Id imagine Bohs, Rovers, Fingal and Dundalk wont be willing to release players with Europe on and Limerick wont for obvious reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by fionnsci
Id imagine Bohs, Rovers, Fingal and Dundalk wont be willing to release players with Europe on and Limerick wont for obvious reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by fionnsci
Would love to be a fly on the wall on Monday's meeting.
sorry kev have not read all posts in this thread what meeting is on monday
I really think the magic weekend like the one in rugby league would be worth a try.
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Originally Posted by bennocelt
There is a kernel of a point hidden somewhere in there though. Look at the Sunderland bandwagon. It's not like they were the best side in the world, but for some reason, hordes of barstoolers decided they felt enough of a connection to trek to one of the least glamorous corners of England, buy a replica shirt, and give up Chelsea and Liverpool for a season or two. There's definitely something there which domestic clubs could be tapping into
Glens got my vote !! Seriously though, I'd love to see the clubs refuse to release players. I wasn't too pushed until the whole Limerick/Barecelona thing came up (no interest in going to the Manure game obviously) but now I think the FAI needs to be seriously embarressed as much as possible. Oh hang on though, embarressment, FAI, nah what was I tihnking. They don't do embarressment in Abbotstown do they ?(33rd team at the WC anyone?)Quote:
Originally Posted by fionnsci
No harm to you, but that post is drivel. "Why don't I support Galway? They don't do enough to connect with me." That's a standard get-out clause. Not once, I notice, do you say what you want from Galway. What do the top Premiership clubs do to connect with you? Appear on telly, win all the time and allow you to tap into this self-justifying stream of constant success? Issue occasional press releases about the great support their club has in your country?Quote:
Originally Posted by Magoo..O'O
In other news, Fenlon says Bohs players won't be involved if they're still in Europe.
By getting Roy Keane to manage them? I don't think there was much else to the Sunderland thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by peadar1987
Pity. I was looking forward to seeing players playing two matches at the same time. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
And I'll say it agian, the Sunderland "phenom" was vastly overstated by the media here (all brought over on junkets paid for by Sunderland btw)
I think I saw a couple of jersies in Cork once, but no one I knew cared about them
Good point, Stu.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
excellent post Stu, the bar stoolers lament that the club down the road "does not connect" with me is a joke. No doubt "Fergie,Raffa et al " drop into his house for a cuppa to ask why he wasnt at Old T or Anfield this week :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
On the Fenlon quote, I would love to see all clubs not make players available for this "game" and no LOI fans attending it.
.........they're in the First Division and won't have any selected?Quote:
Originally Posted by de bowez
This is my first post on here in months, as I gave up on this site a while back.
As usual, the clubs/fans in Ireland get shat on by the FAI.
As usual, everyone on here stamps their feet, gets irate and throws their toys out of the pram.
And as usual, nothing at all constructive will be done about it. Until the next time we get shat on by the FAI - when the pointless cycle will just start all over again.
Meanwhile, the only 'voice' of Irish football known to the media is a culchie fantasist whio claims to represent tens of thousands of supporters here and who the media turn to whenever they need a vox pop. It's only a matter of time before he's asked to give his view on this farce and says 'Jeez - Irish football supporters are delighted to have Manchester United opening their new stadium". And so speaketh the sole voice of Irish football....
Fans in Ireland need to get themselves organised into a truly representative supporters body that has the sort of legitimacy and sensible leadership that means the media and the FAI can't ignore it. Until then this site will just continue to be a pointless whinge-fest on issues like this.
You usually need a crisis of some sort to focus minds enough to get a representative body together. Luckilly the FAI manage to create such calamaties on a regular basis, but this game and its associated calamaties could be a good rallying point to motivate people to get a fans' group going.
I'd suggest that LOI fans should show their displeasure at this event by staging their own alternative event at the same time as the Big Man U game. It could be anything - a supprters game, a gig, a themed disco - anything that would catch the media's attention, show up the FAI for this riddiculous decision, and signal that fans won't sit down and do as their dealt in future. If done right and presented sensibly to the media it would have the potential to cause a lot of embarassment to the FAI. But it would need to be done right. And that requires people in Ireland capable and willing to stop whinging, stand-up and be counted and put some effort into creating a fan's organisation that will work to try to apply the pressure/input needed to ensure calamaties like this don't arise again.
The power relationship in Irish football is 100% tipped in the FAI's favour. Clubs can't challenge that, as the FAI will undermine/destroy them. Only fans can address the power balance unfettered.
P.S. Please don't mention the NLSA in any replies to this, as that organisation was still born and had no thirst to stand-up to the FAI. Plus it began around the issue of international tickets, which is not the way to go (and irrelevant anyway with a bigger stadium). We need a fan group focused on domestic football - not panting after the baubles of international football.
Hey thats our word for you guysQuote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
Top post tho
great post Steve - welcome back.
[QUOTE=dcfcsteve;1360264]This is my first post on here in months, as I gave up on this site a while back.
As usual, the clubs/fans in Ireland get shat on by the FAI.
As usual, everyone on here stamps their feet, gets irate and throws their toys out of the pram.
