IRISH AND POLISH fans get reaquianted for the first time since last year’s Euro 2012 summer romance in Poznan.
An estimated 35,000 members of the Boys in Green descended onto the city for two weeks of good-spirited tomfoolery which will be remembered much more for the what happened off the field than on it.
The pre-match advertisements have been calling for Ireland to return the favour and show Polish fans a good time tomorrow night when the teams meet at Lansdowne Road. Somehow, however, we don’t see the atmosphere in a blizzardous Dublin 4 being comparable to a jam-packed Old Market Square in the middle of June.
Here’s why:
1. If you take your shoes off for the Boys in Green, there’s a good chance you’ll get frostbite
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2. Eamon Keegan might not be attending
3. Angela Merkel won't think you're at work
4. Doing 'the Poznan' when you're not in Poznan just isn't as much fun
5. Shay, Duffer and Dunny aren't around
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6. Neither is Mario
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7. The Luas isn't green
8. We've never heard anyone singing the Home & Away theme tune on public transport in Dublin
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9. The people of Dublin won't miss you when you're gone
10. George Hamilton won't go quiet while you sing the Fields of Athenry
11. You're unlikely to have any reason to say "Down with that sort of thing" or "Careful now"
12. The Aviva Stadium isn't going to be full
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13. It is not acceptable to go around looking like this...
or this...
and definitely not like this
14. You won't see Roy Keane and his beard talking about "sing-songs"
15. John Delaney won't... never mind
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Number 16. Trap is still the manager.
Number 17. John Delaney gets paid by the tax payer more the leaders of elite countries and nothing and or nobody has questioned it.
Number 18. Ireland have no direction and a completely clueless manager who is destroying the team morale and future Irish teams. Believe it or not the quailty and players are there to qualify just pick the right ones in form with there clubs and build a relationship with the players who are in form and playing top level football with one or two exceptions i.e Doyle and Brady.
By this time tomorrow night the journals article on the game will be full of people crying on how shite we are..
And number 19. Most of 1-16 was complete cringe watching it. Awful memories and embarrassing for the country getting humiliated in front of the whole world. It’s a football tournament not a who can get the pissed most and sing about it tournament. Accept average and that’s what you will get. It’s why delaney is still living it up spending your hard earned money like a king. what happened to the fighting Irish?
Yea we should have ripped the stadium apart and fought with police after losing each match. Only after booing our own team tho. Would that be better?
Yeh we shouldn’t bother qualifying again. It’s a disgrace that we even try. We should be more like those proud nations like Wales, Scotland, N Irl, Austria, Hungary, Norway, Finland et al and never embarrass ourselves on the international stage by actually getting into a tournament… We better do our best to lose to Sweden so, lest we make it to Rio and lose all our games again and us fans bring great shame to our nation, which has performed so admirably in other arenas of late… I’m mortified to think back to my fortnight in Poland last year, mortified and ashamed of my behaviour…
I assume most of the negative muppets didn’t go to Poland but in typical Irish manner abuse those that did!yes the football was tripe but the craic was savage!apologies to you and Roy Keane for trying to make the most out of expensive trip!
Each to there own I suppose , just watched a bit of the lads having the craic on the tram singing home and away the cringe factor . I remember great away trips Anfield against Holland being my favourite there was none of that shit going on .. I’d hate to be caught up in that …guess iam just getting old I suppose
I wonder by how many goals will Ireland lose by.
No comments, no interest?
Didn’t find the football all that humiliating to be honest , but the Irish supporters the ole ole brigade having the crac now that’s humiliating .