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Poor Donegal being made to travel to the Hyde

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Replying To Alwaysencourage:  "Hold on where exactly did he want the match to be?All teams had to travel to games at we3kend and if he had made a general point about it affecting all supporters then he would have huge support all over the county.Its not just Donegal affected."
Jim wants to create a siege mentality. Psychology my friends. He's creating an us and them to help galvanise the thing.

bláthach (Leitrim) - Posts: 149 - 16/06/2025 16:43:57    2618418

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Replying To Saynothing:  "You can add RTÉ to that list, I get more news on BBC Ulster about Donegal than from RTÉ. The mighty Dubs have a home tie and they are playing it in Croke Park yet supporters will say it's not their home ground."
It is not their home ground. Just because the ground is in their home county, it does not make it their home ground. There is a difference. Parnell Park is Dublin's home ground. Limerick hurlers, or Kilkenny hurlers in particular often play more matches at CP than Dublin hurlers in a given year. Kerry footballers back in the day, often had more annual outings to CP than da Dubs.

You won't hear Limerick people complain if they lose to the Dubs in the hurling quarter on Saturday that the Dubs had advantage because they were at home. They'll lose if they are not good enough. That's it.

CP is Ireland's national stadium. It has to be in one of the 32 counties, so it'll never be 100% neutral to the other 31 counties. In the capital city where the most people live is the best place to have the national stadium. And it's a stadium par excellence.

Otherwise, just to satisfy mouthers like Sayeverything, why not build it in Liverpool, and have it totally 100% neutral? Then you'd hear the Cavan and Kerry brigade moan about the extra cost and distance of travel.

Let Northern Ireland step up and provide a stadium that's even a miniature version of CP I. Put your shoulder to the wheel instead of your constant mouthing and make Casement Park happen. But then, you'll have something more to whinge about as Antrim will then have the new place as home advantage, as CP III will be deemed to be their homeground, irrespective of the fact that CP II (Corrigan Park) is their home ground.

foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2308 - 16/06/2025 16:44:12    2618419

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Replying To Alwaysencourage:  "Not a keyboard warrior just stating a fact.He has done it countless times and it is losing its impact."
Name the 'countless' he has done it then if its fact?

I'll even help and get you started.

In 2011, when he had a pop off RTE and Pat Spillane for sneering during the discussion of man of the match in the opening Ulster championship game against Armagh. And rightly so, it was downright disrespectful.

Come on now and provide all the others.

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1233 - 16/06/2025 16:59:57    2618431

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Replying To bláthach:  "Jim wants to create a siege mentality. Psychology my friends. He's creating an us and them to help galvanise the thing."
Nothing wrong with that if his players respond to it. It's all about results when you are an intercounty manager.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16319 - 16/06/2025 17:24:19    2618448

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