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I travelled from south kerry the morning of kerry/mayo game..took me 2hrs 45 mins to get to gaelic grounds..certainly didnt feel like any advantage to me. Game was there for Mayo to win in both games and when teams have narrow losses they always come up with some excuse. KY4SAM2015 (Kerry) - Posts: 898 - 01/08/2015 21:54:36 1762219 Link 0 |
I think beaten provinal finalists should at least be rewarded with home advantage in qualifers, would be a bonus for counties that are after playing 3 games in province before they even play provincal final(donegal and westmeath). Would seem unfair for counties that only played one match to reach provincal final (cork and sligo ) but overall would have given some reward to teams that made final. That would have meant qualifers were in cork, sligo, donegal and mullingar. madbull (Westmeath) - Posts: 195 - 02/08/2015 10:21:48 1762265 Link 0 |
The attendance yesterday proved all these posts correct and the GAA wrong, the 2 qualifiers shouldn't have been played in Croke Park but wait until next weekend the attendance won't be much better, it's wrong to expect Tyrone and Donegal supporters to make the long trek to Dublin 2 Saturdays in a row, with the 2nd game down for 6pm Mayo won't have a massive crowd with them either, the season ticket holders will be there as well as the diehard fans but with the late time arriving home (some won't be home until 1 or 2am) means a lot won't travel, another great idea by the GAA, why don't they agree on times and venues and then throw that idea away as they haven't a clue, not 1 time in the past 10-20 years have they got something right. Why didn't they have the games down for 2pm and 4pm and out the junior final down for the weekend after and never mind Sky and their TV schedules riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 02/08/2015 12:27:47 1762348 Link 0 |
GAA need 3 or 4 state of the art 30000 seater stadiums with one in Dublin and that's where most of these matches should be played. Croke Park has little to no atmosphere if there is less than 60000. tyroneed (Tyrone) - Posts: 753 - 02/08/2015 13:12:06 1762371 Link 0 |
riverboys MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 02/08/2015 13:43:15 1762381 Link 0 |
Tyroneed I agree. A 50,000 seated stadium in somewhere like Athlone would be perfect. Would work for quarter and semi finals. Enough is enough of this crap of playing games in an empty 80,000 seated stadium. PoppinPoints (Meath) - Posts: 225 - 02/08/2015 13:45:06 1762382 Link 0 |
3 teams from Nortwest travelled to Dublin yesterday, Sligo, Donegal and Tyrone, and Galway from the West. It doesn't make sense to drag supporters across Ireland for 2 games. Why not play those matches in Castlebar for Donegal v Galway, and Cavan for Tyrone vSligo, less travel for supporters. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1758 - 02/08/2015 15:05:04 1762419 Link 0 |
Ridiculous decision to play yesterday's qualifiers in Croke Park. Dragging Sligo, Tyrone, Donegal and Galway all the way to play in a half empty Croke Park. men_of_49 (Meath) - Posts: 1996 - 02/08/2015 17:27:55 1762530 Link 0 |