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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "Mayo are not exactly box office either."
They still get 20% of the population out to a championship game - Dubs cant event get 1% to a leinster final

tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1828 - 20/05/2026 18:05:29    2674397

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Replying To tirawleybaron:  "They still get 20% of the population out to a championship game - Dubs cant event get 1% to a leinster final"
Ehhh...there were only 15k in attendance at the Connacht semi-final in MacHale Park. Around 6-7 k of whom were Roscommon fans. 8k as a percentage of 138 thousand is more like 5 percent. Just sayin'.

avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 2036 - 21/05/2026 07:36:11    2674453

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O'Donnell in for McHugh. A few oddish positional changes. I imagine Groake will drop back.

I suspect too that there might be one or two subs starting depending on day and likely Kilkenny starters.

Day for the trenches.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4310 - 21/05/2026 22:24:06    2674570

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Dubs Hurling squad for the massive game with Kilkenny, has been announced:-
Gibbons
Doyle Smyth EOD
Crummey Rushe C.Burke
B.Hayes Groarke
Whitely D.Burke Donohoe
Purcell O'Sullivan O'Riain

subs;-
Brennan, Lucey, R.Hayes, Gaffney, McHugh, Bellew, O'Dulaing, Dunleavy, Purcell, Power, Hetherton.

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4963 - 22/05/2026 08:41:13    2674583

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Replying To avonali:  "Ehhh...there were only 15k in attendance at the Connacht semi-final in MacHale Park. Around 6-7 k of whom were Roscommon fans. 8k as a percentage of 138 thousand is more like 5 percent. Just sayin'."
You can't defend the lack of Dublin supporters for the Leinster Football Final. It was terrible.

As was posted earlier, the striking thing was the lack of large amount of Dublin kids there last weekend.
Very few families, and even the hoards of teenagers banging the drums and bodhrans was missing.

The atmosphere on the Hill was quite muted.

And as someone who goes to club games in Dublin, the attendances in Parnell Park are abysmal most of the time also.

DCB have completely taken their eye off the ball during our decade of dominance and success.

It needs to be addressed urgently imo.

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4963 - 22/05/2026 08:51:56    2674585

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https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/340438

Where are all the non Dub posters on here now shouting from the roof tops to take the Dubs out of Croker..????

As I said on here at infinitum - it was never an issue when the Dubs were winning sfa…!

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4963 - 22/05/2026 08:57:40    2674586

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Replying To Fionn:  "You can't defend the lack of Dublin supporters for the Leinster Football Final. It was terrible.

As was posted earlier, the striking thing was the lack of large amount of Dublin kids there last weekend.
Very few families, and even the hoards of teenagers banging the drums and bodhrans was missing.

The atmosphere on the Hill was quite muted.

And as someone who goes to club games in Dublin, the attendances in Parnell Park are abysmal most of the time also.

DCB have completely taken their eye off the ball during our decade of dominance and success.

It needs to be addressed urgently imo."
I'm not defending. anybody- I'm simply correcting the mistaken notion that 20% of the population of Mayo regularly attended Championship matches. The attendance at last `Sunday's game was abysmal - that's well known and openly acknowledged.

avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 2036 - 22/05/2026 10:28:13    2674590

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