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What are the realistic expectations for 2026 under new management??

TrueBlue35 (Dublin) - Posts: 308 - 29/07/2025 12:24:05    2628974

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With the Ladies All Ireland Senior Football Final on this Sunday - I feel for Lauren Magee tbh.

It is madness in this day and age that players are facing the stress of having to pay for this:-

https://www.facebook.com/Independent.ie/posts/lauren-magee-immediately-knew-she-was-in-trouble-i-felt-a-crunch-she-says-of-tha/1120874706751364/

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4545 - 29/07/2025 14:24:18    2629018

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Replying To TrueBlue35:  "What are the realistic expectations for 2026 under new management??"
No problem getting tickets id say! ;)

Job of work, for a few years i think, dont see much coming through at underage.

TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4527 - 29/07/2025 14:55:57    2629032

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Replying To TheUsername:  "No problem getting tickets id say! ;)

Job of work, for a few years i think, dont see much coming through at underage."
Yeah I think there is a serious few months for the new management team to strip things back to basics, address the new rules properly and then look at personnel. As you say there is not a whole lot coming at underage now which is especially worrying when you see what the likes of Tyrone have been doing in recent years at underage. We have slipped an awful lot in that regard at provincial level. There is still a decent core for the senior side there but the support cast just won't be all that good.

TrueBlue35 (Dublin) - Posts: 308 - 29/07/2025 16:27:40    2629061

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Replying To TrueBlue35:  "What are the realistic expectations for 2026 under new management??"
Try to win Leinster has to be the main one.
We might struggle to maintain our Div 1 status tbh, with a new manager on board trying out new players, new systems and trying to adapt better than we did this season, to the new rules, especially the 2 pointers...

We are sure to lose a few players also, but maybe, just maybe, a couple of the 3 amigo's might return.

Good to see both JM & BC involved with our underage group.
We really took our eye off the ball at underage imo.

Our 2 proposed COE's / Training Facilities are lying idle and not even started.
At this rate, we could be back playing our League games in the Neller, like our Hurlers.
It goes in cycles and we are in the middle of our downward one.

But at least we will have a competitive Leinster SFC now, and it can't be thrown at us that Leinster Football Championship is a foregone conclusion. Only 1 province can relate to that now.

The Dublin SFC will be interesting to say the least, with so many players trying to impress the new management setup.
But the small amount of hardcore Dublin fans will continue going to games no matter what, just like our Hurling fans.
;o)

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4545 - 29/07/2025 17:03:13    2629077

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