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Replying To Viking66: "If Wexford make the Leinster Final there will be close to 60000 at it." Speaking of 60,000 - I see the Leinster Football Final now has 60,000 tickets sold. Gonna be a cracking atmosphere. Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4246 - 09/05/2025 16:51:46 2607866 Link
If Longford made it there would be 61,000 at it. dolfos (Longford) - Posts: 131 - 09/05/2025 16:56:59 2607868 Link
Replying To TheFlaker: "I have said since day one there were too many games in football that don't have much at stake. Since DAY 1. You never made that point when you started arguing about this. You hijack every thread with the same stuff over and over and over. You used to say football is rubbish. Now you are admitting it might not be that simple. The new rules are great. One or two things will change to make it better again. I love hurling but it's not that competive and has one good provincial competition that hides the major flaws. It's great to watch. I never said it wasn't." No point in arguing with that deluded soul. However can you name any major sports competition that starts with the 8 or so top teams. There is very little wrong with the competition that we have now. Of course with more games the attendances at each are likely to be down. For one I go to games for the enjoyment of the sport not just to see the top 5 or 6 teams playing each other over and over. I doubt if many of the 30,000 attendees or the 10000+ plus that cant get tickets would swap Clones on Sunday for any hurling championship game. I could never enjoy any hurling game like I do gaelic football. In fact hurling would be 3rd or 4th on my favourite sports. Not knocking hurling but it is as much of interest to me as soccer or basketball. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 507 - 09/05/2025 17:21:36 2607874 Link
Replying To Cockney_Cat: ""Galway have saved it from being a cakewalk most years." Far from it. Kilkenny have won 11 out of 16 Leinsters since Galway joined." Galway have won 2 All Irelands and maybe been in 2 more finals since they joined Leinster. What other team apart from Galway has made a final? Just Kilkenny. I am not sure are you agreeing with me but my overall point is Leinster is poor but Galway can compete and make finals. Just not great at the minute. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8386 - 09/05/2025 18:06:17 2607882 Link
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "No point in arguing with that deluded soul. However can you name any major sports competition that starts with the 8 or so top teams. There is very little wrong with the competition that we have now. Of course with more games the attendances at each are likely to be down. For one I go to games for the enjoyment of the sport not just to see the top 5 or 6 teams playing each other over and over. I doubt if many of the 30,000 attendees or the 10000+ plus that cant get tickets would swap Clones on Sunday for any hurling championship game. I could never enjoy any hurling game like I do gaelic football. In fact hurling would be 3rd or 4th on my favourite sports. Not knocking hurling but it is as much of interest to me as soccer or basketball." Just shows the dummy you are when you can't see the entertainment value and skill level that hurling provides its vast support… unlike the drab fare served up for years in football… It's little wonder they brought in a clatter of new rules and are soon to change the Championship format to try and entice people back to games… both of these things you said would never happen.. That wore well.. It's little wonder you put basketball ahead of hurling as there is very little between them the way football has became… You would be in a very very tiny minority with those preferring basketball to hurling… ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3858 - 09/05/2025 18:53:54 2607889 Link
Replying To Fionn: "Speaking of 60,000 - I see the Leinster Football Final now has 60,000 tickets sold. Gonna be a cracking atmosphere." For sure! Great to see it too! Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15777 - 09/05/2025 18:54:58 2607890 Link
Replying To dolfos: "If Longford made it there would be 61,000 at it." :-D Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15777 - 09/05/2025 18:55:12 2607891 Link
Replying To TheFlaker: "Galway have won 2 All Irelands and maybe been in 2 more finals since they joined Leinster. What other team apart from Galway has made a final? Just Kilkenny. I am not sure are you agreeing with me but my overall point is Leinster is poor but Galway can compete and make finals. Just not great at the minute." My point is, although Galway have made Leinster more competitive (and better in my opinion); there has been no change in Kilkenny's dominance of the competition since they joined. For the record. Galway have won 1 All Ireland, and been runner-up 3 times (twice against Kilkenny) since joining Leinster. Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2775 - 09/05/2025 21:47:02 2607917 Link
Replying To TheFlaker: "Galway have won 2 All Irelands and maybe been in 2 more finals since they joined Leinster. What other team apart from Galway has made a final? Just Kilkenny. I am not sure are you agreeing with me but my overall point is Leinster is poor but Galway can compete and make finals. Just not great at the minute." Galway have won 1 AI since they joined Leinster. They have only won 1 in over 35 years. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15777 - 10/05/2025 07:09:22 2607950 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Galway have won 1 AI since they joined Leinster. They have only won 1 in over 35 years." My mistake they lost a couple more recently. I forgot about the replayed Kilkenny final. My point again is for the 5th time. Will anyone bar Galway or Kilkenny reach a final from Leinster anytime soon? Honestly? TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8386 - 10/05/2025 09:50:40 2607969 Link
Football is not the problem. Too many games are. Look what happens when the best teams play each other each week. Absolutely class game. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8386 - 10/05/2025 20:01:01 2608159 Link
Replying To TheFlaker: "Football is not the problem. Too many games are. Look what happens when the best teams play each other each week. Absolutely class game." One swallow never made a summer but it certainly has you wetting yourself…. Hopefully more swallows will appear before the season ends…. ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3858 - 11/05/2025 09:12:42 2608318 Link
