QuoteOn an aside, the GAA bashing and defending has been done to death elsewhere; can we leave it out here and stay on topic? People like different sports; that should be enough.
That's ridiculous. You're ridiculous. No-one in the league ever had ten thousand male fans.Originally Posted by Mr A
Though watch our for Bohs making an offer for Dwight Yorke soon...
On an aside, the GAA bashing and defending has been done to death elsewhere; can we leave it out here and stay on topic? People like different sports; that should be enough.
just got out of the car after driving for a while and listened to northern sound roundup for events for the weekend they spoke of everything from monaghan county senior , minors ,ladies sports, club games, snooker, bar b ques, special masses ,birthday parties,
fund rasing events everything except eircom league games , i wonder does this have anything to do with attendances
I wish i did not know then what I dont know now
Would have something , if it was december there would be less bbqs to talk about and the football might sneak a mention, GAA minded presenters attitude to football is similar to Sky Sports News coverage of events they don't hold the rights to , neither gets a mention.
Other way around
as long as there is no more banking errors again
I wish i did not know then what I dont know now
Humour me, tell me of one time it happened. I recall a league match against St. Pats being called off the year they did/didn't win the league. It was then in the Press that it was the first first-team game in Oriel Park to be called off in 15 years.
Going back 10 or 15 years, I remember of a Dundalk-Limerick game abandoned after 70 minutes due to fog. The fog cleared within 10 minutes, but the players were in the shower by then.
I didn't make it up.Yeah why not make things up to prove your point.How would you know what he's on anyway? He's not on 2k a week nor has that figure even been mentioned before.At the start of the season it was rumoured that he's on 1.5k a week but it is actually less than that and the club don't even pay his wages.
It was alleged in a newspaper article : http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...n-1433750.html
Hence why I said 'apparently'
I didn't make it up.
It was alleged in a newspaper article : http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...n-1433750.html
Hence why I said 'apparently'
Touche
As much as I'm loath to trust a journalist, he is a hair higher on the credibility scale than some guy on the internet. Any particular reason for thinking that the article is incorrect?Touche
You can't spell failure without FAI
I can say for certain that he is not on that money as well. I don't want to post on the net the exact amount but if you deducted the said amount by 400 everytime he plays you would not be far away and by 800 if he does not.
last year out of all the championship games in the GAA calender, i dont know about 30 games or more, there was only about ONE great game (Dublin - Kerry)
Did you see this years Euro Champs? Excellent stuff. Please dont tell me you could watch a GAA game after watching Spain, Russia, Holland and the like play?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ternet_dog.jpgI can say for certain that he is not on that money as well. I don't want to post on the net the exact amount but if you deducted the said amount by 400 everytime he plays you would not be far away and by 800 if he does not.
Two random guys from the internet is not really any more credible than one. It would help a little if you would suggest a source. If, for instance, the Sligo chairman told you himself, then it's simply a matter of believing that (a) the Sligo chairman would have told someone what a player was earning, and (b) you're telling the truth. On the other hand, if your sister's best mate is dating a player, all sorts of sources of error come into play.
You can't spell failure without FAI
A source yes myself go figure
Sorry saw this well after, my mistake, sorry
Who give as Sh**! Jesus look at the state ofr our club at the moment.Of which most fans are of the opinion Summer Soccer if partly to blame. I for one give a **** and Keeley and them have been around the game long enough to give their opinion!A good pitch wont sustain a team in the league.Crowds do! Crowds are definitly down in the Showgrounds! Summer Soccer not working in my opinion but I know Pats and Drogs fans would disagree.
Till d End!
Tbh i couldn't give a sh*te if "some guy on the internet" doesn't believe me.I know for a fact that he isn't on 2k a week,i don't feel obligated to prove myself to a UCD fan.
You don't care whether or not I believe you, but you care enough to post your 'fact' and that you don't care whether or not I believe you? Someone told you this down the pub, didn't they?
You can't spell failure without FAI
Guys, quit the pointless arguing about Boco's wages. This stupid tit-for-tat arguing is one of the most annoying things about this forum. This thread is about ATTENDANCES!
I think this point made by a previous poster is spot-f'ing-on:
Continuing with the rugby example, Leinster constantly harp on about how they're the best-supported team in the Magners League, 4th best overall in Europe, and so on. As of this moment, they've only sold 8,000 season tickets in an 18,000+ capacity ground. Everyone wants to go to the Heineken cup games because they're 'events' and have all the hype, but nobody really gives a **** about the league. They rely a helluva lot on bundling league game tickets with H Cup games to get people through the gates.Our biggest problem is that Irish people are event junkies. How many Cork/Galway hurling supporters do you see turning out for their league games in March? Couple of thousand maybe, but thurles will be packed with them on sat night and whoever progresses will bring an even bigger crowd to Croker.
Where are all the munster fans, when munster play edinburgh on a november friday night in Musgrave park, yet for a heineken cup game in thomond against wasps, tickets cant be got such is the demand!!
Bottom line is, if big sports like rugby can get their grounds only 75% full over the course of a season, with massive promotion and media coverage, it will take a gargantuan effort for EL clubs to do the same.
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