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Looking forward to tonights game for a change, Sunday was a massive confidence booster. Great to see some passion back in the side. Jose will have united fired up and if they get an early goal we might struggle to break them down. I'll take a draw but that would be disappointing on current form of both sides.

Disappointed today. 2 poor goals gifted to a very average United side. Sunday cobwebs were on display in first half. Second half we bossed things. Guendozi is a class act, so confident on the ball. Still unbeaten in 20 with a creeking defence. Any word of Monreal returning? Badly miss him, Kolasinac not in the same class defensively or going forward.

Onto the Saints this weekend and 3points

Looking forward to tonights game for a change, Sunday was a massive confidence booster. Great to see some passion back in the side. Jose will have united fired up and if they get an early goal we might struggle to break them down. I'll take a draw but that would be disappointing on current form of both sides.

I think the 'financial doping' accusation is pretty appropriate in this context.
Take a supremely fit athlete, who trains hard, eats all the right food, gets 8 hours sleep etc.
Now, give him steroids, growth hormone, EPO etc.
He was already a brilliant athlete, working as hard as he could, now you've made him unbeatable.
This is what a lot of Dublin fans don't seem to understand.
Nobody is saying this Dublin team, and by extension the county board, haven't put in trojan work over many years to reach this point.
In the same way the Kilkenny county board had their systems & structures in place for their glory years.
The difference between the two examples is the massive injection of money that Dublin received, which (per capita) is far in excess of that available to other counties.
You can replicate hard work.
You can't replicate money.

Think you're way too harsh on us Jinxy.

"The money" doesn't go to the elite players! At any level.

Yes, our senior players are extremely well looked after due to the AIG and other sponsors' money. They don't have to waste time and energy fundraising, like they used to have to, and other counties still do. I'm sure Kerry, Mayo, Tyrone senior players are very well looked after too. All players in every county still have to do their day job, and Dublin are absolutely no better off in that regard than anyone else, with the exception of a key advantage of all our lads working and living in probably a 30 mile radius.

"The money" goes into capital projects and trying to increase numbers playing and goes to both codes equally.

People can believe what they want, and if they want to believe that the main reason Dublin have won 4 All Irelands in a row is because of development grant money, then they can kid themselves all they want. And they can ignore the fact we have the best manager in the country, a top freetaker, the most intelligent team we've ever had, some lads with frightening pace, athleticism and fielding ability, no team works harder, and the best keeper ever to play the game. The 16m development funds played not a single part in those attributes. 

At 5-1 down, the lightening fast, inch perfect, kickout by Cluxton right into the path of the bullet-like McCaffrey as he charged down the field, the intelligent run and leadership qualities of Kilkenny to demand the ball, and the ability to stick it over the black spot. Back in the game.
You'd wanna be fairly bitter to really believe that money bought that.

Fully agree Hound, money can buy you all the best facilities, equipment, gear etc etc but without technical skill set, commitment, motivation and hunger it would be as well thrown into the Liffey!

Dublin are raising the bar, year on year, in terms of tactics, athleticism, fitness and skill... its up to the rest who wants to work to bridge the gap.

Ongoing issue with my car (A4) at the minute.  When I open the doors with the central locking key button, about 50% of the time one of the passenger doors seems to remain locked.  I can open it from the inside and it will then continue to work properly (ie i can open it from the outside again). All the other doors open as normal and are not affected.

The other 50% of the time i hit the button and it works no problem.

Any advice? Is it an easy fix? It's a bit frustrating as the kids would regularly use both doors.

This sounds like a regular VW /Audi problem. I have had to change multiple locks on my 04 Passat over the last few years. Mainly on the doors which dont get opened as much. A good mechanic will get the lock changed no problem

Casement Park looking like it will never happen, for curiosity how much would it be worth on the property market?

Take the money and find some ground and build our own stadium!

May get used to the fact that there are going to be a few years of strife when the new man comes in. Arteta is a big gamble, I would prefer to see him go elsewhere as a gaffer and if up to the task come back and take the hot seat. What we need is defensive stability. Auba and Lacazette will score 30+ goals a season between them but we will concede far more if we continue with the current shambles at the back.

Allegri would be my choice but seemingly he's committed to the old lady for another season so next in line would Luis Enrique.

No matter who gets it we cant do the United method of a few dung bags before getting the right man, he has to be got immediately and clear out the dead wood in the current squad!

Ohhhh to be a Gooona!

I saw said pictures that are circulating, embarrassing to say the least! If a senior club player turned up to pre-season in that condition there would be war. County football is no longer a hobby, its a lifestyle, and unfortunately not enough of our players commit to the lifestyle. Until that changes we are stuck in the basement

The toughest read I have had in a long time. Horrendous! That poor woman and kids, sickening to think what the had to endure!