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Replying To Curlew66: "Ah lads (Forever & Oriel) no need for for neighbours from proud footballing counties to be be getting nasty with each other , this name calling is getting us nowhere. Both of you are making valid points about fine tuning the championship (rules review underway and will be for another day) In the meantime we could review if this home/away/neutral group matches is working out. Should it be just the top 2 teams only from each group qualifying for the semi finals or should the 2nd and 3rd team be allowed more recovery time and not have to play three successive week ends. I think only Monaghan last year and Galway this year have succeeded to reach last 4 from that position and it hast helped their injury situation." Then top your group and you have the preliminary week off. Makes every game have consequences, and cuts down on dead rubbers. Players are all for it. Only opposition is from pundits and journalists who get paid to cover county games and irrational lookers on. The former wanting county football 52 weeks of the year, with no interest in our main stakeholders the club players. The latter, well I don't know how they can be helped. Maybe a backward time machine. Even the Polo Grounds doesn't exist any longer. Time moves on. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 453 - 16/07/2024 15:53:19 2559551 Link
Replying To Galway9801: "The season is only almost at an end for those not interested in the club game." I was referring to the county scene… club games are going on all the time but obviously you have little or no interest in that…. ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3680 - 16/07/2024 16:15:02 2559559 Link
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "Then top your group and you have the preliminary week off. Makes every game have consequences, and cuts down on dead rubbers. Players are all for it. Only opposition is from pundits and journalists who get paid to cover county games and irrational lookers on. The former wanting county football 52 weeks of the year, with no interest in our main stakeholders the club players. The latter, well I don't know how they can be helped. Maybe a backward time machine. Even the Polo Grounds doesn't exist any longer. Time moves on." Thankfully we have a president who can see the problems within the current system… we all know time moves on and the Polo Grounds no longer exist but it was a venue where Cavan claimed one of their All Ireland's which is something Monaghan never experienced and they never will either once the stronger teams can keep loosing games and still win the competition… Change on the way whether ORIELMAN85 likes it or not… ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3680 - 16/07/2024 16:22:02 2559562 Link
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "Then top your group and you have the preliminary week off. Makes every game have consequences, and cuts down on dead rubbers. Players are all for it. Only opposition is from pundits and journalists who get paid to cover county games and irrational lookers on. The former wanting county football 52 weeks of the year, with no interest in our main stakeholders the club players. The latter, well I don't know how they can be helped. Maybe a backward time machine. Even the Polo Grounds doesn't exist any longer. Time moves on." Yes I can see the incentive for topping your group and avoiding pre lim QFs , still creates an uneven playing field though for the quarter finals which could be avoided by just the top two from the four groups qualifying for QFs after a 2 week break. I wonder is there an appetite for having the 3rd team qualifying as well , I dunno. There is also the luck of the draw factor, having to travel to Killarney put you at a disadvantage from day 1. Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 602 - 16/07/2024 16:59:52 2559570 Link
Replying To Ulsterchamps72: "The GAA need to check the Donegal v Galway semi final, they said there was an attendance of 67k. The stadium looked and felt busier. You had one empty section by the scoreboard in the Davin/Hogan upper corner and a small upper section on the Hogan at the Hill end and the rows they decided to sell last night the A, B and C rows. That would have been a total of 3 or 4k. How were they then going to get another 12k into the Hill/Nally end as it holds 13k in total. There was a large crowd in there and it looked 60% to 70% filled. I reckon the crowd was north of 75k. Adult tickets were €55, Hill €40 and OAP's €50, and juvenile tickets were €10. Do they count 5.5 children as one adult?" Looked close enough to 75000 to me, the hill was over 80% full, the nally was empty which is what standing for a few thousand people. Very few seats free apart from one section in the corner. It was a huge crowd for a semi not including Dublin, must be the biggest football wise without the Dubs since 2008. TheBishop (Galway) - Posts: 289 - 16/07/2024 17:38:49 2559583 Link
Replying To ForeverBlue2: "I was referring to the county scene… club games are going on all the time but obviously you have little or no interest in that…." It's just you said the season is nearly over,, as if the club scene doesn't count. Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1942 - 16/07/2024 18:46:10 2559593 Link
Replying To Galway9801: "It's just you said the season is nearly over,, as if the club scene doesn't count." He doesn't have a season. It is just whine,whine, whine, whether it be here or on the Cavan Forum. We might get a rest for a while as the Cavan Leagues are in chaos, according to him. So he will probably be off to rescue them. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 453 - 16/07/2024 22:10:26 2559631 Link
Replying To TheBishop: "Looked close enough to 75000 to me, the hill was over 80% full, the nally was empty which is what standing for a few thousand people. Very few seats free apart from one section in the corner. It was a huge crowd for a semi not including Dublin, must be the biggest football wise without the Dubs since 2008." A massive crowd for 2 counties who had to travel a distance cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1686 - 16/07/2024 23:34:18 2559650 Link
