Doesn't This Just Make You Sick

[Boh_So_Good]

Saw this in a bookshop today.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/pfswan/bookcover.jpg

There are no words really.

[Saint_Charlie]

It's sad to see.

But it's technically correct. Keane and Quinn are both Irish...

[gufcfan]

I keep seeing more and more little phuckers around town wearing Sunderland jerseys.

Drives me phucking nuts.

Wish to phuck they'd support their own team instead of some third rate Premiersh!t team.

[Salmon Coloured]

There is just not enough vomit in the world........

[redobit]

Gona print it out in case i run out of bog roll

[Tenderloins]

Gona print it out in case i run out of bog roll

Make sure the inks dry first, could end up with red marks (or more of them) around your hole!

[amaccann]

Yeah the eagerness with which people have "adopted" Sunderland just makes you think there's no hope.

[stovelid]

Yeah the eagerness with which people have "adopted" Sunderland just makes you think there's no hope.

Torn between wanting to abuse them and hoping they pay in their thousands tomorrow night.... :D

[Magicme]

Any word on how many of them crawled out from under the rocks to go to the Athlone game last night?

It sickened me to see how much coverage was given to this game in the papers this morning. An ordinary Athlone game usually gets about 4 lines.

[Razors left peg]

Get over it lads, English clubs are always going to be supported over here because its a higher standard of football and there is now a huge Irish connection at Sunderland. Im go to Terryland every week to watch United and I watch english football too, and I have an interest in Sunderland because of the Roy Keane factor

[pete]

There was 3000-3500 at Cobh v Sunderland a couple of weeks back. barstoolers not used to seeing "their team" every year.

IMO not many people who go to those games are actually Sunderland games. They have interest in football but not enough to go every week no matter what standard they looking at.

[anto1208]

Get over it lads, English clubs are always going to be supported over here because its a higher standard of football and there is now a huge Irish connection at Sunderland. Im go to Terryland every week to watch United and I watch english football too, and I have an interest in Sunderland of the Roy Keane factor

I dont think thats the point they are making, Lots of people support english clubs but i read somewhere that now 1,500 Irish fans go over every week to watch sunderland. This is only since Keane took over. I doubt there was ever 1,500 sunderland fans here never mind 1,500 that would travel each week to watch them.

I would wonder if UTD even get that many heading over every week They are just idiots that now support Sunderland because the manager is Irish :rolleyes: What happens when he leaves will they move club too or just stop going.

[Razors left peg]

I dont think thats the point they are making, Lots of people support english clubs but i read somewhere that now 1,500 Irish fans go over every week to watch sunderland. This is only since Keane took over. I doubt there was ever 1,500 sunderland fans here never mind 1,500 that would travel each week to watch them.

I would wonder if UTD even get that many heading over every week They are just idiots that now support Sunderland because the manager is Irish :rolleyes: What happens when he leaves will they move club too or just stop going.

Yeah I do agree that its ridiculous that all these people are travelling over to games and buying the shirts or whatever, but I do watch them because of Keane and when he moves onto the next club I'll have an interest in him there too

[Junior]

If Quinn wore the number 19 shirt, the cover would have been better.

19 16 The Irish Uprising;)

[Razors left peg]

I keep seeing more and more little phuckers around town wearing Sunderland jerseys.

Drives me phucking nuts.

Wish to phuck they'd support their own team instead of some third rate Premiersh!t team.

The third rate Premiership team still play a much better standard of football than some of the sh1te we've had to put up with in Terryland this year

[stovelid]

Get over it lads, English clubs are always going to be supported over here because its a higher standard of football and there is now a huge Irish connection at Sunderland. Im go to Terryland every week to watch United and I watch english football too, and I have an interest in Sunderland because of the Roy Keane factor

Zero problem with somebody being a LOI and genuine EPL fan. I fall into that category.

What I will laugh at are Celtic/ Sund-oireland fans that follow a team purely based on some kind of perceived Irishness, when real Irish teams are going to the wall for lack of ar*ses on seats.

[Salmon Coloured]

Fcuking pathetic but not really surprising. The thing about it that is fustrating is if Sunderland get relegated most of their so called fans here will crawl back under the rock they came from. When Keane first took over them I was wishing him all the best and applauded the work he did there. But with so many day trippers picking this club over their own just cause they employ a few rish men I'm really hoping they go down.

