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As someone who is a lover of both Association and Gaelic Football I feel as neutral as the next man in comparing Croker to anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by SUB of the day
I don't think there is anything wrong with the Hill. It has retained a bit of tradition and as far as terracing goes it is quite decent. I imagine that when the new and improved Lansdowne is built, while looking like a fine stadium, will look stupid being 3 tiered on 3 sides and a glorified shed on one.
Yep, CP just doesnt feel like home. Drinking in the pubs around the ground before a football match seems weird (just aint the same vibe as LR area) and the ground itself just feels empty.
We all know the negative aspects of the old LR but the atmosphere in it was unique. Songs echoed around the ground and that just doesnt happen in CP.
Lets hope we only have to put up with that place for one more campaign.
I agree.
I love Croke Park for the GAA, not for the soccer or rugby.
Cannot wait to be back in Lansdowne, I feel detatched from the game in Croke Park and the atmosphere is a bit strange.
Was there anything wrong with the atmosphere in Croker for the rugby against England!?? :rolleyes:
You can't blame the stadium lads!!
There's nothing wrong with it being terraced. The problems are that there's no roof over it and it doesn't fit in with the rest of the stadium. It looks like (and is) a remnant of the old stadium that couldn't be upgraded because of the rail line behind it. There's fantastic terracing behind one goal in Dortmund's stadium that goes as high as the rest of the stadium and is covered under the same roof as the stands around the other three sides.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
There was probably nothing that the GAA could do other than leave the hill end in its current configuration because there's no space but it does look out of place with the rest of the stadium.
But at least it will fit together and look like it's part of a properly planned stadium. It will be roofed too.Quote:
I imagine that when the new and improved Lansdowne is built, while looking like a fine stadium, will look stupid being 3 tiered on 3 sides and a glorified shed on one.
The big problem with Croke Park for football is that the GAA pitch is too big and the football pitch is lost in the middle. Being on the Northside, it's also further away from me but some may not see that as a fundamental problem with the stadium. ;)
I bet everytime foreigners see Croke Park for rugby or football the first thing they will ask is why they did not finish the ground...
Bet everything eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
What a gambler.
Nice. So the whole of North Dublin is a sh*thole. Talk about stereotyping. However, I agree with the sentiment. Can't wait to get back to Lansdowne.Quote:
Originally Posted by SUB of the day
''remember the swiss with their flags in basle or the way the germans called out their team names with the PA guy. I remember been in bursa a few years ago and the stadium was full 3 hours before the start''
interesting comment there superdub - my mates and i always maintain that the reason the swiss, german, etc supporters are like this is because they actually participate weekly/fortnightly with their own club sides at games and are well used to the banter and noise needed to make a great atmosphere. Unfortunately most of the event junkies/barstoolers at CP/LR are not really alive to the 'job-description' of a fan. Most seem to be unwilling/unable to make any kind of effort and are more disposed to roaring serious abuse at their own players. I've lost count of the arguments i, and most people on here, have had with t***ers who just want to wander in during the first attack of the game and then sit there, arms crossed, and wait to be entertained! (not unlike being on a barstool really!!) :o
SUB of the day
Are you Ross O'Carroll-Kelly in disguise?
Just take the number 40 from Parnell st to Finglas to blow that steriotype out of the water. Well, you should probably get the stop after Parnell st. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jmurphyc
or take the dart between howth and sutton?Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
try the 77 on the southside :p
Did anyone boycott the games in Croke Park over the Thomas Davis /Tallaght situation?
I was given tickets to the Slovakia game for services rendered doing a voice over for a foreign ad. I paid nothing for tickets in GAA HQ.
Nothing wrong with choosing tradition over architectural beauty.Quote:
The problems are that there's no roof over it and it doesn't fit in with the rest of the stadium. It looks like (and is) a remnant of the old stadium that couldn't be upgraded because of the rail line behind it.
Or maybe its the fact that we're sh!t. I'd say that has more to do with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by footballplease
Only thing wrong with the Hill is that poxy Garda CCTV station, the eyesore that breaks up the terrace. No idea why the guards need a view of the pitch when their supposed to have their backs to it, looking at monitors :rolleyes:
What the FAI needs to do is put fill hill 16 with irish fans. That will create some atmosphere (as long as the team is playing well)
No roof equates to no "real atmosphere".The soccer fans without a team , that populate it during the summer, do their best, but after 20 renditions of boys in blue, it just sounds tired.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingdomkerry
I have been in many football stadium around europe and would still say the hill is up there with the best for creating athmosphere.Quote:
Originally Posted by SUB of the day
Beggers cant be choosers comes to mind when i hear some of smart comments about the quality of the athmosphere in croker. Excuses about it not been a soccer ground abounds. The reality is the only time irish fans really get behind the team are at away games
.....where do the throngs on the hill disappear to outside the summer months?....being such fabulous fans.82000 in July, 75000 awol in January:ball: