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The games up! The split is coming. The coverage of this is growing and it won't end. The Dubs are losing their minds over it. You see it on social media, the amount of vicious attacks on people pointing out facts is crazy. They're even going round internet forums pretending to be from other counties.  They're trying to control the narrative with this huge media campaign of ex players attempting to muddy the waters. It won't work, the facts are out there now.

i) The fact that Dublin players run harder, faster and longer than opposition players.
ii) The fact that Dublin players are able to take hits better than opposition players.
iii) The fact that Dublin players are more skilful than opposition players.
iv) The fact that Dublin have more advanced tactics than other teams.

The evidence is staring you in the face, really.

You missed a fact.

Dublin are the only professional team playing against amatuer teams.

That's true. How could Dublin people forget/claim the dubs players don't work

Anything to say on the 2.5 million average pumped into Dublin underage structures?

i) The fact that Dublin players run harder, faster and longer than opposition players.
ii) The fact that Dublin players are able to take hits better than opposition players.
iii) The fact that Dublin players are more skilful than opposition players.
iv) The fact that Dublin have more advanced tactics than other teams.

The evidence is staring you in the face, really.

You missed a fact.

Dublin are the only professional team playing against amatuer teams.

Please don't expect me to take you seriously when you attempt to debate in a Trump-style manner.

You can't even attempt to argue against the facts I've presented.

i) The fact that Dublin players run harder, faster and longer than opposition players.
ii) The fact that Dublin players are able to take hits better than opposition players.
iii) The fact that Dublin players are more skilful than opposition players.
iv) The fact that Dublin have more advanced tactics than other teams.

The evidence is staring you in the face, really.

You missed a fact.

Dublin are the only professional team playing against amatuer teams.

On the 2017 spending list, I was surprised to see Limerick up in fifth place with €1.148 million.

Limerick played a grand total of four games in the 2017 senior championships - two hurling and two football - the lowest it's possible to play.

Yet there they are up in fifth place. €1.148 million is serious spending considering the teams' lack of success.

Now, as we all know, Limerick went on to win the 2018 All-Ireland hurling championship in superb style, playing eight games along the way.

So when the 2018 list is published, we can expect a hefty increase in Limerick's spending total for this year from the already hefty spending from the unsuccessful 2017.

Can we expect the usual suspects to thus claim that Limerick bought the All-Ireland?

Or does that spurious claim only apply to teams the usual suspects don't like, like Dublin?

Why wouldn't people claim it? Do you think they bought an All Ireland?

Now let's look at Limerick's bought All Ireland v Dublin's bought All Ireland's.

Limerick have been sponsored by a very wealthy individual. This is equivalent to Dublin being sponsored by AIG.
They haven't been given 2.5 million per year to fund their underage system, they don't have a huge list of other sponsors, they haven't had every championship game bar 1 at home since 2006.
If you think Limerick have bought an All Ireland then the only conclusion is that Dublin have been handed multiple All Ireland's!

It's all crumbling for the suits in HQ. The elite 8's were a complete flop. Attendances down across the board. Even the Dubs are losing interest in the circus. Time for them to wake up. Their strategy has failed. The return on the investment in Dublin GAA led to short term gain but as was predicted, it has come crashing down. The monster is melting.

So Dublin GAA are getting 2.5 million on average per year just to fund their underage structures. They get millions in sponsorship money, they have all the best facilities in the country on their doorstep and paid for, they have huge backroom teams featuring world champion boxers and expert coaches, millions spent on team preparation, in football they've only had one away game since 2006, they have weekly meals prepared for them, free cars for every player football and hurling the list goes on and on and on.

Basically, how can they not pick up tons of trophies? It's impossible not to. It's actually embarrassing that they haven't won more in hurling. This level of funding can't be justified. I'm just happy to see that it's getting more coverage now. The Dublin media are putting on a major campaign to try to silence this. It's not working. The end is coming near.

That's what I mean, it's not just the Dublin senior footballers. This money has clearly had an effect in every aspect. It's improved the Dublin footballers from contenders to 6 All Ireland's in 8 years. That grabs all the headlines but improvements in other areas show that the huge resources have bought success across the board. I found this table too but I think it's out of date. It doesn't include the recent All Ireland I believe.

Tough choice.

It's generally accepted now that the Dublin senior footballers are so successful because of the money they've been given. Obviously Dublin supporters will deny this but the facts are there for all to see. I think what supports this claim is the improvements seen in other areas. It shows that it's can't be just passed off as a one off football team. There's been improvements in Dublin hurling and their women's teams. Also I found this graphic about club football and hurling.






That's a huge jump.

So there's no explanation for the 2.7 and 2.5 million figures? Isn't it time the Dublin county board answered questions on this? After all it's public money that's paying for this. Do they have something to hide?

There's snippets from the 2016 Dublin county board accounts. As you can see, the Strategic Review Committee figures at the bottom shows 2.7 million for 2016 and 2.5 million for 2015. This is far higher than the 1.5 million that people have been saying that Dublin get per year. How is this number explained?

Why aren't people pushing for the Dublin county board to release their accounts? Shouldn't every counties accounts be open to the GAA public? I've seen a few things on twitter about the 2016 accounts for Dublin being available, the numbers look huge. Also I've seen loads of images on twitter about the effect that the finance available to Dublin GAA has had across the board. Not just with their senior footballers. I'll try to link images here if I can figure them out.