Munster Team Talk Thread - Beirne After Reading

How much is peanuts?He's probably still on 70 or 80k I'd imagine-not life changing but better than having to go into a civilian job at the bottom of the ladder.

It would be pretty crap if they were only discussing contract options now.My hunch is he's gone.

The likelihood is they'd have only offered a one year deal with limited game time.

I'm sure his brother and JOD probably know their time in a Munster Jersey is coming to an end with the one year deals they got.

You'll forgive me if myself and a few other season ticket holders in west cork have limited sympathy

I wasn't looking for sympathy, but if there's a drop off now in season tickets and crowds in Thomond and the associated revenue then that's not a good thing!

There were eyebrows raised when the Musgrave ticket got the 3 Thomond games added...

There's was no drama for years and years until somebody gave Donal Lenihan a platform with his "this game should be in Cork" BS.

To be fair it's closer to 2 hours down the road (or up the road depending on your direction of travel) add another hour if there's a crash along the way.

This is exactly it. Like Donal, you see cork and Limerick and Waterford etc players, all the vast majority of us see is Munster players. There is no other professional club in the world, to my knowledge, that has constant petty infighting like this.

I can't remember the last time there were calls to move Leinster games out of Dublin, Ulster out of Belfast or Connacht out of Galway etc.

To be clear… I also accept that there's no other country in the developed world without a motorway between its second and 3rd largest cities and it's a huge pain in the arse travelling it for games

I highly doubt that 50% of Munsters support base would find cork the better option. You only need to look at the attendance for Musgrave Park games to see that

I remember a few years ago the stats were 1/3 Limerick 1/3 Cork 1/3 outside either Limerick or Cork.

As for attendances in Cork. The under 20 and lower rank Urc get minimum 8k at gate. While 2 games in Parc Ui Chaoimh sold out.

Just checked on ticketmaster I can buy a ticket for Munster v Argentina 15 for 3 at half way line and tickets in every part of ground.

I remember a few years ago the stats were 1/3 Limerick 1/3 Cork 1/3 outside either Limerick or Cork.

So to appease the 1/3rd of supporters not from cork or Limerick should we also have a game in Kerry or Tipperary every year? Where would you draw the line?

8k in Musgrave is lovely and intimate and always a great atmosphere. Official figures put the non-interpro games at over 11k in Thomond mind

Yes strange how Argentina aren't as much of a draw as South Africa or NZ… Well… Actually it's not really strange at all

3 years ago the thought of anything other than a European Semi final or the odd friendly in PUC was rubbished, I would 100% agree with you back then. Also, brave is a good word to use

I suspect we won't know what way the entire fan base feel about it until the end of the season, when the financial and attendance data comes out. I fully accept that what I am saying doesn't reflect the full fan base but I guarantee it is also not reflecting the feelings of just one poster

I am in a group of 10 season ticket holders, 2 of us have decided to renew but they always had dual-venue tickets so the PUC game was much less of an issue

2017 was the last year we didn't all have season tickets