I think this is a great idea, you could get completely tanked before a game as usual, head out into the fresh air and make your way to the ground. Fast forward to when you waken up the next morning, have to check the score as would be expected, sit down to watch a replay of the game as you normally do cause you can never remember the game really and while you are doing this you hoke around in your trouser pockets (trousers that you slept in) and find 80 quid. Nothing different from a normal match Sunday only you are 80 quid richer - result!

Would mean that Croke, or certainly the hill, would be half empty for Dublin games though :(

Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 14/05/2014 09:49:09    1587355

How can one concenrate on a game when tanked? I think there is a wider problem in Ireland, too many so called hard men getting high notions of themselves after a few scoops. On my latest trip to NY last week as always you can stumble home at any un-holy hour from the pub....enter a fast food at 4-5:00am, travel on the subway by yourself...no hastle, you don't feel intimatated, no street brawls...something has be be asked when you can feel safer in Manhattan than Dublin city Center or Eyre Square Galway which are towns in comparison.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11637 - 14/05/2014 10:11:44    1587375

yew_tree

How can one concenrate on a game when tanked?

You can't, I don't go into games tanked myself because it is a waste of time but I do like a few pints before hand, not much harm in that.

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 14/05/2014 10:19:01    1587381

How can one concenrate on a game when tanked? I think there is a wider problem in Ireland, too many so called hard men getting high notions of themselves after a few scoops. On my latest trip to NY last week as always you can stumble home at any un-holy hour from the pub....enter a fast food at 4-5:00am, travel on the subway by yourself...no hastle, you don't feel intimatated, no street brawls...something has be be asked when you can feel safer in Manhattan than Dublin city Center or Eyre Square Galway which are towns in comparison.

YewTree you have answered your own question. You feel safer in Manhattan at 4-5:00am because you are tanked - 'as always you can stumble home at any un-holy hour from the pub'.

Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 14/05/2014 10:24:37    1587388

Htaem
County: Meath

You can't, I don't go into games tanked myself because it is a waste of time but I do like a few pints before hand, not much harm in that.

Agree 100%...usually have 4-5 myself but see some fellas waddling in after 8-10 and maybe a half one or 2...that's their business though, no problem with that but why even bother go to the match if you can't concentrate...better off stay in the bar and watch it there.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11637 - 14/05/2014 10:25:27    1587389

I've encoutered this problem a few times down through the years especially in the terrace where you often see lads with cans and on a few occasions I've seen a guy covering a can with a flag in a bid to fool the rest of us. I remember at the international rules a few years agoI was at the game with my son and this guy beside us tossed aside a glass bottle after he was finished with it and it landed right beside my son who was fairly young at the time. Another occasion when I was living in Dublin and used to go to alot of games in Croke Park and was at the Donegal-Kerry match and a few lads near us with what sounded like accents from down south were vehemently cheering against Kerry and spewing bile at families nearby, one lad in particular was very drunk indeed he must have been drinking not only all day but probably still going from the night before. The woman in front of them commented they were a disgrace to their club ( they were wearing club jerseys ) and id have to agree with her.

The point I'm making is that the G.A.A should appeal to families and not just drunken louts the amount of times I've seen games ruined for families is beyond belief, the worst at a league match last year with a group of about 10 lads in Croke Park absolutely hammered and even smoking in the Cusack Stand and leaving a trail of cans wherever they went. This is not the image the G.A.A needs, we need to cut out this drunken nonsense now before Croke Park resembles a 1980's English Division 2 soccer match.

glantine.guard (Limerick) - Posts: 33 - 14/05/2014 10:29:50    1587394

yew_tree

Agree 100%...usually have 4-5 myself but see some fellas waddling in after 8-10 and maybe a half one or 2...that's their business though, no problem with that but why even bother go to the match if you can't concentrate...better off stay in the bar and watch it there.

Yep I agree 100% aswell, I'd usually be in the 4-5 mark before games meself and without putting an exact figure on in (because everybody is different) people should just stay within their limits before a match because it is completely pointless being at a game when your legless.

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 14/05/2014 10:35:46    1587400

14/05/2014 10:29:50 glantine.guard
I've encoutered this problem a few times down through the years especially in the terrace where you often see lads with cans and on a few occasions I've seen a guy covering a can with a flag in a bid to fool the rest of us. I remember at the international rules a few years agoI was at the game with my son and this guy beside us tossed aside a glass bottle after he was finished with it and it landed right beside my son who was fairly young at the time. Another occasion when I was living in Dublin and used to go to a lot of games in Croke Park and was at the Donegal-Kerry match and a few lads near us with what sounded like accents from down south were vehemently cheering against Kerry and spewing bile at families nearby, one lad in particular was very drunk indeed he must have been drinking not only all day but probably still going from the night before. The woman in front of them commented they were a disgrace to their club ( they were wearing club jerseys ) and id have to agree with her.Yes everyone here will have encountered a few fools with too much drink taken.. I can remember the first time I was in the Aviva and I had a few drinks spilt on me by a few fools. Did they have too much to drink? Probably.
Should they have been stopped from entering ground? No.
Yes those guys were a disgrace but that shouldn't stop them from entering the ground..

