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Bonniedog wrote: »

Maybe, but himself and TJ are the last classic Cats forwards. He's worth 4/5 points to them. Very under rated player in my opinion. Been under the shadow of the others. Totally fearless clever fker!

We can beat them anyway!

Underrated by who? He was hurler of the year in 2014. Along with tj he's widely regarded as the heart of the current forward set up. Probably would say one the top five, maybe top three, forwards the country. dunno whose shadow he's been under but it hasn't been anyone I can think of in the last three or four years.

Huge loss to be without him, though his form wasn't good in the league. Certainly his absence makes playing a sweeper more attractive to Dublin. I always love seeing a team play a sweeper when Richie is on the field because he completely disrupts that game plan. Without him we don't really have a good pacey trouble maker near the 45.

Bonniedog

Bambi wrote: »

He's seemed a bit off form at times this year though

Maybe, but himself and TJ are the last classic Cats forwards. He's worth 4/5 points to them. Very under rated player in my opinion. Been under the shadow of the others. Totally fearless clever fker!

We can beat them anyway!

Dyr

Bonniedog wrote: »

Richie Hogan got bad hand injury last night playing for Danesfort. sounds like he be out for our game.

Be big loss for them.

Would be dishonest of me to say that it doesn't potentially make it more doable for Dublin, but wouldn't wish any player an injury like that. Hope he recovers quickly.

He's seemed a bit off form at times this year though

Bonniedog

Richie Hogan got bad hand injury last night playing for Danesfort. sounds like he be out for our game.

Be big loss for them.

Would be dishonest of me to say that it doesn't potentially make it more doable for Dublin, but wouldn't wish any player an injury like that. Hope he recovers quickly.

corny

Stoner wrote: »

I think everyone is talking about Tyrone TBH.
It all suits Kerry and Mayo. Kerry did beat them last year, yes they ran them close but they still won. Mayo drew with Dublin and might have pipped them yet everyone is talking about the team that nearly beat a team that lost the final. Clearly to me anyway Mayo were the second best side last year.
Tyrone may have made up serious ground on everyone since but going on last years form Mayo are right there.

Kerry had a bad final and a bad league final, but they had a bad division 1 league final compared to a good division 2 final. I think Kerry would beat Tyrone again, wouldn't be too surprised if they didn't, I don't buy that Kerry and Mayo have gone away. I just think that this Dublin team has one over this Kerry team. I wouldn't be surprised to see Kerry beat everyone else, and someone else beating Dublin

Far from being underdogs i think they're being hyped at this stage!

They're best of the rest and have some super players coming through but besting Mayo in an AI semi (if they even win Ulster) will be an enormous task for them. Can't see it personally.

Stoner

I think everyone is talking about Tyrone TBH.
It all suits Kerry and Mayo. Kerry did beat them last year, yes they ran them close but they still won. Mayo drew with Dublin and might have pipped them yet everyone is talking about the team that nearly beat a team that lost the final. Clearly to me anyway Mayo were the second best side last year.
Tyrone may have made up serious ground on everyone since but going on last years form Mayo are right there.

Kerry had a bad final and a bad league final, but they had a bad division 1 league final compared to a good division 2 final. I think Kerry would beat Tyrone again, wouldn't be too surprised if they didn't, I don't buy that Kerry and Mayo have gone away. I just think that this Dublin team has one over this Kerry team. I wouldn't be surprised to see Kerry beat everyone else, and someone else beating Dublin

Bonniedog

True story people (which means its a lie :-)

Friend of mine is involved in Tyrone womens ball. She says she called into Hartes about a month ago one morning to arrange something about a game. And what was your boy doing?

Watching videos of Dublin playing Monaghan in the league semi final last year!

Believe it, or believe it not....

ProudDUB

I take your point. They are hardly a dark horse, in the way that Carlow would be a dark horse. But if you listen to the pundits and posters in forums like this one, you tend to see them refer to the big three, or the big four....those 3/4 being Dublin, Kerry, Donegal and Mayo. Tyrone is not usually mentioned as being part of the big guns club. So they are my dark horse, outside of the big guns club, if ya get me. They haven't made it to an All Ireland final since 2008 & they haven't won an Ulster title since 2010. I think they'll remain outside of the top 3/4 teams in the county, until they do at least one of those.

PressRun

Bonniedog wrote: »

Even look at the way they are setting up. It's carbon copy of Dublin!

