We all remember 2006 when ciaran whelan's "challenge" on ronan mcgarrity caused mayo's best midfielder to be withdrawn from the game early on. It was clearly something the dubs had decided on beforehand. Interesting tactics though not to everyone's taste of course. Will it be a similar story this time or can we expect something different?

whiterbannnas (Mayo) - Posts: 2441 - 12/08/2012 12:04:01    1243622

whiterbannnas
County: Mayo
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1243622 We all remember 2006 when ciaran whelan's "challenge" on ronan mcgarrity caused mayo's best midfielder to be withdrawn from the game early on. It was clearly something the dubs had decided on beforehand. Interesting tactics though not to everyone's taste of course. Will it be a similar story this time or can we expect something different?

same again , spot on their whiterbannnas,

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 12/08/2012 12:20:38    1243630

No

dubupnorth (Dublin) - Posts: 1897 - 12/08/2012 12:41:01    1243651

lets hope when mayo come out they head straight for the hill 16 end................dublin will of course be there before them but mayo being there before dublin in 06 didn't stop dublin from taking to that end of the ground also........................it would probably only cost mayo a fine but it would certainly upset dublin AGAIN.............i'd be prepared to contribute something to help mayo pay that fine as i'm sure thousands of others would aswell...............come on mayo lets have yeh...........dublin think they have a god damn given right to warm up at that end of the ground every time...................it's our national gaelic games stadium and it belongs to all the counties EQUALLY therefore dublin should not have a hold on any end of the ground.............yet the gaa always bend over backwards to facilitate the dubs in this area....................come on mayo let them know you mean business........... you'd have the backing of every other county on this....i'm sure.

Gammy_Knee (USA) - Posts: 1482 - 12/08/2012 12:46:50    1243658

Yawn.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 12/08/2012 13:15:41    1243682

Gammy_Knee
County: USA
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1243658 lets hope when mayo come out they head straight for the hill 16 end................dublin will of course be there before them but mayo being there before dublin in 06 didn't stop dublin from taking to that end of the ground also........................it would probably only cost mayo a fine but it would certainly upset dublin AGAIN.............i'd be prepared to contribute something to help mayo pay that fine as i'm sure thousands of others would aswell...............come on mayo lets have yeh...........dublin think they have a god damn given right to warm up at that end of the ground every time...................it's our national gaelic games stadium and it belongs to all the counties EQUALLY therefore dublin should not have a hold on any end of the ground.............yet the gaa always bend over backwards to facilitate the dubs in this area....................come on mayo let them know you mean business........... you'd have the backing of every other county on this....i'm sure.

Why do you assume it upset Dublin? They lost that day fair enough but Tyrone also did the same thing before the 1984 semi final and Dublin went on to beat them well that day. It can also have the opposite effect and fire up the Dubs....and going by their displays so far this year that might be no bad thing.

bubba83 (Dublin) - Posts: 333 - 12/08/2012 13:17:41    1243684

If Mayo come out and warm up in front of Hill 16 , I can assure you Dublin will not make the same mistake as 06 and come out all guns blazing towards the hill. They will calmly go down to the Canal end goal and just get on with their warm up down there.

I'm really very confident Dublin will up it from their last 3 games all of which we just did enough to scrape over the line. We have no choice but to up it , Wether it will be enough to beat the most incredible Mayo team of all time ? i dont know .. but we will certainly give them a game.

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13654 - 12/08/2012 13:32:13    1243692

I really think the lads can up the tempo. I say once they run out on the day giller will have them well focused and fired up for it. One things for sure they will need to up there performance because mayo will cause us damage if play the way we have been in previous matches...

DUB1 (Dublin) - Posts: 5583 - 12/08/2012 14:00:51    1243712

im not dublins biggest fan, but i really hope you send them narrow minded westeners back with their tails between legs, mayo are a county of whingers always have been, they dont seem to realise the havent won an all ireland since 1951, galway are the only county in connaught capable of winning an all ireland at football or hurling, galway would be far more respected as a genunine gaa county throughout the rest of ireland,

millhouse (Meath) - Posts: 892 - 12/08/2012 14:17:11    1243724

Yeh banana, the only difference is we'll take Dillon out this time!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8760 - 12/08/2012 15:08:41    1243774

Gammy_Knee
County: USA
Posts: 991

1243658
lets hope when mayo come out they head straight for the hill 16 end................dublin will of course be there before them but mayo being there before dublin in 06 didn't stop dublin from taking to that end of the ground also........................it would probably only cost mayo a fine but it would certainly upset dublin AGAIN.............i'd be prepared to contribute something to help mayo pay that fine as i'm sure thousands of others would aswell...............come on mayo lets have yeh...........dublin think they have a god damn given right to warm up at that end of the ground every time...................it's our national gaelic games stadium and it belongs to all the counties EQUALLY therefore dublin should not have a hold on any end of the ground.............yet the gaa always bend over backwards to facilitate the dubs in this area....................come on mayo let them know you mean business........... you'd have the backing of every other county on this....i'm sure.

