Dublin GAA Discussion Thread MOD WARNING POST #2944

Uncle Ben · 26-07-2015 12:43AM

Slattsy wrote: »

I just realised I don't know a single soul from Fermanagh!
Who am I gonna rip the piss out of on the run up to the match?

On the run up to the match you could take the piss out of Sean Quinn and all those factories in Fermanagh which he used to own!

ProudDUB · 26-07-2015 01:06AM

DoctaDee wrote: »

LOL... We could do with getting relegated to div 2 and 3 if only to broaden our GAA horizons :P

The panel have a 3 day training camp either this week or next. I wonder if todays results will change the focus.

I saw yer post in the Kerry thread re the Gooch .. you might be nearer the truth than you think !

Oh I am totally all over a Div 3 road trip. If only to disprove that ridiculous notion that places like Liret, Lietr, Leitrom, Laytrom ...eh...Carlow actually exist !

I'm ok. I do actually know one person from Fermanagh. My 1st class teacher in primary school. I will have some 'splainin' to do as to why she is hearing from me after all these years, but standards must be maintained at all times.

Flukey · 26-07-2015 01:13AM

Are there many Fermanagh Boardsies, or to be more specific, many Fermanagh GAA Boardsies? Will the scent of a blue shirt drag them in here? Hopefully some will come in, if they are not around already. As people are intimating, Fermanagh is a county that you probably don't know many people from. I was with a few of the Fermanagh team while doing some charity work in 2007 in Malawi. A number of GAA players were on the trip. Nice lads. I was in Fermanagh recently, doing a day trip to Enniskillen while staying in Sligo for a few days. We drove through Leitrim to Enniskillen and then did a loop around by Lough Erne, coming back through Ballyshannon and Bundoran to Sligo. Nice part of the world if you are ever up there. OK, so you may not know anyone from Fermanagh, but now you know someone who has met people from there and has been there, so that's a start and more might happen in the next week.

Anyway, getting late. I've a trip to Thurles ahead, so I better get some sleep.

corny · 26-07-2015 10:07PM

Just back. Really disappointed. Silly mistakes cost us the game. Gary Maguire should be told to never go short again.

Couldn't understand why O' Dwyer was moved in behind the sweepers and Keaney, who was decidedly average, brought out. Peter Kelly being brought on to wander around midfield was baffling too. I've been reticent when it comes to criticising Cunningham but it seems like he doesn't actually know the players he coaches.

Players tried hard though. Sutcliffe and O' Dwyer had good games. The backs battled hard but again the little mistakes cost us.

Fair play to Waterford. Deserved winners but felt the referee applied the rules differently for both sides.

Kavrocks · 26-07-2015 11:02PM

corny wrote: »

I've been reticent when it comes to criticising Cunningham but it seems like he doesn't actually know the players he coaches.

I was in the minority when he moved Rushe into full forward. I thought it was a good decision and I've said it before. However, when he moved him back to centre half back it showed how weak as a manager he is. I don't want Dublin to be like the Galway of old chopping and changing managers very frequently but I'm not sure Cunningham has gotten one decision right all year, the players don't respond to him and he looks completely clueless and devoid of ideas on the sideline!

The prevailing opinion seems to be he should go from everybody I've talked to. It's unfortunate but I agree, he's done nothing this year for me to have any hope of Dublin improving next year.

Stoner · 27-07-2015 01:52AM

Kavrocks wrote:

The prevailing opinion seems to be he should go from everybody I've talked to. It's unfortunate but I agree, he's done nothing this year for me to have any hope of Dublin improving next year.

What's the alternative?

sabhail · 27-07-2015 02:19AM

Stoner wrote: »

What's the alternative?

Don't think he should go. I'd be inclined to give him one or two yrs. I think he's ability to manage which he's shown to stay in top division and get this far. . So keep him , hope theirs some more new players coming. but likes of mccaffrey, Ryan,mc morrow, ocallaghan, Kelly, Rushe, cian, schutte, odwyer,Sutcliffe, boland, Maguire etc will probably stay and perform v well. It's not a disaster by any means.

HillFarmer · 27-07-2015 05:23AM

corny wrote: »

Just back. Really disappointed. Silly mistakes cost us the game. Gary Maguire should be told to never go short again.

Couldn't understand why O' Dwyer was moved in behind the sweepers and Keaney, who was decidedly average, brought out. Peter Kelly being brought on to wander around midfield was baffling too. I've been reticent when it comes to criticising Cunningham but it seems like he doesn't actually know the players he coaches.

