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Replying To Avondhu86: "Crowds are small in Leinster only. 32000 showed up for a dead rubber game in Munster at the weekend whereas 4600 were at the dead rubber KK vs Wexford game. Wexfords support has been very poor this year. 13k total over the 3 home games." Can you blame us nothing to shout about and no great signs of any green shoots but as usual we will believe start of next year and point to our record v kk which i think is giving us false hope. Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 378 - 27/05/2025 15:07:19 2613068 Link
Replying To Tiger1: "Can you blame us nothing to shout about and no great signs of any green shoots but as usual we will believe start of next year and point to our record v kk which i think is giving us false hope." Sure we should all give up supporting the lads so. That will really help the situation, not to mention all the county playing panels and management teams that are trying their hardest to improve things while being paid #### all. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16132 - 27/05/2025 16:16:13 2613087 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Sure we should all give up supporting the lads so. That will really help the situation, not to mention all the county playing panels and management teams that are trying their hardest to improve things while being paid #### all." Not saying that what im saying is if we keep picking the same lads we are never going to find new talent we should have put out the panel of subs againsy kilkenny last Sunday and some of our u20s it was a nothing game but no we would rather beat kk than trysomething different. Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 378 - 27/05/2025 19:39:02 2613138 Link
Replying To bloodandbandage: "The Munster hurling bashing is nauseating and so predictable at this stage. If the Leinster hurling competition lacks the same amount of attention, then it's up to the other teams (outside of KK) in Leinster to up their game. KK are in a Leinster final every year no matter what, and yes you can point to Limerick doing the same in Munster, but it's much harder fought. I think it's fair to say that regardless of the team KK have on any given year, you just know they'll be in a Leinster final. Wexford were poor this year, and Galway started very slowly. In fairness to Dublin, they have looked good at times, but were disappointing on Sunday against Galway. I do think the Leinster final will be good this year and expect Galway to be a different animal from their first-round clash." I'm not bashing Munster at all. I absolutely love it. I'm just sick of the national media constantly throwing digs at Leinster. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3701 - 27/05/2025 22:44:33 2613170 Link
Replying To Tiger1: "Not saying that what im saying is if we keep picking the same lads we are never going to find new talent we should have put out the panel of subs againsy kilkenny last Sunday and some of our u20s it was a nothing game but no we would rather beat kk than trysomething different." Agree 100% with that Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16132 - 27/05/2025 22:57:57 2613171 Link
I'm not bashing Munster at all. I absolutely love it. I'm just sick of the national media constantly throwing digs at Leinster. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3669 - 27/05/2025 22:44:33 2613170 This is it. A good game in Munster is "Oh you don't get this anywhere else" but a bad game is just unspoken about. Its constant digs at Leinster even from the woman presenting TSG. Munster has great games, so does the Leinster Championship. Just one gets completely blown out of all proportion. That Wexford Dublin or Dublin Offaly game was as good as anything in Munster since the opening weekend. Its like the All-Ireland final on BBC, hurling people love to crow about how great the game is and how English people wouldn't understand it. All the while the top counties have insulated themselves from relegation and counties like Laois, Westmeath, Carlow, etc feed off the scraps. And that's not to talk of the 20+ counties with next to zero hurling. What odds on Limerick hammering Cork in the Munster Final and Kilkenny Galway serving up a thriller. Its as likely as not. ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1368 - 29/05/2025 12:29:06 2613420 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "I'm not bashing Munster at all. I absolutely love it. I'm just sick of the national media constantly throwing digs at Leinster." But Doyler they're giving away kids tickets for the leinster final to get people to go it, all 20,000 of them, there's a reason for that. That said its a great idea for the kids. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2374 - 29/05/2025 13:24:06 2613437 Link
Replying To Bon: "But Doyler they're giving away kids tickets for the leinster final to get people to go it, all 20,000 of them, there's a reason for that. That said its a great idea for the kids." Not so sure clubs will take up too much on the free tickets for kids as adults looking after them will more than likely have to sit in a corner of one of the stands as usual who wants that in a half empty stadium. Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 378 - 29/05/2025 18:24:12 2613494 Link
Replying To Bon: "But Doyler they're giving away kids tickets for the leinster final to get people to go it, all 20,000 of them, there's a reason for that. That said its a great idea for the kids." Unfortunately the dominant county just don't care about it because they're spoiled. The only way to save the championship is to rig it so that Wexford are in the final and you'll get 60k :) Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3701 - 29/05/2025 20:30:06 2613514 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "Unfortunately the dominant county just don't care about it because they're spoiled. The only way to save the championship is to rig it so that Wexford are in the final and you'll get 60k :)" Or for Wexford to up our game and make it on merit StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1857 - 29/05/2025 23:50:26 2613534 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "Unfortunately the dominant county just don't care about it because they're spoiled. The only way to save the championship is to rig it so that Wexford are in the final and you'll get 60k :)" Spot on doyler but how will we manage that? Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 378 - 30/05/2025 08:02:48 2613553 Link
