One of the biggest spin-offs of the proliferation of the internet and social media is the fact that things get incredibly old incredibly quickly. Today, the 'Will Grigg's on fire' anthem has joined the likes of Kony 2012 as an online fad which dissipated to obscurity upon the point of deluge.
Yesterday, we brought you the very important news that the Will Grigg song has reached the GAA, and today the football world officially brought the song too far. Before we bring you news of the song's sad demise, you should bask in its apotheosis: the substitution of Will Grigg for Shane Long and the sight of hundreds of Irish fans going nuts in a Bordeaux nightclub:
With renditions of the song unlikely to get any better, a journalist covering Northern Ireland decided to kill the song this afternoon, by officially Going Too Far. Mats Hummels faced the media ahead of Germany's game with Northern Ireland, (hygiene's Jogi Low missed it owing to a sore throat) and was faced with the following question:
Mats Hummels has just been asked if his defence is terrified because Will Grigg is on fire. Seriously.
— Tony Barrett (@TonyBarrett) June 20, 2016
Hummels' response was both diplomatic and caustic:
Mats Hummels asked if German defence is terrified because "Will Griggs is on fire".
"It would be nice if that were true. But It's not."— DW Sports (@dw_sports) June 20, 2016
Then, this happened:
A Norwegian reporter then follows up and asks if Mats will sing a line.
"I'm afraid I can't. I'm the worst singer in the team."— DW Sports (@dw_sports) June 20, 2016
Well, it was fun while it lasted.
