for the love of jaysus will ye get into the match
Why don't they just start the game? This shite happens every year and its not like they just opened the doors a few minutes ago.
same shit year after year. Start the game without them and then they will learn their lesson
Games been put back 15 minutes!! :D :D
they were probably waiting for their dealers to get their coke off them
think that comment is highly inappropriate laoislad and should be removed.
Quote from: INDIANA on June 24, 2007, 07:09:44 PM
think that comment is highly inappropriate laoislad and should be removed.
I think Laois Lad is referring to another thread, in fairness to him: http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=3384.0
Quote from: INDIANA on June 24, 2007, 07:09:44 PM
think that comment is highly inappropriate laoislad and should be removed.
How is it inappropriate and why should it be removed?
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 24, 2007, 06:42:07 PM
they were probably waiting for their dealers to get their coke off them
Quote from: INDIANA on June 24, 2007, 07:09:44 PM
think that comment is highly inappropriate laoislad and should be removed.
I was going to make a similar comment but Laoislad beat me to it, I thought it was funny.
Quote from: INDIANA on June 24, 2007, 07:09:44 PM
think that comment is highly inappropriate laoislad and should be removed.
Lighten up Francis!
Catch a grip Indiana
They should have started the game without them, the real fans were already in the stadium and it doesn't help either set of players
so every Dublin football fan is a cokehead now? I'm a dublin football fan and i can assure you i'm not acoke head. Of course if i said the same about one of your counties it would be different of course. It's pity the level of debate here is constantly dragged down by numbskulls (like laois lad) and the other tulips here. The lack of intervention by the Administrators of course doesn't help.
Quote from: INDIANA on June 24, 2007, 07:22:03 PM
so every Dublin football fan is a cokehead now? I'm a dublin football fan and i can assure you i'm not acoke head. Of course if i said the same about one of your counties it would be different of course. It's pity the level of debate here is constantly dragged down by numbskulls (like laois lad) and the other tulips here. The lack of intervention by the Administrators of course doesn't help.
It was a tongue-in-cheek comment! Don't you understand irony? Laois Lad can correct me if I'm wrong, but he was making a smart-assed comment in relation to the indo hype, not saying that all dubs are cokeheads.
Relax Indiana. Tipp have their hang sangwidges, Carlow have their scallions and now the Dubs (allegedly) have their coke. It's just a harmless stereotype! ;D
Indiana, are you high or something?
I'd love to see the games start in time to send out the message to the booze hounds that they won't be catered for.
However I'd say it would probably get nasty for the poor unfortunate ticket scanners and stewards when a few yobs realise they'll be missing the first few minutes. They'd probably be getting dog's abuse and some idiots might start trying to vault the open turnstiles like the ones at the side of the Hogan.
There were enough people in the ground at 4pm to start the game today. The majority of the rest (aside from people who would have a genuine reason to be late) weren't overly interest enough. The players, tv viewers and people who turn up on time shouldn't be inconvenienced. It wasn't just Dubs, as the thread title may imply, as there were plenty of Offaly people in late too as well, clearly having fortified themselves in the pubs. It's just that when a percentage of Dublin fans arrive late, it causes a big backlog at the stiles because of the volume of fans they have.
Quote from: J70 on June 24, 2007, 07:24:48 PM
Quote from: INDIANA on June 24, 2007, 07:22:03 PM
so every Dublin football fan is a cokehead now? I'm a dublin football fan and i can assure you i'm not acoke head. Of course if i said the same about one of your counties it would be different of course. It's pity the level of debate here is constantly dragged down by numbskulls (like laois lad) and the other tulips here. The lack of intervention by the Administrators of course doesn't help.
It was a tongue-in-cheek comment! Don't you understand irony? Laois Lad can correct me if I'm wrong, but he was making a smart-assed comment in relation to the indo hype, not saying that all dubs are cokeheads.
J70 is right i only meant it as a tongue in cheek joke.My girlfriend is a Dub and one of their biggest followers and im not calling her a smackhead or that everyone who folllows Dublin are druggies it was just a bit of slagging
Jaysis lighten up will ya Indiana
In fairness it is a Health and Safety issue, the two previous times there was no issue because the Dubs were part of a double header and a lot of fans try to get in at least for the second half of the first game, of course today there was no double header. If any county had such volume of support most games would be delayed as they have in the past be it in Clones, Thurles or Salthill where there has been delayed games because of crowd congestion..
So for once leave the cheeky dubs alone, you know how precious they get..
Catch yourself on Indiana!
Paranoid, irritation, irrational, angry....cold turkey must be a real bastard Indiana.
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 24, 2007, 07:35:02 PM
J70 is right i only meant it as a tongue in cheek joke.My girlfriend is a Dub and one of their biggest followers and im not calling her a smackhead or that everyone who folllows Dublin are druggies it was just a bit of slagging
Jaysis lighten up will ya Indiana
Don' t you mean, your
ex-girlfriend? :D
She might be my Ex if the cheeky Dubs beat us in the Leinster Final again(if we get to it that is)
They renamed the Canal End to the Davin Stand before we knew it, now they are thinking of calling the ground Coke Park :'(
As for the supporters turning up late, me thinks they get this attitude from the Dubs team coming out late after half time and leaving the poor ref and the other team standing at the ready for up to five minutes while they employ this tactic. Next we will have RTE filling in with extracts of South Park during add breaks to get everyone up to speed. (OOps, sorry, should not have mentioned speed)
Quotethey were probably waiting for their dealers to get their coke off them
Either that or busy beating their wives before heading to the game with a hangover from a 2 week binge! :P
Quote from: Dinny Breen on June 24, 2007, 07:46:31 PM
In fairness it is a Health and Safety issue, the two previous times there was no issue because the Dubs were part of a double header and a lot of fans try to get in at least for the second half of the first game, of course today there was no double header. If any county had such volume of support most games would be delayed as they have in the past be it in Clones, Thurles or Salthill where there has been delayed games because of crowd congestion..
So for once leave the cheeky dubs alone, you know how precious they get..
I think the best solution is to do what they do for rugby internationals. Drag out the ceremonies at the beginning a bit, and start the game 5 or 6 minutes late with no announcement - by which time almost everyone is in.
Joe Brolly said we (well, Colm O'Rourke) shouldn't be getting all overwrought and excited about it. We're supposed to be enjoying ourselves and what's wrong with a pint or two of a Sunday afternoon and sure what harm if the thing starts a few minute late?
As far as I could make out, the latecomers were the same crowd who were at the fight on Saturday night. I'm guessing they probably pub-crawled their way up from the quays to Croke Park. They carry-on was much the same anyway – booing the other lad just for being the other lad. Am I the only one in the country who wanted to see the gutsy little Viking plant that cocky bollix on his arse, if only to silence the olé-olé merchants and boorish so-called Irish sports fans? Gobshites.
Quote from: Dinny Breen on June 24, 2007, 07:46:31 PM
In fairness it is a Health and Safety issue, the two previous times there was no issue because the Dubs were part of a double header and a lot of fans try to get in at least for the second half of the first game, of course today there was no double header. If any county had such volume of support most games would be delayed as they have in the past be it in Clones, Thurles or Salthill where there has been delayed games because of crowd congestion..
So for once leave the cheeky dubs alone, you know how precious they get..
Ah here, less of that common sense, there's lads trying to slag us cheeky dubs here and you're ruining it for everyone. :P
Disgraceful that they're still allowed to hold up the start time. Stuff them, let the games start on time and next time they might get out the pubs a bit earlier.
disgraceful, oh will you give over, lighten up.
yes, disgraceful. Once or twice fair enough, but time and again matches are being delayed. The fans are dictating the start time, not the authorities. And on a lighter note,it messed up my schedule yesterday - was waiting for the qualifiers draw at 5.30. Had to wait to 6.00 to see us get Derry.
will always be delays in matches in CP with a near full attendance. Design fault in entrance to canal End is mainly to blame.Only an approx 30ft entrance off the Jones Road into it which always leads to delays.
AIFs are diffferent as 50% of attendance are not from competing counties and generally get in early for the pagaentry, minor match etc.
Get the impression some posters are secretly looking for some fatalities some day.
Quote from: Hardy on June 25, 2007, 04:18:34 PM
Am I the only one in the country who wanted to see the gutsy little Viking plant that cocky bollix on his arse
Long live Begrudgery!
If it was an Olympic sport, the Irish would rake in the medals.
Back on topic. If they are really concerned about starting games on time, and the gardai wont let them until everyone is in, then the simple solution is to have games with the full houses at 2pm, and the likes of Galway/Leitrim at 4pm.
Hound you have a feckin cheek. It's nothing to do with begrudgery, as you'd understand if you'd read my post, and all to do with regret that we're losing our sporting values at an alarming rate in this country. You may be aware of that, being in the close neighbourhood of Hill 16 on a regular basis.
We used to like our sportsmen unassuming and modest and doing their talking with action in the arena and our supporters used to be sporting and not loutish and ignorant. Now both our sportsmen and our supporters are falling over each other to ape the lowest common denominator they can find. And if you choose to view that opinion as begrudgery I'll interpret your attitude as jingoistic chauvinism that finds it OK to abuse one participant in the contest just because he's fighting an Irishman. I chose to support the fighter whose attitude impressed me the most and anyway I'll always tend to favour the side the mob is baying against.
(Sorry everybody – back to discussing the cheeky latecomers).
Any 0ne hear drive time this evening where they recorded some of the action on the hill from yesterdays game .Funny sad desperate
simple as this with many tickets available on kn**ker master you get a larger contingent of scumbags.Dublin have a larger population- for games like yesterday with many tickets available for public consumption - you get a greater element of scum. A friend of mine had the misfortune to sit beside some scumbags from offaly -obviosuly dublin had more but it cuts both both ways.
It's very easily eliminated - the gaa should distribute tickets to the clubs first and only the clubs. They really have proven themselves to be the biggest money grabbers around. Stitch up your average Gaa fan by making him beg for tickets when his club allocation is cut and watch some toerag down the road get one on knackermaster. This won't eliminate the problem but in relation to Dublin it will drastically cut down on the toerags getting in.
I can't understand why people go to a game when they've no interest in proceedings except getting pissed and then being abusive to everyone around them and to those on the pitch.
A mate of mine 2 years ago went into the jacks on hill 16 for the dublin v wexford game - saw a fan snorting coke - reported it and what was done? nothing. With policing like that who needs the GRA.
For the first Dublin game v meath i wa son the Hill standing beside 2 toerags pissed out of their skulls slugging from bottles of whiskey. I pointed theis out to the Garda standing 5 yards away who was looking at them doing it. And his response was - i want an easy day and fecked off down to the front of the hill leaving myself and a few others getting whiskey spilled over us listening to them abusing everyone around them. They thought alan brogan was bryan cullen- and didn't know ciaran whelan's name. I mean it really is taking the piss these guys getting tickets and the cut Gaa clubs in Dublin's allocation for tickets. it's a holy disgrace.
Rant over.
Quotethen the simple solution is to have games with the full houses at 2pm, and the likes of Galway/Leitrim at 4pm.
It was a full house in Carrick too.
But shure why not move the "likes" of us poor peasants from the wesht. Shure we know no better anyway, m'lord.
By the way the solution I suggest is for people to turn up to the shagging game on time.
*doffs my capeen*
You are right Its the other fans on the hill who suffer the most , any way come August ticket master will be out of the equation
well in a new low for the Hill and it's staring into the abyss at this stage- on re dubs website from 2 very reputable posters - they saw 2 lads shooting up on heroin on the Hill. This is becoming a serious health and safety issue and really isn't a laughing matter anymore.
Ive had the pleasure of sitting beside a few scumbags in the last few years in Croker. Both from Dublin and my own County. During the Dublin-Mayo game from last year,(I was there to watch the Meath-Roscommon minor game if your wondering), there was a bunch of balding-fat assholes in blue sitting behind us who were insisting on making sheep noises when the Mayo players came out, and suggested that they were trying to "arse-rape" their Dublin opponents rather than tackle. Sadly we had to sit and listen to their brainless drivel until Ciaran MacDonald shut them up with the winning point and they decided to feck off out of the stadium much to everyones relief.
In the Meath-Louth game last season there was one of our own supporters who let the side down badly, with his loud cursing and saying things about the Louth players being scumbags and calling out for one of the meath players to break thier f**king jaw. And this was every minute of the game, he was a bit pissed, and couldnt tell if Trevor Giles was still playing or not.
Personally I'd never boo anyone, I understand the effort and commitment that the players make. When Mark Vaughn kicked over the sideline ball, i actually found myself applauding, and always make a point of shaking hands and wishing well any opposing supporters near me. Not blowing my trumpet here, I think alot of GAA fans are like that, but there sadly is a growing amount of people who are ruining the athmosphere of GAA matches, and if they want to carry on like that they can feck off to a soccer game where that crap is acceptable.
Hardy, if you know nothing about boxing, you really shouldnt talk about it.
QuoteHardy, if you know nothing about boxing, you really shouldnt talk about it.
Hound, you don't have to know anything about boxing to understand the point Hardy is making, in fairness once I saw Dunne showboating to the crowd I too was hoping Walstad would catch hiim one, Dunne is not Ali, he was just playing to Ole Ole Ole crowd yet struggling to beat a boxer ranked 103 in the world. Band wagon supporters are the worst, I saw them with Kildare football, Munster rugby, Dublin football and now Limerick hurling and Bearnard Dunne. These people seem to think supporting your team iis booing the opposition, hurling abuse and bringing absurd chants to the terraces, (ole ole ole, Easy Easy Easy), unfortunately sport needs these people and it's just unfotunate that the genuine sport lovers have to listen to them.....
Well that's me put in my place!
Just to help me out, like, so that I don't fall foul of your rules of engagement again, can you give me a list of the other things I know nothing about and other things I shouldn't talk about, for whatever reason - as decided by you, of course.
Anyway, just for the record: (1) I'd hazard a guess that I was a boxing fan before you were born. (2) I wasn't talking about boxing.
Quote from: johnpower on June 25, 2007, 10:12:50 PM
Any 0ne hear drive time this evening where they recorded some of the action on the hill from yesterdays game .Funny sad desperate
After the reports of drug dealing on the Hill last time RTE sent a reporter with a mike onto the Hill to investigate. Apart from someone smoking some dope, all she could find was "vulgar" language. It's hardly primetime news that Dublin supporters on Hill 16 are shouting abuse at a referee and umpire, is it?
HARDY Why not just call him son.
I forgot that!
But I must draw your attention to who started the patronising stuff. Just responding in kind.
Quote from: thejuice on June 25, 2007, 11:34:06 PM
Personally I'd never boo anyone, I understand the effort and commitment that the players make. When Mark Vaughn kicked over the sideline ball, i actually found myself applauding, and always make a point of shaking hands and wishing well any opposing supporters near me. Not blowing my trumpet here, I think alot of GAA fans are like that, but there sadly is a growing amount of people who are ruining the athmosphere of GAA matches, and if they want to carry on like that they can feck off to a soccer game where that crap is acceptable.
That's my attitude and always has been, you do have to put in the extra mileage thanks to the idiotic element to our support.
Having said that I've met idiots from everywhere. Kilkenny [the vast majority of who are very knowledgeable, and are genuinely dying for Dublin to make a breakthrough] - Tipp, Wexford [i'll never forget the drawn game v cork a few years back, one of the best non dub games i've ever been at and wexford fans were brilliant that day] etc etc ... every county has it's muppets, especially at this time of year when there's bandwagons getting rolling all over the country.
Quote from: thejuice on June 25, 2007, 11:34:06 PM
Ive had the pleasure of sitting beside a few scumbags in the last few years in Croker. Both from Dublin and my own County. During the Dublin-Mayo game from last year,(I was there to watch the Meath-Roscommon minor game if your wondering), there was a bunch of balding-fat assholes in blue sitting behind us who were insisting on making sheep noises when the Mayo players came out, and suggested that they were trying to "arse-rape" their Dublin opponents rather than tackle. Sadly we had to sit and listen to their brainless drivel until Ciaran MacDonald shut them up with the winning point and they decided to feck off out of the stadium much to everyones relief.
In the Meath-Louth game last season there was one of our own supporters who let the side down badly, with his loud cursing and saying things about the Louth players being scumbags and calling out for one of the meath players to break thier f**king jaw. And this was every minute of the game, he was a bit pissed, and couldnt tell if Trevor Giles was still playing or not.
Personally I'd never boo anyone, I understand the effort and commitment that the players make. When Mark Vaughn kicked over the sideline ball, i actually found myself applauding, and always make a point of shaking hands and wishing well any opposing supporters near me. Not blowing my trumpet here, I think alot of GAA fans are like that, but there sadly is a growing amount of people who are ruining the athmosphere of GAA matches, and if they want to carry on like that they can feck off to a soccer game where that crap is acceptable.
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I have been at soccer games all over the world and i don't know anywhere where that "crap is acceptable" as you put it..Im not saying it's doesn't happen but as with GAA there is a minority who like to be heard at these matches and will annoy everyone around them
You are a very bitter man and have a huge chip on your shoulder when it comes to soccer ::)
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 26, 2007, 02:55:25 PM
Quote from: thejuice on June 25, 2007, 11:34:06 PM
Ive had the pleasure of sitting beside a few scumbags in the last few years in Croker. Both from Dublin and my own County. During the Dublin-Mayo game from last year,(I was there to watch the Meath-Roscommon minor game if your wondering), there was a bunch of balding-fat assholes in blue sitting behind us who were insisting on making sheep noises when the Mayo players came out, and suggested that they were trying to "arse-rape" their Dublin opponents rather than tackle. Sadly we had to sit and listen to their brainless drivel until Ciaran MacDonald shut them up with the winning point and they decided to feck off out of the stadium much to everyones relief.
In the Meath-Louth game last season there was one of our own supporters who let the side down badly, with his loud cursing and saying things about the Louth players being scumbags and calling out for one of the meath players to break thier f**king jaw. And this was every minute of the game, he was a bit pissed, and couldnt tell if Trevor Giles was still playing or not.
Personally I'd never boo anyone, I understand the effort and commitment that the players make. When Mark Vaughn kicked over the sideline ball, i actually found myself applauding, and always make a point of shaking hands and wishing well any opposing supporters near me. Not blowing my trumpet here, I think alot of GAA fans are like that, but there sadly is a growing amount of people who are ruining the athmosphere of GAA matches, and if they want to carry on like that they can feck off to a soccer game where that crap is acceptable.
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I have been at soccer games all over the world and i don't know anywhere where that "crap is acceptable" as you put it..Im not saying it's doesn't happen but as with GAA there is a minority who like to be heard at these matches and will annoy everyone around them
You are a very bitter man and have a huge chip on your shoulder when it comes to soccer ::)
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Laois lad are you havin a laugh or what.
wife batein in ballybough...thats what keeps them late
i saw a few dubs in the pub last night!!
im almost sure i saw wheelo in flannarys and coppers last night, he didnt seem as big as he does when he is on the pitch
Ya cant beat a bit of Flannerys and Coppers on a thursday night...fecken great craic!
Quote from: Stagmeister on June 29, 2007, 12:32:04 PM
Ya cant beat a bit of Flannerys and Coppers on a thursday night...fecken great craic!
O I so so so miss Flannerys & Rody Bolands since I moved home to Mayo.
Quote from: Stagmeister on June 29, 2007, 12:32:04 PM
Ya cant beat a bit of Flannerys and Coppers on a thursday night...fecken great craic!
You couldnt bate it with a stick
Jaz Im in Mayo at the moment but very tempted to buy a load of new clothes(in a suit in a different town to my hometown @ the moment) and head up on the train to Flannerys tonight, wouldn't be the first time I'v done it.
Fishead Sam the suit will do ya, walk straight into flannarys the women will be mad after ya, give us a shout if coming up