QuoteAre you sure they couldn't do a better job?Originally Posted by Jaime
Are you sure they couldn't do a better job?
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
I could think of a few clubs where they could!Are you sure they couldn't do a better job?
ONE CITY, ONE TEAM.
Very selfish point of view - saturday afternoons at 5 - give plenty of time for pre match boozing and post match boozing.
Though seen as we get our best gates friday nights, ill stick to fridays but with a change to 8pm kick offs (might be tough on some away supporters but clubs have to look at maximising their overall gates)
DAN CONNOR HATES CITY, HE HATES LANGERS
Don't see how 15 minutes would make that much of a difference.Very selfish point of view - saturday afternoons at 5 - give plenty of time for pre match boozing and post match boozing
Though seen as we get our best gates friday nights, ill stick to fridays but with a change to 8pm kick offs (might be tough on some away supporters but clubs have to look at maximising their overall gates)
ONE CITY, ONE TEAM.
It would give the away fans more time to run around Dalymount looking for a fcuking ticketDon't see how 15 minutes would make that much of a difference.
For me i would prefer Saturday night games as you can make a day out of an away trip and have a few pints before hand in comfort.I know that this would suit a lot of my friends aswell instead of the friday ritual of driving the wheels of the car back to Longford to get on a bus and go without a smoke until we arrive at the destination then having to drink 2 pints at once just to get them in.
At the end of the day i will happily go along with whatever is best for the league and that's what's important in all this.
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Sorry might've come across wrong - doent make a difference to crowd attendances- was just making the point that 8pm ko's make a big difference for drogs supporters that travel home from dublin (which is alot), have to sort out the family and then rush up the ground.Don't see how 15 minutes would make that much of a difference.
For a young single guy like me, it gives me time for an extra pint
DAN CONNOR HATES CITY, HE HATES LANGERS
So it's settled then. Every team will play their home games on Friday night, and their away games on Saturday evening. Flawless.
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It would give the away fans more time to run around Dalymount looking for a fcuking ticket
The only viable solution.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
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..
There is no tradition of away support in Spain. I've seen a few games out there and you could hear a pin drop when the away side scores so that comparison is meaningless.
It should'nt be our tough luck if we cant travel. Football is a weekend game. I'm all for friday night as long as its derbies. Asking Derry, Cork and Waterford players and fans to travel all day friday to play each other on a friday night just cos it suits the home side is typical of this league. Ask the clubs who play their home games saturday and it has been a success. I know I've seen it.
KOH
My point there was that leaving Waterford at 5 is plenty of time to get to a 7.45 kick off in Dublin, not just me - any other 9 to 5er as well.
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No eL games attract enough away support to ensure ko times changed.
Sure Shels send 300 fans to Dalymount which is less than mile away so having ko at 12noon, 3pm, 10pm or any other timne won't make a difference.
The comparison with Spain is pointless, because unlike here, Primera games are sold out every week. Are any NL games sold out??
Personally, I'm against Friday night games, even for derbies. The amount of fans you get in a derby on Fridays is still less than on Saturdays, where early ko's, work commitments, and traffic, all contribute to the poor attendances at derbies on Fridays. Playing on Saturdays makes things easier for everybody, and is better all round.
The ticket vans are a thing of the past, so no more walking all the way around to the Shed to buy a Stand ticket anymore.It would give the away fans more time to run around Dalymount looking for a fcuking ticket
ONE CITY, ONE TEAM.
The Spanish away fans comparison is also pointless because
A) It's a country about 5 times the size of ours
B) Bus and rail costs are around the same price as here in a country with much lower wage levels / higher unemployment
C) Stadia are massively bigger that here; hence hearing the pin drop.
D) Not ALL Spanish games have poor away support. Many fixtures attract lots of away fans, usually fixtures between teams based close to each other.
Imagine you are a Celta Vigo fan. Tell me how you would get to a Mallorca away game, and how many people you think you make the trip.
ONE CITY, ONE TEAM.
Well, you'd go there by the Longford travel route: Coach to Madrid, take the train to Valencia, and get the boat to Mallorca!!
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KOH
Longford people, living in, and Penthouse suite are not words that you link in the same sentence, I notice. More along the lines of Longford people, living in, and cottage.
What??Jeez, got kicked out of every ground on this island for thuggery or what?
Ah I'm not the only one who sees it...
Derry in the FAI cup 1/4 final is the most recent situation that proved to me further that this Saturday night thing is a non-runner. A game on tv, the biggest match of the final stages, the much herladed Saturday night match between the biggest club in the league and Derry unbeaten in 21 matches.....and it couldn't be sold out. The weather is no longer a suitable excuse. I know for a fact there were Rovers' fans who did not go simply because they thought they'd lose and for no other reason.
This, imo, is what determines crowds in the EL. Apart from woeful Shels support regardless, the size of the crowd depends on how well the two teams are doing. Back in Inchicore a few years ago, I remember seeing literally about 6-7 Derry fans following them. On a Friday night. This year on a Friday night, there were *substantially more* in Dalymount. Whether it is a Saturday or Friday or Monday morning, a considerable amount of fans (please note not just Derry
A fair proportion of the argument for Saturdays from some people seems to resonate on the the making a day of it and fitting more pints in. We'd never get the league finished then..."when can we play you? Are you able to bring those extra 100 fans if we play you on that day rather than this one?"
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