Daly is not wrong but he is not right either. Its natural for young lads to support their own county and be fond of their auld lads county. But trying to get people who live in Dublin to be dublin hurling people is similar to that time Dunphy was trying to bring Wimbledon over to Dublin.
Its a stupid idea. Dublin is a huirling wasteland. Trying to manufacture hurlers, trying to manufacture managers and trying to manufacture supporters. The biggest mistake the gaa ever made giving them a penney more than what the like of carlow get because its just pissing it down the drain. I see young lads in dublin carrying round hurleys that no self respectable young lad from a hurling county would look twice at. Lord jaysus lengths of fucking fucking rough timber. But the dubs know no different. Its just not in them.
daly performed a miracle with them.
This âmanufactured hurlerâ line is a lazy throwaway thatâs persisted for years about Dublin.
Show me the hurler that isnât manufactured. Everyone has to learn, everyone has to be coached. Itâs utter bullshit to claim that there are ânaturalâ hurlers. Yes, some children may have better athletic and co-ordination skills than others, but nobody is born with a hurl in their hand.
Now, the supporters, administration and funding are a different matter entirely, granted.
This could have been yours if your grandad hadnât decided 4 young fellas on the land was enough, and so decided to fuck the softest of the lot out on the road to Dublin