All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 2020 Mayo v Dublin MOD NOTE POST #1

ebbsy

I'd say the amount of PS5 selling/raffle scams out there must be incredible.

dobman88

C__MC wrote: »

Kerry still probably the only team equipped to beat Dublin

I've seen this notion in a lot of places. From Kerry folk and non Kerry folk and I cant for the life of me figure out where its coming from.

Kerry couldnt get over a 14 man Dublin last year. Lost comprehensively in the replay. Needed a last second kick to draw in the following league match and the same Kerry team couldnt get over a pìss poor Cork team.

Absolutely nothing points to Kerry being able to beat Dublin and its complete nonsense to think so.

bucketybuck

It used to be that at the end of an All Ireland final one team would be ecstatic and the other would be utterly dejected.

Not so today. Certainly no tears in Croke park today, neither from the winners nor the losers. The winners had already done it multiple times and knew they would do it again, the losers knew they never really stood a chance.

And next year will be exactly the same. At the end of next years final the winners will be satisfied rather than joyous, and the pundits will be talking about how bringing on a couple of last years RTE team of the year helped take the game away from the opposition.

Hulk Hands

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Dublin are the best team in the country by a distance, but for long periods they were not allowed bring their A game. Experience from the likes of McCarthy, J Small and Kilkenny in the end told, however I think there is an opportunity to get at this Dublin team over the next couple of years

Not saying Dublin can't be got at but if anyone who thinks it's the team that faced them today that'll do it is deluded, a bunch of lads who've had there arses handed to them repeatedly at underage. Kerry got at them rightly last year and have the actual talent to challenge them

tobefrank321

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Well done Dublin.

Best team to ever grace a GAA pitch.

Not much to be said to Mayo fans, yer well used to the beatings now

Who let this child post?

dobman88

bucketybuck wrote: »

It used to be that at the end of an All Ireland final one team would be ecstatic and the other would be utterly dejected.

Not so today. Certainly no tears in Croke park today, neither from the winners nor the losers. The winners had already done it multiple times and knew they would do it again, the losers knew they never really stood a chance.

And next year will be exactly the same. At the end of next years final the winners will be satisfied rather than joyous, and the pundits will be talking about how bringing on a couple of last years RTE team of the year helped take the game away from the opposition.

Robbie McDaid interview tells a different story. Man was clearly emotional after winning his first all Ireland and had been crying

tobefrank321

Don't think Kerry would have done much better. They couldn't even get out of Munster.

breezy1985

Strumms wrote: »

You are a captain because you are a leader. Leaders lead by example, by doing, by setting standards, meeting them, raising the bar and demanding others follow suit.

Somebody who is a brilliant and passionate orator is not a leader... lead by doing not saying...

History is full of well spoken spoofers and maniacs who lead millions

Cluedo Monopoly

ClanofLams wrote: »

Kerry aren’t equipped to beat Dublin. 15 vs 15 they might be able to come close but Dublin bring on subs of equal ability as the starters whereas Kerry do not. Anyway, look forward to the same discussions next September when seven is done.

July

dobman88

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Don't think Kerry would have done much better. They couldn't even get out of Munster.

Exactly and lost by 6 last year. Everything would point to a bigger win for Dublin this year. Mayo staying within 5 points is actually a massive achievement

walshb

dobman88 wrote: »

Exactly and lost by 6 last year. Everything would point to a bigger win for Dublin this year. Mayo staying within 5 points is actually a massive achievement

And take away the very early goal..

2 points game!

tobefrank321

Here's my predictions for years 2021-2025. Dublin win Leinster finals by 20 point margins. They waltz through to AI finals which they wain in second gear. All very predictable at this stage.

dobman88

walshb wrote: »

And take away the very early goal..

2 points game!

Well that's a foolish way to look at it. Why would you take scores away from a team. Take away the 2nd goal too. Mayo win by 1. Means **** all

Ordinary man

Wonder did anyone check the pitch before they locked up to see if scully had finished rolling around?

DellyBelly

Slattsy wrote: »

At least it was better than the hurling final.

