i think anyone who looks at football as a "product" needs a good kicking.
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
Muhammad Ali
the one thing i hate about our football is summer football.
i use to love the dark cold nights heading to the match and the glare of the floodlights greeting you as you get nearer the ground, and the hot soup and sambo at half time,
summer footie is a joke.
Travelling on the 75 from dun laoghaire to dublin. if ever a journey reinforced the stereotype of LOI supporter as social outcast...![]()
If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up
...from dun laoghaire to tallaght i should say. or else i'd just be hijacking the bus everytime
If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up
Your post is irrelevant as it completely misinterprets what I said as you do it again here.
I said.....Within the same paragraph you claim that the elitism is a load of "Bullcrap"
Hence its a cop out, its a no go, its not the reason why barstoolers dont go to games, its another spurious excuse why barstoolers dont go to games.As for the eletist remark, that is just an absolute bullcrap cop out.
I never denied that there is not an element of eletism but that is just a bullcrap cop out.
Oh no, not everyone.but then you go on to say how much better you are than everyone else 3 times!
Just those who support corporate entities, and in a footballing supporter sense of the word.
No hypocricy at all to it.I was merely pointing out the hypocrisy of your post, I have no issues with you feeling superior to a non LOI football fan but don't try to claim that you don't love the superiority you feel because of it. Based on your little tirdae above you clearly absolutely revel in it.
I never denied that LOI fans are superior in a footballing supporter sense of the word to barstoolers.
I just pointed out that because some, like myself, do revel in the superiority of the LOI supporter experience that the excuse by barstoolers that LOI are eletist is the reason they support corporate entities is bullcrap. Like as was pointed out before that once you start going to LOI games you instantly lose the stigma of being a barstooler so that excuse is irrelevant and as was pointed out at the start absolute bullcrap.
There is definetly an element of truth in that.
But that arguement is largely dependant on the fact that a club representing its community must have players in their team of that community.
Im not advocating that at all, all im stating is that a local club is the extension of its community. But I do not see the playing staff as dependant on that at all.
This arguement could be consistent with supporting ones national team as nationality as it was once seen is now being changed where we see Nigerians playing for Poland, Brazilians playing for Tunisia, Ghanians playing for France, Americans playing for Italy, Brazilians playing for Angola etc.(Above all look at the Jack Charlton era).
It could be argued that many of those players who are "naturalised" etc do not represent the nation they play for but IMO that in no way lessens the significance of the National Team in representing a nation and being an extension of the nation.
The fact that we lose all our best players to England.
I know in a weaker league this cant be helped, but Cork would be competing in the Champions League if they could take back the players they've sold...
I'm a 23yr old right-handed heterosexual who drinks milk and likes democracy. - dcfcsteve knows me well
cork - but that will be sorted soon
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