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Originally Posted by LFC Blue
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God forbid you support your team.Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC Blue
Celebrating a defeat. Just happy to be there. Not for me I'm afraidQuote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
Well I guess one of the benefits of supporting a team that no longer exists is that you don't have to celebrate defeats any more.Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC Blue
Every cloud...
Good one🤣😂Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
It's a bit cringe.
The glorious cup run was basically a home win against UCD.
Being competitive for the playoffs is down to the medals for everyone nature of the first division.
BUT
A lot of those lads are only there for the enjoyment the game doesn't really matter.
And more power to them it would be **** following treaty if the games really mattered
I kind of feel for the people running treaty. They are mostly good people doing their best
But they are at absolutely nothing until the next Paud rides into town on his donkey made of money
The same people that had Paud underachieving are still largely in situ on the playing and organising side.
Just without any moolah for the occasional accidental run to the heights of the premier mid table
As it is it's fairly dull uninspiring stuff from top to bottom at Treaty.
Except the women's team
The women's team far from being dull and uninspiring is an actual disgrace and anyone involved in organising it shouldn't be left within 500 miles of the important (ie men's) side of the club.
Other random thoughts from Sunday, Brandywell looks top notch it's nice to see the lick of paint on the old side as well. And Derry people remain the leagues finest.
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Originally Posted by Lim till i die
why is that? is it not that they just cant entice better players down there? cork had the same issue in the last few seasons losing players to galway shels etc and not really replacing them with similar quality.
Sour grapes?Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC Blue
Is it possible to hang banners and flags in the Aviva for games, or do they complain about the advertising hoardins being covered?
There's usually a process, can't exactly remember the whole thing but you've to go in early to hang stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Bottom line is Treaty United hasn't captured the imagination. Unless Limerick is brought back in the name then forget about it...nobody in the county batted an eyelid last Sunday apart from the blue army that is!
That's a shame as the team even though they struggled but gave 100% and the Treaty fans were the most vocal fans to come to the Brandywell this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC Blue
It's not like any Limerick team of recent years troubled the history books when it came to attendances though.Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC Blue
One of the main reasons I fell in love with Dundalk was the support the fans gave the team when they lost away to St. Pats in the cup under Gill when I was I kid. I used to be a big Man Utd fan until that moment- after, I badgered my dad and older brothers relentlessly about season tickets, and as they say, the rest is history.Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC Blue
Performance like Treaty Fans builds a bit of gr? for the club, and I bet, for the next big game, there will be more excitment than before. There will be lads and kids listening to the radio or updates who will be promising themselves that the next trip, next game, next season will be worth investing in.
Slow build, but thats the real foundations of a club - not just POS money artificially inflating league position.
Ah now LFC Blue I'm not a Treaty fanatic but I think the criticism of The Blue Army here is unwarranted. If you're that pi$$ed off with Blue Army's reaction just wait till you see the Derry fans ovation for Treaty at the end.... absolute madness!!! The blue army are mostly young lads having a day out who appreciated the effort put in by the players and Tommy Barrett they are definitely punching above their weight. The fans never travelled to Derry expecting to win, you probably remember a few pints makes for a better mood among fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC Blue
I'm not certain anymore that having Limerick back in the name is a good thing either but I get your point as I would have been 100% behind having Limerick in the name and I'm still annoyed how Treaty are "a Midwest club based in Limerick ". I still think they should at leaplay in a blue kit too.
I also think it's unfair to say nobody in the county batted an eyelid, I've had plenty of people who had no interest in loi mention it to me beforeand afterthe game on Sunday, maybe people around you didn't mention it in case they ****ed you off.
I think following events the of last few days (Limerick FC announcing they're pulling out of loi underage altogether) we can finally admit Limerick FCs days as a loi club are numbered. Time to move on and let it go!!!
Yes absolutely, my self and some lads from Kildare Hoops went into the Rovers end at 10 30 in the morning and hung some flags up and headed off to RInger for the pre match Charlie Mc CarthyQuote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Had LOADS of trouble hanging out our behind the goal ones last season, up on the premium level. Arsey bitch of a steward kept calling security , every time they untied them we put them back up. Eventually violent protest was threatened and they backed off, not till ten minutes into the game though and all that was covered was some FAI logos.
I was at the Treaty - UCD play off last year, 3000 there for a club nobody in Limerick is bothered about.
But let's have a Limerick Derby in the First. Treaty v Limerick, could be like AFC Wimbledon v MK Dons.
Kerry are coming soon, and let's bring back Shamrock Rovers 2 to please sbgawa, maybe he could do a FG fundraiser to help them.:)
I saw some announcement by the League Facebook page, that tickets sales were going well. They said most of the sections in the lower stands designated for Shels and Derry were either sold out or close to sold out.
