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Grats · 02-09-2014 02:48PM

big_drive wrote: »

Have a feeling the new hurling manager will be Donal Og Cusack

At least we'd be spared from having to watch him on tv!

BonnieSituation · 02-09-2014 03:42PM

He's a great analyst.

Liam Sheedy would be a serious choice.

circular flexing · 02-09-2014 03:51PM

Donal Og Cusack has no management experience so I wouldn't be too keen on him.

I can't see Liam Sheedy being interested in inter county management at the moment.

BonnieSituation · 02-09-2014 04:16PM

True enough. You can but dream.

Grats · 02-09-2014 05:21PM

circular flexing wrote: »

Donal Og Cusack has no management experience so I wouldn't be too keen on him.

I can't see Liam Sheedy being interested in inter county management at the moment.

I'd say you're correct on both counts. Cusack would need to start at the bottom and work up rather than go in at the deep end. Talking hurling is very different to managing it. Perhaps he might start with getting involved with underage Cork teams.

Sheedy is on record as saying he wouldn't manage any team other than Tipp.

aster99 · 02-09-2014 10:20PM

Grats wrote: »

At least we'd be spared from having to watch him on tv!

I've found him brilliant to watch on TV. By far the highlight of the Sunday game this year for me

TouchingVirus · 03-09-2014 12:19AM

I'll never forget the 2013 SHC semi-final against Cork or the League and Leinster finals in 2011. I'll look back on Daly's tenure as Dublin manager with great fondness in the years to come - thanks for the memories.

Right now I would swap those memories if I could erase the memory of last Sunday

corny · 03-09-2014 01:56AM

TouchingVirus wrote: »

I'll never forget the 2013 SHC semi-final against Cork or the League and Leinster finals in 2011. I'll look back on Daly's tenure as Dublin manager with great fondness in the years to come - thanks for the memories.

Right now I would swap those memories if I could erase the memory of last Sunday

Watched a re run of the 2011 league final on youtube yesterday for good measure.

Forgot we restricted them to 1-1 from play! Can still remember Keaneys massive score from halfway towards the end though.:)

Joekers · 03-09-2014 02:11AM

corny wrote: »

Watched a re run of the 2011 league final on youtube yesterday for good measure.

Forgot we restricted them to 1-1 from play! Can still remember Keaneys massive score from halfway towards the end though.:)

Some of the scores we got towards the end of that game were unbelieveable, still hard to choose between that day and the football final for me as best day as a Dublin fan both equally as enjoyable.

Have no doubt Daly will win the All-Ireland as a manger just a shame it couldn't have been with us

The man is a living legend as far as i'm concerned for what he done for us with the hurlers and wish him all the success in the future. He has taken us from being perceived as a laughing stock for years throughout the hurling counties to being recognized as being one of the top 6 teams in the country.

People always gave out that because of our population we were a disgrace that we didn't care for our hurling team as much as our football team, well they may be sorry that they ever woke the beast.

Hopefully we can get a top manager in, really think it has to be an outside appointment as I don't think we have a top manager in our county just yet, in years to come maybe if we can build on the foundation Daly has laid we will have top managers possibly coming from the current group of players, for now though we need a manager like Daly who has a proven top class hurling track record a winning mentality. Would love to see Sheedy take over

Oasis_Dublin · 04-09-2014 02:14PM

I've been away, so apologies for bringing up Sunday again.

It was a hugely disappointing day not to get either team into the All-Ireland Final. The defending for the second goal was actually comical, all at sea. It reminded me of the exposure that Cluxton and O'Carroll faced against Meath in 2010. The need for re-arranging the half-back line before throw-in is beyond me.

I think they mentally weren't at the races either. For all the post-match talk of being prepared for anything and everything that Donegal would throw at us, they fairly well collapsed once Donegal put it up to us. Games likes Kerry last year, and Cork and Mayo in the league this year had convinced me, and it seems the players, that they could stay calm no matter what the situation was. The 17, or so, wides on Sunday suggest something else.

The weakness of Leinster, apart from being sad considering how good the Leinster Championship used to be, is also highly detrimental to Dublin. We need proper tests earlier on in the season, or else most of what happens between April and the August Bank Holiday weekend is of little consequence.

Having said all of that, u-21 champions this year, so the future is still bright. The minors were unlucky; a kick of a ball away from getting to the final. Jim Gavin had quite a good record against McGuinness, beating him in the 2010 21s final, while also relegating the then All-Ireland Champions Donegal last year. I don't buy into the idea that McGuinness is better than a man who had managed a side to 3 of the last 4 major competitions in the GAA world. As Martin Breheny said in the Indo, had one or both of Dublin's big first half goals gone in, it was a different story come full time.

On Dalo, it's completely understandable that he would want to go. The whole thing had run its course. He did a great job to bring us from losing to Westmeath in Leinster, to Leinster Champions, in such a short space of time. The big question mark for hurling going forward is the hemorrhaging of young talent to football. Costello, Kilkenny, Lowndes etc all played in the minor final in 2011, but you couldn't see them going back anytime soon.

Pighead · 17-09-2014 11:51PM

Diarmuid Connolly with a bit of a special goal this evening for St Vincent's.

Ed Winchester · 18-09-2014 10:26AM

I could watch that over and over! Sheer class!

DoctaDee · 18-09-2014 10:41AM

Was chatting to a lad that was umpiring that game, he said DC was absolutely brilliant, the old egg of him being a better hurler .. but isn't it great to see a lad, who all things being equal, should've been lining out in an AI Final this week and instead in lining out for his club in hurling champ ..

Edit.. Whoops can't see above clip in work, just realised it's Football

, but had a great game to in Hurling too by all accounts

ProudDUB · 18-09-2014 01:43PM

He makes it look so easy & effortless doesn't he?

Sometimes I want to run onto the pitch during Dubs games, and give him a good kick up the arse for looking so casual as he approaches the goal mouth. Sometimes he seems to not really give a damm whether the ball ends up in the back of the net or not.

But then he goes and does something like that.... :rolleyes:

Slattsy · 18-09-2014 02:11PM

You and everyone else.
That miss in the semi is one we'll live to regret.

DoctaDee · 18-09-2014 02:21PM

Slattsy wrote: »

You and everyone else.
That miss in the semi is one we'll live to regret.

We'll regret it upto this Sunday alright, but in the longer term I'd expect normal service to resume ..

I've spoken to 2 lads since the defeat, the significance of the goal misses isn't lost on anybody in the camp

CurryFlavoured · 18-09-2014 02:52PM

ProudDUB wrote: »

He makes it look so easy & effortless doesn't he?

Sometimes I want to run onto the pitch during Dubs games, and give him a good kick up the arse for looking so casual as he approaches the goal mouth. Sometimes he seems to not really give a damm whether the ball ends up in the back of the net or not.

But then he goes and does something like that.... :rolleyes:

I was thinking the exact same. His calmness looks fantastic in the clip above but sometimes at the highest level you'll be punished for being lethargic no matter how talented you are.

What a goal though, I could watch it all day.

BKWDR · 18-09-2014 02:57PM

http://thescore.thejournal.ie/2015-football-league-fixtures-1677487-Sep2014/

Was looking at getting a GAA Season Ticket this year as it looked like good value but this looks like they won't be running the Spring Series in 2015 and probably won't make couple of those away dates. Is the season ticket still worth it?

What dates do the Parnell Pass run through?

Thanks in advance

ProudDUB · 18-09-2014 02:57PM

DoctaDee wrote: »

We'll regret it upto this Sunday alright, but in the longer term I'd expect normal service to resume ..

I've spoken to 2 lads since the defeat, the significance of the goal misses isn't lost on anybody in the camp

Slattsy wrote: »

You and everyone else.
That miss in the semi is one we'll live to regret.

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

I was thinking the exact same. His calmness looks fantastic in the clip above but sometimes at the highest level you'll be punished for being lethargic no matter how talented you are.

I think the writing was on the wall (that this could could hurt us) all the way back in the 2013 quarter final against Cork. We had something like 14 genuine goal chances and we only converted two of them. It didn't hurt us last year, but by God, it did this year.

It is the #1 thing I want to see corrected for next year.

I honestly don't know the reason for it. Maybe its all the competition for places, especially in the forwards. Maybe they think that they have to make an impact and score a goal, coz if they don't they'll get yanked off and someone else will. Which leads to stupid/sloppy/careless/poorly timed shots at goal.

Or maybe its just "ah sure I'll give it a go, joie de vivre. If it goes in great, if it doesn't Berno, Dermo, Cormac, Eoghan, Kev Mc or the cast of thousands, will convert the next chance we get".

That's all well and good when we are roaring thru Leinster, when we actually get 10-12 goal chances per game. The law of averages says that we'll still get 2-3 goals per game, even if we only convert 20% of our chances. But in the games against the best teams, with the best defenses....you are only going to get a small handful of real goal chances per game. What happens then?

If razor sharp decision making, passing, vision & clinicly efficient finishing isn't a part of your inbuilt match DNA since the very start of the year, it's very hard to only start doing it in August or September. Jim Gavin talks a lot about letting the players "go out and express themselves". That's all well and good, but they need to be doing it within a framework that certain principles and disciplines are adhered to.

Sorry....needed to vent.:(

ProudDUB · 18-09-2014 03:20PM

BKWDR wrote: »

http://thescore.thejournal.ie/2015-football-league-fixtures-1677487-Sep2014/

Was looking at getting a GAA Season Ticket this year as it looked like good value but this looks like they won't be running the Spring Series in 2015 and probably won't make couple of those away dates. Is the season ticket still worth it?

What dates do the Parnell Pass run through?

Thanks in advance

There's nothing in there that says that the Spring Series won't be on next year. The Spring Series is just the name given to our home league games, that you can get discounted admission to, if you buy one master ticket to all the games. The games are still going to go ahead next year, whether they decide to market it as another Spring Series or not.

