Roy Curtis....how does he get away with it?

**Den Perry** · 04/12/2006, 7:49 PM

Originally Posted by Billsthoughts

Declan lynch is brilliant. they dont use him half as much as they should. he should be the main football writer.

I remember him writing an article in hot press in the nineties and he was criticising an Irish performance and he came up with what one of his funniest lines ever (think it could have been liechenstein or Macedonia at home - can't remember). While commenting on the performance of a few Irish players eg "Cascarino was terrible, Mcateer was woeful, sheridan asleep and Kernaghan? well Kernaghan was just busy being Kernaghan"

**NY Hoop** · 05/12/2006, 1:24 PM

Originally Posted by lionelhutz

Ok, firstly the sunday indo is not a tabloid - its a broadsheet. Secondly, I support Liverpool so you're calling me and thousands of other Irishmen muppets? My bet is you probably support Celtic due to their inherent ''Irishness'' even though theyre Scottish and don't have one Irish born player in their squad or in the management team rolleyes:

And finally, fannings articles are always honest and straight up - he gives credit where credit is due. And whenever he criticises a team/ manager I think he always has a fair point

Get away. It physically is a broadsheet but reads like a tabloid. Secondly the answer is an absolute yes.

You lose the bet as I dont "support" celtic cos I'm not from glasgow.

The ethos in the indo is to slag off anything Irish. Look at their coverage of the domestic league here. Fanning is crap. End of.

KOH

**Billsthoughts** · 05/12/2006, 3:50 PM

Originally Posted by NY Hoop

You lose the bet as I dont "support" celtic cos I'm not from glasgow.

Are you from Tallaght so cause you support rovers or do the rules change if its a franchise?

**NY Hoop** · 05/12/2006, 3:58 PM

Originally Posted by Billsthoughts

Are you from Tallaght so cause you support rovers or do the rules change if its a franchise?

I'll make it simple for you. You support a club from the city or town you are from.

KOH

**Billsthoughts** · 05/12/2006, 4:09 PM

Very conveniant....

**NY Hoop** · 05/12/2006, 4:15 PM

If you do a spot of travelling you will see that that is what fans all around the world do. Very obvious.

KOH

**Billsthoughts** · 05/12/2006, 4:22 PM

Juventus? Man utd? Real Madrid?
All their fanbase from the cities themselves?
I'd question whether that was the case...
People can support who they want.

**Donal81** · 05/12/2006, 5:08 PM

Originally Posted by NY Hoop

I'll make it simple for you. You support a club from the city or town you are from.

KOH

And if there's no club from anywhere near you? Or if you grow up with another team?

Less of the supporting fascism, please, it doesn't do anyone any good and it's been "debated" to bits.

**Soper** · 05/12/2006, 6:00 PM

All I have to say is, in Wales, people from 40 miles away support Cardiff.

**Jerry The Saint** · 05/12/2006, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by NY Hoop

I'll make it simple for you. You support a club from the city or town you are from.

KOH

That's not always true though, for instance a lot of people support Rovers who weren't even born in Shamrock.

**OwlsFan** · 06/12/2006, 7:25 AM

Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

That's not always true though, for instance a lot of people support Rovers who weren't even born in Shamrock.

Rovers were my local team (or at least the nearest team being 2 miles away) so I supported them and then they sold Milltown to property developers supported by that wonderful human being, Dunphy.

As a kid I also followed a team in every division in England (Sheff Wed, Preston, Reading and Wrexham), Scotland (Raith Rovers and East Fife - only two divisions then) and Norn Iron (Ards). Only Wednesday has stuck from that lot but it was a great interest at the time.

Can't be described as a glory hunter and Rovers I also put a curse on but at least I had the pleasure of seeing many of their FAI Cup wins and some league titles under Jim McLaughlin.

**Billsthoughts** · 06/12/2006, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

That's not always true though, for instance a lot of people support Rovers who weren't even born in Shamrock.

You cant be serious? There is no place called shamrock. They were formed by a group of celtic supporters so they adopted the shamrock as their crest in honour of the Celtic badge.

**hoops1** · 06/12/2006, 12:05 PM

**endabob1** · 06/12/2006, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

That's not always true though, for instance a lot of people support Rovers who weren't even born in Shamrock.

POTM

On topic Tabloids are 90% headlines 10% substance Broadsheets are the opposite. If you want a quick fix get a tabloid, if you want to read something for more than 5 minutes read a broadsheet.

As someone else pointed out the Guardian in the UK have good sports reports as does the Telegraph. I read the indo online because it's free and you have to pay for the times

**NY Hoop** · 06/12/2006, 1:38 PM

Originally Posted by Billsthoughts

You cant be serious? There is no place called shamrock. They were formed by a group of celtic supporters so they adopted the shamrock as their crest in honour of the Celtic badge.

Christ man that is pathetic.

KOH

**Billsthoughts** · 06/12/2006, 4:03 PM

pathetic? in what way?
no shame in being a subsidary club of one of the biggest brands in football...

**hoops1** · 06/12/2006, 8:58 PM

Originally Posted by Billsthoughts

You cant be serious? There is no place called shamrock. They were formed by a group of celtic supporters so they adopted the shamrock as their crest in honour of the Celtic badge.

Saddest post ever in the history of foot.ie

**northsiderkid** · 06/12/2006, 10:42 PM

Roy Curtis has been getting away with it a very long time! He played on the pitch beside us in ST Annes Park on a sunday morning at have time I overheard him giving a pep talk at at half time I had never heard such rubbish in my life it was patethic so I burst out laughing everyone looked and stared at me they were not happy. Just before the game resumed one of their players came over to me with a big angry head on him and started to rant and rave "Do you know who he is?" I replied "An overgrown lump that talks rubbish to make up for his lack of a first touch?" It was so funny the guy ran off and told Curtis what I said and he came over and told me that he was a football writer for the sunday world I told him waht to do with himself and he left with steam coming out of his ears. That evening I read his rubbish for the first time and I have never bought the paper since that was about 8 or 10 years ago. Every now and again if im in a house and the rag is there I have a quick look at his excuse for an article about football it has never changed he spends all his time trying to asasinate the charachter of whoever is his flavour of the month eg Steve Staunton at the moment. He is a p**** who im sure will get pleasure knowing all of these comments here are about him. The only way to get rid of him is to stop buying the rag and write a little note to the editor about him.