Attack on Brian O'Driscoll

mrgrandslam · Post by **mrgrandslam** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:26 pm

I've been following these adverts on Sky. I can't believe they are allowed to be so personal. If the Irish rfu saw this...they'd be livid.
Here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as57x3ftLJ0

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:34 pm

Very poor taste! Not even our colonial cousins from the penal colonies would sink as low as this level of sledging.

But I suppose if it entertains their little minds.......!

Sean H · Post by **Sean H** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:42 pm

Distasteful IMHO. A laughs a laugh but this is a bit far lads!

Keep it clean!

leicesterboy123 · Post by **leicesterboy123** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:07 pm

Hmmm not too impressed
guess the Irish will just have to take them appart, gt them back on the pitch lol
bring it on!

Ben the Tiger · Post by **Ben the Tiger** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:14 pm

That is not just incredibyl poor and intersting it is sooo boring.

What is the point it will have probably motivated Ireland if they have seen it.

GeddingtonTiger · Post by **GeddingtonTiger** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:15 pm

Nothing wrong with a bit of banter.

cooke-1 · Post by **cooke-1** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:54 pm

only a bit of fun boys!
in fact-wish we had propoganda like that!

Caerlyr Osprey · Post by **Caerlyr Osprey** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:41 pm

Sorry but I think that ad is great - the whole S4C campaign for the 6 Nations has been first class this year, especially compared the BBC Wales campaign.

Did no one see BoD in the world cup? The Welsh calling him a 'spent force' in an ad is fairly tame to what the irish were calling him. If we wanted to be low, we'd have mentioned RoG & his alleged problems but S4C could have got sued over that.

It has to be said that the English have never quite got the ads that the welsh broadcasters have run for rugby games. They tend to be tounge in cheek affairs, which possibly appeal more to the welsh sense of humour than the english. At least the welsh broadcasters promote the games which is more than BBC in England do.

Adamspoon · Post by **Adamspoon** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:54 pm

Now excuse me for being incredibly stupid but i just plain don't get it?!? Can someone please explain this ad to me because it just doesn't make any sense to me! Maybe i just don't have a sense of humour? (Caerlyr!).

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:10 pm

Caerlyr Osprey wrote: They tend to be tounge in cheek affairs, which possibly appeal more to the welsh sense of humour than the english.

Do the Welsh have a sense of humour?

Discuss in not more than 300 words!

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:07 pm

pbanks792 wrote:More so than the English, Bill

Off to bed now - goodnight all

Goodnight Pam!!

6 was about 294 fewer than I had suuposed!!!

Slleptight!!

Caerlyr Osprey · Post by **Caerlyr Osprey** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:45 am

Adamspoon wrote:Now excuse me for being incredibly stupid but i just plain don't get it?!? Can someone please explain this ad to me because it just doesn't make any sense to me! Maybe i just don't have a sense of humour? (Caerlyr!).

This is the latest in a series of ads involving the bearded gentleman in a number of day to day situations where you would encounter announcements such as a railway station or in the case of this one an airport.

Inbetween the normal run of the mill announcements, like the train now approaching platform 1, the bloke on the tanoy comes out with a comment out Wales's upcoming oponents in the 6N, like Wilko's clapped out BoDs a spent force which make the bearded bloke have a mishap like walking into a lamp post. Which explain his battered appearance in this ad.

If you look on you tube all the ads are on there. They probably make more sense if you've seen all the ads. Hope that clears things up.

Tiger Eye · Post by **Tiger Eye** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:51 pm

I don't see anything totally sinister in it at all.
BOD has had far worse things said about him - and that's just from Irish folk!

seaweed · Post by **seaweed** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:20 pm

Tiger Eye

Thanks for adding some sense to this it is only a joke. Not even very funny. Really can't understand the problem with it. People get wound up about the silliest things.