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

rolling boh · 21-06-2026 04:59PM

What a great win ,lads really stood up and answered some questions today,I didn't fancy us to win at all was just hoping for a good performance and see what happened. A lot of things to work on obviously but that's for another day and hopefully we have the bodies for the next match .A great day indeed .

orangerhyme · 21-06-2026 05:22PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124568810#Comment_124568810

The punishment doesn't fit the crime.

Needs tweaking.

bren2001 · 21-06-2026 05:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124568875#Comment_124568875

you should be allowed place the ball on the ground, it's an obvious rule tweak.

I think the LFGA are going with that version of the rule next year. I believe they're bringing in similar changes

JRant · 21-06-2026 05:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124568810#Comment_124568810

Seelective enforcement of the rule IMO. He didn't do anything different that didn't happen a half dozen times today but the refs decides to call it at the most important part of the game.

FullBack Jam · 21-06-2026 05:50PM

I didn't see what the 2 Dublin lads were doing to get the black cards. Were they a bit unlucky ? Murphy was going to be picked out anyway for starting the melee. And Jason McGee was acting the maggot right in front of the linesman. Other than that, it was hard to pick out anything other than handbags stuff.

Dogsdodogsstuff · 21-06-2026 05:51PM

The first Sunday game highlights I’ve been looking forward to for a long long time

FullBack Jam · 21-06-2026 05:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124568934#Comment_124568934

Really ?? I didn't take any notice of any other obvious infringement of that rule in the game. It's a new rule. The players know that the refs are making a point to enforce it. It was a silly thing to do. Even at basic club level, we practice this to make sure that it becomes second nature in games.

I consider the rule to be silly and over the top in terms of trying to make sure teams don't spoil the game by kicking the ball away. But for now, it is there, and teams need to be able to adapt to it without doing what the Dublin player did today.

JRant · 21-06-2026 06:06PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124568936#Comment_124568936

Just to even things up I'd say.

JRant · 21-06-2026 06:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124568965#Comment_124568965

Not specifically for placing the ball on the ground but there were a few occasions where Donegal players stopped the quick free by running in front of the taker while "tracking back". It's a daft rule, I agree, and should only be for players throwing the ball.away in an obvious manner.

bren2001 · 21-06-2026 06:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124568965#Comment_124568965

donegal player threw it to a Dublin player a few minutes earlier. The rule is hand it back, not throw it back. That should have been moved as well but it wasn't .

It's a stupid rule but it was only implemented once.

copacetic · 21-06-2026 06:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124568810#Comment_124568810

it wasn’t a free to begin with and there was no actual delay to the game. Leaving the ball was actually quicker than finding a player to hand it to from his position. Ref basically gave two quick knee jerk decisions to bring Donegal back into the game which doesn’t look good to most people.

GHendrix · 21-06-2026 07:10PM

It was obviously a great win and a very good performance. After the season we’ve had, to beat Donegal is huge.

A few negatives as well and things to work on.

Comerford did quite bad on the kick outs. We conceded way too many soft points. Felt at times like we were working for 3 - 5 mins to get a point and then they’d run up and get one cheaply.

The decision making in the final third wasn’t great at times. Not shooting when the chance was on. Or shooting when it wasn’t.

Having said that, huge win and great character shown to do. Especially after moving the free forward and the late equaliser. Could have easily collapsed.

orangerhyme · 21-06-2026 07:23PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124569118#Comment_124569118

Thought Comerford was excellent except for the error that led to the goal.

He made a great save in ET also.

gormdubhgorm · 21-06-2026 07:51PM

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It is the type of win that the panel badly needed, now they can use it as a reference point. But at the same time plenty of things to fix as you say. Badly need a solid mature keeper who is at least calm.

To go from probably the best keeper in the history of the game, nevermind Dublin football. To two shaky panicky inconsistent keepers, is some drop off.

Any keeper in the club game that even looks "solid" will surely have a chance of call up next season?

dobman88 · 21-06-2026 08:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124569203#Comment_124569203

Comerford did very well today imo. One bad kick for the goal, fair enough. Apart from that he was solid and came up with a massive save in extra time

He got heaps of short kick outs away that have to hit their target dead or the opposition are in on goal.

It's the nature of the position that keepers get a rough ride but today he was excellent.

JRant · 21-06-2026 09:46PM

Comerford was really solid today and a huge improvement on O'Sullivan, who had a mare in the last couple of games.

Patser · 21-06-2026 10:45PM

I was a bit hard on Comerford earlier, as I felt for both Donegal goals he was weak.in his efforts to save them (not including the kick out for 1st one) - but he did pull off a huge save in ET when game was back in balance. And stats wise his kick out accuracy was way above the Donegal keepers, he did hit a few beautiful long kicks that sent us straight into attack

gormdubhgorm · 21-06-2026 10:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124569293#Comment_124569293

Overall though now (based on the last year league and championship) if you were a defender in that Dublin team would you trust either keeper option?

Goodigal · 21-06-2026 10:58PM

Absolutely thrilled to get past Donegal today. But really don't know why the fluidity has gone. Why so many capable players are almost freezing in front of the posts, or passing off instead of going for scores. When we got going in ET, it was so nice to see!

dobman88 · 21-06-2026 11:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124569620#Comment_124569620

I guarantee you the players trust him. Because that's what team mates do. He's also come in to replace the greatest keeper we've ever seen who, by all accounts, was a workaholic with his training regime. Comerford is fine. We're in a similar situation with Shane Murphy, he has some mad moments like Comerford does but overall he's fine.

Gael85 · 21-06-2026 11:52PM

Didn't see that win coming. Delighted for Ger. Basquel, Scully, Con and Kilkenny were brilliant. Basquel very poor in first half but played to his potential after that, himself and McGarry stood up again. Sean Guiden brilliant off the bench too. A first championahip win in Croke Park for a lot of that group.

CatInABox · 22-06-2026 06:30AM

Surprised at the win, have to admit I didn't see it coming at all. Was a bit bizarre to be much the better team in the second half, but not being able to reel them in until the goal.

While great to get the win, I couldn't believe how passive Donegal were after half time. Our keep ball play is still excellent, but doesn't normally get this reward since the rules have changed, but doing so well on kick outs meant that we held possession for so much longer.

Won't get that same joy out of the kick outs against a better team, but that's for another day, today we get to enjoy being in a slightly unexpected quarter final.