"Thomas" <kfuzzbox@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Feb 13, 9:55 am, The Spider <dangermous...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Also I have noticed how many people here
>> sup****t the english clubs, but how many of them have actually been to
>> the ground to watch them?
>
> They do not "sup****t" them as such. the same compulsion which makes
> them think that Budweisr is their beer, and Desperate Housewives is
> 'classy and stylish',
There's lots of tottie there for the older an who has an eye for the older
woman
Snip
i> But having said that, I am glad to see Irish people sup****t GAA.
> Rather that some deluded notion among the hills of Donegal and Mayo
> that Sunderland and Stock****t County is "them" and "us".
It amazes me at times as well... some Irish live in a fantasy world
> There is not a lot wrong with the League of Ireland these days. It's a
> league that's been on the up and up for about 4 years now. You see
> loads of young kids at matches now. The standard is now very high and
> the grounds are a lot better. The LOI is ranked higer now in UEFA
> leagues than the Irish national team is on the FIFA rankings with all
> it's Premier****ps "stars" who make up stories about their girlfriends
> having miscarraiges so they can flew back to England so they do not
> have to wear the green jersey.
>
> I know people from Spain, UK and France who go to LOI matches and are
> amazed when Irish people make fun of them before pontificating on
> their love for INSERT _______ last year's Premier****p winners. The
> standard of play and level of player in top LOI culbs these days is on
> par with middle of the English Div. 1 Even Roy Keane admits that.
He bought Roy O'Donovan to Sunderland last summer from Cork City.
O'Donovan
has made a few starts with the Sunderland first team
But
> the message ain't getting through to Murdoch O'Minnions in this
> country. Well that's perhaps unfair as LOI ground are a lot more full
> now, the issue is the average Oirish "sup****ter". They are as good as
> lost. It's the current generation which seems to be discovering we
> have a league in this country. We have to wait another 10 years before
> they start working in print media and RTE.
We used to have them working in the print media at last, but they were
theolder generation. The current crop in the main were reared on Sky and
the
Premier****p
>
> I have nothing against British soccer and I watch it myself. But I am
> also aware that I wasn't born in Chelmsford.
>
>
>> In the UK if we didn't want to listen to the TV we went to
>> Weatherspoons, no music, no TV just a nice quiet place to chat and
>> have value for money food. (No I'm not on commission!)
>>
>> Rant mode off!
>
> It was a good rant and we need more like it.
Boez to win the LoI in 2008 now that Nutsy is on board? ( He'll make a
good
fist at spending as much money as possible).
S****ting Fingal to win the 1st Division, although I'd still have a
sneaking
that Shels might get back into the Premier Division.
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