Regards from Poland

MatMc · 19-06-2012 01:16AM

I understand that not all of you like this song. Maybe most of you hate it.
But we do appreciate your singing. Most of you on the forum understand this.
For those who doesn't:
I will tell you something.
You loose with Spain.
After the match we were so amazed that you were much louder than Spanish.
My friend told me: "wow... look what Irish do... that's amazing"
Polish fans after match with Chech have gone away in silence.
You don't have to like this song, but we were so surprised of this.

IrishAm · 19-06-2012 01:17AM

MatMc wrote: »

"Poles thank you"

Ever been to visit us here in Ireland, MatMc? Any plans?

RoundyMooney · 19-06-2012 01:22AM

MatMc wrote: »

I understand that not all of you like this song. Maybe most of you hate it.
But we do appreciate your singing. Most of you on the forum understand this.
For those who doesn't:
I will tell you something.
You loose with Spain.
After the match we were so amazed that you were much louder than Spanish.
My friend told me: "wow... look what Irish do... that's amazing"
Polish fans after match with Chech have gone away in silence.
You don't have to like this song, but we were so surprised of this.

Having (by accident!) spent a day and night with Polish fans in Krakow, following a friendly, of all things-I can tell you that you guys can sing drink and support just as well as we do!

I still have a Polish flag somewhere from that night...

I was sorry not to see you make it out of the group.

strobe · 19-06-2012 01:25AM

Samich wrote: »

The people who thanked yer mans post are like the ones singing out in Poland.

Ones who are like "I'm so proud to be Irish, some foreigners think we're great"

Or just people being polite. Some Polish lad takes the time to come onto an Irish website and says something nice about Irish people who were in his home country, so Irish people on the Irish website said thanks. That's all that happened.

Reacting in any other way would have been pig ignorant (no offense to pigs meant).

IrishAm · 19-06-2012 01:27AM

Randy Anders wrote: »

infact I'd go as far to say that a good percentage of the people who went to Poland were ''fair weather'' supporters.

Its the way fans are. The bigger the game, the bigger the support.

I bring me little brother to as many Dublin games as I can. Against Kerry in the All Ireland final I couldn't score him a ticket. Even through our local club. When I took him to the game versus Cork in the league final, only the Hill was full. There were circa 40,000 seats free.

Look at Manchester United, 80,000 seater stadium. Always full for big games, but its mostly full of day trippers for the CL group stages and League Cup games. Even then, its half empty. United are the most supported club in the world.

The LoI's recent glory years were the mid to late 90's. I remember begging me ma to bring me to games. Richmond Park was always sold out. I remember the massive crowd that went down to Buckley Park to see Sir Edward Gormley net and win us the league. Me and my buddies loved going to games as kids, but most of us, grew out of it. Most of the grounds simply don't have the facilities.

Once lads start earning a few quid, they no longer want to spend their Friday evenings in some two quid stadium watching hoof ball. Harsh, but true.

Micky Dolenz · 19-06-2012 01:31AM

This is more like it. Trolling with effort. Nice.

Now that the fuzzball is over, can we have our song back please?

IrishAm · 19-06-2012 01:34AM

Noah Immense Taco wrote: »

OP I've had the honour of serving with your countrymen on United Nations duty in Lebanon.

Stop. Right. There.

Thank you and fair play to you, sir.

You have my respect.

The_B_Man · 19-06-2012 01:37AM

MatMc wrote: »

I understand that not all of you like this song. Maybe most of you hate it.
But we do appreciate your singing. Most of you on the forum understand this.
For those who doesn't:
I will tell you something.
You loose with Spain.
After the match we were so amazed that you were much louder than Spanish.
My friend told me: "wow... look what Irish do... that's amazing"
Polish fans after match with Chech have gone away in silence.
You don't have to like this song, but we were so surprised of this.

Hi MatMc,

Thanks for the compliment!

If Ireland gets to host Euro 2018 (;)), we will welcome all the Polish people to Ireland just as the Polish people welcomed us to Poland, and then maybe you can teach us all of your songs!!

IrishAm · 19-06-2012 01:38AM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

This is more like it. Trolling with effort. Nice.

