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#1
Quote from: Main Street on July 15, 2023, 01:32:28 PM
Looks like it's going to be a dirty NFL weather day for this game..

It looks like it's starting to clear here  TG  ;)
#3
Quote from: seafoid on July 14, 2023, 12:06:49 PM
Paul Flynn of the 6 in a row team on the unpredictibility of semifinals in his experience.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2023/0714/1394516-paul-flynns-weekend-football-predications/Dublin and Monaghan clash this weekend

Through my experience, I've learned the hard way that semi-finals throw up surprises. We learnt that in 2014 playing Donegal when we were favourites going in and we sucker-punched.

Dublin were caught twice by Donegal. 1992 was a big shock (for Dublin at least).

Dublin would need to be naive in the extreme to go to Croke Park tomorrow and not expect an almighty ambush. Hopefully they won't be so naive.

COYBIB   
#5
Dublin hand Mayo a cruel hammering while Monaghan scrape through against Armagh - the scene is set for an historic ambush. I hope not, but I'm just saying.
;)
COYBIB
#6
GAA Discussion / Re: Mayo v Dubs 2 July
June 30, 2023, 12:15:04 PM
Impossible to call.

Mayo have been looking the part for most of the year. Have they flattered to deceive? Sunday will tell the tale.

On the other hand Dublin have performed in fits and starts. What will they be like on Sunday - that's the big question.

Fingers crossed

COYBIB
#7
GAA Discussion / Mayo v Dubs 2 July
June 26, 2023, 05:09:36 PM
What's the story lads. Who's going to win? Paddy Power thinks it's Dublin.
#8
Fantastic finish by Dublin yesterday. With ten minutes to go they trailed by six points and looked dead and buried. But they dug so deep and turned a six point deficit into a three point win. Brilliant
#9
Quote from: Captain Scarlet on June 05, 2023, 08:37:04 PM
Will the Dubs rest lads v Sligo? Like even with 2 weeks off will they mind lads coming back from injuries or Con's hamstring...

I think they've been doing that all along
#10
We'll done Dublin  - I never doubted you   ;)
#11
Quote from: larryin89 on June 02, 2023, 07:56:01 PM
Quote from: The Hill is Blue on June 02, 2023, 06:46:33 PM
Quote from: seafoid on June 02, 2023, 05:30:44 PM
Quote from: imtommygunn on June 02, 2023, 05:07:19 PM
No way will Kildare beat Dublin. I'd love to see it but I don't see it or close...
Every so often a big team is taken out in the championship , usually because they aren't as good as people expect.
Kerry v Down in 1991 was a classic of the genre.
Meath v Westmeath 2015


I've been at a few that we lost against the odds:

Dublin v Meath 1964
Dublin v Kerry 1975
Dublin v Kerry 1978
Dublin v Donegal 1992
Dublin v Derry 1993
Dublin v Down 1994
Dublin v Donegal 2014

2012 v Mayo surely the same as Donegal in 14

I don't think that too many Dubs supporters were too optimistic in 2012. We weren't used to thinking in terms of two in a row back then.
#12
Quote from: seafoid on June 02, 2023, 05:30:44 PM
Quote from: imtommygunn on June 02, 2023, 05:07:19 PM
No way will Kildare beat Dublin. I'd love to see it but I don't see it or close...
Every so often a big team is taken out in the championship , usually because they aren't as good as people expect.
Kerry v Down in 1991 was a classic of the genre.
Meath v Westmeath 2015


I've been at a few that we lost against the odds:

Dublin v Meath 1964
Dublin v Kerry 1975
Dublin v Kerry 1978
Dublin v Donegal 1992
Dublin v Derry 1993
Dublin v Down 1994
Dublin v Donegal 2014
#13
The consensus seems to be that Dublin are a busted flush and they will be exposed as such tomorrow in Nolan Park. That may well happen since they've been dragged out screaming from their cosy citadel of Croker. But sometimes it's dangerous to get what you wish for. The Cork team went home after the drawn 1983 semi-final thinking that they had the replay in Cork already won. as we know it's never that simple.

Anyway win, lose or draw we're well used to all results.

COYBIB 
#14
GAA Discussion / Re: Ros v Dubs tomorrow
May 30, 2023, 08:36:05 PM
Quote from: seafoid on May 30, 2023, 06:40:34 PM
Quote from: The Hill is Blue on May 30, 2023, 04:04:17 PM
Quote from: onefineday on May 29, 2023, 11:59:05 PM
Quote from: The Hill is Blue on May 29, 2023, 12:26:28 PM
A great performance by Roscommon yesterday. But surely no one can be surprised by this. They are a strong team who have battled it out with the top teams in the country over the past year and who came to Croke Park well prepared for the game. They came up against a Dublin team who had not been exposed to the required level of intensity for some time - and yet in the end Roscommon were lucky to get away with the draw. It may be that this will be the closest Roscommon will get to Dublin for some time.
Nonsense, Dublin are a pale shadow of what they were for most of the last decade.
So far this year kildare should have closed out the Leinster semi, Derry beat them, Clare should have held on, cork had a great chance to beat them too, didn't see the first kildare league game, but all of these games were more or less the minimum margin, they've had plenty of tight intense games this year.

Some fair points there.

Of course "Dublin are a pale shadow of what they were for most of the last decade", and it's for that reason that Dessie Farrell spent the league and Leinster Championship trying to beef up the squad. They didn't go out trying to wipe teams out but at the end of the day they managed to win Leinster and finish top of Division 2.

If we're honest, with the new championship format, it's very hard to assess where any of the teams stand now. There are a lot of games to be played yet. And we're all hoping for the best for our own favourites.


COYBIB

   
Winning Leinster is meaningless. Winning D2 isn't much to shout about either

I'm not sure what your point is. Maybe you'd like to read my post carefully again and see what I actually said
#15
GAA Discussion / Re: Ros v Dubs tomorrow
May 30, 2023, 04:04:17 PM
Quote from: onefineday on May 29, 2023, 11:59:05 PM
Quote from: The Hill is Blue on May 29, 2023, 12:26:28 PM
A great performance by Roscommon yesterday. But surely no one can be surprised by this. They are a strong team who have battled it out with the top teams in the country over the past year and who came to Croke Park well prepared for the game. They came up against a Dublin team who had not been exposed to the required level of intensity for some time - and yet in the end Roscommon were lucky to get away with the draw. It may be that this will be the closest Roscommon will get to Dublin for some time.
Nonsense, Dublin are a pale shadow of what they were for most of the last decade.
So far this year kildare should have closed out the Leinster semi, Derry beat them, Clare should have held on, cork had a great chance to beat them too, didn't see the first kildare league game, but all of these games were more or less the minimum margin, they've had plenty of tight intense games this year.

Some fair points there.

Of course "Dublin are a pale shadow of what they were for most of the last decade", and it's for that reason that Dessie Farrell spent the league and Leinster Championship trying to beef up the squad. They didn't go out trying to wipe teams out but at the end of the day they managed to win Leinster and finish top of Division 2.

If we're honest, with the new championship format, it's very hard to assess where any of the teams stand now. There are a lot of games to be played yet. And we're all hoping for the best for our own favourites.


COYBIB