The 2014 Parnell Pass runs from May 1 2014 to April 31st 2015. It will get you into all of our home league games in 2015. It will also get you into all of the Dublin club chamo games that are left in 2014. It won't get you into any 2015 Leinster or AI champo games, nor does it guarantee you an IA ticket if we make it to the final. You'd have to buy a 2015 Parnell Pass for that. They go on sale in early April 2015.

BKWDR · 18-09-2014 03:29PM

ProudDUB wrote: »

There's nothing in there that says that the Spring Series won't be on next year.

You are totally correct, it only dawned on me as i was explaining it to someone else! Just the league opener will be in Cork.

Yeah the Spring Series is usually 30e and then with the rest of the league and Leinster, the 85e season ticket looks like it could be well worth it.

DoctaDee · 18-09-2014 04:04PM

Lads just to clarify -

If you've a Parnell Pass you are entitled to an AI ticket should Dublin be there, irrespective of the number of games you attend throughout the year .. (yeah you can get an AI ticket without having attended any game before hand)

The season ticket is an attendance based ticket, you get the league games but not the SF or Final, the 1st round of Leinster and then options for the rest of the championship .. 60% attendance for all that and you're guanteed a ticket

The Spring Series ticket gets ya nothing but double pneumonia and frostbite in Croker

...

BKWDR · 18-09-2014 04:07PM

DoctaDee wrote: »

The Spring Series ticket gets ya nothing but double pneumonia and frostbite in Croker ...

No i know, see i usually buy the 30e spring series and then pay per ticket on tickets.ie for every game there after (home mostly).

So for the 85e itd be better value for me im thinking?

Love Spring Series time....

BKWDR · 18-09-2014 04:09PM

...Plus, i've missed out on the Parnell Pass. So if i don't buy the Season ticket in Nov, i will have to get the Spring Series tickets myself AND buy the Parnell Pass in May

bren2001 · 18-09-2014 04:15PM

DoctaDee wrote: »

Lads just to clarify -

If you've a Parnell Pass you are entitled to an AI ticket should Dublin be there, irrespective of the number of games you attend throughout the year .. (yeah you can get an AI ticket without having attended any game before hand)

The season ticket is an attendance based ticket, you get the league games but not the SF or Final, the 1st round of Leinster and then options for the rest of the championship .. 60% attendance for all that and you're guanteed a ticket

The Spring Series ticket gets ya nothing but double pneumonia and frostbite in Croker ...

I assume you have a typo (or I have a horrible understanding of the season ticket. You do get the SF, F and opening round of the Leinster Championship. With the season ticket you also get 5e off each match after the opening round of the championship.

If Dublin make it to the league final. You make your money back.

ProudDUB · 18-09-2014 04:43PM

BKWDR wrote: »

...Plus, i've missed out on the Parnell Pass. So if i don't buy the Season ticket in Nov, i will have to get the Spring Series tickets myself AND buy the Parnell Pass in May

1. You probably still can get a 2014 PP. They only sold out last year as people were scrambling for AI final tickets and the PP gives you an entitlement to buy one. The DCB probably have some left over, seeing as we didn't make the final. Buying a PP is only worth it financially, if you go to a lot of club games, as the PP gets you into them for free. As I go to lots of club games, the PP makes financial sense for me. Knowing that you are guaranteed an AI final ticket is a pretty sweet bonus, but it wouldn't make financial sense to buy one unless you plan on going to lots of club games too.

2. Do you already have a season ticket? If you do, you'll be able to renew it for next year. If you don't, you may not be able to buy one. Each county is given an allocation of season tickets. People who already have one, are given the first chance renew their season ticket for the up coming season. Last years renewals took up all of our allocation, so no new stand season tickets went on general sale to the public. Only season tickets for the Hill were available.

DoctaDee · 18-09-2014 08:21PM

bren2001 wrote: »

I assume you have a type (or I have a horrible understanding of the season ticket. You do get the SF, F and opening round of the Leinster Championship. With the season ticket you also get 5e off each match after the opening round of the championship.

If Dublin make it to the league final. You make your money back.

Sorry Bren .. got my tickets mixed up no SF or League Final on the PP

Godge · 19-09-2014 06:02PM

ProudDUB wrote: »

2. Do you already have a season ticket? If you do, you'll be able to renew it for next year. If you don't, you may not be able to buy one. Each county is given an allocation of season tickets. People who already have one, are given the first chance renew their season ticket for the up coming season. Last years renewals took up all of our allocation, so no new stand season tickets went on general sale to the public. Only season tickets for the Hill were available.

Even if stand season tickets become available, they will probably offer them on a first come first served basis to Hill season ticket holders.

Oasis_Dublin · 20-09-2014 11:00AM

The season ticket gives you a ticket to Dublin's Leinster Championship opener. Do I get to pick a section, or will I be stuck in 305, seat 25?

BonnieSituation · 20-09-2014 12:22PM

You'll be in 305. The seat is never guaranteed.

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