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And you listed Michael dara as a starter. So Fenton gets dropped?? You've exaggerated to suit your argument. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 24/06/2019 22:32:01 2200344 Link 1 |
Hi something has to be done before ye destroy Gaelic football for everyone.
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 24/06/2019 22:38:47 2200352 Link 0 |
Ye would have no team without the cluchies!! and ye spend more money on your new vans taking the kit around than some counties spend on preparing their team.
browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 24/06/2019 22:48:48 2200358 Link 7 |
You're point is nonsense, once in a generation team carried by 8 players. Dublin have had 20 different all stars in the last 8 seasons.
joeteor (Donegal) - Posts: 214 - 24/06/2019 23:32:48 2200375 Link 0 |
Money, population, etc had nothing to do with Meaths mingin chance conversion rate yesterday. Muck. That was their own problem. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 25/06/2019 00:37:21 2200390 Link 6 |
I have no idea who Declan Rowely is but neither Kildare or Meath will be calling for a boycott of the Leinster Championship despite been beaten well by Dublin. Both counties have improved their underage structures. Kildare minors will play Dublin in Leinster final, Kildare sixth final in seven years. I include both Kildare and Meath here because of the criticism that both get for not being able to challenge Dublin at senior level. Obviously we aren't alone in that nationally. But were both still in the championship along with our fellow Leinster teams, Offaly, Laois. Westmeath. Leinster football is far from dead as the critics like vultures hover a perceived dead carcass. lilywhite1 (Kildare) - Posts: 2989 - 25/06/2019 02:30:17 2200396 Link 1 |
The 2011/2013 all Ireland team was based on a random collection of special individuals- brogans, Flynn, Connolly, O Sullivan and those players are almost all gone now. The Current Dublin team is based on a conveyor of All Ireland U21 winners 2010 - dean rock, Colm cooper, Rory o Carroll, James McCarthy 2012 - jack Mc Caffrey, Ciaran Kilkenny, Byrne, Mannion 2014 - fenton, Byrne, mannion, Kilkenny, small, lowndes, Costello 2017 - basquel, Howard, O Callaghan, Murchan This is a direct product of the investment of the development funds specifically put into Dublin Galway won in 11 and 13, with Roscommon losing finals in 12 and 14. Neither has anything to show for it so far because their structure isn't as good. That's down to lack of funding and/or emigration - neither of which Dublin have to deal with tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1105 - 25/06/2019 05:45:48 2200405 Link 5 |
Ballymun are not a good example for your point. They have a serious amount of playing pitches, always have. We don't even have one flat field in my parish, except for blanket bog. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1105 - 25/06/2019 05:56:24 2200406 Link 1 |
The reality is that the Leinster championship is completely dead. Not only have Dublin won 14 of the last 15 on offer, they have done so for the best part of a decade without even facing a competitive match in the province. Including the 2013 championship, Dublin have won only 2 games in the province by less than 10 points - a 7 point win over Meath in 2013 and a 9 point win over Kildare in 2017. It's one thing for a team to dominate but when they aren't facing any tough games and every year is a stroll to another title, then why bother? In Hurling, they don't run the Connacht championship for obvious reasons yet we are persisting with a Leinster championship that should have been extinguished long ago. When Dublin have won 15 or 20 in a row maybe then the GAA will acknowledge the need for change. PK57 (Louth) - Posts: 1653 - 25/06/2019 07:09:17 2200410 Link 3 |
I suggest you read Donnacha Boyles article in today's Indo. Between 2007 and 2018 Dublin received 18 million in funding, next on the list is Cork with 1.4 million. Let me see ... ah ya that's fair.. Carry on. Belclare (Galway) - Posts: 904 - 25/06/2019 08:11:44 2200413 Link 5 |
Utter drivel!
Jackeen (Dublin) - Posts: 4097 - 25/06/2019 09:17:15 2200428 Link 7 |
Serious amount of pitches?? They have one grass pitch and one all weather pitch. The grass pitch is divided in half and booked out that way. The point is however it's not a superclub.
Jackeen (Dublin) - Posts: 4097 - 25/06/2019 09:29:30 2200436 Link 6 |
Louth gave dublin a better test then meath? Are you for real? Meath competed very well against dublin every where apart from what really matters converting there chances, it was a freak day at the office for our forwards nothing went right for them and they kicked wide after wide very disheartening, dublin only started to pull away in the last 15 minutes and up to that point even if meath converted half there chances they would of been winning, meaths aim now should be to win our back door game and compete well in the super eights, something I think is achievable."]This level of denial is exactly what will bring you back after training all winter for another hammering by the dubs next year. In Front of 20000 most likely instead of 80000 like the 90s. 12000 if it's round 1.
Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 25/06/2019 10:07:24 2200459 Link 3 |
Good to see Colm Cooper finally fulfill his dream.
TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 25/06/2019 10:46:32 2200489 Link 2 |
Rural counties are voting for crumbs from the urban table. The Railway Cup is the natural solution to the current evolution. For now, the only solution for Leinster is to form a Leinster Counties Championship. The winner of that can take on Dublin in the Leinster final. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7823 - 25/06/2019 12:10:31 2200544 Link 1 |
Excellent post. The 2019 u20 is starting up this week. It will be interesting to see how it pans out. Realistically we need at least 5 years of Dublin not winning the u20 Leinster to give the rest of us hope.
Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 25/06/2019 12:12:21 2200545 Link 8 |
Louth gave dublin a better test then meath? Are you for real? Meath competed very well against dublin every where apart from what really matters converting there chances, it was a freak day at the office for our forwards nothing went right for them and they kicked wide after wide very disheartening, dublin only started to pull away in the last 15 minutes and up to that point even if meath converted half there chances they would of been winning, meaths aim now should be to win our back door game and compete well in the super eights, something I think is achievable."]This level of denial is exactly what will bring you back after training all winter for another hammering by the dubs next year. In Front of 20000 most likely instead of 80000 like the 90s. 12000 if it's round 1."]Denial? Ie you mean like donegal, as they will do the same to you. Also what part of his post was inaccurate???
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 25/06/2019 12:29:05 2200558 Link 0 |
18 million WOW but it has nothing to do with money though , it's all down to their volunteers being better than ever other counties volunteers. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 25/06/2019 13:04:33 2200575 Link 0 |
Royaldunne, if u want to feel good about a 1 17 to 0 4 hammering and call it a competitive performance, go ahead. Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 25/06/2019 13:34:47 2200597 Link 1 |
I asked you on Sunday to explain your comment and you reply two days later with no explanation to your comment but refer to an article published today? link A good article indeed but everyone knows the Dubs get extra funding. Not saying it's fair but they have a class team too. It won't be equal funding in 2019 so let's try and beat them in the next two months rather than feel sorry for ourselves. Horan says it won't change but sooner rather than later their funding will have to be reduced. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7337 - 25/06/2019 13:38:01 2200598 Link 8 |