Don't let Tets see that.Quote:
Originally Posted by usename
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Don't let Tets see that.Quote:
Originally Posted by usename
Another problem is the increased security due to legia's reputation they caused a bit of trouble for our game in Tallaght.
When are tickets on sale?
Blow-in alert.
RTE this morning were reporting how it would be great to draw Celtic for the full house, even if it meant most fans would be supporting Celtic, and also little chance of progression.
Our sports casters just don't get it.
Funny when I heard they drew Warsaw, I worried about a big Polish support from Legia fans, rather than the Polish community. It's as good a draw as can be expected, hopefully a decent crowd, 25k plus will turn up to support Dundalk.
RTE to show the first leg (the Weds) and TV3 the second (the following Tues) as far as I know? The proper tv rights kick in now at the playoff stage anyway!
Same shoite on TV3 this morning as well. Aidan whats-his-face saying that he hoped they get Celtic cos that would be a great occasion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
I was half-hoping they'd get Celtic. Partly because it would be hilarious if they dumped them out, and partly because there'd be a chance I could actually get to the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
My misses is Polish and all she had to say was "Warsaw is nice." couldn't care less I feel haha
The part where they dump them out is one reason where I might have wanted them to get Celtic...Quote:
Originally Posted by peadar1987
But you know how that would have played out.
Yeah for the bandwagon ghouls. Kind of happy they didn't get seltik, but Legia will be a tough team to get past.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Hope tickets are sold logically. Poles based here should be able to buy tickets for the away section rather than have pockets of them everywhere among the Dundalk/LOI Alliance. I think the small end in the Aviva holds 5,000, surely they wouldn't need more than that? I assume tickets will be available online and not just in Dundalk and on the door. Looking forward to it anyway.
It's better off that it isn't Celtic. We'd be having "Celtic are British v Celtic are Irish" arguments for the next two weeks.
I was ready to hit the order button for my banner. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by fionnsci
Remembering the absolute hammerings they gave Pats and Celtic a couple of years back I'd expect Legia are decent favourites for this. Still a performance like the last day and Dundalk have a chance.
They could segregate the way I seen it done back in Sweden in 1996..Quote:
Originally Posted by fionnsci
I was working over there in Gothenburg, and Newcastle United were drawn to play Halmstad in the UEFA Cup, about an hour and a half away.. a pile of us Irish guys who were working there, went down to watch and on the approaches to the ground.. the stewards asked us in Swedish.. who you were supporting.. if you couldn't answer in Swedish, and we were English speaking of course, you were just directed into the Newcastle end away from the Swedish fans.. so we spent the game with about 3000 Geordies.. was great craic to be honest.
Only trouble we had, was over one of our lads wearing a red scarf peeping out over the top of his jacket.. a mad Geordie thought he was a Sunderland fan taking the ****.. turned out it was his Nottingham Forest scarf.. he was told take it off and hide it, before other Geordies got drunk.. and didn't bother to check
By feck did they hate Sunderland :)
Also went to see IFK Gothenburg beat AC Milan that year in the Ullevi.. that was a great IFK team.. was some athmosphere.
But the Swedes were funny.. me and the guy with the Forest scarf went alone to that.. and ended up with the IFK fans in the "quiet" section. Apparently they had the Ultras, who they called the Angelarna i.e. the Angels.. who made all the noise.. and the quiet fans who enjoyed watching the game and politely clapping.. me and Marcus were half drunk and cheering like maniacs.. the quiet fans thought we were a hoot.. we delighted to see us cheering their team on.. and brought us off drinking with them for nothing after the game..
Great nights we had in Sweden I tell you.
I'm just a small time a small time junior soccer fan here in Tipperary.. but I think I'll head up to the Aviva Wednesday week and cheer for Dundalk.. would be great to see Champions League soccer in Ireland
2,578 there tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Sounded very loud for the half hour I watched as well.
Good crowd there tonight alright, though it was helped by a lot of kids football teams. Is there a tournament on in Galway at the minute? Seemed to be clubs from all over the place.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Personally I couldn't care less about such discussions.Quote:
Originally Posted by fionnsci
From a Dundalk perspective I think Celtic would have been much more preferable to Legia Warsaw, from a football perspective Celtic would have been a much less difficult opponent. The Dundalk players would have thrived in such a tie. I think Celtic are at a low ebb, in the beginning stages of a fundamental transition period, necessary because the 2015/16 celtic team were by far their poorest in modern times.
It's Legia Warsaw and I think it might well be favorable that the first game is at 'home'. By rights Bate should have scored one or two more in the first leg, Dundalk got out of that first leg lightly but now LW will be out of their comfort zone in the first leg and Dundalk with a huge crowd behind them might just gain an advantage.
