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If the gaa as serious about promoting hurling in weaker counties why didn't they bring Dublin /Tipp game to breffni park as part of a double header with Tipp footballers? Inaroundehouse (Cavan) - Posts: 975 - 04/07/2017 09:09:05 2010142 Link 0 |
why is it unfair? shure don't Dublin footballers play the all Ireland final in croke park and the hurlers would too if they got there so should the opposing teams look for a neutral venue? what a load of tripe tiobraidArann (Tipperary) - Posts: 362 - 04/07/2017 09:15:25 2010144 Link 1 |
The bottom line is that money is the priority for the GAA HQs, not fairness or the promotion of hurling. KK and Waterford will draw a big crowd to Thurles anyway. Tullamore would seem to be the logical neutral venue for Tipp and Dublin. Mulcahy did not do GC any favours on the Sunday Game. baire (Galway) - Posts: 1818 - 04/07/2017 09:35:19 2010157 Link 0 |
15 v 15 if we're good enough we will win. The best teams find a way no matter where it's played. DannyMcA (Dublin) - Posts: 260 - 04/07/2017 09:50:43 2010166 Link 0 |
Most Dublins fans claim its not an advantage playing in Croke Park every game. So when ask to leave and play in someone elses home pitch they start crying is pathetic really
Cuckoosinging (Roscommon) - Posts: 992 - 04/07/2017 09:52:26 2010169 Link 1 |
Maybe Dublin hurlers are being punished for the Dublin footballers nearly always getting home advantage?
LohansRedHelmet (Clare) - Posts: 2490 - 04/07/2017 09:54:26 2010170 Link 3 |
Should be neutral for sure but saying that this is how the rest of the country feel about the Dublin Footballers!!!! letterkennyGuy (Donegal) - Posts: 153 - 04/07/2017 10:20:53 2010192 Link 1 |
Replying To northerncat: "So the hurling draw stated that the weekend hurling qualifiers would be neutral venues Dublin did not agree to play in thurles but the gaa said the game is being played there surely this is unfair on dublin thoughts please :" MURPHB33 (Dublin) - Posts: 166 - 04/07/2017 10:43:14 2010222 Link 0 |
Dublin Hurling is not Dublin Football,look at Dublin Hurling fixtures both league & championship ,they play almost all games away ,especially championship & shouldn't be compared to the football side of it ,so the only person talking TRIPE here is you ,go check your facts before you run your mouth ,Tipperary are no better than Dublin footballers now 3 home championship games in a row is a bloody joke ,I hope they get a good hammering soon ,
emerald79 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 60 - 04/07/2017 10:47:42 2010227 Link 2 |
When the Dublin footballers start playing in Parnell Park you can call it your home. Dublin footballers play everything in Croke Park, that is your home. It's quite simple really. If the Dublin county board were so keen on neutral venues, why didn't they insist on the Westmeath match being in Tullamore or Portlaoise? To day Croke Park isn't Dublin's home these days is plainly disingenuous and nobody believes otherwise. The whining about Thurles is a bit pathetic.
kildare73 (Kildare) - Posts: 854 - 04/07/2017 10:54:45 2010232 Link 3 |
They'll get a massive crowd in Thurles anyway from Waterford and Kilkenny. They are spoiling us.
Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 04/07/2017 11:00:20 2010239 Link 1 |
It's unfair cos the GAA said the games would be at neutral venues before hand. 2 wrongs don't make a right.
Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 04/07/2017 11:02:21 2010241 Link 2 |
Sorry just some facts, understand that these are items not much appreciated here. They tend to dampen down a good b***hing session. witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 04/07/2017 11:06:49 2010246 Link 0 |
It's a total stitch up. Thurles is being given way more games than it ought to. It's had all the Munster championship games this year. It's being pushed as some 'mythical' shrine to hurling. The pitch is good...facilities are poor and the town is ...well...a small Midlands town. There's stadiums up and down the country crying out for a share of games. bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 04/07/2017 11:09:05 2010248 Link 2 |
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Marse (Dublin) - Posts: 217 - 04/07/2017 11:15:54 2010251 Link 0 |
This thread is about the hurkers. Nothing to do with the footballers no matter how much it suits your agenda. They travel up and down the country like all other teams in league and championship.
DannyMcA (Dublin) - Posts: 260 - 04/07/2017 11:17:19 2010254 Link 0 |
Two wrongs don't make a right so you're way off on your judgement here. For what its worth, while acknowledging the advantage given to Tipperary in this case, I think Thurles is the most sensible venue for the game given the proximity of three of the teams and the fact that Thurles was the logical choice of venue for the Kilkenny v Waterford game anyway. That doesn't mean the topic can't be discussed on its individual merits without referring to a perceived unfairness in a different code altogether. The fact that this game largely clashes with a football game involving one of the teams shows how disparate the two codes and their governing bodies are. Kurt_Angle (Dublin) - Posts: 567 - 04/07/2017 11:21:40 2010258 Link 0 |
Lets not dress Thurles up, it is a fantastic pitch, and an average stadium. Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 04/07/2017 11:23:16 2010259 Link 1 |
I don't know why people keep bringing the Dublin footballers home advantage into this debate. keithlemon (Australia) - Posts: 920 - 04/07/2017 11:23:34 2010260 Link 0 |
The funny thing is apparently pairc ui chaoimh is now at risk of not being finished in time for the quarter finals. tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1350 - 04/07/2017 11:26:03 2010264 Link 0 |