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Sure why don't ye play the game I'm portlaoise so?
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 13/06/2018 12:39:51 2110993 Link 0 |
????? 2 grounds that aren't the best. Plenty of decent grounds out there though. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13692 - 13/06/2018 12:53:40 2111000 Link 1 |
It holds 13.000 thats enough for ST holders from both counties i would imagine with rest on general sale which would be snapped up by Dublin and Donegal fans pretty quick i would imagine. Although i think the way the S8's works is all the provincial winners will play against each other in "neutral" Croke park over one weekend. So technically it would be the last game that would be Dublin home game, so wouldn't be against the Ulster Champions in any case. would be the losers of Munster or Connaght or qualifiers. Be some craic for tickets if was Dublin and Mayo in Parnell Park, even Galway or Cork. I would love it, in fact you cant help but feel disappointed if we end up with two games in Croke park. If im being very honest, i think a hell of a lot of the super 8 games are going to moved to accommodate crowds even away from the Dublin. so home games, neutral venues will be a principal rather then a rule in my opinion. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4441 - 13/06/2018 13:05:35 2111007 Link 0 |
Since the GAA have to meet the money demands of the other counties Dublin are scarificed to meet the 31s greed!! witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 13/06/2018 13:23:03 2111016 Link 0 |
Eh because we get to choose like ?
superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2837 - 13/06/2018 13:45:42 2111032 Link 1 |
Ok if and when it's announced that crokepark will be Dublin's neutral venue and then if it is truly a neutral venue then Donegal should be given half the hill 16 tickets , Donegal should also be given dressing room 1 , and Donegal should be allowed to warm up in front of their fans in the hill, wouldn't that be the right thing to do? KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 13/06/2018 13:52:37 2111035 Link 1 |
The reason is revenue. A potential clash between donegal and Dublin could see a full house. Clones would not get half the crowd. Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 13/06/2018 14:00:36 2111039 Link 1 |
Big vote of confidence in Donegal for the Ulster final from the Kingdom. Yerra Yerra. MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 13/06/2018 14:09:39 2111050 Link 5 |
If I'm not mistaken the likely Dublin Donegal game will be played neutrally in Croke Park at 4pm on the 15th which is head to head with the World Cup final. Won't affect proper fans of each county but might cut the number of neutrals who might otherwise attend. Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1412 - 13/06/2018 14:10:57 2111052 Link 0 |
Ha ha yeah id love that, throngs of people from Donegal trying to trade their Hill 16 ticket outside the battle cruiser for one in the stand with Dubs, that happens at every big Dublin championship. I thought Hill tickets were shared. They are more then welcome to warm upfront of the Hill. Other counties create the fear of the hill. Its becoming great craic at the parade, some teams split from the parade before the hill and we know we won the psychological battle then. If they stick around the Dublin team break and have to run the gaunltet alone. Its a no win. I wholly agree, dressing team 1 should be given to whoever is visiting, its important to be good hosts. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4441 - 13/06/2018 14:15:10 2111057 Link 0 |
The first game of the super 8s is played in croke park as a double header in each group so straight away every team plays 1 game in croke park. If for example Dublin ended up in same group as let's say Donegal cork Roscommon then dublin play Donegal in croke park ,travel away to Roscommon in the Hyde while Donegal travel to play cork and then the final game sees Roscommon travel to Donegal and dublin play cork in thurles which is a neutral venue for dublin and still an away game for cork and a big enough stadium to make big bucks for the gaa plenty of capacity for the large number of traveling Dublin fans I know some Dublin fans and they do love to travel outside of the capital for big away games Galwayjoe86 (Galway) - Posts: 258 - 13/06/2018 14:15:17 2111058 Link 0 |
Ha ha yeah id love that, throngs of people from Donegal trying to trade their Hill 16 ticket outside the battle cruiser for one in the stand with Dubs, that happens at every big Dublin championship. I thought Hill tickets were shared. They are more then welcome to warm upfront of the Hill. Other counties create the fear of the hill. Its becoming great craic at the parade, some teams split from the parade before the hill and we know we won the psychological battle then. If they stick around the Dublin team break and have to run the gaunltet alone. Its a no win. I wholly agree, dressing team 1 should be given to whoever is visiting, its important to be good hosts. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4441 - 13/06/2018 14:23:09 2111063 Link 0 |
When Roscommon won Connacht in 2001 but got beat by Galway in Castlebar in the AI quarter final there was lots of complaints from across the country about how unfair it was they never got to play in Croke Park. Since then every provincial winner has been guaranteed a game in Croke Park. Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 13/06/2018 14:23:25 2111064 Link 0 |
I had thought it was a home game, away game and a have in Croke Park. When did this neutral venue thing come to light. Tir Conaill Abu (Donegal) - Posts: 1671 - 13/06/2018 14:27:47 2111067 Link 2 |
Donegal have never used Clones as a home ground unlike Dublin's use of Croke park and it's not like they can train there or anything as it's 2 and half hours away. Fermanagh will only have played there once if they win Ulster so finding it hard to make sense of your point. Castlebar???? How does that make sense geographically? Brefni park or Clones would be fairest in terms of distance travelled to the game. Mobot (Donegal) - Posts: 459 - 13/06/2018 15:10:32 2111092 Link 2 |
Don't see much issue with it myself, I just feel for the Dub fans who I know love to travel and they bring a great away contingent to matches. One of the best parts of the League is the away matches, bit of novelty about it. JoeSoap (Donegal) - Posts: 1432 - 13/06/2018 15:16:39 2111093 Link 1 |
HQ hampered by their commitment to season ticket and Parnell Pass holders I should imagine. Not sure how many Dublin ST holders there are but if there are 10K then you add in opposition ST holders and pretty soon you have to guarantee entrance to 15K+ before you even consider everyone else. I would have thought that Thurles or somewhere would work assuming that the Ulster champions didn't object to missing a Croke Park run out. Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4698 - 13/06/2018 15:26:01 2111103 Link 0 |
I'd say most counties would be fine with Croke Park being a neutral venue so long as Dublin aren't the opposition as they have a clear home advantage and it defeats the purpose of having a neutral venue SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2385 - 13/06/2018 16:01:30 2111122 Link 1 |
Ok if and when it's announced that crokepark will be Dublin's neutral venue and then if it is truly a neutral venue then Donegal should be given half the hill 16 tickets , Donegal should also be given dressing room 1 , and Donegal should be allowed to warm up in front of their fans in the hill, MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13692 - 13/06/2018 16:01:41 2111123 Link 1 |
Dublin don't train in Croke Park either. If playing this game in Croke Park is unfair to Donegal then surely playing it in Clones is unfair to Dublin due to how familiar with that venue Donegal are. In reality I don't think it matters where it's played, the best team wins. The only 2 games Dublin have lost in the last 4 years were both in Croke Park, and it wasn't much advantage to them against Donegal in 2014 either.
Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 13/06/2018 16:04:41 2111125 Link 1 |