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Post by Clogher on May 10, 2023 10:09:55 GMT
Season tickets now available to purchase. unreserved seating
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Post by The16thMan on May 10, 2023 10:19:22 GMT
Stadium to be split into Red,Blue,Green Terrace & Stand.. After that it's unreserved, €25 for both stand and terrace tickets. Season ticket holders get option of Green Terrace or Stand. I myself chose Green Terrace as the seating in the stand is worse than sitting on a bicycle for that length of time.
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Post by thehermit on May 10, 2023 10:41:04 GMT
There's no Stand Tickets available now, just checked. I suppose they've been allocated to the season ticket holders and club tickets.
Always prefer the O'Connor terrace anyway just praying the weather plays ball!
I assume even though the main terrace is split into Blue and Green they'll be nothing to stop you standing with your friends on any part of it regardless of some of us having green tickets and the others blue?!
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Post by The16thMan on May 10, 2023 11:03:57 GMT
There's no Stand Tickets available now, just checked. I suppose they've been allocated to the season ticket holders and club tickets. Always prefer the O'Connor terrace anyway just praying the weather plays ball! I assume even though the main terrace is split into Blue and Green they'll be nothing to stop you standing with your friends on any part of it regardless of some of us having green tickets and the others blue?! I wouldn't hold my breath on that, it depends on the stewards.. There must be a reason they are sectioning the terrace unlike 4 years ago. They might leave the odd person cross over but I don't think there would be free access to whatever end people wanted.
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Post by thehermit on May 10, 2023 11:30:47 GMT
Yeah I can't remember the last time they sectioned the O'Connor into two coloured zones? Apparently there was 31,300 at the 2019 game which was close to capacity but no zoning then.
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Post by horsebox77 on May 10, 2023 12:16:56 GMT
Kerry and Cork Munster Finals are always zoned, the reasons are more to relegate entrance and allocate stile so as not to have everyone congregating at the same side.
Barriers are normally placed on the walkways, it all depends on the ego or yellow vest power trip, the steward is on, but most will let people through within reason.
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Post by thehermit on May 10, 2023 13:15:30 GMT
Kerry and Cork Munster Finals are always zoned, the reasons are more to relegate entrance and allocate stile so as not to have everyone congregating at the same side. Barriers are normally placed on the walkways, it all depends on the ego or yellow vest power trip, the steward is on, but most will let people through within reason. When you think about it its 6 years now since there was a Kerry/Cork Munster final in Killarney that had no restrictions on attendance. I missed that due to the sisters wedding so outside the Covid 2021 one my last big final with Cork coming to Killarney was the 2015 replay!!
They must be anticipating close to a sell out if they are zoning the terraces. But hopefully the stewards will be sound enough if people want to try and stand with their friends.
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Post by The16thMan on May 10, 2023 13:27:09 GMT
Kerry and Cork Munster Finals are always zoned, the reasons are more to relegate entrance and allocate stile so as not to have everyone congregating at the same side. Barriers are normally placed on the walkways, it all depends on the ego or yellow vest power trip, the steward is on, but most will let people through within reason. I'd say a big reason they sectioned the stands and terraces is because last time Mayo played Kerry in Killarney,in 2019, people were queuing outside 3 hours before throw in to get into the stand because every ticket was General Admission. They won't have the same problem this time with the sectioned tickets.
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Post by percentageplay on May 10, 2023 13:29:52 GMT
Kerry and Cork Munster Finals are always zoned, the reasons are more to relegate entrance and allocate stile so as not to have everyone congregating at the same side. Barriers are normally placed on the walkways, it all depends on the ego or yellow vest power trip, the steward is on, but most will let people through within reason. It's my understanding that zoning the terraces and preventing flow from one zone to another allows them to increase the capacity by allocating the various zones to particular emergency exits and the turnstiles at the rear of the terrace. For the last super 8 game v Mayo the capacity was reduced to 31k with no zoning as they were not allowed use the emergency gates and turnstiles at the back of the terrace, perhaps this has changed allowing the capacity to increase. The zoning is perhaps a good indication that these turnstiles and exits may be in use allowing for the maximum crowd! Here's hope for a massive day of good championship football in the Park
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Post by horsebox77 on May 10, 2023 13:38:03 GMT
One point, we, I included, are very quick to chastise the Gaa on ticket prices etc. I paid €80 last Sunday for two adults and two kids for a mismatch between Clare and Kerry. Just booked tickets for the Mayo game, adults €25 and Juveniles a fiver each. Good value and price decrease to be fair… Just makes me ask, why the provincial councils are let set their own gate costs.
Percentageplay, I suspect your explanation is correct - that makes perfect sense to be fair.
