Posts Tagged ‘EPL’
At this stage, there is hardly any point in a non-ManU and non-Liverpool supporter railing against the excesses of the Irish sports media in the run-up to today’s mega game, which surely has re-defined our understanding of hype.
There’s nothing meaningful one can say about this, really. It’s called the ultimate football gift for the ultimate football fan and it’s just… there.
What are we like? Out at Higher Options at the RDS and had to laugh at the University of Sunderland stand, replete with a signed Black Cats jersey. That’s right. One of those all the rage two years back but now nigh impossible to offload in a car boot sale. Straight out of the Niall [...]
You’d imagine that they, and we, would have learned after Lehman… Business types in Ireland love to lecture us about ‘commercial realities’, and seem to think that simple devotion to money-grubbing somehow gives them a wisdom not shared by the non-pinstriped hordes.
Next time you’re in a park at the weekend, take a look at the tracksuits and shirts, other than those of their own club, worn not only by the players but by coaches too.
Fairly predictable, yes? Lots of people wearing their ambitions, hopes and dreams on their gear in the form of EPL brands. Not [...]
