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It's a bad decision. Fair enough the 4 quarter-finals were held in Croke Park on that weekend before and they seem to be trying to retain having 4 games in Croke Park on that weekend. Croke Park should be a badge of honour. Provincial winners have earned the right to be their. Qualifier counties should have to qualify for the quarter-finals before getting a game in Croke Park. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7922 - 20/07/2015 17:51:42 1756583 Link 0 |
Might I suggest Hoppy7 that a geography lesson would not go astray. GPlifer (USA) - Posts: 290 - 20/07/2015 17:53:54 1756586 Link 0 |
Galway v Donegal should be in Carrick On Shannon tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1140 - 20/07/2015 18:02:33 1756594 Link 0 |
Having a qualifier double header in croke park involving 3 counties on the western seaboard in complete madness,surely provincial venues would have sufficed,Tyrone,sligo and Galway combined will probably bring less than 10,000 so the gaa are depending on Donegals increased support in recent years to break the 20,000 mark,bizarre stuff to say the least bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 20/07/2015 18:12:03 1756606 Link 0 |
Croke park is a great stadium and everyone can watch the game in a good seat. Lots of games this year across the league and championship were played in big grounds and not a word about it so why the constant crying about croke park? Best pitch about and best facilities. A Another (None) - Posts: 193 - 20/07/2015 19:49:58 1756658 Link 0 |
No qualifier game should be played in Croke Park, after all it is the B championship, unless its a B final which we don't have then wualifier games should be in provincial venues, this decision was made to make the businesses in Dublin happy, fleece the culchies 1 week early this year riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 20/07/2015 20:12:29 1756668 Link 0 |
Yeah I thought Castlebar would have been a good choice. I know a few Donegal supporters would have been happy for it to be in Pearse Stadium with race week on in Galway. shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 214 - 20/07/2015 20:40:39 1756679 Link 0 |
20/07/2015 16:44:36 BIG SACKS ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 20/07/2015 20:46:23 1756682 Link 0 |
Qualifiers in Croke Park because counties gave out about not getting games there, only the big counties. Simple as. Don't know why people giving out about it now. Otherwise Cavan/London should have been in Belfast/Manchester last year as it was a qualifier also. breffni666 (Cavan) - Posts: 294 - 20/07/2015 21:04:28 1756698 Link 0 |
Think it was agreed that these games would be fixed for Croke Park from a long way out. Sligo probably more awkward for Galway than Croke Park, and Donegal supporters weren't happy with Castlebar in 03. Maybe the least controversial thing to do was bang them in Croke Park. towngoal (Galway) - Posts: 14 - 21/07/2015 08:21:36 1756738 Link 0 |
If they weren't played in CP people would be Bxtxxing about the fact that teams like Silgo never get a run out in Croker. witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 21/07/2015 08:48:37 1756746 Link 0 |
SeppBlatter there are concerts in croker this weekend so the 4B hgames cannot be played there. lowballplease (Galway) - Posts: 935 - 21/07/2015 09:17:36 1756753 Link 0 |
The only real proof of how bad a decision this is, is when the attendance is chalked up on the score board. It seems a very poor decision from the outside looking in. Sligo will hardly travel in numbers to witness another tanking. Donegal might travel but in what numbers..Galway arent big supporters anyway. Will Tyrone travel? That's a lot of what ifs. BanTarleton (Clare) - Posts: 181 - 21/07/2015 09:48:15 1756766 Link 0 |
Anybody think the players would prefer to play in Croker than in Carrick ? No disrespect to Carrick, But its nothing compared to croker and i could guarantee any inter-county player would prefer to play in Croke Park than Carrick. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 21/07/2015 10:06:56 1756775 Link 0 |
Speaking of venues for knock out matches, all should be played where hawk eye is installed or hawk eye should not be used at all. Cannot understand how the GAA are getting away with playing under different rules I.e. hawk eye. Some day a team is going to lodge an objection to losing a game because of the anomaly. westisthebest (Galway) - Posts: 444 - 21/07/2015 10:09:59 1756780 Link 0 |
I can't see a crowd of more than 20k at this match, could even be a lot less. It just makes no sense to have in Croke Park. JimTheLegend (Donegal) - Posts: 247 - 21/07/2015 10:15:33 1756783 Link 0 |
Semple Stadium is way too big for Cork v Kildare with a capacity of 50k and a crowd of about 10/20k it will be an odd atmosphere. Think Nowlan Park or Portloaise would have been a better choice. lilyabu (Kildare) - Posts: 32 - 21/07/2015 10:26:17 1756789 Link 0 |
What's wrong with bringing Cork and Kildare to Thurles? Didn't Kerry and Kildare play there in 2002? SeppBlatter (Dublin) - Posts: 187 - 21/07/2015 10:43:19 1756794 Link 0 |
ormondbannerman s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 21/07/2015 11:27:30 1756829 Link 0 |
I remember the good old days of terrible roads, border checkpoints and the subsequent need to stop for food going to Croke for a Sunday afternoon game and not getting home to the early hours of the morning provided the car did not overheat in the long tailbacks at every town on the road. Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 21/07/2015 11:29:55 1756832 Link 0 |