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Post by greenandgold on May 10, 2023 15:24:34 GMT
Anyone any insight( or informed opinion!) whether stand tickets likely to come avail to non season ticket holders? I’m bringing young kids so stand works better for them Although i much prefer terrace in Killarney otherwise. Tks
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Post by royalkerryfan on May 10, 2023 15:55:27 GMT
Anyone any insight( or informed opinion!) whether stand tickets likely to come avail to non season ticket holders? I’m bringing young kids so stand works better for them Although i much prefer terrace in Killarney otherwise. Tks If they are unused by season ticket holders and officials etc. I opted for the terrace so that's 1 stand ticket back!
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Post by greengold35 on May 10, 2023 15:57:08 GMT
Yeah I can't remember the last time they sectioned the O'Connor into two coloured zones? Apparently there was 31,300 at the 2019 game which was close to capacity but no zoning then. The Tyrone game in 2012 was in coloured zones but once you entered a zone it was easy to pass from one zone to the other - think attendance was about 25,000 that evening.
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Post by greengold35 on May 10, 2023 15:59:39 GMT
Anyone any insight( or informed opinion!) whether stand tickets likely to come avail to non season ticket holders? I’m bringing young kids so stand works better for them Although i much prefer terrace in Killarney otherwise. Tks My opinion is that it is unlikely for stand tickets to become available - this is due to large Mayo crowd travelling plus Fitzgerald Stadium having their own separate ticket scheme.
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Post by edgeofthesquare on May 10, 2023 16:06:35 GMT
Who is on the panel and not getting game time yet? I’m trying to work out who’s on the training panel myself. You’ve the 26 from the Clare match, plus the injured Paul Murphy and Donal O’Sullivan who were on the 26 against Tipp. Jack name checked Dan O’Donoghue, Jack O’Shea, Roche and Okunbor as members of the panel who are injured. On the tv coverage I spotted Gavin Crowley, Ronan Buckley, Sean O’Brien and Evan Looney all sitting together in Kerry gear so they’re involved. That’s 35 not including Okunbor who’s out for the year. Anyone know who out of Devon Burns, Greg Horan, Brian Friel, Mark Ryan, Joe Linehan and Cian Gammell are still involved or if any one else is involved?
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Post by tpo on May 10, 2023 17:32:47 GMT
Barry O Mahoney ?
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Post by Annascaultilidie on May 10, 2023 18:28:56 GMT
In 2019 David Clifford played an outrageous soccer pass to Geaney it would have been some goal.
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Post by edgeofthesquare on May 10, 2023 18:55:14 GMT
Cut half way through the league.
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Post by peanuts on May 10, 2023 18:57:46 GMT
I know there's been a fair amount of criticism about 3 teams qualifying from the groups however I think its vital to top the group. Avoid an additional match and get an extra week's rest. I think the winner will be a team that tops their group. Absolutely agree. To be honest I think we would have a 1 in 3 chance (from whoever is third in the Galway/Ulster Runners Up/Tyrone group) of a difficult quarter final qualifier game if we end up 2nd in our group. It's important we avoid an energy sapping game the week before the quarter finals anyway It’s hard to know. On the one hand if we win our games we’ll have a game every second week we should be ticking along nicely with decent time for recovery and focusing on the next game. The only concern would be if Mayo don’t turn up for some reason we could end up being untested going into a QF and facing a battle hardened Tyrone or Armagh. It’s a pity in retrospect that we don’t have an Ulster team in our group but Louth under Harte may give us a northern type game.
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Post by royalkerryfan on May 10, 2023 19:26:56 GMT
Absolutely agree. To be honest I think we would have a 1 in 3 chance (from whoever is third in the Galway/Ulster Runners Up/Tyrone group) of a difficult quarter final qualifier game if we end up 2nd in our group. It's important we avoid an energy sapping game the week before the quarter finals anyway It’s hard to know. On the one hand if we win our games we’ll have a game every second week we should be ticking along nicely with decent time for recovery and focusing on the next game. The only concern would be if Mayo don’t turn up for some reason we could end up being untested going into a QF and facing a battle hardened Tyrone or Armagh. It’s a pity in retrospect that we don’t have an Ulster team in our group but Louth under Harte may give us a northern type game. That was my feeling too about having an Ulster team in the group. If Dublin win on Sunday then they are going into an awful group and they will only play 1 D1 team all year in Roscommon. So if they are to win Sam they will have to beat a serious D1 team in the QF and tough Ulster team in the SF and possibly Galway or Kerry in a final. A big ask.
