Galway GAA discussion thread

Diabhal Beag

Cork's club allocation would be bigger no?

djPSB

Being in minor final should help too?

MfMan

djPSB wrote: »

Being in minor final should help too?

If it's a Galway/Cork minor/senior you would hope so too.

I said

MfMan wrote: »

If it's a Galway/Cork minor/senior you would hope so too.

We need mayo to get to the football final for the usual ticket deal.

washman3

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Cork's club allocation would be bigger no?

Always is. Thanks to Frank...;)

MaroonAndGreen

Tellyium wrote: »

Realistically football is a four team competition. Hurling was a two/three team competition for long enough but has opened up this year.
Just because 33 teams enter the football championship doesn't mean it's any better balanced than the hurling. You're being facetious in comparing the hurling championship to the rugby World Cup without acknowledging that football is really no better.
The only difference is that minnows in hurling face an absolute trouncing meeting the big guns given the nature of the game. In football, they get the same result without the hammerings ( on a good day).
Galway were miles away from Kerry on Sunday yet we can grasp at straws. In a hurling equivalent we'd have been bet 15 points.
So yeah,nothing heroic about Galway getting to hurling semi finals, but the same applies for Dublin, Kerry, Mayo and Tyrone(Donegal previously) in football.

In all fairness I never said getting to the football semi was heroic either. Never mentioned football once in my post and everyone jumped in comparing football and hurling straight away.

jr86

Lollipop95 wrote: »

Does anyone know what date/time tickets for the final will be going on sale at gaa.tickets.ie? I'm desperate to finally go to an All Ireland and I really do think this is our year!

Can you imagine the chaos if they went on general sale!

In all seriousness unless you have a season ticket, are a member of a club, or have good contacts you're very much up against it this year of all years.

If you know anyone a member of a club abroad give it a go they'll all get allocations no matter how miniscule.

The day itself will be tricky as id imagine there'll be throngs and throngs heading up without tickets

The bandwagon will be stronger than ever this year given galway are favourites. The demand in galway will be unprecedented

leestone

jr86 wrote: »

Can you imagine the chaos if they went on general sale!

In all seriousness unless you have a season ticket, are a member of a club, or have good contacts you're very much up against it this year of all years.

If you know anyone a member of a club abroad give it a go they'll all get allocations no matter how miniscule.

The day itself will be tricky as id imagine there'll be throngs and throngs heading up without tickets

The bandwagon will be stronger than ever this year given galway are favourites. The demand in galway will be unprecedented

Thank god for the season ticket have 75% attendance so ticket sorted
What section do season ticket holders get?

Diabhal Beag

leestone wrote: »

Thank god for the season ticket have 75% attendance so ticket sorted
What section do season ticket holders get?

I believe we get Cusacks again but I don't know if they're guaranteed to be as central as the prior games.

shockframe

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Whoever wins the other semi-final it's going to be much harder to get tickets than the last two finals against Kilkenny. Either Cork or Waterford will bring a far bigger crowd than Kilkenny and the demand in Galway will be massive.

Wasnt too much trouble getting tickets for the All Ireland final in 2005. Since the Croke Park rebuild people tend to get tickets a lot easier than before.

Waterford isnt that big a county either. They'd bring atmosphere but they havent got a big population. Thurles suits them as its smaller.

Tickets slightly harder for the football given the more interest across the 32 counties. (excluding if Dublin are playing)

leestone

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

I believe we get Cusacks again but I don't know if they're guaranteed to be as central as the prior games.

I hope it is 305 like that section

mountgomery burns

shockframe wrote: »

Wasnt too much trouble getting tickets for the All Ireland final in 2005. Since the Croke Park rebuild people tend to get tickets a lot easier than before.

Waterford isnt that big a county either. They'd bring atmosphere but they havent got a big population. Thurles suits them as its smaller.

Tickets slightly harder for the football given the more interest across the 32 counties. (excluding if Dublin are playing)

Waterford and Kilkenny are the two smallest counties population wise of the last 8 teams that were left in the competition this year. They still brought 82,000 between them in in 2008.

