Replying To waynoI:  "well done limerick. chuffed for limerick. good teams win all irelands .. great teams win themore back to back. Galway couldn't do it and u til a team does they can't be compared to great kilkenny teams of the past. Thank God that's over anyway, as the saying goes.. leaving the best til last with the Dubs and Tyrone in a fortnight. Different codes i know but shows how brilliant the dublin footballers are for their hunger to win tight tight games against very good kerry and mayo teams over the years. They are going for 4 in a row and even if we don't do it I won't allow that be forgotten. :) (bait thrown)"

Replying To arock:  "Whats wrong with the AVIVA stadium? The home of Irish soccer to honour an Irish soccer player? what exactly is the problem here? You think because the GAA relented over a dump like St Conlaiths that somehow you have an armya swell of support to "revolutionise" the GAA? If St Conlaiths ever gets to point of being redeveloped who exactly is going to fund it? There is BTW revolution and change or what you are advocating anarchy and destruction. On with your crusade, if the FAI wish to rightly honour the man it should be in the AVIVA."

Replying To dunboynelad:  "Yes, I know for a fact; hence you and your giddy lilly muppets looking very stupid. There is no *if* you're dying to throw out over and over, clearly another fan who doesn't know anyone involved. Crack on"

Replying To 37thHeaven:  "We wont be 1/200 to beat Cork or have a 20 point handicap, it'll be an actual contest"

Replying To KY4SAM2015:  "Forget about years ago. Right now Dublin are embarassing teams year in year out in Leinster and it will only get worse as Meath and Kildare are getting worse. Tipp Cork and Clare have the potential to reach the super 8s if they got favourable draws in the coming weeks. No team in Leinster outside Dublin have a hope of reaching this stage unless a miracle happens. Its obvious football is dead in Leinster lets hope not for the whole country the way things are going."

Replying To galwayford:  "52,000, at Dubs Leinster final. There was 55,000 at the Rugby last week. Has there ever been a League of Ireland match with 52K at it? Answer no. Has there ever been a Pro 14 rugby match with that crowd, maybe once or twice. So moan, moan, moan- what a crowd of moaners on here!"

Replying To waynoI:  "Ive basically given up on this now, used to post almost every day, cant be bothered anymore. Recently tried to set up a basic thread that broke NONE of the "house rules" on what achievement would be bigger, Dublin winning 5 in a row or Mayo breaking their long wait, I tried to post it 3 times as a genuine conversation starter and every time the admin have blocked it. It was GAA games related, family friendly, no bad language or abusive comments and I certainly didnt attempt to post offensive or defamatory contributions and of course I typed the message myself which rules copyright. I just wish we could hear from the admins .. Give us reasons why you wont allow certain posts. This place has definitely become lifeless and boring and id be pretty sure the numbers on these forums are down over the years."

Replying To Sweetspot:  "A lot of waffle in here. To say Kildare would bring 1/5 of Mayo's support to Croker is lunacy and to give them a 100% chance of winning is as much. Personally I don't see Mayo winning this one.."

Replying To KingdomBoy1:  "Ha? What you on about? We bate Cork tonight cork were brutal due to an inept management team, Cork have won lots of U21s over the 10 years , they have the footballers but they need a manager with a tactical brain."

Replying To gotmilk:  "For those criticising Fermanagh football, how many of you have actually watched Fermanagh this year? The Kildare lads did and got their arses handed to them. I honestly can't remember if it was 28 or 22 shots Fermanagh had against them (very defensive statistics). Some of the Donegal lads saw us on Sunday too where we had 23 attempts on goal. I doubt the poster from Offaly has seen Fermanagh play. I was at the Kerry v Cavan game in Breffni a few weeks ago and having watched both sides play it's clear that they play the exact same style as Fermanagh, only difference is they are better at taking their scores."

Replying To TheUsername:  "Ha ha thanks it's hard to take you very seriously though. If there is one thing Dublin fans don't need it's advise from Kildare fans, in fact it's hard to take it seriously. The crowd in Navan at the weekend was disgraceful, but you can bet there will be new crispy white toger knocking around Kildare this week, Croke Park will be full of shouts on "come on no 6". As for us we will keep to our own, we know the score, Galway, Omagh by 2, Castlebar, Portlaoise already this year. If another county can draw the numbers Dublin can away on rainy night in Jan and Feb I've yet to see it. It's part of the problem really so many grounds can't deal with the mass of people. As for Croke Park I agree with you the S8s are unfair and badly structured, hopefully and it will undoubtedly be changed. As for the Leinster last count was 11-1 to keep Dublin in Croke Park. The issue of Dublin in Croke Park is closer to home Kildare were 1 of the 11. I also agree the Leinster effort is a token, may as well play in Aughrim at PL. In PL as opposed to Nowlan. Let's be honest though it's moving deck chairs around in the titanic really."

Replying To KY4SAM2015:  "The discussion is the state of Leinster atm. The average handicap in every game with the dubs is closing in on 20 points a game. Its not competitive anymore. The fact is at the moment Munster is at a far healthier state then Leinster. No point trying to deny this. You can look at results from years gone by til the cows come home but its plain for everyone to see."

Replying To Furlong1949:  "Dublin supporters. Welcome to Meath footballers Tyrone footballers and Clare hurlers world. There has been massive increase in criticism regards Dublin recently. This is very unusual. I cannot remember much or any criticism of the Dubs in 90s or 00s. They werent as sucessful of course. When Dublin won in 2011 there was alot of praise and people saw this as good thing. 7 years later the Dubs are being heavily criticised. I have a theory why?. In the GAA world if anything new or unprecedented happens people are more likely to criticise. Let me explain. When kilkenny Tipp or Cork win liam Mcarthy or kerry Dublin Cork or Galway win Sam everything is rosey in GAA land. Any other county is nearly always criticised if they suceed. Anything unprecedented , outside the traditional top counties it gets more criticism. Well of course Dublin are a traditional county. When Dublin win 1 All Ireland there is no problem. But Dublin winning 6 in 8 years. That is unprecedented. When kilkenny or kerry win multiple All.Irelands there is little criticism. This is not new or unprecedented. People accept this. Yes the Dubs are being treated unfairly. There is a definite difference in the way kilkenny or kerry or praised when they win multiple All.Irelands. The Dubs get criticised . The reason is say you are beaten by a team. You say Meath are to rough, Tyrone play puke football and underhand tactics Clare are to physical and Dublin have a money advantage. Then it gives a county an excuse. It like they were not beaten fairly. Its like they were not beaten at all. I dont know if that makes sense. But there is no doubt, people accept kilkenny and kerry winning 4 in a row. But not Dublin. The same way people accept kilkenny Tipp and Cork winning hurling titles, but not Clare. Here is some examples In late 80s Galway won 3 hurling titles. This was unprecedented for Galway. Galway were heavily criticised at the time for ruining hurling with their short passing possession game. 20 years later Cork won a two in a row with a more possession game. They were described as revolutionising the game and highly praised. In late 90s Clare won 2 titles in 3 years. This was unprecedented for Clare. Clare were heavily criticised at the time for bringing to much physicality to the game of hurling. 10 years later kilkenny won 4 in a row bringing physicality to a level we had never seen before in hurling. They were called greatest team ever. In 60s Down won 3 All-Irelands . This was unprecedented for Down and new. Down at the time were called upstarts. They were criticised at the time for ruining football by a playing a short passing possession game. In the next decade kerry and Dublin won All-Irelands with a more hand passing game. The Dubs and kerry were called grreatest teams ever. In 1988 Meath won two in a row..This was unprecedented for Meath and new. In 88 final Meath were criticised and the final was criticised for being a rough match. It was a tough hard match between two big physical teams. Nothing more nothing less. 5 years earlier Dublin won an All-Ireland in the most violent final in Irish sporting history. The Dublin players were praised and called heroric and labeled the 12 Apostles. In 00s Tyrone won 3 All-Irelands this was unprecedented. Tyrone had a defensive system with sweepers and blanket defence. There football was called puke football and they were criticised for underhand tactics eg sledging. Donegal won All All Ireland in 2012 with a more defensive system they were labelled as destroying gaelic football. Kerry in 2014 won an All-Ireland with a defensive system eg sweepers blanket defence. There was no criticism , they were praised. Dublin won 6 All-Irelands in 8 years in this decade. This is unprecedented and new in the GAA world .They are criticised about their finances and money buying All-Irelands. In 70s kerry won 8 Sams in 00s kilkenny won 6 All-Irelands they were not criticised at all. So to Dublin supporters welcome to Meath Tyrone and Donegal footballers and Clare and Galway hurlers world. Any county that has unusual levels of sucess outside the norm are criticised in gaa land."

