Happy xmas dudes!!!!!!

[brown bomber]

tHOUGHT I'D SPAM THE FORUM WITH XMAS LOVE FOR MY HOMIES.:D

[dwilson]

Homo's?



Anyway Merry Christmas everybody.

[SouthpawSlayer]

merry xmas everybody, im over here in england heading to the pub with my family so expect some drunken posts later lol

[dwilson]

Expect no posts from me because the computer is being put away so we can extend the table for tomorrows christmas dinner. Fucking hell it is going to be shit.

[D.Haye-no1-p4p]

I'm away to watch Haye-Barret - have a wank, continue boozing then hit the town.

Merry Christmas.

[dwilson]

I'm away to watch Haye-Barret - have a wank, continue boozing then hit the town.

Merry Christmas.



You do know Haye vs Barrett has already happened don't you?

[Paddy]

Have a good one lads!


merry xmas everybody, im over here in england heading to the pub with my family so expect some drunken posts later lol

haha no doubt you'll be in the pub 2moro....

im still off the drink might sneak one or two in work 2moro

[JonOli]

Yes, Merry Christmas Brit forum people.

[rooq]

happy winter festival you godless heathens you. :tong

[Decy]

Have a happy holiday all.

[Boro chris]

Bah!!! Humbug!!!

[Broxi]

Merry Christmas Jeff and Merry Christmas everyone on the Brit ESB Board.

Drink & be merry.
:cheers

[maka]

[Only registered and activated users can see links]

[icemax]

Merry Christmas Jeff, and everyone. Its 22:50, the kids are all in bed waiting for Santa and now i've got to put two bikes and a fucking dolls house together. :good Everyone have a good day tomorrow:deal

[D-MAC]

Merry Xmas ya bunch of crazy feckers:good

Special thanx to icemax, Ishy, Jeff, TFFP, SD, Dec, GoldenHoya, McGrain and Monstar for making this a great first few months on ESB.

In fact, thanx to everybody on the Brit Forum; you have all been great company on the internet. Hope you all have a fantastic festive period.

Without the Brit Forum pack I wouldn't be on here a 100th as much as I am; you are all a great bunch of lads; Being a good catholic Irish boy from Belfast I was brought up by my Dad and other relatives to hate Brit fighters, but you have helped me to become a Haye-hugger and a bit of a Calzaghe fan as well.

The Brit Forum on ESB is the top place to be on the "whole" internet, and you posters are the guys that make it so special; catch you all after Chrimbo:good

[HairyHighlander]

Merry Xmas ya bunch of crazy feckers:good

Special thanx to icemax, Ishy, Jeff, TFFP, SD, Dec, GoldenHoya, McGrain and Monstar for making this a great first few months on ESB.

In fact, thanx to everybody on the Brit Forum; you have all been great company on the internet. Hope you all have a fantastic festive period.

Without the Brit Forum pack I wouldn't be on here a 100th as much as I am; you are all a great bunch of lads; Being a good catholic Irish boy from Belfast I was brought up by my Dad and other relatives to hate Brit fighters, but you have helped me to become a Haye-hugger and a bit of a Calzaghe fan as well.

The Brit Forum on ESB is the top place to be on the "whole" internet, and you posters are the guys that make it so special; catch you all after Chrimbo:good


Damn well said, all the best to the rest :D

Cheers also, i just read and scroll read and scroll, THANK YOU !!!
No need for me to answer, its usually said in some way :good

Have a safe one too :thumbsup

[Mandanda]

merry xmas and thanks to the lord. have a good one lads

[D-MAC]

Damn well said, all the best to the rest :D

Cheers also, i just read and scroll read and scroll, THANK YOU !!!
No need for me to answer, its usually said in some way :good

Have a safe one too :thumbsup

A special Merry Xmas to you Hairy - possibly the guy with the best username on the whole site:good

[MTG]

merry xmas guys from the family here in aus.


M.T GILLICK

[LiamE]

Happy bollocking christmas guys.

[Primadonna Kool]

Prima Pri Pri Prima..

Happy Christmas..

[THN]

Merry xmas to the Brit forum. Even if it's humbug!

[Tuffnutz]

:partytime :thumbsup

[BadJuju83]

Merry Xmas folks

[Boxing Gloves]

Cherry Crumble!!!

[D.Haye-no1-p4p]

You do know Haye vs Barrett has already happened don't you?
You do know that DVDs exist don't you?

[SouthpawSlayer]

Merry Xmas ya bunch of crazy feckers:good

Special thanx to icemax, Ishy, Jeff, TFFP, SD, Dec, GoldenHoya, McGrain and Monstar for making this a great first few months on ESB.

In fact, thanx to everybody on the Brit Forum; you have all been great company on the internet. Hope you all have a fantastic festive period.

Without the Brit Forum pack I wouldn't be on here a 100th as much as I am; you are all a great bunch of lads; Being a good catholic Irish boy from Belfast I was brought up by my Dad and other relatives to hate Brit fighters, but you have helped me to become a Haye-hugger and a bit of a Calzaghe fan as well.

The Brit Forum on ESB is the top place to be on the "whole" internet, and you posters are the guys that make it so special; catch you all after Chrimbo:good

well said and its done the same to me

[irishhitman]

Merry Xmas ya bunch of crazy feckers:good

Special thanx to icemax, Ishy, Jeff, TFFP, SD, Dec, GoldenHoya, McGrain and Monstar for making this a great first few months on ESB.

In fact, thanx to everybody on the Brit Forum; you have all been great company on the internet. Hope you all have a fantastic festive period.

Without the Brit Forum pack I wouldn't be on here a 100th as much as I am; you are all a great bunch of lads; Being a good catholic Irish boy from Belfast I was brought up by my Dad and other relatives to hate Brit fighters, but you have helped me to become a Haye-hugger and a bit of a Calzaghe fan as well.

The Brit Forum on ESB is the top place to be on the "whole" internet, and you posters are the guys that make it so special; catch you all after Chrimbo:good
wise up you cock

[SouthpawSlayer]

noob :-(

[iceman]

wise up you cock


:lol::lol::lol:

[irishhitman]

noob :-(

irish nationalist in belfast are brought up supporting british football teams like liverpool, man utd, arsenal etc, so why do fuck would they be brought up to hate british boxers. yer man d-mac is talking through his arse.

[D-MAC]

wise up you cock

:lol:

Merry Xmas to you too.

[El Cepillo]

delete

[El Cepillo]

Merry Christmas to you to D-MAC :hi:

[D-MAC]

irish nationalist in belfast are brought up supporting british football teams like liverpool, man utd, arsenal etc, so why do fuck would they be brought up to hate british boxers. yer man d-mac is talking through his arse.

Sadly not my misguided friend.

British football teams, even back in the day, were not made up exclusively of english players; so it was alright to support them. I supported Liverpool because there was a good Irish element in them at the time (Ray Houghton, Ronnie Whelan and also Steve Staunton came through into the first team).

With boxers it was different, because they are just individuals; my Dad and my Uncles were all big Barry McGuigan and Dave Boy McAuley fans, and they hated all the brit fighters (not just the English, but also some of the Welsh and Scottish ones). It was mainly due to the way the media in England would go over the top with the hype, and it really grated with my dad (he's also just biased against the English full stop); and of course being my father's son I followed suit to a large degree.

David Haye is actually the only British boxer I have ever totally backed.

If you had things different then thats your story; just don't go telling me I'm a liar, because you don't have a fucking thing to back up your argument.

[D-MAC]

Merry Christmas to you to D-MAC :hi:

Right back at ya mate:good

[brown bomber]

LOL d-mac u don't really have to defend yourself.. That has to be one of the least thought through comparisons I've ever heard.

[D-MAC]

LOL d-mac u don't really have to defend yourself.. That has to be one of the least thought through comparisons I've ever heard.

Nah, it didn't work well for him did it?

Hope you had a good xmas mate:good

[irishhitman]

fucking shite d-mac, i know irish nationalists who support derby county, forrest, chelsea, west ham and millwall and theres no history of irish imput there. my father was a big fan of bruno,stracey,hope, boza edwards, bugner, cooper,minter etc etc. he has piles of old videos tapes and books on them fighters. if you were brougth up in a bigoted enviroment,well thats your concern but you are not typical of other irish boxing fans from a irish nationalist background.

