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#91

General discussion / Re: Premier League 2023-2024

Last post by Captain Obvious - Today at 04:53:24 PM

@trueblue1234 Best to save your pity for Jurgen Klopp who was on course for a perfect send off which would have been the first league title for Liverpool to pick up in front of a full Anfield for 34 years, a 3rd place finish is no consolation to that

[Empirical evidence suggests there is almost no such thing as home advantage in GAA as most matches are between 60-40 to 40-60 supporter levels. Since Super 8 came in and then round robin, results have shown no advantage to playing at home. Likewise when you examine Connacht and Ulster championship. There are as many away wins as home wins. Now, if there are games where Dubs (or anyone else) have 70-80% of the crowd, then absolutely that's an advantage. But that never happens at AI semi and final level. And only started happening at Leinster final level when Kildare and Meath fans gave up the ghost.]

#92

GAA Discussion / Re: Leinster Senior football c...

Last post by ClubScene13 - Today at 04:53:11 PM

Dublin senior club football full of money,  nearly a professional setting, hence better pick than anybody else

That's certainly more to do with it than the GDOs and Croke Park.
The GDOs are a complete red herring. They have nothing to do with elite players in clubs, never mind county level.
Empirical evidence suggests there is almost no such thing as home advantage in GAA as most matches are between 60-40 to 40-60 supporter levels. Since Super 8 came in and then round robin, results have shown no advantage to playing at home. Likewise when you examine Connacht and Ulster championship. There are as many away wins as home wins.

Now, if there are games where Dubs (or anyone else) have 70-80% of the crowd, then absolutely that's an advantage. But that never happens at AI semi and final level. And only started happening at Leinster final level when Kildare and Meath fans gave up the ghost.

At minor and U20/1 level, there is rarely anything between Dubs, Kildare and Meath. The current pick of all three senior teams comes from lads who played in those games. Dublin club levels doesn't really increase the pick for the Dubs, in that if you haven't played minor and/or U20 you're not getting picked by the Dubs (with very very rare exception) but it's huge in bridging the gap from underage to adult. Week-in, week-out high quality football. That for me has to be one of the key reasons Dublin players seem to improve after U20 (and we probably retain more in the game too) than many other counties.

There are other advantages we have, such as everyone living in the county and less wasted travel time to training etc (esp compared to the likes of Mayo).

People who spout on that the games development funding is even remotely anything to do with how the Dubs go from being one of many counties that regularly produce decent underage teams to being so outstanding at senior intercounty are way off base. Either just ignorant or deliberately misleading

If you can't see the advantage in playing in the same venue 10-15 times a year, in your county, when other teams play in it 2 or 3 times if they're lucky, I don't know what to tell you.

I also would not agree that its a 50/50 split at AI semi final and finals. The ticket distribution might say that, but it isn't. Not to mention kicking into a sea of blue behind one of the goals, you're just bias, and that's fine.

#93

General discussion / Re: Name your three favourite ...

Last post by tonto1888 - Today at 04:47:31 PM

About a girl
Love buzz
Something in the way

#94

General discussion / Re: Name your three favourite ...

Last post by bennydorano - Today at 04:40:09 PM

All apologies
Come as you are
Smells like Teen Spirit

#95

GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Senior football cha...

Last post by Taylor - Today at 04:29:55 PM

It does stop a man catching a long ball in and getting swamped by 3 defenders and getting turned over.

Is this what people want to stop?

The mark has been rarely used for this in recent times.

#96

GAA Discussion / Re: All Ireland U20 football c...

Last post by Blowitupref - Today at 03:57:24 PM

All-Ireland B Final

Saturday Páirc Tailteann 2:15pm

Down v Westmeath

All-Ireland final

Sunday O'Moore Park 1pm

Kerry v Tyrone

#97

Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling

Last post by imtommygunn - Today at 03:56:51 PM

You can see it with the yoyoing in the likes of Westmeath, Laois and Carlow too. The effort to get up to that next level is huge. Gleeson has had them committing though this year has been funny with quite a few coming in late.

It's a hard thing to sustain and then the carrot at the end of it is to hope to be competitive - it won't be for everyone.

Same for football and hurling these days.

#98

General discussion / Re: Holidays

Last post by Don Johnson - Today at 03:55:07 PM

Anybody give a recommendation for a Eurocamp near Paris ?

La Croix Du Vieux Pont we stayed at a few years back and actually going back next month. About an hour from Disneyland they run buses there too. Also have bus trips to Paris city centre as well.

#99

Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling

Last post by NAG1 - Today at 03:52:46 PM

i keep coming back to the players - the current crop! we definitely have something with the players. getting them all out with a full pre-season behind them and injury free and can beat the best.

It's serious commitment, 3 nights a week, your own S&C on your days off, game at the weekend or away for the weekend, no breaks in the year, still doing your bit with club when you can and its not as good as it sounds.

I'm not surprised that there are drop outs, or breaks in training and no surprises that they have injuries, some toll on the body, but we lack quality depth which when you look at some of the games lately the lads coming on to some county teams as subs have some impact.

Whether we can beat the best is debatable, certainly in one off league games or Championship games at Corrigan we can be competitive but being consistent needs crops of players coming through every year, otherwise, which has been happening for a few years, we burn out that squad, they all retire around the same time and we play the Christy Ring for a year or two!

I'd say closer to 5 nights in reality, which when you think of it is crazy.

#100

General discussion / Re: Premier League 2023-2024

Last post by jcpen - Today at 03:31:02 PM

The best teams on the field also happen to be the best ran off the field. 

On another note it's gone unnoticed this weekend that with two games to play Liverpool can't finish in the top two this season and from this position when the title was theirs to lose.

T,is nearly as bad as being 4 points up with a quarter of a game to go and somehow throwing it away. How Armagh managed to orgestrate that level of a collapse is remarkable. Surely one of the biggest bottle jobs in Ulster history.