Dublin GAA Discussion Thread MOD WARNING POST #2944

gormdubhgorm · 27-10-2016 09:03PM

I was not at it. I nearly assumed Jude's would win it!

Can anyone who was at it tell me the stand out players on the day?
Did cast!eknock deserve the win?

CurryFlavoured · 27-10-2016 09:07PM

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I was not at it. I nearly assumed Jude's would win it!

Can anyone who was at it tell me the stand out players on the day?
Did cast!eknock deserve the win?

Only listened on radio but it sounded like Des Carlos was MOTM - hit numerous frees and 2 big scores from play in the second half.

1st half was bad, low scoring and wasteful. Second half knock seemed to create more and take their chances. Besides the goal knock seemed to dominate the 2nd period.

CurryFlavoured · 27-10-2016 09:11PM

Judes indiscipline was key though.

Past30Now · 28-10-2016 09:36AM

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I was not at it. I nearly assumed Jude's would win it!

Can anyone who was at it tell me the stand out players on the day?
Did cast!eknock deserve the win?

Absolutely deserved the win. (Blue and yellow tinted glasses on full blast here!)

Brilliant performance, particularly in the second half. Bar a moment of magic from Kevin Mc, we were on top of them throughout the second half. There were moments in the match when we looked a bit like Donegal in 2011, but the sheer effort was magnificent.

Shane Boland, Tom Shiels, Graham Hannigan, Tom Quinn (man marked Macker almost out of the game), Ben Galvin, Ciaran KK and James Sherry all played very well. Dessie Carlos put three wide in the first half, but more than made up for that with an almost faultless display of free taking, as well as a couple of great points from play. Leaving out names of lads who didn't star seems unfair. Eoin O'Brien, Paul Bourke and Peter Sherry in the full back line were brilliant, both defensively and in their handling of the ball. Morvin Connelly's distribution from goal was of a huge standard. Mikey Galvin, older brother of Ben (both sons of a Dub legend) scored a fantastic point from play in the first half, and really put his body on the line throughout. Collie Lynch and Kev Kindlon both worked like dogs throughout.

Great night for the club. The lads themselves were all home nice and early. One or two of the supporters are moving a bit slower than normal this morning

Stoner · 28-10-2016 10:32AM

Past30Now wrote:

Great night for the club. The lads themselves were all home nice and early. One or two of the supporters are moving a bit slower than normal this morning

Well done, great to see the lift it has given the club. I'm fairly near to you guys and I've seen a few lads leave there to go on to"better things" , yet you've grown a bunch of lads there that have really achieved. Thanks for the update .

Dyr · 28-10-2016 12:29PM

Past30Now wrote: »

Great night for the club. The lads themselves were all home nice and early. One or two of the supporters are moving a bit slower than normal this morning

Hitting the Curvoisier XO were they?

Squareball · 28-10-2016 02:07PM

Outstanding achievement by Castleknock. Out of nowhere and really took the steam out of St. Brigid s who looked at one stage in the early 90 s like they were going to dominate Dublin club football for a long time to come.

For what it s worth, Ballymun Kickhams achieved senior status for the first time in 1978, won Intermediate c ship in 1979 and senior c ship for the first time in 1982. Actually should have won it in 1981 but the much admired (by most) Heffo poached one of their best players telling him he would never play with Dublin if he stayed with Ballymun. Kickhams were doing very well in the 1981 final when the aforementioned player was introduced off the bench by Vincent s and he turned the whole game around.

Past30Now · 28-10-2016 02:52PM

Squareball wrote: »

Outstanding achievement by Castleknock. Out of nowhere and really took the steam out of St. Brigid s who looked at one stage in the early 90 s like they were going to dominate Dublin club football for a long time to come.

For what it s worth, Ballymun Kickhams achieved senior status for the first time in 1978, won Intermediate c ship in 1979 and senior c ship for the first time in 1982. Actually should have won it in 1981 but the much admired (by most) Heffo poached one of their best players telling him he would never play with Dublin if he stayed with Ballymun. Kickhams were doing very well in the 1981 final when the aforementioned player was introduced off the bench by Vincent s and he turned the whole game around.

Having been formed in 1969, they were only 13 in 1982 when they won the championship. Great club.