There are reasons to be hopeful.
The Galway Cup is on ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
http://galway-cup.squarespace.com/#aboutthegalwaycup
500 tickets were given to the kids teams I think. However the european story added about 800/900 to the gate tonight I say.
Teams were sold tickets, not given.Quote:
Originally Posted by wonder88
They were offered a reduced price not free tickets as far as I know. Don't know how many took up the offer of the 40/50 teams there but i'd say 500 is about rightQuote:
Originally Posted by wonder88
I heard around 400+. Good initiative by the club and everybody seemed to enjoy their night, except for the healthy Dundalk travelling support.Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
When you look at the 5 possible opponents there is not a huge gulf between them. Some say its a good draw and others say bad draw but I think all 5 can be considered good and bad draws when actually analyzing them. For me, Dundalk would have a chance against all of the them. Before Wednesday's games, I was thinking if they avoid Olympiakos, then that would be a successful draw and since they were eliminated altogether gives me hope that Dundalk can actually do it but they need to at their very very best, which is a tough ask for a LOI team to do on a regular basis in European football.
If Dundalk do end up in the Europa League, you would want to hope that they avoid clashing with Manchester United's games, you would like the so called 'neutral fans' to have some reason to watch Dundalk's games and if that clash does happen it would obviously not help.
Any word on when tickets go on sale and where online. Have a few people here in Limerick asking me looking to get on the bandwagon.
How are dundalk only 5000/1 to win the champions league :D
I know it's not related but I found it interesting that Dundalk were getting good coverage after making the playoffs and then the GAA out of the blue announce an idea about a top 8 group stage.
Dundalk's and Cork's progress in Europe has been far more interesting than the GAA championships to date.
Yes but the GAA always react quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
During the recent European Championships the GAA had their adverts showing during the ad breaks.
The GAA are always thinking ahead while the FAI just stand still.
They need to. The Championship is in decline yoy. The Provincials are a joke. Attendances are down, particularly in the Hurling. The GAA have been living off their reputation for too long and presuming the All Ireland takes care of itself. It does to an extent but that should never be taken for granted. They are lucky that the Association responsible for the most popular Sport in this Country are the real amateurs.Quote:
Originally Posted by disgruntled
The GAA championship has a poor format. Over 2 months of action before it gets interesting for 6 weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
The majority on here within LoI circles probably can't relate to the fact that the LoI lacks a national vibrancy. An intermediary league is the solution. Some within the league have called for a reserve league. Enough said.
Enough said as in there will be no need to say it again? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Ah no! I will keep banging on about it. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by sadloserkid
Nearly snorted my mouthful of tea reading that:DQuote:
Originally Posted by ger121
It is true though that Gaelic Games is suffering at the moment. I used to take a passive interest every summer and even go to the odd game in Dublin/Navan or the like. I have no idea what stage the competitions are at currently other than to guess that Dublin, Kerry, Donegal, Mayo are probably the last 4 in football and Kilkenny, Tipperary, Galway and one of the others of Clare, Wexfford, Waterford, Cork, Limerick are left in the Hurling. It's about as interesting as the SPL....
The GAA managed to get 120k to go to Croker this weekend, and there will be 70-80k attendance at the two hurling semi-finals next week. The Gaelic championships, and games in general have their problems but lets keep it a bit realistic here folks.
Dublin were in Croke Park yesterday. The double header led to the first full house. 35k for today's hurling semi-final was low for that stage. The replay and other semi-final will help a bigger crowd. You're right to bring that realism though. It's a relative decline in GAA terms but still decent attendances.Quote:
Originally Posted by wonder88
Cork GAA are doing a fine job at aiding this decline. Allied with Munster Rugby basically being a Limerick thing now, we have a huge catchment of people with nobody to support......except us......which is great tbh!Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
What is this "Gaelic Football" you are talking about.
The next time they have a world cup for it, I'll check it out.
I always find it ironic that the media (and many non Football people) refer to the game played far less with your feet as Football and the game played predominantly with your feet as Soccer. Growing up it was Football and Gaelic Football. Somewhere in the mid to late 90s that abomination of a word started to be the De Facto name for Football. When did we decide to be like the Yanks and the Aussies? I blame USA 94 personally.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
I'm not a fan of the word soccer but it was originally used in the late 19th century as an abbreviation for Association Football. I call it football anyway, and just Gaelic for the other.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
I know of the origins of the word but how it became to be so widely used, so quickly in modern lexicon is a strange one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian