Gaa Draw 2016

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But you’re still not getting it, even though you touched on it yourself earlier, if they weren’t going to give a game like this to the side with home advantage, then why invest in the ground? If the stadium was for for the purpose they saw it as (as you said your ‘Carlows’ etc), don’t advise us to upgrade with false promises, give us the money and let us invest in more fucking GDA’s as Cheddar is begging them to! This is a colossal waste of money and all for nothing. That money could have been better used in a lot of other fucking places.

There’s something else at play here, it’s not about seats. But feel free to sneer away anyway.

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Cat Laughs as well, great weekend in store for the jacks

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If that was the case the money would have been split with GDA’s. Not so.

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Agreed about GDAs.

What do you think is at play here?

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Politics.

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Did Laois not get extra money towards hurling coaches already? Or was that Setanta thing internally driven within the county?

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Easy answer. What motivations/agendas? It’s hard to imagine it’s Dubs driven?

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Setanta is internal.

Laois get no more or less than others. There was that money that was lauded a few years ago for developing countries, but that is really pittance when broken down between the counties and over the 4 years. Even if half of what has been pissed into O Moore Park for nothing (700K or so being half) would e a fortune to invest in underage hurling if in the right hands, i.e. cheddar.

That’s what really sickens me about this, more good money pissed into a concrete wasteland. Mental.

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Dublin could play it in Arles with their minors and still win. This is electioneering and politics.

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What’s this?

How are the takings split for these games? How much do Kilkenny get?

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Question: When does one start gathering votes for the next election? Answer: Directly after the last one ends. Let’s talk in 4 years.

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Parkinson was fairly spitting mad on OTB there too.

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Funny considering he said he wouldn’t follow them after appointed Lillis. The madness never leaves you :smile:

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The Dub’s are afraid they’d end up in fortress Aughrim if they agreed to an away venue. They know they wouldn’t get out alive.

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convicted criminal Parkinson?

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Good ol Fortress Aughrim :smile:

I see Laois Chairman Gerry Kavanagh made mention of the electioneering being done in the lead up to the other nights decision by a certain council member. Fava’s gotta get paid yo.

Gotta love the GAA.

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This is great news for KK in fairness. No real industry to speak of so Tourism and the local economy benefit. Venue is big enough and accommodating to the modern GAA follower. If it rains most there will be sheltered during the game while sitting down. Winners all round really

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Great for Dubs as well. I can’t think of anything duller than watching matches in the same venue over and over.

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@myboyblue what is O Moore parks new capacity going to be now, and is it still only 5,000 seats?

I just wonder, is the season ticket issue what is forcing it to Kilkenny? ie Kilkenny has 17,000 seating capacity, and I think under the terms of the season ticket, you have to be guaranteed a seat (unless you are from Limerick and it is pissing rain in Wexford and the seat must be in the covered stand). And Dublin have 5,000 season tickets and another couple of thousand Parnell Pass season tickets, as well as whatever season tickets Laois and Wicklow would have. So maybe the reason for choosing Kilkenny is this?

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26,000 total, still the 6,000 seated.

I dont have a season ticket, nor never had, but I was told by a Laoisman who does that his season ticket wasn’t worth a fuck for reserving a seat when we went to Aughrim last year and got pissed on, so why is it different now?

Gerry Kavanagh said that the LC promised Laois that if 2014 game went to a replay it would be played in O Moore Park. When it only was 18K capacity. So why is this different now?

Sorry, this doesn’t add up.