Dublin GAA Discussion Thread: Mod Note - No 'Dublin Dominance' chat allowed!

McCarthy left out of player of the year nominations. Crazy decision. I know he wasn't exceptional in the AI final but still.

Has to be Clifford. James McCarthy is a great player, but didn't have an exceptional year. He had some important moments, but like you say it would definitely have been in the form of a lifetime award. If, say a 25 year old had the same season James had, not much notice would be taken off him. But David Clifford has been outstanding almost all season. Can't play great every game, and he wasn't great in the final. But he almost single handed brought his club to an All Ireland Final (along with backup from the brother). And he led Kerry to the All-Ireland final. Overall, he has been the best player in Ireland over the past year.

Ah the last time I would probably have paid any heed to the all-stars was when Dublin were struggling to win even in Leinster. Looking for some bit of hope.

It is not really an award it is more of political decision. Would be better off with an all star team from each league division, in my view. Get a proper spread.

Instead we get fellas like David Clarke getting an all star the year he let in two own goals, but last year in Leinster Mulroy was stand out for Louth and he would never get one.

Then there is the consistent players like Cluxton or James McCarthy. It is assumed that they will play well and have to do something really exceptional to get an all star. They are put on a much higher bar than other players would be. And don't get me started about how they switch players around to fit into an all star team - different positions.

The split is always heavily weighted towards the final as well 12 positions between the finalists, and 3 other ones from other teams.

#DessieOut

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I see it was reported last week that the big name brand that was to sign a new sponsorship with Dublin has pulled out.

I think AIG’s sponsorship ends at the end of this month so I’d imagine that the county board would want the new company on board asap and in time for Christmas.

anyone hearing any other rumours?

I thought you were going to throw in a sneaky Kerry Gold sponsor. I think I still have an original 1996 Dublin Arrotts one somewhere The 1995 one disintegrated.

Kalibar was the first Dublin sponsor back in 1990

https://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21406702-kaliber-to-sponsor-gaa/

New sponsor deal as apparently collapsed. Wonder if there's a plan b sponsor.

What a finish

Will the intermediate football final be streamed?

I doubt it, the last one I remember that was streamed was the intermediate final from O'Toole Park during the Covid. Back in 2020.

A shame they did not continue streaming it, as most intermediate teams are well met, by the latter stages.

Turned out a lovely day for the match .Went as a neutral so second half was really one way traffic with the result never in doubt .Has to be said a very poor crowd there today clearly a lot of the members of those clubs are not that invested in following the senior team .I know there are reasons for people not to go but the county final should be testing the capacity of PP really .

Seems to me a lot of parents bring their youngsters to games which is good but have no real connection with the senior teams .If the kids drop off the parents are gone too .The ground today must have being about a third full if that .

It really is an unfair advantage they have compared to most of the other clubs in Dublin. The money they can invest in top class facilities puts other clubs to shame.

I think Cluxton plays Junior only. It goes back to when Parnell's had a number of different county players on the books and lads coming through underage were overlooked.