It'll sell out this year no matter whose in it and for people without connections to a club it could prove difficult to get a ticket. Even then it won't necessarily be easy.

shockframe

mountgomery burns wrote: »

Waterford and Kilkenny are the two smallest counties population wise of the last 8 teams that were left in the competition this year. They still brought 82,000 between them in in 2008.

It'll sell out this year no matter whose in it and for people without connections to a club it could prove difficult to get a ticket. Even then it won't necessarily be easy.

I attended that final.Was the handiest ticket I ever picked up for an All Ireland I'd say.

A Waterford friend of mine was saying for weeks tickets would be impossible to get but was the opposite when the time came. He was saying the exact same thing about this years final should Waterford make it.

mountgomery burns

It doesn't matter how easily you got a ticket, the president of the GAA gets a ticket easily for every all ireland final but that doesn't mean there aren't people who do not get them.

Demand is going to be high and for anybody that normally relies on tickets.ie and doesn't have a source for tickets outside of that it will be hard to get them.

aidan24326

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Cork's club allocation would be bigger no?

You'd imagine so, given their population. If it's Cork in the final the demand for tickets will be massive.

Then again Waterford don't get to too many All-Ireland Finals, and this is one they'd have a realistic chance of winning, so they would be likely to bring huge support also. Although their population is only 1/4 of Cork's.

Demand for tickets or not, I want Cork in the final, would be that bit more satisfying to beat them in the final.

mjp

Independent.ie reporting in this morning's paper that Adrian Tuohy will face no sanction from CCCC for incident with Bonner Maher. Hopefully that will be the end of it and allow them focus on final. Last thing you want it question mark hanging over one of your players leading into final and ending up with appeals and messing with solicitors etc. I'm sure the tadhg De burca will he/ won't he saga is unsettling for Waterford leading upto Sunday's semi final

CrowdedHouse

Rest in Peace Tony Keady

https://twitter.com/morningireland/status/895549254319484928

Tellyium

Rest in Peace Tony. One of our greats and was a great character and universally loved by all who met him. The crowds at the mass in Oran showed what he meant to everyone. Deepest Condolences to his family.

padd b1975

RIP.

I wouldn't be a hurling expert by any means, but he was the first player I ever saw score a point from inside his own '65, something that's regularly now seen but with a much lighter sliothar.

mickmackey1

Keady, McInerney, Finnerty, what a legendary half back-line. He will long be remembered.

GS11

RIP Tony, absolute legend.

dilallio

So sad to hear this.
Rest in Peace Tony.

FrKurtFahrt

From a Kilkenny man - deepest sympathies to his family and the wider Galway GAA community. In his day he was a magnificent, overpowering and athletic hurler, and a credit to his county. RIP Tony.

ShamoBuc

Many a time I saw him play and I really classify him as one of those teak tough defenders. He was central to that famous half back line, a wonderful hurler.

R.I.P.

castletownman

There's something mystical about a brilliant half-back line, and though that Galway team came just before my time (last AI win was the year of my birth), I have seen enough footage since to know just how good that line was for Galway.

Tragic news. Puts a huge pall over the the build-up to the AI final after Sunday's dramatics.

As a Wexford man with close ties to Galway via my mother's side, I was genuinely saddened to hear of his passing this morning. RIP. A true great.

Green Peter

RIP Tony and condolences to family and friends.

Stationmaster

Lollipop95 wrote: »

Does anyone know what date/time tickets for the final will be going on sale at gaa.tickets.ie? I'm desperate to finally go to an All Ireland and I really do think this is our year!

No tickets for either all ireland final on sale to the public as per every other year. Every club in the organisation gets their allocation with an obviously larger allocation going to the competing counties.

Stationmaster

A savage hurler and hurling man. Rest in peace.

spurshero

Rip tony . A true great . Last time we won hurler of the year was 88 with tony . Just gives an idea how good he was . But more importantly I met him 7 or 8 times and he was a gent . Never one to talk much about himself . Unassuming and full of class . If there's a heaven he's in it

evolving tipperary

RIP Tony Keady