Sick

Sort of puts the weekly opinion pieces on the journal about how Ireland is a racist hellhole into perspective, doesnt it ?

God that’s really ugly to watch

Shocking scenes. With the eyes of the world on these countries the grounds will probably be safe from these thugs. Most depressing thing was how the cops and stewards were looking the other way when the chants and violence were occurring.

How did UEFA come to the decision to have the Euro tournament here? Disgraceful. I understand that not every football fan from Ukraine & Poland are like this but it’s the minority that ruin it for the Majority, I agree with Sol Campbell, stay at home & stay safe. They shouldn’t have given them such a high profile tournament until they sort their fans out.

I was equally disturbed by the panorama special on the eurovision in Azerbaijan. These sort of places should not be allowed to host such prestigious events. As much as I am looking forward to the lads playing in the euros, I think something needs to be done. Maybe not for this competition but in the future safegaurds need to be put in place whereby a potential host needs to adhere to strict criteria in relation to human rights, racism etc.

Bunch of inbreed wan%#+•. The funny thing is that one by one they have as much courage as chicken shit, but in group they suddenly become invincible…sad.

I was in Kraków a few years ago with friends,we were watching a Munster game in a pub and were wearing the Munster colours( I have a shaved head) a few fellas asked us if we were HOOLS? They explained they were hooligans -Wisla supporters! They told us they hate cracovia-Jews ,they did the nazi salutes chanted in English , f**k the Jews f**k Israel, needless to say we left as fast as we could . I work with lots of Polish and they said it’s all fairly common in their different cities .one guy told me there is a monthly market in his city that sells nazi war memorabilia !! I saw similar in Madrid in the cauldron stadium ,swastikas sprayed on the walls in the ground and anti Jewish slogans, in Spain seeing that they were a fascist nation up to the 70s I wasn’t too surprised, but I can’t get my head around Poland after they were slaughtered by the nazis to have some many neo nazis there?

This really is terrifying stuff. Very concerned about how this will play out in 2 weeks time. UEFA have serious issues to deal with. Why wasn’t this addressed MONTHS AGO?! Oh that’s right… MONEY!!!

I just booked my flight today. Scary stuff.

Watching it now shocking stuff

mindless idiots
no way i would bring my kid to a match there..it kinda makes me proud that I can go to a Tipperary versus Cork match and all the fans sit together and have the craic.

Horrible to see it, I was at the Heysel in ’85 and it appears uefa are still sticking their well fed heads in the sand,really hope nothing ugly happens.

Sickening. Just shows the hypocrisy of UEFA/FIFA. We have tournaments being hosted in Poland and Ukraine, Russia and Qatar coming up over the next few years. Every single one of those countries has appalling levels of racism or homophobia and bigotry. Why are they going ahead? Money, money, money and catchphrases like “emerging markets”.

It’s funny because Hitler had planned to exterminate them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalplan_Ost

What a bunch of idiots with an IQ in the negatives

I’ve lived and attended soccer matches in Poland and the same problems exist.

I’m seriously wondering why all of the players (regardless of skin colour) aren’t refusing to play somewhere that could be so dangerous for their fans to attend.

Have to agree with Sol Campbell here. Shocking and disgraceful behaviour. I cant believe the Nazi salutes and the level of violence. How did UEFA give these guys the tournament to host if this carry on is common place?

Racists have no place at this tournament. Where will John Terry be then?

Dont belive in everything you see on TV. I cant tell for Ukraine -but in Poland its all about local futbool and this idiots never even took history lesson. Its very offensive for me to call us antisemitic- half of family was killed trying to protect Jews…And most of the families I know has similar history. This neo-nazi groups forms in every european country!!! They only more or less exposed!

Dont know how they awarded the competition with that carry on so wide spread within both countries!!

Dangerous place to go camping and watching the lads. No thanks would rather enjoy at home in Ireland.

beautiful British propaganda in the Soviet style. As for me, the message is clear do not fly to the euro in 2012, spend money at the Olympics in London, where it is safer not have bombings and riots in the streets where residents set fire to their own city and rob their neighbors.. BTW 500 000 British visit Poland every year not even one have reported a racist incident in Poland… 43,426 incidents of racism were recorded in 2009 in United Kingdom where in the same year in Poland? 209 cases of race related crimes were recorded…..

England have had these problems in the past and it is well documented that the people involved where mostly uneducated and lonely, unloved young men. These group’s gave them somewhere to belong, and the leaders were usually middle class and upper class racists with a knack for brain washing.

Ireland should withdraw from euro12 because a country that allows this to happen is disgusting & the Ukraine should be banned from
World football…..sick animals, I am furious with all the association footballing nations that has chosen to ignore this violence & racism. Leo varadkar accused taxi drivers of racism for a green light attached to their roof sign & yet not one politician of any standing in any country has spoken out about this…. Why ? €€€€€€€€€ that’s why!

Both of these countries have a serious serious problem with racism, in Poland if you are not polish they wont like you. How on earth they got chosen to host this is beyond me. Time will tell. Lets hope it is a success but i very much doubt it.

That’s soccer for you!

Poland and Ukraine are barely secular democratic states. One is a thinly disguised catholic theocracy laced with anti Semitism, homophobia, the other is a Russian outpost which is xenophobic and backward. Let’s not forget that after WWII the Poles continued to attack and murder Jews in Poland; they didn’t need the Nazis for inspiration

The teapot calling the kettle black. C18 Lansdowne?