Fr Tod Umptious wrote: » I was talking in terms of have clubs started distributing them yet ? Is the allocation expected to be bigger ? Are people finding it easier or harder than the first game ? Or is it too earlto tell ?
mayo.mick wrote: » Mail out from our club today;As anticipated demand has far exceeded supply. Our allocation from the county board is only 22 tickets more than for last weekends drawn game. Again well over half our allocation will be terrace tickets. Demand for the replay is well in excess of the drawn game. The club has been offered 10 juvenile tickets that would be in lieu of 10 adult tickets and therefore would not change our total tickets. Due to this limited number the club has decided not to avail of the option for juvenile tickets.
cocoman wrote: » Senior club?
yop wrote: » Do the clubs know already what they are getting?
padd b1975 wrote: » Our club (junior) got sixty tickets for the drawn match , 20 less than 2013 when we were intermediate. Not expecting a whole lot more this time.
naughto wrote: » It's all over Facebook the dubs are complaining that we got so many tickets for the hill I hope we get twice as many this time to sicking the c1unts
Menoetius wrote: » I think fans on this site (on both sides) need to take a good look at themselves and realise this is the GAA, it's not Man Utd v Liverpool. Some of the animosity on here, and other threads, has me shaking my head in dismay. May the best team win and may there be good losers and good winners on both sides afterwards.
ultrapercy wrote: » The term "best supporters in the country" is bandied around a lot and sometimes given at a bunch who never have to travel more than 15 mins to a game or book acvomodation but there is no doubt now who the best supporters are. The ldrawn game could have been in Castlebar given the way Mayo fans drowned out the Dubs. Champagne supporters sunshine team against a battle hardened war horse.
naughto wrote: » Menoetius wrote: » I think fans on this site (on both sides) need to take a good look at themselves and realise this is the GAA, it's not Man Utd v Liverpool. Some of the animosity on here, and other threads, has me shaking my head in dismay. May the best team win and may there be good losers and good winners on both sides afterwards. I don't care what you think of me there was a gang of scumbag dubs in front of me at the game all I heard was we should be in in the hill it's ors who do they the Mayo c1unts think they are all through the game and nothing put abuse at or players for the full game. That is why I hope we take the hill with twice as many this time
naughto wrote: » I don't care what you think of me there was a gang of scumbag dubs in front of me at the game all I heard was we should be in in the hill it's ors who do they the Mayo c1unts think they are all through the game and nothing put abuse at or players for the full game. That is why I hope we take the hill with twice as many this time
The Talking Bread wrote: » who the f gives a sh1te about being in The Hill, as if its some sacred cow. It is a f'in stand and tbh, although some Dublin fans,like any fans, satisfy themselves in a group mentality by saying stuff like "The Hill is ours" and "Dublin fans own the Hill", its a mere part of a stadium and nothing more. And it creates for a good atmosphere, albeit with plenty of moronic chants. But why would anyone care? If you get a chance to be in Croke Park next Saturday, go there and be among your own fans. As much as people get disgruntled and as much as Dublin fans have not any right to a stadium, as a GAA fan, people accept their congregation up there and it is part and parcel for decades when they are playing that its a sea of blue. People giving out about being amongst these group mentality stupid chants but yet they still want to be there and surround themselves in it for 2 hours just "to make a point" or "a stand" or "show them who is boss". It gives them f all advantage, as much as people like to think. Also, Gardai are well aware of the safety issues with surrounding opposition fans in a traditional standing area of the stadium and to take the risk, however small it be of inviting trouble, it would be extremely negligent, hence why the tickets for that area of the stadium are usually allocated to one section of fans.
SomethingElse wrote: » If it gives no advantage, then why did the players bother to warm up in front of the hill in 2006?
