'Irish football fans who defected to England are booing English footballers who defected from Ireland'
'It's an unfunny old game'
Irish football fans who defected to England booing an English footballer who defected from Ireland - it's an unfunny old game.
Football clashes with the Brits - and I checked in advance, it's still fine to call them that - were worse yet also better back in the day, as were many other things.
Some have called football "the people's game" which triggers my gag reflex a tad. But, ultimately, it's the people that ruined it.
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And when I say "the people" I mean the buffoons - grown adult buffoons - who will boo Declan Rice and Jack Grealish for a while from 5pm. Sad, embarrassing, grown adult buffoons.
Real football rivalry is great, and still - just about - has a pulse. For the rivalry to be real, the rivals should be true to the side they take. There's still a few of us out there...
What we'll see this evening is less rivalry, more pantomime. Twink wouldn't be out of place covering ground on Harry Maguire's shoulders.
So there will be boos. Oh yes there will. Declan Rice... BOO! Jack Grealish... BOO! That sort of thing. Like that's going to bother part-Irish multi-millionaires Declan or Jack at all.
The grown adult booing buffoons, and Buffoon Junior tagging along proudly booing along, have nothing to do with Declan and Jack's part-Irish status, but contribute greatly to their wealth.
The Sky subscriptions they turn to every other Saturday... The Arsenal and Manchester City jerseys they'll wear next week... there's no booing that.
Weekend trips to the Emirates and the Etihad... they don't boo themselves as they walk up the steps on to the Ryanair flight.
They'll watch their Premier League heroes and chant support. Many - both boggers and jackeens alike - will chant in an English accent, Irish passport in back pocket.
They'll go to the pubs afterwards and try to ingratiate themselves with any locals they can find among the tourists. No booing.
Then they'll return home and tuck Buffoon Junior into bed with a new teddy Moonchester or Gunnersaurus, bless their non-booing little hearts.
If there's a good reason to boo, and there's plenty at lower and non-league level, then boo away. My Oldham friends often go a step beyond, shouting: "F*****g boo!" - which I admire.
There's often a genuine cause for a piss-boil. Too many to list here. Those causes happen here, in the UK and everywhere else. Those who boo them know them only too well.
Declan Rice and Jack Grealish playing for England isn't one of them. The only potential positive in booing them is they might be momentarily distracted as they piss themselves laughing.
Back the Irish if you want. Hate the Brits too - it's still ok to say that since I last checked in the second paragraph - but I'd rather if the booing didn't make us all look like idiots.
Put on your Premier League jersey. Take a look at yourself in the mirror. And it's nearly Panto season - sort your tickets for that. And boo all you want. Twink's all for it.
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