Dublin GAA Discussion Thread MOD WARNING POST #2944

I thought it was similar in many ways to last week but the other way around.

Mayo lost midfielder to a black card then their other two went off. When Parsons and B Moran were off I knew we had a great chance. Fenton showed more vision for a Dublin midfielder yesterday than I've seen in years. Overall he was up on SOS, I think SOS was poor by his own high standards yesterday, many would disagree but I've huge admiration for him he has it in him to really hurt us, but he was held back a bit watching Fenton.
I was very surprised with his reaction to Coopers shoulder off the ball. He must take 20 of them in a game.
All that said it looked bad on the day and on the Sunday game, suggesting he was holding the collar are far from accurate. Shows how light Cooper is all the same. I dont think it was a black card though it was yellow or red, but this year they are calling any drag down as black. I just assumed you had to have the ball when you were dragged down, or at least trying to get involved with the attack.

I thought keegans shot at goal was similar to Flynns glory shot last week. Both were when the teams were up and needed to stretch the lead and both were selfish decisions.

Interestingly we adjusted the short kick out strategy, the commentators didn't pick up on it, but we doubled up on the second man to receive the ball. It was too much for the Mayo forwards to chase, they did chase it but unlike last week they got nothing from it, but it was a tactic worked in from last week.

M Fitzsimons was very good. His addition was excellently timed, he's a cool experienced head, underrated by many but he has his medal from 2011 he's been here before and he is a tidy tackler, taking off Cooper, who ran his legs off was the right decision for many reasons.

MDMA, great to have him back. I disagree with people saying Bastic struggled, as per usual with Denis, his man was struggling too.

Mcmanamon is 100% an impact sub, I dont care what anyone says. His run up the line towards the end of the game showed how hard it is to get the ball off him.

That incident, he got a free from it was a clear black card imo. You couldn't see it on the TV, but he had an open run to the goal and Jack McCaffery was joining in.

I do feel sorry for Mayo, their new formation were tested on interior teams. AOS is one of the best players in the country, I think he scored one point from play over the two games, so his position has to be closer to the middle where he can run at teams and COS (lucky man again yesterday) can pop over frees he wins, he should possibly try to be more like Sean Cavanagh than Donaghy.

We showed a little more confidence in our midfield yesterday. They did ok considering Flynn and Connelly were not helping as much as usual.

Rock simply cannot play the final he offers nothing positive .

Bambi wrote: »

these two games have silenced a lot of his critics, massive performances. Dare we whisper "all star"?

Stoner wrote: »

I'd say you could whisper that all you want.
Don't think he'll get one. Guys still going on about a headbut that wasn't.

Peoples inherent bias outside the county (and some within) shouldn't detract from what I feel was the most influential display from a Dub over the 2 games. He came out the far side of an physically inferior matchup restricting AOS to 1 point from play, bagging 1-2 himself.

Never mind an All Star, I just hope over the next while that there will be a growing acceptance amongst Dublin supporters that Philly (performing as he's done the last 2 games) is every bit as integral to the team as those that presently have that respect... and yeah I would love to see him cutting out the needless shíte

I thought Bernard was sloppy but he popped up for the crucial, albeit a bit flukey goal. He'll get more time and space off the Kerry backs.

Good man Corny that's 2 of us, only 49,998 to go! I'd like to think that it's a standard he can attain in the final.

ProudDUB wrote: »

Philly McMahon win an All Star? :eek:

Are you all TRYING to break the entire internet?

Ive just had a vision of Phillys bum hanging out in a black party dress..surely that's not right?

Dublin showed great resilience and composure to win yesterday. Thought we were going to lose it when we went 4 points down but the never die attitude and hunger came through. The options of the bench won it for us. MDM and Michael Fitzsimons worked their socks of when they came on. Alan Brogan was class as usual. His passing is sublime and what can you say about KMac. He has a great balance and quick feet (nightmare for defenders) and for his height hes as strong as an ox. He has to remain an impact sub for the next day. Dean Rock has not done anything to deserve a start. He only contributes with his free taking. Alan Brogan doesn't have the legs to start the next day and last 70 mins so he should remain an impact sub aswell. I would probably pick the same starting side as yesterday but take Dean Rock of at half time if his general play is still poor.

