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PatMan
20-03-2007, 03:33 PM
An often quoted word here, with regard to Ireland/Munster "success" in rugby and now getting thrown about in the cricket thread... define it so. What is it ya dont like about these sports, and people talking about them? Why is there such a need to put people down for having either a new or renewed interest in a sport just because they have a team they feel they can follow?
Eau Rouge
20-03-2007, 03:37 PM
I'm a bandwagoner. Beats walking.
dotty
20-03-2007, 03:38 PM
think its the bluffers a successful team attract,"sunshine" supporters,people who will always have an opinion when everything is rosy but disappear without a trace when things start to go pear shaped.
Eoin
20-03-2007, 03:38 PM
An often quoted word here, with regard to Ireland/Munster "success" in rugby and now getting thrown about in the cricket thread... define it so. What is it ya dont like about these sports, and people talking about them? Why is there such a need to put people down for having either a new or renewed interest in a sport just because they have a team they feel they can follow?

I don't see a problem with it, as I said in another thread, how many people started following Football after Euro 88 and Italia 90?

Every sport has its bandwagon jumpers, just like every sport has its arsehole followers.
jungle
20-03-2007, 03:47 PM
Very few people start supporting an unsuccessful team.

Even though I say I'm not part of the Chelsea bandwagon, I did start supporting them when they ran away with the division 2 title in 1984. They were one of my more local clubs, but if it wasn't for that bit of success, I could have ended up a follower of Reading, Brentford or QPR...
PatMan
20-03-2007, 03:52 PM
Very few people start supporting an unsuccessful team.

Even though I say I'm not part of the Chelsea bandwagon, I did start supporting them when they ran away with the division 2 title in 1984. They were one of my more local clubs, but if it wasn't for that bit of success, I could have ended up a follower of Reading, Brentford or QPR...

And whats wrong with supporting Rangers?
jimmy magee
20-03-2007, 05:38 PM
maybe using bandwagon as a descriptive term is the new bandwagon..:lol: