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Congratulations to Dublin on what is a good achievement for them. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7844 - 17/09/2019 18:25:15 2236752 Link 1 |
You are not good enough to beat us so all of a sudden split us :):):):) Jaysus they are hurting badly down in Kerry! witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 18/09/2019 09:24:29 2236972 Link 3 |
m_the_d (None) - Posts: 1099 - 18/09/2019 10:20:06 2236983 Link 0 |
1. I think your post is a bit of a wind-up. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 18/09/2019 10:21:57 2236984 Link 2 |
The great traditionalists in Kerry will and would be hurting at this suggestion. A county who prides itself in being the aristrocrats of football, a county who fears nobody, who respects no other county and prides itself in taking on the best of any era. Has the great Kerry GAA in 2019 now accepted they cannot take on Dublin - especially Dublin who it's great past leaders loved battling with despite the difficulities. Maybe it's a sign of the times that Kerry don't want to work out the challenge they just want it to disappear - lets split the rival so Kerry can return to their "rightful place". A massive mentality split down in the Kingdom. sam1884 (UK) - Posts: 999 - 18/09/2019 10:50:55 2236996 Link 5 |
How many other excuses can Kerry come up with. catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 18/09/2019 11:05:00 2237002 Link 7 |
People can get hyper all they like about this but reality is that the population growth in Dublin is a real issue for the GAA.....the size of the populace gives them a massive advantage now that they are properly organised and structured ( I accept with funding from Croke Park)...... reality is GAA needs to keep the association strong in Dublin as almost a third of the population of the 26 counties lives there ( 25% of the whole island), we can't simply surrender that population to our competitors in the name of evening the playing field but rather find other ways to do that PaudieSull1 (Down) - Posts: 738 - 18/09/2019 11:30:31 2237025 Link 1 |
If you split Dublin, in a few years it would just be the equivalent of Rangers returning to being competitive with Celtic. Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 18/09/2019 11:42:41 2237030 Link 2 |
But please don't lose sight of the obvious. On Prime time Na Fianna pointed out they 3000+ players they have 1 games promotion officer. This GPO doesn't give personal training to Johnny Cooper and Eoin Murchan he runs a nursery of 500+ he goes into 10 schools of all ages and sex and gets hundreds involved in GAA sports those 10 schools have a potential playing pop of 10,000. So what's the answer? Don't send someone into schools let the kids play other sports? Just so Leitrim can keep score down in 10 years? Mad arguments
arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4896 - 18/09/2019 11:45:57 2237033 Link 4 |
Also you could make them field 11 a side teams while their at it..... Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1909 - 18/09/2019 11:46:33 2237035 Link 0 |
The GAA has to exist in Dublin - Dublin are a huge and very powerful brand. The thousands you see at the games obviously want to see Dublin succeed but there is a much smaller, tight knitted GAA community proud of their history and tradition. There is no way they'll allow Dublin to be split, it's a can of worms the GAA cannot open. We have seen clubs split from county boards previously and refuse to compete in their competitons. I'd envisage if the GAA went down the road of splitting Dublin there'd be the real possibility of Dublin refusing to enter inter county teams into Leinster or Central council competitions and instead run their own club scene until such times the issue was resolved. Dublin's growth is a problem and the GAA pay enough wages to good people to think of a solution - splitting the county is a politically sensitive move in a sporting context they just cannot even consider. As I mentioned elsewhere proposing a secondary competition is the GAA's first move in my opinion to try and help ensure the stronger counties are guaranteed entry to the latter stages of a sighnificantly increased marketing competition.
sam1884 (UK) - Posts: 999 - 18/09/2019 11:59:34 2237043 Link 2 |
And you're HATRED of Kerry is getting worse by the day lol.
GreenAndGold74 (Kerry) - Posts: 194 - 18/09/2019 12:00:05 2237044 Link 1 |
The GAA has to exist in Dublin - Dublin are a huge and very powerful brand. The thousands you see at the games obviously want to see Dublin succeed but there is a much smaller, tight knitted GAA community proud of their history and tradition. There is no way they'll allow Dublin to be split, it's a can of worms the GAA cannot open. We have seen clubs split from county boards previously and refuse to compete in their competitons. I'd envisage if the GAA went down the road of splitting Dublin there'd be the real possibility of Dublin refusing to enter inter county teams into Leinster or Central council competitions and instead run their own club scene until such times the issue was resolved. Dublin's growth is a problem and the GAA pay enough wages to good people to think of a solution - splitting the county is a politically sensitive move in a sporting context they just cannot even consider. As I mentioned elsewhere proposing a secondary competition is the GAA's first move in my opinion to try and help ensure the stronger counties are guaranteed entry to the latter stages of a sighnificantly increased marketing competition. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 18/09/2019 12:20:52 2237057 Link 7 |
Confusing title. I thought this thread was going to be about the trinity of John Costello, John Horan and Paul Flynn who ensure everything runs smoothly for the Dubs. Greenfield (Meath) - Posts: 522 - 18/09/2019 12:27:32 2237061 Link 2 |
In 3 seems to be the fairest split. It does not seek to cut off the funding. It embraces what Dublin have been allowed to do and moves forward in the direction of a modern Ireland. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7844 - 18/09/2019 12:28:14 2237062 Link 0 |
On the contrary , sure not at all. It's more the begrudgery element that's the real problem in some Kerry voices. Telling anyone they can about the great achievements they have and sure a lot of them were cake walk AI"s and no word about it. Tied up badly though when the gun was put to their head for sure. catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 18/09/2019 12:42:30 2237068 Link 4 |
Where did I say anywhere about cutting funding, get off your high horse. Of course the GAA needs to fund and compete in the capital city and its suburbs which it has rightly done but that doesn't take away from the fact that now Dublin is well organised and funded that we don't need to look at structures to ensure we maximise on playing numbers but also the competitiveness of the games.....even the fact you are quoting Na Fianna with 3000+ members, tears madness as that should be 2/3 clubs not a single superclub and therein lies one if the problems All this nonsense about Dublin boycotting the all Ireland if they were split in two is simply that, nonsense ......wouldn't not be better to create proper competitive conditions or do you simply seek to have a numerical and as a consequence financial advantage over everyone else.....change will be coming whether people like it or not as urban growth and rural depopulation needs to be faced into by the GAA, ultimately that will mean structural change whether people like it or not....... PaudieSull1 (Down) - Posts: 738 - 18/09/2019 12:53:30 2237077 Link 0 |
A rival doesn't like losing to a rival. Where's the surprise there? My experience is of Dubs being respectful in defeat and victory. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7844 - 18/09/2019 13:12:36 2237094 Link 0 |
Why does Dublin have to be split? Why don't all other teams amalgamate as a province to be one team. So you have the 3 provinces, Dublin and Leinster (excluding Dublin). Guarantee of more competitive games and levels the playing field in terms of population. keithlemon (Australia) - Posts: 920 - 18/09/2019 13:31:57 2237106 Link 1 |
If there's the funding and population of a province it can't act as a county RoyalBadger (Meath) - Posts: 571 - 18/09/2019 13:52:07 2237117 Link 1 |