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Replying To Liamwalkinstown: "Anyone else surprised to hear the GAA saying it wont sell out and a crowd just under 20,000 is expected" Very surprised. Then again it's a Bank Holiday weekend, a lot of people head off on holidays around now, might affect numbers. CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 31/05/2016 14:56:28 1860291 Link
I'm not surprised. Bank Holiday weekend and Cat Laughs festival on in Kilkenny too. Hotels will be hiking prices. 7 p.m. throw-in will put off a lot of folks with kids who might have thought of making the trip down and back in one day. It's quicker to get to Thurles than Kilkenny from Dublin. It should have been played in Portlaoise. And not just because of logistics, it's meant to be a home tie for Laois Mickmick (Dublin) - Posts: 104 - 31/05/2016 15:02:34 1860294 Link
However if my memory is correct only 4 teams have beat Dublin since 2010 inc Meath been one of them , others Kerry , mayo Donegal, I may be missing one , but its not something that any other team or provinces can say if they were only here. Again I shouldn't have singled out Monahan, that was unfair. royaldunne (Meath) - 31/05/2016 14:11:19 Actually Kerry havent beaten us since 2009. ConnollyDub (Dublin) - Posts: 2007 - 31/05/2016 16:10:53 1860318 Link
Also a lot of Dublin supporters will be going to the euro's so they'll be saving their money for that. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 31/05/2016 16:39:14 1860329 Link
CKD I know of very few GAA fans going to the Euros , I know many lads in work that follow soccer going and quite a few that not real fans of any particular code that are going for the crack . Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 31/05/2016 17:21:24 1860347 Link
Replying To Liamwalkinstown: "Anyone else surprised to hear the GAA saying it wont sell out and a crowd just under 20,000 is expected" Not surprised at all, it's a Bank Holiday weekend and the Leinster Council display utter stupidity in fixing a game in Nowlan Park on a Saturday night of a big festival in Kilkenny. The excuse of using a venue with more seats now looks pathetic as they wont even be able to fill all the seats. Only serves to prove how wrong it was not to allocate this game to O'Moore Park Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 31/05/2016 18:05:16 1860350 Link
I actually thought clondalkindub was being sarcastic, you know, feeding off the slant that the culchies put on us about being soccer heads. I will watch Ireland's games on TV and maybe the semis and final. KerryKillers (Dublin) - Posts: 711 - 31/05/2016 20:55:35 1860388 Link
Dublin would be better off going through the back door then winning Leinster, just to mix thing up. Means we might have more competitive games before a potential AI final. Hopefully a few away games away from Croke Park as well, be interesting to see what HQ and other counties would make of reduced allocations with Dublin playing in smaller grounds and season tickets needing to be priortised. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 31/05/2016 21:41:48 1860399 Link
Replying To TheUsername: "Dublin would be better off going through the back door then winning Leinster, just to mix thing up. Means we might have more competitive games before a potential AI final. Hopefully a few away games away from Croke Park as well, be interesting to see what HQ and other counties would make of reduced allocations with Dublin playing in smaller grounds and season tickets needing to be priortised." Never ever throw a game! KerryKillers (Dublin) - Posts: 711 - 31/05/2016 22:02:25 1860405 Link
KK I was. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 01/06/2016 09:07:14 1860421 Link
only 13,400 tickets sold so far and plenty of spare ones going around already in Laois...(I live here) There is a lot of Laois Gaels not going because of the choice of venue and you can't blame them to be honest... Interesting to see alot of Dubs now staying away as well its back fired on the GAA being greedy trying to get the extra money for seats and I am delighted. This game should have always been in O'Moore park and it would have been easier for the Dubs to get there by train and bus especially getting home after which will be a nightmare from Killkenny. The cats laugh on as well this weekend... The GAA's greed really is something that ruin's the organisation! The game itself will go to form I expect Dublin to win well but Laois might put up a resistance for a period in the game. Just like 2014 the Dubs will over power them between the 40-50 minute mark and the bench will add to that. Laois can be a firey outfit it has always being in their blood maybe an early bout of fisty cuffs could put the Dubs off their game a bit. Prediction Laois 1-14 Dublin 2-19 BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 01/06/2016 10:11:49 1860435 Link
The game should have been in Portlaoise but it isn't and while I understand Laois's frustration you have to just get in with the game at this stage. Let's be honest the venue won't effect the result, Dublin will win this game no matter where it's played, it's just that Portlaoise would have been a lot handier for Laois fans and even for Dublin fans. The Gaa have acted pretty petulant throughout this whole Dublin out of Croker saga anyway, from the childish finger wagging warning about counties receiving less money as a result of Dublin travelling to kicking dirt at Laois by fixing the game for Kilkenny. Most likely the other Leinster delegates were coerced into voting for it as well, pity that, would have been nice to see a bit of back bone. No doubt the Gaa will use the current uproar (that they created) to justify parking Dublin right back into Croker for the foreseeable future, which I'm sure Dublin fans themselves don't want. Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 01/06/2016 11:10:24 1860458 Link
