Summer Soccer Poll

**Schumi** · 02/08/2006, 4:44 PM

Originally Posted by Billy Lord

I despise this mentality, because all these people want is the big day out without giving the commitment that makes such days even more special and personally rewarding.

without giving the commitment that makes such days possible too, which I find more annoying.

**mypost** · 02/08/2006, 5:07 PM

Originally Posted by wws

there were 23,000 at the game purely motivated by the chance to see a CL semi finalist with name recognition. Shelbourne were not that team, Deportivo LC were.

The most ghastly example, I heard from a day tripper, was when speaking to an Irishman after our 0-0 draw with Brazil. His words were:

"I think Brazil should be fined for not winning the game 4 or 5-0, and not entertaining the crowd".

**pineapple stu** · 02/08/2006, 5:46 PM

Originally Posted by ColinR

but its use in genesis was roundly ridiculed on foot.ie due to the estimation of most of the figures (which certainly for the first couple of years were grossly over-estimated). so surely any attempt to use the same figures as an argument for/against summer soccer should similarly be dismissed.

Its use was ridiculous in an official document from which real conclusions were to be drawn. For a group of fans discussing things, it's acceptable, if not perfect, as I've noted.

Originally Posted by Student Mullet

Both of which were summer seasons. Your numbers don't show a drop between winter and summer, they show a drop from one summer season to another.

Fair point. But unless you can show a large increase around the time of summer soccer (which, while admittedly having no stats about, I don't recall), surely the decrease is also relevant between 2005 and the last season or two of winter soccer?

**Student Mullet** · 02/08/2006, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Fair point. But unless you can show a large increase around the time of summer soccer (which, while admittedly having no stats about, I don't recall), surely the decrease is also relevant between 2005 and the last season or two of winter soccer?

No. You're back to trying to blame the new season for a decrease in attendance which happened a couple of years after summer soccer came in.

The drop in league attendances this season has nothing to do with the season.