booing liam miller tonight??

[lopez]

so what if baros scored against us.thats what he is supposed to do!!!!.
there is still no need to boo him

No need to cheer him either just because he plays for your favourite foreign club. Supporting Ireland requires a bit of partisanship that leads to a better - yes, more intimidating - atmosphere. Lansdowne road is crap for atmosphere and has been this way since the early nineties. It's time it changed. When you support Ireland you forget everyone else. That includes cheering some gringo cos he's the coooooolest player at some tan team you've attached yourself onto because muppets like Bertie and Veronica (RIP) couldn't be ar*ed with the local game.

[the 12 th man]

No need to cheer him either just because he plays for your favourite foreign club. Supporting Ireland requires a bit of partisanship that leads to a better - yes, more intimidating - atmosphere.

i couldnt agree more.just dont get the booing bit thats all

[Plastic Paddy]

booing has to be done for the right reasons, or it's just sad. It would have been sad to boo him for being a Liverpool player, and I think a few Man U fans did that last night. It's not just a pathetic Celtic thing.

So it's "sad" when ManUre fans indulge themselves at Baros' expense, but "pathetic" when Celtic fans boo?

Or are "pathetic Celtic" a team that have somehow never appeared on my radar?

PP

[Peadar]

If he'd injured one of our players (apart from maybe Harte)

After the performance Harte put in on Wednesday night I think that's a disgusting thing to say. Harte provided a good option from dead ball situations. With John O'Shea constantly playing badly for Ireland, Harte was our best player in that position out of the last however many games.
I'm not a big fan of Harte and am usually very critical of him but credit where credit is due.
Good goal, good game, well done Ian Harte.

[John83]

So it's "sad" when ManUre fans indulge themselves at Baros' expense, but "pathetic" when Celtic fans boo?

Or are "pathetic Celtic" a team that have somehow never appeared on my radar?

PP

It's sad and pathetic no matter what set of 'fans' is doing it.

[John83]

After the performance Harte put in on Wednesday night I think that's a disgusting thing to say. Harte provided a good option from dead ball situations. With John O'Shea constantly playing badly for Ireland, Harte was our best player in that position out of the last however many games.
I'm not a big fan of Harte and am usually very critical of him but credit where credit is due.
Good goal, good game, well done Ian Harte.

He was absolutely $hit€ on Wednesday. No matter how good he is from free kicks, it doesn't excuse a defender from defending. Harte frequently just stood there, letting the Czech right winger find space, when he should have closed him down. It's disgusting that Kenny Cunnigham had to come over from the right side of central defense to cover Harte's laziness six or seven times in the first half alone.

I'm not fan of O'Shea either - he's been average at best when defending and outright poor attacking every time I've watched him play for Ireland. It's even more pronounced when I'm watching it live.

[One Brian Kerr]

I'm a Liverpool fan but i was booing Baros as he was constantly diving and complaining to the referee and anyway i'm sick of all this ****** about respecting the opposition, if the crowd can create a atmosphere that is intimidating to the opposition then that can only help the team.

[Chippy]

Ah John, Do you not think that you're being just a wee bit harsh. I nearly throw up whenever I see his name on an Irish teamsheet because I fully expect him to cost us a goal with his Mickey-Mouse defending. However there was a marked improvement on Wednesday night. I think the guy who reports for www.thepeoplesflag.com got it about right.

[John83]

I'm a Liverpool fan but i was booing Baros as he was constantly diving and complaining to the referee and anyway i'm sick of all this ****** about respecting the opposition, if the crowd can create a atmosphere that is intimidating to the opposition then that can only help the team.

Hey, fair dues. I didn't notice him diving (too busy shouting abuse at Harte, I imagine), but if he was, boo away. It's boing players for things that have nothing to do with Ireland, or cheering them for same, that gets up my goat.

[Bosco]

What about Chris Doran though - he probably went home devastated after the reception he got. Whoever made the decision to have him sing at half time should be shot. I mean come on - Eurovision at an Irish game.......

I thought it was a bit sly booing chris doran before he said a word.To say he was booed because he was a celebrity is not right.Its allright to boo bertie but chris doran wasn't even a celebrity.Imagine how nervous he was going out there to what was probably his first big performance.He was greeted by booes and then had to stay there and sing(pretend to sing) for 3 minutes.

[Beavis]

It's boing players for things that have nothing to do with Ireland, or cheering them for same, that gets up my goat.

That's it exactly.
Ideally we'd boo every touch of he opposition (in competitive games at least) and make it difficult for them to play....

I was in the east stand on wednesday night and it sounded like the few gob****e's who did boo LM when he came on were mostly in the corner of the south terrace under the commentry box, where all those kid's bounce about shouting @ that fella to ring the bell, maybe if they had their ticket's taken off them for forthcoming match's it might teach them a lesson

I spent much of my earlier years in the schoolboy terraces and feel I'm adequetly placed to speak out on them.They should be done away with.The majority have no interest in the game and are just complete muppets.Scrap the schoolboy and give tickets to genuine fans.

[lopez]

I spent much of my earlier years in the schoolboy terraces and feel I'm adequetly placed to speak out on them.They should be done away with.The majority have no interest in the game and are just complete muppets.Scrap the schoolboy and give tickets to genuine fans.

Yeah. Too right! These lads should go along with their fathers, initiate themselves with some black velvet in Murrys and help their poor fathers home after the game.