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Not as strong as people think. Look at some of the hammerings last night... Toney (Meath) - Posts: 298 - 21/04/2017 14:06:41 1981461 Link 1 |
3 and 6 point wins are some hammerings alright... if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 21/04/2017 14:09:55 1981462 Link 0 |
They have too many teams in the Senior Championship. Dublin clubs don't do too well in the Leianter Intermediate or Junior Championship. FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2763 - 21/04/2017 14:18:28 1981465 Link 1 |
Within the championship there's 32 teams , they fall into following tiers Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 21/04/2017 15:01:42 1981482 Link 0 |
I see two hammerings there. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 21/04/2017 15:07:06 1981487 Link 2 |
Kilmacud Crokes 10-12 Erins Isle 0-7 arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4896 - 21/04/2017 15:19:47 1981492 Link 0 |
How does one Dublin team, dishing out a hammering to another Dublin team mean club football in Dublin is not strong. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 21/04/2017 15:47:46 1981502 Link 0 |
who are the top 8 ?. Boden, Plunketts, Vincents, Kickhams, Crokes, Castleknock ?, Brigids ?
LeitrimRoyal99 (Meath) - Posts: 1455 - 21/04/2017 17:08:54 1981525 Link 0 |
realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8589 - 21/04/2017 18:18:28 1981540 Link 0 |
who are the top 8 ?. Boden, Plunketts, Vincents, Kickhams, Crokes, Castleknock ?, Brigids ? MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 21/04/2017 18:20:45 1981541 Link 1 |
Most folk who follow football would know that club football is strong in Dublin and any of the top 6 clubs could win Leinster and maybe AI. browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 21/04/2017 21:45:22 1981577 Link 0 |
Is it your own myth ref Dublin club football ?
superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2837 - 21/04/2017 22:05:43 1981582 Link 0 |
Dublin club football is strongest in the country. BlastCalyle (Mayo) - Posts: 206 - 22/04/2017 08:59:37 1981606 Link 0 |
As an outsider, I can only be jealous of whatever system Dublin have in place. Any of their top clubs can, and have done, win Leinster and All-Ireland club titles. The conveyor belt of young footballers is relentless. yelowbelly (Wexford) - Posts: 409 - 22/04/2017 09:34:34 1981611 Link 1 |
Which is fine in theory, but then both Mayo and Dublin club championships finished up just before Christmas which in its self is ridiculous. While Con O' Callaghan had a weeks break from the end of his club championship to laying for his county. Dermot Connolly had about 3 weeks, less if you count when he returned to county training. A balance needs to be struck with the spirit of player welfare at heart, you can come up with any format you want put both the club and county teams suffers when players are overloaded. That said i think the Dublin county championship needs a rejig with less games rather then more, in a seeding system. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 22/04/2017 09:36:36 1981612 Link 0 |
But having knock out games now means that they won't be hanging around forever waiting for games and they can play and enjoy the league for the rest of the year. Club football should be about enjoying playing the game. We finally get round to that idea we might actually have a proper set of fixtures with weekly games in every single county. uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 22/04/2017 11:49:03 1981639 Link 0 |
Don't get the rubbish spouted that dublin clubs work off huge budgets compared to country clubs. If I drive through rural areas they all have huge grounds with covered stand or terrace, castleblaney in monaghan has a state of the art stand holding 2,500 spectators and an all weather running track around the pitch. In ballinamore in leitrim the club there has an unbelievable set up scoreboard covered areas the works and the town they pull from has a population of less than a thousand I would say. Bryan Fenton club raheny who also had the man of the match in the all ireland under 21 club championship semi final Bryan Howard and long time Dublin stars ciaran Whelan and David Henry play in st annes park a corporation pitch and they are a senior club. The club grounds in Dublin aren't a patch on the resources around the country, they instead put their time into coaching players that's why they have gotten success hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 23/04/2017 20:15:03 1981972 Link 1 |
But you forgot to add that there are no corporation pitches in Ballinamore so where would they play if the did not build a pitch and a covered scoreboard!
browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 23/04/2017 20:44:34 1981978 Link 1 |
Well said Hill....
Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3727 - 23/04/2017 20:51:58 1981980 Link 0 |
Where did that rant come from. Anyway there are plenty of well resourced clubs in Dublin, Parnell's, Brigid's, Vincent's, Na Fianna, Kilmacud. Ballymun are due to resurface their Astro pitch to the tune of €200k. There are also plenty of poorly resourced clubs in other counties. What was your bloody point, anyway. The GAA is pretty damn good at getting funding and at putting together facilities for themselves all across the country. You know what, there's nothing wrong with that. They're pretty happy to put money into facilities in Dublin also. There's also plenty of time and effort spent on coaching outside of Dublin. Not all of it's thrown away on pitches and club houses, which also,by the way, can provide returns on the investment. Rural GAA clubs are also reliant on having their own facilities as there just aren't council/corporation pitches available to them. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4215 - 23/04/2017 21:23:33 1981991 Link 0 |