Fantastic advice

Printable View

Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page

08/06/2007, 4:48 PM
passerrby

Fantastic advice

see pat the prat given sligo great advice (in the star) to"get out into the communityand sell yourself " well fcuk me nobody would ever think of that , what a leg end
08/06/2007, 5:23 PM
swano

ala that fat internet bird from sligo!
08/06/2007, 7:08 PM
ollie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocketfingers

:D I think she has retired from whatever she really done !!!!

After she got her 5 minutes of fame on Podge and Rodge!?
08/06/2007, 7:42 PM
paddigol

Quote:

Originally Posted by passerrby

see pat the prat given sligo great advice (in the star) to"get out into the communityand sell yourself " well fcuk me nobody would ever think of that , what a leg end

Clearly they're doing a great job.
08/06/2007, 9:24 PM
passerrby

does not matter what there doing im sure their doing everything possible and dont need any advice from a self serving ****
09/06/2007, 6:33 PM
Da Real Rover

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocketfingers

The only thing i will say is that i can't understand why he is putting it in now after on of our biggest crowds of the season i think last week ! I think he may be on about one of the games that we played on a saturday afternoon/early evening but they were over 6 weeks ago at this stage not last week or two weeks ago. Some of these guys have so many agendas it is amazing, i just wonder was there a particular EL manager in his ear !

Interesting theory, vergeing on paranoia.
10/06/2007, 8:59 AM
CollegeTillIDie

He was commenting on a recent crowd in the Showgrounds which numbered around 500. First Division teams on a poor night should be able to attract that many punters ! Sligo is a soccer town they have been in the League for several decades.
Apart from one season Sligo Rovers have been in the League since before '' The Emergency'' if I am not mistaken!

Therefore it is highly unlikely than any Sligwegian( if that is not the correct term what the fcuk is?) is unaware of their existence. Therefore a crowd of 500 for Rovers in a Premier Division fixture would be highly disappointing to say the least, and might be even disillusioning to the recently appointed manager Paul Cook. I am sure Rovers have gone to the community so it was a bit in for a dig for Pat to suggest they haven't. Could be that us Irish are just a bunch of apathetic event junkies... and attracting them to any League games be it Eircom League of Ireland, GAA National League or All-Ireland League Rugby ...., is a lot like peeing into the wind !
10/06/2007, 10:57 AM
sligoman

Quote:

Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

He was commenting on a recent crowd in the Showgrounds which numbered around 500. First Division teams on a poor night should be able to attract that many punters !

The lowest attandance this season has not been near as low as 500. Don't know where you're getting that from?

Quote:

Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

Therefore it is highly unlikely than any Sligwegian( if that is not the correct term what the fcuk is?)

It's Sligonian btw.
10/06/2007, 11:06 AM
Dodge

Quote:

Originally Posted by sligoman

It's Sligonian btw.

Not now its its not. Sligwegian is the new term I'll be using :D
10/06/2007, 11:07 AM
sligoman

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dodge

Not now its its not. Sligwegian is the new term I'll be using :D

Please don't put us in the same catagory as Galway:rolleyes::p.
10/06/2007, 11:11 AM
red bellied

Quote:

Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

He was commenting on a recent crowd in the Showgrounds which numbered around 500. First Division teams on a poor night should be able to attract that many punters ! Sligo is a soccer town they have been in the League for several decades.
Apart from one season Sligo Rovers have been in the League since before '' The Emergency'' if I am not mistaken!

Therefore it is highly unlikely than any Sligwegian( if that is not the correct term what the fcuk is?) is unaware of their existence. Therefore a crowd of 500 for Rovers in a Premier Division fixture would be highly disappointing to say the least, and might be even disillusioning to the recently appointed manager Paul Cook. I am sure Rovers have gone to the community so it was a bit in for a dig for Pat to suggest they haven't. Could be that us Irish are just a bunch of apathetic event junkies... and attracting them to any League games be it Eircom League of Ireland, GAA National League or All-Ireland League Rugby ...., is a lot like peeing into the wind !

Lowest crowd of the season was against Waterford. About 750, a poor crowd all the same. Rovers pulled out of the league in 1940 due to the war. After acouple of attempts to be readdmitted to the league, they were duly elected again in 1948. Also as you have mentioned, they finished last one season in the sixties and failed to be re-elected. After one season out they were addmitted again. Not sure of the dates in question? At a guess, out in 1962 and back in 1964.
10/06/2007, 1:32 PM
Schumi

Sligwegian, brilliant. :D
10/06/2007, 2:48 PM
Da Real Rover

Quote:

Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

He was commenting on a recent crowd in the Showgrounds which numbered around 500.

Not correct, the lowest was about 800 or so??
10/06/2007, 2:56 PM
pineapple stu

I have 500 down as the crowd for the Waterford game.
10/06/2007, 2:56 PM
Red4Eva

at tuesday's meeting the board said lowest crowd was 900 at the UCD game. derry & bohs were our biggest crowds at bout 1400
10/06/2007, 3:04 PM
sligoman

Quote:

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

I have 500 down as the crowd for the Waterford game.

Shock horror. Don't think any of us actually care what you put down in the attendance thread cos it's usually wrong anyway.
10/06/2007, 3:22 PM
pineapple stu

Quote:

Originally Posted by sligoman

Shock horror. Don't think any of us actually care what you put down in the attendance thread cos it's usually wrong anyway.

Most evidence is completely to the contrary.

But in any event, the 500 didn't cmoe from me; it would have come from the Sligo and Waterford fans.

I have 1300 for the UCD game - which isn't far off as I was at that one - which means the 900 mentioned is nonsense. There was an unholy row when I dared to take 1400 for the Bohs game, with all parties eventually agreeing on 1800.
10/06/2007, 3:23 PM
Dodge

LOL

You obviously do care...
10/06/2007, 3:30 PM
Peadar

I have to agree with Pat Dolan. eircom Premier League football is the only sport, that Sligwegians can watch locally, which is of a significant standard. If Sligwegians aren't being encouraged through the turnstiles, then someone isn't doing their job properly.
10/06/2007, 3:32 PM
Dodge

Is the Sligwegian GAA team any use? What kind of crowds do they get?
10/06/2007, 3:39 PM
DmanDmythDledge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dodge

Is the Sligwegian GAA team any use? What kind of crowds do they get?

They got to the All-Ireland quarters a few years ago but I think their stuck in the Tommy Murphy Cup (the one for the really crap teams like New York) at the moment.
10/06/2007, 3:43 PM
osarusan

Sligwegian........how is it pronounced?

Slig as in "big" or slig as in "slyg"?
10/06/2007, 4:30 PM
Terry

Quote:

Originally Posted by osarusan

Sligwegian........how is it pronounced?

Slig as in "big" or slig as in "slyg"?

I believe its pronounced slig like fig.......e.g. how do you get the slig into the slig roll !!!!!
10/06/2007, 4:38 PM
sligored

They got to the All-Ireland quarters a few years ago but I think their stuck in the Tommy Murphy Cup (the one for the really crap teams like New York) at the moment.
Reply With Quote -
i am certainly not a gaa fan but check your facts before you post.
next sunday - connacht semi final - sligo v roscommon in hyde park
10/06/2007, 7:57 PM
red bellied

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red4Eva

at tuesday's meeting the board said lowest crowd was 900 at the UCD game. derry & bohs were our biggest crowds at bout 1400

This would have been the actual paying customers through the gate. Doesnt include season tickets and super reds etc. Add on about 400 and it would be close enough to actual attendance.
10/06/2007, 8:16 PM
Schumi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dodge

Is the Sligwegian GAA team any use? What kind of crowds do they get?

Would their important games not be played in Dublin?
10/06/2007, 8:20 PM
DmanDmythDledge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schumi

Would their important games not be played in Dublin?

