The Dominance of Dublin GAA *Mod warning post#1*

blanch152 wrote: »

Did you read the article?

Here are some quotes:

"A lot of clubs started to get their act together and put in a big shift in their nurseries and juvenile sections. They began to coach the coaches so the skills were being coached correctly and that there’d be a unity of purpose running right throughout the club."

No wonder the kids in later years had the skills.

"But the population base is the big advantage.....For a Derry or Monaghan to have a good county team, you need every club to produce a county player. In Dublin it only has to be one in every three clubs."

Sounds like amalgamations could help.


"And now you have a Ciaran Archer.

My two years with Maurs, he was the first man there and last man to leave, all the time with a bag of footballs. The weekend Conor McManus kicked that wonder point up in Omagh out by the sideline, Ciaran kicked a better point for us against St Brigid’s in a league match out in Rush. Our video analyst had it clipped and everything but we decided not to put it up on social media, that he didn’t need to be put on a pedestal at that stage.

That score wasn’t the product of a GDO or an AIG or any culture I created. He just has a work ethic, a willingness to learn and a love of the game."

Reads like he is emphasising the natural skill and the hard work as the reason for Ciaran Archer, not the funding.

"A huge emphasis went on in Dublin into the club nurseries. In Kilmacud we could have 100 kids coming into the nursery every year. And we are lucky that it’s very parent-led. It’s not like a Castleblaney where you are relying on ex-players to come back down and take teams. In Kilmacud if we get 100 kids coming in, we get about 50 parents willing to help out."

He seems to be saying that they get more volunteers in Dublin clubs than in rural clubs, but that was rubbished on here earlier by the Dublin-haters.

"People think Kilmacud is just about winning senior championships or All-Irelands but one of the things I’m proudest of is that recently we had the first U15 D team in Dublin."

Again, seems like he is talking about increasing juvenile participation as being more important than the senior team.

"In fairness, the standard of coaching in Dublin club football is excellent. The standard of volunteer coaching."

Ah no, don't tell me he is agreeing with me about the standards of the volunteers. Thanks for this article.

"The Dublin development squads aren’t better resourced than any other in the country but I know the people involved in their current U15 and U16 squads and the level of coaching those kids are getting exposed to is phenomenal. Just the level of attention to detail, the level of individual development they’re getting.

Ger Lyons is overlooking them. Again, he’s a volunteer, a teacher out in Lucan, but who has coached teams out in UCD with John Divilly and won Sigersons.
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Once again, it's not the money, that's the same as elsewhere, but the quality of the volunteer coaching!!

"People don’t like to admit it but other counties are being mismanaged. The financial mismanagement in Galway has been widely reported. Derry have appointed three treasurers in four years. Kerry ladies football has loads of good players but the structures aren’t right at the top and there’s a lot of internal fighting. Dublin are an example of good governance."

Oh dear, now they are saying that other counties haven't got their act together.

"The work Kerry have been doing at underage is phenomenal; they’re going to win All-Irelands again. Galway have loads of good footballers. Mayo, Tyrone, those counties aren’t going to go away. Cork are going to come back strong. Dublin’s dominance will end."

Just as I and the other Dubs have been repeatedly saying. Thank you very much for that link, it backed up the majority of what I was saying, that good volunteers, good coaching, once-in-a-generation players and hard work have been the main factors in Dublin's success.

kilns wrote: »

Well someone broke the structures down quite well and if drill into the number of coaching admin staff and coaches themselves you can see that the funding is being spent, I am sure coaching equipment comes under it too.

and as I will repeat as I said I do not know whether or not other counties spend their funding on games development, I was asking other posters if they can see evidence of it in their counties. I will not be like a certain poster here who claims to have full of knowledge of a county when I dont.

kilns wrote: »

I have asked two questions of you which you refuse to answer

kilns wrote: »

When did a county receive 7000 in development funds and Dublin received 1.5m you said you knew the year but have failed to reveal it

I am afraid you are the bluffer on here

kilns wrote: »

and what are your solutions that need to be done about it?

ciarang85 wrote: »

Cork have won 130+ since 2005

Any problem with that?