View Full Version : Croke Park what you are looking forward most
Naitch
02/02/2006, 12:06 PM
I cant wait for everyseat in Croke Park to have a green sheet on it and everybody holds it up when the team comes out that will be a sight to see.
paul_oshea
02/02/2006, 12:15 PM
that wont happen cos the numptys that go wont hold up the placards. which is a pity.
well i hope im tehre to witness it, but just seeing the lads come out will be enough for me, just being there with 'true' irish sport supporters will be unreal and unforgettable. if an ireland team are ever to punch above their weight and win a game comfortably then this surely has to be it. that has to be drilled into them, giving their everything, like the amateur players do that grace that pitch once or maybe twice a year.
Naitch
02/02/2006, 12:32 PM
They do the cards things reguarly at Lansdowne games and really adds to the occasion so i dont see why Croker should be any different
klein4
02/02/2006, 12:37 PM
I know a lot of people only have to be told to do something once by that PA announcer at lansdowne to ensure they will never ever do it. Croker might look pretty good with all the flags and stuff.
paul_oshea
02/02/2006, 12:40 PM
ya kelin for once i agree with ye.
thats the thing the gaa fans dont give a sh!te and are extremely passionate about their sport and county.
Dotsy
02/02/2006, 12:45 PM
A Ticket:)
Den Perry
02/02/2006, 1:01 PM
They do the cards things reguarly at Lansdowne games and really adds to the occasion so i dont see why Croker should be any different
How about everyone (from a traditional hurling county) brings a hurley (hooped), and if there is any trouble with the opposition, .......
I can't see it being a problem with security.After all it would be kind of crazy if they banned hurleys from Croke Park.....
klein4
02/02/2006, 1:03 PM
ya kelin for once i agree with ye.
thats the thing the gaa fans dont give a sh!te and are extremely passionate about their sport and county.
or do they just have all day to get drunk cause they arent coming from work? or is farming a 7 day a week job?;)
klein4
02/02/2006, 1:06 PM
How about everyone (from a traditional hurling county) brings a hurley (hooped), and if there is any trouble with the opposition, .......
I can't see it being a problem with security.After all it would be kind of crazy if they banned hurleys from Croke Park.....
"now lets make a sea of green hurls for the boys in green ladies & gentlemen....." not a bad idea....
zinedineontour
02/02/2006, 1:13 PM
Germany at home hopefully .... some atmosphere .. does anyone know if we are going to be allowed put the bucket seats on hill 16 ?? would look a bit ****e if it was totally empty !
eirebhoy
02/02/2006, 1:28 PM
I'm sure the FAI will ask UEFA about it but if its empty it will be covered in green so won't look too bad.
Paulie
02/02/2006, 1:38 PM
Winning.
Singing God Save the Queen. Last time i was there i could only hum it. ;)
paul_oshea
02/02/2006, 2:01 PM
what does siging mean pete? can you please explain.
how exactly do you sign god save the queen ;)
seeing as you said before you dont support the national team, i really hope you dont get a ticket to go to the match.
what does siging mean pete? can you please explain.
Typo. Edited now.
how exactly do you sign god save the queen ;)
I could have had a speech problem so have to use sign language. Would be very insensitive of you if that was the case. ;)
seeing as you said before you dont support the national team, i really hope you dont get a ticket to go to the match.
I don't think i ever said that, just i was less enthuasistic than have been before. Anyway I might want to support England in the rugby? A lot of people on foot.ie have dual nationality.
paul_oshea
02/02/2006, 2:46 PM
if that was the case
sorry by the looks of it you have a written one too pete, so you are right very insensitive of me ;)
each to their own and all that, of course we are all down but its our country, you still have to show the same enthusiasm, especially considering we are proper IRISH because we are BORN here in ireland, not like those born outside the country ;)
zinedineontour
02/02/2006, 2:58 PM
Typo. Edited now.
I could have had a speech problem so have to use sign language. Would be very insensitive of you if that was the case. ;)
I don't think i ever said that, just i was less enthuasistic than have been before. Anyway I might want to support England in the rugby? A lot of people on foot.ie have dual nationality.
