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All the happy clappy Irish support got me thinking.. listen fair play to them, they really came across well... jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20608 - 29/06/2016 15:54:47 1873885 Link 5 |
The anxiety you describe is the GODS way of letting you know you are ALIVE Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 29/06/2016 16:06:33 1873888 Link 1 |
This is going to sound selfish,but i am waiting for Dublin to hammer a team in an All Ireland final.I have nearly died with the nerves for our three recent wins.A stress free All Ireland like Kerry had twice v Mayo in the noughties would be a dream.Imagine being 10 points up with just 15 minutes to go.You could really savour it instead of nearly feinting with worry.Hears hoping! cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 29/06/2016 16:12:05 1873894 Link 1 |
great post and I fully agree. dstuction (Donegal) - Posts: 1209 - 29/06/2016 16:15:28 1873897 Link 2 |
"You live for those few seconds of uncontrollable joy... " Burnsey (Down) - Posts: 561 - 29/06/2016 16:21:47 1873900 Link 0 |
To be honest been a staunch Meath supporter is tough at the moment.I do go to a lot of the underage games and they are flying at all levels,so that usually gives me some heart! ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 29/06/2016 16:37:52 1873911 Link 0 |
Also I had a bit of a go at a Dub at the game last week and he had a go at me.But we shook hands at the final whistle,it was understood it is not personal just passion while the game is on. ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 29/06/2016 16:39:09 1873912 Link 0 |
Another thing,by taking football seriously and thinking about it a lot sometimes means that you don't think about the REAL things in live and that can be a good thing.I guess it is some sort of therapy! ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 29/06/2016 16:40:37 1873913 Link 3 |
I really wish I was a true fan of someone. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4247 - 29/06/2016 16:44:35 1873917 Link 1 |
Without despair there's no real value in joy, I think being a true fan is great, sure there's lots of tense, nervous moments and the euphoric moments seem to pass very quickly but I think they're worth the wait. Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 29/06/2016 16:59:10 1873928 Link 0 |
Don't get as nervous before games anymore. That said I get very nervous before an All Ireland final's (which are on another level to any other game) involving Mayo dreading the worst again... yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11249 - 29/06/2016 17:01:05 1873930 Link 0 |
Good post.I would have to say i am not just a big Dublin fan,but a big fan of both hurling and football.I love all the big games,regardless of who's playing.I've been to many Munster hurling finals and nearly 20 All Ireland hurling finals.I try get to both All Ireland hurling semi-finals each year.Funny thing is i only attend Dublin football matches.I've only ever attended one big game with Dublin not involved when myself and my Da travelled from his home in Tipp to Killarney to see Kerry beat Tyrone a few years back in the championship.I love Dublin footballers more than anything but i probably like hurling more.I was brought up supporting Tipp because of my parents and remember going to all Tipp's big games down the years.I never had a conflict of interest with Tipp and Dublin until a few years back when they met in the All Ireland hurling semi final and i must be honest i was shouting for Tipp.I wasn't going to jump ship now when i'm 40.Even though i'm born and bred in the capital i always followed Tipp hurlers.Obviously i support Dublin hurlers in every other game.I count myself lucky at the start of every year to have Dublin footballers and Tipp hurlers to support.It could have been a lot worse.
cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 29/06/2016 17:14:53 1873935 Link 1 |
Its the nature of the beast Jim. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 29/06/2016 17:17:23 1873936 Link 1 |
Aye it's true. TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 29/06/2016 21:27:37 1874028 Link 0 |
When you look around at the people at a game.The ones who are most anxious/nervous are the biggest fans.. ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 29/06/2016 21:40:37 1874035 Link 1 |
Dublin fans are the only fans in Leinster who still feel like that Jimbo. Nobody else cares anymore. you need to be insane and still get emotionally attached to your county doing well in leinster. it's just not healthy as you've no chance of success. Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 29/06/2016 22:10:43 1874054 Link 0 |
I never had a conflict of interest with Tipp and Dublin until a few years back when they met in the All Ireland hurling semi final and i must be honest i was shouting for Tipp. There's a lot of Dublin people in that boat for some county, both for football and hurling, but would be reluctant to admit it. I think nearly everyone I know of a certain age has one that they'd give up Dublin for. I suppose the demographics are changing in Dublin now, with many, maybe most, people parents' being born in Dublin, unlike say 30 years ago. Most of the people in my class in school had one if not both parents from the "country". Back to the original point, the fan experience for me is mostly unpleasant. The worst is if you can't get to the game and it's not on TV then listening on the radio is torture. At least if you can see it happening in front of you then you feel you can control it in some way, on the radio you feel totally helpless and at the mercy of the comentator. rcarragh (Dublin) - Posts: 305 - 29/06/2016 22:20:07 1874058 Link 0 |
I don't know lads I go true all them emotions as a supporter but I wouldn't change it for anything , i enjoy that adrenaline Buzz of it being like a rollercoaster ride (even though I hate rollercoasters in general haha) for 70minutes. Nothing else matters in my life when I'm at a match everything else stops apart from what is happening on the pitch below. Having experienced both sides of been on the pitch in big games it's not the same experience. Playing you don't feel that emotions. Your just in concentration mode. The feeling aint actually as bad as a supporter gets if you loose,Mainly because you focus on your own performance or your back training in a day or two and its gone out of your head. But being knocked out of the all ireland as a supporter is a horrible feeling. Everything you think about for a week or two revolves around It. It seems like you cannot get away from it. hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 29/06/2016 22:43:10 1874064 Link 0 |
Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 30/06/2016 00:44:35 1874087 Link 1 |
It's a release, men (not forgetting our lady fans) in general don't show a lot of emotion in day to day life, it's pretty controlled most of the time, but yet at sports events, we can feel both sad enough, and happy enough to cry in a room containing 80,000 other people. KerryKillers (Dublin) - Posts: 711 - 30/06/2016 01:55:24 1874088 Link 0 |