All-Ireland SFC Final: Dublin v Mayo. Sunday 17th @ 3:30pm **(MOD NOTE POST#2 #395)**

PARlance

Stoner wrote: »

Kilkenny is significantly better than Mcloughlin and McManaman imo.

He's better than most forwards in the Country imo. I'm still thanking our lucky stars that Jim sees him as a playmaker / hand passer / run a lot'er.

Are Am Eye

These are the two best teams in the country. It is a real disrespect to
construct some sort of joint team out of the two.

That being said Dublin for the historic Three in a Row. \o/

superbluedub

Bishopsback wrote: »

If the ref gives any against the Dubs!

Yawn

superbluedub

yop wrote: »

Any chance you could actually add to a thread as opposed to trolling it and the posters in it? :rolleyes:

Oh excuse me !I'm really sorry that the quality of my posts are not up the high standard that are on this thread.

dunnerc

yop wrote: »

Any chance you could actually add to a thread as opposed to trolling it and the posters in it? :rolleyes:

Very harsh that
Have you no sense of humour ? :rolleyes:
Dubs by 2
COYBIB.

Bunny Colvin

I don't how you could be trolled anyway, sure aren't we all best friends here at this stage

Amprodude

Mayo to end the famine at long last. Dublin can be beaten Sunday. Dublin are good team but not a great team. I think the back line is pretty ordinary and Mayo have the ability to exploit that. Mayo by 3.

Stoner

Amprodude wrote:

Mayo to end the famine at long last. Dublin can be beaten Sunday. Dublin are good team but not a great team. I think the back line is pretty ordinary and Mayo have the ability to exploit that. Mayo by 3.

Make sure you come back and say sorry afterwards.

Add to your Sig

"I'm a good poster, not a great poster"

corny

dibs101 wrote: »

....He sets the tempo of of this Dublin team, against the blanket defence or man to man he is THE key. Be it drawing defenders out, pulling key opponents out of position or breaking the lines...

This is probably what i'm rebelling against tbh. I just don't find this convincing. Passing the ball (always from hand) sideways and never taking your man on just doesn't do it for me.

KK is great in the air, a fierce competitor and an intelligent footballer. You could justifiably pick him on that basis. Being the 'quarter back'....not having it.

FWIW i like McLoughlins passing from foot. He'd be a joy to watch if he had three good inside forwards moving for him.

Shurimgreat

corny wrote: »

This is probably what i'm rebelling against tbh. I just don't find this convincing. Passing the ball (always from hand) sideways and never taking your man on just doesn't do it for me.

KK is great in the air, a fierce competitor and an intelligent footballer. You could justifiably pick him on that basis. Being the 'quarter back'....not having it.

FWIW i like McLoughlins passing from foot. He'd be a joy to watch if he had three good inside forwards moving for him.

He's a bit inconsistent. He can go from the sublime to the ridiculousness. He's a confidence player so if things are going well he's great.
He's disappointed in a number of AI finals now so he's due a big one.
Personally as a player for the big occasion I'd go with KK.
Its interesting though to create a joint team. It tells you who has the better team by who has the more players on it.

Durcan, Harrison and Boyle wouldn't be far off getting on a joint team, in fact most of the Mayo defence. There's not much between Clarke and Cluxton. One is the best shot stopper in the country, the other a master of the kickout.

Amprodude

Stoner wrote: »

Make sure you come back and say sorry afterwards.

Add to your Sig

"I'm a good poster, not a great poster"

You might have to come back to me and apologise

flasher0030

superbluedub wrote: »

Oh excuse me !I'm really sorry that the quality of my posts are not up the high standard that are on this thread.

Strange fish. You never have anything to add. Out of curiosity had quick look at your recent few posts. In half of your last 8 posts, the only thing you refer to is people dreaming. Strange.

Any chance you could give a little insight on how you think the match will go. Any potential tactics?

superbluedub

flasher0030 wrote: »

Strange fish. You never have anything to add. Out of curiosity had quick look at your recent few posts. In half of your last 8 posts, the only thing you refer to is people dreaming. Strange.

Any chance you could give a little insight on how you think the match will go. Any potential tactics?

You call me a strange fish ? nothing better to do than checking my posts?.How sad is that ? lol..
As for the dreaming , that's in response to a lot of dreamers on here predicting an easy Mayo win.
Dublin are peaking at the right time and in my opinion will be to strong for Mayo in the last 10 minutes, Dublin by 3 pts.

blanch152

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/revealed-details-of-mayos-all-ireland-homecoming-victory-party-emerge-36131636.html

Us Dubs might as well give up - the party is already booked for the winners.

PARlance

blanch152 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/revealed-details-of-mayos-all-ireland-homecoming-victory-party-emerge-36131636.html

Us Dubs might as well give up - the party is already booked for the winners.

Any County will have plans for a Win, Loss or Draw. Might get a reaction on Facebook.

statto25

blanch152 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/revealed-details-of-mayos-all-ireland-homecoming-victory-party-emerge-36131636.html

Us Dubs might as well give up - the party is already booked for the winners.