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "He doesn't have a season. It is just whine,whine, whine, whether it be here or on the Cavan Forum. We might get a rest for a while as the Cavan Leagues are in chaos, according to him. So he will probably be off to rescue them." There he goes again… sticking his nose in about something he knows absolutely nothing about as usual… ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3680 - 17/07/2024 09:01:58 2559674 Link
Replying To cuchulainn35: "A massive crowd for 2 counties who had to travel a distance" Both teams fanbases rejuvenated this season. Hopefully we get back again next season. 67k didn't surprise me under circumstances. Lots of posters were predicting 50k last week. GAA need not rest on the last two Sundays at Croke Park. They need to work harder to harness big crowds in right sized stadiums every time. shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 293 - 17/07/2024 19:45:53 2559797 Link
28,000 in Castlebar today. ? in Croke Park. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4045 - 29/03/2025 22:00:34 2599356 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "28,000 in Castlebar today. ? in Croke Park." And still Connaught buckle even against 14 men. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2531 - 30/03/2025 19:12:25 2599527 Link
Attendance today at Kerry v Mayo & Kildare v Offaly 21,596 Yesterday Monaghan v Roscommon & Limerick v Wexford 11,000 Very average attendances if not indeed poor , bordering on zero promotion, rushed calendar and head office not seeming to care despite big fall in numbers for football last year . Next weekend has 8 football championship matchs but much of the sporting public don't even know it's starting . Sad to see the lack of PR effort by Croke park . OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 727 - 30/03/2025 19:44:10 2599539 Link
Replying To katser: "And still Connaught buckle even against 14 men." If Connaught start fielding too many players who won't buckle, a high proportion of those players will be contracted to play for Leinster fairly lively. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4045 - 30/03/2025 20:37:07 2599552 Link
Replying To OpenStand: "Attendance today at Kerry v Mayo & Kildare v Offaly 21,596 Yesterday Monaghan v Roscommon & Limerick v Wexford 11,000 Very average attendances if not indeed poor , bordering on zero promotion, rushed calendar and head office not seeming to care despite big fall in numbers for football last year . Next weekend has 8 football championship matchs but much of the sporting public don't even know it's starting . Sad to see the lack of PR effort by Croke park ." The GAA just doesn't do Marketing and promotion. It's probably against the Amateur ethos or something! Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2183 - 30/03/2025 20:57:46 2599556 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "If Connaught start fielding too many players who won't buckle, a high proportion of those players will be contracted to play for Leinster fairly lively." Does it matter if they field them or not.....biggest crowd ever to watch a Connaught Rugby game on Connaught soil and they still buckle....wonder if the rolls were reversed and it was 55,500 at Semple Stadium for a first ever Munster game at a Munster GAA venue Munster would probably absolutely hammer Connaught with 15 v 14 men. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2531 - 30/03/2025 21:57:16 2599568 Link
45,000 sell out in PUC for hurling league final next Sunday despite little head office promotion . Huge appetite for going to matchs amongst Munster hurling counties . OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 727 - 31/03/2025 09:57:50 2599613 Link
Replying To OpenStand: "45,000 sell out in PUC for hurling league final next Sunday despite little head office promotion . Huge appetite for going to matchs amongst Munster hurling counties ." Cork had over 20k at their 3 home group games. Tipp looking promising, Offaly much improved and Waterford hoping for a good year so lots of interest. Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2183 - 31/03/2025 11:17:23 2599647 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "28,000 in Castlebar today. ? in Croke Park." Rugby seem really good at filling GAA stadia, the do great events, 2 games in Pairc Ui Caoimh sold out too. South Africa's 3rd team and Crusaders form NZ. Bigged up to the last, they sold the games brilliantly, both were super events, the park was rocking in a way rarely seen for GAA games, bring the wife have a few beers, a great night. Castlebar looked class yesterday to be fair too, great colour and flags for all kids. The GAA have so much to learn from them in terms of promotion. You would wonder what the benefit for Mayo GAA was in bringing that game to Castlebar was. I know there is money (200k for Pairc Ui Caoimh) Would Mayo have got 80-100k? Is that worth it for bringing the cuckoo in to the nest? There is no point in pretending we are not competing for the hearts and minds of the youth. Connaught Rugby just created an atmosphere every kid will remember for years. Hard to put a price on that. For context, regular club rugby attendances aren't great. Munster won the URC in 2023, first trophy in years. the following year 2024 they get lucky with home quarter and semi finals to defend their title. The Quarter final vs Ospreys drew 14,072 and subsequent semi vs Glasgow just 20,052. In the meantime hurling matches between just 2 of the 6 munster counties in the 2024 munster hurling round robin. Munster rugby announce vastly inflated figures for games in Thomond, counting all season ticket holders (they sell over 10k per year - impressive again) whether they show up or not. They rarely do for run of the mill URC games. dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 357 - 31/03/2025 12:14:38 2599667 Link
Replying To Seanfanbocht: "The GAA just doesn't do Marketing and promotion. It's probably against the Amateur ethos or something!" It's a complaint often heard, but realistically, probably anybody likely to go to any of those games already knows that they're on, and their own county's social media channels and/or local newspapers will remind them of how and where to buy tickets. You could spend massive money on promotion and advertising this week and still not get 1,000 extra people between all eight venues, of the sort who'd say "I didn't even know it was on and so wouldn't have been here until I saw the ad on the telly during the week". Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2800 - 31/03/2025 12:43:56 2599684 Link