How to win a chirp battle against obnoxious Islanders fans

Anthony Scultore Jan 28, 2015

The Islanders have beaten the New York Rangers again in the regular season! Well color me envious – or not! Listen, I love a good rivalry and Rangers vs. Islanders is one of the best in sports.

However, this season an unusual maybe even abnormal amount of Islanders fans are coming out of the woodworks. I know who the real diehard Islander fans are, because they’re quietly happy right now. Why are they quiet? Because they know that the Islanders have been horrible for two decades and haven’t won anything yet.

In addition, they are all over the age of 40 and barely remember those 4 coveted Cups won in a row.

Still, there are bunch of Islanders fans finally taking the brown paper bags off their heads and dusting off some of their old gear. Heck, I saw some dude in a Long Island supermarket proudly sporting a fish sticks jersey! Oh boy!

However, these are the ones that are not only easy to smackdown but loads of fun to do so in the process. Here’s some gems from last night’s social media war for you to enjoy and some older ones as well.

These Two Tweets started the fun:

Congrats #NYI fans!!!! pic.twitter.com/2ESrG8xRFT

— FullTilt Rangers (@NYR_FullTilt) January 28, 2015

FUN FACT: Since 1993-94 the Rangers have won 16 playoff series! The Islanders 0! pic.twitter.com/GwH8szgZKc

— FullTilt Rangers (@NYR_FullTilt) January 28, 2015

Then the chirping began:

@mattevans09 yes & you weren’t even born yet. Do have an old projector to watch those Islanders championship videos? pic.twitter.com/GgG5QoOfRf — FullTilt Rangers (@NYR_FullTilt) January 28, 2015

@IslandersFamily cool…and you were how many years from being born when it happened? — FullTilt Rangers (@NYR_FullTilt) January 28, 2015

@mattevans09 1994! I actually had a beer in a strip club to celebrate junior! — FullTilt Rangers (@NYR_FullTilt) January 28, 2015

@francistancis enjoy, you can find them on YouTube after you get bounced in the 1st round again. — FullTilt Rangers (@NYR_FullTilt) January 28, 2015

@H2O_Vanogla @matt_osonitsch FUN FACT: The Islanders have had more owners than Championships since! BOOM!!! pic.twitter.com/4GCalU3Q56 — FullTilt Rangers (@NYR_FullTilt) January 28, 2015

Other way to nail em? Hit them with fish sticks jokes:

@habsprincess31 @diehardnyrfan see…love it…WE WANT FISHSTICKS pic.twitter.com/tq8037yKD3 — FullTilt Rangers (@NYR_FullTilt) April 13, 2013

Attack of the Fishsticks! https://t.co/wHBM1GkdDq via @youtube 1st the #NYR win and now this…lol awesome

— FullTilt Rangers (@NYR_FullTilt) May 13, 2013

Listen, let them have fun. Don’t get overly worked up about it. Regular season hockey is a different animal than play off hockey. Let’s see what happens in April!

I would love to tell these young Islanders fans to “act like you’ve been there” but in actuality they haven’t! Long fall from the top kids!

— FullTilt Rangers (@NYR_FullTilt) January 28, 2015