Im guessing youve never been to Oriel Park then.Crowds good yeah but more of a kip than tolkaQuote:
Originally Posted by CelticTiger
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Im guessing youve never been to Oriel Park then.Crowds good yeah but more of a kip than tolkaQuote:
Originally Posted by CelticTiger
Oriel is far tidier than Tolka IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by GalwayRed
Do you sit in the stand or in the away fans terrace. I'm obviously going to be biased but I can't see how the Oriel is nicer than TolkaQuote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
voted shels, just on the basis that I dont agree with thursday night football
The away section at Oriel is cramped and has no shelter....well its cramped if your club has a good support anyway;) Dont see why people would be complaining about tolka. Loads of space for away fans and IMO its a nice ground
I stand in the away fans terrace or the terrace at the front of stand depending on weather, both of which are spotless as these things go in Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by GlasnevinRed
Far more enjoyable IMO than the crummy away section in Tolka. You can see the whole pitch for a start. :ball:
Are you for real??Quote:
Originally Posted by GalwayRed
That big concrete terrace you could fit your home crowd onto is "cramped"
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Originally Posted by Lim till i die
i feel a song coming on.....
"Who ate all the ......... "
ok maybe im exaggerating so im going to quickly change the subject:) Isnt this uspposed to be a debate about who you want to see promoted not who has the nicer ground
obviously Shels for me. I cant think of a better and more deserving club than shels to go up. I just love how sporting fingal and shels have formed a special bond this year. OH wait who did i say again:eek:
Dundalk all the way i hope.
Going for Dundalk, just feel they have be hard done by over the years and their fans have been through some big let downs in recent seasons.
Any other team but shels were involved and i would want dundalk to get promoted because of all theyve been put through........but its shels so hopefully theyll be spending another year in the first:D
Why the comparison between Oriel and Tolka? God only knows where shels will end up playing their home games.
The Dundalk visits to flancare this season were grand not a bit of hassle. At least they resisted the urge to hurl full bottles of coke at players unlike a section of the Shels "support"Quote:
Originally Posted by Splurge
I dont, but i know WD brought more fans to ferrycarrig than Dundalk did and there wasnt a problem, so its not the numbers that are the problem, its the people, the Derry game aswell was a wonderful occasion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Like another poster said there were some bad eggs in the first game but in the 2nd game at least they directed their vitriol at their own as we hammered them 3:1.
Shels as much as i dont like them. Dundalk play on a Thursday and its not exactly a town I would enjoy visiting.
Shels i hate John Gill
I voted Dundalk, purely because I don't want to have the League of Dublin. With the greatest of respect to Shels, I want football to do well in the regions and would prefer to have 6-7 of the 10 teams from outside Dublin. Another Dublin team doesn't really add anything.
Having said that, whoever wins does deserve it. It's been a very interesting season in the 1st.
Dundalks groundsman done a fantastic job this season :pQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
that is the good thing to come from this situation. if we go up great. if we don't it'll mean bohs/rovers/cork fans will be stuck in oriel. gettin soaked, with a crap view, no drink, soggy chips that have been carried over in the rain. and no jacks which makes it a real joke
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Originally Posted by Splurge
I think that is an unfair assesment of some of our support. Some are undesireable but your tarnishing us all with the one brush. I thought Wexford Youths supporters would be better than that.
Thursday nights are unique somehow. We did try to have games on other nights but for some reason the attendences where lower on fridays and away support never compensates. Apart from UEFA cup games we are the only club in europe that plays on a thursday. The matchday mag ran an article of some norweigan called steve who through gambling on a thursday is a massive dundalk fc supporter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Look at the distance between Waterford to Wexford and Dundalk to Wexford. You'll find your answer there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Splurge
Back to topic.
Obviously I want dundalk to win. C'mon the town
Slightly off topic, just on the fans issue ... usually our home games against
Shels and Dundalk are classed as high risk games and need extra security
on account of the usually large travelling numbers.
Now I know most clubs (us included) have a few idiots who tarnish the name
and reputation of the majority of decent fans ... but the only time this season
that an away fan pulled a knife on a steward in Lissywollen was when we
played Dundalk.
