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All the moaning about Dublin's superior spending power and it turns out Mayo spent more than them in 2016. Cork, Galway, Tipperary and Roscommon also spent more than 1 million on their county teams in 2016. Not bad for these counties who apparently haven't got a pot to pee in according to most of the anti Dublin brigade on here isn't it not ? waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 18/02/2017 17:01:13 1957972 Link
Replying To waynoI: "All the moaning about Dublin's superior spending power and it turns out Mayo spent more than them in 2016. Cork, Galway, Tipperary and Roscommon also spent more than 1 million on their county teams in 2016. Not bad for these counties who apparently haven't got a pot to pee in according to most of the anti Dublin brigade on here isn't it not ?" I thought the fishing season wasn't open for another 2 weeks wayno. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 18/02/2017 18:58:08 1957997 Link
Just shows ya, you can't buy success :D realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8586 - 18/02/2017 19:18:52 1958007 Link
Replying To waynoI: "All the moaning about Dublin's superior spending power and it turns out Mayo spent more than them in 2016. Cork, Galway, Tipperary and Roscommon also spent more than 1 million on their county teams in 2016. Not bad for these counties who apparently haven't got a pot to pee in according to most of the anti Dublin brigade on here isn't it not ?" You start a topic stating facts and figures and without any citations. I searched and found articles you might have got your figures from. It seems you've been very selective in your extracts. For example, your comments about Mayo. "All the moaning about Dublin's superior spending power and it turns out Mayo spent more than them in 2016." You failed to mention that: On the individual spending of counties, big dual counties like Dublin, Tipperary, Cork and Galway would be expected to be high on the list. But on others, Keys described Roscommon's figure of over €1 million as a "real eye opener" and also felt that Mayo were a "surprise too", although in their case "you'd have to qualify that €150,000 of that was carried over from the previous year and also their under-21s won the All Ireland title, they had an under-21 B Hurling team in the Nicky Rackard and then a replay as well, so that's a lot of trips down to Dublin for their teams." http://www.newstalk.com/The-spiralling-spending-of-GAA-intercounty-teams That said, Mayo's overall finances were in decent shape and with the rise in spend by their county teams came a big increasing in fundraising revenues too. Sponsorship was €478,141 with Cairde Mayo generating €638,396, helping to put a fair dent into overall costs. http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/mayo-the-big-spenders-this-graph-breaks-down-each-countys-costs-in-2016-35458592.html Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2448 - 18/02/2017 19:34:13 1958010 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "I thought the fishing season wasn't open for another 2 weeks wayno." To be fair, Galway and Cork have the cost of both hurling and football, unlike Mayo and Roscommon baire (Galway) - Posts: 1785 - 18/02/2017 19:41:01 1958015 Link
Can't wait to read Ewan McKenna's next article on Mayo's big spending.. wha!! Listen no doubt there's money being spent on coaching n Dublin, but that investment doesn't get spent on the Dublin senior football team. In reality Mayo have been bailed out by the GAA after the McHale Park fiasco, saving Mayo GAA €5 million over the course of the loan, does anyone else find that a little distasteful? Bailed out to the tune of €5 million, yet still spending big off the back of it! Hardly fair is it? :) hardly a level playing ground!! Sorry but Mayo have now spent many millions on this team and now lead the pack on spending It proves that money doesn't guarantee success, it helps, it puts all the best gear at your feet, but just like owning a set of expensive golf clubs, they are of no use without a good swing!! jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 18/02/2017 19:53:47 1958018 Link
Replying To baire: "To be fair, Galway and Cork have the cost of both hurling and football, unlike Mayo and Roscommon" Add Dublin to that dual list Our county hurlers were challenging at all age groups, and had a lot of success jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 18/02/2017 19:57:44 1958019 Link
So can this money bs be put to bed once and for all? Yes we have the biggest pick but after that it's pretty even in everything else and believe it or not our pick isn't that much bigger than the bigger counties. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 18/02/2017 20:03:48 1958023 Link
Replying To jimbodub: "Add Dublin to that dual list Our county hurlers were challenging at all age groups, and had a lot of success" Sure there's no money in Dublin, all the wealth is in culchie land! lol Poor mouth Dubs! Gas! baire (Galway) - Posts: 1785 - 18/02/2017 20:24:51 1958033 Link
Replying To clondalkindub: "So can this money bs be put to bed once and for all? Yes we have the biggest pick but after that it's pretty even in everything else and believe it or not our pick isn't that much bigger than the bigger counties." Fair play to the Dublin hurlers, great win tonight away against Cork. baire (Galway) - Posts: 1785 - 18/02/2017 20:29:08 1958035 Link
Dublin hurling would have brought up our own spend significantly It just further increases Mayos spend where the bulk of their large spend is purely on football Millions have been spent on this Mayo team since Horan took over and to the present day It doesn't guarantee a damn thing Plenty of other counties spend huge money, but they don't have 8 National titles since 2011 PS Up The Dub hurlers ! Super win jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 18/02/2017 20:30:15 1958037 Link
Replying To jimbodub: "Add Dublin to that dual list Our county hurlers were challenging at all age groups, and had a lot of success" What was the travel cost for the Dubs compared to Mayo? baire (Galway) - Posts: 1785 - 18/02/2017 20:30:36 1958038 Link
Kerry spent close to a million too! Around the same level as the Dubs when you minus our Hurling commitments across all age groups at a high level But sssshhh Let's the poor mouths savour their excuses! Mayo GAA proves you can't buy success Millions spent with feck all to show for it at senior level. jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 18/02/2017 20:35:49 1958044 Link
Replying To baire: "What was the travel cost for the Dubs compared to Mayo?" Would you stop.. our hurlers travelled all over the country as did our footballers in 2016, all age groups Travelling costs.. You swear they had to travel around the world or something! We have teams at every level at every age group in both codes They have far less expenditure on hurling and it magnifies just how much they put into 1 senior football team But let them spend it! It ain't doing them much use at senior level.. jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 18/02/2017 20:40:47 1958048 Link
Replying To baire: "Sure there's no money in Dublin, all the wealth is in culchie land! lol Poor mouth Dubs! Gas!" Baire Plenty of money alright, but drop the crap Nothing you said changes the fact of my post A significant overall spend would have gone to our hurling commitments, and it only emphasises the spend of Mayo on one panel of players, same with Kerry's expenditure You highlighted Cork as an example of a dual county to explain their own big spend, yet didn't highlight Dublin? jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 18/02/2017 20:50:39 1958054 Link
Yeah they spent more ..and Dublin still get way more funding than any county ..cork have double the amount of clubs than dublin but gaa gives them 5 times more than cork ..get over yourselves trying to justify the most unfair sport in the world. Not all about money players still have to perform but was there not a 15 year drought before funding. But what's really helping is the decisions. Dublins are gaa,s cash cow and that's why ridiculous frees like the one last week in tyrone match was given..no free atall but I'm sure yez will try justify that one too royal7 (Meath) - Posts: 156 - 18/02/2017 21:54:58 1958070 Link
Replying To jimbodub: "Baire Plenty of money alright, but drop the crap Nothing you said changes the fact of my post A significant overall spend would have gone to our hurling commitments, and it only emphasises the spend of Mayo on one panel of players, same with Kerry's expenditure You highlighted Cork as an example of a dual county to explain their own big spend, yet didn't highlight Dublin?" I was referring to the 4 counties listed, Galway, Cork, Tipp and Roscommon, where over 1 million was spent. Tipp are also a dual county but I don't think they spend much money on football! Obviously funding of itself won't win All Irelands but there's no comparison between the facilities, back up, coaching etc available in the capital and those in depopulated rural areas. I live in Dublin and I have helped with the hurling at underage, as many other country people have done, but counties like Laois, Offaly did not get the same financial assistance and it shows. baire (Galway) - Posts: 1785 - 18/02/2017 22:03:19 1958072 Link
Replying To royal7: "Yeah they spent more ..and Dublin still get way more funding than any county ..cork have double the amount of clubs than dublin but gaa gives them 5 times more than cork ..get over yourselves trying to justify the most unfair sport in the world. Not all about money players still have to perform but was there not a 15 year drought before funding. But what's really helping is the decisions. Dublins are gaa,s cash cow and that's why ridiculous frees like the one last week in tyrone match was given..no free atall but I'm sure yez will try justify that one too" Not a cent of which is spent on the Dublin senior football team. By the way Check out the free count in Tyrone's favour It was something like 32 to 16 in favour of Tyrone Tyrone kicked 8-9 wides with a strong wind advantage in the first half But yeah.. Your crack pot conspiracy theories is the way to go I bow to your superior intellect jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 18/02/2017 22:45:19 1958086 Link
Replying To baire: "I was referring to the 4 counties listed, Galway, Cork, Tipp and Roscommon, where over 1 million was spent. Tipp are also a dual county but I don't think they spend much money on football! Obviously funding of itself won't win All Irelands but there's no comparison between the facilities, back up, coaching etc available in the capital and those in depopulated rural areas. I live in Dublin and I have helped with the hurling at underage, as many other country people have done, but counties like Laois, Offaly did not get the same financial assistance and it shows." Baire Depopulate rural areas.. Sorry but that's more of a socio-economic problem at gov level, and has and always will exist Fact is all the top counties have access to that level of sports science, the way you've just described the plight of rural island just doesn't add up to the true picture. All top GAA counties have practically the same advantages Dublin can call on, sure look at the figures, many counties outside of Dublin GAA are spending millions on their senior panels.. that's not going on orange segments at half time! Difference is Dublin has 8 National titles since 2011 after spending millions Mayo on the other hand have zero Our spending advantages of other big spending counties is minimal. The figures prove this. jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 18/02/2017 22:55:05 1958089 Link
39 frees for Tyrone to Dublin's 15 , sorry for interrupting just thought I'd give you the correct tally of frees. Continue on...... clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 18/02/2017 23:27:06 1958093 Link