In fairness pete, Dundalk play on Thursday's so you should have added Thursday in tooOriginally Posted by pete
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Ya but how many away fans can get to dundalk on a thursday night.They really should change.I prefer G.U.F.C matches to be played on a friday night in Terryland but a Saturday is much easier for going to away games.In fairness pete, Dundalk play on Thursday's so you should have added Thursday in too
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"Cause Galway are MASSIVE"-RW Rover on 24/8/07 00:29am
Thursday isn't the weekend. Imagine if the country pandered to Dundalk in other areas.In fairness pete, Dundalk play on Thursday's so you should have added Thursday in too
IMO saturday evening bad option is most peoples big night out of the week & football support dress code isn't usually appreciated in bars & clubs.
Not too sure about that poll. All games should'nt be on same time. Agree about the live game being out on its own. Irish League teams are just used to playing saturday afternoons. Absolutely nothing to do with floodlights as they have had lights for ages.
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That's why it is a self-interest "me fein" mentality. You'd think you could only go out on Saturday nights?If Saturday is your only night free, and there's a game on, couldn't you "socialise" before the game?
Early indications from the poll shows that Saturday nights are going to win hands down. So why do most clubs insist on playing at home on Friday nights??
The sensible ones dont play on Friday nights.
from a selfish point of view, i used to really enjoy fridays - few pints after work, stroll up the road, enjoy the game, and then head out for a few pints afterwards. always a great way to start the weekend.
clubs that play on fridays, i'd imagine would lose out short-term, but once the new kick-off times established, either a three pm, or an evening kick off would work better if all teams went along with it - but it should be a case of all or nothing.
Stupid post.We play on a friday because it's when we get our biggest home crowds.With the exception of Sligo no other 1st Division team has brought an away support to terryland,therefore the club will not change the games to allocate for the possibilty that some clubs might bring a handfull of fans.Saturday night would have to be considered if we got promoted because large away supports would definitely travel to galway but i'm not sure would that suit the home fans.If you look at the poll it doesn't look like it.
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"Cause Galway are MASSIVE"-RW Rover on 24/8/07 00:29am
Yes that's right, lads who DO go to games and who DO care enough to talk about game ko times on an internet forum are the the ones at fault for the current state of the league..."me fein" mentality is why the league is the way it is.
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Now there's a great criterion on which to organise football fixtures.
Because thanks be to God, a gang of 14 nerds don't run the eircom League or any of its clubs.Early indications from the poll shows that Saturday nights are going to win hands down. So why do most clubs insist on playing at home on Friday nights??
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How is it a stupid post when you have just agreed with me in regaurds to saturday nights???
Saturday afternoon wud be ok i suppose frm a selfish p.o.v. coz I could bring me daughter she's only three and has been to a couple of games at the home of irish footie and luved it (v's Dreamteam and the intertoto game this season)
But I think if it aint broke dont fix it gates are down at the moment and i feel that the wrong decision could bring them down further
the league needs to maket itself better to get people out of the boozers and and into their local clubs changing the day of the game is just papering over the cracks
I agree with Saturday been better in general for the league but your post implied that all clubs should play then.For GUFC Saturday would be ****e!How is it a stupid post when you have just agreed with me in regaurds to saturday nights???
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"Cause Galway are MASSIVE"-RW Rover on 24/8/07 00:29am
Its a pain in the hole trying to constently get time off work, Saturday evening would be best imo, plenty of time to travel to away games! As someone posted before, some Rovers fan (Shamrock) Fridays be used for local derbies!
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Ok,point noted.
BTW i think all clubs should play on the same day,in both divisions and therefore creating more media coverage the next day in the papers.This will sell the Eircom League to the barstoolers,who lets face it will be reading to see what their LOCAL english team had for lunch yesterday and all the other sh!te that tabloids talk.
What a nonsense poll with no Thursday option... Off to Oriel Park in half an hour for my Thursday night football
Although given the choice I would pick Friday!
Ya good luck with that, hopefully you'll come back dissapointedOff to Oriel Park in half an hour for my Thursday night football
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
I don't think so, you are due a good whipping!Ya good luck with that, hopefully you'll come back dissapointed
Friday night works. Friday brings the crowds. 'Setting a day aside' like some people say is just pie in the sky nonsense. The Eircom League is not developed for that. Friday night is the unique time for football here. Saturday is automatically associated with the Premiership. Sunday GAA/Premiership/La Liga. Who/where else plays on a Friday night that can compete...?
Let's walk before we can run lads. There is an awful lot more important stuff to be changing than the day of the matches in the EL. Fixing it though it's not broken doesn't help and only distracts us from more important stuff.
So what if we can't travel to Derry or Cork or to the Sligs? That's our tough luck - that's the advantage of being at home. Spanish sides play with very little away support - you don't see them changing their match days..
It is not a 'mé féin mentality' either..it is plausible, rational thinking to keep the status quo on at least one or two things in the league. :
Playing late at night is ridiculous. How late do you want to leave it?? What chance of any coverage the day after of a match late at night? What chance of attracting families? Young children would have to be up until the late late hours if you're away and 11ish if you're at home. That's simply not going to happen. This is the mé féin mentality, imo - play it when it suits me and people like me. I won't be able to get to the game then, so change it.
I prefer Sunday afternoon matches, but I know Friday works. So that's when it should be on. All matches should be on at the same time, imo. We can then get a concentrated amount of people going the same day, the same time. It creates impetus in the media the next day - plenty of stories rather a game with a 1,000 played one night, a game with 1.5k the next and a game between Dundalk and Monaghan played in front of three dogs and four sweet wrappers and a steward the next. Where is the incentive to report those games?
The most important thing is: Let's try and build the EL on foundations...stop moving the goalposts. This needs to be changed; that needs to be changed etc. We can't change everything just to experiment with something else untested.
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