Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

Hulk Hands wrote: »

It's at 31.30. Thanks for the vid Mick

km79 wrote: »

I hate when Huggins marks from the front like that
Been lucky on many occasions
Cost a big goal today

All Zippy's good work on the day was largely undone by a recurrent failing.

Audioslaven wrote: »

grbear wrote: »

The county board have to give some matches to Tuam to try and help the DAFTS (Development Advocates For Tuam Stadium) committee in their fundraising efforts. If Tuam wasn't getting anything then it'd make the job of trying to raise a few quid for the stadium redevelopment work a lot harder. They've nearly completed phase 1 which should be done in time for the Kerry match in the league and I believe they are finalising plans for phase two now.

Fair enough but I didn't witness any phase 1 as the state of it is unreal for a pitch to host county games.
One big plus for Tuam is that you can get out of it unlike the rabbit hole of pearse stadium.

There's a video there which shows off what phase 1 involves. New dressing rooms and a new terraced area.

It's a disgrace that the stadium was let get so bad but the people trying to sort the place out now need to be supported by playing an occasional match in Tuam. Hopefully the board will get their own finances in order now and make a more meaningful contribution in future as well.

yop wrote: »

Was Conor not invited on Seamies stag!

I think we should start the same 15 against Roscommon. I do agree that Slingerman should have been given a run though, his distribution should be excellent, but it will be a tight selection.

Drake had a v good game & Keith Higgins and Vaughan did a lot of donkey work. But will Donie ever learn? I think DOC was lucky not to get blacked as well the mood that ref was in. The amount of off the ball let away was very frustrating.
Taking off Drake was a poor decision at that stage in the game, I couldn't see that he was injured.

I can imagine most if not all of D Clarke,L Keegan,P Durcan,A O Shea,S O Shea,A Moran,K McLoughlin and E O’Donoghue will be starting against Roscommon.

grbear wrote: »

https://twitter.com/VardenTommy/status/1053294891885826053

There's a video there which shows off what phase 1 involves. New dressing rooms and a new terraced area.

It's a disgrace that the stadium was let get so bad but the people trying to sort the place out now need to be supported by playing an occasional match in Tuam. Hopefully the board will get their own finances in order now and make a more meaningful contribution in future as well.

Was there not some problem with Tuam and the trustees when Salthill was re-developed ?
I seem to recall there was mention that it was Tuam that was to be re-developed rather than Salthill, but the problem with the trustee prevented that happening.

charlie14 wrote: »

Was there not some problem with Tuam and the trustees when Salthill was re-developed ?
I seem to recall there was mention that it was Tuam that was to be re-developed rather than Salthill, but the problem with the trustee prevented that happening.

If I recall correctly,there was a big push to redevelop Pearse because there was a feeling that GAA had been neglected in the city and they felt having the stadium there would re-energise GAA in the city.

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

If I recall correctly,there was a big push to redevelop Pearse because there was a feeling that GAA had been neglected in the city and they felt having the stadium there would re-energise GAA in the city.

I may be incorrect, and I can understand there being a push to have Pearse stadium redeveloped, but wasn`t the redevelopment of Tuam, with it being regarded as the natural home of Galway football, the first priority until a problem arose with the trustees of Tuam stadium ?

muddle84 wrote: »

grbear wrote: »

https://twitter.com/VardenTommy/status/1053294891885826053

There's a video there which shows off what phase 1 involves. New dressing rooms and a new terraced area.

It's a disgrace that the stadium was let get so bad but the people trying to sort the place out now need to be supported by playing an occasional match in Tuam. Hopefully the board will get their own finances in order now and make a more meaningful contribution in future as well.

Does Galway really need two stadiums?

I don't think it needs two stadiums capable of hosting Connacht Finals or crowds in excess of 10,000 but I'd say the ideal setup is to have Pearse as the "big" stadium and then have Tuam, Athenry and Balinasloe capable of hosting big club games and lower profile county games, including ladies football and camogie if needed.

Wasn't there talk of a motion to get Mayo to play a home league game outside Castlebar recently but it was abandoned due to a lack of a suitable venue because they tend to get around 10,000 in for league games?


From what I've been told about Pearse getting redeveloped instead of Tuam it's sounds like the people involved with running Tuam at the time expected the GAA to foot damn near all the bill for modernising the stadium but were unwilling to give up any control of the venue. One example I was given is that they wouldn't give up something minor like deciding who would be let in to sell cans of soft drink and sweets on match day. They believed the GAA would never actually do the work in Pearse. Of course now that the hurlers are going to get meaningful championship matches going forward Tuam will never regain it's place at the top of the food chain.

Any word on Parsons lately.

grbear wrote: »

I don't think it needs two stadiums capable of hosting Connacht Finals or crowds in excess of 10,000 but I'd say the ideal setup is to have Pearse as the "big" stadium and then have Tuam, Athenry and Balinasloe capable of hosting big club games and lower profile county games, including ladies football and camogie if needed.

Wasn't there talk of a motion to get Mayo to play a home league game outside Castlebar recently but it was abandoned due to a lack of a suitable venue because they tend to get around 10,000 in for league games?


From what I've been told about Pearse getting redeveloped instead of Tuam it's sounds like the people involved with running Tuam at the time expected the GAA to foot damn near all the bill for modernising the stadium but were unwilling to give up any control of the venue. One example I was given is that they wouldn't give up something minor like deciding who would be let in to sell cans of soft drink and sweets on match day. They believed the GAA would never actually do the work in Pearse. Of course now that the hurlers are going to get meaningful championship matches going forward Tuam will never regain it's place at the top of the food chain.

That basically was my understanding of the Tuam stadium situation. Vested interests wanted to have control of the stadium, yet expected the GAA to foot the bill believing they would not redevelop Pearse instead. If that was the case, then I have no sympathy for Tuam. Galway really does not need two large stadiums, but it looks as if the GAA had no other options other than upgrade Pearse to a provincial level stadium. Which was what the funding from Croke Park was for at the time faik.

It seems with the future plans for Tuam the previous problems may have been solved, but other than inter-county football league games being played there, all major championship plus all inter-county hurling games will be in Pearse.
Business wise, Tuam really shot themselves in the foot when they tried playing hardball over that original redevelopment.

Galway FBD League Review - Mayo News Football Podcast 2019.

https://themayonews.podomatic.com/enclosure/2019-01-14T09_39_10-08_00.mp3

yop wrote: »

Thats interesting. Well if he can't make the club teams its odd he is on the county. Could be some loyalty issues there at club level.

What do you mean? He only left Sligo Rovers at the end of last season (May 2018) so wouldnt have been available for the club before then. He was hardly going to walk straight onto the team

League tickets €20 at the gate, how much will the championship tickets be:mad:

Only thing is it improves/restores the value of the season ticket somewhat

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

It makes the season ticket even better now!

Works out at only a tenner a game here, if you plan ahead & buy the Spring Series ticket for €40. Good value when we have four home games. Not so good when we only have three. Parnell Passes & season tickets get you in for free.

Not much consolation to someone who only decides to go the day of the match, I suppose.