Sad Irish losers supporting foreign teams

MoodyMedic · 01-05-2009 07:01PM #1

I'm Irish, and I think soccer is a great game. What makes me sick is my country men have no culture or pride of their own and declare loyality to foreign winning teams. It is absolutely pathetic.

All I hear is Finn Harps, Shamrock Rovers, etc - "they're sh1te, etc"
It does not matter that they are not very successful - they need local support. You can admire and commend great skill in other players, teams, and countries, but you only have the right to support your local/national team.

These weak loyalist supporters are usually low/middle social class Irish who support these winning teams, mostly in English and Scottish premier league (also other sports such as Ferrari in F1). It seems to me they do this to enjoy the success of winning a game, likely to compensate for failures in their own lives.

Grown men in British football jersies who spend 3-4 hours a day watching and reading about completely irrelevant actitivies. (I'm not anti-British BTW.)

Celtic, Man Utd, etc. Pathetic.

Are you from these cities? - No.
Do you know any of the players personally? - No.
Can you speak your own native language - No.

These fools are sedated by 900 channels of Sky TV, Coronation Street, the "Oirish" Sun and Carlsberg (coz Jack tells them to drink it).

People would, and do kill for what you have - a country and culture of your own. I don't mean you have to be playing the oileann pipes with your irish wolf hound while drinking Guiness (an English product) Create your own culture. Educate yourself, be independent.

You have NO right to support these teams. Get a life - your own life.

I just feel if this energy was put into our own country instead of abroad, it would be great.

These British teams must be laughing at the Irish - pouring 100s millions of Euros into their clubs - embarressing.

Keith186 · 01-05-2009 07:17PM

Someone got out on the wrong side of bed today!

mayordenis · 01-05-2009 07:20PM

MoodyMedic wrote: »

You have NO right to support these teams. Get a life - your own life.

What? wut? what? wut?

mayordenis · 01-05-2009 07:21PM

MoodyMedic wrote: »

Can you speak your own native language - No.

you make yourself look a bit foolish there to be honest, why bring that into it?

marko91 · 01-05-2009 08:10PM

ok so i was born and raised as a liverpool fan...i did not choose to support anyone if i was born into a man utd family id be a man united fan cos i was raised to be one but i was born into a liverpool family so ye i i didnt have a choice...im a die hard liverpool fan, i watch every game, im just as heartbroken as the scousers are when we lose massive games,im a real liverpool fan!...just about any team in any major league has fans in every country on the planet, football isnt a local sport its a worlwide sport!!!...do i not have the right to support liverpool?even though ive supported them since as long as i can rember?...i do NOT support celtic i only support liverpool yet half the people that agree with u probably support celtic, hmm some irish priest founded celtic so that makes them a irish team MY ARSE!!! they have scottish fans, play in a scottish league, based in scotland, THEY ARE SCOTTISH!!! so go tell 90% of football fans in ireland they cant support celtic and see where that gets ya

x in the city · 01-05-2009 08:15PM

IBTL..!

Everton have a proud Irish History, op deffo got out of the wrong side of his 'oirish' bed today

mayordenis · 01-05-2009 08:55PM

marko91 wrote: »

mini-rant

You really don't have to justify yourself to these people, if you do so they will believe they have credibility or that there little fight is useful.

Latchy · 01-05-2009 09:05PM

These British teams must be laughing at the Irish - pouring 100s millions of Euros into their clubs - embarressing.

Sure they have more intresting things to be doing

Are Americans laughing at us and rest of the world for watching the countless movies /tv series they produce ? .

Hang on , why am I even responding to this ?

marko91 · 01-05-2009 09:06PM

MoodyMedic wrote: »

Can you speak your own native language - No.

whats not speaking a useless language have to do with being born and bread into being a liverpool/man utd/celtic fan???

MoodyMedic · 01-05-2009 09:40PM

mayordenis wrote: »

you make yourself look a bit foolish there to be honest, why bring that into it?

How am I foolish? I bring that into it to display the nations laziness and lack of discipline/pride for something that is unique and priceless to a nation, the lack of pride/discipline that results in supporting these teams that they have absolutely no link to.

You won't find Israelis calling their Hewbew language useless like the Britannia soccer worshiper here.

mike65 · 01-05-2009 09:42PM

So you decry those who support a team from the oppressor country and yet love a garrison game, Shame.

Dante · 01-05-2009 09:44PM

I support Rovers but I see nothing wrong with people supporting foreign teams seen as thats where the money, players, tv rights and quality is.

How am I foolish? I bring that into it to display the nations laziness and lack of discipline/pride for something that is unique and priceless to a nation, the lack of pride/discipline that results in supporting these teams that they have absolutely no link to.

It has nothing to do with laziness, lack of discipline or pride....don't call other people idiots when you come out with that dribble.

me_right_one · 01-05-2009 09:48PM

MoodyMedic wrote: »

How am I foolish? I bring that into it to display the nations laziness and lack of discipline/pride for something that is unique and priceless to a nation, the lack of pride/discipline that results in supporting these teams that they have absolutely no link to.

You won't find Israelis calling their Hewbew language useless like the Britannia soccer worshiper here.

Spot on. It extends to other areas too, not just soccer

maxxie · 01-05-2009 09:51PM

its only a game chap

Latchy · 01-05-2009 09:51PM

Dont suppose you've noticed OP but a large % of those foreign teams have foreign players ie, dutch italians,french,spanish,croats ,australians ,norwigians,swedes,south americans , scottish, welsh oh and Irish ...beside Engllish that is .

MoodyMedic · 01-05-2009 09:51PM

marko91 wrote: »

ok so i was born and raised as a liverpool fan...i did not choose to support anyone if i was born into a man utd family id be a man united fan cos i was raised to be one but i was born into a liverpool family so ye i i didnt have a choice...im a die hard liverpool fan, i watch every game, im just as heartbroken as the scousers are when we lose massive games,im a real liverpool fan!...just about any team in any major league has fans in every country on the planet, football isnt a local sport its a worlwide sport!!!...do i not have the right to support liverpool?even though ive supported them since as long as i can rember?...i do NOT support celtic i only support liverpool yet half the people that agree with u probably support celtic, hmm some irish priest founded celtic so that makes them a irish team MY ARSE!!! they have scottish fans, play in a scottish league, based in scotland, THEY ARE SCOTTISH!!! so go tell 90% of football fans in ireland they cant support celtic and see where that gets ya

I'm not sure if you are agreeing with me or not!

1) Yes - you did not choose to support Liverpool as a newborn child, so as an autonomous fully grown adult, would you not question why the hell you do support them?

2) No - you don't have the right to support Liverpool. Why do you have the right? Just because it was the team annointed to you as an unquestioning newborn. Is that a reason? No. What gave your parents th right to support Liverpool? - Nothing by the sounds of it.
Were you born in Liverpool? Does a family member or friend play for Liverpool? Do you have shares in Liverpool? - These are valid reasons to support a football club.

3) Why are there basically no Hibernian fans in Ireland compared with Celtic fans? Considering Hibernian means Irish, I would have thought the same logical justification for Irish support exists. Oh yes, because they don't win silverware. Pathetic.

Sorry man - If I saw you, a mature Irish man, in a Liverpool jersey - I'd have absolutely no respect for you.

Dante · 01-05-2009 09:53PM

MoodyMedic wrote: »

Sorry man - If I saw you, a mature Irish man, in a Liverpool jersey - I'd have absolutely no respect for you.

Surely that's a wind up....

O'Coonassa · 01-05-2009 09:53PM

MoodyMedic wrote: »

Can you speak your own native language - No.

No Hibernian English? However do they make themselves understood?

baselines · 01-05-2009 09:54PM

Yea i agree
Think thats its kinda embarrassing when tourists are over here and see the amount of people who support english teams and go around wearing the jerseys! Is it any wonder we are seen as a mini Britain!
No wonder soccer is dead on its heals here, if the half of effort went into irish teams in any sport, sport in the country would be all the better for it!!

Hogzy · 01-05-2009 09:57PM

OP are you saying that you have never ever supported anything that isnt irish, your saying that everything you have contributed money to for something in return is 100% Irish!!!

Your argument is laughable!

MoodyMedic · 01-05-2009 09:58PM

maxxie wrote: »

its only a game chap

I think you'll get more abuse than me for saying it's only a game!

Not for these boys. They sleep in Man Utd quilt covers, drink out of Man Utd mugs, Have Man Utd ornaments dangling in their cars.
They lose weeks in the year watching these matches, travelling to these matches, pour 100s millions of euros into these clubs out of our country.
They are clinically depressed for 3 days after a match loss (proven)

me_right_one · 01-05-2009 09:58PM

Latchy wrote: »

Dont suppose you've noticed OP but a large % of those foreign teams have foreign players ie, dutch italians,french,spanish,croats ,australians ,norwigians,swedes,south americans , scottish, welsh oh and Irish ...beside Engllish that is .

All the more reason to support locally!

Pepe LeFrits · 01-05-2009 09:59PM

OP, I think your jingoism is pathetic.

MoodyMedic wrote: »

These British teams must be laughing at the Irish - pouring 100s millions of Euros into their clubs - embarressing.

I doubt that, seeing as most of the clubs you seem to have an issue with people following aren't owned by the British.

gosplan · 01-05-2009 10:02PM

MoodyMedic wrote: »

How am I foolish? I bring that into it to display the nations laziness and lack of discipline/pride for something that is unique and priceless to a nation, the lack of pride/discipline that results in supporting these teams that they have absolutely no link to.

MoodyMedic wrote: »

I'm Irish, and I think soccer is a great game. What makes me sick is my country men have no culture or pride of their own.

MoodyMedic wrote: »

laziness and lack of discipline/pride for something that is unique and priceless to a nation

MoodyMedic wrote: »

I'm Irish, and I think soccer is a great game

MoodyMedic wrote: »

lack of pride...something...priceless to a nation

MoodyMedic wrote: »

I think soccer is great

Before you begin your cultural revival in full, you should perhaps consider doing it to through a sport that is actually unique to a nation.

MoodyMedic wrote: »

You won't find Israelis calling their Hewbew language useless like the Britannia soccer worshiper here.

LOL, u troll

m@cc@ · 01-05-2009 10:02PM

MoodyMedic wrote: »

Sorry man - If I saw you, a mature Irish man, in a Liverpool jersey - I'd have absolutely no respect for you.

Oh ffs, what makes you think anyone needs/wants your respect? Fortunately, we live in a relatively free world and there is a free market about where people choose to spend their time and their money. If people get enjoyment from watching quality and football then so be it. Get off your ivory tower and get on with your life instead of worry what people do or don't do in their leisure time.

Hogzy · 01-05-2009 10:03PM

MoodyMedic wrote: »

They are clinically depressed for 3 days after a match loss (proven)

And when their team wins they are happy as a pig in sh!t!

Seriously sit dwn andhave a think about what your saying will ya!:rolleyes:

Latchy · 01-05-2009 10:05PM

me_right_one wrote: »

All the more reason to support locally!

So in other words Irish teams should only have Irish born players playing for them ? That 's nice when applied to the national team ( although 2nd, 3rd generation irish born players doesn't bother me either ) and no reason why foreign players can't or shouldn't play in irish football either ?

But the money is in the premership .

WIZE · 01-05-2009 10:07PM

There are not one irish team that can fill a stadium in ireland so I guess your calling a majority of the country losers.

MoodyMedic · 01-05-2009 10:09PM

Hogzy wrote: »

OP are you saying that you have never ever supported anything that isnt irish, your saying that everything you have contributed money to for something in return is 100% Irish!!!

Your argument is laughable!

Your counter argument is laughable.

I admire and enjoy any athlete that excels in their field. I sometimes support an individual or team and hope that they win over another for various reasons, for a very limited time period, but I do not pledge allegence to a club until my passing, that I have absolutely no right to. I am not so weak as to join the winning team to enjoy success.

Yes, I have contributed money to several worthy causes/objectives. Manchester United is not one of them. My local league sports teams, GOAL, St Vincent De Paul, Medecins Sans Frontier (foreign) - these are what I regularly contribute to.

If you're asking if I've spent money on imports - of course I have. Because I have a requirement for goods and services not produced here.

Hogzy · 01-05-2009 10:09PM

MoodyMedic wrote: »

You have NO right to support these teams. Get a life - your own life.

We have every right to do whatever the FU#K we want!!!!

within reason

m@cc@ · 01-05-2009 10:10PM

MoodyMedic wrote: »

Because I have a requirement for goods and services not produced here.

You've answered your own question here.

Sad Irish losers supporting foreign teams

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