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<blockquote data-quote="An Tarbh" data-source="post: 193358"><p>An Tarbh with you being a Leinster lad I presume you are not the most impartial but I was under the impression that in the old days (pre HCup) Munster fans were superb. Bearing in mind I was told this in a pub in Gloster by a Munster fan. Whats happend to them?</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Well while there's a certain element within both provinces where animosity towards each other is developing/has developed it isn't the case with me, I just call things as I see them, look at the Munster Heineken Cup crowds in the 90s and you'll see I'm right and before anyone gets precious and starts predictably having a go at Leinster, why bother I know our numbers were nothing to write home about either.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p>You are so right , they cant now pretend that they are the so called " best fans in the world" you have to have history and follow your team no matter what the results. When Glos were struggling in the early 90`s our ave attendance was still 8,000. During that time we were battling it out with West Hartlepool. That is hard-core fans and "real" passion, not some dick dressed up as a Leprechaun!!!!!!!!! Munster be proud of your team ( cos you deserve to be proud ) but dont make out that you are for real in the passion stakes.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>Well you're not comparing like with like, Munster have only been playing regularly each season since 2001 and for the 6 years prior to that they only had the Heineken Cup and the Interpros so it's not an easy thing to build up so in fairness to the Irish provinces we've all done reasonably well to get where we are today, yeah there's bandwagoners for every side but that's always been the case. </p><p></p><p>It shows where Munster are when people are complaining that they only took 20000 fans to an away semi-final in a Heineken Cup, look at the crowd that was at the Ricoh Arena last year when Wasps played Northampton. Complaining about the away side having 20000 fans I ask you what's the world coming to. a true test of the Irish fans, whatever province they may follow will come in 20 or 30 years and whether they still have the numbers following them that they do today</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p>Well if we are not comparing like for like why the hell are club teams from England playing Provinces from Ireland. Imagine a South West team that prepares all season only for Heineken cup games and plays in a league that is only a warm up for the "real thing". Who do you think would be in the final. Personally I`d dress up as a cornish pasty and run onto the pitch ,****** up, at the end of the game congratulating my own team and then go on TRF and say how great "our" fans are!</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>Well we went with a structure that would work for us in the Professional era, there's no way the likes of Shannon, Garryowen, Blackrock et al would have survived in a professional setup, it made sense for the IRFU to go with the Provincial setup cause our clubs didn't have the sugar daddies that most English or French clubs for that matter did. Besides your argument is pointless as there'd be no identification with a South West region whereas Irish people have always identified with their provinces making it much easier for the IRFU to go down that route.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="An Tarbh, post: 193358"] An Tarbh with you being a Leinster lad I presume you are not the most impartial but I was under the impression that in the old days (pre HCup) Munster fans were superb. Bearing in mind I was told this in a pub in Gloster by a Munster fan. Whats happend to them? [/b][/quote] Well while there's a certain element within both provinces where animosity towards each other is developing/has developed it isn't the case with me, I just call things as I see them, look at the Munster Heineken Cup crowds in the 90s and you'll see I'm right and before anyone gets precious and starts predictably having a go at Leinster, why bother I know our numbers were nothing to write home about either. [/b][/quote] You are so right , they cant now pretend that they are the so called " best fans in the world" you have to have history and follow your team no matter what the results. When Glos were struggling in the early 90`s our ave attendance was still 8,000. During that time we were battling it out with West Hartlepool. That is hard-core fans and "real" passion, not some dick dressed up as a Leprechaun!!!!!!!!! Munster be proud of your team ( cos you deserve to be proud ) but dont make out that you are for real in the passion stakes. [/b][/quote] Well you're not comparing like with like, Munster have only been playing regularly each season since 2001 and for the 6 years prior to that they only had the Heineken Cup and the Interpros so it's not an easy thing to build up so in fairness to the Irish provinces we've all done reasonably well to get where we are today, yeah there's bandwagoners for every side but that's always been the case. It shows where Munster are when people are complaining that they only took 20000 fans to an away semi-final in a Heineken Cup, look at the crowd that was at the Ricoh Arena last year when Wasps played Northampton. Complaining about the away side having 20000 fans I ask you what's the world coming to. a true test of the Irish fans, whatever province they may follow will come in 20 or 30 years and whether they still have the numbers following them that they do today [/b][/quote] Well if we are not comparing like for like why the hell are club teams from England playing Provinces from Ireland. Imagine a South West team that prepares all season only for Heineken cup games and plays in a league that is only a warm up for the "real thing". Who do you think would be in the final. Personally I`d dress up as a cornish pasty and run onto the pitch ,****** up, at the end of the game congratulating my own team and then go on TRF and say how great "our" fans are! [/b][/quote] Well we went with a structure that would work for us in the Professional era, there's no way the likes of Shannon, Garryowen, Blackrock et al would have survived in a professional setup, it made sense for the IRFU to go with the Provincial setup cause our clubs didn't have the sugar daddies that most English or French clubs for that matter did. Besides your argument is pointless as there'd be no identification with a South West region whereas Irish people have always identified with their provinces making it much easier for the IRFU to go down that route. [/QUOTE]
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