Reminiscent of Donegal in 2012, imo.

ProudDUB wrote: »

Tyrone are my mark dark horse to win the AI this year, if we don't. Said it at the beginning of the year. They cut Kerry to ribbons in last years semi final. I think it took them by as much surprise, as it did Kerry. With a little bit more belief and planning for the goal mouth situations they found themselves in, we would have met them in the AI final, not Kerry. And Tyrone would have turned up on the day too, guaranteed !

They could hardly be called a dark horse at this point, to be fair! Everyone is talking about them. I'm interested to see how they get on in the latter stages of the Ulster championship, when they will have to play teams of a higher standard than what they've been playing up to now.

ProudDUB

Past30Now wrote: »

Got in early so saw the Kildare Wexford match. The talk is that the standards of Dublin Football are storming ahead of the rest of the province. Based on what I saw, the standards in Kildare and Wexford are going backwards. It was a very poor match, with little of the intensity you'd expect from championship football. Kildare did OK in the first half, but were just hanging on in the second half. Maybe the game will stand to them combined with a relatively decent league, but if I was a Kildare man I wouldn't be confident.

Did you not get the memo that Kildare's inability to score more than 2 pts in the second half, is all down to Dublin's resources, population advantage, backroom team, access to cryogenic recovery chambers, the price of fish, our 45 "lifestyle" coaches, Cadburys changing the formula of the creme egg & our access to sponsorship? I'll pm it on over to you. :rolleyes:

Tyrone are my mark dark horse to win the AI this year, if we don't. Said it at the beginning of the year. They cut Kerry to ribbons in last years semi final. I think it took them by as much surprise, as it did Kerry. With a little bit more belief and planning for the goal mouth situations they found themselves in, we would have met them in the AI final, not Kerry. And Tyrone would have turned up on the day too, guaranteed !

Dyr

Tyrone will be a tough nut to crack if they rack up an early lead

Past30Now

Tyrone look like a serious outfit, and will give us a serious test later in the championship if we run into them.

Was one of the 13,000 in Croker on Saturday. Thankfully was dry, unlike the standard of football and hurling on show. Dublin looked comfortable throughout, and never really had to dig in. Defensively looked good with impressive performances from the two wingbacks. Overall the game was less than exciting (following United on twitter even if it was a Cup Final is a sure sign that I wasn't engaged by the game). Conditions were horrible for hurling. Looking forward to the Kilkenny match.

Got in early so saw the Kildare Wexford match. The talk is that the standards of Dublin Football are storming ahead of the rest of the province. Based on what I saw, the standards in Kildare and Wexford are going backwards. It was a very poor match, with little of the intensity you'd expect from championship football. Kildare did OK in the first half, but were just hanging on in the second half. Maybe the game will stand to them combined with a relatively decent league, but if I was a Kildare man I wouldn't be confident.

Bonniedog

Slattsy wrote: »

I'm reading on Twitter that there's been 29 players (goalkeeper aside obvs) in one teams half for a lot of the game. I just couldnt watch that crap lads.

Tyrone will be small danger, but certainly not worried about them at all. I still think Mayo are the only team to beat us!

You were probably one of those who had Donegal down as 'park the bus' before they scored 2 - 17 or whatever to beat us in 2014!

Tyrone are the most likely team to beat Dublin imho. Just an opinion. We shall see. To dismiss them in the way you do is ridiculous. Ask Pat Spillane how that one worked out

Was interesting that in second half they reverted to a more defensive system and just ran the clock down. They were using Derry as guinea pigs.

DDC1990

Slattsy wrote:

I'm reading on Twitter that there's been 29 players (goalkeeper aside obvs) in one teams half for a lot of the game. I just couldnt watch that crap lads.

You must close your eyes watching every GAA game so.

Dublin, Kerry and Mayo regularly have 12/13/14 men behind the ball.

Tyrone playing 3 men in the FF line at the moment. A long time since i've seen any team play 3 inside.

PressRun

I don't know how you can comment if you're not even watching it?

Slattsy

I'm reading on Twitter that there's been 29 players (goalkeeper aside obvs) in one teams half for a lot of the game. I just couldnt watch that crap lads.

Tyrone will be small danger, but certainly not worried about them at all. I still think Mayo are the only team to beat us!

Bonniedog

PressRun wrote: »

Funny how certain ****ty labels and lazy analysis just stick. Tyrone playing anything but puke football.