I'm sure Dublin have a plan in place with DCC and the Gardai too for Monday should they win.

franklyon

Exactly why wouldn't we have plans to celebrate if we win? Another god awful article.
The journalism there is starting to mirror (pardon the pun) red top rags.

ClanofLams

PARlance wrote: »

Any County will have plans for a Win, Loss or Draw. Might get a reaction on Facebook.

Yes, that was one of the dumber articles to appear on Independent.ie, which is really quite an accomplishment.

Hammer Archer

blanch152 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/revealed-details-of-mayos-all-ireland-homecoming-victory-party-emerge-36131636.html

Us Dubs might as well give up - the party is already booked for the winners.

Dublin's victory homecoming has already been planned for Smithfield on Monday (should they win). These things are always planned in advance. They're hardly going to organise everything in 24 hours.

PARlance

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Dublin's victory homecoming has already been planned for Smithfield on Monday (should they win). These things are always planned in advance. They're hardly going to organise everything in 24 hours.

Especially if you're going to be drowning in pints for about 20 of those hours.

DoctaDee

meh .. you've seen one AI homecoming party you've seen them all ..

seligehgit

DoctaDee wrote: »

meh .. you've seen one AI homecoming party you've seen them all ..

Try telling us guys that!:)

ProudDUB

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Dublin's victory homecoming has already been planned for Smithfield on Monday (when they win). These things are always planned in advance. They're hardly going to organise everything in 24 hours.

Is it? I know there is talk of some sort of big screen thingy being put up Smithfiled for the match, but I didn't know the home coming had already been announced for there too. We've had our four victorious homecomings in three different parts of the city, so God knows where we'll wind up when we do the ten in a row. There is so much talk of sending us on the road more, maybe we should spread the Dubs love and have one down the country. :P

franklyon

DoctaDee wrote: »

meh .. you've seen one AI homecoming party you've seen them all ..

Just imagine a county where the only people to have seen a homecoming are nearly 70 years old and it's not even sure most of them would remember it. Winning an All ireland would mean so much to so many Mayo people at home and abroad.
But still 70 minutes to play to give it everything we have, 'to win just once would be enough'

Shurimgreat

No pressure then.

Itssoeasy

I'd love to see mayo win as knowing several people from mayo and seeing how cut up they are when mayo haven't gotten the job down I'd love to see it as i've been told I won't see either for a week at least if they do it.

CatInABox

ProudDUB wrote: »

Is it? I know there is talk of some sort of big screen thingy being put up Smithfiled for the match, but I didn't know the home coming had already been announced for there too. We've had our four victorious homecomings in three different parts of the city, so God knows where we'll wind up when we do the ten in a row. There is so much talk of sending us on the road more, maybe we should spread the Dubs love and have one down the country. :P

Yeah, the big screen was cancelled/never going ahead because they had an event the day before hand and there was the possibility of a homecoming the day after, would have been too much for the residents.

BonnieSituation

Just on the way home from the OTB roadshow in the Olympia. It doesn't half whet the appetite.

COYBIB

ProudDUB

Ya gotta love the funny fcukers manning the Garda Twitter account.

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/908692921658068992

ProudDUB

CatInABox wrote: »

Yeah, the big screen was cancelled/never going ahead because they had an event the day before hand and there was the possibility of a homecoming the day after, would have been too much for the residents.

Well, put the bloody thing somewhere else then. They have a whole city to choose from. It's not like we're Castlebar some one horse hick town in the sticks, that never holds big events, or has never hosted a victorious AI home coming celebration before. :rolleyes:

Shurimgreat

ProudDUB wrote: »

Well, put the bloody thing somewhere else then. They have a whole city to choose from. It's not like we're Castlebar some one horse hick town in the sticks, that never holds big events, or has never hosted a victorious AI home coming celebration before. :rolleyes:

You really should change your name to ArrogantDub. It would be more fitting.

ProudDUB

Nah, ThreeInARowDub would be far more fitting, but we I don't like to brag.

Shurimgreat

ProudDUB wrote: »

Nah, ThreeInARowDub would be far more fitting.

Why wait for the game so?
Looks like its a case of Dublin showing up to collect the cup.
May I be the first to congratulate you on the three in a row. Some achievement. When was the last time yee won it?

ProudDUB

Oh Jesus, lighten up will ya. We've nearly 48 hrs more to go.

Shurimgreat

ProudDUB wrote: »

Oh Jesus, lighten up will ya. We've nearly 48 hrs more to go.

Grand I will so.

I just don't get it when some Dublin supporters feel a need to insult or denigrate other counties. Castlebar is actually a lovely town and far nicer than many parts of Dublin.

C__MC

If mayo win Sunday, please let there be a pitch invasion. It's sorely missed on all Ireland final day.

OldMrBrennan83

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ClanofLams

C__MC wrote: »

If mayo win Sunday, please let there be a pitch invasion. It's sorely missed on all Ireland final day.

