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I take your point but the purpose of warming up is to prepare the body and mind for the challenge to come. Warm -ups are essential to Re-establish hand- eye co-ordination, limber up, get the eye in for goal, establish a collective focus, acclimatise to the environment etc etc but rather than do that Dublin fell right into the trap and acknowledged that Mayo had stolen a march on them. better to let it go, use the warm up and then get stuck in. avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 1974 - 08/09/2016 11:17:44 1911702 Link 0 |
after all the money spent on Croke park? Are you serious.
galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2520 - 08/09/2016 11:20:28 1911707 Link 0 |
Well your county man has just backed me up. Apparently it is down to alphabetical order as the reason for the same dressing room. As I said I have not problem with it but it is a fact. Some Dub's seem to get very defensive.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11236 - 08/09/2016 11:25:35 1911714 Link 0 |
Would Mayo still be searching for their first All Ireland win since 1951 if they got to play every game in the champ (bar a handful) between then and now in Castlebar? leitrim4sam (Leitrim) - Posts: 645 - 08/09/2016 11:29:23 1911720 Link 0 |
Forums like this get created all the time having a go at how well Dublin are treated and at this stage they're all like broken records so I don't bother with them but work has been slow today so I threw an eye over it and yep most of the same stuff but just one thing that annoys me everytime.... Uncle_Fester (Meath) - Posts: 217 - 08/09/2016 11:42:26 1911726 Link 0 |
That not valid in fairness. Every county can't hold an All Ireland final and if you ask any county players where they want to play they will say Croke Park. The only major disadvantage is for traveling fans. Mayo fans will fork out hundreds on All Ireland final weekend on travel, hotels, food and drink alone.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11236 - 08/09/2016 11:48:34 1911731 Link 0 |
Please, please leave Mayo out of this one. We just want to get through the next week or so with the minimum of fuss. By all means keep the Dubs annoyed though.
Llaw_Gyffes (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 08/09/2016 11:49:46 1911733 Link 0 |
Probably.
Jackeen (Dublin) - Posts: 4097 - 08/09/2016 11:52:38 1911738 Link 0 |
Are there similar protocols in Semple Stadium? Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12121 - 08/09/2016 11:55:00 1911740 Link 0 |
Don't know !
Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 08/09/2016 11:56:00 1911742 Link 0 |
I don't see why not, it could be moved to a site outside of Dublin that has already had a few million ploughed into it - maybe Mountain South in your own fair county?
Jaden (Dublin) - Posts: 139 - 08/09/2016 11:56:09 1911743 Link 0 |
To be fair we didn't even win in Tuam between 1951 and 1997, so it's probably a bit of a stretch to say that we'd have been piling up Sams if we'd been playing in McHale Park all that time. May have won a few more Nestors and gone further in the championship some of those years, though...
Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 08/09/2016 12:06:03 1911746 Link 0 |
Yup, when you tot up everything (in my case flights, food, drink, match ticket) it comes to several hundred euro (and that's without accommodation, for me). However, if I was told at the beginning of this year that I'd get to see Mayo battle for Sam, I'd bite your fingers off for a ticket, even if it was being played in the swamp! At the end of the day, All-Ireland finals being held in Croke Park is something that will never change, and it's only fitting that a game of this magnitude be held in the country's finest stadium. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 08/09/2016 12:12:41 1911752 Link 1 |
Croke Park is home for the dubs. bert09 (Meath) - Posts: 1792 - 08/09/2016 12:20:14 1911764 Link 0 |
I wouldn't say the advantage for Dublin is the fact that they have the same dressing room, Or warm up the same end. I honestly think that gets overplayed. Its a dressing room, having been in both dressing rooms they are the exact same in terms of size, colour on the walls, Showers, hooks on the walls for jerseys, the whole lot. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 08/09/2016 12:25:14 1911766 Link 0 |
I am not for one second proposing such a game be moved away from Croke park. However, it seems fairly principled that the GAA would treat both teams as equals - as neutrals. roadrunner7 (Meath) - Posts: 4 - 08/09/2016 12:48:54 1911782 Link 0 |
Grand so close thread.
superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2837 - 08/09/2016 12:49:32 1911783 Link 0 |
We just want to get through the next week or so with the minimum of fuss. Tell that to the person that turned his Ferrari in to a giant Mayo flag or the one that met Ian Rushe off the plane in Knock with a 'Mayo for Sam' t-shirt! CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 08/09/2016 12:58:59 1911789 Link 0 |
eh what? Would An Mhi, An Chiarrai, Aontroim, An Lu, etc. not all be ahead of them alphabetically? cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5016 - 08/09/2016 13:06:57 1911797 Link 0 |
I think there should be some kind of draw for changing rooms and side of pitch to warm up. Just to keep things completely on an even par, with absolutely no bias shown towards a particular team. Otherwise, it does become a home game for Dublin which can have a psychological effect.
Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 08/09/2016 13:11:10 1911802 Link 1 |