The point I'm making is that the G.A.A should appeal to families and not just drunken louts the amount of times I've seen games ruined for families is beyond belief, the worst at a league match last year with a group of about 10 lads in Croke Park absolutely hammered and even smoking in the Cusack Stand and leaving a trail of cans wherever they went. This is not the image the G.A.A needs, we need to cut out this drunken nonsense now before Croke Park resembles a 1980's English Division 2 soccer match.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 14/05/2014 10:41:45    1587408

Naysayer
County: Antrim
Posts: 373
YewTree you have answered your own question. You feel safer in Manhattan at 4-5:00am because you are tanked - 'as always you can stumble home at any un-holy hour from the pub'.

:) Could be but ive also walked around Manhattan sober at 4:00am surprisingly enough....some part of the bronx and other boroughs would be a different story though.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11637 - 14/05/2014 10:42:25    1587410

I'm up for banning fat people too. They invade my space and breathe/sweat all over me. They shouldn't be allowed in unless they turn up with the diet plan and a lettuce or something. Who do these people think they are? Ruining my day out!

srb (Antrim) - Posts: 344 - 14/05/2014 10:54:30    1587420

I'm up for banning fat people too. They invade my space and breathe/sweat all over me. They shouldn't be allowed in unless they turn up with the diet plan and a lettuce or something. Who do these people think they are? Ruining my day out!

I agree srb, at least with drunk people there is a chance that they will either start to sober up or else fall asleep and that is overlooking the fact that not all drunk people are a nuisance.

Fat people on the other hand a are consistent from they enter the ground until they leave. Aside from invading space and breathing and sweating all over everyone they also create a restricted view for anyone behind them. They are a bad example to children and god help you if you happen to get caught behind them at the food queue - I always bring extra ham sandwiches and tayto cheese and onion crisps in case a fat person eats all the hot food on offer before I get to the counter.

Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 14/05/2014 11:22:08    1587434

BO people at Gaa games; for jaysis sake wash your bleeding armpits before you come sitting beside me with your funny accent and your big fat belly. BO supporters should be banned from all Gaa stadiums . You know who you are by the way (culchies) so wash yourself after you leave Coppers at 8 o clock in the morning

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 14/05/2014 11:31:45    1587441

Ugly Women - ban them too. Was going to say all women but that wouldn't be PC in todays era of moral outrage everyone seems to feel - would have the sexist card thrown at me (to add to the Bigot one I got yesterday... ;-) ). So only ugly women as after all, if the match isn't the best at least you would have something decent to look at. So, the list now is:

Drunk People
Fat People
Ugly Women

Anything else before I draft an e-mail to the GAA Standards and Improvements body?

Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 14/05/2014 11:35:51    1587443

Added to the list Clondalkin!

Drunk People
Fat People
Ugly Women
People with BO

Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 14/05/2014 11:37:39    1587444

clondalkindub

BO people at Gaa games; for jaysis sake wash your bleeding armpits before you come sitting beside me with your funny accent and your big fat belly. BO supporters should be banned from all Gaa stadiums . You know who you are by the way (culchies) so wash yourself after you leave Coppers at 8 o clock in the morning


I'll do no such thing clondalkindub, I'll come to Croker and sit beside you with pig dung on jersey, then we'll see if you're still smiling!!!

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 14/05/2014 11:39:31    1587446

You see all the lads who literally fall off a bus that they've all been drinking on since dawn or the "just one more quick one" brigade legging it in late to games.

You often wonder about them alright but it is a free country I suppose.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13816 - 14/05/2014 11:40:33    1587447

Offside_Rule

Drunk People
Fat People
Ugly Women
People with BO

So basically no Irish people at all are allowed in, foreigners only then.

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 14/05/2014 11:44:45    1587449

I have to say the standard of women at Gaa matches the last 10 years is fantastic, the birds going to games from Dublin wow and also Nordie women or I mean Tyrone women my god outstanding looking women from there with there blonde hair and funny accents I never tell them to sit down when they block my view of the game. Meath and Kildare women I don't look at cause where there from.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 14/05/2014 11:44:58    1587450

clondalkindub

Meath and Kildare women I don't look at cause where there from.

Haha, I know one or two Dublin lads who said the same about Meath women before but the first sniff they got of it they were away ;-)

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 14/05/2014 11:50:45    1587455

I would also like to see something put in place like they had for the street children in Brazil so as I am able to enter and leave Croke Park without having to put up with dirty faced kids (and adults) in blue jerseys wanting to sell me something utterly usless or just asking for my money outright.

I understand that living in high population density makes people morph into creatues who look and behave more like rats than humans but there should be something in place to clear the streets of these creatures before the gentry from the countryside come into the city for the games.

Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 14/05/2014 11:59:17    1587460