Wales vs. Scotland - Nations Cup

Degag

On now. Can't be more than a few hundred people in the stadium. Embarrassing!

Banjaxed82

Ha. Reminds me of our school cup finals in Croke Park. That is scandalous.

KevIRL

2 Double Headers would have made much more sense than 4 single games surely

keano_afc

Incredibly badly organised tournament. Matches should have been played on the same day. The lad at the turnstile last night was practically begging me to come in to this game.

Trampas

Delaney must have been watching field of dreams. "if you build it they will come".

but delaney is no kevin costner

Kerrydude1981

This could be first and last time this competition will be held,there was more at the Schoolboys international a few weeks ago between Ireland and England

Johnny_the_fox

Banjaxed82 wrote: »

That is scandalous.

whats scandalous is ...... are both teams playing 4-5-1? (i know both teams are playing away! :P )

everdead.ie

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Boaz Myhill,
Eardley, Taylor, Tudur Jones, Morgan,
Blake, Dorman, King, Vokes, Earnshaw (c),

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Jermaine Easter.

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McGregor,
Whittaker, Caldwell, Berra, Crainey,
Naismith, Brown, Adam, Morrison, McCormack,

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Miller (cpt).

Where is Ramsey injured?

Trampas

Delaney will probably blame the ash cloud. Only for that it would have been a sell out.

SomethingElse

everdead.ie wrote: »

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Boaz Myhill,
Eardley, Taylor, Tudur Jones, Morgan,
Blake, Dorman, King, Vokes, Earnshaw (c),

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Jermaine Easter.

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McGregor,
Whittaker, Caldwell, Berra, Crainey,
Naismith, Brown, Adam, Morrison, McCormack,

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Miller (cpt).

Where is Ramsey injured?

Warming the bench with Bellamy

Trampas

ref is from scotland :eek:

couldn't even find an irish ref.

everdead.ie

SomethingElse wrote: »

Warming the bench with Bellamy

Ya just thinking thats their three best players missing with Bale injured as well.

everdead.ie

Trampas wrote: »

ref is from scotland :eek:

couldn't even find an irish ref.

Maybe there doing the one sides ref one half and the other sides ref gets the other half :pac:

Paully D

Trampas wrote: »

ref is from scotland :eek:

couldn't even find an irish ref.

Should have got Richie Winters to do it :pac:

everdead.ie

Nice goal (I am routing for Wales)

@PaullyD they should of asked Des to do it

SomethingElse

everdead.ie wrote: »

Ya just thinking thats their three best players missing with Bale injured as well.

They seem to be saving them for Friday night

bonerm

Anyone got a stream for this game? Thanks.

everdead.ie

If wales put some pressure on Adam when he's in possession they would shut down Scotlands midfield ability

The_Kew_Tour

about 2,000 max at this:pac:

bonerm

Scotland equalise. The crowd go wild!

bonerm

2-1 Scotland. Amazing scenes from the terraces.

bonerm

3-1 Scotland. In years to come people who couldn't get tickets for tonights game will pretend they were here!

Mayo Exile

3-1 Scotland. Berra. Single tier north end seems full. Thats it though.

baldbear

bonerm wrote: »

3-1 Scotland. In years to come people who couldn't get tickets for tonights game will pretend they were here!

i'm not watching. just going to stream it now. Is it a good game or wha??/:)

bonerm

baldbear wrote: »

i'm not watching. just going to stream it now. Is it a good game or wha??/:)

It's ok. Nothing special. Scotland may get more goals before the end.

PauloMN

Mayo Exile wrote: »

3-1 Scotland. Berra. Single tier north end seems full. Thats it though.

My extended family would fill that section! I can't believe how empty the stadium is. I presume I could pick up a ticket outside on Sunday yeah?

Meglamonia

Will the winners on Sunday be decided on head to head or goal difference anyone know?

baldbear

PauloMN wrote: »

My extended family would fill that section! I can't believe how empty the stadium is. I presume I could pick up a ticket outside on Sunday yeah?

Yeah no bother.

KevIRL

Meglamonia wrote: »

Will the winners on Sunday be decided on head to head or goal difference anyone know?

The only way they can finish level on points is a draw so H2H wont matter, so it woulod have to be GD

Meglamonia

Oh yeah what was I thinking.. :pac:

TheRedDevil10

Attendance announced: 6,036

bonerm

TheRedDevil10 wrote: »

Attendance announced: 6,036

Is that the actual attendance or the FAI-save-face attendance? It didn't look that much from TV anyway.

PauloMN

TheRedDevil10 wrote: »

Attendance announced: 6,036

That has to include the teams, the managers, the subs, the security staff, the cleaners, the fast food vendors...

delos

bonerm wrote: »

Is that the actual attendance or the FAI-save-face attendance? It didn't look that much from TV anyway.

