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    Posted: 28 Jun 2016 at 6:13pm
Genetic studies in Iceland reveal about 20% of the males and 63% of the females have Irish ancestry!
http://www.icelandicroots.com/irish-roots-in-iceland/
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Where I come from rooting means to fart, so no, I will not.
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Originally posted by UglyAmerican UglyAmerican wrote:

Genetic studies in Iceland reveal about 20% of the males and 63% of the females have Irish ancestry!
http://www.icelandicroots.com/irish-roots-in-iceland/
That can't be true, Icelandic women are hot.
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Originally posted by UglyAmerican UglyAmerican wrote:

Genetic studies in Iceland reveal about 20% of the males and 63% of the females have Irish ancestry!
http://www.icelandicroots.com/irish-roots-in-iceland/

Tenuous connection to the ROI section...
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Can't beat a good underdog story. Thumbs Up
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I'm just gutted we didn't hang on to face them.....I believe we could have done what Engerland couldn't against Iceland
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Originally posted by gazurtoids gazurtoids wrote:

I'm just gutted we didn't hang on to face them.....I believe we could have done what Engerland couldn't against Iceland
Nah they actually scored 2 goals any team that scores 2 goals in better than Ireland.
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Little did the Vikings know when they pillaged our island in the 1st millennia that a thousand years later we'd be rooting for the descendants of their slaves. Hon Iceland
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supporting Iceland due to the fact that the French are bad winners.
also, we would have beaten both Iceland and England the other night
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Sure, love an underdog.
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Originally posted by alihau41 alihau41 wrote:

supporting Iceland due to the fact that the French are bad winners.
also, we would have beaten both Iceland and England the other night

Based on what?

They finished second in their qualifying group, second in their euros group beating the Dutch twice. They drew with Portugal and Hungary and beat Austria and England. They defended brilliantly in all of their games, something we failed to do against Sweden, Belgium and France.

Iceland have had a far, far superior campaign (and qualifying campaign, even their WC Qualifying campaign before it was better) to Ireland.


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Originally posted by MayoMark MayoMark wrote:

Originally posted by alihau41 alihau41 wrote:


supporting Iceland due to the fact that the French are bad winners.
also, we would have beaten both Iceland and England the other night

Based on what?

They finished second in their qualifying group, second in their euros group beating the Dutch twice. They drew with Portugal and Hungary and beat Austria and England. They defended brilliantly in all of their games, something we failed to do against Sweden, Belgium and France.

Iceland have had a far, far superior campaign (and qualifying campaign, even their WC Qualifying campaign before it was better) to Ireland.




Iceland are a carbon copy of us, granted probably better organized at the roles they do.......but in a one off winner takes all game I reckon we'd have the better quality to do them
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I think England, Holland and Portugal all had better quality. It is like the Wales debate all over again, because we think we are a bigger football nation we condescend, I suppose we don't often get the chance. Iceland came from a goal down to beat a team of hugely paid superstars and showed the team is bigger than any individual. England can moan about poor performances and tactical ineptitude but Iceland cruised that game, the actually looked dangerous on the break, while England were completely out of ideas about how to beat their system at the end. Of course we may have beaten them, but we have to learn not to be so dismissive. For a French team that has stuttered to the quarter final without playing anybody of note, no disrespect to ourselves, they won't fancy this. I think at this stage they would have rathered a big name.
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Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

I think England, Holland and Portugal all had better quality. It is like the Wales debate all over again, because we think we are a Iceland came from a goal down to beat a team of hugely paid superstars and showed the team is bigger than any individual. England can moan about poor performances and tactical ineptitude but Iceland cruised that game, the actually looked dangerous on the break, while England were completely out of ideas about how to beat their system at the end. Of course we may have beaten them, but we have to learn not to be so dismissive. For a French team that has stuttered to the quarter final without playing anybody of note, no disrespect to ourselves, they won't fancy this. I think at this stage they would have rathered a big name.
bigger football nation we condescend, I suppose we don't often get the chance


So it's ok in your book to condescend your own? that's what you did....

Ourselves and to an extent the North would have been a bad match up for Iceland, it's the same game
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Originally posted by gazurtoids gazurtoids wrote:

Originally posted by MayoMark MayoMark wrote:

Originally posted by alihau41 alihau41 wrote:


supporting Iceland due to the fact that the French are bad winners.
also, we would have beaten both Iceland and England the other night

Based on what?

They finished second in their qualifying group, second in their euros group beating the Dutch twice. They drew with Portugal and Hungary and beat Austria and England. They defended brilliantly in all of their games, something we failed to do against Sweden, Belgium and France.

Iceland have had a far, far superior campaign (and qualifying campaign, even their WC Qualifying campaign before it was better) to Ireland.




Iceland are a carbon copy of us, granted probably better organized at the roles they do.......but in a one off winner takes all game I reckon we'd have the better quality to do them
 
 
because of this mayomark...
 
and if you're bringing in qualifying campaigns, we took 4 out of a possible 6 from the krauts
 
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Originally posted by gazurtoids gazurtoids wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

I think England, Holland and Portugal all had better quality. It is like the Wales debate all over again, because we think we are a Iceland came from a goal down to beat a team of hugely paid superstars and showed the team is bigger than any individual. England can moan about poor performances and tactical ineptitude but Iceland cruised that game, the actually looked dangerous on the break, while England were completely out of ideas about how to beat their system at the end. Of course we may have beaten them, but we have to learn not to be so dismissive. For a French team that has stuttered to the quarter final without playing anybody of note, no disrespect to ourselves, they won't fancy this. I think at this stage they would have rathered a big name.
bigger football nation we condescend, I suppose we don't often get the chance


So it's ok in your book to condescend your own? that's what you did....

Ourselves and to an extent the North would have been a bad match up for Iceland, it's the same game

Have you not read my book? I am in favour of equal opportunities condescension.
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