Couldnt put it better. With that in mind my main hope this season is that Sunderland go down. This my dear friends is a work in progress on social fickleness. Lets watch & see.
The fact that Sunderland as stated above are marketing this Oirishness is a laugh. Those who have bought in are simply fools & there money will not be refused oop north you can be sure. Lets see where they are in 3 years time. Id like to personally say thanks to all who have scant regard for their local clubs & letting them go to the wall. Quality of football isnt an argument to me so dont bring it up in any replies. Quality of football is just an excuse to use as to why you were sitting at home eating sugar puffs playing the Xbox instead of standing & supporting your local team in rain, wind or snow. If you had a family member who was a junkie or misfit you would try & help them wouldnt you? Or would you go next door & try live in their house after all they adjusted quite well & were loved by all the other neighbours.

[inchicore_saint]

Stovelid wrote


Zero problem with somebody being a LOI and genuine EPL fan. I fall into that category.

What I will laugh at are Celtic/ Sund-oireland fans that follow a team purely based on some kind of perceived Irishness, when real Irish teams are going to the wall for lack of ar*ses on seats. I bet your a Liverpool fan ;)

[brianw82]

Hope the hundreds of thousands of unsold copies are pulped into recycled toilet paper.

[anto1208]

Couldnt put it better. With that in mind my main hope this season is that Sunderland go down. This my dear friends is a work in progress on social fickleness. Lets watch & see.
The fact that Sunderland as stated above are marketing this Oirishness is a laugh. Those who have bought in are simply fools & there money will not be refused oop north you can be sure. Lets see where they are in 3 years time. Id like to personally say thanks to all who have scant regard for their local clubs & letting them go to the wall. Quality of football isnt an argument to me so dont bring it up in any replies. Quality of football is just an excuse to use as to why you were sitting at home eating sugar puffs playing the Xbox instead of standing & supporting your local team in rain, wind or snow. If you had a family member who was a junkie or misfit you would try & help them wouldnt you? Or would you go next door & try live in their house after all they adjusted quite well & were loved by all the other neighbours.

What a bizare arguement we should stand in the rain watching rubbish football because its local ?

[stovelid]

Stovelid wrote

I bet your a Liverpool fan ;)

'fraid not. ;)

[seanfhear]

What a bizare arguement we should stand in the rain watching rubbish football because its local ?
Any competitive football match is entertaining to watch.Do you need marketing people to tell you what is entertaining.

[OwlsFan]

Sunderland is all about the "Roy Keane factor". The media even call the club "Roy Keane's Sunderland". He mesmerises a large section of the Irish football community. One of my best friends with whom I travelled all around the world supporting Ireland never went to an other Irish match after Saipan. If Sunderland had been taken over by Quinn with O'Leary as manager, it would barely have caused a ripple. When Keane moves on to another club, it will start over again with that club and the Sunderland jerseys will be put away or exchanged for the new club jersey.

I don't understand it myself but then I was always an Irish supporter, not a supporter of a particular Irish player. The Sunderland thing doesn't make me sick like the title of the thread states. For good or bad, Keane is an Irish phenomenon and wherever he goes there will be huge interest among his adoring fans. That's life. We like in a celebrity culture.

[newbie]

Sunderland is all about the "Roy Keane factor". The media even call the club "Roy Keane's Sunderland". He mesmerises a large section of the Irish football community. One of my best friends with whom I travelled all around the world supporting Ireland never went to an other Irish match after Saipan. If Sunderland had been taken over by Quinn with O'Leary as manager, it would barely have caused a ripple. When Keane moves on to another club, it will start over again with that club and the Sunderland jerseys will be put away or exchanged for the new club jersey.

I don't understand it myself but then I was always an Irish supporter, not a supporter of a particular Irish player. The Sunderland thing doesn't make me sick like the title of the thread states. For good or bad, Keane is an Irish phenomenon and wherever he goes there will be huge interest among his adoring fans. That's life. We like in a celebrity culture.

i think its the same as England and Shearer....

if he goes to say....Southampton,you will see their games on Match of the Day. best player in recent history,gonna get all the attention!

[newbie]

Any competitive football match is entertaining to watch.Do you need marketing people to tell you what is entertaining.

thats like saying every film or programme is entertaining! its a matter of opinion! going by your statement here then peope can never slate a game again. i wont go through your posts but have you ever slated a Prem game for being boring? ever?

[seanfhear]

thats like saying every film or programme is entertaining! its a matter of opinion! going by your statement here then peope can never slate a game again. i wont go through your posts but have you ever slated a Prem game for being boring? ever?
The word competitive is the most important in my post.Not every premier league game is competitive.Some of the lesser teams are just going through the motions against top four teams and there are also mid-league games that are phoney wars.This has gotten worse since the same teams occupy the 4 champions league places every season(or nearly)It was not always this way if you look at records from 20 years ago you will see that the top four could contain different teams every year.
If you have two teams of roughly the same standard trying their damdest then you have a competitive game that should be entertaining imo.

[Morbo]

Pretty sickening alright, my dislike for Sunderland has increased with the signing of Dioff and will even more so if the sign daddy dick, hope they get relegated but I can't see it happening as they have more more than all the other relegation candidates

[cheifo]

Sunderland fans I have met tend to be a good bunch and have remained fanatical despite watching some awful stuff over the years.
The anthisis to the event junkies at Old Trafford,Anfield and the Emirates.
Until now.......because heeeeeeeerrrreessss Paddy.......

"I'm here for Keano and so are my kids,..he such a great guy,would never let his country down, would'nt do friendlies but that doesn't matter, turned the station because he was bored watching vital play off match in Terhan but thats what I love about him, always tell it like it is, loved that time he slapped Phil Neville around the lug for giving back chat, or Alfie thingys leg ha ha..did he think he would ever get the better of our Roy?, slagging Shay Given off?..genius
got publicity for Guide Dogs...Saipan? don't get me started...I get too angry..all McCarthys fault........ aw hes already a great manager...Stokes,Chopra,Halford,McShane,Ethutu,Ric hardson? They will all be legends once they settle in...Can't wait for our Roy to become manager of Man U so I can get back to supporting them...C'mon the gloriuos Mackems I love you until Roy leaves, Oh I love you Roy, you are our leader, we will follow you from club to club............as long as its not our own country...Hi could I have the toilet brush with the Tricolour and the Sunderland crest...£48 quid no problem..any official soap left?"

[smasher]

Sunderland fans I have met tend to be a good bunch and have remained fanatical despite watching some awful stuff over the years.
The anthisis to the event junkies at Old Trafford,Anfield and the Emirates.
Until now.......because heeeeeeeerrrreessss Paddy.......

"I'm here for Keano and so are my kids,..he such a great guy,would never let his country down, would'nt do friendlies but that doesn't matter, turned the station because he was bored watching vital play off match in Terhan but thats what I love about him, always tell it like it is, loved that time he slapped Phil Neville around the lug for giving back chat, or Alfie thingys leg ha ha..did he think he would ever get the better of our Roy?, slagging Shay Given off?..genius
got publicity for Guide Dogs...Saipan? don't get me started...I get too angry..all McCarthys fault........ aw hes already a great manager...Stokes,Chopra,Halford,McShane,Ethutu,Ric hardson? They will all be legends once they settle in...Can't wait for our Roy to become manager of Man U so I can get back to supporting them...C'mon the gloriuos Mackems I love you until Roy leaves, Oh I love you Roy, you are our leader, we will follow you from club to club............as long as its not our own country...Hi could I have the toilet brush with the Tricolour and the Sunderland crest...£48 quid no problem..any official soap left?"

I see those bunch of wallies at Stadium of Light are giving the manager another 50million to avoid relegation this season. What division would Sunderland be in now if they had not been so generous (foolish)?

[Pauro 76]

Havent been home for a while, was reading the Oirish Mirror and there was a columnist on Saturday, 'hes first with all the news from the Stadium of Light'. That is beyond reason. I can handle a few pages of Old Firm sh!te during the weekend but a column every week dedicated to Sunderland. Im sorry but I hope Sunderland go down. What sort of nation are we?

[bellavistaman]

There was 3000-3500 at Cobh v Sunderland a couple of weeks back. barstoolers not used to seeing "their team" every year.

IMO not many people who go to those games are actually Sunderland games. They have interest in football but not enough to go every week no matter what standard they looking at.

Well lokking back on it now, that night saved our club. For that i am very grateful to the Sunderland connection.