Indeed.

They have the cutest fker ever on the line and you can bet your bollix, that man is obsessed with one thing and one thing only.

Even look at the way they are setting up. It's carbon copy of Dublin!

Anyway, JG is not going to be taking them for granted, for sure...

PressRun

Slattsy wrote: »

Anyone watching the Ulster puke hand football?

Me neither.

Funny how certain ****ty labels and lazy analysis just stick. Tyrone playing anything but puke football.

DDC1990

Slattsy wrote: »

Anyone watching the Ulster puke hand football?

Me neither.

Ye'd do well to keep an eye on Tyrone.

Tearing through Derry at will.

Haven't left second gear and stuck away 3 goals.

Only team to challenge ye this year I'd say.

Bonniedog

Slattsy wrote: »

Anyone watching the Ulster puke hand football?

Me neither.

I wouldn't be too condescending boys.

Watching the only team that might beat us this year.... very impressive, even accounting for the abjectness of the Derry boys.

Slattsy

Anyone watching the Ulster puke hand football?

Me neither.

Bonniedog

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Plus Liam Dunne always look smug/cranky I have yet to make my mind up which!

He looked like a man who realised that the jig is up. Wexford have gotten their act together underage and that will come through. Seems to be a fair bit of dislike towards Dunne, so am guessing this be the end of him. In fairness he took the job when no-one else wanted it and at their lowest ebb. Got some good results, notably beating Clare in 2014, but I reckon they need a change.

gormdubhgorm

I hope the weather is not that bad in portlaoise. Fair play to those eejits who turned up to watch it.

gormdubhgorm

68deville wrote: »

In fairness ta Dubs didn't have to get out of 2nd gear and well deserved win,
Thank god we shot of liam Dunne he can't even hold down a 9 ta 5! At least next manager we get wont be dependent on the GAA for his pay cheque! Fact

Plus Liam Dunne always look smug/cranky I have yet to make my mind up which!

Bonniedog

You have good players coming through 68.

Only thing i'd have noticed tonight was curious unWexford lack of bite. They dropped the heads very early and even Dunne seemed resigned to it from an early stage.

Anyway, best of luck for the next one.

68deville

In fairness ta Dubs didn't have to get out of 2nd gear and well deserved win,
Thank god we shot of liam Dunne he can't even hold down a 9 ta 5! At least next manager we get wont be dependent on the GAA for his pay cheque! Fact

Bonniedog

Dublin were good. Wexford were as bad as I've seen them in 40 years.

Hard to believe we only beat them once between 1964 and 1990 in any thing, and then not again until 2009, other than one league game. Since then we've won 10 of last 11.

They hadn't even a bit of badness in them.

They are my second favourite team so take no pleasure in their plight. They be back. Minors are good, and they've had good 21s.

Up the yllabellies.

(Keep giving the other boys sticl PD :-)

Kavrocks

ProudDUB wrote: »

Were we that good, or were the Wexicans just that bad? The turnout looked terrible on the telly.

I thought we were poor enough and never got out of second gear so that'll tell you how good Wexford were. There's definitely a lot more in us then we showed today.

There was no turnout. Only 13,000 there.

Dyr

ProudDUB wrote: »

I passed the Kerry hurlers bus in Newcastle West, going wherever it was they were going. I may or may not have gotten a dig in about the footballers bus getting lost, as we're all still waiting for them to show up at Croker. The night is still young. I'm saving Kevin for my piece de resistance !

Didn't get to see much of the hurling. Were we that good, or were the Wexicans just that bad? The turnout looked terrible on the telly.

Yellow bellies were poor, score could have been higher given dublins wides

ProudDUB

Bonniedog wrote: »

Brilliant PD :-)

Don't let the Kerry boy scoring a goal distract you either.

Do you need feed lines?:

"So, what was Mackers best goal against Kerry, would you say.... in hindsight..."

I passed the Kerry hurlers bus in Newcastle West, going wherever it was they were going. I may or may not have gotten a dig in about the footballers bus getting lost, as we're all still waiting for them to show up at Croker. The night is still young. I'm saving Kev for my knock out killer blow, piece de resistance, pincer movement, when they are at their weakest point. A bit like Kev himself !

Didn't get to see much of the hurling. Were we that good, or were the Wexicans just that bad? The turnout looked terrible on the telly.