shels or linfield

**rebs23** · 19/05/2005, 10:14 AM

Couldn't shout for Linfield. Couldn't shout for Shels. How about an option don't care as long as the before and afters doesn't end up in mayhem.
A 7.30pm KO is just pure crazy. Imagine if it was a City v Linfield final!

**dcfcsteve** · 19/05/2005, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by LFC in Exile

The concern over Shels money and what they'll do with it misses one point. Is there a rule in the Setanta Cup that the prize money can't be used by IL teams to buy top class eL players?

I don't know for sure, but I doubt there is Exile, to be honest.

Would be difficult to enforce anyways. "Oh - that's not the Setanta money - we spent that on new toilets. This is a different chunk of cash - honest !".

**patsh** · 19/05/2005, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by LFC in Exile

Yep, typical Cork - it all comes down to money..

Now, I wonder what is wrong with this league?

And what else does it come down to?
Where would your club be now, if someone hadn't put money in?
Do Limereick play in some fantastical league, where everybody and every club play for the honour of it all and the Corinthian spirit?
When you figure out how the rest of us can continue to play week in, week out and challenge for honours without money, let us know, ok?

**�anna** · 19/05/2005, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by LFC in Exile

Yep, typical Cork - it all comes down to money..

Now, I wonder what is wrong with this league?

It doesn't all come down to money, it comes down to me wanting my club to win things. Shels are our main competitors for silverware and more money for them makes it harder for us to win things. It's glaringly obvious really!

**pete** · 19/05/2005, 11:09 AM

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Drop the Politics. Stick to football or at least non-politics.

**Mr_Parker** · 19/05/2005, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by pete

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Drop the Politics. Stick to football or at least non-politics.

Once Northern teams are involved in debate, politics are inextricably linked, as with most aspect of life here. Sad but fact.

**eirebhoy** · 19/05/2005, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by crc

Bullsh*t. This is a ridiculous cave-man like pre-conceived notion that is based on hyperbole rather than fact. Nobody is arguing that Linfield don't attract a small hard-line following, but it really is a minority - NOT a majority.

What about all the Cork fans at the City-Ports game on Monday who shouted "Huns" the whole way through the match, or shouted "west-Brit" at Arkins? Or the Rovers fans who jeered Lee Feeney during their first game against Bohs? Or the fans at Republic of Ireland games who did the same to Rangers players?

Any Linfield fan I have ever met hasn't hated me because I'm Irish, simply because they are Irish too. I'm not denying their identity - they are also British and proud of it - but they are normally at pains to point out that Linfield is the most succeful club ever in Ireland!

And the half-wits who base their hostility to Linfield in the Setanta final because the prize money will go to the GB, or 'English' economy need their unreconstructed 'chuckie' views challenged. It doesn't make sense in a sporting (let alone political) sense. Linfield are a club with the same challenges as Shels, Bohs, Derry, Cork - they are not Liverpool, Man Utd, Celtic or Rangers! And its not the same as supporting a European team over an eL one, because the success of the Setanta Cup will be beneficial for all local football fans, north and south.

So who will I be supporting - I go for chips

Eh, you mustn't have read my most recent post. The majority of Linfield fans are anti-irish imo, same goes for Rangers fans. They cheer on the opposition when we (Ireland) are playing. Therefore, that is good enough for me to cheer on the opposition no matter who they are playing.

**joey B** · 19/05/2005, 11:48 AM

Perfectly good thread ruined by Cork/Shels bulls*it and sectarian rhetoric

**�anna** · 19/05/2005, 1:57 PM

Originally Posted by eirebhoy

Eh, you mustn't have read my most recent post. The majority of Linfield fans are anti-irish imo, same goes for Rangers fans. They cheer on the opposition when we (Ireland) are playing. Therefore, that is good enough for me to cheer on the opposition no matter who they are playing.

What you mean like the majority of Irish people cheer on whoever England are playing? Does this mean Irish people are "anti-english" or does it just mean it's part of the rivalry that exists?

**Dublin12** · 19/05/2005, 2:11 PM

The majority of the world cheer on whoever England are playing

**anto eile** · 19/05/2005, 2:13 PM

Originally Posted by steveyg2004

The Garda will be prepared and everyone in Ireland knows about Linfield FC and their heritage, security will be tight at this game - I would be very surprised if there was any trouble on Saturday.

i dont care about the result. Rovers arent in it sp it doeesnt matter to me. though if i had to choose,i would choose to not see shels receive a cheque for E150,000 , regardless of their opposition,be it cork or linfield

i doubt therel be trouble on saturday,but if there is i doubt the gards will manage to stop it given theri poor record in "policing" Rovers and bohez

**anto eile** · 19/05/2005, 2:41 PM

Or the Rovers fans who jeered Lee Feeney during their first game against Bohs?

wtf is that. no Hoops jeered lee feeny. thats a completely stupid idiotic comment

**wws** · 19/05/2005, 3:11 PM

theres probably no team in the setanta cup that I WANTED to win the damn thing this year but who do i think will win it? has to be a northern team. Setanta has shown up the EL as a bit backward hasnt it???? we're meant to be the full time league but they look better than us with willing part timers

fair play to the prods, they play a good game a ball!

