Dublin GAA Discussion Thread - Capital Punishment

Billy Mays wrote: »

You should be able to get rid of it outside the ticket office on Dorset St if it's open on Sunday

Anyway of knowing if it will be open?

Billy Mays wrote: »

You could ring Parnell Park, they might know 01-8312099

Cheers thanks! Sure if it comes to it I'll bring me son! Was gonna wait another year or two but he's 5 should be grand!

I'd be getting seriously worried if I was Dean Rock.

Have a feeling neither Davy Byrne or MDMA will start.

Looking at numbers 8 to 15 I have to wonder what they would do to Kerry if they get the chances Cork got last night

Costello can kick frees and is more effective from play. Other forwards are playing out of their skin and all fulfilling different roles, with Kilkenny having had to adapt too. Hard to see where Rock will work his way back in.

As for Kerry, said it before: don't regard them as one of the main threats and are likely to be in the toughest 8's group so might not make it out again.

There has been a lot of talk about them, mainly around Clifford and some of the younger ones but none of the replacements for the likes of Cooper, Donaghy, the Ó Sés Galvin, O'Sullivans are anywhere near that standard. they might come to be but no evidence they will, and not this year.

CatInABox wrote: »

Fair play to Costello, talk about seizing the opportunity when it comes along. If you told me that Costello would be keeping Rock out a year ago I'd have laughed at you.

Can't argue with that, but Deano may have a role to play yet & a big one at that. If we're to go all the way to the final, we've 6 games to go, including today. Given his terrible history with injuries, the odds of CC starting - never mind finishing - them all wouldn't be great.

CatInABox wrote: »

Kerry couldn't be that bad defensively again, could they? Surely they'd play a different system if we came up against them.

Well they didnt learn from the League Final. Mayo put three in the net.

Billy Mays wrote: »

I'd still have Rock in and taking frees at the business end of the championship. Costello's done well on them so far but we haven't seen him take a high pressure 40-45m one yet. Rock has proven he's clutch on frees when a game is there to be won or lost

I assume Rock will get game-time later in games and that is when the pressure frees will be.
Costello offers way more from general play and his high energy style is infectious, lifts the crowd the way he can skin opponents and take a score.

It will be interesting to see what decision Gavin makes on it, because I doubt he will start both lads.

Edgware wrote:

Well they didnt learn from the League Final. Mayo put three in the net.

Yeah, it's a hard one , took ages to stop the ball going inside, but they kind it did by the end. B Hurley going off was a strange call since he's a goal threat, kerry brought Mark Griffin on after B Hurley went off , possibly got that the wrong way around.


Cork kind of dropped their heads after their third goal and didn't try to kick on, they had the momentum but just handed it to Kerry rather than Kerry taking it, that's an over simplification of it but it had a bit of that vibe in it, Cork didn't really go for it for that 5 or 10 minutes then popped up again.


But kerry only had 14 men. Cork let kerry off IMO, it was a big opportunity for them.

Thank Christ that is over.

Serious coddle weather out there.

Might as well have my 10,000 post to honor 9 in a row!

The class really showed in that second half especially in that weather. Some great points and very well taken goal by Con.

Hopefully the two injuries are not very serious.

Roll on the super 8s hope to god the weather improves. Going home soaked during summer is no fun! Ah well it was worth it.

JRant wrote: »

Had to watch it at home today unfortunately. From the TV replays I'd say McCarthy is gone for the season. Nobody near him and he went down holding his knee. That's usually the sign of a season ended unfortunately.

Yes didn’t look great for him unfortunately. Wait to hear the deal on that but I am a bit nervous now.

What I absolutely love about this team...and it’s a fûcking huge credit to Jim Gavin, his coaching team and the players themselves...that in that last 10 minutes, that when the game was over, 15 points or whatever, the Dublin players are chasing back, putting in intense tackles, bodies still on the line, not for one millisecond allowing even a half easy score or even chance materialize, like there’d be some sort of embarrassment involved in Meath scoring 5 and 4 was 4 too many, super attitude and execution of a game plan.

Don't know what to think of that game. It was brutal. Obviously conditions didn't help. Didn't seem to be much of an atmosphere, and from what I could see on telly there wasn't too many Meath supporters. Probably a few factors contributed to that.

They set up extremely defensively and made us work hard for our chances. Our forwards were kept pretty quiet I thought. Scully and Costello couldn't hold a ball. Rock did well when he came on. And hopefully McCarthys injury isn't as bad as well as think, but when you pull up like that it's generally not a good sign.

Meath kicked a lot of wides. We've loads to work on.

First game in 8's is against Roscommon is it not?

Nearly sure that Sunday Game graphic had it as against Cork/round 4 winner.

Kerry are definitely are home to Donegal. Interestingly PP has that as a pick 'em.