The Talking Bread wrote: » Surely you know why they done that??? That was playground player mentality. It was a silly attempt to rile up the opposition "players" and it worked in so far as it caused disruption to Dublins pre game warm up and preparation. It didn't help Mayo either, shooting into a stand of fans berating them. But Dublin didnt score for 20 minutes or so in taht game so it definitely done something to their nerves having disruptive warm up, you would have to imagine. Back then, most players weren't trained in psychological aspects like that and if that happened again, Dublin would not fall foul to that. They would just turn the other way and head up to the Davin and kick points there. It caused stupid distraction and heated up the Dublin players led by Whelan and even their management team looked like eegits, old men going about hitting shoulders to opposition trainers in some sort of playground. I think players nowadays are far more professional mentally to fall for or indeed try playing those antics. AFAIK, the allocation of warm up is something to do with the dressing rooms and pre game Dublin coach went into Mayo dressing room and reminded them of this. At the end of the day, both teams switch sides at half time. Its up to the Mayo congregation to create their own atmosphere down the other end if they feel it will create an advantage to the players. I certainly would do my warm up being distracted by fans hurling abuse even if it merely causes a slight irritant.
Blackjack wrote: » Since the Dubs got their undies twisted so much in 2006 the GAA decided to let them have the dressing room they wanted by stating it's applied in an alphabetical order. As this is "Átha Cliath" as gaeilge, it means that Dublin will only have to switch dressing room and suffer the seemed indignity of warming up into the canal end if they are playing Armagh or Antrim.
Blackjack wrote: » The Talking Bread wrote: » Surely you know why they done that??? That was playground player mentality. It was a silly attempt to rile up the opposition "players" and it worked in so far as it caused disruption to Dublins pre game warm up and preparation. It didn't help Mayo either, shooting into a stand of fans berating them. But Dublin didnt score for 20 minutes or so in taht game so it definitely done something to their nerves having disruptive warm up, you would have to imagine. Back then, most players weren't trained in psychological aspects like that and if that happened again, Dublin would not fall foul to that. They would just turn the other way and head up to the Davin and kick points there. It caused stupid distraction and heated up the Dublin players led by Whelan and even their management team looked like eegits, old men going about hitting shoulders to opposition trainers in some sort of playground. I think players nowadays are far more professional mentally to fall for or indeed try playing those antics. AFAIK, the allocation of warm up is something to do with the dressing rooms and pre game Dublin coach went into Mayo dressing room and reminded them of this. At the end of the day, both teams switch sides at half time. Its up to the Mayo congregation to create their own atmosphere down the other end if they feel it will create an advantage to the players. I certainly would do my warm up being distracted by fans hurling abuse even if it merely causes a slight irritant. Since the Dubs got their undies twisted so much in 2006 the GAA decided to let them have the dressing room they wanted by stating it's applied in an alphabetical order. As this is " tha Cliath" as gaeilge, it means that Dublin will only have to switch dressing room and suffer the seemed indignity of warming up into the canal end if they are playing Armagh or Antrim.
kilns wrote: » If Dublin were told today that they had to warm up at the canal they wouldnt bat an eyelid.
SomethingElse wrote: » kilns wrote: » If Dublin were told today that they had to warm up at the canal they wouldnt bat an eyelid. I'll believe it when I see it. Dublin are used to certain privileges within the Gaa and challenging these does have an effect on both players and the fans.
The Talking Bread wrote: » If Dublin are classified as Atha Cliath, Meath are An Mhi! Similarly, Down, Cavan and Clare are preceded with an "An" when their names are classified "as gaeilge"! Anyway, its all silly. Let Dublin fans have the Hill, its part of The GAA culture so for the love of the game, things like this need to be embraced a bit. Removing cultural aspects like this is something that turns me off the game, just like the increasing stoppages in games by certain pedantic referees. Such officiating isn't removing the niggly elements to a game, its worsening them as players now know they can buy a cheap free with the minute playacting. I am not a Dublin fan by the way. Just so that people think I am biased on this
naughto wrote: » They allready have dub Joe in there pocket have Crocker as there home pitch and you want to give them the hill as well
