Irish Papers bragging about beating us but they dont mention they played a 3rd rate Australian team

[Poseidon]

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I actually quite like the IR series. It's unique and fun and gives us a pretty good rivalry with the Irish. This year, however, I knew it was gonna be a huge facepalm.jpg as soon as I saw the team we selected. If we selected a team of mainly B graders with a sprinkling of A grade it would have been great to watch, unfortunately we chose a young side of mostly C-grade players.

Every single sport in the world was new at one point and every sport has gone through changes in it's history. IR isn't perfect but with a bit of tweaking I reckon it could be a really exciting event.

As for the article, who cares? They won, they can print whatever they like in their own country. "To the victor go the spoils" and so forth. I shake my head when I see an article about the Socceroos beating some 3rd rate middle-eastern side but hey, you gotta write something in the sports section don't you? Australians generally are very sore losers, aren't they.

 

[____]

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I was at the game last night, mainly because I've never been to an International Rules match, and it made me realise how crap the game was. Also a game meant to be played on a rectangular field but on an oval ground, I couldn't see anything from the bottom tier.

 

[Underarm]

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watch the good players come out next year when it involves a trip to Ireland!

If our best don't show up, then the sport loses meaning and becomes boring, much like the end of SOR. but if they do, its a good spectacle IMO.

 

[ThatsjustDappa]

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No sillier than the Australian press going mad when the Socceroos beat a third string English side in a friendly.

Yeah touche. The amount of crap on the front page of the Hun (et als btw) is embarrassing to human beings in general, with endless dramatisation, pumped up stories and agendas constantly in the mix, that's before you even see the back page.....

 

[ThatsjustDappa]

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If they get paid to do it = Professional.

If they don't = Amateur

Perhaps in the traditional sense and derivative of the word 'amateur' the above applies, however, current word usage & meaning would also label players getting a free pie/beer or twenty bucks on a Saturday as 'amateurs' as well, that is, their monetary income is almost exclusively from other sources and game money is mere negligible...

 

[Woefully Inept]

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at the end of the day, it's amateurs vs professionals, and it's the AFL's job to produce a competitive side. They didn't just beat us, they destroyed us

they deserve to brag about it because they still beat a team that should've been able to compete with them, regardless of how highly they're rated with a Sherrin

 

[headache1]

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I don't understand the disdain/hatred for IR.

It gives players from both countries a chance to represent their country, something they wouldn't otherwise be able to do.

Except it's with a sport that neither of them actually play.

The only reason this series ever maintained any level of popularity in Australia was because we used to field a side that was nearly full of All-Australian best 22 or at least players who made the initial AA squad. Without them, nobody on this side of the world really cares; which became glaringly obvious with the crowds both matches attracted.

 

[DivideandMultiply]

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The press over there kick up a massive stink when they lose and behave like clods when they win.

Just look at some of the ungracious comments on the IR thread lat night to realise they are simply catering to the GAA fanbase. Maybe there is just a different culture about what constitutes bad sportsmanship in the two countries, but the victim mentality and sickening hypocrisy does get a little tiresome.

Simply can the series and we won't have to listen to these mugs.

 

[lionbear]

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Who cares, this game has become the biggest waste of time since the Irish had a cry and got all the rules changed. It is now Gaelic Football with any advantage the AFL has removed by changed rules.

Its designed to let the Irish win as if they don't they cry (See when game was cancelled a few years ago).

The sooner the AFL scrap it the better, or make the rules so AFL footballers can show off there skills a little, as this is currently a joke to watch.

 

[Forum_Leader]

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I was absolutely bored $tless watching this garbage . . .

 

[blaze036]

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Who cares guys.. we get to watch AFL next year, they have to watch the GAA and are stuck in ireland!!!

Let them have this one

 

[Squida25]

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They played Australia and they beat Australia, they have every right to brag. I don't mind the series but hopefully in the future we actually pick a decent team.

 

[theyellowsash]

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If they get paid to do it = Professional.

