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Take your pick really, Mayo, Galway, Kerry, Donegal, Tyrone, Kildare some fine young teams out there. Despite this being a massively uncompetitive era. :D TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 03/09/2018 22:55:20 2139005 Link 2 |
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Kerry, Mayo, Tyrone, Donegal, Galway. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 03/09/2018 23:07:57 2139007 Link 1 |
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Ah come on lad, throw us an auld congrats there will ya, and maybe the hermit will follow suit :D
realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8596 - 03/09/2018 23:23:48 2139013 Link 4 |
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Why aren't these resources delivering a string of minor titles then? Where is all of this underage success now, bought with these 'resources', that will feed this neverending conveyor belt of Sams that Dublin will deliver? Dublin are weaker now IMO opinion than they were 3-4 years ago. Yet other counties have regressed further it seems.
Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 03/09/2018 23:24:38 2139014 Link 1 |
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In all reality Dublin are set to dominate for many years to come. After Kerry's 4 in a row they won 84-86 also but with a nueclas of great players from the 4 in a row team - Nelligan/ paidi/Jacko/Spillane/sheehy/Ger power - ruanua (Donegal) - Posts: 4966 - 03/09/2018 23:45:42 2139016 Link 1 |
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Mayo are the only team who know how to beat Dublin, although they cannot do it, they have to be fair to them closer than anyone else..Tyrone are talked up up up up by the media, I seen a slight improvement in them this year, were no where near confident enough to take on Dublin...they left Cavanagh back sweeper until around 10 minutes from the end!!!..the game was gone away from them from early in the second half and they still didnt push Cavanagh up until very late???..and when they did push him into the full forward line, they kept tipping and poking and handpassing out around midfield, their goalkeeper came out on a few occasions to midfield and lofted in the ball Cavanagh wanted, and it got results, but for some strange reason, management and the rest of tyrone other than the keeper seemed to be waiting for Dublin to nod off and then Tyrone would win!!...People are on about preparation done and every stone unturned...the basic long ball in was the only way of even threatening Dublin yesterday and Tyrone were afraid they would loose possession so played tipping around with it instead...I know football is gone very technical over the years but any manager who hasn the plan B (long ball in) is not well prepared...no point persisting with the "plan" for 60 minutes if it aint working...one half is too much to persist if something isnt working..Dublin are a fine side though in fairness...very hard see who is comming up next year to stop them... Fairplayalways (Offaly) - Posts: 1034 - 04/09/2018 00:03:25 2139019 Link 0 |
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Ya Donegal lost mcbrearty to injury this year and he was an awful loss to them, teams like ourselves Donegal Tyrone Galway Monaghan and Mayo Kildare are only one or two injuries away from a disaster of a season whereas Dublin can lose Connolly brogan and carry on business as usual, they didn't even bring on paul Flynn yesterday.
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 04/09/2018 01:07:15 2139022 Link 1 |
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Dublin are not ruining football, resources are not ruining football, you can say it for years as long as you like it won't make you right, as Thomas o Shea said on Sunday night crap games are turning people away , poor coaching , defensive driven games have had an impact on football as a spectacle.you have been asked on this site a hundred times to explain Kerry's underage achievements v Dublin's , No Answer , explain Dublin's lack of real success in hurling one Leinster final win to show , No Answer , explain Galway's underage success NO Answer , you turn the facts and narrative to suit your agenda , personally if I have to take a Kerryman opinion I will go with O Shea or for that matter Genius Gerry who at least tries to be balanced
Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 04/09/2018 07:34:51 2139030 Link 3 |
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Agreed, I think that Leinster football will be very competitive soon.. Kildare need to build on what they have been doing and keep doing it week in/ week out.. Meath are too big a county to be in the doldrums, theyll be back soon, Laois had a great year, theyll be thereabout soon with a bit more consistancy, hopefully Carlows year isnt a flash in the pan.. We need the Lienster teams to step it up and give give Dublin a game.
derekm58 (Monaghan) - Posts: 24 - 04/09/2018 07:52:22 2139032 Link 0 |
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Dublin will win those games irrespective of where they're played, such a motion would be symbolic only. The Dubs do have some weaknesses (their full-back line can be got at, for example, and I'd also feel that an injury or suspension for Fenton would seriously weaken their midfield) but their overall strength in depth means that any challenger will have to play the perfect game to beat them. It doesn't help that the recent challengers have weaknesses in key parts of the field- Kerry's full-back line, Mayo and Tyrone's accuracy in front of the posts, Monaghan's over-reliance on McManus for scores etc. It's hard to see anyone toppling them next year unless they get hit with a spate of injuries to key players, á la Mayo last season. But the beauty of football is that events can change things round very quickly. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 04/09/2018 08:17:46 2139036 Link 0 |
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I was around in 1982 when people said Kerry couldn't be beaten. Seamus Darby ........ slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 04/09/2018 08:32:02 2139038 Link 2 |
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Since we've been told by the Dubs that population and resources are not the issue I'd say a gaelic football mad county like Leitrim have a great chance! Have a look at their record in winning All Irelands! Surely if money wasn't going to make any difference to Dublin GAA why wasn't it given to the homeless? Odd all the same how the Dubs' fortunes have risen dramatically since Bertie swung the millions of euros in their direction. baire (Galway) - Posts: 1818 - 04/09/2018 08:36:07 2139039 Link 2 |
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Know exactly where you are coming from M Lyster. I have found my interest in the AI series dwindling this last few years and my interest in Inter County football in general is not the same as it once was. There was a time I would have not missed any of the matches which were being televised regardless of who was playing and always tried to get tickets for the finals regardless of who was in it. But what we have now is not comparable to the dominant Kerry teams or the likes - the goalposts have shifted drastically and I fail to see how the runaway train can be stopped. I said a good number of years ago the GAA were creating a monster and unfortunately I think what we are seeing this last number of years is how it is going to be for the foreseeable. Without sounding like a broken record all I can say is thank God for club level GAA. And this is not a sleight on Dublin in any way - the team/squad they have is phenomenal and they have no doubt grabbed the opportunities afforded to them with both hands and put a lot of work in behind the scenes to get to where they are. But when you are sitting down to watch a final with a feeling of inevitability then something is not right. Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 04/09/2018 09:08:52 2139044 Link 0 |
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Always had more resources always will. What Dublin did was put in place a Strategic plan with structures to utlise the resources we had and bingo we start to win. Other counties feel behind because they simply had not done the same thing. You build from the ground up like Dublin and in the last few years you have seen other Leinster counties start doing the same. And you will start to see the changes when Dublin start winning less U20/U21 Leinster titles. Funnily we never really dominated the Minor to the same level. witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 04/09/2018 09:19:07 2139047 Link 2 |
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the Kerry dominance was based on Mick O'Dwyer coming in and building a very young team, these lads were all there for a long time and had tremendous success, but the issue when they got old was that no transition plan had been in place and we then saw a fallow period for Dublin. With Dublin currently they always look to be bring in a few new players to freshen things up. Kerry and Mayo are the two teams probably best based to challenge Dublin, think they have players rather than the system, but it will all depend on who they get in as managers. Galway are in a decent position, they are pretty solid defensively but they now need to add a bit of attacking flair to that solid base, Comer needs to be playing in close to goals and not back helping out in the half back line. I think its the same for a few times. Monaghan I think similar to Galway need to add a bit more of an attacking edge. I think the one weakness I have seen with Dublin is when teams play fast direct ball into their full back line and you have pacey forwards they struggle a bit. But far too many teams nowadays are too concerned with the cautious approach and slow build up. Teams also need to start pushing up on Dublins kickouts, as soon as the ball is out of play push up man to man, Dublin are masters of the quick restart and once they have possession it is extremely difficult to get the ball off them. Rosineri1 (UK) - Posts: 2099 - 04/09/2018 09:26:50 2139048 Link 0 |
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You were one of the more intelligent posters on the forum. Now you're obsessed with posting rubbish about Dublin's advantages etc and coming across as very bitter. Every thread I look at. We get it.
gaelicgab (USA) - Posts: 878 - 04/09/2018 09:40:34 2139055 Link 3 |
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I don't see anyone challenging them to be quite honest. tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1349 - 04/09/2018 10:12:19 2139064 Link 0 |
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Mayo and Donegal theweanling (Cavan) - Posts: 414 - 04/09/2018 10:39:08 2139074 Link 0 |
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Don't think anyone can live with them and the 5 in a row curse will be broken. WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 04/09/2018 10:40:18 2139075 Link 2 |
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I don't think they will be beaten in 2019. I think they will go on to do a historic 5 in a row. At that stage players like Cluxton, Mcmahon, O'Sullivan, McCauley and others will have decisions to make. Perhaps Jim Gavin himself will consider it the right time to walk away. What more could he possibly prove after all. GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2105 - 04/09/2018 10:46:50 2139078 Link 2 |