Dublin GAA 2010

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I see Shane Ryan is captaining Dublin hurlers against Dublin Blue Stars on Sunday.

Football team looks bland enough, I know it’s early days but the midfield of Flynn and Fennell doesn’t suggest we’ll be any more comfortable without Ryan and Whelan this year.

[quote=“Rocko”]Has this thread been setup yet?

I see Shane Ryan is captaining Dublin hurlers against Dublin Blue Stars on Sunday.

Football team looks bland enough, I know it’s early days but the midfield of Flynn and Fennell doesn’t suggest we’ll be any more comfortable without Ryan and Whelan this year.[/quote]

Heard that those regional trials threw up a few extra names

Trials are a waste of time. Just there for managers to cover their asses so they can say they scoured the county for talent. Surely a decent manager can back their own judgement of a player from watching the club championships in whether they are worth a place on a panel.

Loads of teams in Dublin

About adult 16 divisions in total, so it would be very easy to miss out on a lad playing junior for a club

[quote=“W.B. Yeats”]Loads of teams in Dublin

About adult 16 divisions in total, so it would be very easy to miss out on a lad playing junior for a club[/quote]

Indeed I think that’s one thing that Dublin have done very badly in recent years is pick up talent from junior clubs. Even when struggling in games in recent years we’ve tended to bring the likes of Ray Cosgrave off the bench in the hope he’ll rediscover old form and kick 3 or 4 points to get us out of jail. There must be lads in better form who could be capable of getting on the panel at any rate.

Scoring forwards anybody?

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has named an experimental Dublin side to face Kerry in Sunday’s Allianz National Football League clash in Killarney, throw-in 2pm.

Only five players that started Dublin’s defeat to the Kingdom in the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final have been given the nod by Gilroy.

They are Stephen Cluxton, David Henry, Paul Griffin, Ross McConnell, and Paul Flynn.

The Dubs are without several players with Alan Brogan, Denis Bastick and Barry Cahill still a few weeks away from fitness.

Ger Brennan, Conal Keaney, Pat Burke and Darren Magee should return to action in the next two weeks, but Tomas Quinn is still on crutches after fracturing his metatarsal and has another four to six weeks of recuperation time ahead.

Dublin team to face Kerry in National Football League Division 1 game in Killarney, throw-in 2.30pm:

Stephen Cluxton, Ross O’Carroll, Rory O’Carroll, Philly McMahon, Paul Griffin, Cian O’Sullivan, James McCarthy, Eamon Fennell, Ross McConnell, Alan Hubbard, Michael Darragh MacAuley, Paul Flynn, David Henry, Blaine Kelly, Kevin McManamon

Substitutes: Michael Savage, Paul Conlon, Conor McCormack, Paul Casey, Bryan Cullen, Denis Carrigan, Tiernan Diamond, James Brogan, Bernard Brogan, Dean Kelly, Kevin Bonner, Brendan McManamon.

I know it’s only the league but that team is mental. The half forward line contains a corner back and a midfielder, along with Flynn who’s the type of half forward who forages back in his own half. Add in Dave Henry at corner forward and it appears they’re going for a containment game plan.

David Henry seems to have been earmarked for a Brian Dooher role this year, that’s what he did the first day against Meath and in fairness he did it well enough.

The half forward line line is bizarre all right. Hubbard has a good bit of football in him but he’s simply too small to make an impact in the championship. I’m trying not to fall into the old Dublin trap here of discarding players based on size or lack of physique, I hate that, but he’s not much more than a dwarf. Flynn is a bit of a mullocker and while I certainly wouldn’t discard him yet McAuley looks the same.

Really can’t see where the scores will come from - serious onus on McMenamin and Blaine Kelly. Bernard Brogan will more than likely be on before half time.

It’ll be interesting to see how the full back line goes. Very suprised Dara Nelson isn’t even on the subs bench - he was good over the 90 minutes against Meath.

Have only seen Dublin against us this season and was expecting big things from McAuley based on how he dominated both games against Crokes last year but he was fairly ineffective bar taking a nice point near the end. Will be interesting to see what impact he has as the league develops.

Had to laugh at the Hubbard thing. I mean there’s small and then there’s that.

Interesting to see how the Henry experiment works out but if you’re picking him there then you can’t have other forwards like Flynn who don’t really kick points alongside him. Serious lack of scoring ability in that sextet.

I don’t think the defence is good enough to release Henry to play elsewhere either. The whole thing collapsed against Kerry last year (and against Kildare for a while). The high profile problems in the forward line need to be addressed but there’s problems everywhere you look in that team.

too many middleclass southsiders on that team - pussys the lot of them

Where are O’Shaughnessy, Rock and Vaughan at?

Deadly :lol:

Rock are in the quarter finals of the Schools Cup. Dean Rock played a part in all three O’Byrne cup games but hasn’t been selected in the squad, I think he was worth at least a place on the bench. Vaughan seems to be completely out of favour, probably worth a place on the bench as well for his free taking but from play he isn’t good enough to be even a half decent inter county forward IMO, terrible positional sense and a headless chicken in general. O’Shaughnessy came on as a sub against Meath but hasn’t been selected.

One of Dublin’s problems is that there is a huge group of players who would probably all be adequate at inter county level, but it’s difficult for the management to give them all proper chances and see who can really cut it. A player needs to be assessed over a decent period of games, and with the volume of players there that’s difficult in Dublin, there are only so many games and so many places on the team.

Since this internet lark started I’ve been telling ye that Dublin don’t have the players to see it through.
From top to bottom, this is the worse Dublin outfit in 20 yrs. If Gilroy even lasts 'till the August bank Holiday it should be seen as a good year.

Stephen Cluxton, gaw’ help us … honestly lads;has his good moments ever threatened the weight of his howlers?
Can ye honestly see him being in an All Ireland Football Final?

Why the hell would Dublin leave Bernard brogan on the bench? Either he’s fit or he’s not, and he is Dublins best forward. Kerry backs will murder that Dublin team.

Whatever about the way the Kerry backs will mangle them; t’will be nothing to the state Cluxton will be in at the other end.

Kevin Moran-esque burst from Fennell right from the throw in.

This is much better than expected from Dublin. 1-6 to 0-6 up at half time after playing against th breeze. Fennell is playing excellent stuff at midfield, added another point to his one from the throw in. Kevin McMenamin is showing good pace in the left corner. Dublin are handpassing the ball out of defence a lot against the breeze before letting the ball into the forwards and its working well enough so far. Goal came from a high ball in to McAuley who cleverly palmed it down to the onrushing Paul Flynn who finished it off. The same combination struck for a point straight afterwads as well. Galvin is playing well for Kerry but in truth they don’t look all that up for it. I’d be optimistic Dublin can close this out in th second half.

Decent auld finish to this