A nation of "west Brits"?

Seaneh · 08-05-2013 02:21PM

It's also been all over the media in pretty much all of Europe, Africa, Oceania Asia and South America...

Manchester United is one of the most recognisable brands in the world, SAF is one of the most known sports personalities in the world, it's big news everywhere.

Cantona's Collars · 08-05-2013 02:21PM

mike65 wrote: »

and? my point is about media not Man Utd per se or at all in fact.

Biggest story of the day,he even put the Queens speech in the shade.

Seaneh · 08-05-2013 02:22PM

deccurley wrote: »

You have to be American!

He's definitely not.

Go East and North a bit, think vikings and blond girls with big boobs and long legs, yeah, statoil and all that, that's him.

Seedy Arling · 08-05-2013 02:25PM

mike65 wrote: »

and? my point is about media not Man Utd per se or at all in fact.

The public gets what the public wants i suppose. Same logic applies with the argument over the bombings in Boston and then in Syria with the difference in coverage.

Or is it the public wants what the public gets?

discus · 08-05-2013 02:26PM

West Brits all of you

Duckworth_Luas · 08-05-2013 02:27PM

Seedy Arling wrote: »

The public gets what the public wants i suppose. Same logic applies with the argument over the bombings in Boston and then in Syria with the difference in coverage.

Or is it the public wants what the public gets?

But I want nothing this society's got!

Aidric · 08-05-2013 02:29PM

Ah here..

anncoates · 08-05-2013 02:29PM

Seaneh wrote: »

Manchester United is one of the most recognisable brands in the world,.

You make them sound like a soft drink or toilet roll brand.

Seaneh · 08-05-2013 02:31PM

anncoates wrote: »

You make them sound like a soft drink or toilet roll brand.

Nah, I wouldn't piss them out or wipe my arse with them :P

It's true though, they are a global brand, they stopped being a football "club" yonks ago.

Seedy Arling · 08-05-2013 02:32PM

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

But I want nothing this society's got!

You'll take what you're given, now gerrup!

Duckworth_Luas · 08-05-2013 02:33PM

anncoates wrote: »

You make them sound like a soft drink or toilet roll brand.

Didn't Ferguson have to announce his retirement before Wall Street open for business?

Systemic Risk · 08-05-2013 02:35PM

mike65 wrote: »

Indeed, your reaction is partially why I used it, in an ironic sense (Irony being hard to spot on the internet).

So you posted specifically to evoke a negative reaction. Hmmmmm troll much.

I also hate that term. Really hate it.

rubadub · 08-05-2013 02:36PM

mike65 wrote: »

is anyone else struck how news that the non Irish manager of a football team in a country not Ireland has dominated the Irish media (all types) chatter this morning and lunchtime?

its shocking alright, I had no idea anybody here showed any interest in English soccer. Maybe the media should cop onto the advertising revenue potential of this topic.

I see the East Brit media are reporting it too.

http://www.dw.de/sir-alex-ferguson-retires-as-manchester-united-boss/a-16798079

http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/manchester-united-trainer-legende-alex-ferguson-hoert-auf_aid_983888.html

Ando's Saggy Bottom · 08-05-2013 02:37PM

mike65 wrote: »

Okay maybe its a quiet news day but is anyone else struck how news that the non Irish manager of a football team in a country not Ireland has dominated the Irish media (all types) chatter this morning and lunchtime? About 15 minutes of the RTE radio 1 news is being spent on this fairly minor matter. Apparently callers to Joe Duffy will be sharing memories of Sir Alex Ferguson and his part in their lives from 1.45. The Irish papers will be all over this tomorrow and not just on the back pages..

Says the fella that spends all day everyday posting about an English team himself and even avidly watches their bloody youth team! Indeed didn't you used to support not one but two English teams before one of them turned to sh*t?!

Nodin · 08-05-2013 02:41PM

mike65 wrote: »

Okay maybe its a quiet news day but is anyone else struck how news that the non Irish manager of a football team in a country not Ireland has dominated the Irish media (all types) chatter this morning and lunchtime? About 15 minutes of the RTE radio 1 news is being spent on this fairly minor matter. Apparently callers to Joe Duffy will be sharing memories of Sir Alex Ferguson and his part in their lives from 1.45. The Irish papers will be all over this tomorrow and not just on the back pages..

By which logic the way the nation was fixated on Dallas meant we were a nation of Americans......

discus · 08-05-2013 02:48PM

I love the soccer heads who refer to him lovingly as 'Sir' Alex Ferguson, yet any other aspect of the Royal Familys' rule is anachronistic and vile.

LordSutch · 08-05-2013 02:48PM

Football is an international sport, and Alex Ferguson is a a legend in the sport, so it's a big enough news story for Ireland & the world of football.

We have very much in common with the British people (like following ManU), but its an international game with supporters all over the world.

I'm not a ManU follower myself, but most of my Irish mates would be, with the odd Chelsea fan thrown in

BraziliaNZ · 08-05-2013 02:51PM

What am I, I'm from Dublin but I live in HRM's London... an East West Brit?

Oh and my Ma sent me one of those Tayto crisps bars the other day, must be trying to keep my feet on the ground ffs

Andrew_Doran · 08-05-2013 02:55PM

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Knocking Irish Republicanism, for starters.

Knocking Irish Republicanism makes you a West Brit?

Can you explain that one please?

Hunterbiker · 08-05-2013 02:55PM

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Knocking Irish Republicanism, for starters.

In fairness that's an Irish trait too

Seedy Arling · 08-05-2013 02:55PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

What am I, I'm from Dublin but I live in HRM's London... an East West Brit?

Oh and my Ma sent me one of those Tayto crisps bars the other day, must be trying to keep my feet on the ground ffs

Or should that be a South East West Brit?

AEDIC · 08-05-2013 02:56PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

What am I, I'm from Dublin but I live in HRM's London... an East West Brit?

Oh and my Ma sent me one of those Tayto crisps bars the other day, must be trying to keep my feet on the ground ffs

South East French

TheLastMohican · 08-05-2013 03:12PM

Andrew_Doran wrote: »

Knocking Irish Republicanism makes you a West Brit?

Can you explain that one please?

You need an axiom explained?

TheLastMohican · 08-05-2013 03:12PM

Hunterbiker wrote: »

In fairness that's an Irish trait too

Yes, among the West Brits

seven_eleven · 08-05-2013 03:15PM

I genuinely only started hearing this "west brit" term when I came to boards several years ago. Is it just a boards thing, or a Dublin thing, or what?
I'm beginning to think maybe its just used amongst those 40+ or so. I don't know why.

Either way its annoying.

carlmango11 · 08-05-2013 03:17PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Over all we've little in common with the Brits.

You can't be serious...

laoch na mona · 08-05-2013 03:18PM

supporting an english club does not make you a west brit

hyperborean · 08-05-2013 03:25PM

Calling someone a west brit makes you a twat, no middle ground.

Nodin · 08-05-2013 03:30PM

hyperborean wrote: »

Calling someone a west brit makes you a twat, no middle ground.

I would differ - just because the term is widely misapplied and abused does not mean such a beast does not exist.

ScumLord · 08-05-2013 03:33PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

What am I, I'm from Dublin but I live in HRM's London... an East West Brit?

I think the term is plastic paddy.

carlmango11 wrote: »

You can't be serious...

I am, I go to the UK regularly and while on the surface we appear the same underneath it all we're have some fundamental differences.

A nation of "west Brits"?

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