kilns wrote: » lol why bother trying to engage with people like you ignored.
ooter wrote: » Kerry won 5 minor all Irelands in a row, hasn't transferred to the big boys though. Underage is a poor barometer, the cream always rises to the top, look at Fenton.
Enquiring wrote: » That leads us perfectly onto the next part of the financial issues which has left us in the situation where Dublin must be split. We've discussed the 25 million Dublin have received this decade for player development. Not one reasonable excuse has been given for that level of funding. Next we should move onto money spent on team preparations. The Dublin backroom teams in hurling and football have been well publicised at this stage. Very large teams of highly qualified people covering all angles of preparation. We can get into more detail on it of course but I think one of the main additions was the hiring of their professional basketball coach. Anyone with any knowledge of basketball can see the influence this coach in particular has had. The possession game and the movement, lines of running etc are based on basketball. As I said, we can get into more detail on other areas but being able to buy in a professional coach to help improve a certain area of difficulty is very handy to have. Not many counties can afford to hire coaches like that at will. I think maybe looking at the huge resources put into Dublins senior teams will give us an indication of how they develop underage talent into senior talent. And just to preempt, this spend is without having to factor in much travel costs compared with other counties.
Boom__Boom wrote: » Croke Park have already started the process of taking over the administration of mileage and other player allowances from the various county boards. (Counties are going to less money from Croke Park as a result to balance this out) This means that the figure in the various county's financial statements for intercounty teams costs next year won't include these amounts going directly to players. Given Dublin GAA already spend the most on intercounty preparation and would be spending a lot less on mileage than a large number of counties, it will be interesting to see what sort of scrutiny the GAA and the media look for on this team preparation amount when it doesn't include any of the direct money going to players, especially when compared to a lot of other counties.
ooter wrote: » Whatever about the GAA scrutinising it, the DCB should definitely be scrutinising where the money is going for preparing the senior hurlers and start putting it to better use. Just goes to show that throwing money at a problem doesn't always solve it.
ooter wrote: » It's not embarrassing, it's failure. Underage doesn't equate to senior success, this has already been covered.
ooter wrote: » Does the DCB hire a different backroom team for strength and conditioning, lifestyle coaching, yoga, nutrition and have meals prepared for the hurlers or do they use the same lads? Seeing as it has been such a failure it would suggest they don't use the same lads, hard to believe really, you'd imagine they'd have the same team working with both codes.
Tombo2001 wrote: » One curious thing about this team, that hasnt been mentioned - I can think of very few teams that have the same amount of players whose fathers have one all Irelands. McCaffrey, the Brogans, James McCarthy, Dean Rock to name a few. Not sure if there are others. But that level of lineage or heritage must be a bit unique.
beggars_bush wrote: » Westmeath minor hurlers beat Dublin today
Beffs wrote: » Kev Mc's aul lad played for Dublin too.
Enquiring wrote: » Big game this weekend for the momentum of this. It would be sad to see Mayo get a beating but a 10 point plus win for Dublin is what we need to see. This is what grabs the headlines. The 2 decade funding disparity is wrong no matter what but unfortunately, it's only results that gets people to pay attention.
Rolo2010 wrote: » We don't need to see it. This is just getting ridiculous now.
Enquiring wrote: » It's not ridiculous. The truth is, those who defend the funding farce are hoping for a close game, I'd go as far as to say, some wouldn't even mind a Mayo win. That's the position we're in. We need to strike while the iron is hot. Finally splitting Dublin is being discussed across the media. The lies and myths that have been used for years are still being peddled by the pro Dublin funding side. These need to be shown to be untrue and the facts put forward. It's a very important time for those of us fighting for change.
PlayByTheRules wrote: » Hi Mods, could we get this thread renamed to 'The Dominance of Dublin GAA in Gaelic Football' ?
Rolo2010 wrote: » Splitting Dublin is not happening anytime soon and you just need to accept that. The media is actually divided on the issue like on most things. A lot of people will be happy if Mayo win this weekend and it is only a small group of loudmouths who will be crying about splitting Dublin.
Enquiring wrote: » It's closer than it was last year, every year Dublin win and by as big a margin as possible brings it closer. The language you use, 'loudmouths', 'crying'. You couldn't make a reasonable argument to explain why you think it was right that Dublin received such huge funding compared to anyone else earlier in the thread and now just throwing out abuse. Can you even attempt to put an argument together instead of that?
Rolo2010 wrote: » I think the funding they received was reasonable considering their population. And before you say it. No, I'm not from Dublin.
