It is, thatâs why itâs an unpopular opinion
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You canât beat being there and shouting âHon Dalton boyâ when he lands another boomer
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I would be similar. Although I wouldnât say I have zero interest in going to an All Ireland final.
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Unless youâre in a good seat, you tend to see a lot more on the telly than you do at a match. Watching on telly, youâre in a relaxed place with a good view and instant replay and able to concentrate, as long as youâre not intent on continually putting up social media messages. If you attend a match, especially a big match, the red mist tends to come down. If you attend a match with others, they may not be as interested, and distract you. If you attend a match on your own, you can sometimes drift off mentally. It can be hard to distinguish players if you even recognise them in the first place. Even if youâre properly concentrating, it tends to be like cramming for an exam, you try and absorb so much information in such a short space of time, and you only get one look, that it all becomes a bit of a blur (this is why I prefer to have radio commentary in one ear when attending a match). There is travel involved, which is tiring. Thereâs likely to be drink involved, which is tiring. There is money involved, which is tiring. You cant get a lesisurely half time cup of tea at a match. Pubs after matches tend not to be fertile places for informed match discussion. With big championship matches you donât go to watch, you go to froth at the mouth. Itâs different with smaller matches. It also need not be said that what you get out of attending a match will be a direct function of the quality of your eyesight.
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I was at the football doubleheader last Sunday.
I couldnât get the train as all the Galway folk had it packed out so I had to get the bus which in fairness was fine. A few pints beforehand and then a rush to Croker. First game had a great finish and Kerry gave a masterclass in the second. Horrible getting home then.
All and all I would have been as happy watching it at home.
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Footix are emotionally invested in a lot of things it seems
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Paddyâs obsession with âgoing to the sunâ and Bringing young babies on holidays to Spain and Portugal in July and August where you then have to constantly avoid the sun and heat is madness.
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Sun holidays are the most boring over hyped holidays imo
I must say I am wholeheartedly the opposite and glad to be. I respect your opinion be it unpopular or not. We are all different.
I got the train up from Limerick junction. On my way home there were a few Cork supporters who had decided to take in both games.
A young kid from Inniscarra called Milo (couldnât have been more than 7 or 8) stood up and gave a rousing rendition of âThe Galtee Mountain Boyâ.
Tipp supporters were in thrall and he got the price of a few bags of chips on way home for his efforts.
Met an elderly gentleman in the Palace Bar , he approached me and grabbed my hand , maybe the Michael Hogan jersey caught his eye.
He regaled us with stories from other eras.
A mother from Drom and Inch got on in Thurles. She had 6 kids with her. She minded 4 in one carriage and husband minded 2 others in another. She had little wristbands like you see when you are admitted to hospital.
She took out a marker and summoned each child over where she proceeded to write 087 xxx⌠on each band and tied it around the wrist of each child. I had never witnessed so much commitment to be at a game.
We all crave human experiences and interactions to differing degrees.
Itâs the planned meets but also the unplanned ones. Meeting total strangers and being captivated by them. You donât see the raw human emotion or feel the tension to the same levels as you do watching on a TV screen. I need to immerse myself in it. There was palpable tension in those final acts yesterday. You never feel more alive. There will come a day where I cant go to games and watching my reflection on TV may be my only recourse but I wont be sitting there regretting not going to them when I was fit and able.
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Fantastic post.
I attended yesterday by myself and I just felt so alive in the stadium for 10 mins after and walking out on Clonliffe rd.
I also always feel alive during the pre match parade as the teams move around and the crowd does a slow mexican wave stand up applause.
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âŚand I had you down as a hard core Hill chap.
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Watched yesterdays on TV as I had to go to a game at 2pm and I must say I spent most of the game wishing I was at it. Was at Saturdays game and although the game was over after 20 mins I didnât feel cheated, the atmosphere beforehand, the few pints and the buzz for the first 20 was brilliant.
I donât think you see as much watching on TV.
The co commentary is so poor. You never know whoâs on who, where the changes are etc.
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Once you go Premium you never go back
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My brother in law has premium seats and his seven year old lad doesnât want a bar of anywhere else.
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I absolutely love going to matches,all kinds of matches.Underage matches, senior matches county matches and matches not even involving anyone i know.Its great that the GG get a lot of neutral venue games.Ive seen Mayo in there a few times.I stopped in Ballindine on my way home one sunday couple of years ago as there was a mayo championship match on as i was passing through.
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Whatâs the joke?
A âsun holidayâ is much more enjoyable around Halloween. The temperatures are stifling on the continent at this time of year.
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Sun holidays are all we can do with the young fella. We went last week in May to Fuengirola and it was pretty hot. That was right on the limit of when we could go. I had a big meeting I couldnât miss in work which then ended up getting cancelled!
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My old man goes to 200 plus games a year. At least. Schools games underage games âŚanywhere there is a game on. Hed go and watch the club training a few evenings a week if there wasnât a game on.
He wouldnât go to Croke park if he got a chopper into the grounds of clonliffe college thoughâŚhe was there once, when club won the all Ireland âŚzero interest in going to inter county games but happy to follow religiously on TVâŚclubber, gaa go etcâŚjust loves the club stuff
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You might miss who got the final touch in a goal scored up the other end of the pitch alright, but you see an awful lot more attending a hurling game than watching on tv.
With the onset of the round robin and the microwave dinner season (and in fairness most significantly the onset of children as well) I go to very few games as a neutral anymore. Itâs something I really miss.
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