GAA Jersies ...

El Siglo · 04-06-2011 12:28AM

_meehan_ wrote: »

But what do people have against them? Where's the difference in wearing a soccer jersey or a rugby jersey?

It seems, people think that the "GAA jersey brigade" have some sort of notions about themselves. But what sort of notions could they possibly have?

Not picking on you specifically, btw, just your post was the last one to object to them.

No, they're like any other group, I could say the same about rugger buggers or soccer jerseys. However, the former and the latter are professional sports played around the world and you'd have to go to the jungles of Papua New Guinea for someone not to recognise a Man Utd jersey or Barcelona jersey or All Blacks jersey, but wearing a GAA jersey just always appears to me (i.e. me, not all people) as someone saying "look at me, I'm super Irish even though I barely go to training and now live in Perth". I'm sure I'm a little jaded by the fact that I spent most of my school life watching these lads getting better treatment for playing Gaelic football, while the rest of us were treated like shit because we had no interest etc... It's very subjective, this is just an opinion.

Niles · 04-06-2011 12:43AM

I wouldn't agree that GAA jerseys in particular shout out "look at me, I'm super Irish"; an Irish soccer or rugby jersey would do the same. Possibly more so as it may not be immediately apparent to foreigners unfamiliar with our culture that GAA jerseys are "Irish", whereas with the National soccer/rugby jersey it is apparent. Even for non-hardcore GAA people the jersey allows one to subtly express a sense of local (as opposed to national) identity based on their county team, nothing wrong with that in my opinion.

Conor_M1990 · 04-06-2011 12:43AM

Whats wrong with wearing your county colours.

Id rather buy a gaa jersey support lads who go out give it there all for nothing more then then the love of the game then give the money to some Russian owned English football club which is just about the Money.

smallerthanyou · 04-06-2011 01:11AM

There are only 4 occasions where it is ok to wear a gaa/soccer/rugby jersey:

1) while playing the sport
2) while attending a match
3) while watching a match on tv in the pub or wherever
4) as pyjamas

It's never ok to wear as a "fashion statement" - it's not a fashion statement. If that desparate to let everyone know where your from or who you support invest in the polo shirt version - slightly less skangery looking.

Oh and this is from someone who owns about 10 different jersies between GAA, soccer, rugby - Country, Club, Province, County all adds up

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 04-06-2011 01:17AM

smallerthanyou wrote: »

There are only 4 occasions where it is ok to wear a gaa/soccer/rugby jersey:

1) while playing the sport
2) while attending a match
3) while watching a match on tv in the pub or wherever
4) as pyjamas

It's never ok to wear as a "fashion statement" - it's not a fashion statement. If that desparate to let everyone know where your from or who you support invest in the polo shirt version - slightly less skangery looking.

Oh and this is from someone who owns about 10 different jersies between GAA, soccer, rugby - Country, Club, Province, County all adds up

what about when you just want to wear something comfortable?

stovelid · 04-06-2011 01:20AM

Conor_M1990 wrote: »

Whats wrong with wearing your county colours.

Nothing. Fair balls to you.

smallerthanyou · 04-06-2011 01:20AM

Miranda Rhythmic Plankton wrote: »

what about when you just want to wear something comfortable?

Covered under pjs for round the house. If want to go outside then t-shirt is comfy.

Thems the rules.

StupidLikeAFox · 04-06-2011 01:51AM

Jerseys of any kind are just another piece of clothing. Its retarded to assume people are trying to prove something or make a statement solely on the basis that they are wearing a jersey.

OPENROAD · 04-06-2011 02:00AM

Now this is what I call a jersey :cool:

http://arsenaldirect.arsenal.com/afc-retro/ss-6070s-crew-neck-/invt/a2889/

partyndbs · 04-06-2011 02:02AM

dublin keeper jerseys slick and always liked cork jersey

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 04-06-2011 02:08AM

the sligo jersey is pretty good, probably the nicest. carlows is, well...

partyndbs · 04-06-2011 02:10AM

btw ppl who say 'dnt wear jerseys in daily life' wud u ever go and fck off back 2 topman u absolute geebags...

kildare9 · 04-06-2011 02:17AM

ah lads, the Kildare jersey is by far the nicest

http://www.oneills.com/productdetails/2223/kildare-personalised-occasion-jersey.aspx?expandable=-1c

Get the number on the back and your away in a hack :P
I would never look at a person in a GAA jersey and assume they are trying to make some sort of a fashion statement. For me, i'm training 5 nights a week with my club and then matches on the weekend, so i'm constantly wearing a jersey of some sort.

bonerm · 04-06-2011 02:27AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Now this is what I call a jersey :cool:

http://arsenaldirect.arsenal.com/afc-retro/ss-6070s-crew-neck-/invt/a2889/

Nice.

In my opinion any jersey with a major sponsor on it is a major no-no and you're a fool for wearing it. If a company wants me to walk around advertising their name across my chest then they should pay me to do it, not the other way round.

The only exception of course is ....
http://www.onionbag.com/images/copa/COCCCHSS1970.jpg
Now there's a product you can believe in.

seanbmc · 04-06-2011 02:35AM

It looks stupid when people wear any form of jersey, except when playing sport or maybe going to the match.

Kojak · 04-06-2011 02:36AM

ColHol wrote: »

Jerseys of any kind are just another piece of clothing. Its retarded to assume people are trying to prove something or make a statement solely on the basis that they are wearing a jersey.

True. Maybe they would make more of a statement if they went around naked.

PrincessLola · 04-06-2011 02:53AM

I have no issue with them.. its just when people wear them out on nights out that they bother me.

stovelid · 04-06-2011 02:59AM

El Siglo wrote: »

in the Hatfield.

In fairness, the usefulness of this venue for getting illegally late cans for taigs in south Belfast can still not be discounted,

yammycat · 04-06-2011 03:15AM

GAA is an invented sport, we can't play the crown games so lets just make something up, it's not part of Irish history, it's just a daft snub your nose at the enemies games.

Fulton Crown · 04-06-2011 06:20AM

Zebra3 wrote: »

I'm puzzled too.

Can you post in English?

What's with the personals horse ?

All the other posters seemed to have no trouble understanding.. I can recommend a good special needs person if you require a little help.

Was in OZ a couple of months ago and the place was alive with GAA jersies...even some Aussies were wearing them !

No leinster jersies..but did see a lot of them on a recent visit to Kildare Vill.

The egg ball game mut be popular down there......

s20101938 · 04-06-2011 07:03AM

Why do boggers insist on embarrassing the rest of us with their parochial regionalism and in-your-face backwardness. I'm just sick of everything about them, their stoicism, their repression, their Ryan's-Daughter style insularity, and last but definitely not least their ugliness. They should just stay in their cottages and never come out.

Pride Fighter · 04-06-2011 07:52AM

yammycat wrote: »

GAA is an invented sport, we can't play the crown games so lets just make something up, it's not part of Irish history, it's just a daft snub your nose at the enemies games.

Hurling has been played for hundreds if not thousands of years. Learn your Irish folklore and history.

thomasm · 04-06-2011 08:10AM

GAA jerseys turns spectators at games into the sporting equivalent of my big fat gypsy wedding

04-06-2011 08:28AM

yammycat wrote: »

GAA is an invented sport, we can't play the crown games so lets just make something up, it's not part of Irish history, it's just a daft snub your nose at the enemies games.

indeed yammycat gaa is invented, where as crown games(as you put it) evolved from dinosaur eggs is that how it was?

The round dinosaur eggs evolved into footballs and explained their rules to early english people and the oval eggs evoled into rugby balls and likewise explained their rules to the prehistoric humans.

Also difficult for an outsider to appreciate is the game's history. It's old--not old as in basketball, old as in Before Christ, first played in Ireland at least 3,000 years ago. Its great battles were days long, violent warlike matches between disputing towns. In today's game, proper officiating generally prevents serious injuries, but players still leave the pitch bloodied by cuts and scrapes--and the occasional wound from a hurley to the head.

http://www.forbes.com/forbes-life-magazine/2007/0423/123.html

lods · 04-06-2011 08:35AM

The fact the the GAA don't allow any of the major manufacturers to make GAA jerseys is the problem. They seem to be under am illusion the O'Neills make all their jerseys in Ireland:rolleyes: . if NIKE etc could make them they'd be cooler

04-06-2011 08:39AM

lods wrote: »

The fact the the GAA don't allow any of the major manufacturers to make GAA jerseys is the problem. They seem to be under am illusion the O'Neills make all their jerseys in Ireland:rolleyes: . if NIKE etc could make them they'd be cooler

I don't think there is any reason why Nike couldn't apply to make them except perhaps the global demand for gaa jerseys not being sufficient for Nike to be interested.

This is also probably the reason nike don't make jerseys for league 1/2 or even championship teams football in England.

El Weirdo · 04-06-2011 09:18AM

partyndbs wrote: »

btw ppl who say 'dnt wear jerseys in daily life' wud u ever go and fck off back 2 topman u absolute geebags...

What?

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

I don't think there is any reason why Nike couldn't apply to make them except perhaps the global demand for gaa jerseys not being sufficient for Nike to be interested.

I believe the GAA brought in a rule that playing equipment had to be made by irish-owned companies after Kerry had their jersey made by adidas a few years back.

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

This is also probably the reason nike don't make jerseys for league 1/2 or even championship teams football in England.

Yes they do.

Hartlepool United

Southend United

Peterborough United

FlutterinBantam · 04-06-2011 09:23AM

s20101938 wrote: »

Why do boggers insist on embarrassing the rest of us with their parochial regionalism and in-your-face backwardness. I'm just sick of everything about them, their stoicism, their repression, their Ryan's-Daughter style insularity, and last but definitely not least their ugliness. They should just stay in their cottages and never come out.

:rolleyes:

So short a time on boards, and already the deep-seated bile and anger is welling up from the caustic depths of this poster's inner being, and spewing over the pages of boards like an insidious viscous contaminate,souring the viewer and enveloping the area in a thick cloying sour-smelling stench of negativity and repressive outlook.

You are only seven posts in horse, leave yourself a bit of slack for when you get to the hundred.

You can't keep that up:D

04-06-2011 10:11AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

I believe the GAA brought in a rule that playing equipment had to be made by irish-owned companies after Kerry had their jersey made by adidas a few years back.

it seems your right there is a rule that says all playing equipment should be Irish made.
Which considering the current economic times doesn't seem such a bad idea, although I doubt that was the reason it was implemented.
I would have thought the eu would have something to say about that, although maybe not being officially a state body maybe they can do what they want.

So it appears I was wrong.

Duckworth_Luas · 04-06-2011 10:17AM

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

indeed yammycat gaa is invented, where as crown games(as you put it) evolved from dinosaur eggs is that how it was?

The round dinosaur eggs evolved into footballs and explained their rules to early english people and the oval eggs evoled into rugby balls and likewise explained their rules to the prehistoric humans.

It's a pity the soccer and rugger fans haven't evolved since then.

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