Drunken Idoits

Het-field wrote: GoneToShowgies wrote: If people want to travel for the craic then I have no problem with that. I have gone to a GAA match and a couple of rallies just for the beer even though I have no interest in them.   The only time it becomes a problem for me is when real football fans can't get tickets for games over the people who mainly go for the crack. Genuine question, what is a "real football fan?" Its so unascertainable in many respects, and at the highest level, it eliminates anybody who is not a National League, and International Season Ticket Holder. Equally, there are those who don't attend games (for numerous reasons), but are incredibly active at grass roots level, be it with the clubs or in administration. They support football in a different way. But that is a very small number, which can potentially be vaulted by balloting sensibly, or utilising package deals.

Get drunken idiots everywhere even in town on a Wednesday ..... Some people go to the euros just to get smashed.

Thing I hate is when you see lads who are sloppy falling into a table where locals are having a meal or going up to an elderly couple who are having lunch and trying to get high fives off them when they just want to be left alone.

It's annoying and a tad embarrassing but being drunk sloppy and loud still beats smashing up a pub or coffee shop

The simply fact is the majority of regular match day goers are there to be seen and not heard outside of the footballing side of things. I.E. not causing trouble or acting the pup.

Ibaraki wrote: Irish people are the biggest bunch of bandwagon jumpers around. Let's not pretend otherwise.

Ah yea but we are sound great craic and everyone loves us

Gary McKay wrote: liam_in_germany wrote: Whats the craic with ****s singing the kolo toure song I know.   Picking up some random Uncle Tom and signing to them.   Surely this is racist ?

Lads, we've all acted foolishly and done stupid sh*t when we were young . You learn from it . I agree it's a bit annoying but for most of these lads it's their first time at the rodeo ! We are all just getting that but older ! I'd rather them be there than not .

As long as they don't get tickets over away trip regulars, I don't mind them as long as they stay out trouble. Who knows, maybe they will get the supporting our national team bug and frequent Lansdowne more often. I for one could count on 2 hands the amount of times I'd been in Lansdowne prior to the WC '10 qualifiers and I live in Dublin. Can't really explain why I stayed away for so long but my 1st away game was Paris '09 and swore I'd never miss a home or away game I was around for after it. Emigration has dictated I can't go anymore but it took a massive away game for me to start going regular and hopefully it'll rub off on some in France and we get Lansdowne rocking like it used to

Borussia wrote: Found myself using the phrase "Maybe I'm getting old" a number of times on this trip (I don't see myself as that old !) in relation to the conduct of some people. Definitely thought it was messier than Poland and say a few things that annoyed me : People robbing ice creams from a shop that was selling cans near Moulin Rouge, people happily singing and dancing away after we had just get beaten by Belgium.  It's mostly all good natured and most enjoyable but some aspects of things do annoy me.

100% agree that the carry on after Belgium bet us was a joke . Another thing was seeing lads slumped in the streets outside MC Donald's on that afternoon . Anyone who didn't have a ticket for Bordeaux were drinking all day non stop and it wasn't great to see their condition . Very somber mood for me for a few hours after . Each to their own but I think more genuine lads were a bit taken by the score line

Be first to admit I have drank way way too much at away game previously but have deffo got older and wiser and appreciate it even more now