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Looking Towards Football 2027 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "Fair enough,entitled to your opinion of course, albeit i cant really see where you're getting it from.
Im neutral on this rivalry and would have enjoyed watching Dublin ,especially their breakout win in 2011 which was a great occasion but the facts are the facts.
Dont forget that the Dublin hurlers enjoyed a massive surge in performances around the same time that that Dublin football team started to get motoring too. The hurlers could realistically have won the all Ireland in 2013,,something thats almost unthinkable before or since.
The theory went that the GAA were concerned by the growth of rugby and soccer,rugby especially, and wanted to create a successful Dublin team that would help in the battle for hearts and minds." Where did you get this theory? Rugby and soccer were always strong in the city. Soccer was always the number one participation sport in Dublin and still is massively. There was a revitalisation of gaelic games in Dublin on the back of Heffos army and gaelic has held it's own since. The GAA centrally did not put Gilroy and Gavin and Farrell in place, they did not put an ever before unprecedentedly talented group of players in place, so talented they had the likes of Connolly, B Brogan, Mannion, McManamon, McAuley, Costello often together, no squad ever had this array or depth of talent, that's the advantage they had, that's why the won 6 in a row, undefeated in over 40 championship games on the way and coming back to win another in 22.
sligo joe (National) - 14/11/2026 16:18:31
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Looking Towards Football 2027 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "Im not suggesting that players use it as an excuse,,im suggest that the real cop out is for Dublin fans to simply attribute their success to solely having a better mentality and a better bench.
Ill ask you a question. You say theres been great work being done in Dublin the last few decades in spreading the game. Do you think the GAA played a part in that? And if so,how?" Dublin won by having a better group of players than their rivals. Some of the finest players to ever play the game.
Of course the GAA played a part in growing the game in Dublin and rightly so as I said. Dublin has the lowest proportion of registered GAA players per population. Vast amounts of Dublin were complete wastelands for the GAA. Many areas still are, but things have improved.
WanPintWin (National) - 14/11/2026 17:55:21
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To SurelyToGod: "I don't believe it's a particularly fair comparison. Hugh may have been written off at times, but even though he struggled to look the part in his rookie seasons he was a visible standout at club level and in county underage setups for a number of seasons before his senior call up.
18-20 year olds might be better served to prove themselves at senior club level rather than learn the senior game behind closed doors in Convoy." I don't think a one size fits all approach is right either though. We've been lucky to produce a few footballers who could take to senior county football like a duck to water thanks to their ability and physical prowess, (e.g. Murphy, McBrearty, Roarty).
Some are just ready, others need a bit of nurturing and experience.
Lockjaw (National) - 14/11/2026 19:05:32
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Longford GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To joeman123: "Why is this? I feel sorry for CB.Leitrim had this situation when Mickey Graham left and Steven Poacher had to start again with a lot of u20's which resulted in having to forfeit a NFL game.
He has turned the situation around with a huge panel interested in committing.
Does this also explain why Mike Solan quit?
Anyway I wish Longford well, ye are in a difficult situation." Ironically I would've expected solan to have gotten the commitment
Rockshorecider (National) - 14/11/2026 21:53:32
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