sbcmfc Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Does there come a point where the Irish fans are trying too hard to be great guys and girls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Tide_Rising Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 31 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: Does there come a point where the Irish fans are trying too hard to be great guys and girls? No trying needed....It comes naturally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Fair play to the Irish in making it to the last 16, terrific achievement & it certainly meant a lot to the coaching staff, players and supporters! Normally I would be delighted to see scenes like that of the Irish after they defeated Italy but it was still extremely difficult to take as they qualified from our qualifying group! The euros have been tough to watch as I cant help but think we could/should have been there but it wasn't to be! I've got Italy in the sweepstake at work but after them fielding their reserve team & letting the irish beat them I hope they get pumped off the Spanish !! Ps. Wtf you doing on here G_T_R when you're in France??? Get yourself out and enjoy every minute of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Tide_Rising Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 10 minutes ago, Rory said: Ps. Wtf you doing on here G_T_R when you're in France??? Get yourself out and enjoy every minute of it! Hahahaha .......cheers mate Finances are tight my friend and the body is tired after the last week.....glad to take a day or 2 away from the celebrations tbh. Very glad to have brought my laptop with me.....it has reduced my expenditure...considerably Hopefully I will be having a few celebratory pints on sunday evening in Lyon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 1 minute ago, Green_Tide_Rising said: Hahahaha .......cheers mate Finances are tight my friend and the body is tired after the last week.....glad to take a day or 2 away from the celebrations tbh. Very glad to have brought my laptop with me.....it has reduced my expenditure...considerably Hopefully I will be having a few celebratory pints on sunday evening in Lyon Think if it was the Scots in France at the moment we'd either be doing the same or just buying the cheap jakie booze out the shops, with the way the £ is going anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Tide_Rising Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 6 minutes ago, Rory said: Think if it was the Scots in France at the moment we'd either be doing the same or just buying the cheap jakie booze out the shops, with the way the £ is going anyway bought a crate of 24 cans of horrendously cheap amsterdam lager the other night.......it nearly put me off booze for life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 11 minutes ago, Green_Tide_Rising said: bought a crate of 24 cans of horrendously cheap amsterdam lager the other night.......it nearly put me off booze for life You canny beat it! Hope you enjoy your last few days in the tournament! Oh & stay safe, nae fighting now lads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Tide_Rising Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 10 minutes ago, Rory said: You canny beat it! Hope you enjoy your last few days in the tournament! Oh & stay safe, nae fighting now lads! By "last few days in the tournament"....i know you meant july 8th, 9th and 10th Cheers bud.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 9 hours ago, dan cake said: agreed, but us not being there isnt really irelands fault we are unfortunately a bit shit Of course it's their fault. They knocked us oot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave78 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 6 hours ago, sbcmfc said: Does there come a point where the Irish fans are trying too hard to be great guys and girls? http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2016/06/17/irish-fans-rescue-kidnapped-schoolgirls-from-boko-haram/?utm_source=WWN_Facebook_Page&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Social_Link&utm_content=Article Irish Fans Rescue Kidnapped Schoolgirls From Boko Haram UP TO 200 missing Nigerian schoolgirls have been freed after over two years in captivity, after a hundred or so Irish soccer fans swarmed into a Boko Haram camp with a few bags of cans and a flag bearing the hilarious slogan ‘down with this sort of thing’. The Irish fans had been attending the Euro 2016 championship in France, but had set out on the voyage to free the kidnapped girls after running out of sound things to do between matches. “Yeah, we had fixed a few spare tyres, danced with a few French cops, serenaded a bus full of convicted murderers. We were running out of ways to be gas” said Sean Hanley, who just loves the craic. “People were losing interest in us. Joe.ie had gone nearly a full hour without posting a video titled ‘Check what these Irish fans did at Euro 2016’… so we said ‘ it, let’s go free them schoolgirls'”. Myself and most of the Dublin TA have been sick with jealousy these past couple of weeks. Hard not to when your couponbook timeline is full of videos and posts of yer mates having a ball. They deserve it though. Best fans at the tournament, no doubt. Hope yer having a great one GTR, though never forget your lads are just a pale imitation of the TA right down to your plagiarised name (Green Army) and songbook (We're on the march with Jackie's army) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Tide_Rising Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 16 minutes ago, Dave78 said: http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2016/06/17/irish-fans-rescue-kidnapped-schoolgirls-from-boko-haram/?utm_source=WWN_Facebook_Page&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Social_Link&utm_content=Article Irish Fans Rescue Kidnapped Schoolgirls From Boko Haram UP TO 200 missing Nigerian schoolgirls have been freed after over two years in captivity, after a hundred or so Irish soccer fans swarmed into a Boko Haram camp with a few bags of cans and a flag bearing the hilarious slogan ‘down with this sort of thing’. The Irish fans had been attending the Euro 2016 championship in France, but had set out on the voyage to free the kidnapped girls after running out of sound things to do between matches. “Yeah, we had fixed a few spare tyres, danced with a few French cops, serenaded a bus full of convicted murderers. We were running out of ways to be gas” said Sean Hanley, who just loves the craic. “People were losing interest in us. Joe.ie had gone nearly a full hour without posting a video titled ‘Check what these Irish fans did at Euro 2016’… so we said ‘ it, let’s go free them schoolgirls'”. Myself and most of the Dublin TA have been sick with jealousy these past couple of weeks. Hard not to when your couponbook timeline is full of videos and posts of yer mates having a ball. They deserve it though. Best fans at the tournament, no doubt. Hope yer having a great one GTR, though never forget your lads are just a pale imitation of the TA right down to your plagiarised name (Green Army) and songbook (We're on the march with Jackie's army) That waterfordwhispers site is fantastic - they have some comedy gold on it Cheers for the good wishes mate .....much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 24 minutes ago, Dave78 said: http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2016/06/17/irish-fans-rescue-kidnapped-schoolgirls-from-boko-haram/?utm_source=WWN_Facebook_Page&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Social_Link&utm_content=Article Irish Fans Rescue Kidnapped Schoolgirls From Boko Haram UP TO 200 missing Nigerian schoolgirls have been freed after over two years in captivity, after a hundred or so Irish soccer fans swarmed into a Boko Haram camp with a few bags of cans and a flag bearing the hilarious slogan ‘down with this sort of thing’. The Irish fans had been attending the Euro 2016 championship in France, but had set out on the voyage to free the kidnapped girls after running out of sound things to do between matches. “Yeah, we had fixed a few spare tyres, danced with a few French cops, serenaded a bus full of convicted murderers. We were running out of ways to be gas” said Sean Hanley, who just loves the craic. “People were losing interest in us. Joe.ie had gone nearly a full hour without posting a video titled ‘Check what these Irish fans did at Euro 2016’… so we said ‘ it, let’s go free them schoolgirls'”. Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briany Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Lot of people saying that Irish fans have 'jumped the shark', that this is fun and good spirits driven from a need to be liked or live up to a reputation. Well, I can certainly see the point but, no matter what we it's fueled, be it from genuine fun-loving or just a self-conscious affectation of being fun-loving, if it contributes to a good feeling in the place they're in, then is it not good anyway? I would hope that when the Scottish and the Irish get to WC 2018, there can be a mighty street party in Moscow between the two filled with good spirits, whether it be a try-hard thing or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanatyk Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I`m afraid street parties in Moscow will be much more likely orchestrated by local lads (and on their terms) than fans from around the world. But there will be a lot of spirits inbetween for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLAS Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Was out and about in Lyon this morning/afternoon and the Irish fans were pretty quiet considering they were in the last 16. It's quite a big city right enough and a lot of fans were spread out. Some were even in Primark just 90 minutes before kick-off The multiple groups I overheard didn't have a clue on how to get to the stadium. Fortunately, France have put on lots of multi-lingual helpers who have indeed been extremely helpful by giving directions and other advice. Some of the videos are similar to the Tartan Army stuff, but can't say it looked like that to me. We're a wee bit more organised with events and marches... that said, we've never had the opportunity to organise events or parties in the latter stages of a major tournament! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLAS Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Oh aye... the amount of Celtic tops I seen was unreal. Helped me decide that I wanted them pumped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelk Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 52 minutes ago, OLAS said: Was out and about in Lyon this morning/afternoon and the Irish fans were pretty quiet considering they were in the last 16. It's quite a big city right enough and a lot of fans were spread out. Some were even in Primark just 90 minutes before kick-off The multiple groups I overheard didn't have a clue on how to get to the stadium. Fortunately, France have put on lots of multi-lingual helpers who have indeed been extremely helpful by giving directions and other advice. Some of the videos are similar to the Tartan Army stuff, but can't say it looked like that to me. We're a wee bit more organised with events and marches... that said, we've never had the opportunity to organise events or parties in the latter stages of a major tournament! Transport to that stadium is a complete joke. Transport back is a nightmare. Stadium is lovely though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLAS Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 31 minutes ago, thewelk said: Transport to that stadium is a complete joke. Transport back is a nightmare. Stadium is lovely though. Waited on the airport express for around 20 minutes and only one two-carriage tram came for the fans in all that time. I'd be surprised if everyone made the game on time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newryrep Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 17 hours ago, OLAS said: Was out and about in Lyon this morning/afternoon and the Irish fans were pretty quiet considering they were in the last 16. It's quite a big city right enough and a lot of fans were spread out. Some were even in Primark just 90 minutes before kick-off The multiple groups I overheard didn't have a clue on how to get to the stadium. Fortunately, France have put on lots of multi-lingual helpers who have indeed been extremely helpful by giving directions and other advice. Some of the videos are similar to the Tartan Army stuff, but can't say it looked like that to me. We're a wee bit more organised with events and marches... that said, we've never had the opportunity to organise events or parties in the latter stages of a major tournament! The key point is your last sentence , boys trying to organise last minute travel without mortgaging their grandchildren isn't easy even in the Internet age Some decided to stay on some decided to go back (me) and go back out but even with an insurance outbound flight that covered any r2 match at 40 euro it has probably cost the guts of 700 not including spending money which isn't to be taken likely after already spending 2 weeks in a not particularly cheap France fair few regulars couldn't make it back and s 7-800 day trip was snapped up by a different crowd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesMcC Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Seen this in Paris quite a few scots around seen it too, they all got a laugh from it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newryrep Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 16 minutes ago, JamesMcC said: Seen this in Paris quite a few scots around seen it too, they all got a laugh from it Serious amount of shit unfunny embarrassing flags about thankfully not all made the ground though unfortunately some did That may be the Walters flag that is currently reeking of piss in a bin somewhere in Paris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesMcC Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, Newryrep said: Serious amount of shit unfunny embarrassing flags about thankfully not all made the ground though unfortunately some did That may be the Walters flag that is currently reeking of piss in a bin somewhere in Paris Strange alright, seen loads of flags knocking about facebook before the tournament but they weren't to bee seen in France. Worst i seen was that one with the weather reporter Theresa Mannion, thankfully wasn't seen in any ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Tide_Rising Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Got home yesterday and checked my bank balance...... Hats off to the people of France ....wonderful hosts. Was uncertain how they would be as hosts with everything that has gone on....an absolute credit to their country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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