Players tried hard though. Sutcliffe and O' Dwyer had good games. The backs battled hard but again the little mistakes cost us.

Fair play to Waterford. Deserved winners but felt the referee applied the rules differently for both sides.

Hard luck to Dublin, i felt as you said Waterford got the breaks today and also a few calls from the referee. Dotsy and Ryan O'Dwyer for me were Dublins pick. Keaney was absent and would have expected more.

I'm not sure if Dublin have come on since Cunnigham's arrival. I don't know much about the man but some strange positioning.

Lastly, Rush red card was warranted but equally didn't like to see gloating from our side. I hope we cut that out of our game.
Best of luck to your minors.

Kavrocks · 27-07-2015 08:42AM

Stoner wrote: »

What's the alternative?

A new manager...

Flukey · 27-07-2015 12:25PM

It's only Cunningham's first year, so I wouldn't be calling for him to go yet. A lot of what cost us yesterday were silly mistakes, first touches, bad passes, coughing up possession, bad shot selection, being to slow to act. So it was mostly things on the pitch, not just the management. Some of it was the kind of stuff that we saw in recent years, seeping back in again. Dublin can do better than they did yesterday. That period just after half time cost us. We had some good stuff, like Schutte's goal. We didn't get the breaks Waterford got. We went in as underdogs and that is how it panned out. We can sit back and contemplate for a while and then get going again. Everybody, players and management, need to look at themselves, but I don't think that management need to go. We still have our minors and there is other talent coming through.

BonnieSituation · 27-07-2015 12:42PM

Slattsy wrote: »

Would have preferred Cork tbh. Dont know what happened them this evening but they'd certainly have given us more of a game than Fermanagh on the day, i reckon.

Great for Fermanagh to get Dublin in Croker though, its what they all dreamt about as children.

ProudDUB wrote: »

...........runs to bumps the Fermanagh thread (eh, there is one right? ) so that I can pretend to know what I'm talking about for the next week.....

Slattsy wrote: »

I just realised I don't know a single soul from Fermanagh!
Who am I gonna rip the piss out of on the run up to the match?

This is going to be the first time I've ever been to a Fermanagh game and I won't be supporting Fermanagh. Le sigh. The ancestors will be glowering down at me.

Last time seeing them in Croker was the Division 3 final against Armagh earlier this year and in hurling against Fingal (Before Dublin-Down) in the League last year. Awful days out both.

Will be a cracker of a day out though no matter what. Though I'll be still hanging after that Super Saturday the night before.

Past30Now · 27-07-2015 04:02PM

Flukey wrote: »

It's only Cunningham's first year, so I wouldn't be calling for him to go yet. A lot of what cost us yesterday were silly mistakes, first touches, bad passes, coughing up possession, bad shot selection, being to slow to act. So it was mostly things on the pitch, not just the management. Some of it was the kind of stuff that we saw in recent years, seeping back in again. Dublin can do better than they did yesterday. That period just after half time cost us. We had some good stuff, like Schutte's goal. We didn't get the breaks Waterford got. We went in as underdogs and that is how it panned out. We can sit back and contemplate for a while and then get going again. Everybody, players and management, need to look at themselves, but I don't think that management need to go. We still have our minors and there is other talent coming through.

I'm inclined to agree with leaving him where he is, but I'm just a supporter, and don't know what's going on inside the camp. Getting rid this quickly seems like a bad idea.

Some of our play was very good yesterday. Three or four of our scores were out of the top drawer. That being said some of our play was atrocious. Some of our puck outs, some of our passing, some of our shot selection and some of our decision making, both on the field and on the sideline were, in the words of the 13 year old beside me, "crap".

I've seen a fair amount of Division 2 hurling in Dublin this year, and I wouldn't be suggesting that there are tonnes of players just waiting for the chance of a call up. The lads who have served the county for the last number of years, will be the lads we are relying on next year and the year after. It will be very hard to make that jump to genuine all ireland contenders.

Slattsy · 27-07-2015 05:05PM

As far I'm concerned, and I don't for one moment pretend in a massive hurling fan, but he should certainly get another year.
He's still only getting to know the players and get a look at what's available to him below to senior squad.

The winning margin yesterday flattered Waterford. It was a tighter game than that. And the Galway game aside they've been fairly consistent. However there doesn't seem to be many players coming through the ranks right now which is more of a concern.

