Mod Note Post #1 - The 2022 All Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Absolutely.

The Mayo chair had a classic Marie Antionette/let them eat cake moment.

No word of dissent from our board (Roscommon) - bringing 3 teams from the West to Dublin of a Saturday is pure nuts at the moment, and shows how out of touch the officer class are, lads who have expense accounts to claim off, and who have never bought a ticket for a game - wouldn't have an idea how much it would cost to bring a family to Croke Park from the likes of Miltown Malbay, Ballina, or even Roscommon Town.

Croke Park is a monster and it has to be fed regardless I suppose.

Is this mess finished next season?

As I understand it, the round of Last 12 (i.e., this weekend's fixtures) next season will be 2nd in a group at home to 3rd in another group. But perhaps they reserve the right to move the fixtures to wherever they want.

Even that is a mess to me. It should just be 1st vs 2nd and everyone else gone.

Heard on a podcast that the Antrim and Kerry development squads up to watch the first game had to leave before the Leinster final to make it home. Those games should have been either 2/4 or 3/5

Ya ye must be sick of a half full Croke Park. It's not just the stadium either as a small crowd will just disperse and get lost in Dublin.

Not sure what the expected crowd would be but Portlaoise at 20k and Thurles at 40k are well situated for the teams involved.

That is some weak excuse for not going to support your county in fairness! Look at the prices soccer supporters have to pay for matches even frendlies for comparison. Mayo support (no1 in country IMO) puts Kildare support to shame.

Now I know there are fair weather fans every county. But Kildare support particularly flaky IMO.

Reading between the lines bar a hardcore Lillywhite support. The Kildare fans only come out in droves when their team is doing well.

Huge support but only at the big games! Or think chance of winning etc

I remember the 90’s/mid 00’s CP used to be jammed with those white crisp jerseys.Hardly any fan without one. So the support is there but going racing instead these days?

Only at AI Semi Final / FInal would the hordes of Lilly white supporters return?

Would those missing Kildare supporters even find their jerseys in the drawer-after all these years?

If Kildare fans came out in force like they can more often. It could be difference between their team winning or losing a match.

Kildare has massive support - but the big support base is not loyal - flaky.

The expense travelling time argument is one I would have more sympathy for supporters from Mayo/Donegal etc to CP. But Kildare less so.

Maybe your right. I hope the players and management enjoy the experience of playing in Croker to the backdrop of squawking seagulls and the sound of their own voices

Playing in Croke Park should be achieved. The whole getting to Croke Park thing matters when it's a final or close to one.

If "getting to play in Croke Park" is a good enough reason to put a qualifier on there than fk it let's just put all the games on there.

Lol, that's fairly rich coming from a Dublin fan

Kildare fans really are flaky aren't they?

Would have been a brilliant memorable day out with a packed double header Minors and seniors in Tullamore.

However,that couldn't happen as the minor result wasn't determined til Monday night around 9pm ( I was at it) and sky had the pick of two games for the sat at 4pm and 6pm,thats the reality.

Maybe Sky will spring for those fake crowd banners they used in the premiership for the behind closed door games during covid and while their at it they might give an option of fake crowd noise on their coverage as opposed to the seagulls screeching

This is a good opportunity for Kildare. Not many people can travel from Mayo. They would love to but with the game on at 6, anyone with kids under, say 10 or 11 would need to stay over. And that's not really a possibility with hotel prices up around €300 minimum; and that's only for one room. With the possibility of staying over practically eliminated, that really restricts the amount that will travel from Mayo.

None of that applies for Kildare. Essentially anyone can travel. This is an opportunity for the supporters to get behind the team with the passion that they had 4 years ago with the "Newbridge or nowhere" stance, and outnumber the opposing fans now. Where's that passion now. We have a so-called supporter complaining about spending €30 on a ticket plus a bit of petrol money. Yet, the same person knows that he would have his paw out with an expected entitlement to an All-Ireland ticket if Kildare were there.

Why don't you stop moaning, get off you ar$e on Saturday and travel the few miles to Croke Park to support your team. The day is not about you and how you want to enjoy the atmosphere. The day is about your local team busting a gut to get to the All-Ireland quarter final. Surely you can try to do your piece to get them there. My own parents (in their 70s) are travelling from Mayo to the match, and travelling back down again. A 6 hour round journey.