beglee wrote: » i heard there were tickets still going for this. went to fai website, and its right there on the intro page. click the link for tickets, and it cant get to the page whats going on?
Mitch Connor wrote: » the site is down. You can get them on ticketmaster though, according to posters on RedCafe anyway.
Pauleta wrote: » I dont understand why any club would release their (non amateur) players for this match unless the FAI are paying the players wages for the week and compensation for injuries.
stovelid wrote: » To be honest, I wonder would some players be pissed off if they didn't get the chance to turn out - some of them could be United supporters themselves. Not that the clubs who pay their wages shouldn't block them of course.
major bill wrote: » bohs should tell the FAI to **** off and not release they're players we have much more important things to be concentrating on than playing some meaningless friendly.
homerjay2005 wrote: » can you explain why? how often do LOI players get to play before a 40,000 - 50,000 crowd? how often will they get to play in an opening of what is the future of Irish football? how often will the get to play against some of the top players in the world? this game probably will be live on international tv, how often will they get this chance? i can guarantee you, 90% of LOI players would want to be involved in this, i cant see a reason why not. some of them could see this as a platform, especially the younger players, to move on to "bigger" things. ive never played at LOI level, but ive played at 2 levels below it. some of my former clubmates have played LOI for Limerick, Cobh and Waterford. I can tell you each and every one of them would burst a gut to get involved in this. less of the LOI warrior-ism please.
homerjay2005 wrote: » i can guarantee you, 90% of LOI players would want to be involved in this, i cant see a reason why not. some of them could see this as a platform, especially the younger players, to move on to "bigger" things.
stovelid wrote: » You've got to be on a wind-up here, mate? The game is slap in the middle of a competitive schedule for the League of Ireland. Doubly so should the teams competing in Europe progress. I don't care what the players want. They are paid to pay for their clubs, some of which receive a large amount of operating money (including wages) directly from supporter's pockets? At the heart of these statements is fundamental inability to accept the LOI as a real league. Would you like United, or whoever you support, to be press-ganged into a stupid friendly (with no financial recompense) slap-bang in the middle of the season? Not to mention that clubs will also be staging their own friendlies in the summer. Friendlies that are acceptable to the supporters because they are financially vital to the clubs. And as for it being what the players want: you see how far a premiership player gets when they ask their manager to release them for a non-international, commercially-worthless friendly right in the middle of a packed league schedule. Or is that different because that's a Real League?
stovelid wrote: » Would you like United, or whoever you support, to be press-ganged into a stupid friendly (with no financial recompense) slap-bang in the middle of the season?
PHB wrote: » United went to ****ing Dubai last winter in their mid-season break to play a meaningless friendly for one reason only, to make money. I can't ****ing stand it, but they do the same thing.
MUSSOLINI wrote: » Im looking forward to this game..... I think all the LOI should make every effort to put out the best team possible. People will watch this who would not watch their local teams play. If the LOI lads do well people will be more inclined to give it a go.As a utd fan I am looking forward to it too. Should be fun.
MUSSOLINI wrote: » If the LOI lads do well people will be more inclined to give it a go.
stovelid wrote: » Will you?
MUSSOLINI wrote: » I have been to see my local team play and was disgusted by the behavior of some fans. That has put me off.
stovelid wrote: » True. Better off sticking with the British.
CiaranC wrote: » I think Padraig Pearce was a Chelsea fan.
MUSSOLINI wrote: » Hilarious lads. Funny stuff. Maybe if it wasn't for the behavior of the fans I could have enjoyed it. But maybe thats just Drogheda utd.
CiaranC wrote: » Yeah all barstoolers have an excuse just like you do. But if we give up our best players for this unpaid friendly in the middle of our european fixtures and the title race maybe, um, no actually they still wont come. Enjoy the Manchester u17s vs the Leinster Senior League XI lads
MUSSOLINI wrote: » People will look at this match,and if the best payers or whatever don't play they are gonna think that LOI is rubbish. Chances are the LOI team will get hammered. Average Joe wont know or care about fixture congestion etc. He will see a league of Ireland XI, which he will think is the best they have, get hammered by a reserve Man U team. What impression will that give about the league? Barstoolers? What sort of rubbish is that? Anyone is entitled to watch any football they want, or league, they all have their individual merits.
