Dublin GAA Discussion Thread MOD WARNING POST #2944

mjp wrote: »

Thinking of having a punt on dean rock @4/1 for championship top scorer. He's been averaging 6 points a game during the league finishing top scorer with 1-52. He is going to have 3 matches in provincial championship and would end up playing 6 if dubs make it to final. His main challengers all have serious questionmarks hanging over them.

Cillian o connor looks to be out for provincial semi against galway after knee operation and will play considerably less matches. Don't fancy mayo to progress past quarters/ semis.

Kerry's scoring threat I feel will be shared between Gooch james o donohue Brian Sheehan and Paul Geaney and difficult to see who will be their main threat.

Biggest threat I see is Cork's colm o neill who was free scoring and joint top scorer in the league with dean rock. He can be backed at 14/1 in powers for top scoring honours.

Colm o Neill hasn't unfortunately a hope of winning this as yes maybes v clare he will get a big score however cork won't beat kerry and kerry will have colm well marked with a well planned defence system and unfortunately colm won't have possession from midfield or half forwards to create space for him
Last year v sligo he got ten points and has the ability to so against teams like that that simply won't have the players to hold him or hurley and cork will also have possession so he could score but as last year showed when up against better teams he won't get enough ball or fast ball he'll struggle


And it's highly unlikely cork will get past an all Ireland Semi final
Depending who they meet it could be an early season
At best cork imo have clare then kerry then a qualifier quatre final then
So your possibly looking at four games but it's a huge ask to expect colm score a lot when you take kerry out of that
Dublin have a lot of handy games in leinster and even against blanket defences such is their game plan and midfield their ace forward could still score three points those games as he will be brought in to the game
Cillan o Connor won it last year and the reason was even though didn't get to a final the replay v kerry gave him the extra game the final would have and also the year before and also year before that when mcfadden won it all those two years both teams got to an all Ireland final
When your backing a player here to win this your trying to pick a top forward but one who team will get to the all Ireland final and the very least a all Ireland Semi final as the last three years winners proved
That imo rules colm out as it's very hard to see cork based on what we saw this league be at the latter stages of the all Ireland championship



Dublin beat clare last night in a challenge in clare 4-14 to 0-14

One of the best forwards in the game imo better than rock by a large mark is bigger odds as bookies know too well colm isn't supported by a team where rock could very well win it as he's well supported by he's team
Colm odds are so high for a reason and it really shows when such a talent would make any team in Ireland is such long odds it shows more imo odds reflection of cork than actually colm talents itself as colm was with Dublin or kerry he'd win it

ProudDUB wrote: »

If you were to base it on points per game, he'd be a good bet, but last years top 5 scorers were from Mayo (O'Connor,) Sweeney, (Tipp,) Kingston, (Laois,) Quigley (Fermanagh) and Walsh (Galway.) So if you were looking to do an each way bet, I'd be putting a few bob on someone coming thru the qualifiers.

I'd agree totally an each way bet any of those and maybe even small chance on colm at fourteen as dan Goulding got one twenty seven three years ago to be up among the top
However as for winning outright colm has little chance as your team must give you a platform

Can anyone tell me the score in the St Oliver plunketts hurly game?

Longford have just beaten Offaly in Tullamore by 3 points. So Longford it is in the QF at the end of the month.

I only wish we could play them in Longford like last time we met in the championship.

Big fan of his, but pretty surprised he got a look in with the Dublin team.

Delighted for him. Fine hurler, if a bit on the small size for the top level IMO.

Huge loss to Kerry, despite their success this year.

danjo-xx wrote: »

Kerry have hurlers:eek: I thought they only did football like Kilkenny only do
Hurling.:D

Yes, that is the standard "line" people throw at Kerry hurlers.
There is a very small but staunch pocket of 8 or 9 hurling clubs in North East Kerry. Most of them are hurling only actually. Where Eamonn Fitzmaurice and Paul Galvin are from (Lixnaw) for example, there is no football played. Footballers go 4 miles down the road to Finuge.
Kenmare/Kilgarvan in south Kerry and Crokes and St Pats in Killarney play also, with a scattered few underage clubs here and there. That's Kerry club hurling. They do ok all things considered.

Darragh O'Connell is a huge loss to our hurlers but not sure if he'll cut it with Dublin. Wish him all the best though. If Ger Cunningham sees something in him, it can't be bad.

salmocab wrote: »

What club does Darragh O Connell play for?

Plays with Cuala AFAIK

Any news on Flynn being out?

Other rumour is he may not be in the red of Fingallians for too much longer either, but a blank page never refuses ink I suppose.......

Slattsy wrote: »

Out for year from what i hear.

(decent source)

That would be quite a big blow,really top top player.Go to man in the Dublin forward line most especially when the tide is going against Dublin.More important to Dublin than even Diarmuid Connolly.Seriously underrated by a large cohort of the GAA community,appears to be a very nice lad to boot.I should be delighted from a selfish point of view but it is always disappointing to see one of the very best forwards in the country miss the championship from a neutral's point of view.If it is confirmed it is a blow similar to the Gooch's absence from the Kingdom's line up last year.

seligehgit wrote: »

If it is confirmed it is a blow similar to the Gooch's absence from the Kingdom's line up last year.

I wouldn't mins losing Flynn if we went on to win the All-Ireland

Even as a Kerry fan I wouldn't want Flynn to be missing from the championship. He's a class act and there's no acting the b*llix or anything with him. Plays the game as hard as you want though and has turned into a joy to watch.

Being a PP holder, I went over to Dorset Street to get my ticket for Sunday this morning. It is a pity that although the Hurling match will probably be the more competitive of the two matches, that most people won't come in until the second match. A full Hill 16, and other parts of the stadium, roaring on the hurlers would be great to see. I am sure a lot of you here will get in for it. Up the Dubs.

Flukey wrote: »

Being a PP holder, I went over to Dorset Street to get my ticket for Sunday this morning. It is a pity that although the Hurling match will probably be the more competitive of the two matches, that most people won't come in until the second match. A full Hill 16, and other parts of the stadium, roaring on the hurlers would be great to see. I am sure a lot of you here will get in for it. Up the Dubs.

Do all PP holders still have to collect their match tickets for each game?

Surely, there could be some system in place, to print off a paper based ticket online, as you do with the season ticket.. or at the very least just have a PP card that you could scan on entry to Croker?

Flukey wrote: »

The crazy thing is, you can renew online, but you can't buy the actual match tickets that way. It surely wouldn't be hard to set it up so that you could login and use your pass to buy them. I know some people only collect for the final. They buy through Tickets.ie for the other matches and use the pass to get in to club championship matches.

That's what I do. I work in town so got my Hill ticket today in Super Valu on Aston Quay. No point trekking up to Dorset St for it. I do like the buzz of going down to Dorset St for my ticket for the final though (if we get there). Strolling out of the ticket office with that A.I. final ticket in your pocket feeling all :cool: