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Replying To ForeverBlue2: "Are you that silly that you can't see that's there's a drop in attendance figures going to games without having it forensically pointed out to you… just take my and everyone else's word for it …." So nothing to back up your point then. If its so clear then show a link that shkws thus drop KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3514 - 08/04/2024 13:04:10 2536567 Link
Replying To Meathlad580: "We are seriously going down a very fickle road with the popularity of gaelic sports right now in Ireland. More and more people will be pulled into the hype surrounding Rugby and LOI- and quite rightly so. For me, the biggest thing is the whole experience you get when attending a GAA match is pitiful, bar the exception of an AI final. When you watch any of the rugby games in the Aviva it's night and day how much of an event they create out of it. Mc playing songs to generate atmosphere, player announcements, fire coming up from the ground. People here will criticise this saying its not american sports, but if we don't adapt and try and add to the total match day experience people will be turned off going to games. I for one am dreading this Sunday going to an empty croke park, and that's not even taking into consideration the hammering that Meath will more than likely get." A huge problem in the GAA is the soft frees and over protection of forward players. If you're not allowed to slightly tug an arm or out muscle a man in the tackle without a free against - then your only hope is to Shepard a man. But if there's any space the man just has to take you on, therefor the only hope you have is to pack the defence and crowd out attackers - which is leading to the boring dull fests we're being shown now. Look at Chrissy McCauge against Dublin in the league final - he's absolutely the best man marker in the county, and his man got 5-6 frees for innocuous enough contact off the ball. Monaghan Cavan yesterday was dull as a rainy weekend because there was no bite to it. Any attempt to get into a physical contest was immediately a free and it led to an awful stop start pack the backs game. We need the old school francie bellew types back in the game to be let get in and around a man (within reason) in order for the game to return to some sort of free flowing entertaining contests! Otherwise it'll stay as is, Dublin and Kerry systematically winning frees in crucial situations to win games. And for me as a neutral - I've absolutely no interest in seeing another Dublin or Kerry all Ireland. They've won over 80% of them since 2000, I've had my fill of that.. Jjoniel79 (Monaghan) - Posts: 152 - 08/04/2024 13:08:49 2536571 Link
GAA themselves have scored an own goal with their new championship structure and need to go back to original format but all county players should have to play with their clubs through out the year. Cavan Monaghan match was too close to a disappointing league finish for both teams with low expectations in both camps and with poor weather forecast and big premier league games on in most bars thousands stayed away from this match. If it was played later on when soccer is finished and weather better and league long forgotten you could easily add 5 or 6 thousand to this crowd. breffnibluewhite (Cavan) - Posts: 457 - 08/04/2024 13:18:24 2536580 Link
Replying To KillingFields: "So nothing to back up your point then. If its so clear then show a link that shkws thus drop" I give up…. Attendances are at an all time high because of the wonderful fare on offer…. Clones packed out yesterday…. This is the type of stuff the deluded want to hear… Keep your heads buried firmly in the sand lads… it won't affect your brain because you don't have one it seems…. ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 1959 - 08/04/2024 14:41:16 2536607 Link
1 lad wants fouling allowed, another wants to turn the clock back to pre 2001..... Next ye'll want point posts and 17 aside.. Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1451 - 08/04/2024 14:48:51 2536609 Link
Think people are picking and choosing now what they go for..the increase in price isn't helping..you also have the minor and 20 on separate nights also adding to Gaa followers extra cost..I think even next Sunday,they'll be lucky if 30 thousand attend croke park..cork and Kerry might get 20 thousand at a push because even if they lose they still have a shot at an all Ireland.. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2231 - 08/04/2024 17:21:13 2536679 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "Think people are picking and choosing now what they go for..the increase in price isn't helping..you also have the minor and 20 on separate nights also adding to Gaa followers extra cost..I think even next Sunday,they'll be lucky if 30 thousand attend croke park..cork and Kerry might get 20 thousand at a push because even if they lose they still have a shot at an all Ireland.." 30 thousand? I'd consider 25 thousand an extremely good attendance. If the league finals could only get 33 thousand aa few weeks ago, this fixture has no hope of hitting 30 thousand. Believe me when I say this, Meath fans have COMPLETELY given up on this fixture which is sad. Speaking to friends and they all say the same thing about not wanting to go up and see Dublin win by 20 points in an empty croke park Meathlad580 (Meath) - Posts: 2 - 08/04/2024 18:18:36 2536694 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "Think people are picking and choosing now what they go for..the increase in price isn't helping..you also have the minor and 20 on separate nights also adding to Gaa followers extra cost..I think even next Sunday,they'll be lucky if 30 thousand attend croke park..cork and Kerry might get 20 thousand at a push because even if they lose they still have a shot at an all Ireland.." Has Leinster Council gone back to letting Dublin have all their Leinster SFC games in Croke Park? Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1451 - 08/04/2024 18:33:56 2536705 Link
Replying To Seanfanbocht: "Has Leinster Council gone back to letting Dublin have all their Leinster SFC games in Croke Park?" Hardly a case of "gone back to" when they hardly ever played outside of it anyway.....! Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2257 - 08/04/2024 19:33:56 2536726 Link
Replying To breffnibluewhite: "GAA themselves have scored an own goal with their new championship structure and need to go back to original format but all county players should have to play with their clubs through out the year. Cavan Monaghan match was too close to a disappointing league finish for both teams with low expectations in both camps and with poor weather forecast and big premier league games on in most bars thousands stayed away from this match. If it was played later on when soccer is finished and weather better and league long forgotten you could easily add 5 or 6 thousand to this crowd." Spot on, breffni Overthebar53 (Carlow) - Posts: 209 - 08/04/2024 23:28:37 2536766 Link
