Rovers v Spurs Match Thread (football talk only )

ziedth

PerryRoko wrote: »

Am I supposed to be ashamed or upset by our performance last night? As my post on the last page made clear, we never had a chance against them. The only thing I was upset over all night was seeing those freaks hiding behind the Spurs dugout with an Irish tricolour and a British teams crest on it. I could hardly believe that.

"Does your telly know you're here"

I got a great laugh out of that chant last night actually. In fairness to Rovers you could really see their break made a big difference to them. They gave a much better account of themselves at the lane. If we had played even one or two more first choice players it could have been seriously embarrassing.

Anyway, like I said. I'm glad that's the end of it. All the LOI v Barstooler shíte can be kept to the SF where it belongs.

gustavo

ziedth wrote: »

Ya I'm delighted I went cheers. Was in the middle of a load of london based spurs fan .

There's London based Spurs fans ? :eek:

Robxxx7

ziedth wrote: »

Ya I'm delighted I went cheers. Was in the middle of a load of london based spurs fan who were a great laugh.

Good stuff

Antisocialiser

PerryRoko wrote: »

Am I supposed to be ashamed or upset by our performance last night?

Hmm yeah? The team you support so vigorously got destroyed.

As my post on the last page made clear, we never had a chance against them.

Well that's a sad outlook. Look's like you were just setting yourself up for the (inevitable) fall. I bet you'd be the first one in here spouting the "all your money and you can't beat a team of part-timers" speal if rovers had done the unlikely.

The only thing I was upset over all night was seeing those freaks hiding behind the Spurs dugout with an Irish tricolour and a British teams crest on it. I could hardly believe that.

You do realise that it was the English who developed the game? Just because you are watching it being played in Ireland makes oh-so-patriotic?

"Does your telly know you're here"

The reality is that alot of soccer fans would prefer to watch fantastic coverage of soccer being played at a high level in the comfort of their local / living room. As opposed to getting soaked in Ireland watching Ballygobackwards FC play shyte football in the flesh. Go figure.

Alot of sports fans in Ireland get their kicks from supporting / fundraising for / a local team backed by a real community of families and friends i.e. The GAA. As opposed to a shower of ignorant louts which is how you lot are being perceived on this forum at least. There is no crime in spurring on (excuse the pun) a team in foreign league / continent if it makes you happy.

Take your colossal inferiority complex back to the Soccer Forum please.:cool:

PerryRoko

Wow.

BERBA

i wouldnt blame o neill for walking out on them , poor poor poor side

stovelid

BERBA wrote: »

i wouldnt blame o neill for walking out on them , poor poor poor side

Had a pint with some travelling Spurs fans that we met. They think people like you are as big of a joke as we do.

BERBA

stovelid wrote: »

Had a pint with some travelling Spurs fans that we met. They think people like you are as big of a joke as we do.

i'd rather watch paint dry than pay 15/20 quid to see rovers playing , yere a pity ....found out by our 3rd team.

Antisocialiser

stovelid wrote: »

Had a pint with some travelling Spurs fans that we met. They think people like you are as big of a joke as we do.

**Forum closed on account of Stovelid's alleged pint with the C.E.O. of the Tottenham Hotspur Real Fan Representatives Commission.

Everybody hand your jerseys in on the way out and go and have a kick about in the park with your friends. Not your foreign friends mind you. It's important we keep this truly Irish game pure and untainted. No support is to be given to the notion of supporting and / or playing with anybody that isn't Irish.

condor26

Really enjoyed the game last night, I thought Nico was great, I've never seen him play, savage touch, has a lazy style.

The gap in class between the likes of Kaboul and the Rovers payers was pretty noticeable.

One thing that annoyed me was the amount of flooting about Spurs did in the second half in front of goal. Fair enough, almost every time Townsend and Benny were passed the ball out wide, they either completed another pass or played a decent ball in, but the Spurs lads seemed hesitant to take a shot.

ziedth

I noticed that too. I don't think I saw one first time shot and in the second half in particular we had opened rovers up and it was screaming for one.

Genki Sudo

ziedth wrote: »

Ya I'm delighted I went cheers. Was in the middle of a load of london based spurs fan who were a great laugh.

By "London based Spurs fans" you obviously mean actual Spurs fans.:rolleyes:

Undercover

Yaaaaaaaaaawn. Lot of time for the lads that put there hands in their pockets to save Rovers and delighted to see such a distinguished name in Irish football making a comeback. As for the lads that feel the need to come on here to show how much of a real fan they are, give over.

jiltloop

Jesus the rover's fans with the huge chip on their shoulders just baffle me, some people have no interest in watching LOI football, get over it. Do you think you're special cos you go to LOI matches? Are you looking for a medal, or are you looking to convert us all?

Go enjoy your LOI football, most people don't care and aren't interested, now that this match is over I'll go and forget about LOI and all their bitter sad diehard fans and enjoy watching some decent football.

I enjoy other sports and interests too and I don't preach to anyone about what they should be watching or listening to. Fair enough have pride in your team but don't expect everyone else to care cos they don't.

Genki Sudo

Undercover wrote: »

Yaaaaaaaaaawn. Lot of time for the lads that put there hands in their pockets to save Rovers and delighted to see such a distinguished name in Irish football making a comeback. As for the lads that feel the need to come on here to show how much of a real fan they are, give over.

I don't support Rovers pal, I'm just bemused by you hordes of sad cases who claim to support a team that, in reality, you have absolutely nothing to do with. If you can't appreciate the absolute ridiculousness of people turning up at a competitive fixture between an Irish and English football team waving tricolours in support of the English side then you are beyond simple.

ziedth

Genki Sudo wrote: »

I don't support Rovers pal, I'm just bemused by you hordes of sad cases who claim to support a team that, in reality, you have absolutely nothing to do with. If you can't appreciate the absolute ridiculousness of people turning up at a competitive fixture between an Irish and English football team waving tricolours in support of the English side then you are beyond simple.

I guess I'm beyond simple. Suits me fine.

jiltloop

Genki Sudo wrote: »

I don't support Rovers pal, I'm just bemused by you hordes of sad cases who claim to support a team that, in reality, you have absolutely nothing to do with. If you can't appreciate the absolute ridiculousness of people turning up at a competitive fixture between an Irish and English football team waving tricolours in support of the English side then you are beyond simple.

Let's make this very simple and plain to understand for ya, here in our little country of Ireland, alot of people have grown up watching both Irish and English television, alot of our favourite shows were shown on BBC, Channel 4 (including Father Ted), ITV etc consequently we also ended up watching English football and thats where alot of us developed a love for the game and and found we had a favourite team that we started to support. The odd time we came across some LOI football but that didn't grab our interest because of it's inferior quality.
I don't need to convince myself that I like Irish football to pretend I'm more patriotic than other people and it's not my civic duty to support it just cos it's on the decline in Ireland.
Frankly the only sad cases here are the bitter LOI fans huddled on bleak cold terraces feeling all patriotic cos they're supporting an Irish team in an English sport and getting annoyed at people for not doing the same. Seriously grow up and cop on.

CiaranC

Genki Sudo wrote: »

I don't support Rovers pal, I'm just bemused by you hordes of sad cases who claim to support a team that, in reality, you have absolutely nothing to do with. If you can't appreciate the absolute ridiculousness of people turning up at a competitive fixture between an Irish and English football team waving tricolours in support of the English side then you are beyond simple.

Laughed out loud at that, fair play. These sad cases are there to be laughed at. Im in a gaff now with Dutch and German football fans and they could not believe their ears when I told them about Irish football fans turning up to cheer a foreign side against their local team. Cringeworthy is an understatement, haha.

jiltloop

CiaranC wrote: »

Laughed out loud at that, fair play. These sad cases are there to be laughed at. Im in a gaff now with Dutch and German football fans and they could not believe their ears when I told them about Irish football fans turning up to cheer a foreign side against their local team. Cringeworthy is an understatement, haha.

Shamrock Rovers aren't my local team. I'm from Meath, no local team really around here. The Dutch and Germans have decent clubs to follow.

sullanefc

I'm a supporter of Spurs and Cork City and I have to say that I was hoping for an unlikely Rovers win. The thought of Irish people showing up in Tallaght with tricolours (why??) and supporting an english side is incredible. Have a bit of pride ffs. What a bunch of sad cases. The funny thing is, the real spurs fans think they are sad too.

Genki Sudo

jiltloop wrote: »

Let's make this very simple and plain to understand for ya, here in our little country of Ireland, alot of people have grown up watching both Irish and English television, alot of our favourite shows were shown on BBC, Channel 4 (including Father Ted), ITV etc consequently we also ended up watching English football and thats where alot of us developed a love for the game and and found we had a favourite team that we started to support.

That is has gotten to the very core of the argument. The entire problem arises as a result of your inability to make very basic conceptual distinctions. You conflate the notion of "supporting a football team" with having an imagined affinity for what is essentially a television program. Barstoolers are constantly making appeals to the stock argument that their preference for English football is purely the choice of a superior product. But that is all football is to you- a consumer product. You have absolutely no idea what it is to support a football team. You can't even begin to conceive of the nature of the relationship between an actual football fan and their club. What you have is an imagined attachment to a television program.

The odd time we came across some LOI football but that didn't grab our interest because of it's inferior quality.

Again, barstoolers claim to be quality queens, and LOI supporters are some sort of band of masochistic hoofball fans. In reality, of all the people I know, by far the most knowledgeable football fans are those that go to football on a weekly basis. Supporting a LOI team does not preclude the possibility of watching and appreciating quality football from around the world. In fact, it is completely the opposite. I watch an absolutely ridiculous amount of football, and I enjoy watching English football. On Sunday I am going to enjoy a few beers and spend the entire day in front of the telly watching football.

You see there is nothing wrong with appreciating quality football from all over the world. I would just never have the cheek or the stupidity to claim that I support any of those teams. I appreciate them as abstract entertainment, and accept the fact that I have absolutely no genuine attachment to them. The team I support is the team I follow every single week- the team I pay to watch home and away, in Ireland and in Europe. It is a relationship that you can't even begin to fathom, and you are poorer for it.

Guinny

irelandspurs wrote: »

Just sold my ticket today just couldn't be arsed for some reason.

Dublin Spur wrote: »

pub's definately the better option

This is bringing barstooling to a whole new level. The club you supposedly cherish and support is in town for night only and likely not to return anytime soon, but still you can't even make on effort to go to the match.

Both of ye should be ashamed to call yourselves football fans.

Undercover

Genki Sudo wrote: »

In reality, of all the people I know, by far the most knowledgeable football fans are those that go to football on a weekly basis.

That may be the case in your experience but there's also plenty of people that go games regularly that don't know much about the game as well. I attend a fair few LOI games every year out in Bray, and will always look out for their results, but I was introduced to the game by going to White Hart Lane & Lansdowne Road. Been going to games at the Lane since 1986, granted not as many as I'd like, and they will always be my club side. Also a big fan of the national team and watch my local team regularly. Live and let live lads, the backs against the wall attitude from the hardcore LOI fans may be as result of getting stick from "barstoolers" over the fare on offer but you don't get it from me so chill winston.

Genki Sudo

Undercover wrote: »

That may be the case in your experience but there's also plenty of people that go games regularly that don't know much about the game as well. I attend a fair few LOI games every year out in Bray, and will always look out for their results, but I was introduced to the game by going to White Hart Lane & Lansdowne Road. Been going to games at the Lane since 1986, granted not as many as I'd like, and they will always be my club side. Also a big fan of the national team and watch my local team regularly. Live and let live lads, the backs against the wall attitude from the hardcore LOI fans may be as result of getting stick from "barstoolers" over the fare on offer but you don't get it from me so chill winston.

It's nothing to do with getting stick from barstoolers. Any time I have gotten stick from a barstooler I have torn them to shreds and made them look like the mumbling simpletons they are. TBH that happens very rarely, most of them that I have regular contact are genuinely impressed by my commitment to my club and extremely respectful of it.

I don't hate you, I pity you. Seeing Irish people in a stadium in Tallaght, waving tricolours in support of an English team in a competitive fixture against an Irish team was one of the most bizarre and disgusting spectacles I have ever seen. You are never going to change, but you should take a long hard look at yourself, and accept what you are. Next time you bemoan the quality of Irish football, remember that it's your fault, and all the people like you.

Now you can get back to pretending.

ziedth

And i'm done with this thread,

Best of luck to yee rovers fans and hopefully we'll cross paths down the line as I had a geat night last thrusday. personally, if I wanted to read one sided unnecessarily abusive muck I'd still post in the soccer forum.

Undercover

Genki Sudo wrote: »

It's nothing to do with getting stick from barstoolers. Any time I have gotten stick from a barstooler I have torn them to shreds and made them look like the mumbling simpletons they are. TBH that happens very rarely, most of them that I have regular contact are genuinely impressed by my commitment to my club and extremely respectful of it.

I don't hate you, I pity you. Seeing Irish people in a stadium in Tallaght, waving tricolours in support of an English team in a competitive fixture against an Irish team was one of the most bizarre and disgusting spectacles I have ever seen. You are never going to change, but you should take a long hard look at yourself, and accept what you are. Next time you bemoan the quality of Irish football, remember that it's your fault, and all the people like you.

Now you can get back to pretending.

Like I told you I've never said anything about the quality of the LOI. Save your pity because I don't need it. Going out of your way to explain how much better of a football fan you are tells me all I need to know. Each to their own my friend, live and let live.

jiltloop

So you're basically saying that because you support an irish team that you're more patriotic yeah? If you were that patriotic you'd be a GAA supporter hence your argument is redundant.
Bye bye.

jiltloop

I have the same problem with people who like **** music, which is the vast majority of people most likely including you, music is my main passion and LOI is yours but guess what? I don't force my interests on other people. So ya see that chip on your shoulder? No one else cares.

Dublin Spur

Guinny wrote: »

This is bringing barstooling to a whole new level. The club you supposedly cherish and support is in town for night only and likely not to return anytime soon, but still you can't even make on effort to go to the match.

Both of ye should be ashamed to call yourselves football fans.

I suppose that depends on now important football is in your life.

It's a pass-time for me and it's not the be all and end all

It obviously means an awful lot to you, so much so that you pass judgement on other people.

Concentrate supporting your own team you sad little man and let others do the same.

Genki Sudo

jiltloop wrote: »

So you're basically saying that because you support an irish team that you're more patriotic yeah? If you were that patriotic you'd be a GAA supporter hence your argument is redundant.
Bye bye.

No, it has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with patriotism. Nothing.

I have the same problem with people who like **** music, which is the vast majority of people most likely including you, music is my main passion and LOI is yours but guess what? I don't force my interests on other people. So ya see that chip on your shoulder? No one else cares.

Nah I ****ing love music man, I'm a two gig a week man. The fact that you even try to compare the two speaks volumes. Music fandom and football fandom are wildly different animals, but you know so little about what it is to support a football team, I can see why you would struggle.