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Replying To Claretandblue:  "How would you know what wearing a jersey means to a player? Keeper possibly should have stopped fourth goal but defender beforehand more culpable. They're young players who made mistakes. Hardly means they don't care."
Perhaps I phrased it badly. I don't have any idea of what anyone is thinking about anything. That is true.

It is a poor team which has gotten beaten by other poor teams and was blessed not to have been beaten by Wicklow. Ludicrous that they and other bad teams are still in the championship.

Happy now?

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4367 - 01/06/2026 10:41:06    2676941

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I know it would probably not end well, but playing Kerry might be the best draw.

Better to exit on their shield against the best than be maintained on life support!

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4367 - 01/06/2026 10:45:55    2676942

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Replying To brayballer:  "Parnell park nolds maybe 12,000.How do you expect to fit in the crowd?"
7500 according to the net

Tadhg2020 (Limerick) - Posts: 522 - 01/06/2026 11:10:49    2676952

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Replying To gaelsboy:  "Is it actually the first time Dublin has lost 2 championship games in a row? If so that is a unique fact. Also a sign of the times, great respect for what was achieved over the years by JG and the lads but those days are over now, new squad to rebuild with needed. Also still think you were done dirty by GBs suspension, that would not have happened JG when you in were in the hay day."
There is an All Ireland winning spine there. Davy Byrne, Lee Gannon, Brian Howard, Niall Scully, Con, Ciaran Kilkenny, Cormac Costello, Paddy Small. That's half a team. The problem is that newer players aren't stepping up at all and Dublin have a real problem at the goalkeeper position which position is vital under the new rules. Don't think Dublin are too far away though.

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2684 - 01/06/2026 11:12:35    2676954

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I know a good few mentioned it but what would Dublin fans desire be with Croke Park. No atmosphere or entertainment playing in an empty 80k stadium. Even getting 25k which is still a decent crowd feels diabolical in there.

A) Stay in Croke Park
B) Play in Parnell Park (max seems to be 9k)
C) Find a way to share a new RDS with Leinster rugby for 25-30k
( I know that's probably a non runner with pitch dimensions)
D) build or revamp another municipal venue in Dublin to get a new 25-30k capacity for Dublin GAA.

Feel like we should have built a proper mid sized modern stadium in Dublin with excellent facilities and infrastructure years ago that could have been shared between all sports.
A 25k multi use stadium should have been commissioned years ago during Nama.

shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 460 - 01/06/2026 11:26:21    2676962

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Replying To Tadhg2020:  "7500 according to the net"
It has to be closer to 12,000. It is a moveable feast as when full to the rafters as last Sunday there are people in places which do not even exist for ticketing purposes!

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4367 - 01/06/2026 11:44:32    2676969

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Replying To brayballer:  "Parnell park nolds maybe 12,000.How do you expect to fit in the crowd?"
What crowd? They were all Louth.

Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2713 - 01/06/2026 12:01:25    2676980

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Replying To Saynothing:  "What crowd? They were all Louth."
Oh you were there !Were you? Were the Louth supporters wearing navy and sky blue?

brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 655 - 01/06/2026 19:01:11    2677095

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Replying To shaggykev:  "I know a good few mentioned it but what would Dublin fans desire be with Croke Park. No atmosphere or entertainment playing in an empty 80k stadium. Even getting 25k which is still a decent crowd feels diabolical in there.

A) Stay in Croke Park
B) Play in Parnell Park (max seems to be 9k)
C) Find a way to share a new RDS with Leinster rugby for 25-30k
( I know that's probably a non runner with pitch dimensions)
D) build or revamp another municipal venue in Dublin to get a new 25-30k capacity for Dublin GAA.

Feel like we should have built a proper mid sized modern stadium in Dublin with excellent facilities and infrastructure years ago that could have been shared between all sports.
A 25k multi use stadium should have been commissioned years ago during Nama."
The RDS? How the hell would that be big enough dimension wise for G.A.A. games. Next you ll tell me Dalymount park.

brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 655 - 01/06/2026 19:07:31    2677101

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Replying To brayballer:  "The RDS? How the hell would that be big enough dimension wise for G.A.A. games. Next you ll tell me Dalymount park."
Read what I said in the bracket below. They're revamping it now so my comment was if they'd rebuilt it to accommodate both Leinster and Dublin GAA, it would have been ideal but I said it was a non runner.

