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ironictoaster · 26-07-2010 01:34AM

Ally7 wrote: »

That's the part of GAA I despise. I'd be a big fan of Kerry GAA, go to the majority of the league games, Munster championship games, normal championship games etc. and for every All Ireland we find it hard to get great tickets. Yet, people in my class who never attend games get brilliant tickets, including a girl who only went to the All Ireland last year and got tickets in the middle of Hogan Stand :rolleyes:

GAA are complete arseholes, they just love money. I hate replays as well. "Oh, it's a draw, lets replay the game next weekend rather than having extra time and make more €€€€€"

My dad was die hard of Dublin fan back in 70s, travelled all over the country to see them. Then they started the whole club only thing. Boycotted and stopped going to see them. Now he doesnt give a flying fook about the Dublin team or football. Sad to thing to see.

Also, the price they charge is mad, especially for an amateur game.

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 01:36AM

creggy wrote: »

Also, the price they charge is mad, especially for an amatuer game.

I think I have spent nearly €100 on going to all the Dublin games this year. This excludes the transport and other expenses.

ironictoaster · 26-07-2010 01:37AM

unknown13 wrote: »

I think I have spent nearly €100 on going to all the Dublin games this year. This excludes the transport and other expenses.

The league or championship?

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 01:38AM

creggy wrote: »

The league or championship?

Championship

soccymonster · 26-07-2010 01:39AM

The prices are crazy if you're not a student/OAP/u16 alright. Especially if it's a siht match. My dad has no complaints if it is anything like the galway-tipp match today though

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 01:40AM

soccymonster wrote: »

The prices are crazy if you're not a student/OAP/u16 alright. Especially if it's a siht match. My dad has no complaints if it is anything like the galway-tipp match today though

There are no student tickets for Hill 16, that sucks.

ironictoaster · 26-07-2010 01:42AM

How are getting those tickets for cheap, they are usually around the €45 mark...

Edit: hill 16 nevermind.

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 01:43AM

creggy wrote: »

How are getting those tickets for cheap, they are usually around the €45 mark...

Edit: hill 16 nevermind.

They change in price. Going to an All Ireland final is more expensive than going to a Leinster Semi Final

soccymonster · 26-07-2010 01:44AM

unknown13 wrote: »

There are no student tickets for Hill 16, that sucks.

Yea, it pisses me off that in certain grounds (alot!), terraces are the same prices for both u16/adults. Just let me in to my usual spot for a fiver like...

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 01:46AM

The worst is that the GAA have the same price for every stand ticket. You could be half way up the Lower Hogan Stand at the Half Way line and still pay the same price as someone at the very back of the Upper Canal, who can't see much.

suitcasepink · 26-07-2010 01:52AM

The worst thing about the GAA is the current President.
Christy Cooney plzz just leave silly things alone and worry about important stuff, like how matches are a rip off.

Also what annoys me is that Dublin play home games in Croke Park, Croke Park isnt Dublins pitch, the Gaa own it, so why isnt Dublins home games in Parnell?
Like if Parnell is really too small for them to have championship games, be like Waterford and have every game as a neutral venue!

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 01:55AM

deise_girl wrote: »

The worst thing about the GAA is the current President.
Christy Cooney plzz just leave silly things alone and worry about important stuff, like how matches are a rip off.

Nicky Brennan was worse, that guy was a typical kilkenny hurling prick who couldn't give two hoots about football.

deise_girl wrote: »

Also what annoys me is that Dublin play home games in Croke Park, Croke Park isnt Dublins pitch, the Gaa own it, so why isnt Dublins home games in Parnell?
Like if Parnell is really too small for them to have championship games, be like Waterford and have every game as a neutral venue!

Parnell holds 12K, it is very small and not ideal either to watch matches in. Dublin can get easily 20K for Leinster championship matches.

soccymonster · 26-07-2010 01:56AM

Tbh, I understand why dublin play their home matches in croke park. I accept that seeing as parnell park can barely hold ten thousand.

Just when they play games such as louth/dublin in croke park and call it 'neutral' because parnell park is dublin's actual home ground, that annoys me.

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 01:59AM

soccymonster wrote: »

Just when they play games such as louth/dublin in croke park and call it 'neutral' because parnell park is dublin's actual home ground, that annoys me.

TBH, Louth probably wanted the match more in Croke Park. If they played Dublin in Portlaoise would they have got the same support down there, probably not.

suitcasepink · 26-07-2010 02:05AM

But Croke Park isnt actually their pitch, its not the pitch of Dublin gaa, its the Gaa headquarters pitch.
Like Tipperary dont own Semple Stadium, its the Munster Gaa pitch. (But Tipp have certain agreements with that coz they have no other kinda pitch there) but they dont own Semple like Limerick own Gaelic Grounds or Cork, Pairc Ui Chaoimh

If Dublin insist Parnell is too small for games do what other counties(eg Waterford) does and have every game in a neutral venue. And yerra I hate when Dublin use Croke Park as their home and neutral pitch, ffs thats why they have Parnell. Because playing in Croke Park is meant to be sacred and not for little qualifier games. Also for big games, Leinster Final, AI (semi's) final, its not fair on the other team playing Dublin because now they're not getting a neutral venue game, and playing on home turf is a massive advantage.

Tl;dr Dublin, you dont own Croke park, go play in Parnell or someplace nuetral.

