Ever jumped on a bandwagon?

Crooked Jack · 17-05-2012 05:09PM

Seachmall wrote: »

A message advising you not to do it again and it's noted on your permanent record (which affects job opportunities).

Seems ridiculously excessive, like some Mod is entertaining themselves rather than actually moderating.

IrishAm · 17-05-2012 05:14PM

The Dublin GAA team has the most bangwagoners.

League Final VS Cork. Attendance 35,000.

AI Final VS Kerry. Sold Out. Tickets selling for crazy money.

Go Tobban · 17-05-2012 05:19PM

IrishAm wrote: »

The Dublin GAA team has the most bangwagoners.

League Final VS Cork. Attendance 35,000.

AI Final VS Kerry. Sold Out. Tickets selling for crazy money.

Would apply to every county in Ireland to be fair

17-05-2012 05:38PM

Yup, the cricket world cup when Ireland did alright.

Was mainly in it for the lengthy drinking session that accompanied the games.

stovelid · 17-05-2012 05:41PM

Not at all.

I think Jack Charlton will do a great job next month.

longhalloween · 17-05-2012 05:50PM

Pokémon cards. When I think of all the money I spent on those b*stards...

yupya1 · 17-05-2012 06:51PM

I hate bandwagon jumpers!

Before I didnt mind them, but after hearing a few people give out about them recently I realised I really hate them now

Ruralyoke · 17-05-2012 06:52PM

Good one!

John Doe1 · 17-05-2012 07:34PM

I was really into that jamaican bobsleigh team that year that john candy was manager.:D

DebDynamite · 17-05-2012 08:18PM

When I asked one of my work mates during the qualifiers was he he going to watch the Ireland match that night, his reply was was "I'm not going to watch that shyte". Same fella now keeps going on now about how he can't wait for the Euros and get out to the pub to watch the Ireland games.

Jimoslimos · 17-05-2012 09:14PM

IrishAm wrote: »

The Dublin GAA team has the most bangwagoners.

League Final VS Cork. Attendance 35,000.

AI Final VS Kerry. Sold Out. Tickets selling for crazy money.

Dublin does have the largest population in the country, so a larger number of fair-weather fans is to be expected. Also, it works both ways, if another county is playing Dublin then they also see a rise in attendance due to the 'glamour' nature of the tie.

Soccer crowd I find are a tad hypocritical here in their criticism of 'bandwagoners'. No problem spamming the YLYL board with sh1te memes after every match but soon as anyone takes an interest this summer.....

As a further point I wouldn't refer to myself as a fan or supporter of any club/sportsperson. They don't need my financial support or even my words of encouragement from the stands couch watching tv. Well-wisher is more how I'd describe my standpoint this summer.

LH Pathe · 17-05-2012 09:18PM

There'll be a lot of otherwise anti-soccer folk doing it in a few wks so be prepared

cranks · 17-05-2012 09:21PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I've been a huge Bayern Munich fan for WEEKS now.

I've been supporting them since last Sunday.
Plan to stop next Saturday (COYS

)

pbowenroe · 17-05-2012 09:32PM

Super-Rush wrote: »

This apart from the jobs thing.

how many infractions is a ban? do previous bans count against people?

Wattle · 17-05-2012 09:43PM

I will be fervently, obsessively Irish during the Olympics but if the Irish team don't win any medals I shall be greeting them at Dublin Airport with a big crate of rancid turnips and fisheads. How dare you spoil my bandwagon dreams :mad:

The_Kew_Tour · 17-05-2012 10:02PM

Nobody mentioned Rugby yet?

Jesus over the last few years everybody is expert in rugby, or so they think.

You ask 80% of people who watch it if they know the rules and they have no clue.

Jimoslimos · 17-05-2012 10:04PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Nobody mentioned Rugby yet?

Jesus over the last few years everybody is expert in rugby, or so they think.

You ask 80% of people who watch it if they know the rules and they have no clue.

Lots of people who watch regularly and officiate at rugby seem to have the same problem!

jupiterjack · 17-05-2012 10:14PM

i hate bandwagons.

17-05-2012 10:57PM

My favourite of all was when Shamrock Rovers hosted Real Madrid in Dublin a couple of years ago.

The amount of people bleating on about how it was a disgrace that the match was taking place at Tallaght Stadium and not the Aviva. The tickets sold out instantly and would've gone to Rovers fans first as they got first choice on them, and rightly so. Sorry if little Timmy or Tammy wanted to see Ronaldo, the lads and ladies that turn out each week to see their team were more entitled to attend than you were.

Oh and the media were the biggest bandwagoners. The back pages splashed with headlines and images of the 'Tallacticos'. When normal service resumed, all League of Ireland stuff was relegated back to about 6 pages in. I have to laugh when the red tops have taglines like Proud to be Irish emblazoned on the front page only to have captions like A City Divided (referring to Manchester last weekend) right underneath it.

Nulty · 18-05-2012 02:35AM

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Lots of people who watch regularly and officiate at rugby seem to have the same problem!

Thats cause people don't care about rugby - its a crap sport.

But really, bandwagonners support the country in it's finest hours - 4 1/2 hours in June afterwhich the team will go home and that will be that.

im invisible · 18-05-2012 04:53AM

I jumped on the Munster bandwagon there a few years ago when they started winning, im from leinster but i havnt jumped ship, now that they are winning. What does that make me?

Jimoslimos · 18-05-2012 05:16AM

im invisible wrote: »

I jumped on the Munster bandwagon there a few years ago when they started winning, im from leinster but i havnt jumped ship, now that they are winning. What does that make me?

Like the vast majority of sport fans, and nowt wrong with that. Most people form an attachment given early initial success and some stick with it. Even the most ferverent fan starts as a noob. Leinster will have picked up a few fans that will stay regardless of future downturns. For clubs it's all about converting these people into long-term fans - makes good business sense.

Same for the soccer team in the euros this year, and the Dublin GAA team, female boxing, etc. The attitude of the holier than thou LOI fan stinks though. Why not choose an Irish First division side, or perhaps a club closer to you in a lower league. Double standards much?

jive · 18-05-2012 05:22AM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Nobody mentioned Rugby yet?

Jesus over the last few years everybody is expert in rugby, or so they think.

You ask 80% of people who watch it if they know the rules and they have no clue.

Nobody has a fúcking clue what the rules are in rugby, not even the referees. Most people know the basics but when it comes to the knitty-gritty rugby is still a very primitive sport - the commentators often mention the 'ref's interpretation' which basically means that nobody is really sure what should be done so it's up to the ref.

I was at a match in Thomond and nobody in the crowd had a bulls notion what was going on, anyone who says they do are pretenders! Even those who play the game just learn by doing but the learning never ends because the rules keep changing

jive · 18-05-2012 05:23AM

Nulty wrote: »

But really, bandwagonners support the country in it's finest hours - 4 1/2 hours in June afterwhich the team will go home and that will be that.

It'll be a sweet 4 and a half hours though. Granted I hate watching Ireland play under Trap but if I managed it for the gammy qualifying games I'm sure I'll manage for the finals. I'm actually excited about it though despite the fact I know it'll be anti-climatic due to our bus like approach to football.

Jimoslimos · 18-05-2012 05:28AM

jive wrote: »

Nobody has a fúcking clue what the rules are in rugby, not even the referees. Most people know the basics but when it comes to the knitty-gritty rugby is still a very primitive sport - the commentators often mention the 'ref's interpretation' which basically means that nobody is really sure what should be done so it's up to the ref.

Lots of sports come down to referees interpetations, every foul, goal-line clearance, penalty appeal comes down to the opinion of the man with the whistle.

Offside rule in soccer is one which more often than not is a guessing game. I think that a study was done that showed it was physically impossible for a linesman to determine the point at which the ball was kicked whilst noting the positions of last defender and attacker simultaneously.

jive · 18-05-2012 05:50AM

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Lots of sports come down to referees interpetations, every foul, goal-line clearance, penalty appeal comes down to the opinion of the man with the whistle.

Offside rule in soccer is one which more often than not is a guessing game. I think that a study was done that showed it was physically impossible for a linesman to determine the point at which the ball was kicked whilst noting the positions of last defender and attacker simultaneously.

Yeah but certain rules in rugby are open to a wide range of interpretation, referees greatly effect the game. In soccer the rules are applied more consistently. Rugby is particularly awful when it comes to scrums and the ruck, more so the former. It's probably due to the fact a lot of the time the ref can't really see whats going on due to having bodies in the way, in soccer it's more obvious - obviously all sports have rules which are open to interpretation, in rugby they appear to be more ambiguous though.

Joe10000 · 18-05-2012 05:59AM

I jumped on the Irish Cricket bandwagon in 2007, after we won a couple of a games and qualified for the super 8's I took my holidays and jumped on a plane out there, was a great trip.

Sindri · 18-05-2012 06:09AM

I jumped on the u12's camogie bandwagon. They were doin' fairce well 'til they were disqualified for playing some of the u16 team. One of the girls children used to turn up to watch her play.

J Cheever Loophole · 18-05-2012 08:56AM

St.Spodo wrote: »

Every Irish football fan who supports an English team has jumped on the band wagon.

Guilty as charged - as a six year old I jumped on the Leeds United bandwagon - Leeds back then were kings of all they surveyed!! :cool: Since then, the wheels have come off big style and the wagon has now been stuck in a ditch for about twenty years.

There's a lesson there!!

Kev_2012 · 18-05-2012 09:10AM

I only started watching soccer 4/5 years ago and Arsenal were the team that I found played the most enjoyable football, and I was called a bandwagon jumper for that (I didn't realize there was a bandwagon for a team that hasn't won anything in years :rolleyes:). But the slagging has stopped since I stuck with them through thick and thin (8-2 vs united, 17th place etc. etc.)

I'm more into rugby and I'll agree with the earlier post about Limerick being full of Munster bandwagon jumpers. But this is the same with any successful team, Leinster is a lot worse for it than Munster now! I was at the H Cup quarter final vs Ulster and some woman said "Oh no, there's only 10 minutes left!!!", the clock read 59 minutes. :rolleyes:

Ever jumped on a bandwagon?

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