Exaggerating the crowd like that might even end up in them paying more in tax than they took in selling tickets :eek:

Nalz

Nice one Scotland, 17/20 odds!

TheRedDevil10

I'm assuming its the actual attendance

delta_bravo

Should have been held in Tallaght. Final nail in the coffin of the home nations idea.

If it been held in any other of the countries the attendances would have been as low or lower. This idea needs England and it needs to be started and finished in 3 days, a long weekend perhaps

bonerm

delta_bravo wrote: »

Should have been held in Tallaght. Final nail in the coffin of the home nations idea.

If it been held in any other of the countries the attendances would have been as low or lower. This idea needs England and it needs to be started and finished in 3 days, a long weekend perhaps

The tournament would have worked if it had had been all double headers and all 3 rounds played over the same period rather than this joke Feb+May combo. Basically give 1 week over to it at the end of the season (2x W/E dates + a midweek).

Helix

theres no need for all the games to be in the one country either

just have a draw to see whos home and whos away

bonerm

Helix wrote: »

theres no need for all the games to be in the one country either

just have a draw to see whos home and whos away

I do suspect this tournament was set up for no other reason than to create more and more meaningless fixtures for the Aviva white elephant. I'm sure FAI had dreams of 30k, 40k, 50k attendances for all of these games. They must be regretting ever bothering at this point.

KeithAFC

Good win for Scotland!. Hope they win the cup now. Hopefully its a good turn out for what is the final.

Mint Sauce

Just looking at the highlights, that crowd looks embarrising. Why didn't they just put them all in the lower teir of the stand facing the camera. Make the place look a bit fuller.

MagicMarker

irish-stew wrote: »

Just looking at the highlights, that crowd looks embarrising. Why didn't they just put them all in the lower teir of the stand facing the camera. Make the place look a bit fuller.

The stadium would have tipped over.

delta_bravo

Attendance given on RTE at 3951. They could have thrown them into Bushy Park.

dfx-

Trampas wrote: »

Delaney will probably blame the ash cloud. Only for that it would have been a sell out.

Disgruntled Dundalk fans

:pac:

Hard Worker

delta_bravo wrote: »

Attendance given on RTE at 3951. They could have thrown them into Bushy Park.

That looks like a true enough figure.
600 Scots didn't make it over because of cancelled flights.

Fr Tod Umptious

bonerm wrote: »

I do suspect this tournament was set up for no other reason than to create more and more meaningless fixtures for the Aviva white elephant. I'm sure FAI had dreams of 30k, 40k, 50k attendances for all of these games. They must be regretting ever bothering at this point.

Lest not get ahead of ourselves

The new stadium at Lansdowne Rd is not and will not be a white elephant.

Not that long ago there were complaints that it was too small at 50k.

If there is a upswing in the teams fortunes I am sure you will see complaints on this and other boards that 'real fans' cannot get tickets to games.

Some of the games in this tournament however should have been played in Tallagh as you say, or possibly the RDS

noodler

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Lest not get ahead of ourselves

The new stadium at Lansdowne Rd is not and will not be a white elephant.

Not that long ago there were complaints that it was too small at 50k.

If there is a upswing in the teams fortunes I am sure you will see complaints on this and other boards that 'real fans' cannot get tickets to games.

Some of the games in this tournament however should have been played in Tallagh as you say, or possibly the RDS

Very true.

We still have no problem filling up (if not maxing out) the stadium when it matters.

bonerm

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Lest not get ahead of ourselves

The new stadium at Lansdowne Rd is not and will not be a white elephant.

Not that long ago there were complaints that it was too small at 50k.

It is too small at 50k (for both soccer and esp rugby).

For all the competitive Croke park internationals (2007-2009) every attendance was above 50k except for Georgia which was close at 45k and Montenegro 37k (which was a meaningless fixture at that point and iirc it was a double buy with tickets for Italy so people couldn't even get to that game without forking out for Italy too).

That was for a team that was initially playing uncompetitive football and latterly playing sterlie rubbish. God knows how many people in this country would go see a successful Irish team playing good football, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.

bonerm

bonerm wrote: »

It is too small at 50k (for both soccer and esp rugby).

For all the competitive Croke park internationals (2007-2009) every attendance was above 50k except for Georgia which was close at 45k and Montenegro 37k (which was a meaningless fixture at that point and iirc it was a double buy with tickets for Italy so people couldn't even get to that game without forking out for Italy too).

That was for a team that was initially playing uncompetitive football and latterly playing sterlie rubbish. God knows how many people in this country would go see a successful Irish team playing good football, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.

50k is right size for both football and rugby. Generally those that want a ticket even in the good times got them. If you buy a season ticket you will have no problem getting to games regardless of interest.

scudzilla

Was at the game last night and i think the official attendance of 3,900 is still pushing it.

For those of ya watching on TV ya would have seen that 1 solitary block opposite the players tunnel quite full, here's the view of the other stand that ya didn't see.

3,900 my Arse