cul beag wrote: » So by the looks of things Patsy Fanning and Sean Power the only locals interested in the job. Both Mt Sion men with both having positives and negatives attached to their CV’s. Dan and Eoin Murphy still floating around with rumours of Donal Og on their ticket and Derek working in the background! It’s like a soap opera at this stage!
PTH2009 wrote: Id prefer Sean Power over Fanning
mickmackmcgoo wrote: » I'd rather you took it than Fanning:)
KevIRL wrote: » Sat Aug 25th •@AbbeyCourtyGaa v @TallowGAA in Fraher Field at 7pm Sun Aug 26th •@DeLaSalleGAA1 v @Mount in Walsh Park at 1pm •@ballygunnerHc v @roanmoreclg in Walsh Park at 4.30pm •@PassageHurling v @clgdungarvan in Walsh Park at 6pm
Deisegodeo wrote: » They must be expecting the DLS v Mount Sion game to go all the way to extra time and frees or something... anyone know why there is such a gap between the first and second games in Walsh Park on Sunday? Seems ridiculous
IanVW wrote: » Maybe to do with the all ireland being on Sunday
PTH2009 wrote: » The popes visit perhaps ??
3ships wrote: » Pope giving mass at 3pm
Christy Browne wrote: » The All Ireland final the weekend before and the Pope’s visit have sweet f*** all to do with the scheduling, the county board are hoping people will leave after the Mount Sion DLS game and come back for the double header, paying in twice. It’s not rocket science :pac:
Mastermcgrath wrote: » Complete stupidity if that’s the case. Only an hour between games all the same. Where are people meant to go...?
DeiseDawg wrote: » You could hide in 'the jacks' :-)
deiseach wrote: » Have they form for doing this?
Christy Browne wrote: » Did the same thing in Fraher Field on Sunday just gone, Mount Sion vs An Rinn and Roanmore vs Fourmile were a double header at 2 and 3:30, while Lismore vs Dungarvan wasn’t on until 7.
deiseach wrote: » That's mad. How many extra tickets did they sell in order to antagonise those who went to the earlier games? Bang out of order.
Pogue eile wrote: » Is their a lack of pitches that all these games are been played in the same pitches?
liogairmhordain wrote: » Absolutely not. No reason the Abbeyside- Tallow game couldn't be played in Cappoquin for example. A few weeks ago Mollerans were asking on twitter why more games weren't being fixed there:https://twitter.com/stmollerans/status/1013053101073420294
chinguetti wrote: » So the CB can't even schedule games with any bit of basic common sense for patrons. And these are the people who will pick a new manager for the hurling team! Doomed are we, we are doomed!!
DiscoStew wrote: » chinguetti wrote: » So the CB can't even schedule games with any bit of basic common sense for patrons. And these are the people who will pick a new manager for the hurling team! Doomed are we, we are doomed!! This has been happening for as long as I can remember. Not just the county board but the divisional boards have done it plenty of times too. I can certainly see the appeal to some of a price for all 3 games together, even the stamp if wanted to allow an hours break between 2 of the games. But inevitably you will have people who only want to see their own club in action losing their mind at the thought of paying €20 to see their team and will not appreciate the value of seeing 3 such games for €20.
deiseach wrote: » I think, based purely on a feeling in me waters rather than any hard evidence, that there is a pompous streak running through GAA administrators that makes them stage matches in venues that they fancy match the sense of grandeur they feel comes with the role. The classic example was the Newbridge debacle where you had Fearghal McGill declaring that the match would not be shifted from Croke Park "under any circumstances", as if he were Moses coming down from the mountain with the fixtures etched on stone tablets. It's not just at the top of the inter-county game though. You'd cringe watching some of the games on TG4 being played in Semple or Páirc Uí Chaoimh with a few thousand people scattered around these vast arenas. Would these games not be better played in Nenagh or Páirc Uí Rinn where there might be some semblance of an atmosphere? It even happens in Waterford's, uh, vast arenas. We haven't played a home NHL fixture outside of Walsh Park or Fraher Field since the 1994/5 season when we played Carlow in Ardmore. Next year we're likely to have home fixtures which, let's be frank, are not going to draw big crowds. Is there no room (pun unintended) for bringing these games to venues where some excitement might be generated by having the hurlers in town and in a venue appropriate for the attendance? I genuinely think there is an attitude among administrators that you can't bring The Game to these quaint little backwaters, which is supremely ironic given the state of our county venues in Waterford.