GAAman wrote: »

Whilst I try and compose myself from that unbelievable match yesterday, interesting to see the reason for the final appeals success was video evidence not being made available for Connelly's defence.

Look forward to reading the full finding in two weeks...

When I heard Diarmuid was free to play I was relieved that it was on a technicality. The red card was not rescinded which in my opinion was correct. Our guy Lee got off last year on a technicality as well so we can have no complaints.

Thought the booing of Diarmuid, Lee and Cillian was bad form.

It was great that the players were able to put it all behind them and play a good game with hand shake's before and after. These guys deserve a lot of respect.

SeanJ09 wrote: »

Anyone on the hill notice after the match the very minor altercation between O' Shea and Philly Mc Mahon? Looked like Mc Mahon was approaching O Shea to shake his hand but O' Shea was having none of it.

I saw it as well,not too sure what was the reason behind it. Probably something silly.

How much is a Premium Level seat at Croke Park ? I know you can get one for 3,5 or 10 years. The website never told me how much it'd be.

Dublin have used 26 players in 6 Championship game.Appearances+Subs for 2015 Championship
Brogan, Bernard 6
Cluxton, Stephen 6 (3 Clean Sheets. Conceded 4 Goals)
Connolly, Diarmuid 6
Cooper, Jonny 6
Fenton, Brian 6
Flynn, Paul 6
Kilkenny, Ciaran 6
McCaffrey, Jack 6
McMahon, Philip 6
Rock, Dean 6
Andrews, Paddy 3+3
Macauley, Michael Darragh 3+3
McManamon, Kevin 3+3
Small, John 2+4
Brogan, Alan 0+6
Fitzsimons, Michael 0+6
O’Carroll, Rory 5
O’Sullivan, Cian 5
McCarthy, James 4+1
Bastick, Denis 3+2
Brady, Tomas 0+3
Lowndes, Eric 0+3
Daly, Darren 1+1
Byrne, David (Olafs) 1
Costello, Cormac 0+1
O’Conghaile, Emmett 0+1


Dublin have scored 18-106 and conceded 4-74 in 6 Championship games. Scorers 2015 Championship Games

Brogan, Bernard 6-19
Rock, Dean 2-21
Connolly, Diarmuid 4-10
Kilkenny, Ciaran 0-18
Andrews, Paddy 0-11
Flynn, Paul 2-4
McManamon, Kevin 2-4
McMahon, Philip 1-5
Brogan, Alan 0-5
McCaffrey, Jack 1-1
Fenton, Brian 0-3
McCarthy, James 0-2
Brady, Tomas 0-1
Lowndes, Eric 0-1
Macauley, Michael Darragh 0-1


Dublin have used 35 players in 9 League games.Appearances+Subs for 2015 League Games

Cooper, Jonny 9
McManamon, Kevin 9
Rock, Dean 9
McCaffrey, Jack 8+1
Brady, Tomas 7+2
Bastick, Denis 8
Kilkenny, Ciaran 6+2
McMahon, Philip 6+2
O'Carroll, Rory 7
Brogan, Bernard 5+2
Small, John 5+2
Costello, Cormac 3+4
Fenton, Brian 3+4
Cluxton, Stephen 6 (4 Clean Sheets. Conceded 3 Goals)
Culligan, Eoin 6
McCarthy, James 3+3
O'Conghaile, Emmett 2+4
Connolly, Diarmuid 5
Flynn, Paul 4+1
Daly, Darren 3+2
O'Gara, Eoghan 3+2
O'Sullivan, Cian 3+2
Andrews, Paddy 1+4
Fitzsimons, Michael 2+2
Byrne, Davy (Ballymun) 1+3
Currie, Sean 3 (2 Clean Sheets. Conceded 1 Goal)
Carthy, Shane 2+1
Macauley, Michael Darragh 2+1
Byrne, David (Olafs) 1+2
Devereux, Nicky 1+2
Lowndes, Eric 1+2
Reddin, Ciaran 0+2
Deegan, Michael 0+1
McHugh, Conor 0+1
Ryan, Philip 0+1

