Quote from: pintsofguinness on December 31, 2008, 03:22:23 PM
Weren't they crying last year they wanted a stand alone fixture and when they got it they were crying it was a week later than they expected. They kick up if they've to travel anywhere for a championship game, now they crying because they've to play in Croke park? (that's right isn't it? because I got sick of the tyrone v dublin thread)
I'm sick of their moaning and yapping, if they werent such a pack of pricks it would be funny.
I don't agree with any foolish talk of a boycott but the above is completely untrue.
Dublin v Tyrone AIQF was originally fixed for Sat 9th Aug as a stand alone fixture. (This would have meant tyrone playing 3 matches in 3 weeks)
Galway complained as their quarter fonal would not then be played in Croke Park.
The GAC then offered the Dublin County Board the choice between a double header on the 9th or a standalone on the 16th.
After consulting with the players and mangement Dublin indicated to the GAC that they would like to play a double header on the 9th.
The GAC then despite having offered Dublin a choice fixed the match as a standalone fiixture on the 16th. Presumably this was done for financial reasons.
Now I think it would be foolish to say Dublin would have beaten Tyrone on the 9th considering how the game eventually panned out but in this case they were not treated very fairly by the GAC.