2019 All Ireland Senior Football Championship *Mod note: Post #1*

awec

So who is going to beat this team in the next 2 or 3 years?

namloc1980

namloc1980 wrote: »

A competitive game every now and then would be nice. Them being so overwhelmingly superior to all other teams is somehow not interesting.

I beg to differ. Mayo bossed proceedings in opening half. Then the Dubs sprung to life with some exhilarating attacking football. Disappointed for Mayo, but watching Dublin in full flow is a fearsome spectacle...anything but boring.

namloc1980

Mayo got smashed by Kerry and Dublin this year. In reality they are well below the required level despite the hype they get.

UsBus

RTE are flogging a dead horse here with their Belong and GAA advertising...If the football was in any way enjoyable now, they wouldn't have to come out with these cringey ads...

pjohnson

awec wrote: »

So who is going to beat this team in the next 2 or 3 years?

Kilkenny have as much chance as any other county tbf.

Strabanimal

Happy4all wrote: »

Amazing how this noisy poster disappeared for the whole second half!

I have posted? Mayo didnt have the like fitness Tyrone does now with Cathal McShane one of the best in the country.

They got beat before the other old team got tired. Well done.

ArielAtom

Great to see O’Callaghan destroy Keegan.

Brego888

awec wrote: »

So who is going to beat this team in the next 2 or 3 years?

No one

rossie1977

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Did James Horan bring Tommy Lyons on to make the half time team talk? Jesus!

I think they saw Galways second half performance in Connacht final this year and thought they would replicate it...

People will praise Dublin but Mayo **** the bed in that second half. Horrible wides and short kicks they normally would put over in their sleep with Keegan poorly caught out for the first two goals

jr86

Football is in some state lads, with such dominance. As plenty of us said during super 8s, but were met with "what about Donegal" "pressure" "not tested" etc etc. Laughable

There is nothing surer they'll be going for a 10 in a row in 5 years

Leinster dominance now well and truly transferred to the all Ireland series over the last 2 years. And like Leinster not a hope of it going away anytime soon

Now for the record, fair fks to them. I absolutely love watching them play. What a team - nothing but respect for them

Akrasia

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I beg to differ. Mayo bossed proceedings in opening half. Then the Dubs sprung to life with some exhilarating attacking football. Disappointed for Mayo, but watching Dublin in full flow is a fearsome spectacle...anything but boring.

I was engrossed in the first half, 10 minutes into the 2nd half and I was folding laundry

STB.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

I don't think anyone is denying that Dublin are good. They are pointing out that it is boring.

I'm sure your refusal to read the warnings will be dealt with by the mod, who only posted a reminder just before you.


Time for other teams to up THEIR standard of football and STOP whinging like green eyes monsters.


Dublin showed how to play football today. They never panicked. Total skill and fitness. Nothing more.


Good evening!

Mike Guide 69

ArielAtom wrote: »

Great to see O’Callaghan destroy Keegan.

Yeah for once........:D

namloc1980

Deleted User wrote: »

I beg to differ. Mayo bossed proceedings in opening half. Then the Dubs sprung to life with some exhilarating attacking football. Disappointed for Mayo, but watching Dublin in full flow is a fearsome spectacle...anything but boring.

But it's not like it comes out of nowhere. Dublin scoring 2-6 in 12 minutes is about the least surprising thing to happen in that game. Predictable to the point of boredom.

francie81

namloc1980 wrote: »

Dublin handing out 10+ point drubbings game after game is depressingly familiar and boring. Football is knackered.

Wee (Louth) got an awful capitulation by there 2nd string, not even out of 2nd gear with 14 men...shockingly embarrassing the game has gotten :rolleyes:

Poor_old_gill

Jeez joe brolly is just horrendous.

Won’t jet anyone else speak and most of his comments are just arse licking.

He doesn’t, nor can he, analyse the game as a singular match or the sport as a whole

galwaylad14

ArielAtom wrote: »

If you can’t see the footballing quality then you can’t. It whinging is not an answer.

Of course I see it. Dublin are brilliant and were awesome today.

But it’s not enjoyable. Today was a semi final and it was yet another turkey shoot. I don’t enjoy that, I enjoy competitive sport where one team isn’t at a huge, huge advantage over everyone else.

It’s the equivalent to dropping Man City into the league of Ireland and telling people they have to enjoy it because City are playing great football.

ArielAtom

fergus1001 wrote: »

I'm bored can we go back to a competitive championship now ?

Yes, as some other poster said, throw
Dublin out of champo, they are simply in a different class. It’s simple really.

The_Honeybadger

Brilliantly second half from Dublin. Mayo are a good bit off their level from earlier in the decade but the Dublin performance was impressive nonetheless.

They won’t be stopped now. If Tyrone were going to beat them they’d have done it by now. Kerry could make it interesting but ultimately they don’t have the man markers or defensive system to deal with O’Callaghan and Mannion over the course of a full game.

If it’s another Dublin v Tyrone final I actually may not even bother watching and just catch highlights on TSG. I never ever thought I’d say something like that about our football final.

ArielAtom

galwaylad14 wrote: »

Of course I see it. Dublin are brilliant and were awesome today.

But it’s not enjoyable. Today was a semi final and it was yet another turkey shoot. I don’t enjoy that, I enjoy competitive sport where one team isn’t at a huge, huge advantage over everyone else.

It’s the equivalent to dropping Man City into the league of Ireland and telling people they have to enjoy it because City are playing great football.

At half time every pundit was saying how Mayo were bossing Dublin, competitive???

Lucy8080

namloc1980 wrote: »

Mayo got smashed by Kerry and Dublin this year. In reality they are well below the required level despite the hype they get.

This. Mayo did well to pull a performance out of the bag against Donegal last week . I still think Donegal are a better team this year than Mayo. Mayo put in a good shift in the first half today , but, other than that, they have been underwhelming compared to previous years.

I think both Kerry and Tyrone would have put them away today without too much
fuss.

Strumms

STB. wrote: »

I'm sure your refusal to read the warnings will be dealt with by the mod, who only posted a reminder for before you.


Time for other teams to up THEIR standard of football and STOP whinging like green eyes monsters.


Dublin showed how to play football today. They never panicked. Total skill and fitness. Nothing more.


Good evening!

Previous Dublin teams panicked and wilted when teams put in a bit of a comeback against them... now it’s almost they have this ‘ride it out and regroup’ mentality, put in a bit of head down hit em hard defense and go again. They have in addition to ability the mental attributes. Great team.

Mike Guide 69

ArielAtom wrote: »

Yes, as some other poster said, throw
Dublin out of champo, they are simply in a different class. It’s simple really.

The gulf in class is getting bigger and bigger,this Dublin team could go on and win another 5 All Ireland’s, the wider issue is what are other teams trying to do and catch up..

shrewdness

Strabanimal wrote: »

Dublin did well this year vs us in the league THIS year ye! We were down to 14 men for 20nins and knocked you out of potentially winning the league .

Dubs didn't give a shyte about winning the league this year, especially when it was full of rules which didn't carry through to the championship. 2019 was all about the 5 in a row.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

The gulf in class is getting bigger and bigger,this Dublin team could go on and win another 5 All Ireland’s, the wider issue is what are other teams trying to do and catch up..

Nobody will catch up. They haven't a hope.

Strabanimal

The_Honeybadger wrote: »

If Tyrone were going to beat them they’d have done it by now.

They did. This year to knock them out of winning the league.

This year they have forwards. Cathal McShane probably the best in the country

keane2097

A brilliant, brilliant Dublin team. Hats off to Mayo for dying with the boots on.

francie81

Kerry/Donegal was the All-Ireland Final, was soo lost in this I didn’t even think of the Dublimachine.

Brego888

keane2097 wrote: »

A brilliant, brilliant Dublin team. Hats off to Mayo for dying with the boots on.

Did they? They scored 2 points in the 2nd half.

Say Your Number

gaffer91 wrote: »

A bit mad that one team gets home advantage (or de facto home advantage) for the semi- final and final. I know that's the way it's historically been done but it's crazy when you think about it. Especially when that same team has a load of other advantages on every other county.

From 1984 to 2010 it didn't make a whole lot of difference, if I was a player in a county that had a chance of beating Dublin, Croke Park is where I would want to play them.