More the case it would be good for city for the city to have a city that could accommodate both in a single municipality stadium of 25-30k.

shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 460 - 01/06/2026 19:23:58    2677108

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Replying To shaggykev:  "I know a good few mentioned it but what would Dublin fans desire be with Croke Park. No atmosphere or entertainment playing in an empty 80k stadium. Even getting 25k which is still a decent crowd feels diabolical in there.

A) Stay in Croke Park
B) Play in Parnell Park (max seems to be 9k)
C) Find a way to share a new RDS with Leinster rugby for 25-30k
( I know that's probably a non runner with pitch dimensions)
D) build or revamp another municipal venue in Dublin to get a new 25-30k capacity for Dublin GAA.

Feel like we should have built a proper mid sized modern stadium in Dublin with excellent facilities and infrastructure years ago that could have been shared between all sports.
A 25k multi use stadium should have been commissioned years ago during Nama."
I often wonder could they buy a bit of land from clontarf golf club, widen the parnell park pitch and build a decent terrace and get it up to maybe mid to high teens and that would be big enough. Parnell park is a great place to watch a match, just a little bit small.

Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 1012 - 01/06/2026 19:44:12    2677112

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Replying To Ulsterchamps_32:  "I often wonder could they buy a bit of land from clontarf golf club, widen the parnell park pitch and build a decent terrace and get it up to maybe mid to high teens and that would be big enough. Parnell park is a great place to watch a match, just a little bit small."
Think all the expansion options have been explored.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4367 - 01/06/2026 20:26:08    2677119

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Replying To Ulsterchamps_32:  "I often wonder could they buy a bit of land from clontarf golf club, widen the parnell park pitch and build a decent terrace and get it up to maybe mid to high teens and that would be big enough. Parnell park is a great place to watch a match, just a little bit small."
Isn't Tallaght stadium supposed to be big enough to accommodate gaa.

Tadhg2020 (Limerick) - Posts: 522 - 01/06/2026 20:38:17    2677125

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Replying To brayballer:  "The RDS? How the hell would that be big enough dimension wise for G.A.A. games. Next you ll tell me Dalymount park."
The RDS is definitely big enough for GAA but only from end May, to end of July in reality without the temporary stands that rugby erect behind both goals. They're taken down every summer at the end of the rugby season so it could potentially accommodate GAA during the summer, albeit the capacity would be confined to the two long side stands, but still bigger than Parnell. The water jump would have to be avoided so the dimensions would be limited up to that location but it is still big enough. Remember also the famous match that never was in the 1990's Clan na Gael fundraiser between Dublin and Down that was to be played in the RDS until GAA HQ intervened and said no.

Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1864 - 01/06/2026 21:05:07    2677132

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Replying To Tadhg2020:  "Isn't Tallaght stadium supposed to be big enough to accommodate gaa."
No. Thomas Davies GAA club appealed the planning at the time, but the appeal was rejected. Landsdowne Rd was also going to built big enough at one stage in its early planning, but it didnt happen either. They'd of had to rotate the ground 90 degrees to fit in a pitch large enough for GAA. Not sure why they didnt in the end.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19892 - 02/06/2026 11:14:21    2677238

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So a trip to Breffni up next. A decent draw tbh given Croke Park just is not a comfortable surrounding for us at the moment. Mental to think. Cavan gave Westmeath their fill of it at the weekend so won't fear us one bit. Would hope that Murphy and Gannon have a bit more of a prominent role for this game even if both looked quite rusty when they came in on Sunday.

Hard to know how we can turn things around and get at least a good performance for 70 minutes from these lads. We seem to always put ourselves in a good position in the first half but butcher a few good chances to put ourselves almost out of sight and then the opposition roars back into it couple with our own litany of mistakes.

We can't catch a break with injuries at all and even if say Basquel and McGarry are back for the next day both will be miles off the pitch of it in footballing terms. It's nearly impossible to slot back in after a sustained period out and hit the ground running at that level. Going to have to be some soul searching done now and a few hard questions asked and honestly I just don't know if we have the answers any more.

If we do get over Cavan we are likely looking at Cork/Tyrone/Mayo (repeat pairings can't happen I don't think we that's also assuming Armagh beath Louth and Galway beat Westmeath (neither nailed on either).

TrueBlue35 (Dublin) - Posts: 344 - 02/06/2026 11:20:45    2677243

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