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

Yea Counties like Dublin , Kerry, Cork , Galway have an unfair advantage with funding and population over the likes of Leitrim Longford Sligo 🤣

i wouldn’t be shocked if Stephen doesn’t get one. For all this honours and only 6? All stars. I wouldn’t surprised if the five player of the year to Clifford. Don’t agree with it but we will find out later

5 All Stars for the AI champions, great awards altogether. Mannion overlooked is farcical. But sure it makes people happy.

You can be sure if Kerry won the final they’d have double the number they got

Five All Stars as low as i can remember for an All Ireland winning team. Brian Fenton was my Player of the Year, also.

Mannion was brilliant in the final and Costelloe was poor in same game but up to then Costelloe was having a great year. I would have had Costelloe just ahead of Mannion. Wasn't to be for either and five is our lot.

I agree James had a poor final and was close enough to seeing the line. But Fenton was the most consistent player this year and had a great final too. Not often the winning team doesn't get the Player of the Year award.

It's not even close though. I'm one of few Dubs who doesn't buy the hype that Fitzsimons put manners on Clifford. He really didn't. He did as well as any 35 year old could do against a dangerous forward and in truth they both deserve credit. Clifford played well. He'll kick himself that he took poor options at times but he played well. That said he wasn't the best forward on the pitch and he was nowhere the best player on the pitch. Fenton pissed on the lot of them when the chips were down. It's galling, but oh so predictable, that his brilliance was ignored. He's in good company though. A generation of Dubs have received scant recognition on a personal level while eclipsing their rivals at EVERY turn.

As someone said pointless awards even more so after tonight. I don't think Clifford played well in the final, more like cost them a win, Indeed a Great footballer, but no way POTY this year. Clifford is the darling of the GAA and Media loves him.

I’m sure the lads that are perceived as being overlooked would rather have a Celtic in their back pocket than a consolation prize of an All Star, I know I would. Congrats to all.

TBF, it's the intercounty panels themselves, rather than the journalists, who have the ultimate pick - and Fenton should have won it purely on the basis of it being neck-and-neck between the pair before the final. As for the team itself, five is unusually low for All-Ireland winners, largely because of Derry's run this season, but unless you put Mannion in for Smith, and Costello for Basquel, the selection was largely along expected lines.

Fenton has won player of the year twice.

He also produced the greatest feat of individual skill in Gaelic football I’ve ever seen in the Tyrone game. So even on his bad days…

Wouldn't pay too much heed to these awards once we win the big prize that's all that matters to me. I used to look at them when we were not winning anything in the hope of better times ahead but once we started winning I lost interest. I think that the fact we are not dependent on any one player to win might go against us sometimes .We have a couple of other lads to step up when others are having a difficult game and that's the way I like it .Clearly no surprise DC won player of the year with everybody fawning over him any time he plays .He is am outstanding player all the same .

thats a good point...Dublin haven't relied on one player since the days Brogan was shooting the lights out and i think he won it that time... they have serious men that stand up and be counted when others are having a off day....