There has been isolated incidents, however soccer has always attracted thugs, mainly so called supporters.

As a person who works in a bar they are far from isolated incidents hurler 2012 gaa attracts as many thugs as football

Kalou was in for his defensive qualities of tracking back then booming forward again. He has been picked ahead of sturridge and torres this season in big games and was no surprise again last night.

What are you taking about? Kalou played on the right wing. Torres and him don’t even play in the same position.

@thinkshpake
When kalou went off who replaced him.??
Regardless of position Torres is a much better footballer than kalou, in fact me 4 yr old daughter is a better player than him, and Bosingwa for that matter.

Great tactical nous there Jambbie. When Kalou went off Chelsea changed formation and went with 2 up front, that’s why Torres came on. Fair enough though, you’re entitled to your opinion… ?50m well spent so!

As I say the truth hurts. You are obviously very upset.

You should move to Italy and give us all peace.

It would never happen so I never have to think about it… Ronaldo would never join them, he gave 100% in his last season at OT knowing he was moving to Madrid because Fergie promised him he would allow him leave… He would never upset Fergie or Utd fans by joining them

They can keep them both!

Yeah imagine being able to spell the name on your birth cert!! Thats not trendy, thats called being educated. Im also sure you have no link to the footie team you claim to support except that you were told you were a fan from an early age. Now Thats very trendy!

Ciara, seriously give over. Let people off if they want to support whoever. Be it Chelsea or Cork City, people have strong connections to clubs that you can’t deny….and I don’t think people should apologise for following something as basic as a soccer team. Sport gives people alot of enjoyment…I can’t understand why people have to bicker and be so negative. The Premier League is big business, one that supports thousands of jobs. One example is in Glasgow, where both Celtic and Rangers are based in areas of the city that suffer from severe social decline and the clubs have gone some way in bringing people into the area and helping local businesses. Same can be said about Manchester City, the flow of money into Eastlands has boosted the local economy, whether people like the owners or not. Are you aware that soccer clubs have philanthropic duties to the local area that they’re based in? Celtic run a back to work scheme for young adults in Glasgow, training them in skills and helping them return to further education. QPR have a similar scheme going on at the moment with young travellers in West London and its been a big success. I have been impressed with Arsenal’s effort in this area aswell.

I don’t agree with the money some soccer players are on….I believe some players are on obscene amounts for kitting out. Many players have strong allegiances to their club. Do you really think Steven Gerrard would sing for Manchester United given the chance? Would Gary Neville or Paul Scholes sign for Liverpool? I doubt Torres himself would sign for Real, being an Atletico fan.

The end of the day, let people enjoy sport and have the freedom to choose who they wish to support.

I get all that but explain the irish obsession with British football teams? These are the first to call rugby fans West Brits when at least irish rugby fans support their irish team.

By the way, Rooney said ‘everton forever’ and look where he ended up!! Loyalty my arse!

Sher soccer is an international sport…and the Premier League is an international brand. Within that brand you have teams like Man Utd, Liverpool etc..massive brands in themselves. English rugby teams wouldn’t have a sniff of the international following that their soccer counterparts would enjoy. Imo (and I’m aware I’ll get red thumbs for this!!), Munster started off the whole mass support for the province teams in Ireland…bandwagon for many maybe but in places like Limerick, you can’t deny that the genuine passion exists for the sport.

Why paint all soccer players with the same brush…some players have loyalty to their ‘boyhood clubs’ and others don’t or have taken opportunities elsewhere. In Rooney’s case, the chance to play with one of the biggest clubs in the world at such a young age was a draw to him. A career move, in a similar way with Torres when he went to Chelsea.

I can’t really assess why Irish people have an obsession with British soccer teams, sorry about that! ;) Just let everyone do their own thing, like!

Eeeek I mistakenly made out that Celtic and Rangers were in the Premier League in my first post…serious faux pas there! Sorry to all the Scots that may be reading this! ;)

And aul Robbie keane! Sure its been his boyhood dream to play for all the clubs hes played for! he even dreamed of playing for LA Galaxy Im sure! Yeah, very loyal indeed!

