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

Obviously a very very disappointing game today for the main LGFA showcase.

These things happen, the mens final was poor also.

Couple of other points:

• frees every 30 seconds it felt like. At one point Dublin were attacking and the ref played one advantage, then a second advantage, then a third advantage before finally awarding a free - he was doing his best, but omg endless frees and breaks in play. The game badly needs the tap and go or whatever its called in the mens game. It also needs some sort of rules around a feasible tackle - any sort of contact at all was a free.

• I did feel Ref was much tougher on Meath. If you look at second Dublin goal, Meath player in possession - pushed in the back, a strong push - falls over - gets up - gets done for steps - Dublin take quick free and score a point, and then score a goal from the kick out. That put them 10 up instead of 6, game over. No coming back from that. Dublin would have won anyway, in all likelihood.

• All the focus on Hannah Tyrrell who is obviously a legend, but it was brilliant to see Nicole Owens score the opening goal after the injuries she has had. I'd wonder will Leah Caffrey and Sinead Goldrick be back next year, they both played really well. Caffrey is POTY I would think.

• Not sure why the guards dont close Clonliffe Road for the LGFA final - nearly 50,000 in attendance and cars were driving up and down Clonliffe both before and after the main match. Pavements were jammed. Particularly with so many kids at this fixture, its a strange one.

• Dublin LGFA really needs to work on building a fanbase, Meath LGFA consistently brings more fans with a fraction of the population. I saw little or no effort from my own club to promote it - a facebook post is as far as it goes. I'd imagine most other Dublin clubs the same. In contrast you could see whole clubs showing up not just from Meath but from Antrim, Laois, Tyrone etc.

The general Dublin fans don't follow the ladies games unfortunately, once again yesterday Meath had more support with a better mix of age groups than Dublin which was once again one or two parents with their youngest children .Hardly any mixed groups of adults .

The Dublin clubs made no effort to get behind it.

Congratulations to the Dubs Ladies on a thoroughly deserved victory yesterday. By far the better team.

You just reminded me there it was a number of years ago at this stage. I think it was a Dublin men's league football match? Weather not great because the pitch was cutting up and it was wet.

At half time there was a special performance of Jedward who were jumping around like mad eejits on the pitch. Even sliding along their knees in the mud. Lot's of screeching kids.

A load of them turned up to see Jedward, many left straight away when Jedward finished. Jedward were the main event for them. Not the match.

Not to mention at the start of the match Meath were fouled on their first 2 attacks didn't get a free and put them wide. Would have settled them early and put pressure on Dublin. When Dublin went 1-2 up it was game over especially with home advantage. Meath should have been cynical like Dublin and just pulled the player who scored the first goal. Dublin were already playing on from an advantage there was nothing to lose.

If the LFGA don't want their showpiece rained in future they should speak with the referee beforehand about home town referees. Dublin have won enough they don't need the extra help at the expense of the spectacle.

Dublin ladies play very few games in Croke Park and also you seemed to have missed Meath players off the ball 'tackles' in the second half in particular .

Seems correct alright with the club champo starting at the weekend .

I doubt he'd leave Leinster.

It'll be Ger Brennan.

They should have kept the €5 tickets for youngsters, instead of €15. I would have brought my young fellow and 3 of his mates. Would have set me back €50 if the juvenile tickets were €5, but it would be a decent days entertainment. But instead because of the extra Juvenile charge, the price would be €90. Couldn't justify that, so I gave it a miss and took the kids up to the park to play ball for the afternoon.

You wouldn't even know the Dublin ladies were in an All-Ireland. Nothing from our club to promote it. No excitement at all. Practically zero done from anyone (the association itself, media, clubs, anybody?) to highlight the game.

Here is a short video from the Dubs GAA you tube channel

Robbie Kelleher, Bobby Doyle, Sean Doherty featured - talking about 1974.

I suppose it is relevant to today, because there is a real feeling that Dublin have to rebuild again now. Although not as much as work required as pre 1974 hopefully.

So is the Dublin job but you can't do both really.

I don't think he can do both.

You wouldn't leave Leinster for Dublin though. Leinster much bigger job.

Fair enough.

I didn't know he had his own business.

Selection committee only formed last night! Note - doesn't mean that the new manager isn't already in place!!! 😉