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Over 12 years this funding is in place.

So any 26 year old on the Dublin panel would have come onto the U14 development squad aged 13/14. So a good chunk of them have benefitted.

I have some involvement with Dublin development squads. They are pretty much the same.as the Tipp squads listed above. One t shirt per year gear along with sorts and socks. One or two away games.aside from blitzes. No strength and conditioning  activity until.u17. These.are the facts. There is no more money spent on them than there is anywhere else and considerably less.than a lot of.counties.

Ok.
What about the quality of coaching they receive from full time staff? Having the full time staff to plan and co-ordinate the whole thing.
The fact most of those players have come from clubs where there have been full time GPOs in place to plan and deliver coaches plans in clubs.

Its not a coincidence that Dublin have probably the best coach education and workshop program for coaches in the country

I've seen first hand the backroom team the Dublin feile teams bring,  it's pretty much the same as a senior county setup! 

[how can they be stopped]

Reading this thread I think the question is would Dublin have won 3 out of the last 5 if they didn't get Irish Sports Council money and money from elsewhere? Would they have won any? Looking at it objectively I think it's fair to say that they would not have. They hadn't won any since 1995 and then suddenly they win 3 out 5. A coincidence? Doesn't seem likely.
So if they already have the best team in the country because of money paid to them, then surely they will only continue and improve on this? Seems a bit unfair. Surely they'll win at least 7 out of 10, how can they be stopped?

You implement 'The Plan'

This plan has a few prerequisites: you'll need a team full of good footballers, a mixture of tenacious defenders, hardy pups, a Cluxtonesque 'keeper, a smattering of speed merchants and a very reliable free taker and a referee who'll buy any aul crap from players (most  if not all do)

1. Pack the defence, 15 if needed, regularly. Smother the Dubs, even in the wide expanses of Croke Park (in reality there are many pitches with the same of not bigger dimensions) there is only so much room in side the 45. 29 grown men running around like buck can get a bit claustrophobic

2. Never have 1 defender tackling the man in possession, get 3 or 4, but preferably 5 hammering at him. The ball will soon spill and the ref will thinks its actually physically possible that 5 grown men can all tackle the ball at the same time.

3. Hunt in packs hand passing the ball 2/3 meters left or right (those pesky foot passes can often skew off the boot and land anywhere but where you want them to go). Keep this going until you reach a point where you know your reliable free taker can score from. At this point, when the next touch of a defender lands on the man with the ball, fling yer neck back and a make a bee line for the turf. 80/90% of the time you'll get a free. This craic has to be practiced at every training session , it has to become an art form. A player might go too hollywood on it and alert the ref to the skullduggery and you'll actually have to be fouled for the remainder of the match to get a handy point

4. Sledge the absolute bejesus outta them. Castrate their minds with a good old tongue lashing, pretty much no topic is out of bounds. If a player reacts, and some do (you'll have your homework done on who the likely boys are), go to ground holding you face.

5. When the Dubs have their moment to shine, feign a head injury to kill any momentum. A head injury or a potential head injury (the ref wont know) will soon bring them down a peg or two

6. Pull, haul, drag etc your opposing man off the ball. See how far you can go re 3rd man tackling, blocking runs etc...the black card is seldom used, and even less at the business end of the season.

[Membership of a Dublin club is approaching €200]

Membership of a Dublin club is approaching €200, country clubs are at most half that, some less than a quarter . Has to be a strong reason why Dublin clubs can afford half the salary of a GPO.

Holy mo, that's crazy money. Players paying this as well?

[All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi Finals]

All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi Finals
Sarsfields(Galway) v Cushendall Ruairí Ógs(Antrim)   beo
2-00pm   Navan
there Exeter: Paud O'Dwyer(Carlow)

Na Piarsaigh(Limerick) v Oulart the Ballagh(Wexford)   beo
3-45pm   Thurles
there Exeter: Fergal Horgan(Tipperary)

Show starts at 1-30pm.

made me laugh there drici :-)

[His supposed successor, (Dessie Farrell)]

Is it only me who thinks that when Jim Gavin steps down from the managers spot that Dublin may struggle again?

Agreed. His supposed successor, (Dessie Farrell) is not held in the same regard, as Gavin was when he was waiting in the wings to take over from Pat Gilroy.

And give up the CEO roll @ the GPA?   Can't see that happening for a good while

[Flanagan is awful]

What size of a job has Klopp ahead of him in the summer?
It would really take a massive clear out, but you rarely ever actually see that happen.

likely to keep:
Henderson
Firmino
Clyne
Sakho
Countino
Can
Origi
Flanagan
Ings

Only Firmino, Clyne, Coutinho and at a stretch Can are worth keeping out of that list.

Flanagan is awful, and seems to escape criticism just because he's a local lad.

Origi is pathetic.