[irishhitman]

LOL d-mac u don't really have to defend yourself.. That has to be one of the least thought through comparisons I've ever heard.

explain. why is that a bad comparison. these football teams are british instituations. why would a bigoted irish nationalist not teach his son to hate those teams and yet teach him to hate british boxers.the mind boggles at such a stupid comment that d-mac made origionally.hes full of it

[D-MAC]

fucking shite d-mac, i know irish nationalists who support derby county, forrest, chelsea, west ham and millwall and theres no history of irish imput there. my father was a big fan of bruno,stracey,hope, boza edwards, bugner, cooper,minter etc etc. he has piles of old videos tapes and books on them fighters. if you were brougth up in a bigoted enviroment,well thats your concern but you are not typical of other irish boxing fans from a irish nationalist background.

Look at what you are typing.

(1) IRISH boxing fans.

(2) IRISH nationalist background.

IRISH NATIONALISTS as a RULE do not like the Brits; this fact is pretty unrefutable I would say; even the most uneducated should be able to work that one out; do you even know the history of the troubles? Your Dad liked some of the good British boxers; thats good; shows he's a lot more open-minded than most; fair play to him. However, don't try and tell me this is the general mindset of Irish Nationalists from the north twenty and thirty years back; because that would mean that you are the one that is just talking fucking shite.

[irishhitman]

Look at what you are typing.

(1) IRISH boxing fans.

(2) IRISH nationalist background.

IRISH NATIONALISTS as a RULE do not like the Brits; this fact is pretty unrefutable I would say; even the most uneducated should be able to work that one out; do you even know the history of the troubles? Your Dad liked some of the good British boxers; thats good; shows he's a lot more open-minded than most; fair play to him. However, don't try and tell me this is the general mindset of Irish Nationalists from the north twenty and thirty years back; because that would mean that you are the one that is just talking fucking shite.

im using the word irish because you decribed your self as being irish. what your problem is that you are mistaking political opinions with sporting opinions which is a completly different debate. for fuck sake my uncle has followed liverpool all around europe. he paid £1000 for a ticket for a eoropean cup final in turkey, yet he is one of the fervent irish nationalist i know.you were talking balls, just admit it

[SouthpawSlayer]

irish nationalist in belfast are brought up supporting british football teams like liverpool, man utd, arsenal etc, so why do fuck would they be brought up to hate british boxers. yer man d-mac is talking through his arse.

you are talking through your arse man, not many irish nationalists support english football teams, you would never see kids wearing english football jerseys in the nationalist working class estates in the north, only celtic ones, wearing a man utd jersey in ardoyne in the 80's and 90's would have lead to a bad beat down

[D-MAC]

im using the word irish because you decribed your self as being irish. what your problem is that you are mistaking political opinions with sporting opinions which is a completly different debate. for fuck sake my uncle has followed liverpool all around europe. he paid £1000 for a ticket for a eoropean cup final in turkey, yet he is one of the fervent irish nationalist i know.you were talking balls, just admit it

What your problem is that you are mistaking British football teams for entire British entities; they are not.

If you wanna talk about British sporting institutions then lets talk about the England national football team; what Irish nationalist is gonna sit down and watch a football match involving the England football team and not want to see them get beat; not many I'd say; what about you? Its just the ingrained mindset that we have over here.

Hence an English boxer should be more closely compared with the England national team than with an English club side; even more so nowadays: look at the numbers of foreign players, managers, coaching staff and owners of English clubs.

As an individual entity an English boxer represents England totally, while the England football team as a collective entity represents England totally. Club teams are not a good comparison, because things don't work that way with them.

[irishhitman]

you are talking through your arse man, not many irish nationalists support english football teams, you would never see kids wearing english football jerseys in the nationalist working class estates in the north, only celtic ones, wearing a man utd jersey in ardoyne in the 80's and 90's would have lead to a bad beat down

sorry your wrong, im from the springfield rd in west belfast. i think i should know better.i was born in the 80s. i have 3 brothers. we all support celtic but support separate teams from england, west ham, arsenal and newcastle.

[irishhitman]

What your problem is that you are mistaking British football teams for entire British entities; they are not.

If you wanna talk about British sporting institutions then lets talk about the England national football team; what Irish nationalist is gonna sit down and watch a football match involving the England football team and not want to see them get beat; not many I'd say; what about you? Its just the ingrained mindset that we have over here.

Hence an English boxer should be more closely compared with the England national team than with an English club side; even more so nowadays: look at the numbers of foreign players, managers, coaching staff and owners of English clubs.

As an individual entity an English boxer represents England totally, while the England football team as a collective entity represents England totally. Club teams are not a good comparison, because things don't work that way with them.

that may be your perception of what english boxers represent, but when i watched benn ,eubank, mcmillian, hamed etc ,all i ever seen was entertaining fighters and because all we had was 4 channels it was all you had, it became natural to support these fighters, as my fathers generation did before that.

where abouts in belfast are you from.

[D-MAC]

that may be your perception of what english boxers represent, but when i watched benn ,eubank, mcmillian, hamed etc ,all i ever seen was entertaining fighters and because all we had was 4 channels it was all you had, it became natural to support these fighters, as my fathers generation did before that.

where abouts in belfast are you from.

I grew up in the west, in Glengoland Park; I now live down the city centre.

I supported Liverpool as a kid, but always seemed to be sat by my dad's side rooting against British boxers and the England football team; thats just the way it was for me; it may be a bit of a genralisation but I know that there were plenty of others both inside and outside of my family doing the same thing (my family all came from the Whiterock area).

As I said, things are different now; I'm really big into my boxing, and talking with the guys in here opens up different doors for me (enlightens me somewhat). I'm from a different generation than my Dad (obviously) and once I got out from under his wing I became more liberal in my views; my Dad's a great guy in my eyes, but he just comes from a different era from me and has experienced more that would prejudice him against certain things. I always was for the guy who was fighting Hamed, Eubank and Benn, but now love to watch Nigel's fight and have become a huge fan; I don't like Hamed and Eubank due to their arrogance, but that is true for a lot of people (whatever nationality they are - shit, both those guys played on that factor themselves). But I now appreciate them for the skills they showed in the ring.

I'm not on this forum to gain brownie points from anyone, or to make everyone my mate; I've had quite a few scraps already (internet warrior style). What I said in my post I really meant, and I'm sorry if it came across bad for you; that was just the score as far as I could see it.

[brown bomber]

Happy Christmas gentleman.

Dizzy

[irishhitman]

I grew up in the west, in Glengoland Park; I now live down the city centre.

I supported Liverpool as a kid, but always seemed to be sat by my dad's side rooting against British boxers and the England football team; thats just the way it was for me; it may be a bit of a genralisation but I know that there were plenty of others both inside and outside of my family doing the same thing (my family all came from the Whiterock area).

As I said, things are different now; I'm really big into my boxing, and talking with the guys in here opens up different doors for me (enlightens me somewhat). I'm from a different generation than my Dad (obviously) and once I got out from under his wing I became more liberal in my views; my Dad's a great guy in my eyes, but he just comes from a different era from me and has experienced more that would prejudice him against certain things. I always was for the guy who was fighting Hamed, Eubank and Benn, but now love to watch Nigel's fight and have become a huge fan; I don't like Hamed and Eubank due to their arrogance, but that is true for a lot of people (whatever nationality they are - shit, both those guys played on that factor themselves). But I now appreciate them for the skills they showed in the ring.

I'm not on this forum to gain brownie points from anyone, or to make everyone my mate; I've had quite a few scraps already (internet warrior style). What I said in my post I really meant, and I'm sorry if it came across bad for you; that was just the score as far as I could see it.

fair enough, i know what you mean about aul lads.my da would describe himself as a republican with a small "r",but hes never really been anti anything but simply pro irish. i suppose he passed them politics along to me.dont get me wrong i would often vote sinn fein[ when i can bother my arse to go round to the polling station and vote] but politics isnt that important to me.

enjoy the rest of your christmas and good luck to big rogie and martin lindsay in 2009

[El Cepillo]

I grew up in the west, in Glengoland Park; I now live down the city centre.

I supported Liverpool as a kid, but always seemed to be sat by my dad's side rooting against British boxers and the England football team; thats just the way it was for me; it may be a bit of a genralisation but I know that there were plenty of others both inside and outside of my family doing the same thing (my family all came from the Whiterock area).

As I said, things are different now; I'm really big into my boxing, and talking with the guys in here opens up different doors for me (enlightens me somewhat). I'm from a different generation than my Dad (obviously) and once I got out from under his wing I became more liberal in my views; my Dad's a great guy in my eyes, but he just comes from a different era from me and has experienced more that would prejudice him against certain things. I always was for the guy who was fighting Hamed, Eubank and Benn, but now love to watch Nigel's fight and have become a huge fan; I don't like Hamed and Eubank due to their arrogance, but that is true for a lot of people (whatever nationality they are - shit, both those guys played on that factor themselves). But I now appreciate them for the skills they showed in the ring.

