Replying To points50swiththeargyllsonthewrongfeet: "Well the reasons for the low attendance at Tyrone v Roscommon is obvious (I live quite near to Omagh, and didn't bother going, nor did anyone I know) - we have zero faith in the current management (and haven't had for years), the lack of motivation in the team is visible from space, there's a couple of club teams in Tyrone who'd beat Tyrone on current form; and most Tyrone fans I know were relieved that we were beaten now instead of making a show of ourselves at a later stage. There's a lot of omerta in the county, and very few outsiders have any idea of how bad morale in the camp is"
Your worst support against us this year was the U20 AI semi final in Cavan. Was mostly family members of the players in attendance and can't say it was zero faith in management there and was a very motivated team. The two U20 lads brought on Saturday have big futures ahead of them and few a better than Tyrone for bringing through underage talent to senior level.
Replying To Seanfanbocht: "4 "jeopardy" matches last weekend drew around 35,000 people. Average 8,750. First 2 Rounds of Group games "non jeopardy" drew c130,000. Average 8,125. Not a great argument for "Jeopardy"
Reports of GAA expecting 60k Saturday and 45k Sunday. Probably a tad optimistic."
The average supporter seems to be growing tired of continuous rounds of games that result in one or two teams being eliminated. I don't think people in the GAA understand the concept of quality over quantity. Throw in team managers trying to coach teams to peak etc and attendances will suffer. Also, some team eliminated last year and this year who've lost on penalties without a reply while there are other teams that have lost multiple teams early on in the competition who have progressed further than the teams who lost on penalties. If the powers that be in the GAA are not paying close attention, they should be.
Replying To wicklowsupport: "The average supporter seems to be growing tired of continuous rounds of games that result in one or two teams being eliminated. I don't think people in the GAA understand the concept of quality over quantity. Throw in team managers trying to coach teams to peak etc and attendances will suffer. Also, some team eliminated last year and this year who've lost on penalties without a reply while there are other teams that have lost multiple teams early on in the competition who have progressed further than the teams who lost on penalties. If the powers that be in the GAA are not paying close attention, they should be."
No point winning the bumper at Ballinrobe but finishing last at Cheltenham.
Replying To wicklowsupport: "The average supporter seems to be growing tired of continuous rounds of games that result in one or two teams being eliminated. I don't think people in the GAA understand the concept of quality over quantity. Throw in team managers trying to coach teams to peak etc and attendances will suffer. Also, some team eliminated last year and this year who've lost on penalties without a reply while there are other teams that have lost multiple teams early on in the competition who have progressed further than the teams who lost on penalties. If the powers that be in the GAA are not paying close attention, they should be."
Or maybe they're simply not used to anything bar straight knockout for years and it takes time to change attitudes. Look at people's attitudes towards and attendances for league over years.
Players want quantity though especially for the level of work they put in for inter County and low number of games for county players isn't near good enough