Looking at the Ticketmaster site, Shels have only sold out one block in the lower tier whilst Derry have sold all of their's and had new blocks added in the top tier :Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Tickets Extra.ie FAI Men's Cup Final - Derry City FC v Shelbourne FC, Dublin | Sun, 13 Nov 2022, 15:00 | Ticketmaster IE
Will Shels struggle to bring a crowd? They've been given the wrong half of the stadium if so.
It's impossible to tell going by Ticketmaster how sales are exactly going for both clubs. Two Shels blocks 106 and 112 have sold out but most of our blocks have a larger capacity than the ones Derry have sold out so far, throw in fans buying in premium or neutral sections you can't reliably quantify numbers of fans for both teams
You can never rely on Ticketmaster. They should just open up all sections for purchase and be done with it. Little blocks of tickets here and there do nothing for the event.
We did the same after getting tanked in 2014. Both clubs had little to celebrate after a tumultuous few years and still having a club was an achievement. It also for us and I'm sure treaty too, felt like a turning point in the clubs fortunesQuote:
Originally Posted by LFC Blue
15,000 tickets sold already according to the League fb page. That is a decent start just over 3 weeks out from the Final.
That's why I prefer teams with different club colours being at finals. It adds to the visual spectacle and makes it clear who's supporting who.Quote:
Originally Posted by total hoofball
I did Premium last year and am holding out for them to release some more tickets/blocks there. They seem to be trickling stuff out, which isn't great. As was said above - put all the tickets up for sale together and give fans the choice of where they sit from the start.
Heard that both sides have sold out their allocations. I should be there for cup final again as my bohs friend has season ticket with FAI
I?ve heard on more than one occasion in the last week, that season tickets no longer include the FAI Cup Final.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
I have a season ticket and they no longer cover it. Definitely a backwards move.
Are all the premium sections gone or just not for sale yet , only corners of the west stand available ?
The logical thing to do would be to fill up the parts facing the cameras first, but they seem to be dripping them out in corners and really stupid sections.Quote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
Haven't seen any midway point premium or neutral tickets of any sort yet.
Shels have got nowhere near selling out their allocation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
You can see the split here - Shels on the left of the stadium, Derry on the right : Tickets Extra.ie FAI Men's Cup Final - Derry City FC v Shelbourne FC, Dublin | Sun, 13 Nov 2022, 15:00 | Ticketmaster IE
Yeah - I'm holding out for midway premium to come up, as had great experience there last year. But it feels like a bit of a risky strategy if they don't, and I then end up stuck in the gods in a corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
What size crowd are we expecting? 30k maybe?
I think someone on here said 15,000 had bene sold already.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
I can't see the teams involved drawing 30,000. Probably 20-25,000 I reckon. So long as it's over 20,000 then I think we can be happy with it as a league. Anything less would be disappointing.
The weather on the day might make the difference for quite a few hundred neutrals and lax Shels (especially) and Derry supporters (though it's a long way to travel just on a last miniute whim for them).
Yep a visually very even left/right split in capacity in the lower tiers at the toilet bowl AvivaQuote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Derry got the bad end. View from that North aviva stand is worse than any LOI ground, you're nearly below the pitch. No perspective. Was in it for Rovers cup final 2010, forgettable for many reasons but that was one of them!
I don't think that explains the difference in what's going on in that stadium map.Quote:
Originally Posted by total hoofball
Every Derry block in the bottom tier is sold out, and Ticketmaster have now released 3 Top tier blocks for Derry fans as well as 3 premium sections too.
11 bottom tier blocks specifically for Shels' fans have yet to sell out with only 4 blocks sold so far. Plus no upper tier or premium sections have been released for Shels fans yet.
Regardless of why, that does not paint a picture of even sales between 2 sets of supporters. The fact Shels fans are being so tetchy/defensive about it all suggests they know it too.
It is intresting in the difference in approach both clubs have to squad management in the build up. Derry seem to be resting players against Sligo, while Shels seem to have been building up momentum. If I was Derry, I wouldn't want to be going into a final without winning in 4 games. And if Shels can beat St. Pats, Shels fans would definitley see the game 50/50 and it would be hard to say Derry are as big of favourites as the league table would suggest.
Looking forward to both teamsheets at the weekend to see if this is really the case.
Ah yeah throw out the tetchy/defensive line when you've been making a flawed assessment of ticket sales based on a limited blue/grey visual graphic of a bunch of blocks that have completely uneven capacity and where there are supporters are purchasing tickets in other premium blocks. Some of those Shels blue blocks may nearly be sold out, Shels have now sold out a further 4 of their 15 blocks since your post. Also incase you were wondering there isn't one Shels fan who has been expecting us to sell more tickets than DerryQuote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Shows how much i know i would have thought that Shels would have at least if not more supporters in the ground on the day seeing as they are a Dublin Club and their Supporters do travel in Numbers around the country.
FAI have announced that 20,000 tickets have bene sold so far.
Should be 25,000 or more at the game on the day :ball: