The football? No-one seems to be really interested.
The trumpet? Apparently met with a few boos initially but most are just indifferent to it already.
Magnusson's free kick? Grand. But who really cares? We're not playing again until June.
No, the big issue of Tuesday night at the Aviva was the Viking Clap. Or the Thunderclap. Or the Icelandic Clap. Whatever you want to call it.
https://twitter.com/TommyCave97/status/846753371352694784
There was a very, very surreal atmosphere around Lansdowne Road for the visit of the Icelandic outfit - the sort of atmosphere that could only come about three months out from the next meaningful fixture. The sort which wasn't helped in truth by the omission of the like of Daryl Horgan and Callum O'Dowda from the starting team.
There were plenty of empty seats around the stadium as Martin O'Neill fielded a 4-4-2 and let Kevin Doyle and Jonny Hayes have further chances to put their hands up ahead of the next major tournament - if we get there.
It was an underwhelming first half from the Irish who went in at the break 1-0 down to the opposition having failed to really threaten them at all.
And, in the absence of rapturous chants or constant songs, or anything on the pitch that might excite anyone in the stands, the Irish fans turned to an old favourite that is steeped in rich Celtic tradition dating way back to the summer of 2016. That old favourite was the Icelandic Thunderclap which they did in unison with the away support but it did not go down well.
History.
https://twitter.com/MallowNews/status/846799829254782984
Avert your eyes.
https://twitter.com/darabrady8/status/846799365771538432
It's not THAT bad, is it?
https://twitter.com/harryjaremi/status/846800045567610880
RIP football.
https://twitter.com/YeSecondPost/status/846796285646704641
No excuses.
https://twitter.com/Crumlin_Village/status/846803043219898369
Please make it stop.
https://twitter.com/GavLacey/status/846803829698023425
Identity crisis.
https://twitter.com/BowieDolan/status/846801910464217089
Just... why?
https://twitter.com/LaurenWBA/status/846799452799193088
It's not right.
https://twitter.com/tommyoc13/status/846804656147890176
But then others were getting pissed off because they feel like the ones who have been robbed.
https://twitter.com/detlin808/status/846805454575546368
The anger is real.
https://twitter.com/JohnnyCooper91/status/846781759798816768
He's said it.
https://twitter.com/RobbieRyan10/status/846799325560819713
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