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Brits at it again....

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    #2
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,630 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    I hate the Brit rags claiming any of our successful sportsmen and women as their own just as much as the next man, but I don't think that's what they did in this case.


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    #3
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,747 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    They are welcome to him imo


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    #4
    cashback
    Registered Users Posts: 1,598 ✭✭✭cashback


    Not sure they're trying to claim him there really.


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    #5
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,412 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Don't think they're claiming it just giving a statistic.
    Doubt anyone could see him as British in fairness.


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    #6
    Joeseph Balls
    Registered Users Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭Joeseph Balls


    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    They are welcome to him imo

    2 posts in, that's gotta be some kind of record.


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    #7
    keeponhurling
    Registered Users Posts: 5,123 ✭✭✭keeponhurling


    Come on, he's even got a ginger beard !


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    #8
    mikemac1
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    It's ok OP.

    If he acts like the late Richard Harris and goes on a mad bender causing mayhem he'll be Irish again

    I doubt he drinks though


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    Joeseph Balls
    Registered Users Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭Joeseph Balls


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    It's ok OP.

    If he acts like the late Richard Harris and goes on a mad bender causing mayhem he'll be Irish again

    I doubt he drinks though

    Or when he looses


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    #10
    pablomakaveli
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    kneemos wrote: »
    Don't think they're claiming it just giving a statistic.
    Doubt anyone could see him as British in fairness.

    Ya but why do they need to say Ireland and UK? Why not just Ireland?


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    #11
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    McGregor, 26, won in Las Vegas to become the first UFC champion from the Republic of Ireland or Kyrgyzstan.
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    Bobby Baccala
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    mikemac1 wrote: »
    It's ok OP.

    If he acts like the late Richard Harris and goes on a mad bender causing mayhem he'll be Irish again

    I doubt he drinks though
    He does drink I've seen an interview where him and paddy hoolahan are sipping on a glass of some 20k bottle of whiskey!


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    #13
    Duck Soup
    Registered Users Posts: 3,996 ✭✭✭Duck Soup


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    It's ok OP.

    If he acts like the late Richard Harris and goes on a mad bender causing mayhem he'll be Irish again

    I doubt he drinks though

    Or to quote Brenda Fricker, "When you're winning an Oscar, you're British; when you're drunk at the airport, you're Irish."


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    #14
    RayM
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    I say we all join the Real IRA. Who's with me?


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    #15
    MakeEmLaugh
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    Another overreaction from Irish fans.

    What they meant was that McGregor was the first person from either Ireland or the UK to win the UFC.

    Given that the UK and Ireland share a common language, timezone, climate, not to mention the huge population of Irish-born people living in Great Britain - 584,118 as of 2011, which is more than the entire population of Connaught (542,547) - only hypersensitive whingers would complain about Irish and British athletes being compared to one another.

    If anything, this was even MORE complimentary to McGregor, saying he wasn't just the first of a population of 4.7 million (Ireland), he was the first of a population of 68.8 million (Ireland and the UK) to win it.

    Get over it!


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    #16
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,412 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    pablomakaveli wrote: »
    Ya but why do they need to say Ireland and UK? Why not just Ireland?


    Because the UK has a vastly greater number of MMA fighters and it adds to his achievement.


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    #17
    Idjit
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    Mightydrumming wrote: »
    Grab a load of this bullsh!t :rolleyes:



    http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/33497089

    It was actually originally different. It said "and" not "or". The United Kingdom was also listed before Ireland. There was uproar about it so they quickly edited it to say 'Or' and flipped the countries.


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    Junkyard Tom
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    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    They are welcome to him imo

    No they're not.


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    kneemos
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    Jade182 wrote: »
    It was actually originally different. It said "and" not "or". The United Kingdom was also listed before Ireland. There was uproar about it so they quickly edited it to say 'Or' and flipped the countries.


    Uproar you say.

    That's rather embarrassing.


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    endacl
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    Jade182 wrote: »
    It was actually originally different. It said "and" not "or". The United Kingdom was also listed before Ireland. There was uproar about it so they quickly edited it to say 'Or' and flipped the countries.

    Down the bottom: "Also related to this story. Superb England take 1-0 Ashes lead"

    :D


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    #21
    Mint Sauce
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    Where is the bull**** OP, he IS the first fighter to win from the ROI OR The UK. Dont see that as a claim.


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    #22
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,412 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Given it's written for and by the British I don't see why they wouldn't word it that way.


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    #23
    seenitall
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    MakeEmLaugh wrote: »
    Another overreaction from Irish fans.

    What they meant was that McGregor was the first person from either Ireland or the UK to win the UFC.

    Given that the UK and Ireland share a common language, timezone, climate, not to mention the huge population of Irish-born people living in Great Britain - 584,118 as of 2011, which is more than the entire population of Connaught (542,547) - only hypersensitive whingers would complain about Irish and British athletes being compared to one another.

    If anything, this was even MORE complimentary to McGregor, saying he wasn't just the first of a population of 4.7 million (Ireland), he was the first of a population of 68.8 million (Ireland and the UK) to win it.

    Get over it!

    Really??

    If he were British, do you think that that sentence from the BBC would read "...the first UFC Champion from the UK or the Republic of Ireland." ?

    Like heck it would.


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    #24
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,412 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    seenitall wrote: »
    Really??

    If he were British, do you think that that sentence from the BBC would read "...the first UFC Champion from the UK or the Republic of Ireland." ?

    Like heck it would.


    Think we're much better at claiming the Brits in truth.
    Golfers,Footballers and anyone successful from the North.


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    #25
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,630 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    kneemos wrote: »
    Think we're much better at claiming the Brits in truth.
    Golfers,Footballers and anyone successful from the North.

    The North of Ireland, you mean?


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    #26
    NachoBusiness
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    Jade182 wrote: »
    It was actually originally different. It said "and" not "or". The United Kingdom was also listed before Ireland. There was uproar about it so they quickly edited it to say 'Or' and flipped the countries.

    Aye.


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    #27
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,412 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    The Cunning Linguist wrote: »
    The North of Ireland, you mean?


    Ahhh you're a cunning one alright.


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    #28
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,630 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    kneemos wrote: »
    Ahhh you're a cunning one alright.

    Be serious for one second. I'm the least militant person you could meet when it comes to this subject, but I'd certainly consider anyone born on this island as one of ours.


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    #29
    Streetwalker
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    Typical Brits.


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    #30
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,412 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    The Cunning Linguist wrote: »
    Be serious for one second. I'm the least militant person you could meet when it comes to this subject, but I'd certainly consider anyone born on this island as one of ours.


    Quite a few unionists would disagree.


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    #31
    NachoBusiness
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    Enough of all this talking. Are we gonna do something about this or not??

    I say we throw a lasso around the Isle of Man and reel her in.

    Are you with me men? :mad:






























    *women can come too.


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