I looked at Dublin closely last season, and I felt their all out attacking approach was excellent. The only flaw is that this style leaves their defense vunerable. Kerry showed that if you have quality forwards, you can expose Dublin at the back and score a lot. The problem with Kerry was that their own defence could not contain Dublins forwards and they conceded more than they scored.

To beat Dublin will require an opposing team with an exceptional defensive structure, who's tackling will be crips and clean to avoid black cards and yellows/reds. They then need to get ball forward at speed to excellent forwards and half forwards who will constantly beat their marker and score with great efficiency. After scoring, its Immediately revert to defensive positions to absorb Dublin's attack.

I think it is pointless to try and simply outscore Dublin.

GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3017 - 05/02/2014 15:49:53    1541840