Money, Dublin and the GAA

[Lar Naparka]

Not half as funny as GAA loyalists trying to ignore 15 Leinsters out of 16 and 8 AIs out of 10.

I'd be more worried about winning Connaught titles before worrying about taking on Dublin

Winning Connacht titles is not a real problem for Roscommon. They have a decent chance in most decades and if they don't they can throw a spanner in the works of other counties aspirations.

Well it is, should they start competing for those titles they'll have opportunities to beat Dublin, until then...

Roscommon played Dublin last year in the super 8s after winning Connacht so god knows what you're on about

+1

[Milltown Row2]

Not half as funny as GAA loyalists trying to ignore 15 Leinsters out of 16 and 8 AIs out of 10.

I'd be more worried about winning Connaught titles before worrying about taking on Dublin

Winning Connacht titles is not a real problem for Roscommon. They have a decent chance in most decades and if they don't they can throw a spanner in the works of other counties aspirations.

Well it is, should they start competing for those titles they'll have opportunities to beat Dublin, until then...

Roscommon played Dublin last year in the super 8s after winning Connacht so god knows what you're on about

How did they get on?

Dublin and Kerry have between them won more than half the titles..  two teams have dominated the tournament, the rest, Galway have made a fist of it claiming 9 (3 times more than Mayo)

Breaking up that monopoly hasn't really happened but breaking up Dublin would in the short term improve Kerry's medal haul, be splitting Kerry up next.

[armaghniac]

Breaking up that monopoly hasn't really happened but breaking up Dublin would in the short term improve Kerry's medal haul, be splitting Kerry up next.

Mentioning Kerry immediately devalues this discussion. Kerry do not have an unfair advantage, Kerry's population is between that of Mayo and Donegal.
Any mention of Kerry is an attempt to divert discussion from the real issue.

[caprea]

Not half as funny as GAA loyalists trying to ignore 15 Leinsters out of 16 and 8 AIs out of 10.

I'd be more worried about winning Connaught titles before worrying about taking on Dublin

Winning Connacht titles is not a real problem for Roscommon. They have a decent chance in most decades and if they don't they can throw a spanner in the works of other counties aspirations.

Well it is, should they start competing for those titles they'll have opportunities to beat Dublin, until then...

Roscommon played Dublin last year in the super 8s after winning Connacht so god knows what you're on about

How did they get on?

They got slaughtered by a team they could not beat in 100 tries.

Hence why people are talking about split.

Well done, you exhibited a lack of knowledge on the subject and then defeated your own point. Great work.

[Milltown Row2]

So split it into two, then when they start competing against each other do we split it again?

Might as well change the the name of cup, as it'll have no meaning beating a split county

[caprea]

So split it into two, then when they start competing against each other do we split it again?

Might as well change the the name of cup, as it'll have no meaning beating a split county

I wouldn't be paying much attention to your views on it anyway. You don't seem to have a clue.

[Milltown Row2]

While splitting Dublin the new name could be 'the couldn't beat Dublin cup'

A honest question, if and it's a big if, if Dublin was split, will that make it easier for the rest to win in the long term?

Or will Dublin, because of their growth, just continue to develop?

[armaghniac]

While splitting Dublin the new name could be 'the couldn't beat Dublin cup'

A honest question, if and it's a big if, if Dublin was split, will that make it easier for the rest to win in the long term?

Or will Dublin, because of their growth, just continue to develop?

I would suggest reorganising things every century or so.

[Rossfan]

Indeed Armaghniac.
How about  only having 1 Club in Cork City.
The Volunteers in the little clubs could work harder and if they ever managed to beat the BIG CLUB it would mean so much more than beating only parts of the City as at present.
Sure th'oul County Title is hardly with winning at all these days  with the City split into so many clubs.

[From the Bunker]

While splitting Dublin the new name could be 'the couldn't beat Dublin cup'

A honest question, if and it's a big if, if Dublin was split, will that make it easier for the rest to win in the long term?

Or will Dublin, because of their growth, just continue to develop?

I would suggest reorganising things every century or so.

To be fair, I like most don't care anymore. Meath, Kildare and the Leinster crew don't care. All in Munster don't care bar Kerry, they never did bar the odd year Cork make a run. The 3 Connacht counties the last decade thought they were making progress. All have realised it is beyond them. Mayo were close but no cigar. Ulster have their own thing going on. But the main runners - Donegal, Tyrone and Monaghan look to be caught in a loop.

Did you know that Clubs originally represented counties in the AI series?

Did you know the AI competition used to be knockout, No back door?

Did you know Ulster Finals used to be played in Croke Park?

Did you know Dublin used to play League games in Parnell Park?

Did you know Galway footballers used to play in Tuam?

Did you know goals once only counted in football and points were only counted in the event of a draw?

Did you know frees and sidelines used to be always taken from the ground?

Did you know Gaelic football came from Association football?

Did you know that Soccer and Rugby were once banned from Croke Park?

We have had changes in our games. Some we have never known about. Some we have forgotten about.

A fall off in interest which will see a drop in revenue will hasten change.

[dublin7]

While splitting Dublin the new name could be 'the couldn't beat Dublin cup'

A honest question, if and it's a big if, if Dublin was split, will that make it easier for the rest to win in the long term?

Or will Dublin, because of their growth, just continue to develop?

I would suggest reorganising things every century or so.

To be fair, I like most don't care anymore. Meath, Kildare and the Leinster crew don't care. All in Munster don't care bar Kerry, they never did bar the odd year Cork make a run. The 3 Connacht counties the last decade thought they were making progress. All have realised it is beyond them. Mayo were close but no cigar. Ulster have their own thing going on. But the main runners - Donegal, Tyrone and Monaghan look to be caught in a loop.

Did you know that Clubs originally represented counties in the AI series?

Did you know the AI competition used to be knockout, No back door?

Did you know Ulster Finals used to be played in Croke Park?

Did you know Dublin used to play League games in Parnell Park?

Did you know Galway footballers used to play in Tuam?

Did you know goals once only counted in football and points were only counted in the event of a draw?

Did you know frees and sidelines used to be always taken from the ground?

Did you know Gaelic football came from Association football?

Did you know that Soccer and Rugby were once banned from Croke Park?

We have had changes in our games. Some we have never known about. Some we have forgotten about.

A fall off in interest which will see a drop in revenue will hasten change.

Most sports change the rules to make them more exciting. Now some people want the rules changed because one team is too good. It's a sad state of affairs.

[Milltown Row2]

What I do see is that Mayo people know more about football than anyone else.

[dublin7]

What I do see is that Mayo people know more about football than anyone else.

They don't care about improving the football championship. They're only interested in trying to weaken Dublin so they have a better chance to win the All Ireland. What every other county does is irrelevant

[Rossfan]

To "improve the football championship" it needs to become competitive with a number of reasonable contenders.
Right now it's the equivalent of Liverpool playing in the Irish soccer league.
So you either curtail/divide the monster or create a few more monsters.
Over to you GAA .

[Milltown Row2]

Something like railway cup? Hmmm tried that, nobody wanted to watch it either, that's why it was cancelled