Anyone but them

JohnnySideburns

Its hard watching them win. Every true Irishman has something in his
genetic makeup that rebels against the thought. Anyone but them.
Anyone but those arrogant ba *** rds.

Its not that we actively hate them. Most of us would be hard pressed to
even dislike them. Truth be told, we quite like them. They are after all
our neighbours, and in recent years, we've even seen them buying houses in
the Irish countryside, living among us.

And lets face it, even before they started moving here, most of us lived
among them. We've all worked there at some point in our lives, though of
course the entire time we dreamed of the day when we'd have enough money
saved to move back home.

Some of us returned with husbands and wives we found there, a few even
married among them and settled there. Your heart goes out to them,
knowing their kids will grow up with *that* accent.

So its not that we dislike them. Most of them are the salt of the Earth,
as decent a collection of human beings as you could hope to find
anywhere on the planet. How can you dislike an ordinary fan, whose only sin is shouting for his team. Sure don't we do the same ourselves?

But its the arrogance that gets you. Every team goes through good
patches and bad, but the rest of us don't have that same imperial
swagger. Something about it just sticks in the craw. I mean there they are, still three tough games away from taking the cup home, and already they're talking like they're unstoppable, when lets face it, they're far from the best team in the competition.........................

But will Dublin really win the All Ireland????

Wishbone Ash

Brilliant :D:D

netwhizkid

And me thinking this had someting to do with the England soccer team.

super_furry

I hate GAA but I hope Dublin win it, if only to piss off the turf-eaters.

:|

Im from dublin but i do have to admit the dublin team is the england team of the gaa

pcorry

netwhizkid wrote:

And me thinking this had someting to do with the England soccer team.

did ya seriously?:rolleyes:

netwhizkid

pcorry wrote:

did ya seriously?:rolleyes:

Yes as there is so much hostility "here" (not on boards but in Ireland generally) towards the English soccer team. With the world cup and all I was sure twas it. Also I read something similar to it in "The Kerryman" newspaper recently.

Wishbone Ash

netwhizkid wrote:

Yes as there is so much hostility "here" (not on boards but in Ireland generally) towards the English soccer team. With the world cup and all I was sure twas it. Also I read something similar to it in "The Kerryman" newspaper recently.

I think pcorry was displaying a bit of sarcasm netwhizkid :rolleyes:

uncle ernie

Wishbone Ash wrote:

I think pcorry was displaying a bit of sarcasm netwhizkid :rolleyes:

he was but i think he's too civil to be truly sarcastic, hence the smiley face after the post

Plug

super_furry wrote:

I hate GAA but I hope Dublin win it, if only to piss off the turf-eaters.

Does everyone in Dublin think anywhere outside it are turf-eaters?:rolleyes:

dango

Yes.

GerryRyan

I don't think anyone, anywhere has even tried eating turf tbh. Tis weird.

*wanders off to the shed*

biko

Engerlaaaand*!!oneone


*no, not really