Now that the fuzzball is over, can we have our song back please?

Why do you think the poster is trolling?

El Weirdo · 19-06-2012 01:40AM

The_B_Man wrote: »

Hi MatMc,

Thanks for the compliment!

If Ireland gets to host Euro 2018 (;)), we will welcome all the Polish people back to Ireland just as the Polish people welcomed us to Poland, and then maybe you can teach us all of your songs!!

Fixed.

IrishAm · 19-06-2012 01:46AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

Fixed.

In the words of the bearded one, "They haven't gone away you know!"

The census of 2011 showed us that the number of Polish citizens in Ireland has nearly doubled since the 2006 census.

jiltloop · 19-06-2012 02:01AM

The great ambassadors of LOI doing their work again! Trying to ruin the sentiment of a nice thread. Just go away, it's exhausting........

DEFTLEFTHAND · 19-06-2012 02:07AM

Excuse the cynic in me but are we all falling for an elaborate deception here?

Xavi6 · 19-06-2012 02:11AM

Randy Anders wrote: »

they were the most vocal supports by a country mile, despite the losses on the pitch

Yep celebrating mediocrity, wonderful.

Esoteric_ · 19-06-2012 02:14AM

Given that the OP indicated that his first name is the same as in his screen name (Mat, abbreviated), do you guys really think that 'Mc' is part of common Polish surnames?

Good ruse, OP. Better luck next time, though.

nice_very · 19-06-2012 02:26AM

some of you are being right miserable cnuts in this thread, WORLDWIDE this last week it has been commented on the spirit of the Irish, economy in bits, being humiliated on the pitch, yet for 20 minutes our fans sang their hearts out, to be noted that many european tv stations stopped commentary and just had the Irish fans singing for the end of the game against spain.

what a pity our govt dont show the same spirit of defiance in europe

Thanks OP I hope Poland made some money and cultural connections during euro2012

Xavi6 · 19-06-2012 02:29AM

nice_very wrote: »

some of you are being right miserable cnuts in this thread, WORLDWIDE this last week it has been commented on the spirit of the Irish, economy in bits, being humiliated on the pitch, yet for 20 minutes our fans sang their hearts out, to be noted that many european tv stations stopped commentary and just had the Irish fans singing for the end of the game against spain.

what a pity our govt dont show the same spirit of defiance in europe

Thanks OP I hope Poland made some money and cultural connections during euro2012

And still pissing thousands up against the wall, funny that.

nice_very · 19-06-2012 02:40AM

Xavi6 wrote: »

And still pissing thousands up against the wall, funny that.

who? the govt or the fans that went to Poland? or both??

I am surprised at the amount of Irish that went over, very surprised.. the only reason I can think of is that for the first time, in a long time, we are (were) in a major tournament and people were excited.

there was uproar in spain when rajoy went to the Ireland game just after their announced bailout.

BTW I didnt/couldnt go as I am saving some of my dole every week to emigrate, as I have a job abroad if i can get there, so forgive me if I am proud of fellow Irishmen and women trying to lift the spirit of the nation, even if the team couldnt

Xavi6 · 19-06-2012 02:47AM

nice_very wrote: »

who? the govt or the fans that went to Poland? or both??

I am surprised at the amount of Irish that went over, very surprised.. the only reason I can think of is that for the first time, in a long time, we are (were) in a major tournament and people were excited.

there was uproar in spain when rajoy went to the Ireland game just after their announced bailout.

BTW I didnt/couldnt go as I am saving some of my dole every week to emigrate, as I have a job abroad if i can get there, so forgive me if I am proud of fellow Irishmen and women trying to lift the spirit of the nation, even if the team couldnt

And that's fair enough, but the "woe is us" economic crisis line will only stretch so far, and using it as an excuse for forking out a few thousand quid to go to Poland on the lash for two weeks is just a bit much.

The problem is that the majority of the people over there aren't football fans, if they were we wouldn't have a piss poor domestic league with clubs folding every couple of years. These are the same people who won't turn up at the Aviva on a Wednesday because it's too cold or they have work in the morning.