Clue is in the name – professional football player, i.e their job.

Theres no thugs in GAA though, is there??? Ahahaha. Theres plenty of teams & supporters bating the heads off each other & match officals week in week out. Yes, soccer is the only sport with thugs… :D :D :D

You should support our national games, you might even enjoy them.

I see that bad language is still as common as ever. You are a disgrace to sports people.

Peter, your views are typical of the morons who follow soccer.

Face it, soccer us supported by thugs.

Yes, and the GAA is supported by farmers and culchies…

See I can make completely untrue gross generalisations too.

Yes and gaa supporters are commonly seen as bastions of restraint and civility…

@hurler2012…you are an imbecile.

So GAA fans don’t fight with each.other or attack the match officials???? Some GAA “supporter” you are when you don’t know what’s going on in your own association.

You are probably that guy outside Croke Park with the “No Foreign Sports” placard whilst wearing a Celtic Football Club top.

Soccer is played and supported by thugs. The supporters have to be segrated for their own safety. The average soccer supporter lacks basic levels of intelligence.

I’ve never seen a scrap in a GAA game

It is a professional sport where the owners and sponsors of teams make vast sums of money at the expense of the moron supporters.

Unlucky Spurs

Hurler 2012…would ya ever g’way with your boring troll posts?! I follow soccer, especially since I moved to Britain. I also am a proud Limerick supporter and have an equal interest in gaelic games. What is it with people’s preoccupations with taking the high moral ground on which sport is better?! I am not a moron, either are my friends who are respectful soccer fans. I once was at a GAA match when drunk idiots insulted my team after we had beaten them…GAA fans aren’t angels either.

Back to the subject of Torres, his move to London was disruptive from the beginning…hopefully it’ll get better for him.

Damien, before you start bashing GAA fans look at how many people attended GAA games in Ireland and how many attended any FAI game last year. Look at the facilities the GAA have compared to ‘soccer’ clubs and not just talking about Croke Park, but local clubs. Now shut up and stop being a fool.

I’ll tell you something hurler 2012. There are plenty of thugs in the GAA. To cite some examples, my cousin was playing while trying to get fit again, he was beating his marker to the ball every time and was playing great. His marker obviously couldn’t hack it and swing at him, it results in a broken jaw, several teeth being knocked out and a couple of teeth went through his lip. He ended up in hospital for quite a while. In another incident, I remember the older brother of a player ran out of the stands and attacked my other cousin because his younger brother was losing in a slagging match. The GAA board swept all of this under the rug, and particularly in the second incident the family were constantly pressured by the GAA commitee members and boards on high to drop any sort of case they were thinking of pursuing. I’ve often heard of fights between local GAA teams and/or their followers outside if nightclubs and pubs too.
Add to this the nepotism that is rife in the sport. I went to a school that won the School Senior All-Ireland A championship, and I can tell you the there are plenty of GAA Morons.
I’m not knocking the players that do play with pride and passion in GAA. I have great admiration for their dedication and am proud of the fact it’s the worlds largest amatuer sport. I think there the sport has a fantastic following. But please try not to brand football supporters morans and thugs when elements of the GAA can be just as bad.

Damien, thats why people like you follow football, its popular. You probably follow the latest trendy bands too.

You are a moany little cock roach
Ur going be stood all over by gaa fans

Soccer is popular because of British imperialism.

Your comments are what one would expect from a soccer thug. The soccer leagues here in Ireland are a farce as all the so called fans support teams abroad. At least with the GAA we get real supporters to our games and not thugs.

Hurler 2012, I’ve read all your posts and your just delusional to say the least if u don’t think there are ‘thugs’ as you like to call them in the GAA… Firstly you don’t attend football matches in Ireland or abroad so don’t give an opinion on something you haven’t witnessed… Secondly I share an avid interest in both GAA and football to levels where my friends called me weird… I attend soccer matches at junior and senior level in Ireland during the winter and GAA during and have seen more altercations at GAA matches, even where the supporters of the same teams fight amongst themselves… Lastly it’s upsetting that you don’t think all sports should be given equal status in Ireland….

@hurler I’ve an avid intrest in sport gaa being first and soccer being a close second and my god are you making gaa people look bad so will you just shut the f*ck up

Itv4 have Europa next year so I believe

And by the way, if this article was related to GAA and I started talking about soccer, I’m sure I would have been told to f**k off by all the GAA heads commenting on the story. So, to all the GAA fans commenting on this story… F**k off!!

get yourself a feesat card from uk…. or simply ru a cable from your sky dish if you have room on its lnb and get yourself a free to air box.. gets you all the uk channels for free… all bbc,itv’s and channel 5 along with a few others… simples!!!

Few words for u hurler- Louth gaa fan punches ref and charged in court. By the way stop commenting on worlds greatest sport

He should get a proper go?!?! I know i wasn’t the only one watching him go hours upon hours of missing chances, open goals and available runs. He had his go, they reverted back to drogba and won the cl. Torres is a spoilt child, this is him throwing his toys out of his pram…. Chelsea to buy the napoli duo and sell torres…. Cash in now before his time at liverpool is forgotten….

THFC…… Thursday night Channel 5

No he won’t Liverpool will remember him for joining United more than likely… Oh yeah we should be grudge players for moving to bigger clubs or following there dreams… I don’t hate Ronaldo for moving to Madrid… I appreciate him for what he did for Utd… Maybe I’m naive but that’s life

Typical Soccer “supporters”, fighting among yourselves. Get a life!

I’d call it more a difference of opinions but if you don’t like it, go post comments elsewhere where ur opinions are shared granted that’s probably in Cuckoo Land but we are in a world where u accept all individuals regardless of their believes

Who asked u GAA head

Yawn… Football is a world sport and therefore will attract more finances. GAA is small time, get over it. I’m sure you will put on a green jersey for the Euro’s though!

ha, how many GAA players would like to start getting paid for playing?

He’s complaining about not playing. Therefore, he’s getting paid about 200 grand a week for sitting on the bench. Do you not think its a person that would be unhappy sitting there collecting a massive pay packet every week that should be afforded as many opportunities as life throws at him?

Hurler, footballers have no pride because few of them are actually from the area their club represents. Theyre a business. They do it for the money. Irish people are fascinated with British teams for some reason. At least GAA teams make their entire county proud and also hold down jobs. Keep up the good work!

Waffle merchant.

Well then go and comment on bogball stories then.. Why do Gaelic soccer supporters always feel the need to attempt to slate footballers?? If they were in any way talented they’d play football like Shane long and Kevin moran but most of them are talentless and have to stick to bogball.. So go off and bitch with the rest of the goons about how talentless clowns would go through a wall for their clubs.. Morons!!

You are so wrong, county players nowadays couldn’t give a damn about club games or players within their own counties.

Your comments are typical of the unfortunate percentage of so called
supporters of soccer who ruin it for
everybody. I would not bring my kids
to a soccer match as your type of
Behaviour would unfortunately be in
evidence

What point you trying to get at here?? You trying to imply its not right to sign ex-Liverpool as if a mortal sin…If you hold that view it must be terrible to have an ex Arsenal player to help ye gain a better league position.. We challenged for the league without relying on Owen and nearly won so I’m still lost as to what ur trying to get at

Is utd new home for ex Liverpool rejects, think Torres played more game time last night than Owen all season

Your comment would be funny if Michael Owen wasn’t injured since November and didn’t have a better goal per games ratio than Torres this season… You could probably say the same about Spurs, how many Arsenal or Chelsea players lined out for ur this season, curious to see if you agree that one Emmanuel Adebayour was an ex Gunner and your top scorer this season

Sorry one more thing, how often Michael Owen played for Man Utd doesn’t matter one bit the goal he scored against City means he’ll remembered for a long time at OT…

He won’t be picked……