Dyr · 28-10-2016 03:01PM

Past30Now wrote: »

Having been formed in 1969, they were only 13 in 1982 when they won the championship. Great club.

Well, kickhams had technically been around a lot longer

Squareball · 28-10-2016 03:13PM

Absolutely right, Kickhams formed about 130 years ago. The Juvenile section of Ballymun Kickhams, as we know it today only got off the ground with the street leagues in 69/70. Not trying to compare achievements at all, just making the point and using it to highlight a grudge I will take to my grave with me.

ProudDUB · 29-10-2016 03:22PM

Jesus, did Cuala all eat the "Pit Spillane Guide to Intinsity & Pace" for brekkie?

The Cuala shower are a fierce mouthy lot, considering where they're from, aren't they?

Ted111 · 29-10-2016 03:29PM

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

Judes indiscipline was key though.

Some of the frees on the soft side?

Past30Now · 29-10-2016 05:34PM

Ted111 wrote: »

Some of the frees on the soft side?

One certainly was very soft

Muff Richardson · 30-10-2016 12:05AM

Well done Cuala, thouroughly deserved

Stoner · 30-10-2016 10:37AM

Lads does Dubs TV stream the games live ?

ProudDUB · 30-10-2016 02:56PM

Stoner wrote: »

Lads does Dubs TV stream the games live ?

No. The only "live" coverage is the web radio thingy on Mixrl

Stoner · 30-10-2016 04:30PM

ProudDUB wrote:

No. The only "live" coverage is the web radio thingy on Mixrl

I've missed all the games recently. Pain in the backside

DoctaDee · 31-10-2016 10:50AM

I see Fingallians made it 4th time lucky in the IFC beating BK up in Garristown yesterday, having witnessed their previous 3 losses I can't begrudge them. They're still in the hunt to play Senior league next year too thru the league playoffs.

ProudDUB · 31-10-2016 11:06AM

With all due respect to the good people of Swords (hope the hangovers aren't too bad lads,) but I'd much rather see Flynner put his feet up for the next 6 months. If he's fit, it would be great to see him have a successful run with his club, but I'm not convinced the groin surgery he had 2 off seasons ago, did the trick.

Considering the size of their catchment area, it's a bit mad that Fingallians aren't Senior already, isn't it?

DoctaDee · 31-10-2016 12:00PM

Yeah absolutely PD, they've certainly had a number of great opportunities over the last few years to be represented in both SFC and league and while Finians were knocking on the door recently I think Fingallians were always the more liable to progress. I've seen them a few times in the league this year and they've been quite impressive - coupled with the fact that they've a lot of young lads on the team.

Truth of the matter certainly from the league is that Fins got to where they are this year without the influence of Flynn and in some respects his reintroduction sorta forces a change to their set up. I've seen him in previous seasons starting mid,hf and ff and without any insight into their thinking I got the feeling he was being accommodated.at times without necessarily having a big influence.

Another year in afl3 as a young panel wouldn't do them any harm, it's a huge step up to Senior league, I'm nearly sure that Kilmacud last year's afl3 champs are coming straight back down. You'd also think that Fins could function successfully in Inter1 without the need for Flynner to tog out allowing him that extended break - tho as I said a few months back there's also the possibility he'll take to travelling next year

ProudDUB · 31-10-2016 12:34PM

Flyner is going traveling? I don't remember you saying that before. How did I miss that? What age is he now, 30/31? So, he'd be 31/32 when he retrurns, after coming off 2 years of sub par performances, by his own very high standards. I'd have a hard time seeiing him getting his jersey back, if he takes off for a year. He doesn't have age on his side, the way Jack Mc and Rory do.

Flynner wouldn't be the first intercounty player to have limited influence with his club, when he returns to them after the intercounty season is over. You could say that about a lot of intercounty players, when they return to the club fold. I've often been to the first couple of rounds of the resumed champo (usually the second round and/or the quarter finals) in PP & beeen struck by how utterly useless the inter county lads can look, when they are back with their clubs mates. Maybe "useless" is the wrong word. They just look like a duck out of water. Put it down to tiredness, not training with the club lads for the guts of a year, carrying niggles and knocks from a long intercounty run, mental burn out or whatever, but Flynner certainly ins't unique in that regard.