Replying To Seanfanbocht: "Has Leinster Council gone back to letting Dublin have all their Leinster SFC games in Croke Park?" You might want to ask Meath about that! BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2590 - 09/04/2024 09:16:57 2536804 Link
Replying To Meathlad580: "30 thousand? I'd consider 25 thousand an extremely good attendance. If the league finals could only get 33 thousand aa few weeks ago, this fixture has no hope of hitting 30 thousand. Believe me when I say this, Meath fans have COMPLETELY given up on this fixture which is sad. Speaking to friends and they all say the same thing about not wanting to go up and see Dublin win by 20 points in an empty croke park" We were spoilt in the nineties (best decade in my view for the GAA by a country mile) with so many provincial and all ireland breakthroughs in both football and hurling and some great rivalries. Very hard to replicate this each decade. Now reverted back to type. It is similar to the seventies which must have been a yawn to many given the regularity of all ireland pairings etc. Difference is nowadays people have a far greater choice and with the onset of technology etc can pick and choose as they wish. In the seventies the GAA was the sole mechanism for keeping many engaged socially through sport and there was not blanket coverage through one means or another. Dublin Meath this weekend will be luck to get 20k. kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1948 - 09/04/2024 12:55:38 2536873 Link
Replying To Seanfanbocht: "Has Leinster Council gone back to letting Dublin have all their Leinster SFC games in Croke Park?" No. If Longford had beaten Meath the Longford-Dublin game would have been in Longford, not Croker. LongfordgaaAbú (Longford) - Posts: 475 - 09/04/2024 17:59:47 2536961 Link
Replying To kiloughter: "We were spoilt in the nineties (best decade in my view for the GAA by a country mile) with so many provincial and all ireland breakthroughs in both football and hurling and some great rivalries. Very hard to replicate this each decade. Now reverted back to type. It is similar to the seventies which must have been a yawn to many given the regularity of all ireland pairings etc. Difference is nowadays people have a far greater choice and with the onset of technology etc can pick and choose as they wish. In the seventies the GAA was the sole mechanism for keeping many engaged socially through sport and there was not blanket coverage through one means or another. Dublin Meath this weekend will be luck to get 20k." Yeah they will probably announce a bigger figure, counting all the corporate boxes and premium tickets that are sold on long-term contracts. Actual bums on seats would be very lucky to hit 20k. dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 338 - 10/04/2024 09:18:17 2537050 Link
Replying To dahayeser: "Yeah they will probably announce a bigger figure, counting all the corporate boxes and premium tickets that are sold on long-term contracts. Actual bums on seats would be very lucky to hit 20k." Yet there are the deluded who think attendance figures are holding up…. what a load of nonsense… this Dublin /Meath game would attract at least 60k 5/6 years ago…. People have wised up and are staying away from the type of rubbish on offer…. GAA heading for choppy waters I think… When fans desert it's hard to get them back ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 1959 - 10/04/2024 10:34:59 2537067 Link
Playing games like Cork V Kerry on a Saturday is cutting a third of your attendance straight away with many people working , add in playing these games in April so early in the year is another factor. When i see quarter finals of the All Ireland Hurling down to be played at 1pm on a Saturday theres something wrong somewhere , it really is a case of getting our games out of the way as quick as possible OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 678 - 10/04/2024 11:01:26 2537075 Link
Replying To OpenStand: "Playing games like Cork V Kerry on a Saturday is cutting a third of your attendance straight away with many people working , add in playing these games in April so early in the year is another factor. When i see quarter finals of the All Ireland Hurling down to be played at 1pm on a Saturday theres something wrong somewhere , it really is a case of getting our games out of the way as quick as possible" When do you propose playing Club Championships? November? Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1451 - 10/04/2024 11:43:23 2537087 Link
Replying To ForeverBlue2: "Yet there are the deluded who think attendance figures are holding up…. what a load of nonsense… this Dublin /Meath game would attract at least 60k 5/6 years ago…. People have wised up and are staying away from the type of rubbish on offer…. GAA heading for choppy waters I think… When fans desert it's hard to get them back" Couldnt agree more. The Gaa really have to think about how we get crowds back at our games. In our own County they say we have great hurling supporters but in reality we will have no more than 8 or 9k at the Dublin game Sunday week which is our biggest game of they year. Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 146 - 10/04/2024 11:51:55 2537092 Link
Replying To ForeverBlue2: "Yet there are the deluded who think attendance figures are holding up…. what a load of nonsense… this Dublin /Meath game would attract at least 60k 5/6 years ago…. People have wised up and are staying away from the type of rubbish on offer…. GAA heading for choppy waters I think… When fans desert it's hard to get them back" 42K turned up for Dublin vs Meath in 2016 for what was a Leinster semi-final, at a time when Dublin had only won 2 All-Irelands with what turned out to be such a great team. Well shy of 60K. Given how poor Meath have been since, and what Dublin have gone on to achieve, a smaller crowd for this fixture doesn't surprise me at all. There's no excuse for Meath not being more competitive, when Mayo managed it for years and Derry are showing now. My own county needs to pull its socks up too, despite sporadic runs. Competitive rivalries will drive fan interest. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2053 - 10/04/2024 12:22:53 2537101 Link
Replying To Seanfanbocht: "When do you propose playing Club Championships? November?" Both galway hurling and football club finals were played at the end of October last year no change from when the all Ireland was played on September so teams are still playing on as late as ever minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 224 - 10/04/2024 12:44:13 2537112 Link