Dublin Vs Donegal - Sun 28th Aug. 3.30pm

Cill Dara Abu

Het-Field wrote: »

Welcome back!

I thought we lost ya after the Tyrone game!

Nope, rumours of my demise have been greatly exagerated*.

Damo 2k9

Anyone know if this is completely sold out ?

The Maverick

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

Anyone know if this is completely sold out ?

The Nally Terrace tickets on tickets.ie are the only tickets left and there is very, very few of them. If you need tickets, buy them ASAP as when they're gone, that's it.

Brendan97

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

Anyone know if this is completely sold out ?

it said in the paper they are expecting to sell out but tickets are still available

yop

So after yesterdays game, do the Dubs/Donegal lads feel they have a better or worse chance against Kerry?

K-9

yop wrote: »

So after yesterdays game, do the Dubs/Donegal lads feel they have a better or worse chance against Kerry?

No different really. We'd give them bother but they just have the better and more experienced footballers.

hisholinessnb

I'd second that

hisholinessnb

royaler83 wrote: »

Enjoying watching the 'great' ciaran whelan performing his usual 2nd half disappearing act against mayo in the 2006 semi against mayo over on tg4 now

Obviously this is a hair brained effort at a wind up and has nothing to do with the Donegal Dublin game, but I watched it myself.

Watching Dublin capitulate like that was quite harrowing this close to another semi final however I was amazed to see the difference in the Dublin team of 2006 to now.
Just 5 years but these are 2 totally different teams. Even they players that are still in the team from that game are playing in different roles now, ones that suit them better.

Rewatching that game made me a little bit more confident going into next weekends game.

Funny as I thought that would be the last game to instill confidence in me as a Dub!

Sure we live in hope, whoever does scrape by this weekend should be happy with the runners up spot to such a magnificent Kerry team.

Dubliner28

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

I see the Dubs hype machine is already in over drive, they beat a pretty poor Tyrone team last night, could'nt believe how bad their full-back line was.

Donegal will be a whole different ball game, Brogan x2 and Connolly will get very little room against the blanket defence in the semis, take the Kildare game for example, Connolly scored 0-00, B. Brogan scored 0-01 from open play when they had little space.

I fancy Donegal to win by 2 or 3 points in a very low scoring game.

That post sinks of bitterness, still not over throwing away a Leinster semi final and an All Ireland 1/4 final are we, regardless if you were hard done by the ref.

Anyway think the Dubs will sneak it by 2-3. A lot of lessons have been learned after throwing away the semi v Cork last year. These players are very hungry

teednab-el

yop wrote: »

So after yesterdays game, do the Dubs/Donegal lads feel they have a better or worse chance against Kerry?

It's the Kerry forward line is the problem, I think Dublin have a better forward line than Donegal but Donegal are set up better defensively to make it hard for Kerry but Donegal don't have a good enough forward line. But again this is Kerry we are talking about they will be ready and will be hard to stop. Dublin should win on Sunday but they have very little chance of upsetting the Kingdom. Mark the two Brogans tight which Kerry will and where will Dublin be then?

dcr22B

yop wrote: »

So after yesterdays game, do the Dubs/Donegal lads feel they have a better or worse chance against Kerry?

I'm not thinking beyond Sunday.

yop

dcr22B wrote: »

I'm not thinking beyond Sunday.

Ah go on you are Ok hypothetically would you feel confident!

Then again it all depends on what happens Sunday in regards if you win and how you do it. Will the nerves keel Dublin over and all that, so its not a straight forward question to answer.

dcr22B

yop wrote: »

Ah go on you are Ok hypothetically would you feel confident!

Then again it all depends on what happens Sunday in regards if you win and how you do it. Will the nerves keel Dublin over and all that, so its not a straight forward question to answer.

I'm confident that we'll be able to put all the years of falling at the final hurdle behind us on Sunday and that we'll come out the right side by 2-3 points in a dour battle.

That said, I'm still not going to comment on Kerry as:

a) I haven't seen any of yesterday's game yet

&

b) as I've stated already, Sunday has to be taken care of first.

Padkir

corny wrote: »

Shane Ryan carried him in that match. I seem to remeber his only 'great' contribution that day was catching Ronan McGarritty with a beautiful right hand as a warning to stop winning clean possession!!!:pac:

Edit: Nearly sure it was McGarritty Oasis_Dublin.

Agreed! And I seem to recall it was Brady who came out and showed him what a proper tough man was, have a picture of Brady levelling him, Whealan looking up at him from his back!:D:D

Badabing

Donegal hype machine is in overdrive in the last week or so they are confident of beating Dublin but i think if Dublin take their goal chances and win the 'dirty' ball i can see them winning by 2-3 points.

keane2097

Padkir wrote: »

Agreed! And I seem to recall it was Brady who came out and showed him what a proper tough man was, have a picture of Brady levelling him, Whealan looking up at him from his back!:D:D

They're a pair of clowns who should have spent more time learning to play football instead of polishing their elbows and they might have a few more medals in their back pockets.

K-9

Badabing wrote: »

Donegal hype machine is in overdrive in the last week or so they are confident of beating Dublin but i think if Dublin take their goal chances and win the 'dirty' ball i can see them winning by 2-3 points.

Ah the ould reverse psychology!

dcr22B

K-9 wrote: »

Ah the ould reverse psychology!

It won't be the last we read of any of that BS before Sunday, 143 hours to go! :P

alchemist33

Badabing wrote: »

Donegal hype machine is in overdrive in the last week or so....

What? Is that the thing that splattered my wall? The bas**rds! And I'd only just painted it as well!

hisholinessnb

Padkir wrote: »

Agreed! And I seem to recall it was Brady who came out and showed him what a proper tough man was, have a picture of Brady levelling him, Whealan looking up at him from his back!:D:D

I love it, Whelan "levels" someone and is labelled a scumbag.

Brady "levels" someone = proper tough man.
You couldn't make this stuff up.

Funny_Bones

yop wrote: »

So after yesterdays game, do the Dubs/Donegal lads feel they have a better or worse chance against Kerry?

I think Dublin and Donegal will be happy enough with it. Kerry were good but Mayo had 3 decent goal chances in the second half and I don't think Dublin or Donegal would miss those opportunities (though I guess Dub did against Tyrone).

Brendan97

as a donegal fan i would have prefered to play mayo as they dont have as many long range shooters as kerry. we make it hard to get close to the goal to shoot but kerry are well capable of shooting from 50yrds

the realpigiron

I'd be of the view that there wasn't much about that Kerry performance yesterday that will freak out either Donegal or Dublin, they had it too handy against Mayo. Kerry lads there for the taking for whoever comes through this semi final in my reckoning.

DoctaDee

the realpigiron wrote: »

I'd be of the view that there wasn't much about that Kerry performance yesterday that will freak out either Donegal or Dublin, they had it too handy against Mayo. Kerry lads there for the taking for whoever comes through this semi final in my reckoning.

Was just thinkin of those investment prospectus ads ya see on the tele .. the tiny print which states ... "past performance is not indicative of future results" ...

Being a slow morning I also got to thinkin ..(being an occasional punter, and PP's best customer at times !!) .. of the 2007 Champion Hurdle, when the Irish were lookin for a horse to back against the red hot English fav Detroit City .. Hardy Eustace or Brave Inca .. ruminated, cogitated trying to draw a lines of form beween the 2, which I think had me plumping for HE .. until a 2nd hand phone call came from a friend of a friend close to John Carr's yard .. back Sublimity ...IIRC had 1 race all year in a mudbath in Navan ...

