Another Bandwagon To Jump On

[Shamrock Shore]

Eamon De Valera (if he was alive) may have a view on this one

[Minder]

His father is "100% Irish" and his mother has both Norwegian and Austrian blood. According to the Times he speaks in "clipped Germanic tones" and is based in Stuttgart.

[longrunsthefox]

Good for him. I remember crowd at Clones one summer gathered around listening to some Irish man in a rowing semi-final in the Olympics. Drea maybe he was called. Don't really see it as bandwagon.   

[ludermor]

what a ridiculous thread, fair play to the guy. whats the problem? i doubt there will be a bandwagon as he will more than likely get beat in next round

Who said there was a f**king problem! I started the thread to highlight he had won a match and my forecasted media attention!. I called it a bandwagon because it will be in the media for the next week ot two and after which it will revert to small paragraghs in the middle of other sports.

[muppet]

Remember his father - Sean Sorensen. Decent player himself and I seem to recall him giving McEnroe a game in the early 80's

Game of what? Darts?



More seriously did he & Matt Doyle play McEnroe + A.N.Other in Davis Cup?

[Treasurer]

Remember his father - Sean Sorensen. Decent player himself and I seem to recall him giving McEnroe a game in the early 80's

I was wondering if he was his Dad, I feel old 

[Asal Mor]

what a ridiculous thread, fair play to the guy. whats the problem? i doubt there will be a bandwagon as he will more than likely get beat in next round

Who said there was a f**king problem! I started the thread to highlight he had won a match and my forecasted media attention!. I called it a bandwagon because it will be in the media for the next week ot two and after which it will revert to small paragraghs in the middle of other sports.

In fairness Luder ya said nothing wrong but people are so eager to get into hysterics about racism they jump straight onto the high horse. Lighten up lads. It's as bad as the Joe Duffy show on here sometimes.

[dublinfella]

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In fairness Luder ya said nothing wrong but people are so eager to get into hysterics about racism they jump straight onto the high horse. Lighten up lads. It's as bad as the Joe Duffy show on here sometimes.
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Its got nothing to do with racism. The original post was dripping with begrudgery and smacked of the attitude that a successful Irishman in another sport is a negative for the GAA.

[Asal Mor]

I checked the original post again. I'm just not seeing the begrudery and attitude you're talking about.

[the colonel]

i am not seeing the bandwagon in the media either other than a short mention on skysports news

[Dinny Breen]

It's just about as racist an attitude as you can get, to question somebody's nationality based on their name. Chilling and smacks of nazi-type racial purity ideology.

Reminds me of the slagging some fella from Wicklow or Kildare got. He wasn't really Irish because his name was very colonial/English. This despite the fact that he's slogging away in muck and shite to represent his county.

Stuart McKenzie-Smith? The odd poster still has a pop at his name.

[AZOffaly]

Not him Dinny, there was another, I think he was the Wicklow goalkeeper or something?

[Asal Mor]

Anyway, well done Louk on your great achievement. Hopefully there's more to come.

[Hardy]

Not him Dinny, there was another, I think he was the Wicklow goalkeeper or something?

Yes - Mervyn Travers. His name caused some ignorant comment here, I recall.

[muppet]

Not him Dinny, there was another, I think he was the Wicklow goalkeeper or something?

Yes - Mervyn Travers. His name caused some ignorant comment here, I recall.

Really? Even allowing for the pleb factor I don't see why this name would attract any attention.

Did he have a handle-bar moustache and smoke a pipe during games?