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Post by horsebox77 on May 11, 2023 8:49:10 GMT
Absolutely agree. To be honest I think we would have a 1 in 3 chance (from whoever is third in the Galway/Ulster Runners Up/Tyrone group) of a difficult quarter final qualifier game if we end up 2nd in our group. It's important we avoid an energy sapping game the week before the quarter finals anyway l The only concern would be if Mayo don’t turn up On I'd say we have no fear on that front, Mayo will be hell bent on turning us over in our own back yard
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Post by royalkerryfan on May 11, 2023 9:33:02 GMT
l The only concern would be if Mayo don’t turn up On I'd say we have no fear on that front, Mayo will be hell bent on turning us over in our own back yard No doubt Horse but I think Kerry are in a stronger position. Mayo will have had no competitive games for a good few weeks and Kerry seemed to have timed their run. I noticed a marked change in how pundits view Kerry now. James horan a few weeks back was claiming we hadn't really introduced anyone new and after Sunday he said Kerry looked very fit and have found Brosnan and Casey! Reading the Mayo forum they appear to have a few injury concerns notably Loftus at 6. I think Kerry will win but it won't be like 2019.
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Post by horsebox77 on May 11, 2023 9:43:43 GMT
On I'd say we have no fear on that front, Mayo will be hell bent on turning us over in our own back yard No doubt Horse but I think Kerry are in a stronger position. Mayo will have had no competitive games for a good few weeks and Kerry seemed to have timed their run. I noticed a marked change in how pundits view Kerry now. James horan a few weeks back was claiming we hadn't really introduced anyone new and after Sunday he said Kerry looked very fit and have found Brosnan and Casey! Reading the Mayo forum they appear to have a few injury concerns notably Loftus at 6. I think Kerry will win but it won't be like 2019. I agree, it won't be on par with 2019, I think more in line with last year's quarter final, in saying that, we could be quicker off the mark so a good blitz early doors could to be a ploy to put us on the front foot.
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Post by royalkerryfan on May 11, 2023 10:03:21 GMT
No doubt Horse but I think Kerry are in a stronger position. Mayo will have had no competitive games for a good few weeks and Kerry seemed to have timed their run. I noticed a marked change in how pundits view Kerry now. James horan a few weeks back was claiming we hadn't really introduced anyone new and after Sunday he said Kerry looked very fit and have found Brosnan and Casey! Reading the Mayo forum they appear to have a few injury concerns notably Loftus at 6. I think Kerry will win but it won't be like 2019. I agree, it won't be on par with 2019, I think more in line with last year's quarter final, in saying that, we could be quicker off the mark so a good blitz early doors could to be a ploy to put us on the front foot. McStay is a shrewd man and has an excellent support team. Donie Buckley being on the other side of the fence this time. I think Mayo will anticipate that from Kerry and sit deep for the first quarter and feel their way into it. For me this is a big test for our midfield and if we can pass this test we will be well placed.
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Post by horsebox77 on May 11, 2023 10:14:37 GMT
Actually, I noticed at stages in the second half Sunday, DC was on the forty and Seanie/Brosnan were inside. It be be a ploy to give lads a breather or just keep teams guessing but regardless, it's harder to double team a player in open space ...
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Post by thehermit on May 11, 2023 10:59:05 GMT
As I said in an earlier post we need to hit them early and hard. I'm sure they'll be a big Mayo crowd but we should have an even bigger home support creating a cauldron. I hope that what the Cliffords are going through will motivate Kerry fans to come out in huge numbers to roar on their support.
Mayo wilted when faced with a Fitzgerald Stadium in (near) full house championship mode before, lets make them wilt again. We haven't heard the Kerry roar yet this year. Let's hear it Saturday week and take Mayo's stomach for the fight out of them. We all need to be the 16th man and make sure our proud record in Killarney extends to a 29th year!
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Post by Ballyfireside on May 11, 2023 13:13:57 GMT
I hope I don't stand accused of talking out of shop but what may have passed under the radar here is Mr Rochford and how respected he was in Dgal, not forgetting his record with Mayo v Dubs, and others.
I don't like promoting gambling but 4/11 on us is under estimating Mayo moreover given the last encounter. Still the Rossies sorted 'em and it's not bookies who make prices, it is punters, most of who are mugs - mug punters, me included!
I just hope it is closer than the odds suggest though not too close - I'm easily pleased ain't I!
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Post by royalkerryfan on May 12, 2023 11:27:56 GMT
McStay confirmed this morning a pretty much clean bill of health. Cillian O Connor may not be fit and 2 others but they are in good shape.
Do we have any word on Jason Foley if he was OK after his knock on Sunday ?
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Post by royalkerryfan on May 12, 2023 11:52:42 GMT
On a separate note, We will be wearing the navy next weekend. I know the rule but if you are at home you should wear your normal strip. We've also lost the 3 games that we've won it..
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Post by peanuts on May 12, 2023 12:23:22 GMT
And do you not worry that if Mayo do turn up and beat us and then having to go to Pairc Uí Caoimh we might struggle. I actually think our group will have a few twists with Cork being the surprise packet.. Absolutely Mayo could turn up and beat us but we should still qualify easily. Tough games from Mayo and Cork will help us in the long run.
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