Why would you want to support ireland in the football and england in the rubgy ? Very strange indeed ..
oconghc2
02/02/2006, 7:00 PM
lookin forward to people who have had no interest in the GAA over the years, realising that it is a top organisation and then maybe encourage their kids to play gaelic football and hurling as well as soccer.
just to be able to have a crowd of over 60,000 or so supporting the team should be something special!
paul_oshea
02/02/2006, 7:43 PM
best post i have ever read on this forum ever. well said, fair play we need more rational and fair minded people like you on this board.
TheJamaicanP.M.
02/02/2006, 7:50 PM
lookin forward to people who have had no interest in the GAA over the years, realising that it is a top organisation and then maybe encourage their kids to play gaelic football and hurling as well as soccer.
just to be able to have a crowd of over 60,000 or so supporting the team should be something special!
As opposed to a sectarian organisation?
I've been in Croke Park more times than I've had hot dinners and when I go there next year to see Ireland play, I'll say what I always say:
"Fair play JPM, the people of this country are great to have built this stadium." However, for the first time ever, I'm going to feel that all Irishmen are equal within the stadium.
I hope that we have finally turned the corner as regards large sections of the GAA who use the taxpayers' stadium for their own political agenda.
oconghc2
02/02/2006, 8:01 PM
understand where your coming from there JPM but the stadium wasnt just built with tax payers money - like with soccer in ireland the people at grass roots have contributed mostly to the organisation - you always get a bunch of goons near the top who may use the power wrongly.
I wouldnt really look back anymore - i see it as a fairly progressive organisation and in seán kelly i think weve seen a genuine sportsperson. A lot of GAA people would have been put off soccer over the years because of peoples attitude to GAA (mostly in Dublin i have to say) but i reckon nows a good time to change. It works both ways and you could argue all night as to "who started it" but you still cant take away from what the GAA has achieved.
TheJamaicanP.M.
02/02/2006, 8:40 PM
understand where your coming from there JPM but the stadium wasnt just built with tax payers money - like with soccer in ireland the people at grass roots have contributed mostly to the organisation - you always get a bunch of goons near the top who may use the power wrongly.
I wouldnt really look back anymore - i see it as a fairly progressive organisation and in seán kelly i think weve seen a genuine sportsperson. A lot of GAA people would have been put off soccer over the years because of peoples attitude to GAA (mostly in Dublin i have to say) but i reckon nows a good time to change. It works both ways and you could argue all night as to "who started it" but you still cant take away from what the GAA has achieved.
Good honest post.
Sean Kelly is a legend alright.
The Legend
02/02/2006, 9:10 PM
Ha, why not invite England for a friendly then bring in a tank and shoot half their players.... that would probably settle all this fuss once and for all. :p
paul_oshea
02/02/2006, 9:35 PM
good thinking legend.
very fair point oisin.
does anyone know if we are going to be allowed put the bucket seats on hill 16 ?? would look a bit ****e if it was totally empty !
Will mean we'll have to drill a **** load of holes in the ground like they have on the north and south terrace and dont know how happy the gaa will be......"Thank you for letting us play here...now wheres that pneumatic drill.........."
I'm not looking forward to it at all :(
nedder
03/02/2006, 9:33 AM
Duff taking a lineball from under the hogan stand, Richard Dunne giving the young lad of the Ballacks timber!!
klein4
03/02/2006, 4:05 PM
I'm not looking forward to it at all :(
cheer up man. we will only be in that aircraft hanger for a year! then back to lansdowne under manager martin o neil and FAI CEO John Aldridge (please god..:))
Superhoops
05/02/2006, 8:55 AM
cheer up man. we will only be in that aircraft hanger for a year! then back to lansdowne under manager martin o neil and FAI CEO John Aldridge (please god..:))
Never going to happen!!!!
CollegeTillIDie
08/02/2006, 7:24 AM
Oh I don't know CEO John Aldridge does have a ring to it
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