2 years would be ambitious but maybe our visit in 2028 will be on the new ground…
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I guess that to expand the club, they have to move - there’s no room to redevelop.
It’s a shame as I liked the Stadium.
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Too many stanchions!
With the penalties added on to the game, I wonder, did everyone make it back to the station for the last train to Dublin?
Grabbed a cab, if there is 4 or 5 of you it’s just as cheap anyway
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Did you get back to the players fans bash after the game, was the Pope or a preacher there ? Sounds like a spiritual event occurred a laying of hands to cast evil thoughts away .
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Was very spirit-ual on the fans part for sure 
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There was a PRIEST present…
Knowles tried to blag an invite but his crosses weren’t considered to be up to the required standard.
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I’m just in the airport coming back now. Absolutely loved the trip.
Every fan I met had a laugh, and were a nice bunch. @JoeWFC9 was on the flight out and clued me in on the podcast so thanks for that.
The @yellowribbonpod boys also were top fellas, and Big Dave the Drogheda fan was nice enough to give us a lift to the pub then to the ground. What a nice bloke too.
The squad and after the match has been covered, but needless to say it’s a trip that won’t be forgotten in a hurry. My pal I travelled with loved it too, the pubs and the sight seeing as well as the football.
Sometimes (and I’m a big culprit myself) it’s easy to forget that following a club like ours is as much about the experience as it is about the actual football itself. To be completely honest I lost love with this football club over the last few years, but this trip will live with me for a while.
UTS
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Glad to hear it 
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Very good to hear that @el_nombre .
A question we have to ask though is did you manage to steer clear of any arguments with the team? 
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Not a cross word, and I’ll never hear a bad word said about Jamille Matt ever again 
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You wouldn’t dare get into an argument with Jamma face to face.
Big lad ay he 
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I would - I have just looked it up and I am officially 15cm taller than him 
Actually, no - I wouldn’t…
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Was there any Maroon 5 played at the players disco?
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Lucky Strike, Beautiful Mistakes and Misery 
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Apart from our flight being significantly delayed until after midnight last night and the disappointment of the performance at the actual game itself, it has been such a phenomenal trip and memorable experience over the last few days in Ireland and I am still buzzing after it.
It was an absolute pleasure to converse and connect with so many Saddler’s fans at random places across Dublin and then in Drogheda throughout the whole of Tuesday, at the live podcast event, and then before, during and after the game. We were surprised at how many Drogheda fans and other locals that didn’t even support Drogheda across the city, who were so welcoming, inclusive and friendly, and expressed such an interest and interacted so warmly with us.
Throughout my childhood and life supporting Walsall, I have always been to games with one of my closest friends and his family, and supporting Walsall has generally felt like quite an insular experience at times, contained within our small group and not really experiencing games too vicariously and outwardly with or through other fans in a more significant way.
As others have stated already, this trip has reminded me why supporting Walsall is so important to us all, and why it is so special and unique. Throughout all of the years of dejection, depression, misery and suffering, I wouldn’t want it any other way. This is due to the family and friends that you share and experience our shared fandom with, and the bond and connection of community that we all share together. It is hard to articulate or put into words that feeling.
I have so many glory hunter mates who look down at me on their pedestal and show sympathy for me supporting Walsall. The sympathy may be genuine and well-intentioned but that feeling of sympathy is shared by me towards them. I am the one that feels pity for them, as they are likely to never remotely come close to experience what we felt this week and what we share together in those occasional moments of euphoria and elation.
Although the performance was woeful, this trip signifies and demonstrates how our time together as fans on matchdays and trips throughout the season, and the value in that, often transcends any result or performance, and how football can be such a necessary form of escapism for all of the issues and stresses that can permeate our lives.
I have felt quite jaded and disillusioned in recent times regarding my relationship with Walsall and the trajectory of the club over the last decade but the last few days in Dublin have re-invigorated and re-ignited my love for the club and made me realise what is important.
High blood pressure and hair loss are often symptomatic with being a Walsall fan and this is a trade off that I feel aggrieved about at times, but a trade off I am happy to accept
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Beautifully put 
You’re all talking about the experiences you had in Dublin and after the game with the players. All well and good and glad you had a good time. I didn’t go over to Ireland,I watched on TV, it was embarrassing rubbish the actual match itself. So while it was a good jolly boys outing we didn’t progress much with our pre-season work out.
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I don’t think a single fan has claimed the performances was good once. Plenty of criticism on the actual match thread, about the match itself.
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