for the 2nd goal I thought the centre mids were at fault for not seeing the danger sooner and picking up lewandowski. I think the replay showed mccarthy getting back to help out but far too slowlyQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
for the 2nd goal I thought the centre mids were at fault for not seeing the danger sooner and picking up lewandowski. I think the replay showed mccarthy getting back to help out but far too slowlyQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
I think the first goal took a deflection too. Didn't show clearly on either replay - just an inclination I got from the way the ball bounced. You can also see one of the Polish players in the box celebrate the goal almost as if it was his (by virtue of a nick)Quote:
Originally Posted by MeathDrog
Could be wrong on that, and Randolph wasn't moving anyway - maybe because he was unsighted, as you say.
the RTE commentary team also said it took a deflection from memoryQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Glik.
We were discussing this in the car on the way home from the Germany game. Our songs are crap. Some new stuff badly needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by colonelwest
its almost impossible to get new songs for a crowd that gets together maybe 4 or 5 times a year. sure its hard enough getting the crowd to join in at all most of the time. the stadium also lacks the colour of the old ground where effectively every possible spot had a flag hanging from it.Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
last week my section in the east upper was full of facebookers who hardly lifted their eyes from their phones to watch the match until the last 20 mins when they started filming it!
A nick off Glik?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
I know. I know. It wouldn't be easy. But we come from a country famous the world over for music and song. In that journey back to Belfast we came to the conclusion that there are songs out there that are uniquely Irish, and known by most. The singing section do a great job but i would love them to introduce something new. There are a lot of songs that don't lend themselves to football, or aren't suitable politically, but suggestions we came up with were Dirty Old Town, Báidín Fheilimí or Danny Boy.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
Just in case you had other ideas, Dirty Old Town is uniquely Ewan McColl.Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wj7xZf8xm8#t=16
Yeah, but possession is nine tenths of the law, and we stole it decades ago now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mPraO_sJ7A
Sure the next thing you'll be telling me the words to Danny Boy were written by an Englishman called Frederic Weatherly or that Shane MacGowan was born in Kent
The last spot we were in before heading to the ground in Warsaw there was a great singsong going on in there with all the old classics getting an airing, two young fellas leading it and fair play to them, knew the lot. After the first verse of Joxer they were on their own with most in there though!Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
If we could even adapt some of the old ones for the current players we'd be doing well or come up with some new ones. Jaysus even "oohhh ahhh Hoolahan" would be a start. We used to have a good varied selection and some gas ones too. With the new Landsdowne not having the vibe and atmosphere of the old and the new age bandwagon jumping, selfie generation; the old vociferous, ardent supports really not there anymore unfortunately. IF we get to France we'll have another 30k on their jollies and I'd say not even a tenth of them will have been to more than 1 of the qualifiers either home or away.
Blog on Poland game finally done for those interested, shame there wasn't a happier ending!
http://afalsefirstxi.blogspot.ie/201...n-to-type.html
He drives when he wantsQuote:
Originally Posted by colonelwest
He drives when he wants
Darron Gibson, He drives when he wants!
I suspect most crowds rely on two or three favourites. The Poles had one to the music of "Quantanda Mera" (to which most fans in England sing "You're going to be sacked in the morning") and a couple more only. I am happy with "Ireland, Ireland etc", "Fields of Athenry", "Come on you Boys in Green" and "Stand up for the Boys in Green". Not sure about "Ole Ole ole". The thing is to get the whole ground to join in.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
true, and is actually about the town of Salford, but alas the nature of all folk music is to borrow and adaptQuote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Actually, one I miss is "Cockles and Mussels" which was the mainstay of the fans in Euro 88. I remember when I got back home and watched the BBC video of the game, the fans were singing that song in the Dutch game and after the Dutch scored, John Motson said "it looks like all the cockles and mussels are sold out" :( Perhaps the Ireland fan base was mostly people from Dublin at that time and Euro 88 and Italia 90 spread the interest in the international team (as opposed to at club level) further afield and that's why that song died out. Not sure why else unless Ole Ole Ole replaced it.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
it was sung at Wembley for the 1-1 draw in the euro 92 qualifiers as well
The melody, at least, made a return in the streets and pubs of Poznan and Gdansk during the Euros
Alive alive oh
Alive alive ohh
Stephen Ireland's... grandmother's...
Alive alive ohhh
Bump.