If they don't = Amateur

so does that mean that the lower levels of aussie rules are professional, cause there are certainly players that get paid even in country leagues, and im pretty sure even in the vafa some players get paid.

or you could take a less simplistic view and realise that just because the GAA maintains the amateur status of the competition for political and cultural reasons, that doesnt mean that the athletes and coaches are of amateur standard. they train much harder and take the game much more seriously than just some weekend warrior who does it for a hobby. they ARE professional athletes, whether someone wrote them a cheque or not, and their hard work, dedication and athletic achievement deserves such recognition.

 

[Tulip]

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So Manchester United , Liverpool or Real Madrid bound is Suckling ?

Did you just lift two of the best sides in the world and the sixth best side in England?

 

[Admiral Byng]

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so does that mean that the lower levels of aussie rules are professional, cause there are certainly players that get paid even in country leagues, and im pretty sure even in the vafa some players get paid.

or you could take a less simplistic view and realise that just because the GAA maintains the amateur status of the competition for political and cultural reasons, that doesnt mean that the athletes and coaches are of amateur standard. they train much harder and take the game much more seriously than just some weekend warrior who does it for a hobby. they ARE professional athletes, whether someone wrote them a cheque or not, and their hard work, dedication and athletic achievement deserves such recognition.

There's no need to go making up new meanings for words. Professional means they get paid and they do it full-time as their primary occupation. Down from that there's semi-professional (get paid to play but need to work another job to make a living) and then down to amateur. That's what the words mean, they aren't related to dedication or how sophisticated their training regime might be. If they aren't getting paid to play as a full-time job they aren't professionals.

 

[howlinjim]

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It would be sour grapes to make excuses for losing the series IMO, its not Ireland's fault that we sent out a third strength team.

The series means alot more to the Irish anyway so why not let them celebrate in their own way?

 

[Davey36]

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Imagine what the score would be if the game involved kicking our oval ball into a soccer net, they'd have no clue.
Regarding the bragging in their papers, so would we if we smashed them, no matter who represented Ireland.

 

[cos789]

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It would be sour grapes to make excuses for losing the series IMO.

So isn't the following an excuse ?

IMO, its not Ireland's fault that we sent out a third strength team.

Last series Australia took the same purpose built team approach and disposed of the Irish. So what's the difference ?

That series the Australians prepared well and played well and kicked more accurately than the Irish. This series the Australians did not prepare well at all,still had the same nummber of posessions but kicked extremely poorly whilst the Irish played well to a game plan and kicked accurately.

It's disappointing that the Australians did not prepare adequately and wasted opportunities. We could have had an exciting series and pushed the Irish but kudos to them.

 

[kosifantutti]

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How can the OP possible refer to boasting and bragging in the Irish papers?

It's called reporting.

They are no better / worse than the report in The Age

 

[Tas]

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The game is too much like Gaelic Football, not enough like AFL.

Lets be realistic, whoever got the ball shape in their favour had a massive advantage. Our guys just couldn't hit targets with the round ball.

They should rotate the type of ball used or pick a neutral type of ball neither is familiar with.

 

[Connoisseur]

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They've got the key features of the game backwards. They should substitute the round ball for the oval shaped Aussie Rules one in exchange for less physical stuff -vigorous tackling- that the Irish aren't accustomed to.

 

[royals1922]

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The Chris Mainwaring telethon game has more meaning than the Gaelic concept.

At least with the former, you get to some nostalgia. With the Gaelic concept you get to see opposition players who only time you see them again will be when they have overstayed their tourist visas.

 

[stui magpie]

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Meh, let em brag, they won.

Want to liven things up, play with an oval ball and no tackling. See how the spud farmers go then.

 

[Husk]

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This reporting in the papers, had the potential to be a little upsetting.

Luckily I dont give a sh_t about the game though

 

[royals1922]

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People might not be aware but the Irish economy is in so much trouble that they might be the next Eurpopean government defaulters.

So when they beat Australia in a game no Australian knows the rules of and a lot wouldn't even know it's on, their press would be likely to talk it up as if it means something.

I apologise for the cynicism but there are reasons why their press would talk it up.