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They could have sat at home & watched it on TV but they didn't, they got up off their arses, bought tickets & supported their county. Others could take note.
MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 31/07/2018 08:36:43 2127736 Link 0 |
Hurling dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 336 - 07/08/2018 10:55:17 2130344 Link 0 |
The combined crowds from the Football Semi Finals were it seems the third-lowest in the last 10 years. Apparently the GAA are baffled as to why this is, so here are my suggestions as to how to improve it, and in order of importance... tyroneed (Tyrone) - Posts: 753 - 15/08/2018 19:11:59 2133691 Link 0 |
1.3 million million gaelic footballers?
Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 16/08/2018 09:44:18 2133778 Link 1 |
I think this is a load of fuss about nothing. Galway never bring the biggest football following. I'd estimate they brought about 10k last Sunday. I would argue that was a decent crowd when you look at the circumstances - they weren't given a hope, they had just been walloped the previous week by Monaghan, they have a hurling final next week and finally Galway had already played 14 championship matches this summer (6 football and 8 hurling). Most supporters and going to chose their trip to Dublin and the All Ireland hurling final is going to be the choice of most. Remember back in 2008 before there was half this complaining about football Cork and Kerry brought 35k to a semi final and a smaller crowd again to the replay! Cork were Munster champions at the time and both teams have a very realistic prospect of winning the All Ireland. 49,696 is a massive crowd for Tyrone vs Monaghan given their populations and the political divide in Tyrone. There was 40k+ Dubs at their semi final. I fail to see this crisis. I think these are incredible crowds given that every pundit is telling us this gaelic football is awful stuff and that we should bask in the glory of our hurlers and rugby players! dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 336 - 16/08/2018 09:50:46 2133779 Link 0 |
Embarrassing for the GAA if gate receipts from football are down on previous year considering all the additional games this year with the super 8s. Mfs (Mayo) - Posts: 251 - 16/08/2018 10:46:00 2133788 Link 0 |
Refs having poor games is a factor that is turning people away from attending games, certainly to some degree. We have seen too many big games go the wrong way due to wrong decisions. Mayo were on the right side of such a decision in the NFL game v Donegal with McLouglin and the 13 steps. We were of course on the wrong side V Kerry in Limerick when our team was probably at its best. The Louth-Meath Leinster final, and most recently the Semi Final Monaghan V Tyrone. Is it just me but in several games, most of which the outcome means little to me, from the first 10 minutes It seems one team is being awarded frees for very, very little, while the other get no free for much more blatent infringments. martinjoe (Mayo) - Posts: 499 - 16/08/2018 15:20:14 2133869 Link 0 |
Having matches on a Saturday effects crowds alot. A lot of people are working or in my own neck of the woods part time farming. Plus playing games late on a Saturday evening when you have the poor public transport system that closes down outside dublin at 6 or 7 on a Saturday is daft. Plus the extreme negativty of the national media does not help at all. ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 16/08/2018 18:41:12 2133924 Link 1 |
Yeah, that was us against Dublin last Saturday. The ref acted like Dean Rocks bodyguard, yet Damien Comer was repeatedly fouled without a free. The most obvious one was the outrageous third man tackle by Philly that saw Comer fall against Niall Scully with a free out given, when it was a stonewall free in. A truly outrageous decision Stevie Wonder could have seen and got right. I'm not saying we would have won, but it was annoying to see Dublin get extra help they don't need. It would have made the game a contest for longer. Ye were badly done in last years final when Dermo ran into Barrett, who simply stood his ground and gave a non existent foul against him which won the game. Refs do get starblinded. galwaydublin (Galway) - Posts: 226 - 19/08/2018 08:09:48 2134340 Link 0 |
"I'm not saying we would have won" That's funny because you were saying the exact opposite several times in the run up to the game, funnily enough, now one of the reasons you lost is conveniently help from the ref. You're a gas man altogether. Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 19/08/2018 10:48:18 2134352 Link 0 |