You ignored this and a few other uncomfortable points earlier when I raised them. Dublin is the only county who can train twice a day. Dublin spend the night before every big game and the day before at home. Howās that for rest, and fairness.
Do you not realise other counties biggest expense is travel. Maybe if they didnāt have that, they could use that spare money Dublin have to hire more professionals like Cullen.
Thatās without the helping hand.
The number of new people involved in GAA with no historical attachment to Dublin GAA will be of huge benefit in ensuring the inevitable splitting of the county runs smoothly. By the sounds of things the fact that there will be a South Dublin team to support will only help grow the game further, that is very encouraging.
Definitely a bit of that going on now. Next step is a legal letter to a herald journalist for saying little Johnny has a bad game a la Ross Oācarroll kelly
Are the county boards overfunding them and not any other team? Does that team play every game at home?? Astounding. Whereās this happening?
Itās going to happen brah
Look at the greats they brought through most years.
Shefflin had been there since '99.
Brennan was a sub in 2000.
Delaney in 2001?
Walsh in 2003.
Brian Hogan came through some year around then.
Larkin in 2005.
Tyrrell in 2005/06.
Power around 05/06 as well.
Reid in '08 as a sub. but he didnāt properly establish himself for a few years.
Richie Hogan in '09.
Michael Fennelly was captain in '09 but only a sub so it was 2010 before he properly established himself.
Thatās very similar to what Dublin have done with:
Ciaran Kilkenny '12
McCaffrey '13
Mannion '13
Cooper '13
Fenton '15
Small '16
OāCallaghan '17
Howard '18
Dublin now have a bigger group of impending departures than Kilkenny did in '09 - Cluxton, MDMA, McMahon, OāSullivan, McManamon, Andrews.
Fitzsimons canāt have that long left, James McCarthy is 31 soon. Jonny Cooper is 31. Even the Fenton/McCaffrey/Small/Ciaran Kilkenny generation were all born in '93 - Fenton will be 28 in March which is hard to believe. Things donāt stay the same for long.
Kilkenny kept things going for a good few years after '09 but they were always waning ever so slightly and that waning became very apparent in '13, even though they came back for two more All-Irelands afterwards. The quality of the players they were bringing through declined, how could it not. I wonder will the same happen with Dublin.
Meath and Kildare can be in Croke Park in an hour.
Great, now do mayo Donegal and Kerry
When Cluxton goes, itāll be the start of the house of cards falling.
I donāt think Comerford is the answer.
Thereāll definitely be a gap to be bridged there
All do better than Meath and Kildare in Croke Park on the big days recently.
Most professional teams stay in hotels night before big games. Are Dublin winning because they sleep in their own beds.
You think staying at home and playing on a home pitch is no advantage?
Big townie teams have more money than small rural teams everywhere. I donāt see the association being disbanded on the back of it. The GAA is or never was established on the basis of equal footing, either at county or club level. There are inherent inequalities. Pissing and moaning all of a sudden because Dublin got good is pathetic, but you are utterly devoted to it.
Heās a huge part of it. Heās the key to a huge amount of what they can do. He can kick over a press up and he can get the kicks off quickly.
His influence in the dressing room and on training pitch too.
He sets the tone on and off the field.
Itāll be like when Shefflin retired from Kilkenny.
Oh right you donāt even think thereās been a funding discrepancy, that Dublin getting multiple millions more than others from the gaa is inherent inequality?
They changed the rules because of Cluxton but heās a headbanger. I canāt see comerford spending 2-3 hours on a conceded goal to prevent it happening again. But heās set a huge precedent for the rest of the panel
Itās amazing the standards have not slipped
Even in a professional sport the hunger will wane and lads wonāt go the extra yard.
There was a bit near the end yesterday where Dublin were well on top and the ball was loose and Howard dived in where a boot or knee to jaw was quite likely
I acknowledged that. Youāre proposing to give up entirely rather than try and make up the gap. You wouldnāt bother your arse playing any game if that was the limit of your ambition. Every small club in the country should disband by that logic. Ballyhale should refuse to play any Kilkenny city team. Corofin should refuse to play Ballyboden if they meet. The wailing and crying cos Dublin win is embarrassing.
Someone said theyāre not playing to their scoreboard only their own stat targets. I heard Howard was bulling he didnāt start. Dessie was disappointed in the shape he came back to panel in Sept and he trained like a dog and thought heād get in for final.