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Dublin GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "Is it that simple though?
A county with your resources,clubs, and population should never produce an average squad of footballers.
Its crazy to go from winning all those Leinsters,6 all Irelands in a row,,(and 9 in 14 seasons,reaching semi finals the other 4 years),to being where you are now." The lads we had for a decade were generational.
We have been fairly competitive without being world beaters but our roll of honour excluding this period and the great team of the 70's is very poor:-
No All Ireland in the 30's
1 All Ireland in the 40's
1 All Ireland in the 50's
1 All Ireland in the 60's
3 All Irelands in the 70's
1 All Ireland in the 80's
1 All Ireland in the 90's
No All Ireland in the 00's
We have had 2 great squads. That is it.
I never buy into the population argument.
The amount of actual players is a better barometer.
And after that a lot of it comes down to coaching.
And I think we have failed on that front tbh.
Look at our lack of underage success compared to other counties. Tyrone being a very good example.
Some counties live for GAA - I am not so sure we do that in Dublin. Soccer is far most popular.
Yes we have some great clubs but nowadays we are talking about the same 5 clubs winning all the time in both codes. And for a county with so many clubs to have that few clubs winning is a problem imo.
Have you seen where the Dublin footballers train ???
Crazy.
Take a look at our high performance area just inside the gates of Parnell Park.
Bonkers.
Therein lies a big problem - DCB.
Asleep at the wheel, one could say….!
Fionn (National) - 04/06/2026 21:13:11
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Monaghan GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "I take it you didnt see many of the previous games in 2018 then. Hindsight is 20/20." For the bloke who deals in 'facts' you've assumed wrong again, was down in Fraher Field on that beautiful day for the First Qualifier. While frustrating at the best of times, the statement I use to describe Kieran Hughes is "Form is temporary, class is permanent". Malachy definitely got the best out of the players at his disposal and gave us many great days, the above is my only minor disagreement. It's an awful pity your envy and begrudgery can't see past that Mr. 'fact' man.
ConyersHill04 (National) - 05/06/2026 09:42:26
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Leinster SHC - 2 Like(s)
I was talking to my father earlier. He was in Dublin yesterday and was on O'Connell Street, Temple Bar, over to Grafton Street. He said you would not know there was two big hurling matches on in Croke Park on Saturday.
So we have how many thousand tourists walking through Temple Bar and Dublin City this weekend, and not even on one billboard is there a sign that there is a match on.
People will be sitting in a pub in Temple Bar on Saturday evening and then will realise a hurling match is on a mile up the road.
The Leinster Council could have sold 10k extra tickets with some promotion of the game, even a billboard in Temple Bar.
Shocking promotion of the game really. Or maybe its not shocking.
StoreysTash (National) - 05/06/2026 11:59:23
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "Good luck to Buggy Joe and minor team tomorrow. Far from titles in this county that we can turn our nose up at lower division titles so everyone should be behind the boys" You must be a corduff man
Monaghan_football (National) - 05/06/2026 13:02:25
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Looks like it is not just the Dublin fans who are staying away from games these days - Leinster have so far only sold 11,250 tickets for Saturday's URC semi-final v the Stormers in the Aviva Stadium.
Sign of the times…???" Lol Fionn.Most Leinster supporters are Dubs.I have always found it crazy that many other Leinser ccounties would support Munster over Leinster.
brayballer (National) - 05/06/2026 00:12:49
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Ger Brennan - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Kew: "Lads you can't have a manager acting like ger Brennan. You wouldn't see the Ireland soccer manager dragging someone to the ground from behind and messing with his ear. They are lucky no one was sued." Soccer? Sure Mourinho poked an opposition manager in the eye. I wouldn't be looking to soccer for any lessons on behaviour.
Who was lucky they didn't sue? Who would be doing the suing? A claim for whiplash maybe. They pay out fairly well, I've heard.