I'd fancy Donegal for that and shall wet my beak accordingly :-)

naughtb4 wrote: »

No all provincial champions at home for first game in super 8s

Right. I see that now. Bookies only have the games they know are taking place, which are Kerry/Donegal and Dubs/Rossies.

Grandeeod wrote: »

My sadness continues folks.

Our team that is on the brink of greatness is being derided by aspects of the media and the oul keyboard warrior crusade. My own experience today outside the pale:D was very poor. Apparently Dublin received 17 million euro in funding over the last year.:rolleyes: I've given up even trying to argue any BS point anymore. I'm sick and tired listening to ManU, Liverpool supporters etc. from other counties, being nastie fookers towards Dublin. I've given up trying to tell them that this game, no matter what, is Irish and Irish only and we should be proud to see a team like Dublin reach a potential historic marker within it.

Sorry for the negativity.

If you think it is bad now.
Just wait until the Dublin hurlers start putting it up to the 'traditional counties' regularly, then winning Liam McCarthy that is when the real fun will start....

Oh and I always refer the misguided to two books -

1. Gaaconomics by Michael Moyinhan
   
   
2. Dublin: The Chaos Years: How the Dubs Made a Mess of Things for So Long – and How They Turned It Around by Neil Cotter

Tell them to read those since they are so interested in Dublin and the finances of the GAA.
It will surprise them.
Shatters a lot of myths.

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

If you think it is bad now.
Just wait until the Dublin hurlers start putting it up to the 'traditional counties' regularly, then winning Liam McCarthy that is when the real fun will start....

Oh and I always refer the misguided to two books -

1. Gaaconomics by Michael Moyinhan
   
   
2. Dublin: The Chaos Years: How the Dubs Made a Mess of Things for So Long – and How They Turned It Around by Neil Cotter

Tell them to read those since they are so interested in Dublin and the finances of the GAA.
It will surprise them.
Shatters a lot of myths.

I've read both. Makes me even sadder when listening to the bitter types.

Grandeeod wrote: »

I've read both. Makes me even sadder when listening to the bitter types.

Ah sure, the GAA would not be the GAA without the begrudgers.

corny wrote: »

Colm Parkinson was on about that on Twitter. He contends that its better to give Dublin the kick pass option because their efficiency goes up if they move it through the hands. I think the man is a sap but he might have a point.

Hand passing is more efficient because you are less likely to lose possession but it is the accuracy and use of kick pass that makes Dublin so formidable.

Watching the Ulster final today, it was Donegal's use of foot pass and speed of counter attack was key point in their hammering a very limited unimaginative team who might beat dull defensive teams but are light years away from the top of the tree,

Same applies to Woolie's own county.

blanch152 wrote: »

Enjoyed the day out today in Croke Park, along with over 47,000 other people, the biggest crowd of the summer so far.

Lucky enough to be well under the stand and dry, but thought it was good entertainment. Some great effort from Meath in the first half, some great scoring from Dublin in the second half.

This is really only Meath's first year, you can see some elements of the Sean Boylan playbook being used, a year in Division 1 will see them do a lot better next year.

Onwards and upwards for the GOAT, 9 provincial championships in a row, on top of 4 All-Irelands tells you it all.

I just watched the Sunday Game - Tomas O'Se said it was over an hour of his life he won't get back....

I found that gas because like you. I thought it was a decent enough game considering the conditions, and the gap in standard between the sides.
It was about a 50 minute ish competitive game when you think about it.

blanch152 wrote: »

Meath showed how to take on Dublin, go man-to-man, pressurise all the time, fight for every ball, show some Sean Boylan/Mickey Harte rotational fouling cynicism, they just weren't good enough up front to take their scores, and Dublin were just too good for them.

This Dublin are the GOAT, but they are not unbeatable. However, it seems that teams are now afraid to take them on. Maybe Kerry or Donegal will give them a game, but that will be an All-Ireland semi at the earliest.

Donegal seem to have a real swagger about them as well.
I am starting to worry already about them.
Kerry are all mouth and no b0llocks.

I think the weather had a huge part to play in how the game went down.

Players slipping all over the place simple passes going a stray balls being dropped. Meath looked very cautious in going forward almost reluctant at times. The amount of times they got towards the other end of the pitch and turned around.

Dublin are obviously much better on the ball but the weather clearly affected there game as well you could see they had to feel there way into the game.

If that penalty goes in you have a different first half that doesn't end up being as close as it seemed. In general though the rain made the first half what it was.

The second half Dublin adapted much better to the weather and pushed on. Meath went backwards even more so the more they missed the more Dublin pushed forward.

Dublin started to win a lot more the ball in the middle Macauly and Fenton especially Meath where long gone at that stage.

The key to the game was the better team adapted to the conditions and took advantage. Some of points Dublin kicked on a day like today where brilliant.