Which eL team do you dislike (hate) most? And why?

[Éanna]

Seeing as it cropped up in another thread. BTW, its a public poll so people can see your choices. Also, it would be interesting if people gave the reason for their choice as well.

[Poor Student]

I don't see a poll Éanna.

[Poor Student]

Now I do. My apologies.

[Éanna]

I don't see a poll Éanna.

Yeah I had a bit of hassle putting 22 clubs onto it. sorted now

[dfx-]

Hmmmm...so many to choose from...

Can I get back to you on it Eanna?

[Éanna]

I just voted Shels get my vote anyway for the following reasons, some of which may or may not have a reasonable basis, some of which may be historical, but all of which are factual (IMO ):
Oily Byrne, Poison Dwarf Fenlon, Dermot Keely,The Bakers, their "crowds"
that assistant manager fella, the ballboy with the red face, Owen Heary, Dave Rogers, Ollie Cahill.

Following that: Continuity Home Farm, thought they're hardly worth hating, followed by Bohs and Kilkenny. I hate watching Longford, but I like them as a club

[Éanna]

Hmmmm...so many to choose from...

Can I get back to you on it Eanna?

i would have thought there would have been no contest for a rovers fan.....

[dfx-]

i would have thought there would have been no contest for a rovers fan.....

But we all know that not every Rovers fan thinks the same...

At this moment , I would probably pick Pats...

[Poor Student]

But we all know that not every Rovers fan thinks the same...

At this moment , I would probably pick Pats...

Pats? Have I missed something or is there any reason why a Rovers fan would hate them above Bohs and Shels right now?

[1 9 2 8]

Got to be Shams

[dfx-]

It's a personal hatred I suppose..

It's probably down to me living in the Pats 'catchment area' of Clondalkin etc..

[A face]

Shels for a number of reasons, firstly and most importantly, they way they play .... crap thug football, on a parr with hoof ball, not good to watch and will not raise the profile of the league.
Secondly ... they continually nagging and petty whinging all the fúcking time. Always seem to threaten court action when they sometimes could be clearly in the wrong. This really damages the league in my opinion.
Thridly, The backroom staff, because the are poor winners and even poorer losers, in god name, give it over, why does it always have to be a pantomime.
Fourthly, some of their players are unreal, their 'tactics' are just brutal to watch.
Five, This may not be Shels fault but gonna say it anyway. Even when the sun is shining, they fail to turn out in numbers .... what is going on with these people, any other club in Ireland could capitalise with the success that they have had but Shels, you wouldn't even notice. Lads game of the season, Shels V City in Tolka and Shels won the league, i was in the bar and you'd swear someone died ..... unreal !!

[pineapple stu]

Don't really hate anyone to be honest, but if you put a gun to my head, it'd be the team that Paul Doolin's currently managing. Sorry Drogheda!

[pineapple stu]

Following that...Kilkenny

Unusual one - any particular reasons?

[Sheridan]

This is how I rank the 22 league clubs in order of preference (i.e., 1 = Favourite, 22 = Shamrock Rovers.)

1: Dublin City
2: Bohemians
3: Limerick
4: Kildare County
5: U.C.D.
6: Shelbourne
7: Waterford United
8: Drogheda United
9: Monaghan United
10: Athlone Town
11: Galway United
12: Kilkenny City
13: St. Patrick's Athletic
14: Bray Wanderers
15: Cóbh Ramblers
16: Dundalk
17: Finn Harps
18: Derry City
19: Sligo Rovers
20: Longford Town
21: Cork City
22: Shamrock Rovers

Positions 7-15 are basically neutral (inoffensive teams towards whom I have no specific antipathy.) The hatred cascades in exponentially descending order from 16-22.

[Éanna]

Any reason that we feature quite so strongly?

[Éanna]

Unusual one - any particular reasons?

cup game a few years back. they just ****ed me off

[Gerrit]

Eanna, few names missing there. I can imago some Sligo fans would like to vote Galway (and vice-versa) but Galway is just not in the poll



As for me: I don't really hate any club but Anderlecht. So in Ireland, everybody's my friend If I must pick a name I'd say Pats because of the rivality with Shels, but "hate" is a too strong word in this case.

[BohDiddley]

I don't hate Rovers. Let's just say it's an easy antipathy.
As to why, words fail me, but here's a clue. Charming, no?

[Poor Student]

If I must pick a name I'd say Pats because of the rivality with Shels, but "hate" is a too strong word in this case.

I've seen you make this mistake a few times Gerrit. The word is rivalry.