Only if they get to the All-Ireland quarters or end up playing Dublin in the qualifiers.
10/06/2007, 8:41 PM
pineapple stu

Quote:

Originally Posted by sligored

i am certainly not a gaa fan but check your facts before you post.
next sunday - connacht semi final - sligo v roscommon in hyde park

Oooh! The Connacht semi-final! Heady stuff.

You were one point away from being in the Tommy Murphy, as far as I can see (one point from relegation to Division Four, which means entry to the TMCup), so I wouldn't be too dismissive of dmanetc's post. It was wrong, but not by much.
10/06/2007, 8:45 PM
red bellied

Quote:

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Oooh! The Connacht semi-final! Heady stuff.

You were one point away from being in the Tommy Murphy, as far as I can see (one point from relegation to Division Four, which means entry to the TMCup), so I wouldn't be too dismissive of dmanetc's post. It was wrong, but not by much.

Closet Sligo GAA fan, alot of the natives wont know that.
10/06/2007, 8:47 PM
pineapple stu

Wikipedia.;)
10/06/2007, 9:16 PM
Poor Student

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dodge

Is the Sligwegian GAA team any use?

It's nearly always Mayo and Galway in Connacht. They've won a good 80% of all titles between them. Sligo have just taken the two, they're pretty irrelevant GAA wise.
10/06/2007, 9:36 PM
sligored

like ucd soccer wise - fairly irrelevant as well

Honours

* First Division League Championships: 1

1994/95

* FAI Cup winners: 1

1984

* FAI Super Cup winners: 1

2000/1
10/06/2007, 10:56 PM
Dodge

Would it worth promoting the Sligwegian football team at the Sligwegian GAA games? Not at the games but outside or around Sligwegian bars etc?
10/06/2007, 11:55 PM
gustavo

Doubt it , the GAA fans around here like their football good and British
11/06/2007, 7:50 AM
CollegeTillIDie

Quote:

Originally Posted by gustavo

Doubt it , the GAA fans around here like their football good and British

Post of the month!
11/06/2007, 9:15 AM
CharlesThompson

500 or 750 is still a poor crowd by Sligwegonian standards. Obviously Big Phat Pat is stating the obvious, but maybe it's because he has absolutley nothing else of any betterment to say this week.
11/06/2007, 10:07 AM
Jerry The Saint

Quote:

Originally Posted by CharlesThompson

500 or 750 is still a poor crowd by Sligwegonian standards. Obviously Big Phat Pat is stating the obvious, but maybe it's because he has absolutley nothing else of any betterment to say this week.

Spot on. It's a slow week for everyone (as seen by the comments on this site) except the players who had a great time lying around on the beach all weekend.

Can't fault Dolan's comments though - Rovers need to do a better job of promoting their local identity. They should take a leaf out of the Munster rugby book and get supporters to hold up inspirational banners at each game:

Quote:

MAYO BY BIRTH, SLIGWEGIAN BY THE GRACE OF GOD

that sort of thing...
11/06/2007, 10:24 AM
SligoBrewer

Quote:

Originally Posted by gustavo

Doubt it , the GAA fans around here like their football good and British

and the way they talk, as if rovers were a pub team you know..
grrrr... sligo people are so ignorant!
11/06/2007, 11:24 AM
Schumi

Quote:

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

Only if they get to the All-Ireland quarters or end up playing Dublin in the qualifiers.

I don't know much about gaa but are the provincial finals not played in Croke Park?
11/06/2007, 11:32 AM
Peadar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schumi

I don't know much about gaa but are the provincial finals not played in Croke Park?

The Provincial finals are played in their respective provinces, with the odd exception of Ulster, where GAA greed, sometimes, drags supporters down to Croker.

Judging by the comments on here, it's clear that Sligwegians need to be educated on the merits of supporting their local side. Pat Dolan was right!

Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page