Good to see this weekend will be bringing the first hurling/football double-headers of the season. Obviously, the highest profile one is in Croker this Saturday but also ones in Derry, Antrim, Armagh & Wexford. Get in early, get value for money & support both your county's teams!
Unfortunately Keeper in the case of Dublin hurlers it will be them and Cork playing in front of 7/8,000 or so for most of the match and then another 10,000 arriving in during the second half for the football. Apart from that Parnell is undoubtedly a far better venue for the hurlers where they have been rarely beaten in recent years. It also has an element of treating hurlers from counties where it is the second code as a bit of a novelty warm up act, which is a bit of an insult if you ask me!
dont agree with you on this hurlingdub the hurlers would be playing in front of less in parnell park than they will be at the throw in in croke park. its far better exposure for hurling and dublin gaa in general plus we aint going to get any championship games in parnell park
1698910 dont agree with you on this hurlingdub the hurlers would be playing in front of less in parnell park than they will be at the throw in in croke park. its far better exposure for hurling and dublin gaa in general plus we aint going to get any championship games in parnell park
A fairly silly mistake for a person of your knowledge Hill. You played Wexford in the championship there two years ago. Apart from that I agree with you (though I think Hurlingdub's points are fair as well)
ah benny poor choice of words from me haha I suppose its because I label that game a qualifier and class leinster and all ireland games championship thats what I ment when said championship game a big championship match in other words might have been better choice of words haha
Hill, I doubt there will be any more at start of hurling on Saturday than they would be in Parnell. Besides, that sort of a crowd in Croke Park is pretty lonesome. The double headers did work at the start when there was more marketing done and there were bigger crowds overall for them - over 30,000, but nowhere near that now.
I'm sure that double headers have attracted a proportion of those who used only follow football - Hill crowd is good for hurling for example, but not convinced! Mainly because I do think that a packed Parnell is big advantage for Dublin and it is one of few grounds that I have heard other hurling people refer to as place where they notice a more intense atmosphere for league games.
Finally as person past their prime I can no longer use my Parnell terrace pass as four hours + on my feet in the cold is too much :-)
I think there will be around 15 thousand in for the start of the hurling on saturday hurlers have caught fire early and the wins over tipp and kilkenny will defo bring in people that had they of lost them games would have waited till second half. I agree the marketing needs to be done but who is responsible for it? the gaa or county boards? there was 23 thousand at the dubs donegal game id imagine somewhere around 25 thousand will be there this saturday. yeah we have good record in parnell but for me I have never been one to try use home away as advantages its all in the midn really, the fact the players buy into that can be dangerous in one way as come the summer when we play galway more than likely it will be croker and players mentally can get caught up on where the match is played I have always been of the school that a pitch is a pitch and have even used playing away from home as a better motivator as you will have people that never seen you play before and want them to walk away after saying your man was a good player wasnt he. to be honest I have never witnessed a good atmosphere in parnell outside of one match in my life that was the o byrne cup final against longford in the 00tys when we came from behind late on to snatch it with two goals from jayo and that was down to the circumstances. just think the ground is dull and doesnt create any atmosphere like take the dublin final this year it was overcrowded and still could hear players calling on pitch. haha is it 4 hours never actually noticed the time haha I can understand that but id be opposite I cannot sit for any length without getting sore bottom haha and hate sitting at games so we opposite ends of the scale haha
1699025 ah benny poor choice of words from me haha I suppose its because I label that game a qualifier and class leinster and all ireland games championship thats what I ment when said championship game a big championship match in other words might have been better choice of words haha
Was that not a replayed Leinster quarter final?!! you might need a holiday!