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A bit more substance than your one liners and Pavlov's Dog IRFU defenses :-)
BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3346 - 26/02/2024 13:19:15 2528322 Link 0 |
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Pavlovs dog defense? Do you actually know anything about the experiments pavlov did or his theory or did you just read about pavlov in Physiology 101? And you cant comment about one liners with some of the nonsense you come up wih KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3707 - 26/02/2024 13:28:18 2528327 Link 1 |
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I think it is quite clear who among us is the most erudite. Your extreme sensitivity to any slight dissing of the rugger is your defining characteristic, BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3346 - 26/02/2024 13:32:50 2528328 Link 3 |
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Are you gone off the fags Barney?
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14478 - 26/02/2024 14:05:10 2528341 Link 1 |
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I am not proposing any alternative. There is no need the IRFU have it sussed. No need to play the top players. The crowd will come anyway. Both teams were almost always nailed on to qualify for the the quarter/semi finals so little at stake bar some bragging rights. League is more of late since the addition of SA teams alight. I may have sounded dismissive of the rugby fixture there but I am actually highly complimentary. Sport has become very event orientated. The IRFU have been on to this for years. Munster v SA in Pairc Ui Caoimh, very few front liners again, great night though. Same Vs the Crusaders. Great promotion, get the kids in to see it. The template is there for the GAA. I remember being at a Dublin Kerry league game in Killarney 20 years ago and the attendance was 3k. It is still just a league game these day, do either team even want to win the league? Probably not. Dublin v Kerry is a big event now despite of the GAA's in action. People are hungry for big name fixtures. If the GAA had their media partners in RTE big it up with a few highlights of Con and Clifford they could have got 50k to that game. dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 353 - 26/02/2024 14:30:44 2528361 Link 0 |
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Its not enough to have rte or anyone else in media just big up a dublin kerry or any other game. You have to do more to change teams approaches to the league. Playing league off entirely before champoonship with little effect on championship jntil recently wont help promote it. People all too often still dismiss the league as "just the league" KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3707 - 26/02/2024 15:26:47 2528372 Link 1 |
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Seemed to be a very big crowd at Derry v Dublin and a fine crowd too at cavan v Meath but attendance figures very hard to obtain. Other sports make a big deal when they get a good crowd whereas GAA like to keep it quite . OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 725 - 03/03/2024 07:41:10 2529348 Link 0 |
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13,265 at Derry v Dublin
MartinEgan (UK) - Posts: 84 - 03/03/2024 13:08:10 2529410 Link 1 |
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What are the Gaa doing with raising prices for round robin matches?they are trying to drive people further away..have they increased the prices in Leinster to?maybe I'm just getting cranky in my old age.how are others feeling about price increases? CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2439 - 06/03/2024 17:44:51 2530113 Link 0 |
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First I've heard of it, have just looked it up, but things don't add up... This story from The Examiner (published just a few hours ago) says tickets likely to increase from €20 - https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41346734.html link However, this page from the Munster Council website dates from 2022, and says tickets cost €25 then - https://munster.gaa.ie/2022/05/munster-gaa-shc-round-5-tickets/ link Even The Examiner story tells how tickets cost €25 back in 2018 if not bought in advance, which many people didn't tend to do at the time. Anyway, have heard nothing yet about prices for Leinster tickets. I will say that if it's €20 for a League match, then €25 for a championship match is probably only to be expected. But I still think €20 is probably a bit steep for a League match anyway! Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2672 - 06/03/2024 20:17:17 2530126 Link 0 |
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Well spank me sideways me and you agree on something. I can't offhand think of any other sport on earth where those involved so enthusiastically denigrate a national competition to the extent we do the leagues,, it's a wonder anyone goes to the games at all. Other sports play their various competitions alongside one another to great success,, I can't understand why so many in the gaa are opposed to it, though it's probably alot to do with blind adherence to tradition. Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1942 - 06/03/2024 20:32:29 2530130 Link 0 |
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I agree…. I have always said the league and championship should be played side by side and club games thrown in as well with all players let play… County football is far to serious for its own good.. Remember when the final whistle goes in an All Ireland final the winners are as far away again as they were when the season started… just throw another couple of million at trying to win it again… unsustainable in the long run … look at all the County Boards that have huge debts… and for what…?
ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3403 - 07/03/2024 21:19:50 2530233 Link 3 |
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MartinEgan (UK) - Posts: 84 - 10/03/2024 20:50:45 2530660 Link 1 |
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The league hurling attendances have been really dissapointing . There was only 4K at ourselves and Clare and 3500 at Waterford and ourselves on Sunday . Looked a small crowd in salthill for Galway v Dublin too. Personally I think 20 Euro is ridiculous for a league game . I'm hoping one thing Jarlath Burns does in his reign is make tickets more affordable before attendances fall further . With the condensed season a lot of people will continue to pick and choose which games they will go to watch their county Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 421 - 12/03/2024 15:58:58 2530925 Link 2 |
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I agree that €20 is too much for a League game, and even more so, €15 is too much for a student (who might be just 17 years old and still in Fifth Year in secondary school), or an OAP. I think maybe €15 and somewhere around €8 for the reduced rate would be much more reasonable. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2672 - 12/03/2024 17:16:43 2530934 Link 0 |
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To be fair it is great value if bringing kids. Usually have 3 or 4 of them hanging off me. 20 Euro for the lot of us to get in. dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 353 - 14/03/2024 10:12:04 2531101 Link 0 |
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dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 353 - 19/03/2024 09:34:44 2532064 Link 0 |
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Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2052 - 19/03/2024 10:37:53 2532070 Link 0 |
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Tickets selling well for Sunday by all accounts. Will be 60,000 or thereabouts. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3346 - 26/03/2024 21:38:58 2534009 Link 1 |
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Interesting to see what percentage of the population in each county will attend the league finals in Croke Park over the weekend. For example at the 2022 census, the population of county Dublin was 1,501,500 people, while the population of county Leitrim was only 35,199. I would expect that about Leitrim will bring about 7,000 supporters to the game on Saturday night or about 20% of the population. If about 60,000 attend the matches on Sunday, about 20,000 of them will be Dublin supporters with the rest coming from Derry, Armagh (have great support), Donegal and neutrals. This represents only 1.33% of the Dublin population who also do not having to travel very far using public transport. In fairness that 1.33% will obviously include many die-hard and genuine supporters who go to all their games. Delighted to see our near neighbours Leitrim getting their day out in Croke Park as many of their supporters having been supporting their team in difficult circumstances for years. Safe journey to all who travel to the matches at the weekend and make sure to KEEP YOUR LIGHTS ON. Travelled to Derry last weekend from Dublin and could not believe the stupidity of many drivers having no lights on, while driving in wet and misty conditions on Saturday. letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 658 - 26/03/2024 23:28:59 2534026 Link 1 |