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Replying To shaggykev:  "Dublin need to rebuild and part of that should be playing in Parnell Park or upgrading another stadium to be 20-30k max.

The days of Dubs filling Croke Park are in the past for the foreseeable."
I am with you on this one.

The atmosphere in the Neller for the Dublin v Kilkenny game was special.

I would go 2 tier along both sidelines
Seats top tier and terracing below.
A small piece of the golf course would enable this and there is space behind the main stand.
Seating area not the full length of the sideline to ensure the clubhouse wasn't overly affected.
Then improvements to both endline terraces.
It could be done.

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4979 - 26/05/2026 21:12:06    2675895

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Replying To Saynothing:  "Simple, Donegal didn't want to win. Look at them now."
I find any such suggestion to be ridiculous. Have you ever been involved with a team? I can tell you, no team goes out to lose a game.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 12093 - 26/05/2026 21:38:52    2675903

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Replying To ColmFlaherty:  "All the bellyaching about Kerry vs Donegal when the obvious was missed when both teams breached the 3 back rule. ; )"
Not true, Kerry fans starting shouting at officials that Donegal had breached the 2 up rule, because they only seen two Donegal players, but they failed to see Oisin Gallen was over getting water at the side of the pitch.

Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1849 - 27/05/2026 08:46:06    2675919

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Replying To yew_tree:  "I find any such suggestion to be ridiculous. Have you ever been involved with a team? I can tell you, no team goes out to lose a game."
There's a big difference in going out to lose a game and not caring if you win. The system suits good teams who go out early. It's not rocket science.

Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2685 - 27/05/2026 12:10:33    2675978

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All people want is consistency with refs and any reviews/objections after games.
Donegal people think its a personal attack on Jim McGuinness, it might be for minority, but overall people just want rules/bans applied consistently so everyone knows then where they stand.
I think majority agree Ger Brennan ban was excessive but GAA decided 12 weeks, so they need to stick with that process, but like usual they wuss out of it and change the process. For McGuiness incident, no one should be allowed onto to the pitch and interfere with a player and should get a ban for it, I think Davy Fitz got a ban years back for something similar but think he shouldered a player.

Burns rightly got a red card, what id love to know is if it had happened during the one of the halfs, would he have got a red card, did they see a replay at half time or told about it by someone outside the officiating team. Yes what ever happened they got the right decision but hope it was one of the officials that saw it.

tommy132 (Mayo) - Posts: 672 - 27/05/2026 14:27:20    2676026

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