Was it really. I thought both finals were very poor. You'd worry about the game going forward.

namloc1980

Slattsy wrote: »

At least it was better than the hurling final.

Not much. Both finals were poor spectacles.

Ordinary man

Ordinary man wrote: »

Wonder did anyone check the pitch before they locked up to see if scully had finished rolling around?

He forgot there was no Christmas Panto this year :pac:

namloc1980

walshb wrote: »

And take away the very early goal..

2 points game!

Take away all the Dublin scores and Mayo actually destroyed them by 15 points.

gally74

Dublin won and are a very good team.

However the rolling around doesn't belong in GAA. Poor form. Good luck to them if that's what they want.

Hurling the winner today.

RoyalCelt

super_furry wrote: »

So what changes would you like to see made?

Dublin into the railway cup. There used to be 5 provinces in Ireland. The fifth has now returned.

RoyalCelt

kona wrote: »

Thanks for the bitterness , it balanced out the sweet sweet feeling of 6 in a row.

Next up first team to win 2 all irelands in 7 months!

747 !

Hopefully. The split grows ever nearer.

Sheep breeder

Strumms wrote: »

That’s an aspect of Dublin play that doesn’t often get mentioned...

Down to 14, they manage the ball and game so well... they have the intelligence to play low risk football...mind the ball. Just keep finding each other, simple passes.... that ability and want to work for each other....brilliant.

Agree this is where the game was won in the first 10 minutes of the second half, the first 4 minutes Dublin had 90 per cent of the ball and worked so cool together on the ball. The other thing that stood out was Dublin foot passing was so accurate between players and got them up the field a lot quicker than Mayo. Mayo struggled too much with Aidan o Shea wanting to play ever position and working the ball up the field and nobody inside to give it to. Why did mayo two midfielders not take the throw in at the start of the game.

Hammer Archer

All Dublin dominance discussion goes in the relevant thread. Discuss the game and any incidents only in this thread

RoyalCelt

revelino70 wrote: »

TBH, the refereeing in today's match and quite a few others feeds the whole dublin v country thing. Dublin often have lumps taken out of them with no penalty while Ger Canning and McStay ignore it. Dublins physicality is highlighted a lot more often than their hale and hearty country brethren. It's all part of the 'true Gael' bull**** that sees Dublin as being something less than Irish. You'll see it in hurling too...

It's almost racist!!!

Hulk Hands

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Don't think Kerry would have done much better. They couldn't even get out of Munster.

Yeah but they beat Mayo by 10 points last year, have won 5 minors in a row and have (apparent) talent that's lights years ahead in comparison. PUC against Cork this year was a freak occasion. Lest we forget they won the league prior

awaywithyou

Hulk Hands wrote: »

Yeah but they beat Mayo by 10 points last year, have won 5 minors in a row and have (apparent) talent that's lights years ahead in comparison. PUC against Cork this year was a freak occasion. Lest we forget they won the league prior

dublin would have destroyed kerry today

blanch152

Routine win for Dublin. Two goals were killer blows.

2-10 from play is difficult to beat in any match, even when a referee misses as much as today.

The young players for Mayo were good today. Unfortunately, there is a nasty culture within this Mayo team led by the O’Connor brothers and O’Shea, all could have seen black or red today. They dive, they cheat, they commit nasty fouls. It will keep them in a game, as it did today, but it is a culture that accepts inferiority, a losing culture. The Dublin team from 1995 to 2010 had a culture of playing nice football, but like the current Mayo culture, it wasn’t a winning culture.

kilns

I think the main difference between the teams is football intelligence and that comes with the confidence of winning. Mayo made some very very poor decisions today, how many poor decisions could you say Dublin made?

FinglasFollain

The rolling around is a given at this stage. No game it doesn’t happen in. O’Shea, Small and Scully all at it in different stages.

But then again, it’s what you have to do. Eg. O’Connors late tackle was barely even looked at by the referee, unless you make a lot of it you mightn’t get the decision.

piplip87

Dublin play the blanket defence like other team has. There possession based play while very is effective it's doing far more damage to the game than say the Donegal blanket. Jesus it's so boring to watch. Now saying that well done to Dublin an absolute phenomenal team and deserving champions.