[QUOTE=“corner back, post: 969673, member: 1572”]To me there seemed to be a lot more than 12,000 at it.
Tony Considine agreed in Examiner:
“And by the way, I’d love to know who was doing the head-count. 12,548? And the covered stand packed to its 8,000 capacity? That fella must have been working with Anglo Irish Bank!”[/QUOTE]
A few of the old Thurles crew brought in for the day by the sounds of it.
[QUOTE=“corner back, post: 969673, member: 1572”]To me there seemed to be a lot more than 12,000 at it.
Tony Considine agreed in Examiner:
“And by the way, I’d love to know who was doing the head-count. 12,548? And the covered stand packed to its 8,000 capacity? That fella must have been working with Anglo Irish Bank!”[/QUOTE]
You could tag on an extra 5000 to that figure and that’s being conservative. Happens all the time in the GAA but this one was seriously obvious. The GAA should really be investigated here, I’m sure there’s some tax avoidance issue that could fuck them
[QUOTE=“croppy_boy, post: 969557, member: 306”]I don’t think RTE had the rights to show it on their current deal.
They’d likely have to have paid extra to broadcast it, plus there’d be the issue that you’d, legally, possibly be facing an obligation to allow all broadcasters bid to show the replay unless there was a previous deal in place - however this is mere speculation on my part.[/QUOTE]
You’d think they’d have some type of emergency plan in place in the TV deal to deal with such unprecedented, unforeseeable occurrences as replays.
That’s the third live TV drawn match this year now in which the replay won’t be shown.
[QUOTE=“Kinvara’s Passion, post: 968805, member: 686”]25 minutes in, Daithi Regan mouthing off… :D:pint:
http://www.newstalk.ie/player/listen_back/10/10788/22nd_June_2014_-_Off_The_Ball_Part_5[/QUOTE]
Ah jaysus that’s priceless. Regan is your typical forelock tugging Offaly clown.
Clamp alert
Corporation tax? Income tax? vat? Cgt? cat? Vrt? Car tax? USC?
Which one? If you’re sure please do tell.
Is the replay a ticket affair or can you pay in on the night?? Might pop along
[QUOTE=“Appendage, post: 970105, member: 11”]Corporation tax? Income tax? vat? Cgt? cat? Vrt? Car tax? USC?
Which one? If you’re sure please do tell.[/QUOTE]
under declaration of sales?
You can buy a ticket in your local centra or super valu
[QUOTE=“The Scouse Cafu, post: 970000, member: 2660”]You’d think they’d have some type of emergency plan in place in the TV deal to deal with such unprecedented, unforeseeable occurrences as replays.
That’s the third live TV drawn match this year now in which the replay won’t be shown.[/QUOTE]
To be fair we’ve no idea if RTE offered to pay for the rights or just had good intentions to show the game.
There’s also the factor that the Leinster Council are taking into account the fact that they might get a gate of 20,000+ for the replay whereas if it was held in the early afternoon with live TV then they’d be facing having less than 10,000 possibly.
No tickets left from what I am hearing…
http://cdn4.independent.ie/incoming/article30377472.ece/38b4d/ALTERNATES/h342/Canning.jpg
I’m still seething over this. How small minded and briandead are the authorities over this. People watched a cracker on TV and wanted to go to the replay. Some room of simpletons are rubbing their hands thinking, plan worked, it wasn’t on tv so we filled the place. When if it was on TV and was another good game the knock on effect would be bigger crowds in thurles the following week and in the Leinster final. And in all games as people watching would have an urge to be there following their own counties. Rugby shamelessly self promotes at all opportunities, the gaa, Leinster council or whoever can’t see the bigger picture. Insulting people’s intelligence with this Galway and Kilkenny are rural counties bullshit shows the mindset.
Any pictures of Cody and Cunningham shaking hands at the end of the last match? Cody was the definition of seething.
Ah, fuck off.
Greater centralisation of decision making would overcome a lot of these problems, as you’d get rid of a lot of the factional interests that lead to ridiculous situations like this one. But that centralisation would also place much more power in the hands of utter cunts like Peter McKenna, so you’re caught both ways really.
You could hear the Galway bandwaggons rumbling into life five minutes after the full time whistle.
Peter McKenna does not run the GAA chaps. He is the stadium manager in Croke Park.
Mattie from Tynagh who lambasted the “youleshh cunts” only minutes before hand from the comfort of his arm chair suddenly wondered how he’d arrange a lift to Tullamore the following Saturday.