Interesting thread from a barstooler...

[NY Hoop]

People like that are a waste of space and are so brainwashed they will never understand.

Facilities are the key and honestly think we are going in the right direction there with clubs building stadiums and improving their existing ones.

The results from Europe are great too and show the success of summer football.

The authorities need to understand that letting jokes like CHF into the league does more harm than good though.

When anyone asks who do I support I say Rovers and when they ask what english club I just say I'm not english. As Dolan rightly said you cant support 2 clubs.


KOH

[monzo]

Good thread. It's always bemused why eircom NEVER advertise the league on TV. They have ads promoting their broadband packages and whatnot but nothing promoting the league? At the 2002 World Cup (not familiar with the '06 one as I watched very little of it) there were eircom ads on right before the panel came back on, and right after they went for a commercial break. Yet not once did they mention the eL. There was a big crowd (I think) awaiting the Irish squad from their flight back to Ireland yet from what I hear there were no posters or banners advertising the league. Football enthusiasts who had just went wild supporting and celebrating Ireland's World Cup challenge in Japan/Korea would want more live action in stadiums since they would now have to wait until the next qualifying campaign commences. Yet no advertising. eircom - whom not many like with their ****ty packages - still should have seen the national-interest that was the WC as a fantastic opportunity to promote the league. But sweet fa happened. (And I think this was the first year of summer soccer - did anyone know?!)

[bigmac]

Can't remember who posted it, and can't be bothered looking for it but there was a wonderful piece put up along the theme of the "choose life" speech from Trainspotting, only adjusted to the EL - that would make an excellent voiceover for an EL ad on TV.

Anyone remember where it was?

[aido1895]

It is a contact sport but some of the tackles going in were outrageous. Very unusual as it's not normally a major complaint I would have with Shels but on Monday a lot of it was out of order.

Ballox, the only thing out of order last monday was the way the sunderland team surrounded the shels number 2 after he put in a strong tackle and won the ball against the sunderland player.
The tackling in that match was no different to any that goes on in a league match and for you to describe it as "outtageous" and "out of order" makes you sound like a Sunderland fan who went to the game expecting to see the Irish team stand back and let the big English boys have it all their own way !

[risteard55]

Can't remember who posted it, and can't be bothered looking for it but there was a wonderful piece put up along the theme of the "choose life" speech from Trainspotting, only adjusted to the EL - that would make an excellent voiceover for an EL ad on TV.

Anyone remember where it was?

Is this the one..?????

Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish?" - "It's ****E being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low, the scum of the ****ing earth, the most wretched, servile, miserable, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some people hate the English, I don't. They're just *******. We, on the other hand, are colonized by *******. We can't even pick a decent culture to be colonized by. We are ruled by effete arseholes. It's a ****e state of affairs to be in, Tommy! And all the fresh air in the world won't make any ****ing difference!"

[Stevo Da Gull]

When anyone asks who do I support I say Rovers and when they ask what english club

I hate that, it's worse when they don't think that your'e serious.

What are the odds of that guy coming back on the Shels site after the Cork result tonight, completely forgetting the fact that this is the first time that all 4 Irish clubs have made it past the First round in Europe.

Sometimes if I tell someone that the league is trying to move forward they say things like ``United,Chelsea or liverpool would still hammer the best Irish team``. WTF do they want??? If you really want to progress you have got to try and do things logically with short and long-term goals and at the moment beating teams like Arsenal, Barca and Milan are'nt on either list.IMO at the moment the ultimate aim on the long-term list is to have Irish teams regularly competing in the Group stages of European competition (most likely the UEFA Cup as if you get to the Final Qualifying Round of the Champs Lge it is a mountainous task [teams from Spain,Italy,England etc] but if you get knocked out you're 1 round away from the UEFA Cup group stages). Some people may see that as an un-ambitious long-term goal but a little thing called reality has to play a part. If (and hopefully when) we have Eircom League clubs playing regularly in the UEFA Cup group stages (with proper training facilities,stadia etc) then perhaps we can look further- we've got a long way to go but we've got to keep up the progress, even if it's slow just so long as it's steady

[Block G Raptor]

He's dead right. The amount of people i work with who either used to go to games or would follow the fortunes of el sides in europe is quite surprising. If only we could have a marketing strategy to try and get these people to go to games it would be a good start.

I do try to bring one or 2 to games but I think if it was promoted more then they would come of their own accord.

The Marketing Strategy aimed at these people should start by not having games that clash with the average working class peoples night out down the local. Friday Night games are never going to attract people out of the Pubs in the current climate

[CuanaD]

The Marketing Strategy aimed at these people should start by not having games that clash with the average working class peoples night out down the local. Friday Night games are never going to attract people out of the Pubs in the current climate

Then offer them good Pubs! - Pats can do that now - give the people what they think they want and make sure they get what you want at the same time. How about closed circut broadcasting of matches to pubs associated with certain teams? (no idea how you do that - this is just off the top of my head)