Replying To Htaem: "The game should have been in Portlaoise but it isn't and while I understand Laois's frustration you have to just get in with the game at this stage. Let's be honest the venue won't effect the result, Dublin will win this game no matter where it's played, it's just that Portlaoise would have been a lot handier for Laois fans and even for Dublin fans. The Gaa have acted pretty petulant throughout this whole Dublin out of Croker saga anyway, from the childish finger wagging warning about counties receiving less money as a result of Dublin travelling to kicking dirt at Laois by fixing the game for Kilkenny. Most likely the other Leinster delegates were coerced into voting for it as well, pity that, would have been nice to see a bit of back bone. No doubt the Gaa will use the current uproar (that they created) to justify parking Dublin right back into Croker for the foreseeable future, which I'm sure Dublin fans themselves don't want." You're right htaem, would much rather a packed smaller ground than a half empty Croke Park. And had this game been fixed for Portlaoise I have no doubt we'd have been guaranteed a sell-out. The GAA have nobody to blame for this fiasco but themselves. I don't blame Laois fans one bit for being put out by this but as you say we/they just have to get on with it. CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 01/06/2016 11:22:11 1860462 Link
Delighted it isn't sold out. We can finally put an end to the myth that Dublin were too big to take out of croker. But as others said it should have been in portlaoise. would have gotten a bigger crowd for sure Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 01/06/2016 14:07:04 1860527 Link
Dublin team to play Laois 1. Cluxton 2. Byrne 3. Cooper 4. McMahon 5. McCarthy 6. O Sullivan 7. Small 8. McCauley 9. Fenton 10. Flynn 11. Rock 12. Kilkenny 13. McManamon 14. Connolly 15. Brogan clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 02/06/2016 21:38:27 1861036 Link
Replying To clondalkindub: "Dublin team to play Laois 1. Cluxton 2. Byrne 3. Cooper 4. McMahon 5. McCarthy 6. O Sullivan 7. Small 8. McCauley 9. Fenton 10. Flynn 11. Rock 12. Kilkenny 13. McManamon 14. Connolly 15. Brogan" Excellent looking team - happy to see Kev get a start I don't think our defence will be tested much.. and any perceived weakness there will not be possibly exposed on Saturday night Can see Laois going very defensive... after Wicklow scored 18 points... I've no doubt they've been training defensively I think it will be similar enough to the 2015 Leinster Final jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20601 - 03/06/2016 10:15:15 1861113 Link
Replying To Jack_Goff: "Delighted it isn't sold out. We can finally put an end to the myth that Dublin were too big to take out of croker. But as others said it should have been in portlaoise. would have gotten a bigger crowd for sure" It's not sold out yet... I'd still expect it to be close But there's two teams playing... we cant do much about Laois not being arsed All this has done is ensure that probably less people will see the game - compared to if it was in CP Proving the Leinster councils point further... less people, less revenue, less funds Still there will be at least 15,000 Dubs travelling... But no doubt if it had of been in CP you'd have had 30,000+ in CP - it would have been far handier for families to attend But the GAA decided to hold it on a bank holiday, Cat Laughs comedy festival already booked I for that wkend, limited places to stay, jacked up pricing, and now a late throw in time putting off travelling families going on a day trip... jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20601 - 03/06/2016 10:33:19 1861119 Link
Replying To OLLIE: "I don't think Monaghan has ever beaten the Dubs in the Championship." No. They've played in 4 championships - 1907, 1921, 1922 & 2014. All won by Dublin. The last time Monaghan beat Dublin was in the 1997/98 league. Cully (Laois) - Posts: 375 - 03/06/2016 14:04:40 1861224 Link
I only got rid of Sky Sports last week so the radio will have to suffice.I guess i cant complain about Sky as i supported the idea when they came on board.As im trying my best to stay off the demon drink,the pub is not a great option.Not to worry.As Freddie Mercury once said,it's Radio GAA GAA saurday night for me.Dubs by 12 +. cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 03/06/2016 14:22:16 1861235 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "CKD I know of very few GAA fans going to the Euros , I know many lads in work that follow soccer going and quite a few that not real fans of any particular code that are going for the crack ." I live in Dublin myself and I know 7 Dubs fans who would regularly go to watch Dublin games (as in league games) and a lot of Dublin hurling too. 6 of them are going to France and they would follow Ireland all over Europe during the qualifiers. I go to nearly all Mayo league and Championship games myself (I was in London last Sunday) and I too follow Ireland all around Europe and Ill be in France. I know quite a few lads from at home who are GAA fans but will also be in France. Fair enough if it is your experience that you know very few GAA going to France, your experience is your experience, but mine is the complete opposite. An awful lot of fans who follow Ireland are also GAA fans so in my experience there is quite a lot of crossover between GAA and the fans of the national soccer team. As for the match. Having the game in Nowlan Park won't make the blindest bit of difference in my view. The handicap is -15 and I think Dublin will cover it. the_walls (Mayo) - Posts: 495 - 04/06/2016 07:43:51 1861400 Link