Sakho is an absolute donkey, completely useless with the ball and too ponderous in possession.

Henderson isn't even a footballer. Runs around like Milner without ever doing anything defensively or offensively.

Complete clearout needed, especially in midfield.

A new manager required too.

You've now progressed from your usual dung talk to making things up!

I'd hold on to:
Clyne
PC
Ings
Gomez
Flanagan
Gomez
Firmino
Sakho
Can

The rest can join Watery Hooers FC

Watching Vikings at the minute.  Think its a great show.  Dare say I say I am enjoying it more than Game of thrones

Two great shows,  but Vikings would be my pick.  Top drawer

Klopp might resign out of frustration !

At this rate we might need a an Arab billionaire or something..

I'd say he's looking forward to giving most of those watery hooers the p45

What's Peaky Blinders about? I'm just finishing off the last series on Sky Go of Elementary, which was enjoyably naff. I'm watching Justified, which is brilliant still, but I'm looking for something else to replace the Elementary void when I'm travelling. Justified is the home with the missus, in front of the fire with a beer, programme.

Banshee if you haven't already seen it.  Great show

Judging by the standard of division 2 last year it is no surprise Down got thumped, themselves and Roscommon will be way out of their depth in division 1 and the only chance either team has of winning a game is when they play each other, the hype that is surrounding Roscommon after the appointment of McStay is ridiculous, they are the most  over hyped team in the country due to no small part by the majority of their supporters thinking the team is something it isn't , this forum alone is a perfect example of this. Monaghan to teach them the first of many lessons tomorrow.

Maybe the fans are getting carried away,  but Mc Stay certainly isn't.  Heard him being interviewed on the radio this evening.  He knows exactly how difficult div 1 is going to be. He mentioned how most of the opposition have contested a AI final in the last few years and Monaghan have bagged 2 ACs in the last few years,  how everything would have to fall into place on any given match for them to really compete.  I'd judge Roscommons short term journey on Mc Stay than some excitable (no harm in getting excited!) supporters. 

There Exeter

Why don't teams drop a player up on Cian O'Sullivan when he drops back as a sweeper? It seems daft to me that you'd allow him not only take your full forward out of the game but also attack from deep as an extra man.

Would you not be crowding the space in front of the goals. If you put a man on o sullivan and dublin then dropped another man back what happens then ?

I don't think you'd be crowding the space as your essentially playing a deep lying centre forward. I also don't think Dublin would drop another player in or if they did, push up on him too. Anything you do has pros and cons but surely leaving one of the best footballer in Ireland both stifle your full forward and attack from deep as a spare man is the worst thing you can do.

Would agree with you Zulu,  push up on the sweeper,  put him (and his team)  on the back foot and give yourself an extra target man and someone to stop the spare man attacking from deep.   Wouldn't agree with O'Sullivan being one of the best players in the country though   

I have a amzon stick with Kodi - Can anyone point out where I can get setanta Ireland on it

I would appreciate this too??

Searched the Beast,  no sign

Personally,  I think they'll come 2nd to Arsenal. The crazy money has turned most players heads,  but with this Leicester team,  there seems to be be a real togetherness, a fighting spirit were they are really busting themselves for a collective goal.  Take 'my'  team Liverpool,  some days they bust themselves,  other days they wouldn't be bothered ie the team has far too many watery overpaid blouses wearing the red shirt.  My Da mentioned Celtics European Cup winning side the other night, that the team was greater than the sum of its parts.  I'm in no way saying Leicester are like the 'Lions,  but they seem to be a real team,  players really going for it as a unit and not a squad of individuals who all happen to be wearing the same jersey,  turning it on and off when the mood takes them. 

It would be something else if they bagged it

[threw himself on the ground after minimal contact]

This might be a tad harsh, but it looked to me like De Bruyne was flopping for the foul, but mid flop his foot got caught on the Everton guy's boot and it got stuck underneath him and his own weight flopping twisted it. That could be a high sprain (not too bad) or ligament damage (couple months)

100% self inflicted, threw himself on the ground after minimal contact

but this is now widely accepted, its the done thing. Costa dives against Arsenal with zero contact, both panelists on MoTD said it was a foul and a stonewall red card. He dived ffs.  I'm I missing something?

The DPF's are all part of the car manufacturers trying to meet emission levels. If you are driving a diesel these days you need to be doing semi-regular long journeys preferably on motorways in order for the exhaust system to build up enough heat to force a regeneration of the filter and burn of the soot build up. Pottering around on short journeys doesn't cut the mustard and is why you get these warnings coming on. The car puts itself in a safe mode and limits performance. Fuel additives can help prevent a build up of soot and you might just have caught it in time. I'll be surprised if it's not back on again in a month.

Thats it.  Keep a close eye on it as replacement DPFs cost around a grand!