WanPintWin (National) - 05/06/2026 00:33:40
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To TrueBlue35: "What is the feeling in Cavan this week ahead of the game?? I have a couple of mates up that direction and both were saying it has been strangely flat this year in football terms. Few very good lads not making themselves available to McCabe etc and expectation has been quite low. Probably fairly similar to here in terms of our new readjusted expectations so very hard to know what sort of a game we will get. I think a few of the Dublin looks look like they want the season to be over but I'm hoping for some sort of a response to the last two outings." To be honest it would be hope rather than expectation for a win. It wouldn't be acceptable for anything less than leaving everything on the pitch by the players and there are no better supporters for when players do that. Cavan football seems to always be in transition so we never know what to expect, one thing we do know is that there is ability and application within the player pool so on any given day they should give a good account of themselves, managers, coaches, tactics etc. will always generally dictate what level of relative success any group of players gives a county when the players apply themselves properly.
In reality Cavan are a long way off winning an ulster let alone competing at the later stages of an All Ireland, however progress can be made and a scalp like Dublin, whilst unlikely (look at bookies odds), is attainable on any given day. Such is the intercounty standard playing pool of players currently available to Cavan at the moment that not having players like James Smith in Midfield and Padraig Faulkner in defence are a massive loss to replace.
I always feel it is unfair to refer to players not making themselves available, particularly from rural counties as the variables that impact the ability and capability of players to commit over a whole season to intercounty football are so much more. The world and career choices to 20 year old's plus now is a lot different to that of 5 - 10 years ago let alone beyond that. unfortunately in a lot of counties if some dominant players do not / cannot commit to intercounty football the affect on a teams capability is more acutely felt. That's my own view on it.
I expect Cavan to give, at a minimum, a good account of themselves and let Dublin worry about themselves, to date Cavan have, in parts, accounted for themselves well against Monaghan & Westmeath but not enough throughout the whole of the games to affect the result.
Always a good crack when the Dubs come to town, great supporters on the ground and hopefully a good competitive game with a narrow Cavan win always a possibility.
offtheditch (National) - 05/06/2026 08:08:37
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Good luck to Buggy Joe and minor team tomorrow. Far from titles in this county that we can turn our nose up at lower division titles so everyone should be behind the boys
farneygael3 (National) - 05/06/2026 08:09:42
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Cork midfielder O Callaghan to miss next game as his red card is upheld.They are playing donegal.Onc again donegal benefit from the GAA s disciplinary group.
brayballer (National) - 05/06/2026 15:40:42
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Leinster SHC - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "This is the norm these days.
Dublin is a very cosmopolitan (?) city nowadays.
And with the Massive decline in followers for the Dubs on match day, it really is a case of Houston We May Have a Problem…!
The promotion and marketing of games is embarrassing tbh. Not good at all.
And not just in Leinster. I had to double check when the Munster Hurling Final was on….!" Walk around Galway town and you'll do well to notice we're playing in Leinster final this weekend. Go out the country to the villages and small towns and you'll see plenty flags.
WanPintWin (National) - 05/06/2026 13:47:55
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Ger Brennan - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "lol
You must not go to many games, if you think that could lead to a legal case….
"…messing with his ear…"
Omg ;o)
LOL" Brilliant spot. "..messing with his ear" LMFAO.....one of the funniest things I've ever read on HS.......
avonali (National) - 05/06/2026 10:21:42
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Magpie2: "Maybe it should be played in Wexford Park.
Plenty of room for your 12,000 supporters.
Our ground holds 18,000. And unlike some of your posters I am telling the truth.
Anyway I hope the game goes well for you.
---‐ but not too well." It doesn't be full too often I'd say thanks for this. Ye are a very poor team thank you for agreeing with me on this.
bláthach (National) - 05/06/2026 15:05:29
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Commodore: "This particular discussion is about the Good Friday agreement, with Dublin poster Barney highlighting the Shinners recognition of and Participation in Stormont under the GFA as being a negative and selling out.
