http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/socc...ve-top-8406951
took me 2 seconds to google that. google anything about Irish fans and you'll have plethora of self-praising articles from sites like irishmirror, irishtimes, irishnews and whatnot
http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/socc...ve-top-8406951
took me 2 seconds to google that. google anything about Irish fans and you'll have plethora of self-praising articles from sites like irishmirror, irishtimes, irishnews and whatnot
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They were praised for good or joyous behaviour, so what. Ask anyone who follows the national team they'd inevitably tell you winning is more important then being applauded for funny drunken antics.
That aside, claiming that the players themselves have no ambition is ridiculous.
No, not at all. But I hate that Irish fans are celebrated for something that really isn't much of an achievement. The entire reason Irish fans are commended is that they supposedly show great sportsmanship. And it's total bull$#@!. Of course it's easy to not be sore losers when you fail to qualify for the next round at a major tournament. No one expected you to. And yeah, the Italians, the Germans or the Spanish will not celebrate a loss the way the Irish do. Because they're expected to win. You can't $#@!ing rejoice when you fail. That's why it's $#@!ing easy being an Ireland fan.
Oh, and fwiw, when it comes down to it, the Irish still bitch about that Henry handball anyway. So it's not even true that they deal well with a loss.
It's a total fraud.
I can see sense in a lot of what your saying but it's the way that you say things with a lot of aggression that had me wondering.
As for the Henry thing, that's more of a running joke at this stage.
English people still go on about the Hand of God in a similar fashion, it's tongue and cheek.
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We also still need to get past Denmark so you may be spared our shenanigans yet.
I guess it annoys me so much, because every tournament it's the same thing. It's inevitable that someone will praise the Irish for being such great fans. It's like when Italy or Spain go crashing out, some reporter will always come up with something a player or manager said and then accuse them of being prima donnas who can't handle losing. Or let's say for example the infamous Denmark-Sweden game never happened, but Italy and Spain decided to play a 2-2 draw to advance. You bet there'd be an official investigation of that game.
Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't you from Germany? If that's the case then None of this should concern you cause you'll most likely win anyway![]()
This WC is Brazil's
I'll be happy as long as a South American team wins.
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Man, I never knew Martinez was such an annoying person. He's the worst in interviews, never says what he means and he just seems so untrustworthy. He did finally select Nainggolan for these last few friendlies, but his reason for refusing to at first was that we had "better players".
I mean, come on..
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