UU

Jawohl mein Führer!!

avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 1994 - 12/08/2012 15:25:36    1243796

whiterbannnas

another rediculous thread
both sides have pogressed since then ,but probably what stands out more is gilroy has the dublin lads in the right frame has killed of all the hype surrounding the the dublin team........

dubbydave. (Dublin) - Posts: 3927 - 12/08/2012 16:09:51    1243827

Gammy_Knee
County: USA
Posts: 991

1243658 lets hope when mayo come out they head straight for the hill 16 end................dublin will of course be there before them but mayo being there before dublin in 06 didn't stop dublin from taking to that end of the ground also........................it would probably only cost mayo a fine but it would certainly upset dublin AGAIN.............i'd be prepared to contribute something to help mayo pay that fine as i'm sure thousands of others would aswell...............come on mayo lets have yeh...........dublin think they have a god damn given right to warm up at that end of the ground every time...................it's our national gaelic games stadium and it belongs to all the counties EQUALLY therefore dublin should not have a hold on any end of the ground.............yet the gaa always bend over backwards to facilitate the dubs in this area....................come on mayo let them know you mean business........... you'd have the backing of every other county on this....i'm sure.

backing of every county gammy the question was raised befre and not sure wether you replied but i missed it but what county do you support ?????

dubbydave. (Dublin) - Posts: 3927 - 12/08/2012 16:14:32    1243830

Lads were judged on all Ireland's , Mayo are judged on the 06 semi final. Other than that they've nothing to talk about.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 12/08/2012 16:20:32    1243836

Defo right there dubby, our approach is about getting our game right and preparing the best we can and try and get a great performance out of this team that we know we are capable of getting. There won't be a repeat of 2006. If they come out first and warm up down the hill end. Let them do it. We won't have a bother going to the canal end. I'll even stand up out of my seat and clap us for doing it. We're bigger than all this crap. That was then... This is now.

Penguin1985 (Dublin) - Posts: 119 - 12/08/2012 16:21:44    1243837

Penguin1985
County: Dublin
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1243837 Defo right there dubby, our approach is about getting our game right and preparing the best we can and try and get a great performance out of this team that we know we are capable of getting. There won't be a repeat of 2006. If they come out first and warm up down the hill end. Let them do it. We won't have a bother going to the canal end. I'll even stand up out of my seat and clap us for doing it. We're bigger than all this crap. That was then... This is now.

i couldnt care less if mayo came out and went to the hill end and i honestly dont think it would phase the dublin team either the best way to counter attck this move is punish them with points on the board nothing else matters......

dubbydave. (Dublin) - Posts: 3927 - 12/08/2012 16:32:01    1243841

That's exactly right there dubby, couldn't agree more with ye. Just once we win :)

Penguin1985 (Dublin) - Posts: 119 - 12/08/2012 17:06:22    1243859

Most in Dublin no matter what's said here class Mayo no better or worst than Laois,Wexford or Meath the answer is...Dublin will approach the semi final the same way they approached the other games so far this year.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3631 - 12/08/2012 17:07:59    1243860

Penguin1985
County: Dublin
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1243859 That's exactly right there dubby, couldn't agree more with ye. Just once we win :)

for me its no excuses now alan b was the missing piece if we had of lost him it would have been a major blow for us so now he is back its a blessing for us so we have our team we just need to click on the day im honestly hoping the mayo match will be the start of us peeking and what a time to do it....

dubbydave. (Dublin) - Posts: 3927 - 12/08/2012 17:22:59    1243880

Dubs training in Dingle this weekend. Getting tips in how to beat mayo i guess but then sure half the team are from Kerry anyway.

Real Kerry Fan (None) - Posts: 2957 - 12/08/2012 17:37:00    1243889