Dublin have scored 8-131 and conceded 4-101 in 9 League games. Scorers 2015 League Games

Rock, Dean 1-52
Brogan, Bernard 2-8
McCaffrey, Jack 1-7
Brady, Tomas 0-8
McManamon, Kevin 0-8
Connolly, Diarmuid 1-5
Kilkenny, Ciaran 0-7
Fenton, Brian 1-3
Flynn, Paul 0-5
McMahon, Philip 0-5
Costello, Cormac 1-2
O'Conghaile, Emmett 0-4
O'Gara, Eoghan 0-4
Bastick, Denis 1-1
Andrews, Paddy 0-3
Byrne, Davy (Ballymun) 0-2
Carthy, Shane 0-2
Cooper, Jonny 0-2
Deegan, Michael 0-1
Macauley, Michael Darragh 0-1
Ryan, Philip 0-1

Dublin have used 34 players in 5 O'Byrne Cup games.Appearances+Subs for 2015 O'Byrne Cup

Brady, Tomas 5
Culligan, Eoin 5
Devereux, Nicky 5
O'Conghaile, Emmett 5
Rock, Dean 5
Small, John 5
Daly, Darren 5
Fitzsimons, Michael 4+1
Bastick, Denis 4
O'Gara, Eoghan 4
Hannigan, Graham 3+1
Ryan, Philip 2+2
Carthy, Shane 1+3
Scully, Niall 0+4
Costello, Cormac 3
McManamon, Kevin 3
Molloy, Lorcan 3 (1 Clean Sheet)
Collins, Niall 2+1
O'Carroll, Rory 2+1
Cooper, Jonny 1+2
Dawson, Harry 1+2
Lowndes, Stuart 0+3
Currie, Sean 2 (1 Clean Sheet)
McCaffrey, Jack 1+1
Dunleavy, Craig 1+1
Deegan, Michael 0+2
Kavanagh, Ian 0+2
Macauley, Michael Darragh 0+2
O'Higgins, Paddy 0+2
McCarrick, Alan 0+1
McGowan, Ross 0+1
McGuire, Conor 0+1
McLoughlin, Diarmuid 0+1
McMahon, Philip 0+1

Dublin have scored 3-80 and conceded 3-43 in 5 O'Byrne Cup games. Scorers 2015 O'Byrne Cup Games

Rock, Dean 0-38
O'Gara, Eoghan 2-7
McManamon, Kevin 1-6
Brady, Tomas 0-7
O'Conghaile, Emmett 0-6
Carthy, Shane 0-5
Ryan, Philip 0-3
Costello, Cormac 0-2
Deegan, Michael 0-2
Cooper, Jonny 0-1
Culligan, Eoin 0-1
McLoughlin, Diarmuid 0-1
Scully, Niall 0-1

ProudDUB wrote: »

Philly McMahon win an All Star? :eek:

Are you all TRYING to break the entire internet?

Bambi wrote: »

Ciaran Whelans on the band wagon now

he's 1/14 if you fancy a bet, only David Moran has shorter odds at 1/20

JRant wrote: »

Jaysus, Christy looks like death warmed up in those pictures.

he looked alot worse a couple of years ago , a proper tough man great to see him on the mend probably disappointed with the hurling today think he is a galway man originally could be wrong

just on the topic of salmocab's comment maybe if the people of meath westmeath , laois ect..... bothered there arse to reinvest in the football programs they had going through the mid 2000's there would be a far more competitive championship in leinster , clare and dublin have won thee exact amount of all irelands in either code in the last 20 years , i dont hear too many complaining about spliting clare into two for next years championship

Nothings happened him other than the fact he appears to be down the pecking order ... still a young lad and there's no huge rush on him