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Mayo bias perhaps? 🙈

a team whose noted weakness is up front with 4 forwards and excluding their top scorer. Christ there must be quality stuff being smoked west of ballagh by someone

Now that another season is in the books, I thought I would see if opinions have changed on this.  I m still a supporter but understand the inconsistency and the frustration it brings.  There could have a few more on Sunday...

Yeah Aidan O'Shea being the most blatant

maroon,

its not a luxury its called fundraising locally. or higher membership rates....... i would think 50 clubs do so.




but the eternallly paranoid like Mckenna and his twitterers would have you believe that the 18k odd a year the club pays is actual loose change in all dublin clubs,

Or higher membership fees. My (Dublin) sub is 305 for myself (non-playing) and 2 kids (u16)

What would get for that in terms of gear?

Nothing I believe but no 2 euro for ref or pitch lot whatever else goes on. You  buy your own gear but as Straight red said a proper games structure  from u8 to u16  alternating between the codes.

Penny pinching  by psrents on fees is so short sighted and hinders proper club development

is there such  a provincial POTY award ??

based on provincial championship performances alone or on a year round performance

it was among many indictments Costello had in his 3 minutes on field. has a player ever broken more rules without touching the ball

I had said higher membership fees in addition to the fundraising.

normal juvenile membership for a juvenile is €150 in Dublin.........and they are getting brilliant value at that

Maroon,

i'll leave that to the Dubliners or those based there to reply to but everyone of  them that have a full time GPO contribute 50% of the costs. I have estimated that to be 50 clubs, given there are 93 clubs in Dublin but you'd probably want to phone Parnell park to get a list of same. If you get it you might post it here also

I'm sure Davey Clarke supporters equally felt that he deserved one also..........

but it was the reason behind the move away from nominations for a dedicated position wasnt it.......

Martin / Whelehan was the reason that dedicated positions were removed and that all star teams were 18 back, 18 forwards nominated

Connolly is a fantastic player. That shouldn't be in doubt. His position in the all time greats list will only ever be opinion. Let's be honest, none of us are on a position to say one way or the other really

We are in the very best position to judge him.

You dont rate him as is your perogative but who is the best footballer in the country you alluded to in disapariging Connolly ??

rossfan it would be

i havent a clue about Dublin footballers other than watching them, they are 150 miles from my front door where rugby is my challenge

maroon,

its not a luxury its called fundraising locally. or higher membership rates....... i would think 50 clubs do so.




but the eternallly paranoid like Mckenna and his twitterers would have you believe that the 18k odd a year the club pays is actual loose change in all dublin clubs,

This comes back to the population question.  A lot easier to fundraise when you have massive population on your doorstep. Yet another reason why maybe Dublin don't actually need that 1.3 million per year if we are to believe ye guys

There was me thinking the likes of Aughamore & Knockmore would have no problem paying half a GDO's salary.

davitts are the 2nd highest  sellers / earners from the GAA national draw as an aside

it can be debated either way and lest there be any mistakes i'm not a dub or living there but have a genuine interest in GAA development debate.

there are more counter acttractions in Dublin than in rural ireland leading to a less of a % playing. Population on its own doesn't tell full picture in a city, a larger proportion are apathetic to GAA or are actively anti GAA.

I proposed the Dublin underage structure of one week football one week hurling with fixtres for u8 up to u12 weekly to the county where i live and was met with 20 excuses why it couldn't work and no delegate prepared to stand back and say why dont we imitate a successful blueprint. I was prepared to give 2 years of my life to implement it fully but its easier to feind excuses than find development in may clubs and counties.

Dublin need the 1.3 million but not at others expenses., Others need it but not at Dublins expense would be my mantra

maroon,

its not a luxury its called fundraising locally. or higher membership rates....... i would think 50 clubs do so.




but the eternallly paranoid like Mckenna and his twitterers would have you believe that the 18k odd a year the club pays is actual loose change in all dublin clubs,

If there was ever a moment of ironic salvation in the GAA, it was Diarmuid Connolly calling for calm after winning the free that was just about to win Dublin the All-Ireland, after being banned for most of the Summer for needlessly losing the head over a sideline ball in  Carlow.

maybe a lesson to be learned for Roscommon manager if he is interested in getting the best players in the county back on the panel.

or maybe its only leopard players who change spots, leopard manager maybe paid too much to

Will leave that for a thread it belongs in. I was actually praising Connolly for taking his chance and redeeaming himself in the process. It was a memorable moment in a marvelous game of football.

credit to Connolly he showed serious maturity even if the haters still find faults....


my response on other was based on your username and hoping Connolly is proof everyone can move on if they want to