And as usual, nothing at all constructive will be done about it. Until the next time we get shat on by the FAI - when the pointless cycle will just start all over again.
So are you going to do something about it and I doubt very much that a 'themed disco' is the answer? otherwise (boring) people in glasshouses ...stones etc.
[QUOTE=Calcio Jack;1360299]Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
Steve dips his toe back in Foot.ie and immediately gets it bitten! It's like a shark pool in here.
The best place to protest about any clash with a Bohs Champions League Game would perhaps be for people to go to Dalymount for their game. OK, it's not on at the same time, but it would be nice to make the point that people are choosing that game over the other. How exactly that point was made in a visible way would have to be well thought out obviously.
I don't think that the Man United game is a particularly bad thing in and of itself- just that the timing is awful.
green and yellow scarfs seem to work... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Id sooner see all LOI clubs represented at one end with all club banners hung upside down and the kick off delayed by the biggest pyro display this country has ever seen,followed by continuos pitch invasions for 90mins!Oh wait a minute this is Ireland.....DOH!Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Just saw the MNS discussion on this and the Limerick debacle. Fran Gavin, as usual, not very impressive (and repeatedly called Con Murphy 'Tony' during the interview). Both Rico and Ski McGee sadly out of touch with the fans on this issue. Got the impression that Con and Richard Sadlier (who wasn't asked for his opinion) possibly share the general scepticism here.
Personally, I think the most galling thing about the Aviva 'event' is that the large majority of the people there will be armchair Man U supporters; people who, at best, have no interest in the League of Ireland, and, at worse, personify the familiar arrogant, boorish types who slag it off, and tell us, the loyal fans who support football in our own country, that it's '****e'. (A good job this attitude didn't prevail in Manchester a hundred years ago, or the Red Devils would still be playing in front of two hundred people).
What an insult and a kick in the teeth for LOI fans.
Shame, shame on the FAI.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...chester-united
Surprised this wasn't posted
Utd's world cup players to get some time off
http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...tid=1&Itemid=8Quote:
Originally Posted by Redie
There's your answer - ticketing not even benefiting the League who are being made to put a team out for it...Quote:
Due to demand for tickets from Algerian supporters, the FAI will also make single match tickets for Tuesday's Republic of Ireland v Paraguay match available through ticketmaster and the FAI Umbro stores in Carrolls, Westomoreland Street and Suffolk Street from today.
The single match Paraguay ticket will guarantee holders priority access to purchase one ticket for the Manchester United match on August 4. Holders of the two match ticket for Paraguay and Algeria are entitled to priority access to purchase two tickets for the August 4 game.
Thanks Stu. Though I'm not back - merely passing through... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
As you know well, I'm based in London.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcio JackQuote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
So are you going to do something about it and I doubt very much that a 'themed disco' is the answer? otherwise (boring) people in glasshouses ...stones etc.
And common sense would suggest that an important element in trying to get an Irish fans' group off the ground would be to have people actually based in Ireland to do it. Which is probably why you ignoreed that fact, and the reference to it in my post.
I did try my bit re NLSA whilst based in London - but again, it was an absence of hands-on in Ireland that saw that idea fail to progress.
So how's about yourself then ? Are you based in Ireland, and if so - what are you goiung to do yourself ? Or is it just a lot easier to snipe from the sidelines...?
P.S. Thanks though for the reminder of why I don't come on here much any more.... :o)
Rugby League is over hyped bull ****.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ciaran W
Where as the barstoolers would have you believe we've just got the ****Quote:
Originally Posted by GUFCghost
Regardless, that weekend gets a great crowd to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by GUFCghost
How many scots though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Actually the crowd isn't that great as they only half fill Murrayfield each of the days and (like in GAA) a lot of fans come in and out depending on when their team is playing so visually it looks poor as the crowd looks even smaller.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
I was in Edinburgh for the same weekend (over for a holiday) as the Magic Weekend this year and there were some RL fans about but it wasn't comparable to the swarm for the Leinster-Leicester game last year. The city was more abuzz over the Great Edinbburgh Run that was on the same weekend.
We should have a League of Ireland Magic Weekend in Edinburgh - Limerick could play Barca on the Sunday, SFA sanctioned.
If people won't travel 15 minutes to watch Cork, Galway or Derry in their own grounds, why would they travel the whole way across the country just because you've used the word "Magic". If it was that easy, you could just call it the Magic Brandywell and watch the crowds roll in.
Or you could tell people man u are playing :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by peadar1987
RL may well be over-hyped bs.
But we're under-hyped and underrated.
If we got a few more column inches (in our own national press), and inversely the greatest league in the world got less, then it might be a little easier to attract some of the thousands flocking to some meaningless mid-season friendly to our grounds.
Because the Irish are event junkies.Quote:
Originally Posted by peadar1987
I love the way this term is bandied around here like it's something unique to Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Its unique tat the Irish are ONLY event junkiesQuote:
Originally Posted by endabob1
Kind of like the way all LOI fans are smug?
Can't see any Rovers, Dundalk or Shams players being released for this now they're in the league cup semi's 2 days before-hand and also have league games that weekend.
Probably no Monaghan players either?Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
nah, just some of us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin