Regards from Poland

MatMc

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

vicwatson

Oh oh

Wrong Forum for this :rolleyes:

Gets popcorn

Samich

Contrary to popular opinion, Ireland have not got the best fans in the world.

starbelgrade

I hate that fucking song.

ollie1

Thanks Mateusz

IrishAm

I predict a load of ginger haired children being born in Poznan around Paddys day next year.

MatMc

I have no acces to soccer forum
so I decided to post it here

mikemac1

The country that gave us Tyskie beer

It does be flying off the shelves in Tesco

Is that the most popular beer in Poland?

starbelgrade

mikemac1 wrote: »

The country that gave us Tyskie beer

Poland - the country where stone washed jeans go to die.

IrishAm

starbelgrade wrote: »

I hate that fucking song.

You will love this then!

Any yokes, bud?

Sarky

Jesus, don't encourage them, they'll never shut up.

IrishAm

Poland - where the lads that do the sunbeds are tough as fuck and built like tanks.

Chucken

mikemac1 wrote: »

The country that gave us Tyskie beer

It does be flying off the shelves in Tesco

Is that the most popular beer in Poland?

Lech is the best of Poznan. Took a trip to the brewrey when I was there.

I really hope that Irish people will look at Poland as a fantastic county now..cos it really is

brummytom

IrishAm wrote: »

You will love this then!

Any yokes, bud?

MY EARS, MY BEAUTIFUL PRECIOUS EARS!!!

chin_grin

I do hate that f*ckin' song, but you'd think some of the fans would learn the rest of it and not just repeat the first verse.

jimmycrackcorm

Samich wrote: »

Contrary to popular opinion, Ireland have not got the best fans in the world.

Well they didn't eat their swans.

TeddyTedson

Awww isn't that nice.

IrishAm

brummytom wrote: »

MY EARS, MY BEAUTIFUL PRECIOUS EARS!!!

You are English, go off and flay yourself with a thorn bush whilst listening to that on repeat!

Mr.Crinklewood

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

A team from the top division in Ireland had to withdraw from the league today not even half way into the season.

At some home games they had less than one hundred fans in attendance. If you are near an Irish fan now ask them who this club is, I doubt they will know. Ask them who is currently second in the league, I doubt they will know.

Hardly the action of the greatest fans in the world.

brummytom

IrishAm wrote: »

You are English, go off and flay yourself with a thorn bush whilst listening to that on repeat!

To be fair, I'd rather listen to that shite on a 10 hour loop than hear 'God Save The Queen' once more.

IrishAm

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

A team from the top division in Ireland had to withdraw from the league today not even half way into the season.

At some home games they had less than one hundred fans in attendance. If you are near an Irish fan now ask them who this club is, I doubt they will know. Ask them who is currently second in the league, I doubt they will know.

Hardly the action of the greatest fans in the world.

True for the most part, but there are a lot of serious LoI heads that also follow Ireland home and away.

Anyway, this Mateusz chap signed up to pay us a compliment. Lets take it and wish him well. No need to get into all the nuances of Irish football with him.

Agricola

I wish the fans could get just ONE other good song to sing. Suggestions?

kev250

Agricola wrote: »

I wish the fans could get just ONE other good song to sing. Suggestions?

They also have the home and away theme song

Richard Hillman

Please come to Ireland and visit us. And bring lots of money to spend.

MatMc

I understand that you have different feelings about this song, but it's nice that you remember about this, and taught us about your history.
Very nice that so many Irish people now gathered in the Old Market in Poznan and chant: "Poles thank you"
We were very happy to welcome you.
yes, Tyskie is really popular :-)
Have somebody tried "Zurek" soup? ;-)

Agricola

Yeah, I wonder if they had sang "We all dream of a team of Gary Breens" for 10 minutes at the end of the Spain game, would there be this much talk about it!

Randy Anders

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

That's nice to hear! My friends are currently in Poznan and said they've been drinking with Polish fans for the whole week, they get on great with each other

Agricola

MatMc wrote: »

I understand that you have different feelings about this song, but it's nice that you remember about this, and taught us about your history.
Very nice that so many Irish people now gathered in the Old Market in Poznan and chant: "Poles thank you"
We were very happy to welcome you.
yes, Tyskie is really popular :-)
Have somebody tried "Zurek" soup? ;-)

Nope, but I did eat a fried potato cake over there a couple of years back. Twas like a piece of home so t'was....

IrishAm

MatMc wrote: »

Have somebody tried "Zurek" soup? ;-)

Tried the Czech version of it. We have similar here(without the meat), except its served plain in a regular bowl instead of the bread bowl. Potato and leek soup.

Not as good, but.

Randy Anders

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

A team from the top division in Ireland had to withdraw from the league today not even half way into the season.

At some home games they had less than one hundred fans in attendance. If you are near an Irish fan now ask them who this club is, I doubt they will know. Ask them who is currently second in the league, I doubt they will know.

Hardly the action of the greatest fans in the world.

The thread was a nice gesture from a Polish person who enjoyed the company of Irish men and women in his country. Don't be such a buzz killer

breadmonster

Q:What did the irish man do after winning a game in the euro's
A:

Turn off his playstation

Johro

MatMc wrote: »

I have no acces to soccer forum
so I decided to post it here

I actually got access to the soccer forum ages ago, then thought better of it and never used it. Never looked back.