So all in all it's really about that 70 mins or 2 and a bit miles on the day in question .. there's no science to the vagaries of sport .. just ma tuppence worth

DoctaDee

Fackin bedlam down the ticket office today, supposed to have been handin out tickets to Parnell Pass & Clubs only, apart from the fairly big queue, there was lads there that weren't taking "No" for an answer as regards the ticket issuing, which made the wait even longer. Seen a fella I know from Dublin Supporters club trying to bring a bitta calm to the situation ....

The Dubs in Croker in a S/F.... it's the only show in town !! ...feel sorry for some of the lads that have to go without, as I reccied at least 2 from our travels to Galway and Armagh this year

skregs

I can finally understand why other counties hate Dubs so much. Everyone is talking about the Dublin-Kerry final with no regard to Donegal and now every fooker in the city is a hardcore Dublin supporter every though they still dont know what side of the city Parnell Park is on

Floppybits

skregs wrote: »

I can finally understand why other counties hate Dubs so much. Everyone is talking about the Dublin-Kerry final with no regard to Donegal and now every fooker in the city is a hardcore Dublin supporter every though they still dont know what side of the city Parnell Park is on

So what you are saying is that Dublin folk are getting behind their team and you don't like it?

Then you must not like Donegal either because I am sure all the Donegal folk are getting behind their team as well.

Badabing

skregs wrote: »

I can finally understand why other counties hate Dubs so much. Everyone is talking about the Dublin-Kerry final with no regard to Donegal and now every fooker in the city is a hardcore Dublin supporter every though they still dont know what side of the city Parnell Park is on

Who's everyone? and why would every other county hate Dublin?

Fandango

skregs wrote: »

I can finally understand why other counties hate Dubs so much. Everyone is talking about the Dublin-Kerry final with no regard to Donegal and now every fooker in the city is a hardcore Dublin supporter every though they still dont know what side of the city Parnell Park is on

Strange, as far as i can see everyone here is talking about a Dublin-Donegal Semi Final. Your the only person i can see in the last few pages to mention a Kerry-Dublin final.

keane2097

I don't hate Dubs at all for the record.

TouchingVirus

Can I ask where section 406 is? I just got my ticket and found I've been put into 406 having been put into 304/305 all season, not a clue where I've to go.

chickencurry02

lower tier section tickets all start with a 3**
upper tier section tickets all start with 7**

section 406 havent a clue

dcr22B

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Can I ask where section 406 is? I just got my ticket and found I've been put into 406 having been put into 304/305 all season, not a clue where I've to go.

It's right up the back of the Lower Cusack, great seats TBH

DoctaDee

dcr22B wrote: »

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Can I ask where section 406 is? I just got my ticket and found I've been put into 406 having been put into 304/305 all season, not a clue where I've to go.

It's right up the back of the Lower Cusack, great seats TBH

Yeah got there before me! Limited mobliity supporters are generally placed there and also close to the bar if ya need a swift nerve settler!

bohsboy

skregs wrote: »

I can finally understand why other counties hate Dubs so much. Everyone is talking about the Dublin-Kerry final with no regard to Donegal and now every fooker in the city is a hardcore Dublin supporter every though they still dont know what side of the city Parnell Park is on

I think you will find that the hype machine has come from all around the country this season about Dublin. This is the first year I can remember that the players and fans have their feet firmly planted on the ground.

Donegal will test us, thats all we are looking at now. Quiet determination is all I can see.

hanleyc2

DoctaDee wrote: »

Yeah got there before me! Limited mobliity supporters are generally placed there and also close to the bar if ya need a swift nerve settler!

Close access to the bar, how do I get my hands on those tickets

Nerves will definitely require some settling I would imagine.

Got upper Hogan tickets, row K section 728 off ticket master. Not too bad!

henke

I have nothing against Dublin at all and if we (Donegal) lose on Sunday then I will wish you all the best for the final on Sunday. Something I am disappointed about (and I am not blaming Dublin but the GAA) is the distribution of tickets for games at Croke Park. I get there is a high demand for both sets of fans and Dublin has a huge population but surely Croke Park should be seen as neutral venue but the crowd is going to be dominated by Dublin support.

According to this article http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/local/croke_park_gaa_ticket_allocation_just_16_1_2988065 Donegal are getting just under 17% of the total allocation. I don't see that as fair as Donegal is a big county and would have no problem selling many more tickets for such a game.

hanleyc2

henke wrote: »

I have nothing against Dublin at all and if we (Donegal) lose on Sunday then I will wish you all the best for the final on Sunday. Something I am disappointed about (and I am not blaming Dublin but the GAA) is the distribution of tickets for games at Croke Park. I get there is a high demand for both sets of fans and Dublin has a huge population but surely Croke Park should be seen as neutral venue but the crowd is going to be dominated by Dublin support.

According to this article http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/local/croke_park_gaa_ticket_allocation_just_16_1_2988065 Donegal are getting just under 17% of the total allocation. I don't see that as fair as Donegal is a big county and would have no problem selling many more tickets for such a game.

I wonder how many were put up on ticket master or elsewhere for general sale? I am from Dublin and have always gotten my tickets online (obviously have not had the need to get a ticket to an All Ireland final ).

I would have thought the county allocation for a semi final would have been split pretty evenly and the rest would be distributed for general distribution and sale?

Oasis_Dublin

henke wrote: »

I have nothing against Dublin at all and if we (Donegal) lose on Sunday then I will wish you all the best for the final on Sunday. Something I am disappointed about (and I am not blaming Dublin but the GAA) is the distribution of tickets for games at Croke Park. I get there is a high demand for both sets of fans and Dublin has a huge population but surely Croke Park should be seen as neutral venue but the crowd is going to be dominated by Dublin support.

According to this article http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/local/croke_park_gaa_ticket_allocation_just_16_1_2988065 Donegal are getting just under 17% of the total allocation. I don't see that as fair as Donegal is a big county and would have no problem selling many more tickets for such a game.

That article says nothing other than, "she was unaware of how many tickets the Dublin GAA County Board had been allocated." In other words, Dublin county board got the same amount and the rest were released to the general public.

Dublin fans snapping up tickets quicker than Donegal fans is hardly a GAA bias now!

curry-muff

henke wrote: »

I have nothing against Dublin at all and if we (Donegal) lose on Sunday then I will wish you all the best for the final on Sunday. Something I am disappointed about (and I am not blaming Dublin but the GAA) is the distribution of tickets for games at Croke Park. I get there is a high demand for both sets of fans and Dublin has a huge population but surely Croke Park should be seen as neutral venue but the crowd is going to be dominated by Dublin support.

According to this article http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/local/croke_park_gaa_ticket_allocation_just_16_1_2988065 Donegal are getting just under 17% of the total allocation. I don't see that as fair as Donegal is a big county and would have no problem selling many more tickets for such a game.

That's nothing to worry about really, just means they will have been given the better seats, we will still see Donegal fans in huge numbers. I got my tickets through my club but tonnes of my friends have bought theirs online. I expect that another couple of thousand Donegal fans have bought their tickets online too. Which isn't accounted for in the 17% figure

henke

I would love to know how many tickets were allocated to Dublin GAA though. If they were evenly distributed I am open to correction, I just suspect they are not. You can be sure Dublin fans will significantly outnumber Donegal fans though. I do believe something should be done to ensure a more even balance of support in these games though.

curry-muff

henke wrote: »

I would love to know how many tickets were allocated to Dublin GAA though. If they were evenly distributed I am open to correction, I just suspect they are not. You can be sure Dublin fans will significantly outnumber Donegal fans though. I do believe something should be done to ensure a more even balance of support in these games though.

It's not really down to the GAA's allocation though, it's down to how many tickets each of our clubs order.

In the last year or two clubs have been reluctant to order more than the amount people commit to because if they don't get their tickets sold it falls back on the club and they have to pay for them out of their own funding. My club got every one of the tickets they placed their order for.

