Who is the most bitter after Dubs do 5 in a row

[larryin89]

Ahh come on , there a special group of goys and they are very humble.

And don't forget they work very hard!

It's the humility that makes me a fan , they are that humble they are not having the homecoming till two weeks time .

[Rossfan]

How the fck can they have homecoming when they're already at fkn home?

[seafoid]

Some members of Joe Public realised it earlier this year and stayed away.
Won't hit HQ as a combination of Rhubarbs reaching the Semis and a Final replay means the coffers will be bulging.
Journalists won't bite the hand that feeds them so they will continue to string cliches together.

Average attendance is the key stat
They won't get replays every year
RTÉ are in trouble again. Maybe they could dump the football until sanity returns

[seafoid]

Via twitter

Rinneadh tri fhoireann de fhoireann rugbaí Auckland anseo san 80ú toisc go raibh siad ró-láidir agus go raibh an daonradh ag méadú

Ansin tháinig an ghairmiúlacht agus Sky TV anuas agus tá an córas rugbaí áitiúil loite acu...

Tá bagairtí níos measa ann don CLG ná BÁC!

[Farrandeelin]

Me.

Me actually.

I'm still not over the fact the ref missed John Small picking the ball off the ground in the draw in 2016. Nor the ref letting O'Callaghan take 8 steps in 2017.

[seafoid]

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/dublin-put-in-a-champion-performance-to-make-irish-sporting-history-1.4019028

And it is probable that GAA president John Horan and the other custodians may have felt that rising fear akin to what Dr Frankenstein experienced when the creature came alive.
In 2010, the Dubs had won a single All-Ireland since Kevin Heffernan's swansong in 1983. They were sometimes brilliant, sometimes blustery and could usually be relied upon to fall apart. Everyone wanted them to get their act together. But nobody dreamed of what that act could look like until now.
What can the others do? As a golden light fell across the city and the Dublin players enjoyed the field, Peter Canavan stood up in the television broadcast booths and argued that Dublin uphold an amateur ethos with a professional structure while the rest maintain an amateur ethos within an amateur structure.
The Tyrone man hit on something there. It's hard to avoid the sense that there has been a paradigm shift. Dublin won't be returning to the half-assed old ways. They won't be anybody's soft touch ever again. If the other counties – perhaps with GAA strategic help – cannot match them, there is a distinct possibility that the city team will continue to exist on a different plane.

[TheGreatest]

Didnt read the thread, but has to be the Mayo contingent. have a great day 

[Hound]

still think the situation can be fixed.

Of course it can.

There's definitely All Ireland's in the Kerry team.

And it just needs Galway, Meath, Kildare and Cork to get their houses in order. No reason why they can't have panels of 30 as good as Kerry.

It's not just about 30 players anymore.

Why not?

You have your best 30 or so, and replace 2 to 5 each year. No reason a number of counties can't be as good as Kerry.

[Halfquarter]

still think the situation can be fixed.

Of course it can.

There's definitely All Ireland's in the Kerry team.

And it just needs Galway, Meath, Kildare and Cork to get their houses in order. No reason why they can't have panels of 30 as good as Kerry.

That's funny, I could take you seriously if Kerry hadn't lost the All Ireland by the joint biggest margin since 2007 ( same as Tyrone last year ) .

[Rossfan]

Galway, Cork, Meath, Kildare, Tyrone, Ros , Donegal and Rhubarbs could have a grand All Ireland Senior B competition with the winners facing Dublin in the A Final

[RedHand88]

How the fck can they have homecoming when they're already at fkn home?

Takes two weeks to get from the Gibson hotel to Smithfield.

[Captain Obvious]

still think the situation can be fixed.

Of course it can.

There's definitely All Ireland's in the Kerry team.

And it just needs Galway, Meath, Kildare and Cork to get their houses in order. No reason why they can't have panels of 30 as good as Kerry.

Only if Dublin drop in standard and Kerry improve.

Galway's effort v Dublin in 2018 was similar to Kerry's on Saturday. Plenty of reasons on Meath,Kildare and Cork who's level for the foreseeable future will reaching the last eight of the championship at best especially if the last eight doesn't return to straight knock out football.

[ballinaman]

Me.

Me actually.

I'm still not over the fact the ref missed John Small picking the ball off the ground in the draw in 2016. Nor the ref letting O'Callaghan take 8 steps in 2017.

It was Bastick...and ref gave a free out...Regan his temporal bone too in the collision 

[Hound]

still think the situation can be fixed.

Of course it can.

There's definitely All Ireland's in the Kerry team.

And it just needs Galway, Meath, Kildare and Cork to get their houses in order. No reason why they can't have panels of 30 as good as Kerry.

That's funny, I could take you seriously if Kerry hadn't lost the All Ireland by the joint biggest margin since 2007 ( same as Tyrone last year ) .

Kerry 10 wides and missed a sitter of a goal chance, which would have levelled the scores. They did draw also previously! But even ignoring that, this was a far more competitive game than the Tyrone final.

[BennyCake]

still think the situation can be fixed.

Of course it can.

There's definitely All Ireland's in the Kerry team.

And it just needs Galway, Meath, Kildare and Cork to get their houses in order. No reason why they can't have panels of 30 as good as Kerry.

It's not just about 30 players anymore.

Why not?

You have your best 30 or so, and replace 2 to 5 each year. No reason a number of counties can't be as good as Kerry.

Never more has it been about money and funding, and not the players.

In order to compete with Dublin, you need massive funding. You need it continually for 10-15 years, along with facilities, coaches, etc etc. Dublin are also at an advantage as their players live and work in a small area. Take larger counties like Cork, Galway, Donegal etc - players driving big distances to and from training. Plus, that's not counting players who are coming from other parts of the country (mainly Dublin), from college/work. All those hours in a car takes its toll. While Dublin players are resting, Donegal players have 2/3 hours driving ahead of them. Other county players either do the big miles or don't play county at all.

At a time when movement of people towards Dublin City is at an all time high, the rural population is rapidly declining, as is rural football, club and county. How great would it be for Offaly players to be all living and working in around Tullamore, short journey to training, up fresh for work next day. I'd say a lot of them lads are coming from Dublin/Galway etc, big miles from work/college, as the education/jobs just aren't there in Offaly. Same with a hell of a lot of counties.

Training weekends are vital now, that costs huge amounts. That costs money, money that would come from huge multi national brands sponsoring the team shirts. How many big insurance firms are in Longford? Leitrim? Carlow? There's few big companies in those counties. Dublin are paid £1m+ by AIG. How does other counties compete with that? They can't.

Years ago, the old adage that each county have 20 players as good as any other county, and could win an AI. While each county has as good a players as anyone else, most haven't a hope in hell of winning an AI.