Some display from Dublin. Theyâve put a 70 minute together like they did in the 20 minutes against Cork.
Relentless. I think that Cork team is the only one capable of getting near them. Might take another year though.
Cork donât have the mentality for it.
If Dublin play like that they are unstoppable for anyone. Monaghan and Tyrone are best placed to stop them on an off-day which they are bound to have at some stage during the championship. It has to be said what a huge advantage Croke Park is to him though.
70 mins?? II Bomber, they were on cruise control for most of the 2nd half. A lot more to come from the DubsâŚfrightening really.
Very hot on the Hill, off for refreshments âŚJaysus Cluxton is a dour fucker.
Just seen that Kavanagh sending off, a cowardly belt in the balls.
Almost every Gaelic football team for the last 30 years is supposed to be weak in their full back line. Itâs just a very hard place to play. Youâd very rarely hear of a team being âvery strong in the full back lineâ
I donât agree with that.
Itâs the way Dublin play that leaves their full back line exposed and isolated, rather than the individuals themselves, if teams can get early ball into a pacy full forward line then they could be caused some trouble.
Eoghan O Gara continues to make quite a few fellas on here look very very foolish indeed.
[QUOTE=âIl Bomber Destro, post: 937920, member: 2533â]I donât agree with that.
Itâs the way Dublin play that leaves their full back line exposed and isolated, rather than the individuals themselves, if teams can get early ball into a pacy full forward line then they could be caused some trouble.[/QUOTE]
I wasnât commenting on dublin specifically I was saying its a cliche to say a team are weak in their full back line. Itâs said about almost every good team.
Dublin have as good a players as any other team in the country in their full back line. Especially for the game theyâre trying to play.
[QUOTE=âTabby, post: 937924, member: 2142â]I wasnât commenting on dublin specifically I was saying its a cliche to say a team are weak in their full back line. Itâs said about almost every good team.
Dublin have as good a players as any other team in the country in their full back line. Especially for the game theyâre trying to play.[/QUOTE]
I donât remember hearing this cliche much, not unless it was warranted.
There werenât too many questions on Tyroneâs full back line from 2003-2008 onwards, there werenât many questions on Donegalâs full back line. I think you must be imagining things. Usually if there are questions on a full back line itâs warranted. For instance I wouldnât have many questions on Mayoâs full back line but their full forward line. I think youâre weird.
Last Derry player from the City was Big Tom McGuinness back in the early 70s. Tom is a brother of Martin.
[QUOTE=âIl Bomber Destro, post: 937925, member: 2533â]I donât remember hearing this cliche much, not unless it was warranted.
There werenât too many questions on Tyroneâs full back line from 2003-2008 onwards, there werenât many questions on Donegalâs full back line. I think you must be imagining things. Usually if there are questions on a full back line itâs warranted. For instance I wouldnât have many questions on Mayoâs full back line but their full forward line. I think youâre weird.[/QUOTE]
Itâs a cliche. Youâre spouting generalised shit about Gaelic football but obviously know little or nothing about it. People are letting you at it but I doubt any of them are fooled. It does prove how ridiculous sports analysis is though as youâre coming across as vaguely plausible despite more than likely never having played or attended a game. Youâre from armagh and support tyrone ffs. 
Whatever makes you happy though.
Iâm not making generalisations, I think youâre making stuff up though. The ironic thing is that you are the one making generalisations, saying that it is claimed most teamâs weakness is their full back line when it is not. There were no real question marks over the Donegal full back line in recent years, neither were there about the Tyrone full back line in their period of dominance or about the Mayo full back line in the last years. Instead there may have been question marks in other areas of the pitch. Keep going out of your way to be argumentative with me and I will continue to swat you aside.
I wasnt originally having a pop at you more making a throw away observation on a phrase Iâve heard scores of times down the years about teams at all levels of the game hurling and football. Off the top of my head at county level its even been said about the recent great Kerry and Kilkenny teams for instance among many others. Its especially a big one at club and underage level. Theres more than just good teams at county level but then you obviously wouldnât get that as you seem like a fella whoâs just decided to start watching gaelic football on telly and become an expert on it like someone would Dutch football or ice hockey on ESPN. In fairness to you youâre an intelligent fella well able to spout shit so youâre making a decent fist of sounding plausible but itâs still fairly obvious youâve no feel for it. You should get out in the fresh air and go to a game or god forbid play one. You might enjoy it.
thatâs complete bullshit âŚO Gara was terrible for nearly 2 years with the dubsâŚhe kept getting picked and his performances were not up to intercounty levelâŚanyone who watched him playing regularly in that time could see thatâŚheâs improved considerably and is a very good option for Dublin coming off the bench when the game opens up because of his strength and powerâŚhe still does some awful stupid things with the ballâŚ
His potential was always there, granted he was a diamond in the very rough but he offered something no other Dublin forward could and was a useful plan B. The abuse he took on and offline was unwarranted however and the fact that many still refuse to acknowledge his ability and huge improvement is just plain ignorance. I don believe you were one such person mind, but it is what it is.
at first I thought he offered something with his ball winning ability but then he just made far too many basic mistakes, and for me I couldnât see how the hell he was in a head of Keaney, who behind the brogans was Dublinâs best forward for a few years and was at the time Dublin club footballer of the year âŚwould love to have seen how keaney would have got on if he was given the same run at full forward as O Gara was under gilroyâŚweâll never know thoughâŚ
Heâs more than just a good option off the bench now.
still think Mayo are Dublinâs main challengers âŚironically I think it was a blessing in disguise they didnât sneak over the line against Derry and meet Dublin in that formâŚthey would have got hammered with the form they are in at moment âŚbest for them keep the head down and sort a few issues out and work towards AugustâŚ
From the bits and pieces I saw of yesterday Dublin looked very good. Great mix of athleticism and footballing ability and a strong bench to boot. Shame that they look so strong and it would be a very even and open champiosnhip without them*
*Dublin may well not win the A/I but they look a cut above everything else at the moment