Replying To carlowman:  "Looks like Kildare will host the match after all in Newbridge... My view is that the ground is very small for such an important fixture... the GAA has has had as its core the principle of trying to ensure that as many patrons as possible should be able to see the match live - you can't beat being there- ... How is it possible for all Kildare and Mayo fans to fit in Newbridge...? I remember following Eire Og from Carlow in numerous club Leinster games and Newbridge was the perfect venue - small and compact- almost no seating room- yet perfect for the 60 min match back in the 90's. The venue has not come on since then. Tullamore and Portlaoise are superb provincial venues and I am disappointed that these were not been suggested by Kildare If I want to go to the game as a neutral - can I get a ticket? The Kildare fan who has missed no match or the Mayo person? What about those? The limit is around 8,000 - how are the tickets going to be given out... who will have first call on them... will Mayo get half... Kildare may have 'right' on their side but they have conveniently used the rules to bolster their chance of defeating Mayo and have said - forget about the fans... that is my interpretation as a neutral. I think that the first consequence of this decision is that central Council will address the rules governing such fixtures in the future and ensure that counties will either nominate grounds apart from their own or that competition committees will have sole power in fixing venues. And what about the players... has Kildare thought about those players who have not ye had the chance of playing in Croke Park - and for most players it is a definite highlight to play at headquarters. Some commentators have suggested that this reflects a battle between the 'powers that be ' in Croke Park and the country Gael... believing that Croke Park does things for the sake of money and for Sky. Those people are deluded in my opinion. The reality is that the people in Croke Park - made up mind you of committees with particular responsibility for different sectors - are the very same as anybody else in the GAA - there for the betterment of the Association. I would fear if it were any different. Kildare may have won the battle but I fear that they will definitely lose the war."

Replying To jimbodub:  "It'll be more like a Mayo home game by the sounds of ticket allocations Looking at the numbers could be as high 6 thousand Mayo fans It'll be more Castlebar than Newbridge Ah well sure Mayo fans were always going to outnumber Kildare fans either way.. but a little more jarring seeing as Kildare are at home. Probably many of the Kildare players first ever experience playing a senior championship game there and they look up to see mostly green and red.."

Replying To 37thHeaven:  "Of course Clare believed they were going to win!!! Why do you think the handicap was only 6 points and bear in mind the game was in Killarney where we haven't lost since 1995 so thats worth at least 4 points of the handicap. They had a bad day, they are a normal county and aren't robots it happens!!!! I don't even need to talk about whether or not the Rebels believe they can beat Kerry least of all on their home turf!!!!!!! I never criticised the other Leinster teams - I admire and respect their tradition and I hugely enjoyed watching it in the 90's and 00's it was always the most enjoyable of the 4 provinces in terms of colour, skill, enjoyment and unpredictability my worry is if all that can be wiped away so quickly , what is stopping the AI itself becoming irrelevant. If a team that has won every game this year can't even be competitive then it prove beyond doubt it is finished which is sad"