Dublin GAA Discussion Thread MOD WARNING POST #2944

DoctaDee, if it is Tralee, we'll get there. After all, us Dubs aren't afraid of or strangers to travelling. My boys are still too young to be playing or going to matches yet. They do however recognise a certain blue shirt enough to know that their Daddy is going to a match when they see me wearing it. The same goes for my Dublin backpack. The time will come when they will join me and start upon the journey that my father started me on when he first began bringing me to matches.

There are am, all safe and secure in my underground bunker, in an undisclosed location, determined to avoid all internet muppetry between now and Saturday.

And then I hear the Clarion Call of my Coddle Claxton of Doom. (My Cluxton, for short. )

Yiz lentil loving bastids !

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Godge wrote: »

I've deleted the email from the club and can't get it back, but they were clear that they got no extra tickets.

My club posted they were getting the same number of tickets. Seems odd if 8000 extra tickets were distributed between both counties. Irrelevant to me anyway, I have mine.

The Talking Bread wrote: »

who said they are getting more?? you mentioned that anytime you hear that someone is after getting a ticket, its from the Mayo side. Effectively, its easier to get a ticket in Mayo, if you get me, as there is more knocking about proportionately wise. so you hear about that more. Of course the tickets are allocated fairly, its all done openly.

Essentially, the demand is so big in Dublin that once someone gets a ticket, it aint going anywhere.

Just a rough count on the last game I saw more mayo "supporters".
There's a lot of eddie durcans and vipers in among the "support" too.

Imy told it's all fair but what I see is not 50:50 dublin mayo. Which on Saturday it should be. I'm sure we will see.

Anyways back to the game, I think dublin should line up the same except Andrews in for kev mac. We will need him for the last 20.
I would expect dublin to go out and try win the physical battle first. I hope somebody hits that little **** keegan a good solid fair shoulder early on. Dublin need to wear them down and take their scores. Hopefully kev mac can come on and run at a very tired defence.

The Talking Bread wrote: »

"rough count" of 80,000 supporters!! ha!

It's not difficult.

Deleted User wrote: »

You do realise Dublin gaa do not own hill 16, the only terrace left is the hill and nally. ? 50% of the hill should be Mayo fans, anything less and its just the GAA giving in to attitudes like yours.
Likewise Dublin should be entitled to purchase 50% of the stand tickets that cost twice the price. Im sure if they reverse the price and make the hill tickets 60 euro, Mayo fans would be willing to swap for the 30 euro stand tickets .
As for attendances, half of Mayo live/work in Dublin or London(E Kenny, ) so there not going to be home for every game. Travelling the length of the country is not as easy as some of you have it by just travelling a few minutes down the road for every game, on public transport if you feel like it. Having a dispersed population does help to pick up tickets in other counties and countries.

Ah, here we go with the usual nonsense. Mayo folk have huge distances to travel and all Dubs live within 10 minutes of Croke Park. News for you: Not all Dubs live in Dublin. Many travel great distances to Croke Park and to all other venues around the country that they go to. With Dublin so full of culchies, as we are so often told, many Dubs can't find a place to live in their own county. So you'll find plenty of them living outside Dublin and indeed Ireland, over there in London with their Mayo cousins, amongst other places.

With all those culchies in Dublin, there are plenty of Mayo fans within 10 minutes of Croke Park who wouldn't go to see their county play there, except if it was a final. Michelle Mulherin's attendance record would put some of them to shame. At least you get to play some games at home, something denied to us Dubs. It's 12 years since our last home championship match with no sign of that ending any time soon. Not so long in the league, but it's been a few years and no sign of that ending any time soon either. So enjoy your privileges.

When you are coming to Dublin on Saturday, don't get caught in the traffic as Dubs come from every corner of Ireland to see their county play, not forgetting the many coming through Dublin Airport, North Wall and Dún Laoghaire, as do the Mayo fans. Although you'd like to believe otherwise, we are no different.

Flukey wrote: »

Ah, here we go with the usual nonsense. Mayo folk have huge distances to travel and all Dubs live within 10 minutes of Croke Park. News for you: Not all Dubs live in Dublin. Many travel great distances to Croke Park and to all other venues around the country that they go to. With Dublin so full of culchies, as we are so often told, many Dubs can't find a place to live in their own county. So you'll find plenty of them living outside Dublin and indeed Ireland, over there in London with their Mayo cousins, amongst other places.

With all those culchies in Dublin, there are plenty of Mayo fans within 10 minutes of Croke Park who wouldn't go to see their county play there, except if it was a final. Michelle Mulherin's attendance record would put some of them to shame. At least you get to play some games at home, something denied to us Dubs. It's 12 years since our last home championship match with no sign of that ending any time soon. Not so long in the league, but it's been a few years and no sign of that ending any time soon either. So enjoy your privileges.

When you are coming to Dublin on Saturday, don't get caught in the traffic as Dubs come from every corner of Ireland to see their county play, not forgetting the many coming through Dublin Airport, North Wall and Dún Laoghaire, as do the Mayo fans. Although you'd like to believe otherwise, we are no different.

Well with all this dispersed Dublin population you say is out there there shouldn't be a problem for them to pick up tickets in much the same way Mayo fans are having to do.
Maybe you should remind whoever runs the Hill16 fan page of that too. He or she appears to be very put out over ticket allocations for the put-upon Dubs.

Call me Al wrote: »

Well with all this dispersed Dublin population you say is out there there shouldn't be a problem for them to pick up tickets in much the same way Mayo fans are having to do.
Maybe you should remind whoever runs the Hill16 fan page of that too. He or she appears to be very put out over ticket allocations for the put-upon Dubs.

You don't have to live in your own county to buy a season ticket :cool:

The facebook pages are full of sunshine fans and shouldn't be taken seriously.

Loads of people on there are commenting saying tickets should go on general sale to give the "real supporters" a chance!
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you couldn't make it up.

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Poor Cillian O Connor must have some thoughts in his mind knowing that kick was worth a figure of €7 to 10 milion between GAA and other beneficiaries around the city!
Worth about €3 to 4 million to the GAA alone!

Maybe he'll think twice next time and miss. **** da man.

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