It's really not. Players deserve to be able to enjoy the moment with each other and families.

BonnieSituation

The closer it gets the more the nerves are at me. But I feel it in my waters that it's going to be a classic.

May the best team in blue win.

franklyon

ClanofLams wrote: »

It's really not. Players deserve to be able to enjoy the moment with each other and families.

It really is. IF Mayo win you will see a pitch invasion. I dont think the players would mind one bit either.

Dirty Dingus McGee

ClanofLams wrote: »

It's really not. Players deserve to be able to enjoy the moment with each other and families.

They have the rest of their lives to enjoy it with their families.

I'm pretty sure one of the attractions of playing inter county football or hurling is the crowd, the atmosphere, the adulation the payers receive from the fans so I always find it odd that the fans showing this at the greatest moment of all is taking away something from the players.I'm sure some of the players themselves would have been involved in pitch invasions if they were allowed to seeing as they were fans before they were players and will be fans again afterwards.

The sheer outbreak of joy from thousands of people during a pitch invasion is much much better than the sterile presentation we get now and also people should remember that the reason pitch invasions happened was in order to get a proper look at the presentation of the trophy.

The only reason for banning pitch invasions should be for safety reasons and for that I have no problem with the ban on them but the end of the final lacks something now compared to the past but for safety reasons that is probably teh best option but not for any other reason is it.

PARlance

Stay where you are and enjoy the moment imo.

Let the players and team enjoy the immediate euphoria with the 30 or 40 people that they've shared the blood, sweat and tears. Let them commiserate with their opponents, many of whom are also good friends. Let them walk around the pitch and soak in the atmosphere.

I know I would prefer that rather than having some lunatic from Lahardane or some crazy from Crossmolina jumping all over me right after winning.

If there was some way of letting the supporters in 10-15 mins or so after the players have had a bit of space then I would be all for that.

covey09

Shurimgreat wrote: »

Grand I will so.

I just don't get it when some Dublin supporters feel a need to insult or denigrate other counties. Castlebar is actually a lovely town and far nicer than many parts of Dublin.

Im From Westport.....this is not entirely accurate.:D

km79

Mayo by 2 followed by a pitch invasion with a bloodied and bandaged Willie Joe padden held aloft on our shoulders

Fr Tod Umptious

PARlance wrote: »

Stay where you are and enjoy the moment imo.

Let the players and team enjoy the immediate euphoria with the 30 or 40 people that they've shared the blood, sweat and tears. Let them commiserate with their opponents, many of whom are also good friends. Let them walk around the pitch and soak in the atmosphere.

I know I would prefer that rather than having some lunatic from Lahardane or some crazy from Crossmolina jumping all over me right after winning.

If there was some way of letting the supporters in 10-15 mins or so after the players have had a bit of space then I would be all for that.

Totally agree

When I look back at it now the pitch invasion looks daft.

The fans in the stands can move around to get better views of the presentation, lap of honor etc as the stadium empties.

km79

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

PARlance wrote: »

Stay where you are and enjoy the moment imo.

Let the players and team enjoy the immediate euphoria with the 30 or 40 people that they've shared the blood, sweat and tears. Let them commiserate with their opponents, many of whom are also good friends. Let them walk around the pitch and soak in the atmosphere.

I know I would prefer that rather than having some lunatic from Lahardane or some crazy from Crossmolina jumping all over me right after winning.

If there was some way of letting the supporters in 10-15 mins or so after the players have had a bit of space then I would be all for that.

Totally agree

When I look back at it now the pitch invasion looks daft.

The fans in the stands can move around to get better views of the presentation, lap of honor etc as the stadium empties.

Fans in the hogan can
It's a long view from cusack to hogan

Fr Tod Umptious

km79 wrote: »

Fans in the hogan can
It's a long view from cusack to hogan

But you can walk in un-obstructed from the Cusack to the Hogan at seat level in a few minutes.

Dyr

We'll have a dublin taoiseach instead of a mayo one attending this year, has anyone calculated the impact that will have?

Other than Leo whasisisface will be visibly excited and possibly try to explain the offside rule to uachtarán cumann luthcleas gael

Dirty Dingus McGee

Bambi wrote: »

We'll have a dublin taoiseach instead of a mayo one attending this year, has anyone calculated the impact that will have?

Other than Leo whasisisface will be visibly excited and possibly try to explain the offside rule to uachtarán cumann luthcleas gael

Varadkar looked unbelievably bored at the camogie final presentation, thought it looked slightly poor form from him to be honest he may not be a big GAA man but would it do any harm to look even remotely interested and have some sort of a smile on his face particularly considering the achievements of Rena Buckley who was accepting the trophy.

franklyon

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

But you can walk in un-obstructed from the Cusack to the Hogan at seat level in a few minutes.

Hmm yes or sprint 20 seconds across the pitch while taking out one or two stewards on the way. Seriously though I can see the point of not having a pitch invasion but think it will happen if Mayo win.