Replying To Avondhu86: "Crowds are small in Leinster only. 32000 showed up for a dead rubber game in Munster at the weekend whereas 4600 were at the dead rubber KK vs Wexford game. Wexfords support has been very poor this year. 13k total over the 3 home games." 32k showed up because the tickets were bought long before it was a dear rubber. Leinster counties support has been poor this year but for many years so was any of the Munster counties who were not at their best. It was ever thus across the GAA. ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1368 - 30/05/2025 13:18:43 2613615 Link
The 20k tickets for the Leinster Final but maybe the Leinster Council should extend this next year by trying to swell the crowd at games. Advertise the games in schools, give free/discounted tickets to minor/u20 games if you buy a senior ticket, give free tickets to schools for underage games, promote the games better. Like, I was thinking as I was driving to Wexford town a few times in the last month you would not have known Wexford hurlers or footballers were playing yet Wexford FC have always had an advertisement on the main road for their next game. ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1368 - 30/05/2025 13:22:39 2613617 Link
Replying To ExiledInWex: "The 20k tickets for the Leinster Final but maybe the Leinster Council should extend this next year by trying to swell the crowd at games. Advertise the games in schools, give free/discounted tickets to minor/u20 games if you buy a senior ticket, give free tickets to schools for underage games, promote the games better. Like, I was thinking as I was driving to Wexford town a few times in the last month you would not have known Wexford hurlers or footballers were playing yet Wexford FC have always had an advertisement on the main road for their next game." That's because their ground is there maybe?! I agree though there's too much of a dependency on social media these days for advertising etc. Plenty of us aren't on FB, X or Instagram. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16132 - 30/05/2025 16:20:16 2613652 Link
Replying To Viking66: "That's because their ground is there maybe?! I agree though there's too much of a dependency on social media these days for advertising etc. Plenty of us aren't on FB, X or Instagram." Yes Viking Wexford are good on social media but we and the rest of the province need to do more. The games need to be promoted, it needs less games at 2pm on Saturday in Galway and more 7pm Saturday night throw ins. I haven't been for a few years but there was nothing like 7pm Kilkenny v Wexford in Wexford Park, town hopping from around 3pm and a few pints before. To me, whatever chance we have of filling the park at this time we have none at 2pm on Saturday. We need players to be more open to interviewing, promotional pieces, schools need to organise free tickets and get them in to the hands of children before they leave school. As ExilerinWex says get free admission to underage matches, I would go further and say you should have weekend passes so if you go to county match you get free club admission. Promotion of the games is what Leinster need most. Would anybody in Dublin know there is a hurling match next weekend? Is there a flyer this week in tourist offices, Temple Bar billboard, and so on so forth? StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1857 - 31/05/2025 13:39:17 2613737 Link
Replying To StoreysTash: "Or for Wexford to up our game and make it on merit" Let's be honest, that's not going to happen. Need to bring back Tony Doran, Mick Jacob, John Quigley and those fellas........that'll get the 'huge' crowds back...... that we had in the 70s and 80s Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4194 - 31/05/2025 17:42:18 2613771 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Let's be honest, that's not going to happen. Need to bring back Tony Doran, Mick Jacob, John Quigley and those fellas........that'll get the 'huge' crowds back...... that we had in the 70s and 80s" We had over 60000 in 2017 when those lads were in the stands Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16132 - 31/05/2025 18:48:37 2613786 Link
Munster hurling thrived because there was only two strong football counties and most of the time only one. In Leinster you have more counties that have a solid more equal football base as well as hurling. Dublin, Laois, Westmeath, Wexford, Carlow,Kildare and Meath maybe to a lesser extent equal in both codes. Kilkenny would prefer to play ludo than football. Galway are not a Leinster team but strong in both codes in their province with no competition in hurling. In Ulster Antrim are close to equal in both codes. The bottom line Leinster teams are at a disadvantage to succeed in hurling especially the chasers because of this equalization of codes. We know why the one who owns the Leinster championship and one of the reasons including their greatness for it. The provincial system is not the best way to grow hurling counties. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 3085 - 31/05/2025 19:03:59 2613790 Link
We know why the one who owns the Leinster championship and one of the reasons including their greatness for it ummm what ????...Help an old fella out here Canuck Maroonatic (Galway) - Posts: 1067 - 31/05/2025 19:28:57 2613793 Link
Replying To Canuck: "Munster hurling thrived because there was only two strong football counties and most of the time only one. In Leinster you have more counties that have a solid more equal football base as well as hurling. Dublin, Laois, Westmeath, Wexford, Carlow,Kildare and Meath maybe to a lesser extent equal in both codes. Kilkenny would prefer to play ludo than football. Galway are not a Leinster team but strong in both codes in their province with no competition in hurling. In Ulster Antrim are close to equal in both codes. The bottom line Leinster teams are at a disadvantage to succeed in hurling especially the chasers because of this equalization of codes. We know why the one who owns the Leinster championship and one of the reasons including their greatness for it. The provincial system is not the best way to grow hurling counties." Not sure why you think Antrim are equal in both codes. We're by far the strongest hurling county in Ulster but also the weakest in football. In All-Ireland terms we're probably in the top 12 hurling counties but among the bottom 10 in football. M Lyster (Antrim) - Posts: 468 - 31/05/2025 20:01:13 2613801 Link