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2020 All Ireland Senior Football Championship MOD NOTE POST #1

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  • #1502
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Meath hurlers are now more competitive than their footballers?


  • #1503
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    Deserved black.


  • #1504
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    I felt Costelloe should have offloaded that before the foul as a goal was on.


  • #1505
    Enquiring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,116 ✭✭✭Enquiring


    Does anyone else know of another sport where a professional team is allowed to play against amateurs?


  • #1506
    The_Honeybadger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭The_Honeybadger


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    It's a new thing for the permanent whiners.

    We have the same conversation every year. It would be nice of the GAA helped the lesser counties.

    What are Tyrone, Donegal and Mayo doing that Meath and Kildare are incapable of?

    I don’t know what is gone wrong in Kildare and Meath. They are beaten before they take the field v Dublin at this stage. In fairness it must be hard to build when you know you are going to get crushed every year by Dublin, and it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy after a while.

    They are competitive at underage but they’ll lose lads before they hit senior the way things are going. None of this is Dublins fault of course, I don’t know what the answer is


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  • #1507
    FintanMcluskey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,621 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


    threeball wrote: »
    I'll give you 11 definite starters. Add in 4 more plus 5 subs equally as good.

    Beggan or Patton
    McManus
    M Murphy
    Shane Walsh
    AOS
    Clifford
    Sean Kelly
    Sean O Shea
    Durkan
    Keegan
    Ryan Mchugh

    Dublin are good but don't have that level of quality across all positions.

    O Shea and Keegan would be long dropped from that Dublin team for sub standard performances the last few years.

    Beggan is not displacing Cluxton

    Lots others on the list have been inconsistent


  • #1508
    threeball
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    Enquiring wrote: »
    Does anyone else know of another sport where a professional team is allowed to play against amateurs?

    Rugby and the results are the same.


  • #1509
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    threeball wrote: »
    There would also be an issue of a lot of the best players not signing up so you get a diluted 11 a side version that has no appeal.
    If professionalism ever takes hold it will be from outside the country, no within. It would have to get significant interest in the UK, US, China or somewhere like that.

    I dunno, I reckon there's potential here to get something going. Maybe some eccentric billionaire will give a whirl :)

    "Diluted" versions of games have become immensely popular lately. Just look at 20/20 cricket or snooker.


  • #1510
    The White Feather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,741 ✭✭✭The White Feather


    Enquiring wrote: »
    Does anyone else know of another sport where a professional team is allowed to play against amateurs?

    Harlem Globetrotters? This is like their exhibition games!


  • #1511
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,857 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    yop wrote: »
    Meath hurlers are now more competitive than their footballers?

    Hurlers beaten today also.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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  • #1512
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,549 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    One of the big issues with other Leinster teams is keeping younger players interested. Dublin have only won 4 Leinster minor titles this decade. Meath beat Dublin by 10 in the minor championship a few years ago. By the time the same teams met at U21, Dublin completely reversed the scoreline.
    There's no incentive for younger players (and I include financial in that) outside Dublin to put the time in once they hit college and beyond. With Dublin, you've got guaranteed silverware along with massive financial incentives through advertising if they become a mainstay in the team.

    If Dublin were in any other province, the same issue would rear its head in 10-15 years.


  • #1513
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,743 ✭✭✭threeball


    FintanMcluskey wrote: »
    O Shea and Keegan would be long dropped from that Dublin team for sub standard performances the last few years.

    Beggan is not displacing Cluxton

    Lots others on the list have been inconsistent

    This is a team to play dublin, not one we're trying to fit dubs in to.


  • #1514
    Ha Long Bay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,995 ✭✭✭✭Ha Long Bay


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  • #1515
    tayto lover
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    threeball wrote: »
    I'll give you 11 definite starters. Add in 4 more plus 5 subs equally as good.

    Beggan or Patton
    McManus
    M Murphy
    Shane Walsh
    AOS
    Clifford
    Sean Kelly
    Sean O Shea
    Durkan
    Keegan
    Ryan Mchugh

    Dublin are good but don't have that level of quality across all positions.

    I don’t believe those would beat Dublin the way they played that first half.


  • #1516
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    dobman88 wrote: »
    Mad stat. Brian Fenton has never lost a championship game for Dublin and has played in every single one since 2015 afaik. Heard a "debate" during the week about him being the GOAT midfielder. What a stupid debate.

    Cos there's no debate? :)


  • #1517
    Panrich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,972 ✭✭✭Panrich


    Dublin with foot off the gas now. Afraid of winning by too much.


  • #1518
    FintanMcluskey
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    threeball wrote: »
    This is was a team to play dublin, not one we're trying to fit dubs in to.

    Ah.

    So that team is to play Dublin today on current form?


  • #1519
    RugbyLover123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭RugbyLover123


    Find it hard to believe there is Dubs fans out there that take any enjoyment out of this. A bloody great team no doubt, but about as uncompetitive a sport there is. 10 Leinsters on the trot, 1 championship loss since 2014. Everything set up in their favour.. game has been completely ruined. I grew up a mad Gaelic fan but I didn’t even bother watching the game tonight. Give me the competitive games of the 00s and 90s over the ****e anyday.


  • #1520
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    What happened to Costelloe


  • #1521
    dobman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,567 ✭✭✭dobman88


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    Cos there's no debate? :)

    Obviously.


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  • #1522
    dobman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,567 ✭✭✭dobman88


    Fann Linn wrote: »
    What happened to Costelloe

    He got sent off


  • #1523
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    dobman88 wrote: »
    Obviously.

    That's the spirit


  • #1524
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    dobman88 wrote: »
    He got sent off


    For what.


  • #1525
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    In the blink of an eye we see Costelloe get a straight red that may see him gone for the next game (and final) and and Bugler pulling up with what looked a hamstring injury. A bit of a sour end on an otherwise fantastic night.


  • #1526
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,549 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    Would that rule Costello out of the All Ireland final?


  • #1527
    dobman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,567 ✭✭✭dobman88


    Fann Linn wrote: »
    For what.

    I dunno. I'm just watching on telly. Ref will have to tell us that.


  • #1528
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    Hammer Archer wrote: »
    Would that rule Costello out of the All Ireland final?

    It could depending on what occurred. Fully expect Dublin GAA to appeal.


  • #1529
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Verbals apparently?


  • #1530
    tayto lover
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    Hammer Archer wrote: »
    Would that rule Costello out of the All Ireland final?

    The Dubs will find a way around that happening.


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  • #1531
    Rolo2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 207 ✭✭Rolo2010


    Costello was sent off for a verbal incident but the we don't know what was said.


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