about Ireland beating some other country. Why would anyone give a shite how well their country does at something that doesn't interest them?
Greyfox wrote: » Football is an entertainment product and despite the cancer of overpaid players it's still a great product. It doesn't matter what country the team you support is from as long as you enjoy watching. For me watching a game at home or the pub it better than going to the actual home ground. Football is about entertainment 1st, I don't have time to support a team from my own country as there not on tv often enough. I consider myself a real as I've been following my team for 27 years
[Deleted User] wrote: » No big deal, it's just a hobby that makes people feel like they are part of something, even if that something is just a corporation machine designed to suck out their money. Re the OP, but, I have never seen something in fans as strange as Man Ut fans in the pub chanting with the Manchester accent. That's a whole new level of pathetics. I never heard Barcelona fans down the local chanting with Catelan accent.
farmchoice wrote: » i dont think the point was about watching it and enjoying it it was about following one particular team with a great passion. i love watching the premiership as a product but i would not be able to passionately support a team from Liverpool any more than i could one from barcalona or new york, because i'm not from any of those places, i dont have any connection to them as such. mind you good luck to them each to their own and all that. i was once in the pub with a mate of mine who claims to be a big Liverpool fan ( never been to liverpool) he shouted at another fella in the pub that he was ''manc filth'' , the other chap was also from mayo, in turn called my friend a ''scouse ****''. they then started chanting at each other in bad put on english accents which were both more cockney then northern. the chants were all grossly offensive. this is the kind of carry on that i feel is taking it too far.
ancapailldorcha wrote: » I live quite close to Wembley stadium and it's a little sad that I have no interest in it given my location.
How Soon Is Now wrote: » This bull**** of ahh ya have to follow your local team if your a football fan..... Ya do in your hole. You dont just follow something because you happen to be from that city or country!!
How Soon Is Now wrote: » Id put Dublin ahead of United im from Dublin and im a proud dub. Obviously my support for Dublin goes deeper cause im from there.
Omackeral wrote: » You've described the majority of people in this country there tbh.
Omackeral wrote: » But then you say this Bit hypocritical, no?
How Soon Is Now wrote: » You dont just follow something because you happen to be from that city or country!!
murpho999 wrote: » Well if you're not a Liverpool supporter then you clearly won't get it.
ancapailldorcha wrote: » UK or Ireland?
How Soon Is Now wrote: » No i dont just follow Dublin because im from Dublin i support them because i feel attached to the team and love Dublin im more proud to say im a Dub then an Irish man.
Omackeral wrote: » Except most people the world over do. Nearly everyone at a Bolton Wanderers match is going to be from Bolton. The people at a Hamburg match are gonna be from Hamburg. A world cup match featuring Mexico is probably gonna be full of Mexican people. Likewise for GAA, someone from Ennis will follow Clare and not Cork. We do this little mental gymnastic in this country for club soccer though, don't we?
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