North of Ireland trying to bask in Spain's Glory re Euro 2008

[stephenite]

Better than having a corrupt Taoiseach

Brian Cowen's corrupt?

[Niall Quinn]

Better than having a corrupt Taoiseach

Brian Cowen's corrupt?

A generous bookmaker would offer 1/2 I'd say.

[stephenite]

Better than having a corrupt Taoiseach

Brian Cowen's corrupt?

A generous bookmaker would offer 1/2 I'd say.

Roughly the same odds you'd get on the majority of democratically elected politicians anywhere on this island in fairness, Ian og being forced out would point to corruption being endemic on both sides of the border.

[ziggysego]

Ian Og has now filed a complaint against  John Dallat, the Stormont Deputy Speaker, for reporting himself and his father to the Standards Watchdog. He's calling for Dallat to be removed from his role. I swear to God, you couldn't make it up! lol

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Better than having a corrupt Taoiseach

Where did this troll come from?
WUM alert. 

[spiritof91and94]

Before Euro 08 Houghton was interveiwed in several tabloids re beating italy in 92 - same thing to me.

[Main Street]

Not really the same to me and to almost all fans.
Houghton is probably interviewed every month for all I know, about the past.
Probably every time he is spotted by Irish fans, someone shouts out 'who put the ball in the English net'.
Every time he is interviewed he is asked about what those goals meant.
We beat Italy in '94 at the World cup Finals, that's a big deal and beating England at the Euro finals was a big deal.
Both were Ray Houghton goals.
Beating Holland on the way to a finals was a big deal because it meant getting in ahead of them.
Beating some team in the qualifiers is nice but it means diddly unless you qualify.
If we failed to beat Iran in the play offs, the win against Holland and McAteers goal would have been relegated to the the list of nice victories, like the beating of Brazil at Lansdowne rd in '87.

[Arthur_Friend]

Better than having a corrupt Taoiseach

First prize for most childish response of the week. 

[donalmac99]

Entirely predictable that this would happen, ie the North of Ireland team and its monocultural supporters crowing about beating Spain 3-2 in the qualifiers. UTV had cameras out in Belfast yesterday interviewing people about it and Sanchez is dreaming of what "might have been" (no it wasn't Fulham being relegated from the Premiership if he'd not been sacked) in to-day's Belfast Telegraph. I mean ffs

so predictable that you would make a thread about it

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Can't believe we're on the third page and no response from any of the OWC boys! 

[donalmac99]

Can't believe we're on the third page and no response from any of the OWC boys! 

maybe they find it cringeworthy as well

to be fair the basking in the glory is a cringewirthy as tonys post

[Evil Genius]

Can't believe we're on the third page and no response from any of the OWC boys! 

I suspect that we were all hoping that no-one else had noticed. Toe-curling stuff, if ever there was. 

[DirtyDozen12]

Has anyone got a link to see this programme / interview?

Would like to see it to see what the fuss is about.

[Fishbat]

You're not wrong there

Obviously considering Brazil is in South America and Northern Ireland is in the United Kingdom

not really the point - i was referring to the fact that its not necessary to point it out....... its plainly feckin obvious that ye's are not Brazil.

[Chrisowc]

You're not wrong there

Obviously considering Brazil is in South America and Northern Ireland is in the United Kingdom

not really the point - i was referring to the fact that its not necessary to point it out....... its plainly feckin obvious that ye's are not Brazil.

It's called Irony.