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[I think the hyperbole about the Dubs taking over is over the top. 4 all Irelands in over 30 years is below the long term average.]

Definitely Gilroy - we only got to a couple of semi finals under Pillar.

Didn't Pillar and Gilroy do a lot of the work.of building the current team?
I think the hyperbole about the Dubs taking over is over the top. 4 all Irelands in over 30 years is below the long term average.

As Mark Twain once put it; there are three types of lie, namely lies,
damn lies and statistics. No offence intended but your post belongs to the third category, without doubt.
Dunno why you went back thirty years because for 25 of them, Dublin won just a single title. You could feel sorry for the poor buggers if you let statistics go to your head. Kerry won a total of 8 in the Last 3w0 years- if you go by ststs, Kerry must be 8 times better than the Dubs.
   In a rapidly changing world, only about a max of five years can be taken as an accurate barometer of anything. The Dubs' dominance is set to continue for the foreseeable future and I believe that an average of five out of every ten years will see the Dubs winning Sam. (Same as the trend has been over the last five years.)
Between 20005 and 2015, Dublin failed to win the Leinster title only once.
From a long-term point of view, there is cause for worry there.
If the likes of, say, Meath, Kildare and Laois couldn't win one between then in the last ten years, there's something wrong with the structures and it's going to get worse not better.
One can talk about Kerry and Kilkenny having long periods of dominance but no valid comparison can be drawn between those two and Dublin.
In terms of population, playing numbers and wealth, neither stands out from their competitors. Kilkenny has far fewer clubs than Cork, Tipp and I imagine Dublin. Kerry has won far more Sams than their playing numbers and resources would warrant.
Dublin have as fine a team as I've seen in a long, long time but there's no denying that the odds of them landing Sam in any year in the future are shortening all the time.

Lar they have a good team . Might win another 2. And Leinster is a mess. But domination is a pipe dream.
And Mayo will win stuff once the duck is broken. And they could pick.up 3 in the next decade ceteris pari Roscommon bus.

What is most interesting about now is the regularity with which Kerry get their arses handed to them in all Ireland finals.

That's right. I remember neither parent came from a hurling stronghold, as such.

You don't have to come from a hurling family to excel. It's all about starting at the right age.

Jesus Seafoid. Whooosh.

Sure look at Offaly in 1981.
Not a medal between them

I wish Offaly could get back to.that level of performance

Definitely Gilroy - we only got to a couple of semi finals under Pillar.

Didn't Pillar and Gilroy do a lot of the work.of building the current team?
I think the hyperbole about the Dubs taking over is over the top. 4 all Irelands in over 30 years is below the long term average.

There are very few supporters of any description on this site these days

That's right. I remember neither parent came from a hurling stronghold, as such.

You don't have to come from a hurling family to excel. It's all about starting at the right age.

Did Mylestheslasher transfer to Kildare?

Gavin didn't design the team> Didn't Pillar win the al Ireland with them a few years ago ?

You mean Gilroy?

I wasn't following it that closely tbh. someone else won it .Must have been gilroy

Luckily for Hillary, Trump and his GOP competitors have provided fodder galore for her in this campaign alone, before she even begins to delve into his past.

It is going to be nasty!

Brutal. And it'll mean the next admin has a huge challenge to rule the country

James Newton Howard feat. Jennifer Lawrence - The Hanging Tree (Eelke Kleijn Bootleg) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktyrEMfaVO8

Imagine if the Rossies were this smooth in August

Available as a download now as well:
https://soundcloud.com/eelke-kleijn/james-newton-howard-feat-jennifer-lawrence-the-hanging-tree-eelke-kleijn-bootleg






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Twisting my melon man

Step on/Happy Mondays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CQLAhNlbfQ

The psychology of the Ros fans is fascinating and there is easily enough in it for a PhD by the looks of things.

A weirdo and a genius...this is beautiful..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-Mrc2l1d0

Such a tragic life
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2009/08/13/michael/

Yup, tune great and the lyrics shite. Let's be honest though, a lot of the Roses' lyrics are shite.

sure so are most music lyrics

Eurovision is a very strange bird. It's a continental centre for trans activity and political posturing and the music is weird.
But it's great ould telly.