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Mayo don't need to save football , they need to win a championship for themselves the players their coaching staff and their fans , if they do I will be one of the first to shake their hand , I expect the country to shout for them its understandable , what's not understandable is the crying from Kerry, take this as someone who has suffered at their hands since the 70s , I've drank into the early hours in both Dublin and Killarney with Kerry folk and when they were beating us they were the nicest feckers you'd ever meet , since 2011 I've seen a change by god a huge change in them, no longer the complimentary funny guffaws , distain and venom , they once saved it for teams from the north , now they are willing to share their venom with the Dubs, you see its anyone that gets in their way , they are happy to play in Munster and put up with the odd rebel every now and then , they are happy when secure that they are the greatest county of all time , but dare you rock their boat , this snivelling self serving go after the Dubs when more than happy to annihilate everyone in Munster at ever age group and not a peep , said it before Kingdom boy total hypocrites , winter well. Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 30/08/2017 11:16:37 2040654 Link 2 |
I don't think Dublin fans should get hung up on who is supporting them or not....what does it matter? I imagine most neutrals will shout for Mayo as the underdog trying to bridge a long gap but there are also many who won't. I spoke to a man who watched the Mayo v Kerry first game in a Galway pub not far inside the border where the majority were shouting for Kerry....so what? yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 30/08/2017 11:45:19 2040667 Link 0 |
Well, c'mon, a city with over a million people, now that's not very Irish is it? How can they possibly be considered true gaels? About time they switched codes to the NFL and played with their mates from NY and Washington!!
MedwayIrish (Wexford) - Posts: 2324 - 30/08/2017 12:01:11 2040672 Link 0 |
I think one player will have a big bearing on the final and can bring Mayo on again and that is Cillian O'Connor who for me hasnt had the best of years to date. Yes, he is a good free taker but his scoring from play hasnt been great and he seems to have lost some pace. I know he will largely be a marked man and the quality of the defender on him will be excellent but he just hasnt done it from play this year. Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 601 - 30/08/2017 12:07:44 2040679 Link 1 |
I hope your right.
theblackcard (Mayo) - Posts: 47 - 30/08/2017 12:16:21 2040684 Link 0 |
Both finalists play great football. Nothing between them. suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1667 - 30/08/2017 12:55:51 2040703 Link 0 |
Damo the reason I said the period between 2006-2012 is because since then Dublin's funding has been cut. I know the Dublin club scene very well, I work with a lot of lads who play there club football in Dublin and I know quite a few lad's that were on the development squads (u15 to Minor) during that period and they have all said that they had the best of everything. Since then it has changed there is no more free meals after training or games, they don't get the protein shakes and free rubs when needed. What I am trying to say is that during 2006-2012 most young lads had to pay for gym memberships, if they played for their county, they never got meals after training or protein shakes after gym sessions where as Dublin did. The playing field has since been leveled most u16's to Minors have access to a free gym if they play with their county (I know the young Meath lads do). Dublin mightn't have won much during that period but they had good foundations that were put in place for lads to go on to play senior and the only way those foundations were put in place was through funding from the GAA. UsernameInvalid (Meath) - Posts: 354 - 30/08/2017 13:44:02 2040732 Link 1 |
Ok at peak funding of these young lads between 2006 and 2012 here are the all-ireland minor winners 2012 Dublin 2011 Tipp 2010 Tyrone 2009 Armagh 2008 Tyrone 2007 Galway 2006 Roscommon So much for the protein shakes and rubs for the Dublin young lads! One out of 7 wins at minor level. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 31/08/2017 04:58:11 2040973 Link 24 |
And the 3 years after this to cover the chaps who were 15 and 16 in 2012 had the following results. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 31/08/2017 05:02:17 2040974 Link 24 |
Minor Level has no correlation to Senior level, particularly with the level of Sport Science and such at the Senior level, red herring
FreeSpirit (UK) - Posts: 19 - 01/09/2017 15:51:29 2041637 Link 0 |
Posters are talking about the money that was pumped into Dublin underage 2006-2012. So it surely has a correlation there. Those deveopment squads had a lot of money invested in them many are claiming. But were beaten by outfits with supposedly far less financial clout. The core of the Dublin investment was claimed to be underage, not senior.
Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 01/09/2017 16:43:39 2041650 Link 23 |
The title of this thread makes me laugh more each day. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 02/09/2017 20:52:03 2041963 Link 23 |
Mayo are kinda battle hardened, while Dublin breezed through to the Final with relative ease. This could finally be a battle that Mayo win. GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3017 - 04/09/2017 20:46:11 2042723 Link 1 |