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Should Galway GAA offer Pearse stadium to Connacht

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Ormond how would Connacht lose money if the could get 20k in castlebar and only 8k in the sportgrounds, plus the more supporters Connacht get when things are going well the more the will keep if things start going badly. Nobody cares about the Connacht A team and as there is no rugby club in county Roscommon where would the play. If Connacht have spent years developing players to get them up to international class player, I don't think it matters where the were born and it won't have any less impact to the Connacht team.

ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 28/05/2016 12:36:22    1859541

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Replying To ROS1:  "Ormond how would Connacht lose money if the could get 20k in castlebar and only 8k in the sportgrounds, plus the more supporters Connacht get when things are going well the more the will keep if things start going badly. Nobody cares about the Connacht A team and as there is no rugby club in county Roscommon where would the play. If Connacht have spent years developing players to get them up to international class player, I don't think it matters where the were born and it won't have any less impact to the Connacht team."
Ormond how would Connacht lose money if the could get 20k in castlebar and only 8k in the sportgrounds, plus the more supporters Connacht get when things are going well the more the will keep if things start going badly. Nobody cares about the Connacht A team and as there is no rugby club in county Roscommon where would the play. If Connacht have spent years developing players to get them up to international class player, I don't think it matters where the were born and it won't have any less impact to the Connacht team.
ROS1 (Roscommon) - Posts:443 - 28/05/2016 12:36:22 Having to pay rent, not controlling hospitality etc etc

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 28/05/2016 17:59:08    1859588

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Replying To janesboro:  "TheRightStuff
It is followed by a large amount of snobs who turn their nose down at other sports.
Please give examples of such snobbery stating the club / school involved- This time rather than soma trying to concoct as answer Id likethe poster i.e.therightstuff to furnish us with an example.Its amazing when you ask the poster for examples of such snobbery there is non eforthcoming i.e. sceptical, or cuetherocket today

Sure you are elitist yourself with your corrections of my grammar.
if that is the case then every teacher and every parent who corrects a grammatical error is elitist"
Well janesboro don't see why you keep referencing me in your posts. Presumably it's because you know that most of what I say about the elitist nature of rugby is true. Yes maybe some clubs in limerick or wherever are inclusive but vast majority are not. You and every other poster know this even if you won't admit it. And yes I have experience of two clubs that discouraged their players from playing gaa. No amount of propaganda from you ,RTE or any other sasanach will convince me that I'm wrong.

sceptical (Cavan) - Posts: 544 - 29/05/2016 09:51:25    1859646

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Most Ridiculous Suggestion I ever heard! They are playing for Connacht today, offer them a few extra Pound, they are playing for Leinster tomorrow . I wish people stayed in touch with reality..

SAMMYTHEBULL (Galway) - Posts: 1646 - 29/05/2016 10:59:09    1859656

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Replying To ormondbannerman:  "Ormond how would Connacht lose money if the could get 20k in castlebar and only 8k in the sportgrounds, plus the more supporters Connacht get when things are going well the more the will keep if things start going badly. Nobody cares about the Connacht A team and as there is no rugby club in county Roscommon where would the play. If Connacht have spent years developing players to get them up to international class player, I don't think it matters where the were born and it won't have any less impact to the Connacht team.
ROS1 (Roscommon) - Posts:443 - 28/05/2016 12:36:22 Having to pay rent, not controlling hospitality etc etc"
Fair point. But longterm it would benefit them. Speculate to accumulate. Sell a few jersies and visit schools to generate interest in our county where football is number one. Could get some kids and adults interested in playing/coaching/ volunteering in the football off-season.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7346 - 29/05/2016 12:52:27    1859683

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Replying To ormondbannerman:  "Ormond how would Connacht lose money if the could get 20k in castlebar and only 8k in the sportgrounds, plus the more supporters Connacht get when things are going well the more the will keep if things start going badly. Nobody cares about the Connacht A team and as there is no rugby club in county Roscommon where would the play. If Connacht have spent years developing players to get them up to international class player, I don't think it matters where the were born and it won't have any less impact to the Connacht team.
ROS1 (Roscommon) - Posts:443 - 28/05/2016 12:36:22 Having to pay rent, not controlling hospitality etc etc"
The extra 12k would easily cover the rent, and I am sure hospitality would be coveraged as part of the deal. When people are on the bandwagon Connacht should milk them before the bandwagon stops.

ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 29/05/2016 16:32:18    1859728

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While i am deep in misery after yet another first round munster championship knockout , albeit tempered by the magnificent display of our junior footballers, at least i can cheer myself up by reading yet another prejudiced, unsubstantiated and factually incorrect post from sceptical. I do find it interesting that sceptical deems it more important to put up such a post on the day of 2 massive championship games for his county rather then be concerned with those games. At 9.51 yesterday i was more concerned with our games against clare than the postings on this site.

Anyway i shall cheer myself up and correct sceptical (once again)

Well janesboro don't see why you keep referencing me in your posts.
I reference you as judging by your posts you are by far the biggest and most prejudiced rugby hater on this thread. Other on this thread have agreed with this.

Presumably it's because you know that most of what I say about the elitist nature of rugby is true. Incorrect, I know from my own experience this is wrong.

Yes maybe some clubs in limerick or wherever are inclusive but vast majority are not. Incorrect (again) the vast majority are inclusive. APrat from all the limerick clubs over the last 2/3 seasons i was in cork con, galwegians, dolphin, youghal, lansdowne belvedere clontarf, ballinaninch terenure,marys , all of which i have been to numerous times - had no issues with snobbery. have you ever been to a club rugby game ever? . in fact for lansdowne for the ail semi last year they invited us (yes working class limerick people) to bring an underage team and they could not have looked after us or treated us better.


You and every other poster know this even if you won't admit it.
Again incorrect-

And yes I have experience of two clubs that discouraged their players from playing gaa. Which two clubs And i have experience of loads of rugby clubs who don't. When played with wesley I played hurling and football and was never discouraged. All the limerick clubs have a huge crossover of gaa players and indeed all the rural clubs In Ireland will have a similar crosover. In dublin clontarf gaa use the facilities of clontarf rfc, dont seapoint rugby and cabinteely gaa share a facility. At the limerick clare guy a met a palof my dads from west clare who is involved in a rugby club and he told me all the playing members play gaa. Rugby clubs like fella playing gaa as it keeps them fit during the off season.

In fact rugby has since the 70s allowed its stadia to be used for soccer. Lansdowne had soccer for years before it became the AVIVA. Thomond has had soccer even musgrave park hosted bayern munich years ago. I welcome it and soccer has reciprocated. Werent London Irish going to let London GAA use its facility while Ruislip was being upgraded
Cant be that snobby or elitish if we let other sports in.

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 30/05/2016 10:20:54    1859872

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No amount of propaganda from you ,RTE or any other sasanach will convince me that I'm wrong.
sceptical (Cavan) - Posts:421 - 29/05/2016 09:51:25   185

Why do you have to resort to name calling. Ironically you use a term describing me as somewhat english that is used predominantly by scottish people (ie fellow british people). I coach underage rugby, hurling,football and now soccer Love doing it great enjoyment, lids love it too. My kids play all four and are encouraged by me to do so in order that they do not grow up having the prejudices you have. I go to lots of clubs/county/provincial gaa and rugby, in fact this weekend i was in a position to attend 5 GAA games (3 club SHC and the 2 limerick v clare games) and have been following Limerick for years. Not bad for a "sasanach" eh!

I am not the worlds no 1 gaa man or anything silly like that but like many posters on this thread i do my bit. I am as proud a GAA man as any poster I just happen to have the same passion for rugby as a do GAA. TO most people (but obvously not to you) its ok to like GAA and another sport

And while you are here please give em a breakdown of the 100,000 supporters that go to NFL games weekly, I asked you for this previously without response

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 30/05/2016 10:21:51    1859873

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Replying To ROS1:  "
Replying To ormondbannerman:  "Ormond how would Connacht lose money if the could get 20k in castlebar and only 8k in the sportgrounds, plus the more supporters Connacht get when things are going well the more the will keep if things start going badly. Nobody cares about the Connacht A team and as there is no rugby club in county Roscommon where would the play. If Connacht have spent years developing players to get them up to international class player, I don't think it matters where the were born and it won't have any less impact to the Connacht team.
ROS1 (Roscommon) - Posts:443 - 28/05/2016 12:36:22 Having to pay rent, not controlling hospitality etc etc"
The extra 12k would easily cover the rent, and I am sure hospitality would be coveraged as part of the deal. When people are on the bandwagon Connacht should milk them before the bandwagon stops."
There's a few rugby clubs in Mayo and used to just one each in Sligo and Roscommon and none in Leitrim. Not sure how many now, there are new clubs that don't have adult teams yet I think, just underage. They'd be smarter trying to play a few friendlies and maybe one competitive game per season in Markieviecz Park, The Hyde and Pairc Mac Diarmada in areas that don't play much rugby. Highlighting the fact that you can still play both GAA in the summer and rugby in the winter.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7346 - 30/05/2016 13:12:28    1859941

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "
Replying To ROS1:  "[quote=ormondbannerman:  "Ormond how would Connacht lose money if the could get 20k in castlebar and only 8k in the sportgrounds, plus the more supporters Connacht get when things are going well the more the will keep if things start going badly. Nobody cares about the Connacht A team and as there is no rugby club in county Roscommon where would the play. If Connacht have spent years developing players to get them up to international class player, I don't think it matters where the were born and it won't have any less impact to the Connacht team.
ROS1 (Roscommon) - Posts:443 - 28/05/2016 12:36:22 Having to pay rent, not controlling hospitality etc etc"
The extra 12k would easily cover the rent, and I am sure hospitality would be coveraged as part of the deal. When people are on the bandwagon Connacht should milk them before the bandwagon stops."
There's a few rugby clubs in Mayo and used to just one each in Sligo and Roscommon and none in Leitrim. Not sure how many now, there are new clubs that don't have adult teams yet I think, just underage. They'd be smarter trying to play a few friendlies and maybe one competitive game per season in Markieviecz Park, The Hyde and Pairc Mac Diarmada in areas that don't play much rugby. Highlighting the fact that you can still play both GAA in the summer and rugby in the winter."]That would be a good idea green and red. I think it vital that the make the most of it when things going well. The were only getting crowds of 3k up to Xmas this year.

ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 30/05/2016 14:58:21    1859981

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I don't think Connacht should be allowed into other GAA grounds yet. Maybe in 2 or 3 years.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2519 - 30/05/2016 15:15:21    1859993

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Replying To galwayford:  "I don't think Connacht should be allowed into other GAA grounds yet. Maybe in 2 or 3 years."
They could have upgraded The Sportsgrounds in 3 years and not be bothered about playing in GAA grounds. Even if they do that they should still look at playing some games in GAA grounds.

I might suggest The Dubs would play some games in Donnybrook, The RDS or The Aviva but that would surely spark a 'Split Dublin into three' debate !

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7346 - 30/05/2016 17:00:28    1860061

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Replying To ROS1:  "
Replying To GreenandRed:  "[quote=ROS1:  "[quote=ormondbannerman:  "Ormond how would Connacht lose money if the could get 20k in castlebar and only 8k in the sportgrounds, plus the more supporters Connacht get when things are going well the more the will keep if things start going badly. Nobody cares about the Connacht A team and as there is no rugby club in county Roscommon where would the play. If Connacht have spent years developing players to get them up to international class player, I don't think it matters where the were born and it won't have any less impact to the Connacht team.
ROS1 (Roscommon) - Posts:443 - 28/05/2016 12:36:22 Having to pay rent, not controlling hospitality etc etc"
The extra 12k would easily cover the rent, and I am sure hospitality would be coveraged as part of the deal. When people are on the bandwagon Connacht should milk them before the bandwagon stops."
There's a few rugby clubs in Mayo and used to just one each in Sligo and Roscommon and none in Leitrim. Not sure how many now, there are new clubs that don't have adult teams yet I think, just underage. They'd be smarter trying to play a few friendlies and maybe one competitive game per season in Markieviecz Park, The Hyde and Pairc Mac Diarmada in areas that don't play much rugby. Highlighting the fact that you can still play both GAA in the summer and rugby in the winter."]That would be a good idea green and red. I think it vital that the make the most of it when things going well. The were only getting crowds of 3k up to Xmas this year."]The extra 12k would easily cover the rent, and I am sure hospitality would be coveraged as part of the deal. When people are on the bandwagon Connacht should milk them before the bandwagon stops."]There's a few rugby clubs in Mayo and used to just one each in Sligo and Roscommon and none in Leitrim. Not sure how many now, there are new clubs that don't have adult teams yet I think, just underage. They'd be smarter trying to play a few friendlies and maybe one competitive game per season in Markieviecz Park, The Hyde and Pairc Mac Diarmada in areas that don't play much rugby. Highlighting the fact that you can still play both GAA in the summer and rugby in the winter.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts:2389 - 30/05/2016 13:12:28

