The hurling final this year didn't seem to have too much hype beforehand. The majority of the crowd are going to come the teams contesting the final.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
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The hurling final this year didn't seem to have too much hype beforehand. The majority of the crowd are going to come the teams contesting the final.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Besides neutral loi supporters it is also an occasion for non loI supporter to go to a match with the 3 best teams in the country and see the product that we have on offer.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Since the fai have took over the running of the league I am at a loss to count of the many missed opportunities that have occurred. Clubs can only do so much but there does come a time when the organising body need to step up and offer support guidance and promotion of their competitions
At a time when non LOI heads are showing as much interest as they ever have in the league off the back of Dundalks success of course it should have been massively pushed by the FAI they did a hell of a lot more advertising for friendlies against Oman ffs. Great chance to possibly get a huge crowd with a lot of people that would never have thought of going before in and be in with a chance of getting them back but as usual its been missed.
Of all the suggestions in the Conroy report i cant believe they went with the triple threat cup final.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
ha ha just noticed the typo.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
That's a really naive and simplistic view.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
I hope you don't pursue a career in Marketing
Just on the train up now. Really looking forward to this one, think it will a better game than last year. Seems to be more of a buzz down here this year. We really need to get our hands on some silverware to have something to show for the progression of the last few years. Hopefully the result goes our way this year. I don't think I could handle losing out to dundalk again
Sure you already have the Presidents Cup. And don't say it doesn't count because it's been mentioned all season long by Cork players and management when it comes to talking of how many times you have beaten Dundalk!Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickccfc
Performance aside, that game was irrelevant to me. The only significance of that game was that we beat ye for the first time in years. Couldn't give a toss about the presidents cup to be honestQuote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
I presumed the third team was UCD.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
The 2010 cup final was hyped up a lot by the FAI. First final back in new Lansdowne etc. 36k turned up. They've done jack all for any final since.
Poor crowd
Looks around 20,000 about 5,000 down on previous year. Top east stand last year had a good crowd of Dundalk in it compared to nearly empty today.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Looks like a typical FAI Cup final.
Absolute dog$hit game.
26,400 attendance figure given. Poor enough really when you consider it's the two best sides in the country. But with no advertising done, and ticketmaster acting the bol!ocks again, didn't expect much more than 25,000.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
26400 up on last year, so on that criteria alone a success of sorts. However, I was hoping for closer to 30,000 due to the higher than usual profile and media coverage of the League, but given the Failures usual lack of promoting the final, maybe the actual attendance is the best we could have hoped for under the circumstances.
Got entertaining in the last ten or so minutes when the teams were sort of frantically trying to avoid extra time. Other than that, sort of dull. ET could be a snore with how exhausted both teams look.
The absolute state of the lines on the pitch. Barely visible at all, and when they are they're crooked!
Well done Cork - Rovers team of the 80s record still the one to beat.
Thought the better team lost overalll. Cork had a good spell for the first part of the second half, but Dundalk came back into it and dominated the last 20 minutes and extra time too. Scrappy unlucky goal too. Hard luck on Dundalk.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Dundalk were the better side but anyone could have won by the time ET rolled around - two tired looking teams, loads of space to attack into, errors all over the place.
Congrats Cork, some well-deserved silverware.
I thought it was a good tough hard fought and exciting final where everything was left on the pitch, spoiled somewhat by the poor ending :)
Sounded like a great atmosphere all the way through and both supporters had a blast.
Cork definitely deserve some decent trophy over the past 2 seasons.
Fairly enjoyable game there, at least after the first half.
Evenly matched, but sometimes you need a bit of luck, and that's what Cork got. Fair play to them.
As a pedantic aside, did Maguire get booked after he scored? Took his jersey off but didn't notice the yellow being given out.
Yeah he was booked, just as he was taking up place on the halfway line again for the kick off.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Good teams win the double. Great teams win the double double.
Congratulations Corkies.
Last minute extra time winner, I must say I enjoyed that
Good result for the league, Cork needed that to give them some momentum for next season. Much more impressive performance from Dundalk considering their trip to Russia they looked knackered from the 2nd half onwards. Thought it was a decent enough game but like all finals needed a early goal.
They're the best kind of winners. Exactly one year to the day BJ Banda scored his last minute extra-time winner against Limerick in the play-off.Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickccfc
Disappointed with the result but not the performance.
I was very proud of the team, they oozed class throughout and it was going to take something like a cruel deflection in the last minute of the game for us to lose. That is football though, it can be cruel.
Looking forward to the rest of the season, we have some big games coming up. I hope O'Donnell and Shields didn't pick up bad injuries.
Congrats cork. Disappointed with the result and a cruel way to lose but thems are the breaks.
Hard to fault any of the lads and it was a tight with no clear standout side.
Disappointed but we don't have to wait too long to set the record straight and we will have a proper rest and recuperation
I'd also like to extend my congratulations to Cork City.
It is fitting that they have a piece of silverware after all the great work over the last three seasons.
Congrats to Cork. Would have been tough losing to Dundalk again. Enjoyable final.
Much appreciated. A lot of dundalk fans after shouting about how it's only the fai cup, but right now this means everything to me. Just as special as that night up in tolka. The last decade supporting this team has been a rollercoaster, winning the league the cup and the setanta cup, and then all that happened after that, the club on its knees and we thought it was all over. Bursted with emotion when that goal went in, it just makes it all worth it. I love my football club.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
I've nothing but respect for dundalk and I wish ye the very best of luck in the rest of your fantastic European campaign. And of course renewing our rivalry next season
Fair play to the Dundalk fans who posted on here congratulating City.You are real football fans,I salute you.
Delighted for Cork, well done - as White Horse is magnanimous enough to say, it's great to see such a good side get some reward.
Congratulations to Cork.
Credit where it is due - the FAI Cup is a fantastic competition and is really difficult to win. Although hugely disappointed at the outcome, I wish only the best for all the Cork supporters and the team and management, especially after all the disappointments over the last 3 years. Enjoy the feeling, boys and girls; we don't planning on giving you many more over the next few years!
Enjoyable game between two evenly matched teams, though I thought that, despite some Cork highlights, Dundalk edged it. Went with a friend from work (Cork-boy!) who hadn't seen LoI teams in action in a few years, but who went away impressed by the fitness levels and skill.
Congratulations to Cork - a well deserved end to the season, and, hopefully, a springboard for the next.
They celebrated winning the EA Sports Cup enough (by they I mean the pre-bandwagon fans) and any reasonable Dundalk fan would say that was one of the early milestones in their success. Some of us would be very happy with an FAI Cup as a consolation prize anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickccfc
Congratulations to Cork anyway. I thought they just about shaded it in normal time but Dundalk edged it over 120, but don't think either side could have had too many complaints if it had gone either way.
One last point from me on the cup final.
Ronan Finn. Unbelievable. I have no idea how he put in that effort after his playing so well in Russia two and half days ago.
It was the best performance I can recall in a cup final.
Am I the only one who thought it was a ****e final?