Out of curiosity how much where the tickets last night? I think it’s a shame we don’t try and fill the stadium for friendlies by giving free tickets to schools or football clubs. Anytime the camera turned to the upper tiers last night all you could see was empty seats.
Also doesn’t help when your team are playing a style of football that’s about as exciting as watching paint dry
Anytime the camera turned to the upper tiers last night all you could see was empty seats.
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??? I was in the upper east stand and all around me was packed, the west stand even more so. South stand was a bit sparse looking, granted.
Was that the biggest attendance we've ever had for a friendly in the Aviva?
20 for adults and I think it was 10 for kids. I thought 37,000 was pretty decent for a fairly low key friendly on a Wednesday night.
Didn't think that the upper tiers were too bad but there was certain areas that were barren if you're looking at things from the camera angle from the west stand.
The style of football wasn't breathtaking was it? Started well and when Whelan went off to get seen to things seemed to get a bit stale. Only got back into the game after conceding.
It was as dire a first half of football as I've seen in a long time. We did seem to get a kick up the backside after conceding though, some of the passing and closing down was very good after that.
I'm just afraid that's more a tactical than a mental thing. Sit off the opposition and play hoofball hoping to catch a goal, and then only become proactive on the attack when conceding. It's a dangerous game to play, and it's deployment puzzles me sometimes. We're a fairly solid defensive team even when attacking positively, as I think we showed last night. I can't remember a clear cut Czech chance from when we started chasing the game?
The lack of invention in the middle of the park is an issue as we play limited players there. Getting to just keep on eye on Robbie's movement was great but unfortunately he's unlikely to be threaded through by either Whelan or Andrews.
We're totally dependant on the wide men to create.
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posted on 1/3/12
Out of curiosity how much where the tickets last night? I think it’s a shame we don’t try and fill the stadium for friendlies by giving free tickets to schools or football clubs. Anytime the camera turned to the upper tiers last night all you could see was empty seats.
Also doesn’t help when your team are playing a style of football that’s about as exciting as watching paint dry
posted on 1/3/12
Anytime the camera turned to the upper tiers last night all you could see was empty seats.
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??? I was in the upper east stand and all around me was packed, the west stand even more so. South stand was a bit sparse looking, granted.
Was that the biggest attendance we've ever had for a friendly in the Aviva?
posted on 1/3/12
20 for adults and I think it was 10 for kids. I thought 37,000 was pretty decent for a fairly low key friendly on a Wednesday night.
Didn't think that the upper tiers were too bad but there was certain areas that were barren if you're looking at things from the camera angle from the west stand.
The style of football wasn't breathtaking was it? Started well and when Whelan went off to get seen to things seemed to get a bit stale. Only got back into the game after conceding.
posted on 1/3/12
It was as dire a first half of football as I've seen in a long time. We did seem to get a kick up the backside after conceding though, some of the passing and closing down was very good after that.
I'm just afraid that's more a tactical than a mental thing. Sit off the opposition and play hoofball hoping to catch a goal, and then only become proactive on the attack when conceding. It's a dangerous game to play, and it's deployment puzzles me sometimes. We're a fairly solid defensive team even when attacking positively, as I think we showed last night. I can't remember a clear cut Czech chance from when we started chasing the game?
posted on 1/3/12
The lack of invention in the middle of the park is an issue as we play limited players there. Getting to just keep on eye on Robbie's movement was great but unfortunately he's unlikely to be threaded through by either Whelan or Andrews.
We're totally dependant on the wide men to create.
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