Where the Gardai informed. Was any action taken. The only way we stop idiots like that is for us all to stop turning blind eyes to it. Zero tolerance. A minority of our fans are no angels but as you know they are the ones who tarnish the names of our clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Dundalk was the first away game i went to, was about ten, so dont mind going to Oriel
Absolutely,as the majority of fans I meet home and away are sound andQuote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
interested in nothing other than the football and having a bit of craic.
Not sure what action, if any, was taken but there were a number of Dundalk
fans removed from the stadium. I think a few stanley knives were left behind
in the away section of the stand after the game.
Zero tolerance is definately the way to go, some of our fans were also removed
from stadium for acting up this season so its not exclusive to away fans.
Shelbourne. Dont understand this sympathy vibe for Dundalk for not being promoted a few years back. They knew the rules.
Shels are a great example of a club who bit the dust over financial irregularities, came down to the 1st division, regrouped and put out a competitive team without breaking the bank. In fairness to Dundalk they have done the same so whoever wins it on the pitch and fulfills the Premier Licence criteria, fair play.
Still want Shels to do it though!
Mmmmm this is a really tough one.
There have been numerous instances since the 80's of 'incidents' when away in Oriel which never endeared the club to me.
But on the other hand they have done great work with the club to give it stability and deserve credit for the way they have got their house in order. And I suppose they were hard done by a couple of seasons back and they have a very decent level of support.
Shels would be a easy away trip to get to. I actually always like going to Tolka as a ground and Shels also deserve a huge amount of credit for taking their medicine a couple of seasons ago and rebuilding to the point where they are just a whisker away from promotion.
However it may be better all round for the league if County Louth has a repsesentative rather than another Dublin team especially when you consider the doom merchants are predicting the end of Drogheda Utd.
So Dundalk in a hobsons choice kind of way.
Awh Magicme I thought we had an agreement that you didn't want to see us in the KCP and we didn't want to go to the KCP next season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
Pls god I don't want to go there for another year. Send me anywhere, I'll do anything
Very easy, Hate Dundalk as they are a bitter and twisted lot .
We have a better DVD then you or there .;);)
Shels
Can't wait to burst my sides laughing when Dundalk muck it up again*
(*hoping those words don't come back to haunt me)
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Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
A few undesirable's are reason enough for me and other Youths fans to not miss you if you do go up next season. I know of people that didnt go to the 2nd game this season as word of the first one got around, which was a pity , not least because we put in our best home performance of the season and it came directly after the Limerick debacle.
Im not saying Wd fans are better than you lot as there were more present, im saying that it's not the number of fans that were the problem, it was the few bad eggs that tarnished the rep of Dundalk in Wexford at least.
We can't all reach the targets we set ourselves at the start of a season. Well done to Monaghan United for achieving theirs yet again. Fair play. :ball:Quote:
Originally Posted by monutdfc
Mon U are a credit to the league in fairness. They are one of only a few clubs that treat away fans with respect.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
Dundalk or Shels?
It feels like a Carlsberg ad. " They're not great options are they?":D
If pushed I'd prefer Shels mainly because the Thursday night situation. There is probably a good chance both will be in the Premier next year anyway.
TL, both sides were relegated about 8 years ago. How much money have Dundalk spent since then? What have Dundalk achieved in that time?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lilywhites
Not quite eight years ago. At least we've shown ambition to get out of this division since we got relegated in 2002. This season will be Monaghan's highest placing since then. Sixth, wow, you must be proud! We've spent well within our means over the last three seasons to get into the top 2-3 and challenge. We haven't overspent in trying to get promoted, if that's what you're implying.Quote:
Originally Posted by monutdfc
In fairness, since Matthews took over you have cut your cloth to fit (but even in his first year the club made a loss).Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lilywhites
But prior to that, yes you did overspend; why else was Hiney park sold? Gannon's budget was huge by First Division standards (I heard what it was from a very reliable source), and I suspect Anderson's budget was too.
Any chance both will be refused a premier license? If so that gets my vote
If not, Dundalk. And I hate Dundalk...
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Originally Posted by Dodge
hate is such a big word dodge.
I choose my words carefully