I'm not on this forum to gain brownie points from anyone, or to make everyone my mate; I've had quite a few scraps already (internet warrior style). What I said in my post I really meant, and I'm sorry if it came across bad for you; that was just the score as far as I could see it.


Well, I'm not going to get into this debate about the sporting preferences of Irish Republicans, because I wouldn't know what to say, but, every nation or nationality has its sporting prejudices. Try and find an Englishman who supports Boca Juniors or Bayern Munich or rooted for Sven Ottke to become the P4P king. Perhaps in Ireland those political or cultural prejudices were/are a bit sharper, a bit more prominent.

As for Hamed's arrogance; I personally see it as being significantly different to Eubank's - which was actually more of a genuine personality trait, IMO. I think Hamed is a more of a charecter, a persona, a front that he put on for the crowds, he was a showman, and a product of his times; the in-ya-face, pompous late 90's bullshit. From what I've read and heard (see the commentary for the Kelley fight & the press conference for the Vasquez fight) behind the scenes he is actually a quiet, reflective and polite guy, he also, almost without exception, backed up his boasts in the ring. :bbb

[D-MAC]

fair enough, i know what you mean about aul lads.my da would describe himself as a republican with a small "r",but hes never really been anti anything but simply pro irish. i suppose he passed them politics along to me.dont get me wrong i would often vote sinn fein[ when i can bother my arse to go round to the polling station and vote] but politics isnt that important to me.

enjoy the rest of your christmas and good luck to big rogie and martin lindsay in 2009

Thats cool mate:good

Your Dad sounds like a real good sort, and I'm glad you grew up around a guy that was like that. If everyone was like your Dad, the patriotic Irish streak without the hatred for others, then the country we live in would be a much better place. This will sound corny as hell but for me my Dad is not just my father he's also my best mate, but that doesn't blind me to his faults. I love him to bits, but I'm happy that I'm different from him in certain ways. Nowadays I'll give anyone a fair crack of the whip, doesn't matter what colour, nationality or religion they are; you get good guys and bad guys everywhere, not just within a certain group.

Hope you have a great time over the Xmas period.:good

I'm sorry we got into this argument in the first place.

[D-MAC]

Well, I'm not going to get into this debate about the sporting preferences of Irish Republicans, because I wouldn't know what to say, but, every nation or nationality has its sporting prejudices. Try and find an Englishman who supports Boca Juniors or Bayern Munich or rooted for Sven Ottke to become the P4P king. Perhaps in Ireland those political or cultural prejudices were/are a bit sharper, a bit more prominent.

As for Hamed's arrogance; I personally see it as being significantly different to Eubank's - which was actually more of a genuine personality trait, IMO. I think Hamed is a more of a charecter, a persona, a front that he put on for the crowds, he was a showman, and a product of his times; the in-ya-face, pompous late 90's bullshit. From what I've read and heard (see the commentary for the Kelley fight & the press conference for the Vasquez fight) behind the scenes he is actually a quiet, reflective and polite guy, he also, almost without exception, backed up his boasts in the ring. :bbb

Hey GH:good

I personally think they both played on the alternate personality thing to sell more tickets; I know that a lot of people tuned in or turned up at the arena just to see them get beat. Maybe you have more info on Eubank that I have; looking back on it now, I just can't believe that either of them were truly like that in everyday life.

They were both top-notch operators though; I can't fault them for their skills in the ring.

[kerrminator]

Hope you all had a great day guys. Merry Christmas

[hit me HARDER]

I shit you not, let's all go for a fucking drink

[SouthpawSlayer]

sorry your wrong, im from the springfield rd in west belfast. i think i should know better.i was born in the 80s. i have 3 brothers. we all support celtic but support separate teams from england, west ham, arsenal and newcastle.

ok, there was numerous occasions when i was young born in 82 where guys wearing english football jerseys were told to remove them or get battered in my estate, i was chased out of my cousins estate in finglas because i was wearing a leeds utd jersey, this was around 92 i was 10 and the 3 guys must of been late teens early 20's, shouting get out of here you english bastard even though they heard me talking in a dub accent 2 minutes before this
maybe they just hated leeds

[Beeston Brawler]

Because we were champions at the time :good

[SouthpawSlayer]

valid point