**Fortuna1886** · 19/05/2005, 3:20 PM

I dont think we played that well against Longford but we did in our games against the Glens. Fitness has to be a huge factor on Saturday night and with that in mind i'm not overly confident.

**btid1** · 19/05/2005, 3:47 PM

Only two words needed to be added to this thread:

"C'mon Linfield"!!!!!!

Bohs Till I Die!

P.S. Ollie and his little dwarf Fenlon will never get my support after their behaviour in Dalymount on their last visit.As for Jason Byrne's slut well the less said the better I dont want to get barred!

**Fortuna1886** · 19/05/2005, 3:52 PM

The Irony being we Love Fenlon here, Legend.

**Da Real Rover** · 19/05/2005, 4:27 PM

Originally Posted by gspain

I first saw Limerick play in Sligo in 1975 and have been many times since. I've the utmost respect for the club and supproters. Would you then accept that Sligo Rovers FC reflects the bunch of teemagers in the Shed back in the late 80's that greeted Limerick's arrival onto the pitch with "Stab City W&*K W%^K" and some obscene gestures."

No I thought not. Nor are Sligo a Fianna Fail club because Ray McSharry used to go to games.

Linfield are not a sectarian anti Irish club because 50 of their fans sing sectarian songs. Linfield are a football club - They have as many political views as Sligo Rovers. Linfield Football Club this year wore black armbands and flew their flag at half mast as a mark of respect after the death of Pope John Paul II. They allowed a West Belfast GAA team to use their facilities.

Allright i will repeat this again for you gspain. The fans make a club and so what if we jeered your team and im sure yev done the same and some alot worse. The fact is that the club is represented by the fans who support it whether the board or other fans like it.

That has got to be one of the most stupid arguments i have ever heard. What the **** does Ray Mc Sharry got ta do with Rovers. So what he goes to the games, ive said this before that on the whole, irish clubs dont have any real political allegiance because on the whole irish fans dont give a **** about politics, but on the continent its different.

You dont honestly believe that its just 50 fans that have given Linfield one of the most notorious names in Irish football, its just ridiculous thinking its only 50. As i said before Linfield have made an effort to eradicate its bigoted element and so have some of the fans. just like Lazio they have gone to pains to remove the hardcore right wing element in its club, but everyone still sees the Swatstikas and hears the hissing noise of the fans. Now im sure the majority of Lazio fans are not Fascist but that does not mean we expect Jews to go to the games and treat it like any regular club. Im not being a bigot by having a bias against Linfield and if you think i am then i guess your calling Jews being bigots against Lazio and blacks being bigots agains Real Madrid.

**BohDiddley** · 19/05/2005, 4:45 PM

Originally Posted by wws

theres probably no team in the setanta cup that I WANTED to win the damn thing this year but who do i think will win it? has to be a northern team. Setanta has shown up the EL as a bit backward hasnt it???? we're meant to be the full time league but they look better than us with willing part timers

fair play to the prods, they play a good game a ball!

Sorry wws, but you've given me an irresistible excuse for a foray into one of my pet themes and, unfortunately, one that upsets those among us who want to have it both ways (in sport, not religion I mean).
Prods don't play GAA.
Yes, yes, yes, I know that there are bound to be exceptions, but the old bogball is largely preserve of the pro-Pope lot.
That gives the monarch-lovers something of a headstart at the beautiful game, don't you think?

**Andyh** · 19/05/2005, 5:51 PM

Originally Posted by BohDiddley

Sorry wws, but you've given me an irresistible excuse for a foray into one of my pet themes and, unfortunately, one that upsets those among us who want to have it both ways (in sport, not religion I mean).
Prods don't play GAA.
Yes, yes, yes, I know that there are bound to be exceptions, but the old bogball is largely preserve of the pro-Pope lot.
That gives the monarch-lovers something of a headstart at the beautiful game, don't you think?

What has it got do with protestants and catholics??? Surely the southern especially Dublin clubs have a much bigger population to choose from anyway, so that would allow for people choosing to play gaelic.

**Speranza** · 19/05/2005, 7:30 PM

Despite what Mr Parker has said I applaud the board of Linfield for their absolute condemnation of the minority of neandrothals who spout their rubbish, they have the dunfield project with Dundalk and let that GAA team use Windsor. The modern board seems to have moved away from their clear anti-cathlolic nature of the past. The problem still seems to be the fans and the toleration (check ILF) of songs which will disgust any right thinking person. Like why do Linfield have supporters clubs throughout the 6 counties including places with Irish league teams? It's because they are still seen as a Rangers feeder club and that is sad.

On this occasion and only this occasion I will support the $heliban while being utterly disgusted with myself.