Bohemian F.C. Thread

Hooped01 wrote: [QUOTE=OohAah...]agree with all that. New players did the business and looked impressive. Can see the rustiness but alot to be optimistic about Even though the derby is a Monday it's sold out. Class!!!!  [/QUOTE Yes great to see the derby sold out and the great attendences around the country for the first round of games. But the derby much like the first week of games will get zero media coverage from our bogball and egg chasing loving media unless of course there are some clowns causing trouble which as usual will get front page coverage.

oldbilly wrote: Try comparing club rugby and club gaa attendances and you’ll see football is by far better attended than either. Inter county and the rugby franchises are obviously going to attract bigger crowds. Fans of these tend to cherry pick which games they go to as well, probably 5-6 a season.there is a hardcore who’d go to every game but not many I’ve met, whereas your loi hardcore would attend every week if possible and certainly all homes,25+ games at least

eireland wrote: oldbilly wrote: Try comparing club rugby and club gaa attendances and you’ll see football is by far better attended than either. Inter county and the rugby franchises are obviously going to attract bigger crowds. Fans of these tend to cherry pick which games they go to as well, probably 5-6 a season.there is a hardcore who’d go to every game but not many I’ve met, whereas your loi hardcore would attend every week if possible and certainly all homes,25+ games at least Comparing club games won't work. How many LOI clubs vs the many regular clubs? The GAA is the highest attended spectator sport in the country. Rugby I understand gets way too much love but let's be honest it's irish football fans interest in the Premier league and other foreign leagues that does the real damage to the domestic game not the support they give to other Irish sports.

Edited by pre Madonna - 18 Feb 2019 at 1:26pm

pre Madonna wrote: eireland wrote: oldbilly wrote: Try comparing club rugby and club gaa attendances and you’ll see football is by far better attended than either. Inter county and the rugby franchises are obviously going to attract bigger crowds. Fans of these tend to cherry pick which games they go to as well, probably 5-6 a season.there is a hardcore who’d go to every game but not many I’ve met, whereas your loi hardcore would attend every week if possible and certainly all homes,25+ games at least Comparing club games won't work. How many LOI clubs vs the many regular clubs? The GAA is the highest attended spectator sport in the country. Rugby I understand gets way too much love but let's be honest it's irish football fans interest in the Premier league and other foreign leagues that does the real damage to the domestic game not the support they give to other Irish sports.  True, but the media plays a role. My biggest bugbear regarding the Irish media, for example, was the fact that the RTÉ news always gave the 'cross-channel'(another bugbear) fixtures before the Irish fixtures. RTÉ, as the national broadcaster has a responsibility to the Irish game that it doesn't have to the English or Scottish.  If you look at Scotland, something Irish football fans always do, for a whole host of reasons that are irrelevant here, a country of a similar size with a similar media, the domestic game, and not just their top clubs, get much greater coverage. I understand that the football is their national sport and that they don't have a GAA to compete with, but their semi-professional teams get more coverage than their Irish counterparts. If you have an interest in football and live in Scotland, you are aware of all the league clubs there and their results and fixtures. In contrast, the LOI is often just afforded a small paragraph in the corner of a paper, similar to what the lower leagues in England and Scotland receive in Ireland.  I know there has been improvements in recent years, but there still isn't the parity between the LOI and the foreign leagues. You can still give people their English football news and the local.  As for rugby... It isn't just 'too much love', you can argue that they are getting an appropriate amount 'of love' now, but it is how the media influence helped the game's popularity in Ireland. When I was growing up there seemed to be an AIL game on television every Saturday, despite the crowds being one man and a dog. Sure, the IRFU managed professionalism well, helped by the availability of easy to market geographical locations for their franchises, but that certainly impacted how people saw the game. Growing up in area with a strong local club, along with the media coverage, gave me the impression that rugby was more important and popular than it actually was at the time.  I just  don't think it is ridiculous to suggest  that the highest level of the most played and popular sport in Ireland gets more coverage.

Some valid points - my 2 bugbears are firstly is that for years whenever RTE show a LOI game live there is at least 2 ticktack banners per half advertising forthcoming sports programmes on RTE, mainly The Sunday Game or whatever live GAA games and Against the Head. Never once have I seen a banner promoting coverage of the LOI during coverage of other sports on RTE. Imagine the cheek of promoting a LOI game during an U20's 6 nations match.My second and serious bugbear is why TG4 do not have any coverage of football. They show huge amounts of GAA games both club and county and many rugby games but never once would they broadcast a LOI game. They obviously have the equipment and expertise to show football but don't have the will.

Did they. I dont remember that

eireland wrote: Hooped01 wrote: [QUOTE=OohAah...]agree with all that. New players did the business and looked impressive. Can see the rustiness but alot to be optimistic about Even though the derby is a Monday it's sold out. Class!!!!  [/QUOTE Yes great to see the derby sold out and the great attendences around the country for the first round of games. But the derby much like the first week of games will get zero media coverage from our bogball and egg chasing loving media unless of course there are some clowns causing trouble which as usual will get front page coverage. What are attendances like? There's a reason the bogball gets more media coverage. 7k at the munster schools final this weekend and 12k at Kilkenny v limerick and it's only a league game. If there's interest the media will cover it.

http://sportforbusiness.com/could-sse-airtricity-league-crowds-hit-500000/

Polug wrote: eireland wrote: Hooped01 wrote: [QUOTE=OohAah...]agree with all that. New players did the business and looked impressive. Can see the rustiness but alot to be optimistic about Even though the derby is a Monday it's sold out. Class!!!!  [/QUOTE Yes great to see the derby sold out and the great attendences around the country for the first round of games. But the derby much like the first week of games will get zero media coverage from our bogball and egg chasing loving media unless of course there are some clowns causing trouble which as usual will get front page coverage. What are attendances like? There's a reason the bogball gets more media coverage. 7k at the munster schools final this weekend and 12k at Kilkenny v limerick and it's only a league game. If there's interest the media will cover it.  http://sportforbusiness.com/could-sse-airtricity-league-crowds-hit-500000/ Attendances are half that of the GAA Football and Championships combined. In terms of column inches, and airtime it gets at most 5% of the coverage.

Ali Reghba signing for Shelbourne today???they don’t win that div1 and they’re f**ked spunking money away like Ollie’s back!