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[Dublin don't care about hammering teams anymore.]

A lot here getting carried away. Dublin don't care about hammering teams anymore. It's hard for Dublin to get themselves up for a Championship that they have dominated for the guts of 17 year now. They won't fear Mayo. Most of this group have never lost to Mayo in League or Championship.

Yup - they very much look a team who know they don't get anything extra beating the opposition by 8 points or 18 points.


Double-digit hammerings only hasten the day that Dublin will be split.
More "competitive" winning margins delay that day a bit further.

Splitting Dublin is inevitable. Accepting the funding and the plan 15 years ago was a poisoned chalice , all Irelands notwithstanding. The basis of sport anywhere  is competition.

Splitting Dublin will mean a new 30 k stadium having to be built on the south side. We'll see if that happens

I haven't seen many Gaelic football teams more entertaining and box office than this Offaly under 20 one

Here's the link. Whole match is worth watching but if you only want to watch one part I'd recommend the run from the Offaly no. 11 in the 36th minute of the video (23rd minute of the match). Terrible miss at the end of it but electrifying run.

https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/categories/sport-tv-player/play/?pid=6264799139001&title=Áth%20Cliath%20v%20Uíbh%20Fhailí%20-%20C.C.%20Peile%20Laighean%20Fé%2020&series=GAA%20Beo&genre=Sport&pcode=624223

This is an entertaining game to say the least. Dubs up by one.

For all the talk and all the attempts to blame Southgate, the defeat is on Rashford more than anyone else.

Eh? He played 1 minute in the game, help me out here on that one

He handed the initiative back to Italy. Missing his penalty after Donnarumma already committed to his right hand side was inexplicable.

That was the game.

For all the talk and all the attempts to blame Southgate, the defeat is on Rashford more than anyone else.

If intercounty was abolished would that kill of the GAA as most casuals only follow counties .Personally i am looking forward to club championships hopefully rte and tg4 show a lot of games.

A lot of casuals are there for the pints and the day out and a bit of excitement.

[players in weaker counties]

Expected mismatch Mayo 5-20 Leitrim 0-11

And some floorts think this is the best system

It's not clear it isn't. An open national draw will still produce uncompetitive  hidings.

A senior, intermediate and junior championship could kill interest among players in weaker counties as they never again will get the chance to test themselves against the best players.

Eventually the Intercounty system will be abandoned.

See result today for why we shouldnt have the weakest teams playing the strongest counties just to test themselves. Nobody wins

That would mean last years munster final result could never happen. It would hurt weaker countries not help.

My main point is that Intercounty has run its course. Kerry and Dublin won Intercounty football historically and they are still the two with the only realistic hopes of winning Sam for this year and next.

Expected mismatch Mayo 5-20 Leitrim 0-11

And some floorts think this is the best system

It's not clear it isn't. An open national draw will still produce uncompetitive  hidings.

A senior, intermediate and junior championship could kill interest among players in weaker counties as they never again will get the chance to test themselves against the best players.

Eventually the Intercounty system will be abandoned.

Div 4 and div 3 teams should not be playing to win Sam... embarrassing

Pat Spillane was a joke at half time and fair play to Sean Cavanagh for calling him on it. Pat's simple plan is give more money to Leitrim and they'll improve. As Sean pointed out you could give counties like Carlow, Leitrm and Wicklow millions and they still won't win Sam

I didn't hear him say that. He thought the problem was Leitrim didn't play enough games in order to improve

The Intercounty system has told us all its ever going to tell us.

Glen Whelan never retired from playing for Ireland.

Cluxton is doing the same!

He's not doing the same. Whelan stopped getting picked. Cluxton has walked away, told the manager as much, wants to keep it private beyond those within the Dublin setup.

If Farrell knows he has retired, it's disrespectful to Cluxton if he's telling the media otherwise. Cluxton being a very private person, I'd imagine he's not enjoying all the focus

If Cluxton has retired, surely Farrell would prefer to say it now and draw a line under it. The way it's left, Farrell is going to keep getting asked the question after every Dublin match.

You'd imagine he would prefer it. Cluxton prefers it this way. He's the one retiring

If Farrell knows he has retired, it's disrespectful to Cluxton if he's telling the media otherwise. Cluxton being a very private person, I'd imagine he's not enjoying all the focus

It's cluxton's desire to retire this way

Did Quirke's record ever warrant this job?