Football 65,786 Louth Meath 28,778 - Donegal Armagh 1,900 Sligo Tipp Hurling 20,685 Clare Tipperary 4,658 Galway vs Wexford 5,200 Kilkenny vs Offaly Really small Leinster hurling crowds. I think Galway have given up for the year despite some good wins they have had a few damaging hammerings that have led supporters to believe they have no chance of silverware this year. Offaly still a long way off the pace has put there pending bandwagon on hold too. I'd say Wexford fans have seen enough to dampen down any enthusiasm there. Could really do with Dublin getting a shock win over the cats next week and a Wexford repeating that the following weekend to give the competition any shot in the arm. dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 370 - 12/05/2025 10:24:40 2608708 Link
Replying To ForeverBlue2: "One swallow never made a summer but it certainly has you wetting yourself…. Hopefully more swallows will appear before the season ends…." Are you stupid? I still think football has structure issues with too many non competitive games. 4,658 Galway vs Wexford 5,200 Kilkenny vs Offaly Seeing as you are obsessed with Hurling and insist it draws bigger crowds because it's entertaining, can you explain why the people of Leinster don't seem too bothered about it? TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8386 - 12/05/2025 11:16:41 2608734 Link
Its all just too packed. For most games you are getting a build-up of a week to a game. Can be hard for high numbers of spectators to keep the enthusiasm . Never mind the pocket with 3 games most months.. Seldom is wonderful... ponger (Cavan) - Posts: 555 - 12/05/2025 11:35:44 2608742 Link
Replying To dahayeser: "Football 65,786 Louth Meath 28,778 - Donegal Armagh 1,900 Sligo Tipp Hurling 20,685 Clare Tipperary 4,658 Galway vs Wexford 5,200 Kilkenny vs Offaly Really small Leinster hurling crowds. I think Galway have given up for the year despite some good wins they have had a few damaging hammerings that have led supporters to believe they have no chance of silverware this year. Offaly still a long way off the pace has put there pending bandwagon on hold too. I'd say Wexford fans have seen enough to dampen down any enthusiasm there. Could really do with Dublin getting a shock win over the cats next week and a Wexford repeating that the following weekend to give the competition any shot in the arm." You think Galway have 'given up' and Munster teams haven't. Bur why haven't they? The Cork Tipp NHL and MHC games of recent weeks established beyond doubt really, that Tipp aren't within an asses roar of Cork currently. And Tipp along with KK are likely the 3rd best teams in the country, in light of Clare's falloff this season. That's leads to one obvious conclusion, which is that despite the 'great' MHC and teams 'never giving up' in it, they're are only TWO contenders for McCarthy Cup 2025, Limerick and Cork. An improvement on 4or5 years back maybe, when there was only one contender. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4141 - 12/05/2025 11:37:11 2608743 Link
My father made a point last night, he was in Parnell Park 2 weeks ago and said he had no appetite to be in Salthill on Saturday afternoon at 3pm. He said it was time to look at an alternative championship structure or swap Galway and Waterford in their respective championships? Galway border Clare, Tipp and Limerick is down the motorway. Waterford border Kilkenny, Wexford and Offaly is not a million miles way. Dublin and Antrim are a bit of a hike obviously. Call it "east" and "west" championship. Whatever. The current structure is not working outside of Munster and it is killing the game everywhere else and the low crowds back this up. There has to be a better way. StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1834 - 12/05/2025 12:44:42 2608782 Link
Replying To TheFlaker: "Are you stupid? I still think football has structure issues with too many non competitive games. 4,658 Galway vs Wexford 5,200 Kilkenny vs Offaly Seeing as you are obsessed with Hurling and insist it draws bigger crowds because it's entertaining, can you explain why the people of Leinster don't seem too bothered about it?" Not one bit but I'm afraid you might just be a bit dense… Hurling crowds have always been on the small side as most counties except Kilkenny draw from generally small areas of their county… Kilkenny/ Offaly would not bring a big crowd as it was a forgone conclusion… You are correct in saying football structures are wrong but that's down to the greed of the GAA when the crowds dropped to paltry amounts…. they just put on more games ( mostly meaningless ) to fool clowns into paying in… If Dublin had been in the Leinster Final there wouldn't have been 30k at it… The novelty effect brought the people out which was great.. The football championship won't start until it becomes knockout.. and anyone paying into games before that would need their head examined…! ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3858 - 12/05/2025 13:14:22 2608802 Link
Replying To StoreysTash: "My father made a point last night, he was in Parnell Park 2 weeks ago and said he had no appetite to be in Salthill on Saturday afternoon at 3pm. He said it was time to look at an alternative championship structure or swap Galway and Waterford in their respective championships? Galway border Clare, Tipp and Limerick is down the motorway. Waterford border Kilkenny, Wexford and Offaly is not a million miles way. Dublin and Antrim are a bit of a hike obviously. Call it "east" and "west" championship. Whatever. The current structure is not working outside of Munster and it is killing the game everywhere else and the low crowds back this up. There has to be a better way." But our Cavan friend said hurling is fine and has big attendances and all is great? TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8386 - 12/05/2025 13:16:29 2608805 Link
Replying To ForeverBlue2: "Not one bit but I'm afraid you might just be a bit dense… Hurling crowds have always been on the small side as most counties except Kilkenny draw from generally small areas of their county… Kilkenny/ Offaly would not bring a big crowd as it was a forgone conclusion… You are correct in saying football structures are wrong but that's down to the greed of the GAA when the crowds dropped to paltry amounts…. they just put on more games ( mostly meaningless ) to fool clowns into paying in… If Dublin had been in the Leinster Final there wouldn't have been 30k at it… The novelty effect brought the people out which was great.. The football championship won't start until it becomes knockout.. and anyone paying into games before that would need their head examined…!" A cavan man saying people paying is mad no surprise there... Lúla571210 (Louth) - Posts: 112 - 12/05/2025 13:53:01 2608835 Link