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Watched it back , great tension before a ball was even thrown up thereporter (Donegal) - Posts: 37 - 21/07/2017 03:11:15 2020356 Link 0 |
Ridiculous post!! LongfordSham (Longford) - Posts: 106 - 21/07/2017 10:54:11 2020442 Link 1 |
If that incident happened today (but it can't because the home team are allocated hill 16 for every game) Dublin of today would probably just warm up at the Davin End and do their talking on the field. The Dublin setup of then and now are on different planets. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 21/07/2017 11:20:23 2020451 Link 0 |
Think Dublin hit the cross bar and post twice to boot Mayo deserved their victory but sometime things happen to make that even easier and Dublin really aster an awful lot It just goes to show how having the likes of Dean Rock now in the current team is so important Missed frees and 45's was a massive weakness to that Dublin team - while our rivals had dead ball experts Big part why we lost all those semi-finals by a point or two It wasn't until BB started taking frees and SC hitting the 45's that Dublin finally sorted out that issue And just look.. all of a sudden we were winning close games against our rivals ... and yet I still see some Dub fans calling for Rock to be dropped!! jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20587 - 21/07/2017 11:30:57 2020457 Link 0 |
Completely agree. Pilar should have told his lads to warm up down the Canal End and do their talking on the pitch. Couldn't see Jim Gavin going in for that marching down to the Hill arm in arm nonsense. As I left that day I wished the Mayo supporter beside me the best of luck in the final and told him they should give Ciaran MacDonald two medals if they win. He was unplayable in that second half. Absolutely destroyed us.
Mickmick (Dublin) - Posts: 104 - 21/07/2017 11:39:33 2020461 Link 1 |
And ye have got yer revenge in bucket loads since.....time to give us another go :/
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 21/07/2017 11:46:41 2020469 Link 1 |
David Clarke punched on of those late Vaughan frees out which I think was actually heading over. I didn't rate Pillar Caffrey as a manger, thought he got involved in off the ball silly stuff and crowd pleasing antics. Having a free taker is vital even if you have to carry him on the team.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 21/07/2017 11:49:04 2020476 Link 1 |
It was a very good Dublin team. If Gavin was managing that team their self-belief would have got them to the final. I thought Pillar moving Shane Ryan from midfield to centre back and then taking him off gave us an advantage. He was having a great season and would never let the Dubs down. Could never understand why he was so underrated. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7290 - 21/07/2017 11:54:39 2020479 Link 0 |
Always thought the Dubs lost the plot on the day. Barnowl94 (Galway) - Posts: 3150 - 21/07/2017 12:03:20 2020486 Link 0 |
What a game and what a point to win it! I was perfectly in line with Ciarán Mac's shot and it was perfect. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13692 - 21/07/2017 12:04:26 2020487 Link 2 |
100% A vital thing to get right and can win you an AI! Dublin learned that the hard way across the 00's jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20587 - 21/07/2017 12:07:42 2020490 Link 0 |
How did the Dubs end up 7 points up if Mayo were so in their heads? Or maybe they only got into their heads with 15 mins to go MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13692 - 21/07/2017 12:16:36 2020497 Link 1 |
This idea that Mayo got in our heads that day is laughable. We destroyed them in the first half and bar Alan rattling the crossbar in first half we would have been out of sight. Wat beat us that day was lack of free taker, pillars naivety and the utter magic and class that was Supermac. My favourite non Dublin footballer ever. A magician. Also a gentleman. Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 21/07/2017 12:37:34 2020514 Link 0 |
For all of Mayo's "Cahonas" that day they still have nothing to show for it. Except selfies of course. daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 21/07/2017 12:49:32 2020519 Link 1 |
Lol average Dublin team and an average Mayo team. Gilroy wiped all the bullshit from that squad and Gavin continued where he left off. I think that was the start of change in Dublin. They were an embarrassment that day pre match. They believed their own nonsense, and the blue book nonsense. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7830 - 21/07/2017 12:50:31 2020520 Link 0 |
"For Dublin to lose i feel the opposition need to start a battle, make the game really physical as that is where I see Dublin at their weakest " Re-writing a bit of what happened and myth there. Dublin were great in the first half so not rattled in any way. They got themselves into an 8 pt lead and were playing very well. Then I think several subs were made which resulted in Shane Ryan somehow playing at FB. Mayo to their credit saw an opportunity , got a key turning point goal and hit a great winning point. So nothing that happened before the game influenced the end result. In a change of the times, Mayo's bench worked much better than Dublin's. poguemahone (Dublin) - Posts: 365 - 21/07/2017 12:58:09 2020529 Link 0 |
Yep. Even Stephen C would have been a candidate back then to hit that free if someone could've seen his potential. We'd a couple of gaps from Barney to Dean.
poguemahone (Dublin) - Posts: 365 - 21/07/2017 13:04:22 2020534 Link 1 |
To be honest I think if any team did this nowadays they would get battered. I wouldn't want to give Dublin any excuse to get motivated. The best time to get in their faces from the throw in and not before it. Football has moved a long way since 2006 physically and mentally. The way to beat Dublin is getting scores on the board not handbags. Find_the_space (Tyrone) - Posts: 313 - 21/07/2017 13:35:10 2020552 Link 0 |
If Dublin lost the plot, why did they go 7 points up ? Its not like the Mayo antics got into our heads and we were destroyed from the first whistle. Dublin missed some chances, Mayo never gave up and came back to win a brilliant game. The point to win it was an "I was there" moment even though it was against us. As a 14 year old at the time it broke my heart and took a lot of time to get over but looking back now you can acknowledge the class involved in that strike of the ball. On, what we would do if it happened nowadays. Nothing, don't think we would blink, We would just go right up to the other end and leave it at that. It wouldn't be the winning/losing of the tie one way or the other similarly it wasn't the winning/losing of the tie in 06. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 21/07/2017 13:44:05 2020559 Link 0 |
Since then...I have seen Mayo win All Ireland minor and u-21 All Ireland's, 6 Connacht titles, multiple quarter, semi and final appearances. Yeah we haven't crossed the line which is a real pain but at least we are challenging and not giving up....there is no alternative. Whats Kildare's excuse?
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 21/07/2017 14:17:00 2020574 Link 3 |