Dublin GAA Discussion Thread - Capital Punishment

Stoner · 12-07-2019 3:39pm

munsterlegend wrote:

My first Cork Dublin game was 1989.

Same here, in Championship .

Dinny Allen and Keith Barr had a pop.

Redsoxfan · 12-07-2019 3:43pm

Stoner wrote:

Well done brining the kids and supporting their county, I think that's very important, nothing worse than a parent trying to get their kid to support a county they are not from.

You take that back...

Stoner · 12-07-2019 3:45pm

Redsoxfan wrote:

You take that back...

They can have Donegal as a silver medal!!!

munsterlegend · 12-07-2019 3:46pm

Stoner wrote: »

Ahh so it's not him, looked him up too. He scored against Derry in 1993, it does look like him, are you sure he didn't do a little bit over there

It was a lad from Cork, was great at fielding from a standing position even though he wasn't that tall. I read about him using some of his skills form Australia. In the early 90s

This might not register with you, but I cant remember who it was against but I think it was kerry, or in Munster, but he blasted the ball and kind of bent it around the defender, a GAA banana shot.

I was thinking about it following mayos great goal at the weekend, I was going over some of the greats I remembered.

I don’t ever remember him going down under. It wasn’t that popular back then. I can’t recall anyone else in those times apart from Corkery. o Driscoll was great in the air and a super goal finisher. Injuries kept him off the field though a lot.

munsterlegend · 12-07-2019 3:46pm

Stoner wrote: »

Same here, in Championship .

Dinny Allen and Keith Barr had a pop.

Remember joe McNally. Carrying some belly back then!

Stoner · 12-07-2019 3:50pm

munsterlegend wrote:

Remember joe McNally. Carrying some belly back then!

He liked his pints alright.

Was in the canal end that day.

munsterlegend · 12-07-2019 4:00pm

Stoner wrote: »

He liked his pints alright.

Was in the canal end that day.

Was in the Hogan with no ticket!

Dirkziggler · 13-07-2019 6:29pm

Emptier then I thought would be so far. Rossies getting a leathering

Slattsy · 13-07-2019 8:49pm

Safe to say Costello has lost his spot!

Dirkziggler · 13-07-2019 8:58pm

Slattsy wrote: »

Safe to say Costello has lost his spot!

Was a decent final push but we were pure in sections

nc6000 · 13-07-2019 9:01pm

Was Davy Byrne previously the reserve keeper?

C__MC · 13-07-2019 9:08pm

Dublin under gavin have been notorious for sluggish starts, common trend

BonnieSituation · 13-07-2019 9:21pm

Janey Mac it's chaos over there. Thankfully the Yerras and Mayo will have the place destroyed tomorrow so we won't have to worry about all the mini Ewan McKennas until next week.

Gael85 · 13-07-2019 9:59pm

nc6000 wrote: »

Was Davy Byrne previously the reserve keeper?

About 20 years ago. Goalkeeper coach now.

nc6000 · 13-07-2019 10:20pm

Gael85 wrote:

About 20 years ago. Goalkeeper coach now.

Thanks. So the Davy Byrne playing now is a different one.

rolling boh · 13-07-2019 10:23pm

Happy to get the win but I think we have given others hope seem to lose a lot of breaking ball scoreline no way reflects. The way the. Match went .

gormdubhgorm · 13-07-2019 10:43pm

Tombo2001 wrote: »

FYI - not a Dub myself, but the kids all have the jerseys.

I love this bit it is like an apology for making them Dubs!

CatInABox · 13-07-2019 10:46pm

Yeah, feel sorry for Cork, they did everything right against us, but just ran out of steam near the end. We've royally screwed over their score difference as well. Roscommon might be as well to just ensure that they don't get hammered and they're on a better footing than Cork straight away.

We did not play well, Cork has us under some immense pressure at times, something that I haven't seen outside of Mayo and Kerry over the last few years.

More stuff for Gavin to work on, I guess, but for once I'm starting to doubt whether this malaise can be solved this year.

How Soon Is Now · 13-07-2019 10:48pm

Cork gave Dublin a really good game there for good while. Really surprised by them if they done that with Kerry they would of won.

Especially considering they could barely kick points in the Munster final at times.