RoundyMooney

MatMc wrote: »

Have somebody tried "Zurek" soup? ;-)

Ohh yes...

That and the Zywiec! I really need to visit again soon.

Thanks for checking in, I'm glad the Irish fans were as good a group of guests as the citizens of Poznan and Gdank were hosts.

Patrick Cleburne

Fair play to you OP. I have to say the Irish support was the best thing about the Irish set up in general as the team was dreadful and got pumped 3 times. But yeah, good fans.

Mr.Crinklewood

Randy Anders wrote: »

The thread was a nice gesture from a Polish person who enjoyed the company of Irish men and women in his country. Don't be such a buzz killer

My response was showing the reality of the situation, expressing the full story, making the OP aware of the facts that the vast majority ignore.

In fairness to the OP they may not care a damn about who follows what here, just letting them know the lack of support for these fans local clubs.

Please point out any of my post that was incorrect.

The_B_Man

Ye cheers for that. We get some praise from abroad for once and you try and ruin it. Fair play. Very patriotic! You're obviously a "true fan".


Is it not a nice thing to see all our fans having a good time, making friends with locals, and strengthening ties far afield, no?

El Weirdo

*mumble, mumble* ...coming over here, startin' our threads... *mumble, mumble*

That's very nice of you to say.

A good few of my friends are staying in Sopot/Poznan and the welcome they have received was incredible. So good on yourself for that!

Patrick Cleburne

The_B_Man wrote: »

Ye cheers for that. We get some praise from abroad for once and you try and ruin it. Fair play. Very patriotic! You're obviously a "true fan".


Is it not a nice thing to see all our fans having a good time, making friends with locals, and strengthening ties far afield, no?

What other choice did they have though? The Irish national team is awful and negative. Roy Keane was right. Only turning up for the craic, no serious mentality among the fans or the players.

RoundyMooney

The_B_Man wrote: »

Is it not a nice thing to see all our fans having a good time, making friends with locals, and strengthening ties far afield, no?

Feckin' right it is.

It's about the only positive we can take from this-that as a nation, we can collectively go somewhere and conduct ourselves with humour and dignity. At least we still have that.

Roy Keane and his considered negativity, as well as people pissing on the parade of someone who logged on here to thank us, can get stuffed IMO.

TeddyTedson

Johro wrote: »

I actually got access to the soccer forum ages ago, then thought better of it and never used it. Never looked back.

I also joined up to use the football forum.
But I found a home here instead:D


Anybody else REALLY like Poland right now:)

Crann na Beatha

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IrishAm

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

My response was showing the reality of the situation, expressing the full story, making the OP aware of the facts that the vast majority ignore.

The only people to blame for Mons demise is the people that run the club. Not a lad from Kerry who went to the EURO's to support his country.

Jesus.

Why you introduced this topic into a relatively harmless and friendly discussion, I dunno. Here's a lad who was impressed by our fans behaviour, had a few beers with them, thought they were sound people and even looked into a bit of our history due to the songs the fans sung.

Time and place, man. And this was neither.

Mr.Crinklewood

Explained the "Why" already. Again please point out the inaccuracies in my post.

As I said already just letting the OP know the story, they can decide the relavence.

arybvtcw0eolkf

OP I've had the honour of serving with your countrymen on United Nations duty in Lebanon.. I've also had the great pleasure of training with Polish Judo fighters and team mates.

And one of my closest, dearest friends and one hell of a tough dude to have my back and coach me for almost three year's had to (sadly) return to Poland last year.

Regards.

Channel Zero

Aquila wrote: »

Dziękuję Mateusz!
Naprzód Polsko!

That's easy for you to say.

TeddyTedson

Noah Immense Taco wrote: »

OP I've had the honour of serving with your countrymen on United Nations duty in Lebanon.. I've also had the great pleasure of training with Polish Judo fighters and team mates.

And one of my closest, dearest friends and one hell of a tough dude to have my back and coach me for almost three year's had to (sadly) return to Poland last year.

Regards.

What was Lebanon like?
I know someone who suffers with post traumatic stress disorder because of it.

Samich

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"

JonathanAnon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x78nGBK5pQk

What do you think of The Fields Of Athenry now, Mateusz...That should be enough to put you off the song for life..

Randy Anders

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

My response was showing the reality of the situation, expressing the full story, making the OP aware of the facts that the vast majority ignore.

In fairness to the OP they may not care a damn about who follows what here, just letting them know the lack of support for these fans local clubs.

Please point out any of my post that was incorrect.

Nothing incorrect about it, but you'd be better of discussing that in the soccer forum no? The person who signed on just wanted to make a nice friendly gesture about our fans over in Poland and you went off on one about LOI. I doubt he gives two ****s about our league setup, I'd say he's just happy to see lots of nice Irish people having the craic in his country

arybvtcw0eolkf

TeddyTedson wrote: »

What was Lebanon like?
I know someone who suffers with post traumatic stress disorder because of it.

In fairness that's another discussion/thread.. But I'll leave you with this;

This Irish summer weather we're having reminds me of Lebanon ~ its either sunni or shite :pac: