Annoying Monday morning soccer conversations

I know it happens to us all but by god it wrecks my head.
I'm known in my office as a Shels, Ireland and LOI supporter and every Monday the usual conversation revolves around how the 'match' was at the weekend...
My response usually has something to do with Shels, Ireland or whatever else is appropriate, much to the chagrin of the metro herald reading [it is from here that he gleans all of his sports chat] teuwl that asks me that very same question.

Today's installment:
Teuwl: How was the match?
Me: Ah poxy.
T: Why what happened?
M: Ah we managed to blow a 1-0 lead. We seemed to go back into our shell after the goal and we were second to every b...
T: See Rovers won the league?
M: Yeah. Fair dues to them. Glad they won it to be honest. Nice to see that the effort over the last few years fin...
T: Newcastle had a good win yesterday.
M: Yeah I saw that. Can't believe that Hughton was remotely under pressure...
T: Yeah it's ridiculous. Yeah.
M: [jokingly] Yeah, I reckon that Mike Ashley [puzzled look] was jealous of all the other clubs getting attention instead of Newcastle and decided to put a rumour out there.
T: [silence]

It drives me mad. Same thing happened after the Ireland-Russia game when I was asked what my thoughts were and I complained about the massive hole in the middle of park that Paul Green was left to man virtually on his own, the response then, was " Yeah, and England were lucky."

Anyway... insert your rants here.

And breathe...

sounds like your generic I dont give a toss about the LOI but ill pretend for two minutes effort allright we have all got that im sure.

Try explaining to people who only know about Premiership football that you lost to Wexford.
(Only slightly less humiliating than last weeks Salthill conversation.)

Anyone I work with has a good convo about the blues games and listen to all I have to say about it and seem genuinely interested! Which is even worse because they won't go near the RSC

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Originally Posted by razor

Try explaining to people who only know about Premiership football that you lost to Wexford.
(Only slightly less humiliating than last weeks Salthill conversation.)

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Cork lost to Wexford in the Gah in October? That Salthill result is only humiliating if you know what a Salthill is and you don't think its near Dún Laoghaire!

Frosty I'd say that grinds your gears alright. That's mightily annoying.
My lad here hasn't a clue about any soccer to be honest. I might start making stuff up.

people have different levels of knowledge about the game and I think you have to bear this i mind. Some can debate 4-5-1 V 4-4-2 until the cows come home or whether the Bohs team of 1978 was better than 2001 but some have a more peripheral knowledge (and interest).
Actually think we should be encouraging those as at least there is a germ of interest there and who knows they could end up developing it.

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Originally Posted by marinobohs

Actually think we should be encouraging those as at least there is a germ of interest there and who knows they could end up developing it.

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Agree with that - feigned interest is more than I get!

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Originally Posted by D.24saint

sounds like your generic I dont give a toss about the LOI but ill pretend for two minutes effort allright we have all got that im sure.

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Do the same in reverse, talk about the EPL for a minute or two when it comes into the conversation when actually I couldnt give a toss really. Then I just turn to one of the lads that I know will chat about Rovers or the league.

The one I alway get at work is, "so do you still support the Drog's then"? It's like they expect that I have changed my support to another team since the last time I spoke to them about football. Some people just don't see boyond the top four clubs in England which is sad really.

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Originally Posted by BonnieShels

Cork lost to Wexford in the Gah in October?

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My work colleagues would know better than to try and engage me in a conversation about GAA. :D

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Originally Posted by razor

Try explaining to people....that you lost to Wexford.

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Thought you would be used to that by now.

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Originally Posted by BonnieShels

Cork lost to Wexford in the Gah in October? That Salthill result is only humiliating if you know what a Salthill is and you don't think its near Dún Laoghaire!

Frosty I'd say that grinds your gears alright. That's mightily annoying.
My lad here hasn't a clue about any soccer to be honest. I might start making stuff up.

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Do they know its called football??

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Originally Posted by Dead_Star

The one I alway get at work is, "so do you still support the Drog's then"? It's like they expect that I have changed my support to another team since the last time I spoke to them about football. Some people just don't see boyond the top four clubs in England which is sad really.

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Yeah the most annoying part of that though is that its true for at least 1000 people in Drogheda who have gone back to supporting the epl and have completely abandoned there home town club . You work colleagues are just expecting you to do the same .

In this country to stop confusion and as well to annoy a few heads at home I always refer to it as soccer.
I'm a football and hurling fan to boot.

I just don't understand people who aren't willing to learn about things they don't know. I learn a lot here about obscure Irish players in the nether regions of English soccer. I just think that there's no point courting those who don't wish to be courted.

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Originally Posted by redobit

Do the same in reverse, talk about the EPL for a minute or two when it comes into the conversation when actually I couldnt give a toss really. Then I just turn to one of the lads that I know will chat about Rovers or the league.

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Aye spot on.
Luckily enough there has always been enough interest and it largely being seen as the norm to have some level of interest in Rovers that there is plenty of conversations about the League to be had at work.
That being said I do watch MOTD and Eurogoals and the Champions League and any of the european league round ups but nothing tops sharing some of the rumours and idle speculation about your own club with some random punters.

Move out of the country, then no one will ever ask you about it.

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Yeah the most annoying part of that though is that its true for at least 1000 people in Drogheda who have gone back to supporting the epl and have completely abandoned there home town club . You work colleagues are just expecting you to do the same .

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True but I got it when we were successful as well. I think it's there way of including me in their conversation about football for about 2 mins before they go back to talking about their EPL team.

There's nothing worse that the fella who pulls one LoI fact out of the paper/radio in an desperate effort to prove he's deeply ingrained with the local game.

Interestingly, Tom Humphries tries exactly this approach in his column today. Nice try Tom but throwing in a few references to going to Dalyer way back when doesn't really cut it. Stick to North Dublin Camogie and the unpatriotism of rugby fans...

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Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton

Move out of the country, then no one will ever ask you about it.

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But that would make it fierce difficult to conmute to work and Tolka. It's hard enough doing both from Lucan as it is.

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Originally Posted by razor

Try explaining to people who only know about Premiership football that you lost to Wexford.
(Only slightly less humiliating than last weeks Salthill conversation.)

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Just say you won, they won't know any different.