Buzz around the national team is back

Shedite wrote: Definitely noticed a big boost in demand/buzz/cowds since the Euros. For all the talk about the bandwagons over there, the crowd has stayed around. The Georgia home game in last campaign was a similar position to the Moldova game (second last game, last home game against minnows).  Georgia 2015... 27,000 Moldova 2017... 50,000

Friday night is a lot more attractive than a Monday especially for those with kids and anyone outside of Dublin. That Monday we played Georgia was day after Electric Picnic and All Ireland too

Edited by belt - 15 Oct 2017 at 3:11pm

Top five sports events by viewing numbers in Ireland last year were the four ROI matches in the Euros and the All Ireland final.

http://entertainment.ie/tv/news/Heres-the-most-watched-TV-shows-in-Ireland-in-2016/389335.htm

F**king Toy Show was the top show by a distance.

Football has and will always be bigger in terms of viewing figures despite media and the agenda by corporate marketing in Ireland to push Rugby upon us.  This is rugby country bolllox etc..

A the end of the day football matters.  Its the only true worldwide game. Rugby is a niche sport that ultimately nobody gives a toss about.

belt wrote: Friday night is a lot more attractive than a Monday especially for those with kids and anyone outside of Dublin. That Monday we played Georgia was day after Electric Picnic and All Ireland too

Interesting, I always felt that Georgian game in 2015 galvanised support. Prior to that, apart from the 1-1 against Germany it had been a long time since we had ground a truly good result. We played poorly against Georgia, but the goal was through good
Football and skill, and afterwards there was an air of positivity, that we could grind a result against Germany, which we did.

Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote: Euro 2016 was a massive success The boom is back Good chance of qualifying for major tournaments again Football will always be number1 in Ireland. Not sure why the comparisons to Rugby. GAA and Hurling are bigger.

The obsession amongst certain sets of football fans about rugby is a bit strange. I don't believe rugby fans notice it. It's akin to the "barstoolers" debate.

rolo wrote: Incorrect.

Het-field wrote: rolo wrote: Incorrect. Perhaps it depends on who you speak to. But the obsession is weighted heavily in favour of football fans.

I had a go at my gah/rugby workmates who were going on about watching that sh*te (before the Georgia result) . I gently reminded them that they'd be hopping on the bandwagon as soon as we qualify for something and that it's the biggest event.

The epitomy of this attitude is Eamonn Sweeney and his pukeathon of fawning over Galway's hurling achievements by kicking the national team when it's down after the Serbia loss. Hurling was an art and soccer only a game.

http://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/eamonn-sweeney-have-you-ever-seen-a-starker-contrast-between-sports-than-the-hurling-final-and-irelands-qualifiers-36116885.html

As soon as the national team rescue their world cup campaign in Cardiff he's talking about how there's two games to go and to believe.

http://m.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/eamonn-sweeney-hes-not-all-that-easy-to-love-but-its-impossible-not-to-respect-martin-oneill-36227828.html

He can get ta fcuk

Edited by irishmufc - 16 Oct 2017 at 5:43am

Ya and it's great to see, i dnt care if people are jumping on the bandwagon or not, the more the merrier. I think most irish people genuinely wnat to like the team, but some of the football under Trap was depressing. I think when you see the likes of McClean, Walters, Duffy etc burst a gut and leave nothing on the field, than it's hard not to warm to them. It's obvious there's a great spirt and camraderis in the squad