DoctaDee · 31-10-2016 12:43PM

Yeah pretty spot on with that analysis. I've spoken with a few lads post AI and they've had one eye on a well deserved break, it's probably the body telling them as much too

ProudDUB · 31-10-2016 01:14PM

Yeah, some of them - Kev Mc springs to mind - are able to skip around Parnell Park in October, like spring chickens. But he is the exception, rather than the rule imo. Sometimes, by the time the semi finals and final roll around, the cream rises to the top again. But in the earlier rounds, a neutral would have have his work cut out for him, picking out the inter county lads. It just makes an even bigger mockery of the current set up, where there is a 5/6 month break in the club season to accomodate the absense of the intercounty lads, but then when they return, they often have limited impact in games.

Stoner · 31-10-2016 09:20PM

And some just don't care about the club. Let's face it we could all/ most of us name them in our own clubs.

However look at Brennan now, I often looked at him in early rounds and wondered how the hell did a selector pick him for the county team. But the county training must zap them.

Look at Get now he's flying

DoctaDee · 01-11-2016 11:40PM

Stoner wrote: »

And some just don't care about the club. Let's face it we could all/ most of us name them in our own clubs.

However look at Brennan now, I often looked at him in early rounds and wondered how the hell did a selector pick him for the county team. But the county training must zap them.

Look at Get now he's flying

I remember listening to an interview with Ciaran Kilkenny on the way home in the aftermath of the AI and he was talking about the club atmosphere around the Dublin panel. His love of training and having a bit of craic, the dressing room banter (slagging John Small about booking a holiday to Ibiza before the AI drawn game and having to rebook), going out socialising with the other lads etc - and it was apparent that the whole inter county set up and its demands on their time has really bound them as a group - the sheer investment they give both physically and emotionally (for want of a better word) would lead me to believe that the majority of their loyalties would lie with Dublin rather than their club. Furthermore, their reintroduction to the club scene after winning an AI would for some have a feel of after the lord mayors show - it's only natural having reached the pinnacle of the season in September.

By coincidence I was introduced to a former player who made his debut in the early 00's - and he felt that he wouldn't be able to commit to playing if his opportunity came now - the demands placed on the inter county lads is huge now compared with his day (he's not a Dub btw)

CurryFlavoured · 05-11-2016 06:46PM

Vincents won by 5. Unlucky from our lads, was neck and neck in the first half. I thought Vins upped the intensity after the break and Castleknock then needed a goal (which they nearly got a couple of times) but weren't successful in the end. Great journey from my club who should be very proud.

Brennan was sent off for a high tackle and striking a player, all in the space of about 5 seconds...

JRant · 05-11-2016 08:59PM

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

Vincents won by 5. Unlucky from our lads, was neck and neck in the first half. I thought Vins upped the intensity after the break and Castleknock then needed a goal (which they nearly got a couple of times) but weren't successful in the end. Great journey from my club who should be very proud.

Brennan was sent off for a high tackle and striking a player, all in the space of about 5 seconds...

You can hold your head high Curry. Great achievement from your club. There will be main more good days to come with the structures you have in place.

Was a good game, Knock played very well in the first half. If anything the sending off made it harder as Vins played a bit deeper.

Stoner · 05-11-2016 10:06PM

Stoner wrote:

Look at Get now he's flying

Schhhhhhh

Bonniedog · 06-11-2016 03:23AM

Stoner wrote: »

And some just don't care about the club. Let's face it we could all/ most of us name them in our own clubs.

However look at Brennan now, I often looked at him in early rounds and wondered how the hell did a selector pick him for the county team. But the county training must zap them.

Look at Get now he's flying

You have short memory! Dublin would have won 2011 without Ger.

Bonniedog · 06-11-2016 03:25AM

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

Vincents won by 5. Unlucky from our lads, was neck and neck in the first half. I thought Vins upped the intensity after the break and Castleknock then needed a goal (which they nearly got a couple of times) but weren't successful in the end. Great journey from my club who should be very proud.

Brennan was sent off for a high tackle and striking a player, all in the space of about 5 seconds...

Maybe staying on your feet next time might help

great achievement by Castleknock but met the kings of Dublin football today.

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