Dublin clubs tend to have more money about them and can afford to risk buying the extra tickets.

I don't blame the GAA for this at all really, its an issue of supply and demand.

overshoot

in all fairness not all donegal gaa fans get their tickets through the clubs, i got mine of tickets.ie before the dubs had even beaten tyrone. iv never dealt with the clubs... in all fairness we havnt had too many chances for it.
im sure the dubs will outnumber us, they have 8 or more times the population to find a fan base to make a short walk but donegal should be well represented. and we have had the extra week to ask off work and find tickets so no excuses

TouchingVirus

dcr22B wrote: »

It's right up the back of the Lower Cusack, great seats TBH

DoctaDee wrote: »

Yeah got there before me! Limited mobliity supporters are generally placed there and also close to the bar if ya need a swift nerve settler!

Thanks very much, I'll just enter via James road as usual then and ask a steward if I get lost There'll be many a nerve settler required on Sunday, just thinking about it gets me rattling!

TouchingVirus

henke wrote: »

You can be sure Dublin fans will significantly outnumber Donegal fans though. I do believe something should be done to ensure a more even balance of support in these games though.

Kilkenny fans significantly outnumbered Dublin hurling fans on the 14th, it is just an issue of supply and demand - there's nothing that could be (or should be) done about it. Rest assured any Donegal supporter who really wants to go to the match will get a ticket, either from a club or from Tickets.ie/Ticketmaster; remember that you guys booked your place in the semi-final well before us, and tickets were on sale for that match before Dublin had beaten Tyrone.

Oasis_Dublin

henke wrote: »

I would love to know how many tickets were allocated to Dublin GAA though. If they were evenly distributed I am open to correction, I just suspect they are not. You can be sure Dublin fans will significantly outnumber Donegal fans though. I do believe something should be done to ensure a more even balance of support in these games though.

To be fair, Dublin fans who fill HQ throughout the Leinster Championship shouldn't be punished come AI Semi-Final day.

henke

curry-muff wrote: »

It's not really down to the GAA's allocation though, it's down to how many tickets each of our clubs order.

In the last year or two clubs have been reluctant to order more than the amount people commit to because if they don't get their tickets sold it falls back on the club and they have to pay for them out of their own funding. My club got every one of the tickets they placed their order for.

Dublin clubs tend to have more money about them and can afford to risk buying the extra tickets.

I don't blame the GAA for this at all really, its an issue of supply and demand.

Fair enough I do take your point I just think it would be a fairer system if both counties got an equal allocation and if one county couldn't shift all their tickets that they went on general sale rather than clubs taking the loss for it.

I understand demand would not usually be anywhere near what it is to this game though and I do hope we are well represented.

TouchingVirus

henke wrote: »

Fair enough I do take your point I just think it would be a fairer system if both counties got an equal allocation and if one county couldn't shift all their tickets that they went on general sale rather than clubs taking the loss for it.

You have the opportunity to get close to half as an allocation. If both county boards went to HQ with 30,000 guaranteed seats each they'd get the 30,000 they're looking for. This is why AI final tickets are so hard to get - they're pretty much all gone before AI final day because of the county/club allocation.

Bluetonic

Oasis_Dublin wrote: »

To be fair, Dublin fans who fill HQ throughout the Leinster Championship shouldn't be punished come AI Semi-Final day.

HQ hasn't been filled by Dublin fans in a few years now, attendances the last few years have been pitiful and I should know as I've been there for them all.

TouchingVirus

Bluetonic wrote: »

HQ hasn't been filled by Dublin fans in a few years now, attendances the last few years have been pitiful and I should know as I've been there for them all.

You completely missed the point, he wasn't talking about Dublin's ability to fill the stadium. Oasis_Dublin was saying that if the system were to change and clubs were getting higher allocations then Joe Bloggs who buys all his tickets on ticketmaster for the whole League/Leinster might lose out on a ticket in the AI semi-final and it's not right to punish him since he's been so loyal throughout