Dublin GAA Discussion Thread MOD WARNING POST #2944

JRant · 18-06-2016 10:49AM

Stoner wrote: »

Shane Ryan, Keaney both when football wasn't going well stand out, and it was also a successful time relatively speaking for the hurlers. I can't see many going back now, maybe kilkenny if he's let.

Not a hope of Kilkenny switching codes at this stage IMO.

There's a couple who could and maybe should give it a go like Lowdes and Brady who would make great additions to the panel.

DoctaDee · 20-06-2016 11:47AM

Down to rebeland for the hurling qualifiers and an away day in Derry if we lose to Meath

ProudDUB · 20-06-2016 02:40PM

I know which one of those two road trips I'd prefer.

DoctaDee · 20-06-2016 02:55PM

ProudDUB wrote: »

I know which one of those two road trips I'd prefer.

Ha .. last time I was up there and against my better judgement of going the Ardee/Monaghan/Omagh route, the back seat passenger convinced me to go thru Newry/Armagh City .. it gets blurry after that with 2 hours on eh "unapproved" roads, next sign of life was Limavady .. we travelled thru Lake something or other .. an area of outstanding beauty said the sign .. funnily enough I didn't get to appreciate it with me fingers welded to the steering wheel

ProudDUB · 20-06-2016 03:12PM

Last time I was in Derry, was the day Margaret Thatcher died. It was an....ehh...interesting evening, that's for sure.

Stoner · 20-06-2016 07:11PM

ProudDUB wrote:

Last time I was in Derry, was the day Margaret Thatcher died. It was an....ehh...interesting evening, that's for sure.

Went there for the league game a couple of years ago. Ended up sitting beside a man with two nephews and a son in the panel, sound man. Learned loads about GAA there and how the troubles killed GAA in the city and it's still a rural game but coming back.
The place was hopping it was one of the best away games I've ever been to. Some of the pubs really went out if their way to stick up the flags from each county, had the Dubliners blasting from outside speakers.
A great crowd, I think they won that game M Lynch had a great day, we beat them in the final later.

Bonniedog · 20-06-2016 07:18PM

Derry city is much friendlier place than Belfast where have had misfortune of many visits with hurlers over the years.

Anyway, I doubt it is going to be an issue somehow!

Having said that, the three shocks of past two weeks will presumably inspire Meath to perhaps give it welly on Sunday. Could be closer than the spread. but that's as far as I am will to concede!

Stoner · 20-06-2016 08:12PM

Bonniedog wrote:

Derry city is much friendlier place than Belfast where have had misfortune of many visits with hurlers over the years.

Some replacement sticks required ?

Bonniedog · 20-06-2016 09:27PM

Stoner wrote: »

Some replacement sticks required ?

Antrim were tough but hurling crowd were decent crowd I have to say. Was more Belfast itself. Depressing place and not the most friendly of people. Has actually gotten worse since the end of the conflict I think.

Antrim used to play quite a few games in Ballycastle in the 70s and 80s and that was much nicer place to go to and stayed over a few times. a world away from Belfast in every sense of the word.

ProudDUB · 20-06-2016 09:56PM

DoctaDee wrote: »

Ha .. last time I was up there and against my better judgement of going the Ardee/Monaghan/Omagh route, the back seat passenger convinced me to go thru Newry/Armagh City .. it gets blurry after that with 2 hours on eh "unapproved" roads, next sign of life was Limavady .. we travelled thru Lake something or other .. an area of outstanding beauty said the sign .. funnily enough I didn't get to appreciate it with me fingers welded to the steering wheel

Ah....."unapproved roads." Two words that strike fear into the hearts of anyone that grew up in the 70's or 80's.

Was up in that part of the world for the 2013 Donegal league game. Stayed on to do the Donegal leg of the Wild Atlantic Way & the Causeway Coast. (Sligo really need to get off their holes and get promoted to Div 1.) Simply stunning part of the world. The drive from Glenveagh National Park to Gweedore, is the most fun I have EVER had behind the wheel of a car.

Experiencing the distances (and roads) that the players have to travel, just to get to training, was a real eye opener.

Then on to Derry, where we were roundly congratulated for relegating Donegal. Had no southern wireless stations in the car & Maggie was dominating the stations we could get, so got back to Dublin to find that Bitegate had broken out while we were away. Shoulda' stayed in Derry with me feckin' dustbin lid !

Nidgeweasel · 20-06-2016 10:04PM

ProudDUB wrote: »

Ah....."unapproved roads." Two words that strike fear into the hearts of anyone that grew up in the 70's or 80's.

Was up in that part of the world for the 2013 Donegal league game. Stayed on to do the Donegal leg of the Wild Atlantic Way & the Causeway Coast. (Sligo really need to get off their holes and get promoted to Div 1.) Simply stunning part of the world. The drive from Glenveagh National Park to Gweedore, is the most fun I have EVER had behind the wheel of a car. Experiencing the distances (and roads) that the players have to travel, just to get to training was a real eye opener.

Then on to Derry, where we were roundly congratulated for relegating Donegal. Had no southern wireless stations in the car & Maggie was dominating the stations we could get, so got back to Dublin to find that Bitegate had broken out while we were away. Shoulda' stayed in Derry with me feckin' dustbin lid !

And never a garda in sight!

DoctaDee · 20-06-2016 10:05PM

ProudDUB wrote: »

Ah....."unapproved roads." Two words that strike fear into the hearts of anyone that grew up in the 70's or 80's.

.................Shoulda' stayed in Derry with me feckin' dustbin lid !

Ah jaysis they don't make dustbins like they used to - you'd hear our fellas coming from Ballymun Avenue .. must've been part of the gig being able to lob the empty dustbin back onto the footpath from 20 feet away .. nowadays I'd have to double check to see if it was emptied ...

ProudDUB · 20-06-2016 10:10PM

Nidgeweasel wrote: »

And never a garda in sight!

No $hit. And if there was one, you could see him coming from about 10 miles off. Simply stunning stretch of road and, so deserted too. It was like driving on the moon.

Dyr · 21-06-2016 12:55AM

Bonniedog wrote: »

Antrim were tough but hurling crowd were decent crowd I have to say. Was more Belfast itself. Depressing place and not the most friendly of people. Has actually gotten worse since the end of the conflict I think.

Antrim used to play quite a few games in Ballycastle in the 70s and 80s and that was much nicer place to go to and stayed over a few times. a world away from Belfast in every sense of the word.

I remember a gang of us dublin heads being up in ballycastle in the 90s, got on well with the barmen and locals in the hotel we were staying in despite us being from "down south". Anyway we asked the barmen if they were showing the Ireland-Lithuania game the next day and he got a bit bashful and said they wouldn't be but there was a GAA club up the road that might. So the next day, we arrived up to the club (McQuillans?) to watch the soccer on the telly. Looked like McQuillans were playing the next parish over (big turnout, mucho fighting talk) but they were all very interested in us mexicans visiting them until it became obvious that most of us were going to stay in the clubhouse and watch the soccer, they were not impressed by that.

I rambled out and watched the hurling match, more out of guilt than anything...****ing hell, it was nearly a riot. They wore off each other. Thought the whole sideline was going to wade in at a few points.

. I scored a few brownie points by joining the locals in roaring the odds at the other lot. Twas a good evening, good people

And yeah, Belfast is a fookin kip.

ProudDUB · 22-06-2016 10:15PM

Throw in for Sundays game postponed to Sunday evening. Time to be announced.

https://twitter.com/DubGAAOfficial?lang=en

Edit:Throw in is 6.35pm

Bonniedog · 22-06-2016 10:56PM

What time is the soccer sh1te on?

EICVD · 22-06-2016 10:57PM

Bonniedog wrote: »

What time is the soccer sh1te on?

