Quisling. Now there is a word you donât see bandied about often. Top class debating here gentlemen. Please continue. I really enjoyed the game yesterday myself. Wasnât overly bothered by the outcome but, bar the Galway hurling team, I would by and large prefer the team I support to lose a great game than win a dire one as it is far more entertaining. I am slightly dreading all the media shite which will inevitably flow for the next few days. Marian finucane is probably the worst.
[QUOTE="caoimhaoin, post: 917136, member: Ya itâs bandwagoning in a lot of cases, but just look at the bandwagoning that goes on in every GAA county bar arguably KK and Dublin, or with the âIrishâ (lots of English lads) soccer team anytime they get to anything. .[/QUOTE]
Dublin GAA is the biggest bandwagon of them all. 10 years ago the first round of the Leinster championship against Wexford was a complete sell out. Only the semi and final of the All Ireland sell out now.
No, Iâd say that honour resides firmly with the Galway hurling âsupportersâ who flooded cp for the 2012 replay.
[QUOTE=âfucked out, post: 917190, member: 1495â]Wha? The next thing youâll be telling me is the ratballer lying on the ground feigning injury is a serious sports lover and the ratball governing body that wonât address this blatant faggotry (no offense to the gay lads) of this ilk are
There are a lot of seriously delusional lads on here when faced with the levels of commitment and effort put in by professional ratballers vrs that put in by pro Rugby players.
Anyway as a spectacle, Rugby lords it over ratball. In fact the only thing ratball has over Rugby is that in the participation stakes, any cunt can kick a fucking round ball around the place. Whereas in Rugby a bit more is required.
âSerious sports loversâ
Would you ever fuck off 
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What is ratball?
Are you making a suggestion that rugby players are from a different social background?
In fairness to football players they can feign injury without the need for fake blood and CGI. Sexton dived yesterday to win a penalty.
Any game where the rules are so technical that a referee ultimately decides winner and loser is never going to be a spectacle to most people which is why for all the bleating of blazer/boat shoe/jumper on shoulders wearing goys it is not taken seriously outside 5 countries.
If there was a highlights show from yesterday what would be the highlights apart from the tries. The missed penalties. Four forward throws (you donât see four foul throws in a football match). The flying headbutt from Healy (?) to take out a French player that went unpunished. France destroying the Ireland scrum on the last set play and yet no sanction against Ireland/no France advantage.
An Irish sports pundit wearing a cravat on TV in a non ironic way.
Itâs the Eurovision of sports - novelty value and if home will stick it on but nobodyâs day is wrecked when Ireland lose. They wave to the camera anyway.
It was a joy to behold ,anytime you beat the old enemy France ( we havenât forgotten that Jacobite scoundrel down here in Clare ) itâs a great day, Allez les gris. Going through the indo here in detail , were being spoken off in the White House again at last thanks to bod an co and not a Kennedy in sight.there is no doubt about it, rugby has arrived, fuck the begrudges
You sense that @fucked out has been waiting for a long time for this, he must have been seething.
I think that most of us will agree that this win is going to set this country back years in terms of sports development but I am genuinely happy for real supporters like @Anto[/USER], [USER=1158]@tallback[/USER], [USER=122]@dancarter
Edit: and @Kid Chocolate
Cheers fran
Once in a generation, maybe twice, the likes of @fucked out will be able to crawl out from under their rock.
I hate raising this at a time of such unbridled joy for the nation , but does the fact our points equal England beat us fair and square in the head to head not take the gloss of this championship a bit ?
Dublin GAA is the biggest bandwagon of them all. 10 years ago the first round of the Leinster championship against Wexford was a complete sell out. Only the semi and final of the All Ireland sell out now.[/QUOTE]
Dublin have a massive solid following, to deny that is just mental. Whatever you think about them they are not sunshine followers.
A bit like Cork beating the shit out of Clare in the Munster Championship takes the gloss of Clareâs win last year. Along with the drugs of course.
[QUOTE=âEbeneezer Goode, post: 917207, member: 1785â]
Dublin GAA is the biggest bandwagon of them all. 10 years ago the first round of the Leinster championship against Wexford was a complete sell out. Only the semi and final of the All Ireland sell out now.[/QUOTE]
Dublin played Westmeath in the first round of the Leinster Championship 10 years ago.
comparing this rugby friendly tournament to the test matches played during the Carling Nations Cup is completely inaccurate, @Bandage please withdraw this slur on the great competition
Are you saying you agree then? Itâs hard to tell as youâve confused sports and competitions in this latest one
Withdrawn.
Strap in the seatbelts for Marianâs reflections on that âimportant little event in Parisâ on her South Dublin Coffee Morning. Best listened to near a toilet. Actually scratch the seat-belt idea. You could choke.
Duh-duh-duh-duh duh-duh.
Dublin have a massive solid following, to deny that is just mental. Whatever you think about them they are not sunshine followers.[/QUOTE]
Dublin has a massive population, a huge portion of whom live within a short commute of the two stadiums they play nearly all their games in. When they dont go well they lose the majority of bandwagoners, theyll always get the crowd on the hill for whom its as much about saying you were there as the match itself. The club matches in the county are some of the poorest attended in the country for the population. All counties have bandwagons, i remember clare people saying in the 90s,we always followed them through thick and thin, before they then deciding to abandon them straight after, only to return when they make a semi final. I would rate mayo, waterford and armagh as having the best support.
Dublin has a massive population, a huge portion of whom live within a short commute of the two stadiums they play nearly all their games in. When they dont go well they lose the majority of bandwagoners, theyll always get the crowd on the hill for whom its as much about saying you were there as the match itself. The club matches in the county are some of the poorest attended in the country for the population. All counties have bandwagons, i remember clare people saying in the 90s,we always followed them through thick and thin, before they then deciding to abandon them straight after, only to return when they make a semi final. I would rate mayo, waterford and armagh as having the best support.[/QUOTE]
I think the Dublin thing is only noticeable due to the shear numbers. Club has nothing to do with my points though. The dubs are well supported full stop IMO.
Mayo I agree, Armagh Iâm not sure, but Waterford? Seriously? I would have thought they were the epitome of a bandwagon during the 2000âs. By the way, I have no issue with that, success breeds support, as it should.
Dublin has a massive population, a huge portion of whom live within a short commute of the two stadiums they play nearly all their games in. When they dont go well they lose the majority of bandwagoners, theyll always get the crowd on the hill for whom its as much about saying you were there as the match itself. The club matches in the county are some of the poorest attended in the country for the population. All counties have bandwagons, i remember clare people saying in the 90s,we always followed them through thick and thin, before they then deciding to abandon them straight after, only to return when they make a semi final. I would rate mayo, waterford and armagh as having the best support.[/QUOTE]
I always thought Wexford had great support-
I always thought Wexford had great support-[/QUOTE]
Iâd go with that Wexford always had great support. Cork have great support but are a huge and successful county. Waterford have a hardcore of about 7,000 supporters who would go to all the championship games come what may. Not bad for a county of 80,000 people not in the habit of winning things.