That would be a good idea green and red. I think it vital that the make the most of it when things going well. The were only getting crowds of 3k up to Xmas this year.
ROS1 (Roscommon) - Posts:448 - 30/05/2016 14:58:21They are making the most of it. They have changed and improved facilities for supporters but are limited by the dog track. Not having seats bar inside the enclosed greyhound stand and for the very big games the temporary seating on the grandstand side of ground affects a large number who would attend regularly.
Clashes with world cup also affected pre Christmas games.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 30/05/2016 21:25:13    1860147

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Ormond only one game rwc game a pool game clashed with a Connacht match. The had the same crowd before, during and after the world cup, it made no difference, indeed given the amount of media coverage/ hype it should have increased crowds but it didn't. I would agree with you about the limiations of the sport grounds which can only hold less than 8k which was the reason for my orginal idea. But as John Muldoon said it all very well turning up at victory parades on a sunny evening, Connacht need people turning up for a game on a wet October evening.

ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 31/05/2016 09:52:25    1860186

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Replying To ROS1:  "Ormond only one game rwc game a pool game clashed with a Connacht match. The had the same crowd before, during and after the world cup, it made no difference, indeed given the amount of media coverage/ hype it should have increased crowds but it didn't. I would agree with you about the limiations of the sport grounds which can only hold less than 8k which was the reason for my orginal idea. But as John Muldoon said it all very well turning up at victory parades on a sunny evening, Connacht need people turning up for a game on a wet October evening."
Ormond only one game rwc game a pool game clashed with a Connacht match. The had the same crowd before, during and after the world cup, it made no difference, indeed given the amount of media coverage/ hype it should have increased crowds but it didn't. I would agree with you about the limiations of the sport grounds which can only hold less than 8k which was the reason for my orginal idea. But as John Muldoon said it all very well turning up at victory parades on a sunny evening, Connacht need people turning up for a game on a wet October evening.
ROS1 (Roscommon) - Posts:449 - 31/05/2016 09:52:25There was a lot more than 1 game in world cup that clashed with Connacht games. The limitations of the sportsground and lack of seats affects a huge number of people who cant/wont go to a game if they have to stand.
I work games in sportsground and know for a fact that 000s more would attend if there was permanent seating in place.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 31/05/2016 11:56:21    1860204

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Ormond you clearly don't know what the word fact means, it interesting as Connacht kept winning people forget there dislike for the sportsground which amazing. Only one game game clashed with a rugby world cup game. I remember before u said that when Musgrave park was done up that the crowd would increase this didn't happen.

ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 31/05/2016 18:50:39    1860358

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Replying To ROS1:  "Ormond you clearly don't know what the word fact means, it interesting as Connacht kept winning people forget there dislike for the sportsground which amazing. Only one game game clashed with a rugby world cup game. I remember before u said that when Musgrave park was done up that the crowd would increase this didn't happen."
Ormond you clearly don't know what the word fact means, it interesting as Connacht kept winning people forget there dislike for the sportsground which amazing. Only one game game clashed with a rugby world cup game. I remember before u said that when Musgrave park was done up that the crowd would increase this didn't happen.
ROS1 (Roscommon) - Posts:450 - 31/05/2016 18:50:39Crowds for Musgrave are better and Musgrave has seats. Sportsground doesn't bar inside the greyhound grandstand and majority don't want them as its so far removed from a game.
There was more than 1 clash of games, either direct or indirect with the world cup

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 31/05/2016 19:42:34    1860365

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is this a rugby or a GAA forum. Why is there no discussion on the fact that Galway GAA is in financial crisis and development of GAA in the county is being severely restricted. Partnering with Connacht Rugby (although I can't believe that CR would be interested) is one of several options that have to be looked at before the whole thing collapses.

onlyhurling (Galway) - Posts: 800 - 31/05/2016 20:11:06    1860375

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One game clashed Ormond. The idea that thousands are would go with seats when only 3k are going is very far fetched indeed

ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 31/05/2016 21:52:02    1860401

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The crowds in cork vary with the opposition, you would be alot closer to the action in any part of the sportsground then the aviva for example

ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 31/05/2016 22:04:35    1860406

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