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Dublin GAA Discussion Thread MOD WARNING POST #2944
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Pierce_1991 wrote: »The Galway match? I was avoiding the score, was gonna watch the deferred coverage but if it's been a very bad one I might give it a miss?
Sorry for spoiling it on you then, I should have known you were trying to avoid it
But yeah, give it a miss would be my advice. So bad if they were to play like it again I wouldn't go around the corner to watch never mind travel 6+ hours across the country and back.0 -
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TouchingVirus wrote: »Sorry for spoiling it on you then, I should have known you were trying to avoid it
But yeah, give it a miss would be my advice. So bad if they were to play like it again I wouldn't go around the corner to watch never mind travel 6+ hours across the country and back.
No I'm glad I didn't watch the full game now. Hopefully we can turns things around next time out.0 -
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The didnt look sharp at all yesterday, compared to Glaway they looked out of shape and short of breath after about 20 mins. Still early days mind you and could be the kick up the backside they need. I fear a repeat of 2012 though 0
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Despite how you feel about it personally we all know there's an incredible element of tribalism to the GAA. There'll always be Dublin/Meath and Kerry/Anybody rivalries, it just adds to the atmosphere for those games. I wouldn't be happy for example to see the Brogans jump ship because Dublin weren't winning Sam, they're panel players. At the same time you've got people who are no longer in the panel like Craig Dias and Eamonn Fennell and I couldn't begrudge them a shot at Sam with another county. As you say - where do you draw the line to stop players swapping counties every season, where would loyalty come into it then? It is, after all, an amateur game.
It's a topic for the wider GAA community and much like you I'm full of conflicting views. So conflicted in fact that, if I espoused on them some more I'd very quickly highlight my hypocrisy
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TouchingVirus wrote: »Despite how you feel about it personally we all know there's an incredible element of tribalism to the GAA. There'll always be Dublin/Meath and Kerry/Anybody rivalries, it just adds to the atmosphere for those games. I wouldn't be happy for example to see the Brogans jump ship because Dublin weren't winning Sam, they're panel players. At the same time you've got people who are no longer in the panel like Craig Dias and Eamonn Fennell and I couldn't begrudge them a shot at Sam with another county. As you say - where do you draw the line to stop players swapping counties every season, where would loyalty come into it then? It is, after all, an amateur game.
It's a topic for the wider GAA community and much like you I'm full of conflicting views. So conflicted in fact that, if I espoused on them some more I'd very quickly highlight my hypocrisy
Yeah I've nothing to disagree with in there. I think at the time I defended Johnston somewhat, saying if he was good enough for county football in his own county but couldn't get a game for non-playing reasons he shouldn't be subjected to the sort of measures he was as an amateur.
Only a small leap then though for say footballers not good enough for Kerry to declare themselves for Limerick etc which would see the whole thing ruined.
We're lucky in Ireland w.r.t rugby that provincial allegiances have largely remained in the 20 or so years that players moving around has become viable, but you can see it already starting to erode as more money enters and clubs can start to hoover up talent a la soccer.
When the lionshare of the work is centralised around a small few places in Ireland you could see it going a similar way even when guys are moving for legitimate reasons of work, never mind when transfers are happening purely for the sake of the sports.
I don't like the idea of dictating to amateur players in these circumstances but it's starting to seem to me that it might be the lesser of the two evils.0 -
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Yesterday was a good day. Seeing a good crowd in the Neller It was a welcome change from the O'Byrne Cup and Galway attendances
And now to the actual performance - what a response from the shambles of last week. Liam Rushe was a talisman at the back, the support he gave the midfield and forwards from the puck outs was phenomenal and he was dogged in defence. Conal Keaney was in flying form and looked dangerous any time he had the sliothar. Alan McCrabbe was a welcome addition who provided some much needed scores from frees and that sublime sideline point was a thing of beauty earning some well deserved applause from both sides in the stands. Peter Kelly had a good match and that was a welcome change from huffing and puffing after 20 minutes like in Galway, glad to see him getting the form back. We're still not up to Championship standards obviously but after a false start we're finally going in the right direction.
Overall I thought Alan Kelly had an abysmal match. He was often off the pace, a good 30 yards away from play, and calling frees on both sides that simply weren't or missing things that were. Some Clare fans I spoke to felt particularly aggrieved about Shane O'Donnell's handling throughout the match by the Dublin backline. I was frustrated at his lack of bottle to stamp out that niggly, thorny shíte that grew and grew in the last 20 minutes - take out the card, dish out the warnings and stop the handbags in their tracks.0 -
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TouchingVirus wrote: »Yesterday was a good day. Seeing a good crowd in the Neller It was a welcome change from the O'Byrne Cup and Galway attendances And now to the actual performance - what a response from the shambles of last week. Liam Rushe was a talisman at the back, the support he gave the midfield and forwards from the puck outs was phenomenal and he was dogged in defence. Conal Keaney was in flying form and looked dangerous any time he had the sliothar. Alan McCrabbe was a welcome addition who provided some much needed scores from frees and that sublime sideline point was a thing of beauty earning some well deserved applause from both sides in the stands. Peter Kelly had a good match and that was a welcome change from huffing and puffing after 20 minutes like in Galway, glad to see him getting the form back. We're still not up to Championship standards obviously but after a false start we're finally going in the right direction.
Overall I thought Alan Kelly had an abysmal match. He was often off the pace, a good 30 yards away from play, and calling frees on both sides that simply weren't or missing things that were. Some Clare fans I spoke to felt particularly aggrieved about Shane O'Donnell's handling throughout the match by the Dublin backline. I was frustrated at his lack of bottle to stamp out that niggly, thorny shíte that grew and grew in the last 20 minutes - take out the card, dish out the warnings and stop the handbags in their tracks.
If Cork had handled O Donnell like Kelly and the boys did yesterday they would have another All Ireland0
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