You watching the Euros?
No
What? Why not?
Well Ireland aren't in it so I just...
Yeah so it's great you get a free pass
to support a far better team guilt free
Oh I never really thought about it like that
It's brilliant
Alright I'm in who are the favourites?
France I think
France alright I'll support them
What?
No no no you can't do that
Yeah that's cheating you can't
you have to support someone crap
Well I thought the whole point of this
was that we finally get to support a team
that is not crap
Yeah but we're Irish
So
So you can't support the favourites
You have to support an underdog
Yeah
But why?
Because Irish people
don't like winning unless it's against
all the odds
Yeah exactly because then when we
do win it's like the biggest thing ever
And then if we lose?
Well no one was expecting us
to win anyway
Okay I can get on board
What about North Macedonia then?
You've got to pick a team that's you know
has a chance at winning
otherwise there's no point
Okay so I have to pick someone
who is crap but not like
really crap?
Exactly
Okay what about like Scotland or Wales then?
There is a nice Celtic connection too
Yeah a little bit too similar to Ireland tho
It would be a constant reminder
of how crap we are.
Yeah the better they do the more
bad we are going to feel
Okay
Right yeah I'd just love a personal
connection with the team that I
picked though
Maybe somewhere you went on holidays?
I don't know.
Okay well I have been to like Spain
Portugal, Italy?
Yeah they are all too good
Sorry
I don't know anything about all these
other countries you know?
Well you know a lot about England
I mean you know their players from the premiere league
Yeah but they are one of the favourites
So I can't pick them
Yeah but there is that loop hole that
they are always going to bottle it
in the end so
Ah look no it doesn't matter my
family would disown me if I supported England
Why?
Oh the English shot my great grand father in 1916
Your grandfather fought in the rebellion?
Oh no Battle of the Somme
German infantry
My mother's maiden name is Ziegler
Oh
Well there's your family connection
Just support Germany
Well you see I can't do that either
My great grandfather on my father's side
fought for the British army
in the same battle
So awkward at gatherings
Right
Oh what about the Ukraine?
Oh yeah they are a great choice
Oh yeah
But you can't have them
I'm supporting them
Oh
You have family there or?
No no I kinda just like the jersey
You know what Croatia
Great jersey as well
But they verge on a little too
good to support
Okay right
Slovakia maybe?
Are you serious?
Slovakia are the reason we are not
in the Euros in the first place
Penalties remember?
Alight jeez then Netherlands?
Nooooo no no no
They kicked us out of the 1994 world cup
second round.
That's another thing about the Irish
We hold a grudge
Okay right so I have to pick someone who is crap
but not like totally crap
they haven't beat us in a major game
in the last 100 years
and they can't so similar to Ireland that
it kind of just reminds us of our own fallings
Yeah see easy. Yeah.
What about Finland?
Finland?
They are new to the tournament
They are the ultimate underdog
They are not completely crap
they actually have a chance
Wait a second wait are they the guys
with the salted liquorice
Yeah yeah
Absolutely not
I can still taste it from the last time
Right
Well what about Sweden?
Sweden?
No sorry
Irish people are not good looking enough
to support Sweden
What?
Well you know when the camera cuts to the crowd?
In a Swedish match and they are all
ridiculously good looking
yeah
That's not us
Okay
Well I don't know maybe I could just
follow the tournament as a neutral?
Ah support Switzerland?
Yeah
No no sorry
Their national anthem is just
too boring
Really?
Yeah yeah
It feels like you are in Church
No I couldn't take that every match
How is that supposed to get you going?
I don't know not that
What about Turkey?
Not after what happened my granny
What happened your granny?
She fell off an Ottoman
What about Austria?
I'm afreud not
Is this about your relationship with your mother?
I don't want to talk about it
What about Poland?
There is tonnes of Polish people here
If they win the place will be hopping
I mean it will be like we are in the Euros
Do you not remember when I drank
that Polish beer?
I was sick as a dog the next day
You had 18 cans
Did I?
Yeah
It's still a no
Well that only leaves you with Hungary, Russia or Denmark
Denmark
There is a great idea
They have a player called Delaney for God's sake
Delaney?
Yeah yeah
His great great grandfather
Emigrated from Ireland
to America
And then his grandfather came to Denmark
So...
So he's practically Irish
Yeah yeah
And what's more Irish than claiming someone as Irish
who isn't Irish
Oh perfect I will support them then
Brilliant
Go on the Danes
His Ma is from Copenhagen
His Dad is from Castleblayney
Oh...
Thomas Delaney
You think he's Danish but
he's Irish to me
Oh...
Tomás Delaney
Barry's for breakfast
And Guinness for tea
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