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

you were right on the last 10 minutes. Cavan tired kicked it away.

Nothing to put the fear of God into any of the teams after today really ,better in the second half but thought we were fortunate to be ahead even if just by a point at half time .It was maddening the amount of stray passes we did really poor and once again we seemed so slow in getting the ball up the field.Expect us to bow out next day and then there will have to be a serious reset for next season .Hopefully the lads prove me wrong of course .Another thing about today the jerseys looked quite similar I thought ,no excuse for the poor passes but still .

Don’t care who we get i just home we arent drawn at home.
Games are so much more fun outside of Croke Park.
I think from now on any home games that the County board nominate Croker for that are on tele I'm not going to.
Today was brilliant.
Home games should be in Parnell Park end of story. Hopefully we are getting near to it again.

Separate draw for home advantage

I think our best chance be against mayo

Ger Brennan said he wants the game in Parnell Park if drawn at home.
So now i want us drawn at home.
Can remember ever seeing the footballers play a championship game there. It would be incredible

It would be fantastic but won't happen as I don't think Parnell would have the capacity to facilitate Dublin's and their opponents season ticket holders.

Jim is not involved in Dublin set up

No way it'll be in PP imo. Dublin have too many season ticket and parnell pass holders themselves to fill it, let alone any away supporters.

Parnell or nowhere.

Season tickets are capped at 3k iirc and didn’t sell out.
Brennan wants it there. The county board will back him.
GAA should have no say and Dublin won’t be doing them any favours.

UPTHEDUBS

Lost 7 of last 9 games in Croke Park. Play it in Parnell as will be using pitch for next season for Dublin games. Donegal will be delighted getting a handy draw.

Does anyone know the story with Bugler? Rumour going around the ground yesterday that he didn't make the bus trip.

Lundy was number 10 instead.

Thought Gannon, McGarry and Basquel all done well. Ref was poor again. Pulled up the Cavan 12 three times for overcarrying, and booked him for a relatively nothing foul.

Dublin should have had another penalty, and an awful lot was let go.

Con the key to everything.

Doesn't matter where it is played Dublin will likely lose.

The fact that Dublin lost 7 out of the last 9 games in CP just means that the team is shite and has played the bigger teams there. Donegal, Kerry, Mayo, Armagh all division 1. Plus a Westmeath and Louth side with fire in them.

Think about it the more interesting thing is to look at who Dublin have beaten this year? Look at the context and how the opposition played.

Monaghan in league (CP)

Monaghan in CP they were awful. Worst match I saw all year (maybe in the worst in over a decade) it was 7-7 HT. Monaghan would have won if could have finished chances, they were using the league to experiment. Dublin kind of fell over the line.

Rossies in league (The Hyde)

A weird game in the Hyde where the Rossies did not score for 25 minutes of the first half. Apparently according to the locals the wind was a major factor, and the introduction of the Brigids lads disrupted the settled Rossies side, keeper etc.

Wicklow in championship (Aughrim)

By some miracle Dublin were ahead a HT. And Dublin were dominated by Wicklow in the first 20 minutes, it was embarrassing. Dublin blessed to get out of Aughrim with a win. Only for the Wicklow keeper Jackson missed all his 6 2pt attempts Dublin would have lost deservedly

Louth in the championship (Portlaoise)

Dublin got away with playing that slow, slow, sloooow, patient stuff against a a very oddly flat Louth team devoid of energy. They didn't even press Dublin. It was Louth's worst performance of the year, as proven in hindsight they are a better side than that.

Cavan in the championship (Breffni Park)

No way in hell did the final scoreline reflect the match at all. Cavan had loads of chances kicked it away. And wilted in the heat at the end.

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I wasn't happy with any of these wins when you look at the context, how the opposition played, and how Dublin played etc.