Rovers V Liverpool MEGATHRED

deiseblue wrote: LesVerts wrote: Green Devil wrote: Max Power wrote: Good Post Ger <div abp="776"><br abp="777"><div abp="778">Most of the lads I go to Rovers games with have an EPL/SPL club that they follow too. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. I would consider myself a Man Utd & Celtic fan as well. I just on the other hand can't understand how so many Irish EPL fans can go so long without being at a live football match. <span style="line-height: 1.4;" abp="779">There must be plenty on this forum alone that the only time they see a live football match watching a team they support is when Ireland play.</span><span style="line-height: 1.4;" abp="780"> </span><div abp="782"><br abp="783"><div abp="784"><strong abp="785">Not having an LOI team isn't really an excuse for me either. Again, there are 2 or 3 of the lads who go to Rovers games with me have really only started supporting them in the last couple of seasons, the season of the Europa League run to be exact. It's very easy to get into it, and it's usually a great start to a Friday night out as well  <div abp="787"> <div abp="788">You live in Dublin yes? So there are plenty of LOI clubs within a 10/15 mile radius? <div abp="789"> <div abp="790">Put yourself in my shoes, I live in Carlow, the nearest ground to me is the guts of an hour away. I work, go to college and play gaa/soccer as well as a bit of coaching on the side! <div abp="790"> <div abp="790">Aside from me going to Ireland games home and away (when I can) , going over to Sunderland/Glasgow a few times a season is like a mini break for me! Firstly I go for the football, that's a given, but its nice to get away from Carlow too. <div abp="791"> <div abp="792">Its ignorance on peoples part who actually have a LOI club on their doorstep. <div abp="793"> <div abp="794">  It can take nearly two hours to get from northside dublin to tallaght on a friday evening using public transport. How I wish i wish it could take me an hour. Green Devil - You are an hour away from the RSC in Waterford on one of the finest , underused roads in Ireland & no toll fee either

Stillhuntinghenry wrote: planning wrote: ruairi wrote: People do not attend League of Ireland due to apathy and laziness. I know it's hard to hear but it's just my opinion. If you want to have an affinity to a league of Ireland club, take all the cash you'd spend on a weekend trip to Manchester, pick your closest club and back them to win the league, cup, avoid relegation, whatever. Maybe watch their high-lites on soccer republic. get on their online message board, introduce yourself as a new fan, trust me, you'd be surprised at the positive response. Then try and make one or two games a season. It really doesn't take much.  And you were doing so well. The above is more dictating, telling people what to do, instead of attracting them to games. LOI is the only business I know of where the customer is expected to cater to the demands of the club, rather than the other way round. Rovers are playing at home on Saturday night this weekend for the first time in 8 months. A fantastic noght gor football which if marketed properly, could be "Saturday Night-Rovers Night" going forward. Sadly the only marketing it will get, is a poster of a random image from a random Rovers game in the past, and the ko timed so that people have time to get to the pub afterwards. This despite the fact that the nearest pub is a sub-2 minute walk across the road. So people won't go and it will be back to the stale old Friday night model afterwards, and back to Square One. You posted this in the loi section a few weeks ago and you were shot down then. I can only speak for Derry and say that Friday night suits us, other nights have been tried but Friday night brings us the better gates. I don't think clubs will find any massive increase in attendances by changing the day they are playing. And dont start about price, we are a tenner in, just slightly more than a packet of cigs, if someone doesn't want to part with that to their local club then they can get f**ked frankly

So is it just everyone else you expected to move their games for you

Richie Sadlier missed the point by a mile in the Sindo

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/the-only-surprise-is-that-people-are-still-surprised-30282650.html

Who would have known Landon Donovan was Richie sadlier :)

I agree with sadlier that everybody is free to live their the way they want to. And can ignore the league in their country if they want.

But people are also free to nightlight the paradox of someone supporting an English team against an Irish team while still proclaiming to be a proud Irish person and nationalist.

If someone actually said that its totally about entertainment and not about geography and therefore I support man Utd and brazil . I would get that. Its the I support Liverpool Celtic and Ireland cause I am super Irish I am that can be highlighted.

In relation to improving the league, I think facilities which are more family friendly would help. Rugby has grown for a number of reasons and one is fathers and mothers feel like bringing their kids to RDS and thomond park as their is the feel of an event happening. The product In the LOI is not good enough to attract customers it only attracts supporters.

Edited by Baldrick - 19 May 2014 at 5:43pm

roverstillidie wrote: Richie Sadlier missed the point by a mile in the Sindo

The only thing I'm surprised about is that he didn't bring up his sob story about being a childhood Rangers oldco fan and getting the stick he was looking for...

Clonbhoy wrote: Terrible piece,

There has being much better reading on this thread by ybig posters

decent article by eamonn sweeney.


http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/flair-worth-coming-out-for-30263126.html

Fahey was useless that day