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"Mullingar was the obvious choice if it was available." Agree Cavan isn't great for either team but Mullingar is an hour closer to Tipp so that isn't fair either If you are driving from Derry to Tipp or Tipp to Derry the quickest way is through Dublin which is also roughly the half way point. Parnell would have been the logical option DoireCityFC (Derry) - Posts: 1580 - 18/07/2016 21:28:16 1885897 Link
Losing provincal finalists should be at home venue. End off. DLlegends (Donegal) - Posts: 503 - 18/07/2016 21:42:09 1885905 Link
Replying To DLlegends: "Losing provincal finalists should be at home venue. End off." That statement has no foundation or basis whatsoever, what gives them a right over a team who might have negotiated 3 rounds of qualifiers to get to the same stage of the competition. sugar.daddy (Mayo) - Posts: 85 - 18/07/2016 22:12:18 1885927 Link
DLlegends - Cusack Park in Mullingar only holds 11000. Mayo would fill it on their own. Longford only holds 4500. Hyde Park is closed. Unless Mayo got a home game there would not be any other venue suitable to hold it. Mfs (Mayo) - Posts: 251 - 18/07/2016 22:59:55 1885948 Link
agree parnell park seems the most favourable venue, its probably a bit more of a trek from derry but good roads for both and more importantly a venue neither team would have much real expierience of.....one of my big gripes is that derry played in cavan last week and also in the league there this year, they have some form of familiarity of the ground already. From what ive heard the cccc were split on choice of venue on this and the vote fell to the chairman who is surpisingly a cavan man....ill be honest i cant back up that claim but its the way ive heard it from what id consider a reliable source. Anyway thats probably enough on it from me, as has been said playing derry saturday for a chance at making the last 12, its not the pitch that will beat us if we are to lose tipp11 (Tipperary) - Posts: 353 - 18/07/2016 23:31:50 1885962 Link
Replying To DLlegends: "Losing provincal finalists should be at home venue. End off." I'd happily second that suggestion, as least this year anyway :) Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 19/07/2016 00:59:37 1885982 Link
Replying To county man: "Agree. Tipp are being shafted big time here...very unfair....they are still good enough to come through though....would have feared Cavan more. Salthill is also an advantage to Roscommon although not as much. Makes no sense why a Leinster venue wasn't chosen alright" In fairness salthill is nearer clare then it is to roscommon. Although 3 o clock on a Saturday is a advantage to no one. The gaa must not want people going to there games ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 19/07/2016 01:57:29 1885987 Link
Why not let teams toss for home advantage it would be handier for mayo to go to mullingar then to Dublin for example ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 19/07/2016 02:01:46 1885988 Link
Mullingar is not suitable for big games. Theres no car park and theres no 2nd pitch to do a warm up. wd45 (Westmeath) - Posts: 211 - 19/07/2016 08:12:05 1886002 Link
Replying To DLlegends: "Losing provincal finalists should be at home venue. End off." I don't know about that. Would Cusack Park really be able to cater for the demands of Westmeath and Mayo fans? The theory is good but it's not practical to apply in all cases so it wouldn't be fair to cherry pick certain instances. Kurt_Angle (Dublin) - Posts: 567 - 19/07/2016 08:56:28 1886014 Link
Replying To Killarney.87: "That's a joke from a Tipp point of view, we have been completely ripped off here. Derry just played in Cavan over the weekend. It's a pitch they are more familiar with anyway as its in their own province. The logical and fairer venue for this match was Mullingar." to be fair it's probably the same distance to Cavan from Roscrea as it is from Derry city. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 19/07/2016 10:02:00 1886047 Link
Replying To wd45: "Mullingar is not suitable for big games. Theres no car park and theres no 2nd pitch to do a warm up." That's Croke Park out as well so jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1459 - 19/07/2016 10:28:37 1886064 Link
Replying To jobber: "That's Croke Park out as well so" Croker has numerous car parks and warm up areas for teams??? killer_88_ (Mayo) - Posts: 2040 - 19/07/2016 10:55:30 1886085 Link
Replying To s goldrick: "to be fair it's probably the same distance to Cavan from Roscrea as it is from Derry city." North of thurles youll be lucky to get a single car going, the match will hardly even be watch on tvs there.......south derry cant be too far from cavan. Hell of alot more benefit to derry playing in cavan which noone can deny and as ive said its done now so have to get on with it tipp11 (Tipperary) - Posts: 353 - 19/07/2016 11:00:38 1886091 Link
Very Harsh on Tipp ....A joke of a venue choice from the CCCCCCCCCCCCCC Double header won't attracth too many either.... I hear ticket Sales are very slow for Thurles this Sunday in the hurling the GAA may start looking at things regarding venues and prices... The choice of Nolan Park for dublin v Laois really showed how they are dictated I'm delighted it back fired with Laois boycotting and the Dubs not filling their allocation! BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 19/07/2016 11:56:48 1886144 Link
Replying To sugar.daddy: "Some people will find a way to complain about anything. So what happens for example if Mayo & Donegal win and they go on to meet Tyrone & the Dubs in Croke Park 6/7 days later, are you actually saying they would prefer to have played in Salthill or Tullamore 6/7 days previous as opposed to the same surface & environment they are accustomed to. Croke Park is the finest GAA arena we have in Ireland by a country mile and I for one treat it as a blessing when my county gets the opportunity to play there, some counties such as Carlow & Leitrim wait a lifetime for days like this. I genuinely feel its more than just a journey or a burden when your county gets to Croke Park, its one of those in-explainable days in the summer that just don't come around too often." Agree with all points. Great for players to get a feel for Croker. Great for supporters, as it's a really enjoyable day out. Atmosphere always brilliant. Marvellous to be in such an impressive stadium and a huge sense of pride in our team for getting so far. Bring it on!l GormlaighG (Mayo) - Posts: 77 - 21/07/2016 22:44:59 1887958 Link
Replying To tipp11: "North of thurles youll be lucky to get a single car going, the match will hardly even be watch on tvs there.......south derry cant be too far from cavan. Hell of alot more benefit to derry playing in cavan which noone can deny and as ive said its done now so have to get on with it" Sure Breffni is the home of football ;) bumpernut (Antrim) - Posts: 1852 - 22/07/2016 10:43:37 1888067 Link
Replying To tipp11: "North of thurles youll be lucky to get a single car going, the match will hardly even be watch on tvs there.......south derry cant be too far from cavan. Hell of alot more benefit to derry playing in cavan which noone can deny and as ive said its done now so have to get on with it" North of Thurles they have heard mention of a game called Gaelic Football from time to time but they are not sure what it is outside of Portroe, Borrisokane, Shannon Rovers, Ballina and maybe Inane Rocers because they've had the odd county man. Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 22/07/2016 16:26:03 1888294 Link
Tipp fans would barely go to Thurles to watch their football team so have little to complain here. Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12122 - 22/07/2016 17:03:58 1888308 Link
Croke park was the wrong venue yesterday. So empty you could hear the managers shouting. Would have been better as a double header in salthill tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1126 - 31/07/2016 08:14:43 1892648 Link