Oh and Christey Cooneys stupid, he thinks up of terrible rules and shizz. This whole no running on the pitch and now.... He wants to get rid of skins/bicycle shorts under shorts.. I mean really? You have nothing better to do? Also the cop out over the Louth, Meath thing was diabolical..

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 02:11AM

suitcasepink · 26-07-2010 02:13AM

Yea I dunno where that came outta tbh

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 02:16AM

Put it this way if Dublin's games were played in the Aviva Stadium, I would be happier because it is closer to my house than Croke Park is and I could walk to the Aviva Stadium, if I wanted to.

soccymonster · 26-07-2010 02:23AM

unknown13 wrote: »

TBH, Louth probably wanted the match more in Croke Park. If they played Dublin in Portlaoise would they have got the same support down there, probably not.

i understand where you're coming from dude but the reason the gaa used for that match in particular 'but croke park is neutral' is just a tad ridiculous. No matter whether louth wanted it held there or not, it isn't exactly neutral.

Deise, name a pitch nearby that dublin could use for home games so that'd hole a capacity of 30000+ dublin fans alone, at times? :P If dublin have a game drawn fairly at home that proves an advantage to them, it shouldn't be brought neutral to give more of an advantage to the opposition just because parnell park can't accomodate them all dub supporters. Just sayin..

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 02:29AM

To all those who critise Croker being used for Dublin home games bear in my the following reasons:

Dublin has the most expensive land in Ireland.
Parnell Park is located in a residential area aswell as Croker.
If Dublin were to build a stadium it would have to be in West Dublin or North County Dublin and that would not make that much sense, since Parnell and Croker are relatively close to the city.
Parnell cannot be expanded either, there is no room behind one of the goals, pitches behind where the camera is, the not that much room behind the big terrace and main stand.

suitcasepink · 26-07-2010 02:31AM

soccymonster wrote: »

Deise, name a pitch nearby that dublin could use for home games so that'd hole a capacity of 30000+ dublin fans alone, at times? :P If dublin have a game drawn fairly at home that proves an advantage to them, it shouldn't be brought neutral to give more of an advantage to the opposition just because parnell park can't accomodate them all dub supporters. Just sayin..

Well the point is that Croke Park isnt Dublin Gaa's pitch, its the headquarters pitch. And if they must play qualifier games and the like there, I see no reason why in the Leinster Final/Quarter/Semi/Final of the AI, opposition teams shouldnt be allowed appeal the playing of neutral games there. Its basically giving Dublin home advantage.

And I dont see the argument about not just playing all their games(that wouldnt fit in Parnell) in neutral places. Its what Waterford and other counties do for every game. Well Waterford have the odd football game in Dungarvan but there hasnt been a championship hurling game here in a long few years, because we cant fit one. Every game we play is in a neutral pitch, dont see why Dublin cant do that if they think Parnells too small..

soccymonster · 26-07-2010 02:50AM

The waterford footballers play all their home games at fraher field as far as I'm aware. And I'm not sure how many times the waterford hurlers have had to bring their games to neutral venues. but the dublin football support base can draw up a crowd bigger than some hurling matchs alone. Like there aren't many pitches that can hold a capacity of 40,000 if it was neutral. Portlaoise isn't even 30,000 like.

I don't see the problem with the gaa playing dublin matches at croke park when they're drawn home but when it's a neutral venue and its in croker then there's a problem..seeing as croker is really the only stadium that can hold the crowd without going far down the country.

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 02:57AM

soccymonster wrote: »

I don't see the problem with the gaa playing dublin matches at croke park when they're drawn home but when it's a neutral venue and its in croker then there's a problem..seeing as croker is really the only stadium that can hold the crowd without going far down the country.

Soccy, did Louth object to the venue? It is up to the county boards to object to the venue, not Dublin. If Dublin had of got Limerick, the match would not have been played in Croke Park, that is a fact. Geography dictated the choice of venues.

If any Louth posters see this can they please state what the reaction to the venue was, when it was announced it was Croker.

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 02:57AM

soccymonster wrote: »

I don't see the problem with the gaa playing dublin matches at croke park when they're drawn home but when it's a neutral venue and its in croker then there's a problem..seeing as croker is really the only stadium that can hold the crowd without going far down the country.

Can you please tell me where Limerick / Cork was played.

soccymonster · 26-07-2010 03:02AM

Gaelic grounds, and?

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 03:13AM

soccymonster wrote: »

Gaelic grounds, and?

Whose homeground is that?

soccymonster · 26-07-2010 03:26AM

Limerick's. Yet Limerick offered a coin toss with cork to decide home advantage and cork accepted the offer with limerick winning the coin toss. The GAA set it for killarney but both county boards felt it'd be better off being played in a home ground.

and what if louth had no objection, the GAA still placed it in a non-neutral venue for €€€, claiming it was neutral when it isn't exactly neutral atal.

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 03:33AM

Lets just stop talking about this before a pointless argument breaks out. The game is over and Dublin won, lets move and talk about All Ireland Football quarter finals.

soccymonster · 26-07-2010 03:41AM

Tbf, I was just using the louth match as an example of what could've happened be it dublin were drawn away but anyways...

Ok tyrone to beat dublin :P I kid, i kid.. I'd imagine tyrone will go in as favourites anyways and rightly so after winning ulster.

unknown13 · 26-07-2010 03:48AM

Tyrone are a good side, they will go in as favourites but they are an aging team.

What will Dublin be like after coming through the qualifiers is another factor. I think Dublin will knick this by a point or two

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