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I must say I was shocked to hear on the radio that only 300 people went to Thurles to cheer on the footballers. After their great year last year reaching an all ireland semi final. I think the gaa folks of Tipperary should hang their heads in shame. After the commitment, effort and sacrifices the footballers put in last year that a few people could get off their arses and support them. The Hurlers weren't even out so that makes it worse. shaggylegend (Monaghan) - Posts: 1928 - 05/02/2017 20:51:56 1952390 Link 4 |
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I heard reports of 300 and 700 today at different stages.I would have predicted a miserable crowd.It's hard to change tradition and last years terrific run to the All Ire semi was just a flash in the pan.That's the worry i would have for Tipp.They were walloped by a combined 30 points to Kerry and Cork in the McGrath cup.The footballers have never got good support in the league.And playing the games in a 95% empty Semple Stadium makes it look even worse.I remember Tipp footballers used to play in a tight,compact Clonmel.The lack of support doesn't stand out as much their. Munster football is Cork and Kerry.The other four minnows,bar the very odd year,have been downtrodden for decades and the annual beatings break a counties spirit and the supporters just give up. cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 05/02/2017 21:16:10 1952414 Link 0 |
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You are overreacting here I think. The Tipp football manager has gone on record as saying that Tipp will take the national league lightly this year. You can complain about supporters not getting behind the team but if the team itself isn't taking the league very seriously why should the supporters?
PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1903 - 05/02/2017 21:27:53 1952423 Link 1 |
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Would be better for Tipp or any county with low levels of support if home matches were moved around the county, all Mayo home matches are in MacHale Park but before that the 3 or 4 League matches were switched around to 5 different venues, some towns would get a game this year, next year they wouldn't, it built up support but now with the large crowds expected MacHale Park Castlebar has to be solely used, we had close to 11,000 at the game last night v Monaghan riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 05/02/2017 22:39:51 1952478 Link 0 |
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Calm down, would you get 300 at all the Monaghan hurling games in the league combined? Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 06/02/2017 04:30:39 1952517 Link 3 |
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Firstly there were over 700 at the game yesterday, 95% of that were from tipp, very small antrim crowd. Yeah it's still a small crowd but would have only gotten 2/300 max a couple of years ago. Everyone knows hurling is a religion down here and even with the success at football it will be a slow burner. On moving it around, thurles is by far the best option we have, the bigger and better the pitch the more it suits us and gives us a greater chance at succeeding tipp11 (Tipperary) - Posts: 353 - 06/02/2017 09:20:46 1952549 Link 1 |
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If Monaghan got to an AI hurling semi I'd say there would be 10,000 supporters at all their league games. Counties that have a lot of success in one code seem to hind it really hard to garner support in the other. Our footballers in Cork are a classic example, the Dublin hurlers are another dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 337 - 06/02/2017 09:26:14 1952552 Link 1 |
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people in dual counties support one code religiously,one code passingly. perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 06/02/2017 12:04:25 1952657 Link 0 |
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At least Tipperary are compeditive in both codes which is more than we can say for Monaghan. ZUL10 (Clare) - Posts: 693 - 06/02/2017 15:10:40 1952793 Link 1 |
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Fairly juvenile post. Nothing to do with the poor support Tipp footballers get. The county under the posters name is irrelevant.
Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12120 - 06/02/2017 15:45:57 1952816 Link 0 |
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Tipperary v Cork had 2,300 supporters in the championship on a warm day in the middle of June. About 1800 were from Tipp. About 40% of that figure turned up for the opening league game v Antrim in a freezing cold February day. bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 06/02/2017 15:50:45 1952820 Link 0 |
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So having poor supporter is worse than not competing at all? I think the reasons are well outlined above by other posters re dual coubties. If your from a dual county you would appreciate that. Its nothing against football its just the reality of possible success.
ZUL10 (Clare) - Posts: 693 - 06/02/2017 16:02:07 1952832 Link 0 |
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Some people from football-dominated counties can't get their heads around people elsewhere who much prefer hurling. It's like a culture shock. Maybe it's the same the other way around too. keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 06/02/2017 17:56:31 1952908 Link 0 |
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Oh it's much more pronounced in Hurling counties. You don't have to be from a dual county to be disappointed for the Tipp footballers and their lack of support. Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12120 - 06/02/2017 18:20:57 1952922 Link 1 |
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Good to see Clare and Tipp fans haven't lost the run of themselves in their new-found dual-county status all the same. Would be a shame to see them high-horsing. Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12120 - 06/02/2017 18:24:14 1952924 Link 0 |
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No you're right, OP is having a laugh if he thinks the numbers for Monaghan hurling would reach that level even if they won Liam, we aren't a hurling county for a reason.
Iamlegion666 (Monaghan) - Posts: 285 - 06/02/2017 18:40:01 1952936 Link 0 |
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Cork and Limericks have a combined population of about 700,000. They played a very well contested Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4321 - 06/02/2017 19:55:59 1952971 Link 0 |
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Cork and Limericks have a combined population of about 700,000. They played a very well contested Munster Final in Cork on a beautiful day in 2009. There was a mere 9,000 at that game. Says it all really Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4321 - 06/02/2017 19:58:16 1952973 Link 0 |
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True they would have far more than 700 at a league game if that was the case. Everything is geared towards the championship and how important the championship is. There is an attitude that the league doesn't matter and this doesn't help encourage people to attend league games in February. The league games are badly marketed by the GAA, especially outside of Division 1 and 2. With the exception of Croke Park and maybe Pairc Ui Rinn most inter county pitches are very soft at this time of year which is strange for this day and age. I think the league should get more respect because the majority of inter county teams will play no more than 3 or 4 league games a year so with 7 group games in the league you are talking 10 or 11 games a season and about 5 or 6 home games. It's not that big a commitment for fans if properly marketed. The provincial rugby teams have about 14 home games a season and about 28 games in full in the regulation season. So a badly marketed game against Antrim on a soggy pitch with no half time entertainment isn't going to capture the local imagination where hurling is king. I don't think Thurles even have an adult Gaelic football team. Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 06/02/2017 20:15:59 1952986 Link 0 |
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Have Cavan reinstated their hurling team yet?
Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 06/02/2017 20:20:27 1952993 Link 0 |