2pm

Slattsy · 22-06-2016 10:59PM

From Twitter (im not that witty)

Robbie Brady's goal put Ireland into the next round and also gave Meath an extra 2 hours 35 minutes in the Leinster Championship

Bonniedog · 23-06-2016 05:21PM

Lads will be blootered by the time the Dubs game starts. Wonder what impact it will have on attendance? I already knowof people not going to bother going because of the time and the mess town will be.

gormdubhgorm · 23-06-2016 05:27PM

Bonniedog wrote: »

Lads will be blootered by the time the Dubs game starts. Wonder what impact it will have on attendance? I already knowof people not going to bother going because of the time and the mess town will be.

The attendance could be about 15k-20k I would say.

The attendance was going to small enough before the the soccer result now it will be further decimated.
The handicap is -12 which is only slightly less then the laois -14 handicap.

Bonniedog · 23-06-2016 05:52PM

I'd say a lot of people will watch the soccer intending to go to CP later, and then just stay in pub or go home to watch it. A lot of people will also not bring their kids at that hour with school next day and lets face it, Dublin full of all day garglers is about as inviting as the Ballinalsoe horse fair.

Bonniedog · 23-06-2016 08:50PM

Dublin play Offaly in the under 21 final. They absolutely destroyed Carlow. 15 points in the end.

Hard to know how good Offaly are but they ran up a similar scoreline against Kildare. Dublin will need to be on their toes.

ProudDUB · 23-06-2016 11:07PM

Bonniedog wrote: »

I'd say a lot of people will watch the soccer intending to go to CP later, and then just stay in pub or go home to watch it. A lot of people will also not bring their kids at that hour with school next day and lets face it, Dublin full of all day garglers is about as inviting as the Ballinalsoe horse fair.

Ah c'mon. Dublin is great craic, when there is something big on. I was knocking around town on the day of the first Bruce Springsteen concert, when there was pre Euro's friendly game on at the Aviva too. There was a deadly buzz. The pubs will only be open from lunchtime, so with a 2 pm kick off, it's not like there is hours and hours of drinking time to fill, before we slay Les Frogs !

BonnieSituation · 23-06-2016 11:14PM

I was already handing my tickets over as I have to go down to the Banner this weekend with the missus. But the result last night has put a spanner in the works.

Spent most of today working out my logistics for getting to Lyon. It would have resulted in a the biggest row in the history of humanity given I'm only back from France. Thank fupp it was all telephone number talk and the temptation waned.

ProudDUB · 23-06-2016 11:24PM

I'd say the divorce lawyers of Ireland, are making as big a killing this week, as the publicans in Lyon & Lille.

DoctaDee · 24-06-2016 07:40AM

The Blue Hulk won't be making Croker anyways spotted him on the box and he's gone back to his natural colour in France

Stoner · 24-06-2016 02:38PM

Where ever the cameras are. Cameras make him angry

ProudDUB · 24-06-2016 04:10PM

Pretty sure I saw him over at the Rugby World Cup too. Fair play to him....puts his money where his mouth is. If we see him over in Rio, supporting Katie Taylor, someone should give him ( and the manager of his credit union) a medal too.

Bonniedog · 24-06-2016 05:42PM

ProudDUB wrote: »

Ah c'mon. Dublin is great craic, when there is something big on. I was knocking around town on the day of the first Bruce Springsteen concert, when there was pre Euro's friendly game on at the Aviva too. There was a deadly buzz. The pubs will only be open from lunchtime, so with a 2 pm kick off, it's not like there is hours and hours of drinking time to fill, before we slay Les Frogs !

I don't drink any more so allow me my curmudgeonry

Seriously though, I reckon a lot of people who will be watching the soccer thing in pubs will just stay there for the Dubs game. Especially as forecast looks like Sunday will be similar to today.

Can't see there be any more than 20,000, if that.

ProudDUB · 24-06-2016 07:10PM

Agreed. I can see this seriously affecting attendances, despite the delayed throw in. A lot of the walk up crowd will stay in the pub, regardless of the outcome...a bit like the Six Nations Days. Whether you are into soccer or rugby or not is irrelevant. It's the spending the whole day in the pub, with your mates, watching the national team, that is the big draw.

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