My point - It was the Pro-Treaty Dail Eireann TD's who by voting for the Anglo-Irish agreement made NI legitimate in 1922, it provided democratic cover for partition of Ireland. The remnant of Pro-treaty TDs is Fine Gael." Which is why nationalists in the six counties still refer to it as "the great betrayal".
tireoghainabu (National) - 05/06/2026 12:23:58
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Leinster SHC - 1 Like(s)
Replying To StoreysTash: "I was talking to my father earlier. He was in Dublin yesterday and was on O'Connell Street, Temple Bar, over to Grafton Street. He said you would not know there was two big hurling matches on in Croke Park on Saturday.
So we have how many thousand tourists walking through Temple Bar and Dublin City this weekend, and not even on one billboard is there a sign that there is a match on.
People will be sitting in a pub in Temple Bar on Saturday evening and then will realise a hurling match is on a mile up the road.
The Leinster Council could have sold 10k extra tickets with some promotion of the game, even a billboard in Temple Bar.
Shocking promotion of the game really. Or maybe its not shocking." This is the norm these days.
Dublin is a very cosmopolitan (?) city nowadays.
And with the Massive decline in followers for the Dubs on match day, it really is a case of Houston We May Have a Problem…!
The promotion and marketing of games is embarrassing tbh. Not good at all.
And not just in Leinster. I had to double check when the Munster Hurling Final was on….!
Fionn (National) - 05/06/2026 13:07:30
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Claretandblue: "Kinnegad starting a hurling club is bananas thinking. Their players interested in hurling play with Raharney, Kinnegad would tell you that it's tough going getting volunteers to run their football side. Kilbeggan is 3 miles from Castletown so any hurlers there play with Castletown. Kilbeggan just about surviving football wise, who are the people who would organise a hurling club in these places and Moate etc? Getting a pitch alone would be a huge task, existing clubs pitches already over utilised with clubs having teams from under 6 to adult and LGFA also." Extraordinary reply. So according to you Its bananas to start a hurling team in an area with a population of 6000. As for playing with Raharney name me the Kinnegad players on the blues team.Kinnegad has a soccer team but no hurling!!!
This sums up the negative attitude towards hurling thats prevalent in official circles right now. What have the board done to help Castledaly? Answer little or nothing.
I made the point it will be difficult to start but if the will was there in an area with a 6000 population thats growing it is doable.
jobber (National) - 05/06/2026 13:49:08
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tireoghainabu: "Which is why nationalists in the six counties still refer to it as "the great betrayal"." Exactly, widely viewed as betrayal from Irish TDs who's vote democratically legitimized the Partition of Ireland.
Commodore (National) - 05/06/2026 15:01:03
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Fitzy looking a bit like the Galway central defense at the Connacht final in there so far, a bit stand offish and anonymous." Waiting in the long grass maybe.
WanPintWin (National) - 05/06/2026 10:50:20
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Team named for Saturday. Rushie and O'Donnell start in place of Bellew and McHugh.
Seán Currie on subs. First time out this year." Good to see Currie back.
brayballer (National) - 05/06/2026 15:42:22
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "Well said. The original poster was bascially saying SF should stop engaging in politics in the six counties which is as daft and idea as you'll hear." Politics in Ireland should not be confined by British imposed institutions like Stormont.
Withdrawing from Westminster was considered a "daft idea" before 1916. I suppose you think they were all "daft" as well?
BarneyGrant (National) - 05/06/2026 15:44:20
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Leinster SHC - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WanPintWin: "Walk around Galway town and you'll do well to notice we're playing in Leinster final this weekend. Go out the country to the villages and small towns and you'll see plenty flags." Rural Ireland remains "based." Majority of people in Dublin now will have no idea there is such a thing as a Leinster Hurling final. Nor the remotest interest if they did.
BarneyGrant (National) - 05/06/2026 15:46:16
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