Sitting here watching the world cup draw I feel the combined rage of a so called ‘hard done by’ nation permeating the very ether of Irish society. While the entire country displays an amalgamation of hate and bitterness sufficient enough to power a small country for a decade it is my opinion that there is one pure and simple truth that we need to start accepting. The Irish team are not going to the world cup because of the Irish team.
For two years in true Irish fashion we sold ourselves short and approached qualification with the confidence of a cross eyed ginger at a beauty pageant. We played to draw and draws are what we got all along praying to the powers above that results elsewhere would smile in our favour. They didn’t, they smiled at someone else. Enter Thierry Henry. Like a two bit cheating politician he played the system, and more power to him, he got away with it. A quick spot of juggling that would put bonzo the clown to shame and France are packing their bags. Forget the half hearted lethargic attitude with which we plied our trade for two long years, forget the fact we lay down like door mats on the hallowed turf of Croker, forget the fact we didn’t have the character to finish off a weak French team in their own back yard, FORGET the criminal defensive blunder by McShane and Givens deer caught in the headlights expression! No if the headlines are to be believed Ireland are not going to the world cup because Thierry Henry committed an act which has on many an occaision relegated many teams to the depths of despair. However on this occasion for some bizarre reason the book must be rewritten.
If there’s one thing the man above got absolutely right it’s that you always reap what you sow, unless of course you’re Irish and nothing of the sort applies. Maybe this has more to do with us being robbed of the opportunity to lose gracefully, an activity we embrace more than life preserving oxygen, than of actually having our pride ravaged mercilessly by a guillotine. Is it possible the real truth is that the events as they unfolded negated the joviality of despicable drunken renditions of ole ole and outrageous comments of being the best supporters in the world yet having no team to support come next summer?
Hey at least now we have two teams to cheer against!
For two years in true Irish fashion we sold ourselves short and approached qualification with the confidence of a cross eyed ginger at a beauty pageant. We played to draw and draws are what we got all along praying to the powers above that results elsewhere would smile in our favour. They didn’t, they smiled at someone else. Enter Thierry Henry. Like a two bit cheating politician he played the system, and more power to him, he got away with it. A quick spot of juggling that would put bonzo the clown to shame and France are packing their bags. Forget the half hearted lethargic attitude with which we plied our trade for two long years, forget the fact we lay down like door mats on the hallowed turf of Croker, forget the fact we didn’t have the character to finish off a weak French team in their own back yard, FORGET the criminal defensive blunder by McShane and Givens deer caught in the headlights expression! No if the headlines are to be believed Ireland are not going to the world cup because Thierry Henry committed an act which has on many an occaision relegated many teams to the depths of despair. However on this occasion for some bizarre reason the book must be rewritten.
If there’s one thing the man above got absolutely right it’s that you always reap what you sow, unless of course you’re Irish and nothing of the sort applies. Maybe this has more to do with us being robbed of the opportunity to lose gracefully, an activity we embrace more than life preserving oxygen, than of actually having our pride ravaged mercilessly by a guillotine. Is it possible the real truth is that the events as they unfolded negated the joviality of despicable drunken renditions of ole ole and outrageous comments of being the best supporters in the world yet having no team to support come next summer?
Hey at least now we have two teams to cheer against!
