Kildare GAA General Discussion Thread

yabadabado

n!ghtmancometh wrote: »

Kildare will be treated to a garbage bag full of popcorn money and the match will be played in Croker.

I'd safely say they were already offered a pile of cash and turned it down.

dobman88

Hope kildare stick to their stance on this. Fair fux

MFPM

Grandeeod wrote: »

The GAA will back down and the game will rightly be played in Newbridge. If they don't I'd expect groundbreaking stuff to follow.

I hope you're right but I'm not sure they will as it would set a precedent. The GAA have been inept with this decision.

super_furry

n!ghtmancometh wrote: »

Kildare will be treated to a garbage bag full of popcorn money and the match will be played in Croker.

Think this is what the end result will be. Four or five new clubhouses and everything goes away.

ewc78

As a Laois man I'd like to say fair play to Kildare.
Don't back down now.

super_furry

The GPA having their say too now https://www.gaelicplayers.com/WhatsHappening/LatestNews/TabId/86/ArtMID/421/ArticleID/593/GPA-calls-on-GAA-to-host-Round-3-Qualifier-in-Conleth%E2%80%99s-Park-Newbridge.aspx

Grandeeod

MFPM wrote: »

I hope you're right but I'm not sure they will as it would set a precedent. The GAA have been inept with this decision.

What the GAA are trying to do now would be a precedent. Kildare are entitled to the game in Newbridge. You're dead right though, the GAA have been inept.

Are Am Eye

super_furry wrote: »

Think this is what the end result will be. Four or five new clubhouses and everything goes away.

I wouldn't think so - purely because this appears to be player led.
County boards including Kildare's have always taken the dollars and played
championship games in Croke Park. Then complain about Dublin's advantage.
In this incidence the Manager is putting his foot down and he claims the players are fully behind it. Once you commit to making a principled stand you look really
bad if you back down. They'll be kind of locked into it.

It will all lend a farcical air to the whole championship.

Westernyelp

Mayo fan here. hope to see ye lads in Newbridge on Saturday. but I hope we beat ye too!

Stoner

klairondavis wrote:

No surrender:

It's a great move, completely justified and will get savage interest.

At last a game where is will be 31 vs Mayo for a change!

Itssoeasy

The Kildare lads have marched to the top of the hill so now need to walk down the other side and not turn back and go down the way they came.

Pete_Cavan

Is it true that the Kildare County Board originally agreed to the fixture in Croke Park?

deiseach

I wish we had had the stones Kildare are showing now. Keep her lit!

boggerman1

As a Tipp man I hope Kildare stick to their guns and tog out @7 in newbridge on Saturday nite.

Coillte_Bhoy

dollar bill wrote: »

SKY TV had an input to this also

So is that why Cavan choose Enniskillen and Kildare were asked for an alternative venue? You're talking ****e

dollar bill

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

So is that why Cavan choose Enniskillen and Kildare were asked for an alternative venue? You're talking ****e

Why Croke Park? Why not any other stadium?

Powerhouse

munster87 wrote: »

Some things are hard to grasp. Such as there v their.

That's not necessarily hard to grasp. That's a typo.

The idea of the a team togging out at a venue where there's no match - now that's a bit of a riddle.

munsterlegend

Powerhouse wrote: »

That's not necessarily hard to grasp. That's a typo.

The idea of the a team togging out at a venue where there's no match - now that's a bit of a riddle.

Hardly a riddle when they have explained why not turning up.

Powerhouse

munsterlegend wrote: »

Hardly a riddle when they have explained why not turning up.

But they are turning up...…………just at the wrong venue. That's a riddle. If they weren't turning up that'd be their entitlement. Why they are turning up at Newbridge is beyond me.

Royal Legend

deiseach wrote: »

I wish we had had the stones Kildare are showing now. Keep her lit!

Walsh Park should will possibly, will, might be ready for the 100th Anniversary of the Civil War :rolleyes: I doubt the Waterford County board got any extra money for relinquishing home venue, they don't have the brains to negotiate a deal like that

Hope Kildare stick to their guns, they are 100% right

blockfighter

I really hope this goes ahead in Kildare. They're dead right to stand their ground. From a mayo fan.

Coillte_Bhoy

dollar bill wrote: »

Why Croke Park? Why not any other stadium?

Probably because Cavan agreed to play in CP. If they stuck to their guns and insisted on Enniskillen i think a Leinster venue would have been chosen

Bonzo Delaney

Powerhouse wrote: »

But they are turning up...…………just at the wrong venue. That's a riddle. If they weren't turning up that'd be their entitlement. Why they are turning up at Newbridge is beyond me.

It's simple first out of the draw gets home advantage
Why change the rules
If the capacity is only 2000 only 2000 get tickets it's not that hard to understand

irishgeo

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

It's simple first out of the draw gets home advantage
Why change the rules
If the capacity is only 2000 only 2000 get tickets it's not that hard to understand

Mayo have 3500 season tickets. Both season tickets lists are full.
1500 @ 25 a head. Not to mention the day trippers and dublin based mayo fans. That's a lot of money.

Bonzo Delaney

irishgeo wrote: »

Mayo have 3500 season tickets. Both season tickets lists are full.
1500 @ 25 a head. Not to mention the day trippers and dublin based mayo fans. That's a lot of money.

But as said before a season ticket dosent guarantee entry if the capacity is less for away supporters

Powerhouse

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

It's simple first out of the draw gets home advantage
Why change the rules
If the capacity is only 2000 only 2000 get tickets it's not that hard to understand

Gosh, I don't know. I'd nearly have to be as clever as you to grasp such convoluted theory.

In the meantime what's wrong with letting everybody who wants to see the game do so in some comfort in Croke Park?

munster87

Powerhouse wrote: »

Gosh, I don't know. I'd nearly have to be as clever as you top grasp such convoluted theory.

In the meantime what's wrong with letting everybody who wants to see the game do so in some comfort in Croke Park?

What’ wrong with that is Kildare want their home advantage that they fairly won in the draw.

yabadabado

irishgeo wrote: »

Mayo have 3500 season tickets. Both season tickets lists are full.
1500 @ 25 a head. Not to mention the day trippers and dublin based mayo fans. That's a lot of money.

Then GAA shouldn't have set the rule that first team drawn gets home advantage.

It shouldn't be about the money,Kildare are the home team and that should be respected. If it means less money for the GAA then thats just unfortunate.

MFPM

irishgeo wrote: »

Mayo have 3500 season tickets. Both season tickets lists are full.
1500 @ 25 a head. Not to mention the day trippers and dublin based mayo fans. That's a lot of money.

All of which was known before the draw was made yet the GAA made stipulations about venues.

Pete_Cavan

Is it true that the Kildare County Board originally agreed to the fixture in Croke Park? That is what I was told. If true, Kildare have no right to complain, seems like a combination of twitter misplaced outrage and a manager trying to create a siege mentality.