salmocab wrote: » decent performance today thought they stuck at it, which must be hard when the games over early and the opposition start acting the maggot. I must have missed the rule coming in that says you can only hand out yellow cards in pairs, one to each team.
Pierce_1991 wrote: » Yellows to Connolly and Kilkenny in particular were a joke. It's pure cop out refereeing and it actually became a bit of a shambles today, luckily the game was over and it won't mean much in the long run.
salmocab wrote: » I thought Connolly especially did well to hold his temper.
closeline wrote: » Lot of talk about Dublin and money. Obviously one area is coaches I presume Dublin has an enormous amount of coaches compared to other counties? But where else is there advantages? I presume there is quite a few players employed as coaches. I once heard that Dublin players are provided with meals for the week. This is some advantage if true.
kyote00 wrote: » My uncles third cousin once saw a Dublin player getting on a bus with a pram... it wouldn't fit so he left it there .... Just gets another free one from the GAA HQ :cool:
closeline wrote: » Lot of talk about Dublin and money. Obviously one area is coaches I presume Dublin has an enormous amount of coaches compared to other counties?...............
Pierce_1991 wrote: » I call bullsh*t on that one. Dublin players wouldn't be caught dead on the peasant transport. The County Board provide a full time driver I believe.
Bambi wrote: » Saw bastic walking around town with his foot in a cast
DoctaDee wrote: » Went over on his ankle playing with TSS - no worries regarding his fitness from his perspective (fingers crossed)
Stoner wrote: » I think they come back in because they are better, based on that bastic must not be 100% he put a huge shift in during the league to secure his championship place
closeline wrote: » I once heard that Dublin players are provided with meals for the week. This is some advantage if true.
Bambi wrote: » Sure they set philly mcmahon up a business delivering the food and all
DARK-KNIGHT wrote: Kildare and Leinster football is toxic something has to change
DARK-KNIGHT wrote: » As expected a trouncing is what Kildare got lol I was in the coombe with my new little boy so I missed the game. Congrats to Dublin a mighty team and best of luck in your future championship progress. Kildare and Leinster football is toxic something has to change
DARK-KNIGHT wrote: » Kildare and Leinster football is toxic something has to change
DoctaDee wrote: » Congrats DK on the new arrival .. would you consider having the young lad fostered in Dublin we'll get football into him
Kavrocks wrote: » I have to disagree with this. No Leinster team is able to compete with Dublin and are quite a bit away from their skill level but to call them toxic is an insult. Every county player trains extremely hard and puts a lot of effort in. Weaker counties should be helped instead of having to listen to this and the derogatory comments of some pundits. Look at Kerry in hurling, they've made brilliant strides in the last few years and next year will be playing in the Leinster Qualifying group. A similar approach should be taken in football, in particular we should have a similar system with a Christy Ring type structure for the weaker counties. This weekend I saw one of the most exciting second halves in a game I've seen in a long time. Westmeath's comeback was nothing short of sheer determination and a desire to win. It was a joy to watch. The atmosphere in Croke Park for it was amazing. It reminded me of when we won the Leinster Hurling Championship a few years ago. We also saw Wexford, a team operating in Division 3 of the league next year, beat Down, a team operating in Division 1 of the league next year. This was a very good weekend for Leinster football and we should strive for more instead of putting teams down and belittling their efforts.
DARK-KNIGHT wrote: » Ill get the football into him training two underage teams now.... thanks btw jesus that dublin side are amazing. embarrassing seeing some of the ****e spewed by one kildare boards user in kildare forum last week. most of us respect each other no matter what.
DARK-KNIGHT wrote: » Leinster championship in general is awful dublin are a shining light.. i would never belittle a county side but i question management and tactics etc
DoctaDee wrote: » Ah very good ... you can never truly replace the buzz of playing but coaching for me has been a great outlet. When I take my mod hat off, I can tend to tune down my sensitivity radar when champo season comes round - I'd never fault someones passion for their county or the game itself - even if in some cases they're inherently wrong I got no enjoyment watching a listless display from Kildare DK - how deep does the problem go ? ... this can't be just a clash of personalities can it ? .. I know the man on the ditch in Kildare was looking towards Glenn Ryan taking over - but there's many a time (personally speaking) when you've got to make the most of the cards yer dealt - (forget Dublin yesterday), my BIL is a lillie man represented them in the Juniors - he used to console himself that Kildare were a qualifier team - I haven't heard that from him the last while tho. All we can do is wish yiz the best of luck going forward .. someone needs to straighten the situation quickly
DARK-KNIGHT wrote: » problems run deep politics etc embarassing the way mcgeeney was treated imo fair enough we stagnated but something sly was happening with ryan taken on as a coach lol yeah right.... i still dont know why tom oconnor walked away but something stinks imo. im as red blooded and passionate as they come but i personally believe the passion has gone its like the players dont believe in themselves. that dublin game was crushing i honestly feel this could be the beginning of a terrible few years for kildare. please god it will turn around but i have no faith in county board or jason ryan
RoyalCelt wrote: » Kildare are in the same position as the also rans in leinster. If Dublin were average, we'd all think meath, Kildare, westmeath, laois etc are great. It's just unfortunate were coming up against the best leinster team ever. No point dropping the heads and giving up. I genuinely think the likes of us should treat the league as our main competition and the thing is that will actually improve us in the long run. Apart from that we can just knuckle down on the underage where we can actually compete. And pray Dublin come back down to earth and when they do we're ready.
DARK-KNIGHT wrote: » fully agree this dublin team are awesome simply awesome.. kildare underage of late have been very good so heres hoping in a few years we will be strong enough to trouble the likes of dublin
RoyalCelt wrote: The big thing for me though is u21. Kildare and Longford should be doing everything to funnel the best minor lads to the u21 team and try and keep them progressing. Getting them into football universities too. This is the area and age where the Dublin development programme really excells.