Again though what Dublin done proved how they never give in threw out a game. Keep going going going and you will get your rewards.

Those quick fire goals in second half really killed the game but they took them when others might not of.

Jack was brilliant caused so many issues threw out the game. Macauley is such a funny player to watch. He will work hard win ball and get himself into positions but jesus he ****s the bed as soon as he finds himself in a position of threat. Im surprised he didnt play the ball back for someone else for his goal!

Rock must be getting a start next time out. Costello had his worst game of the season today.

Whats the story with Bernard not even on the bench? Will he get any time before end ?

munsterlegend · 13-07-2019 10:51pm

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Cork gave Dublin a really good game there for good while. Really surprised by them if they done that with Kerry they would of won.

Especially considering they could barely kick points in the Munster final at times.

Again though what Dublin done proved how they never give in threw out a game. Keep going going going and you will get your rewards.

Those quick fire goals in second half really killed the game but they took them when others might not of.

Jack was brilliant caused so many issues threw out the game. Macauley is such a funny player to watch. He will work hard win ball and get himself into positions but jesus he ****s the bed as soon as he finds himself in a position of threat. Im surprised he didnt play the ball back for someone else for his goal!

Rock must be getting a start next time out. Costello had his worst game of the season today.

Whats the story with Bernard not even on the bench? Will he get any time before end ?

I think we exposed a few weaknesses in the Dublin defence but just didn’t have the legs or the manpower to last the 80 odd minutes played.

Standout players for you are jack and Fenton. Just couldn’t lay a glove on them when ran at us. I Callaghan up front too is lethal for setting up and getting goals.

gormdubhgorm · 13-07-2019 10:59pm

CatInABox wrote: »

Yeah, feel sorry for Cork, they did everything right against us, but just ran out of steam near the end. We've royally screwed over their score difference as well. Roscommon might be as well to just ensure that they don't get hammered and they're on a better footing than Cork straight away.

We did not play well, Cork has us under some immense pressure at times, something that I haven't seen outside of Mayo and Kerry over the last few years.

More stuff for Gavin to work on, I guess, but for once I'm starting to doubt whether this malaise can be solved this year.

Cork should of had at least two more goals, Donavan was in early on and should have stayed going, then there was the one that was hit staraight at Cluxton.
Scoreboard was really skewed at the end with those giveaway goals - beat the spread apparently.
I think Cork gave a template for other teams on how to beat Dublin, need tremendous fitness for it though.
Cork were defending great until that MDM goal. the defence stayed central and did not get dragged out wide until that.
I enjoyed the way Cork played, thier lads had clever movement and varied the speed.

It seemed like there was three or four Kerrigan's on the pitch, the fella was everywhere.
I know Cork lost but he should be man of the match by right.

How Soon Is Now · 13-07-2019 11:00pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

I think we exposed a few weaknesses in the Dublin defence but just didn’t have the legs or the manpower to last the 80 odd minutes played.

Standout players for you are jack and Fenton. Just couldn’t lay a glove on them when ran at us. I Callaghan up front too is lethal for setting up and getting goals.

Con's strength on and around the ball is second to none. Its a huge part of his game and how he is able to make things out of nothing.

I love watching players like Fenton play. Big powerful lad in middle winning a ball from kick outs and driving forward with pace and power. Imagine a midfield of Bryan Fenton and Ciaran Whelan.

munsterlegend · 13-07-2019 11:09pm

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Con's strength on and around the ball is second to none. Its a huge part of his game and how he is able to make things out of nothing.

I love watching players like Fenton play. Big powerful lad in middle winning a ball from kick outs and driving forward with pace and power. Imagine a midfield of Bryan Fenton and Ciaran Whelan.

Whelan was great on the ball but could go missing sometimes.

I don’t think Dublin have been on top of their game this year like other years. However I can’t see who will take advantage but donegal would be interesting.

We are paying the price for playing at lower levels but we do have a lot of younger talent coming through as well as players who were injured tonight. Powter in full fitness would give jack plenty of it as he has that explosive pace.

gormdubhgorm · 13-07-2019 11:12pm

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Con's strength on and around the ball is second to none. Its a huge part of his game and how he is able to make things out of nothing.

I love watching players like Fenton play. Big powerful lad in middle winning a ball from kick outs and driving forward with pace and power. Imagine a midfield of Bryan Fenton and Ciaran Whelan.

Not sure about that midfield it would be all Raheny for a start!

How Soon Is Now · 13-07-2019 11:21pm

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Not sure about that midfield it would be all Raheny for a start!

Spent many a summer out there with me cousins..... Bleedin northsiders :pac:

I think the thing with Dublin is there willing to give teams a certain amount of space but most dont take the advantage!

As Cork showed today if you actually go out and play Dublin you can get rewards the problem is you need to be able to stand up and do it for 70 plus minutes!

As soon as you drop off or make a mistake this team will punish you.

corny · 13-07-2019 11:23pm

CatInABox wrote: »

Yeah, feel sorry for Cork, they did everything right against us, but just ran out of steam near the end. We've royally screwed over their score difference as well. Roscommon might be as well to just ensure that they don't get hammered and they're on a better footing than Cork straight away.

We did not play well, Cork has us under some immense pressure at times, something that I haven't seen outside of Mayo and Kerry over the last few years.

More stuff for Gavin to work on, I guess, but for once I'm starting to doubt whether this malaise can be solved this year.

Our tackling may not have been aggressive enough but sometimes you just have to credit the opposition. Normally Dublin dominate all the entry points into the game. We'll secure our own kickout, pressure the oppositions, secure turnovers while not wasting our possession etc. Cork completely turned that around on us. They dominated midfield and when they got it they were patient and accurate with their play. They either kicked a score and kicked it dead with nearly every possession in the first half. Robbed us of our usual platform. Its still ****ing hard to outscore us though.:D

Brain Howard was the only forward not to kick a score but i thought he had a fantastic game. Opposition players must know his step is coming but still they get done every time. Great to watch.

Stoner · 13-07-2019 11:33pm

munsterlegend wrote:

Whelan was great on the ball but could go missing sometimes.

He didn't really compared to anyone else.

Fenton has never had to carry the team, Whelan with MDMA and Howard beside him, people wouldn't even notice the quiet spells.

Whelan had a centre back playing beside him for most of his important games.

Fenton has had O'Sullivan, McCarthy, Howard, MDMA in that position all far better midfielders than Shane Ryan was. There wasn't a great panel during Whelans time.

How Soon Is Now · 13-07-2019 11:37pm

Stoner wrote: »

He didn't really compared to anyone else.

Fenton has never had to carry the team, Whelan with MDMA and Howard beside him, people wouldn't even notice the quiet spells.

Whelan had a centre back playing beside him for most of his important games.

Fenton has had O'Sullivan, McCarthy, Howard, MDMA in that position all far better midfielders than Shane Ryan was. There wasn't a great panel during Whelans time.

Shane Ryan was some player on his day. Had serious engine in him. Might not of had the technical ability but worked his hole off.

munsterlegend · 13-07-2019 11:38pm

Stoner wrote: »

He didn't really compared to anyone else.

Fenton has never had to carry the team, Whelan with MDMA and Howard beside him, people wouldn't even notice the quiet spells.

Whelan had a centre back playing beside him for most of his important games.

Fenton has had O'Sullivan, McCarthy, Howard, MDMA in that position all far better midfielders than Shane Ryan was. There wasn't a great panel during Whelans time.

Definitely agree that Whelan didn’t have close to the quality of team mates that are there now. It was a different game back then and less structured. Kick outs were all long and up for grabs.

He’d have made a great impact sub though with his pace!

Dirkziggler · 13-07-2019 11:38pm

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Stoner wrote: »

He didn't really compared to anyone else.

Fenton has never had to carry the team, Whelan with MDMA and Howard beside him, people wouldn't even notice the quiet spells.

Whelan had a centre back playing beside him for most of his important games.

Fenton has had O'Sullivan, McCarthy, Howard, MDMA in that position all far better midfielders than Shane Ryan was. There wasn't a great panel during Whelans time.

Shane Ryan was some player on his day. Had serious engine in him. Might not of had the technical ability but worked his hole off.

I'd rather a ryaner then a whelo in my team

Dublin GAA Discussion Thread - Capital Punishment

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