Well it is between him and Mattie out in Cuala with him the favourite due to the Vincent's mafia (as they are known)

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 27/09/2017 12:28:36    2050975

Hope it goes well for him and Cunningham. It would be good for hurling if Dublin were competing strongly for Liam each year and also knocking up a few Leinster titles

neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 27/09/2017 13:35:02    2051009

It's official.
Here's hoping we can move on to better times under his management.

Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 11/10/2017 11:16:41    2054598

I thought it was too good to be true when I heard the rumours. Absolutely delighted and really looking forward to exciting times ahead after going backwards for the last few years. Hope to see Shay Boland on board as a selector too.

CaogaCuig (Dublin) - Posts: 63 - 11/10/2017 11:50:42    2054614

Come on the giller
a real dub in charge

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 11/10/2017 12:14:40    2054622

It be a new experience for the players to listen to a Dublin born manager a good one at that

hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 11/10/2017 13:19:22    2054654

Yes - good appointment.
Surprised he has Cunningham with him. He was meant to be a Team good manager but not tactically astute.

I've no doubt he will surround himself with the right people - may take a little time to get this right.

Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1415 - 11/10/2017 13:23:15    2054655

All the best to him and his team, would love to see Dublin reclaim some lost ground. Hopefully he can persuade more talent to come on board too.

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1898 - 11/10/2017 13:29:06    2054660

Shrewd appointment by Dublin. Are there any footballers that might be enticed to get involved with the hurlers? Diarmuid Connolly?

PortInFaithful (Offaly) - Posts: 472 - 11/10/2017 15:18:05    2054707

I learned a few years not to doubt this man..

I've learned that lesson after making some daft comments back in 2009!! and now I wish him the very best, great to have him back into the Dublin fold and will be looking forward to attending the games

It'll take a wee while but Dubkin have the players and a good crop of underage success in Leinster

Now let's get the lads that walked back into the panel and get back to business

There's a good Dubs team coming and no better man to help build the platform

Up the Dubs

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 11/10/2017 17:09:47    2054738

As I said on the Dublin page I don't really know what to think of this one.

Best of luck to Pat, we have good hurlers in Dublin, good enough to be competitive at least with the best teams in the country.

It's hard to see though how Kenny didn't get the appointment when you think about it. All-Ireland winning manager with a Dublin club and knows a lot of the players very well.

In anyways here's hoping that at the very least Gilroy can get the best 25 lads in Dublin available to hurl in 2018. That at least would be a massive improvement on the last few seasons.

Up the hurling Dubs!

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13704 - 11/10/2017 18:00:14    2054748

Interesting appointment on the day padric Duffy announced his retirement

theduke66 (Dublin) - Posts: 334 - 11/10/2017 18:21:50    2054753

PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1902 - 11/10/2017 20:07:54    2054775

theduke66 (Dublin) - Posts: 334 - 11/10/2017 21:51:45    2054784

roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 11/10/2017 21:57:11    2054785

I was thinking a really shrewd move would be to have Gilroy & Kenny on the same ticket! No need for Anthony Cunningham then.

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 12/10/2017 03:26:46    2054801

Are you including Connolly, O'Callaghan and Kilkenny in that 25!?
roundball (Tipperary) - Posts:2479 - 11/10/2017 21:57:11

Also Lowdnes, Costello, Schutte, Ó Conghaile all good/great hurlers on the football panel. Johnny Cooper also hurled underage for Dublin. Probably missing another couple too in or around the panel.

But to answer your question, no.

We haven't had the best available hurlers hurl in the last couple of seasons for various reasons. I don't count the footballers as available to the hurling team and I'm not sure if their chance to make an impact at inter-county isn't gone already.

Without the players lining out for football we still have enough good hurlers to be competitive and make an impact in the Championship imo. Better than the last few years in anyways.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13704 - 12/10/2017 08:19:50    2054808

roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 13/10/2017 17:24:44    2055101