All of this.
Great post.
Great post.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: yellowcard on April 14, 2024, 10:17:49 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on April 14, 2024, 08:53:25 PMQuote from: Sportacus on April 14, 2024, 05:26:12 PMSixty thousand empty seats in Croke Park for a Dublin Meath championship match. What a sad state of affairs.
Sad indeed
A number of obvious reasons for it , but one thing I have to say from watching a numbers of games this weekend, is that the quality of football right now is absolutely dire
As a spectacle it really has become a poor game to watch. Ruined by over coaching and stats, the level of crowd engagement at a match has never been lower.
Quote from: inroundthesquare on April 02, 2024, 01:32:57 PMHow Dublin escaped the mini-melee and the final melee after the goal in extra time with a single yellow card is bizarre.
Quote from: Gael85 on April 01, 2024, 02:18:16 AMQuote from: Jell 0 Biafra on April 01, 2024, 12:23:43 AMHappy enough with the league this year. Obviously would have preferred a different result today, but a bunch of lads who have been at the periphery of the squad in recent times got a lot of game time over the course of the league, and some of those had today their first taste of a high-intensity game with something on the line.
I think some of our younger defenders aren't quite at the level required yet, but I'd be fairly hopeful that today will help bring them on, and, as I said above, I'd be fairly confident that the old guard have another tilt in them this year.
Would like to have seen Theo Clancy get more game time during league.
Quote from: Blowitupref on March 31, 2024, 08:40:52 PMQuote from: Mario on March 31, 2024, 07:17:25 PMQuote from: Jell 0 Biafra on March 31, 2024, 06:40:14 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on March 31, 2024, 05:19:04 PMQuote from: Truthsayer on March 31, 2024, 05:14:55 PMCan we assume Dublin defence be much tighter in the championship? Derry could/should have 5 goals..
Can imagine so as they won't be retaining the All Ireland be defending in the manner they have done today.
Unless there are retirements, the defensive line has McCaffrey, McCarthy, Gannon, Fitzsimons and Cluxton all to return.
Dublin are missing the old guard. In the build up the media said this team would wipe the floor with everyone. Now they are beat they are missing x y or z. McCaffrey isn't a starter now. McCarthy, cluxton and Fitzsimmons maybe but they are old and will they be an improvement and they haven't played a tap all year.
Yes can't keep relying on the old guard, just because it worked last year doesn't mean history will repeat itself this summer.