The singing was great, especially the national anthem each time, but the title of "best fans in the world" which is being bestowed right, left and centre and definitely not warranted.

crustyjuggler · 19-06-2012 02:49AM

MatMc wrote: »

Hello,
I would like to thank football fans from Ireland.
Dear Irish people, I admire your spirit, the dignity you sang "The fields of Athenray" I'm really glad we could host you in Poznan. I'll remember the Euro 2012 because of you. Respect!
I was so happy to sing "Polska bialo-czerwoni" with you together in the Old Market.
Thank you!

best regards from Poznan
- Mateusz

Thank you for that fine post .

FanadMan · 19-06-2012 02:56AM

What's with all the Roy Keane clones? Our fans really did us proud - drink, sing and have fun. No rioting, just partying with the opposition fans

Never mind giving the team a big homecoming - there should be thousands out to welcome home the fans!

Again - thank you all the Paddys that went out

Randy Anders · 19-06-2012 03:00AM

Xavi6 wrote: »

Yep celebrating mediocrity, wonderful.

Is that you, Roy?

They were out there making the most of a bad situation. What the fuck do you want them to do? Go home quiety and discuss cliched tactics with all the people on the internet. They were celebrating a great occasion, meeting new people from different countries and generally having a good time abroad ina carnival atmosphere

This was to a lot of people over there their only holiday they'll get this year, why not make the most of it?

Pedant · 19-06-2012 03:08AM

Poles took our women during the Boom.
Now we're taking theirs in Poland during the Recession.

What comes around goes around.

validusername1 · 19-06-2012 03:24AM

People who argue that the only reason they were still singing was because they were only there for the craic and a sesh probably have a point, but when it comes down to it I think it just showed the spirit of Irish people.. Most do just wanna have the craic, and if singing at a match despite their team losing by 4 goals lets them do that, then why not.. I'd rather have that sort of spirit than the one of somebody who sits around giving out about how the Irish fans only sang 'cause they were there for a sesh not the football, like Roy saying they had the whole ''win, lose, we're on the booze'' attitude, as if it's such a negative thing. All that tells me about people who give out about it is that they're dry as fcuk. Lighten up.. Irish people sing despite losing - big deal. Least it puts a less depressing spin on the fact that they lost each game.

But I don't really think it's even something worth arguing about.. People have their opinions, they're not gonna change them that easily.

Doc · 19-06-2012 03:25AM

I don’t get the negativity at all. A Polish guy comes on and tells us all he really appreciated the way the Irish fans acted despite losing and still people can only see the negatives? People decide to save up and go away on a trip to watch Ireland play mainly to forget about the stress of everyday life at home, they support the team and enjoy themselves despite the team’s very poor performance and are criticised because they are not regular supporters? Who cares! Why do they have to be? They didn’t go and riot when the team lost they just made the best of it sang and had fun.

I'm glad that the Irish fans left that impression on MatMc and thanks for letting us know.

Lionel Messy · 19-06-2012 03:37AM

Is that you, mickey?

Pdfile · 19-06-2012 04:28AM

MatMc wrote: »

Hello,
I would like to thank football fans from Ireland.
Dear Irish people, I admire your spirit, the dignity you sang "The fields of Athenray" I'm really glad we could host you in Poznan. I'll remember the Euro 2012 because of you. Respect!
I was so happy to sing "Polska bialo-czerwoni" with you together in the Old Market.
Thank you!

best regards from Poznan
- Mateusz

messege me you're number and ill buy you a pint next time im in town,

no homo. :cool:

Hank_Jones · 19-06-2012 05:00AM

Strange how a friendly gesture turns into a bunch of negative arguments.

Come on now, you're showing us up in front of the foreigners.

The Polish, a great bunch of lads.

Pdfile · 19-06-2012 05:05AM

Hank_Jones wrote: »

The Polish, a great bunch of lads.

ive yet to meet one i dont like tbh, all have no bias or hate for the irish, granted some of them hate colin farrell for what he done to the model or whatever he had at one stage... but then again even collin farrell hates collin farrell.

the poles... Their sound.

Mr.Crinklewood · 19-06-2012 07:06AM

IrishAm wrote: »

Why do you think the poster is trolling?

I am sure a mod can confirm the IP address of the OP....

Regards from Poland

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