EnergyBlaster · 27-07-2015 05:11PM

Slattsy wrote: »

As far I'm concerned, and I don't for one moment pretend in a massive hurling fan, but he should certainly get another year.
He's still only getting to know the players and get a look at what's available to him below to senior squad.

The winning margin yesterday flattered Waterford. It was a tighter game than that. And the Galway game aside they've been fairly consistent. However there doesn't seem to be many players coming through the ranks right now which is more of a concern.

I'd agree, once he still has the dressing room I'd keep him there. It takes a while for a manager to get to know his players.

DDC1990 · 28-07-2015 09:33AM

This should give ye a laugh. A genuine referees report from an u16 game between Erins Isle and St. Marks, from 1993.

Found it on reddit.

Kavrocks · 28-07-2015 10:04AM

DDC1990 wrote: »

This should give ye a laugh. A genuine referees report from an u16 game between Erins Isle and St. Marks, from 1993.

Found it on reddit.

http://m.imgur.com/rXdgQNc

Link doesn't work.

DDC1990 · 28-07-2015 10:09AM

Kavrocks wrote: »

Link doesn't work.

Edited the post there. Is it showing?

Past30Now · 28-07-2015 10:11AM

It's readable now.

Very detailed report by the ref. Probably not Isles greatest day.:D

DDC1990 · 28-07-2015 10:14AM

Past30Now wrote: »

It's readable now.

Very detailed report by the ref. Probably not Isles greatest day.:D

Ah shur they won.

Past30Now · 28-07-2015 10:15AM

DDC1990 wrote: »

Ah shur they won.

And that's all the record books show(except the refs report which has been reposted on Boards 22 years later)

Slattsy · 28-07-2015 11:28AM

Any chance at all of the weekends game being a sell out?

Wont be sure i can go until Wednesday and dont want to buy tickets beforehand just in case.

Kavrocks · 28-07-2015 11:32AM

Slattsy wrote: »

Any chance at all of the weekends game being a sell out?

I'd say it's likely but it depends on whether they open up the upper Davin and Hogan. Had a look on tickets.ie this morning and they couldn't sell me 2 tickets beside eachother, lucklily I didn't need them!

Stoner · 28-07-2015 11:33AM

Slattsy wrote: »

Any chance at all of the weekends game being a sell out?

Wont be sure i can go until Wednesday and dont want to buy tickets beforehand just in case.

I don't think they will, I'm going to pop in anyway. Good value for anyone living in Dublin.

keane2097 · 28-07-2015 11:37AM

DDC1990 wrote: »

This should give ye a laugh. A genuine referees report from an u16 game between Erins Isle and St. Marks, from 1993.

Found it on reddit.

have you a link to it on reddit?

DoctaDee · 28-07-2015 11:45AM

Stoner wrote: »

I don't think they will, I'm going to pop in anyway. Good value for anyone living in Dublin.

I've decided to skip in on the Saturday matches also .. picked up 2 tickets in 307 yesterday (tickets.ie)

I get the feeling that the Kildare team is riding on a huge wave of goodwill from their supporters it wouldn't surprise me in the least to see a big turnout from the Brady Bunch on Sunday

Slattsy · 28-07-2015 11:46AM

Stoner wrote: »

I don't think they will, I'm going to pop in anyway. Good value for anyone living in Dublin.

When are you poping in?? Let me know how many are foating around. If it looks like a sell out i'll get some today if i have to.

DoctaDee · 28-07-2015 11:52AM

DDC1990 wrote: »

This should give ye a laugh. A genuine referees report from an u16 game between Erins Isle and St. Marks, from 1993.

Found it on reddit.

Great to see that Mick has put this incident behind him .. still reffing today. I gave him an easy time on the line a few weeks back - then again we were 10 points up and I do tend to be a bit more tactful than calling a ref a blind bollox to his face anyways

Stoner · 28-07-2015 12:27PM

Slattsy wrote: »

When are you poping in?? Let me know how many are foating around. If it looks like a sell out i'll get some today if i have to.

LOL I think I might have some of those tickets that business people get FOC that I keep giving out about!!

We have a box in the job, if there is spare capacity I can usually sneak in.

Slattsy · 28-07-2015 12:41PM

Ah sorry, thought you meant you were going to the ticket office at Croker!

DoctaDee · 28-07-2015 01:04PM

Stoner wrote: »

LOL I think I might have some of those tickets that business people get FOC that I keep giving out about!!

We have a box in the job, if there is spare capacity I can usually sneak in.

Easy sneak in when yer not out of breath doing the ramp or 10 flights of steps .. are you on first name terms with the lift operator

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