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Dublin GAA Discussion Thread: Mod Note - No 'Dublin Dominance' chat allowed!

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    #3872
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 25,428 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Not enough speed, we are too slow and deliberate.



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    #3873
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551462#Comment_118551462

    Not at all but what rules is he playing the game under?

    He's rightly called a few dublin players for fouls and pulling arms. Yet he has a completely different interpretation the other way. I counted at least three occasions were our players were "held up in the tackle", that's grand for rugby but is 100% a free in this code.

    There's also the yellow for the swinging arm to Smalls head in the first minutes. I've seen lads get the line for tackles like that.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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    #3874
    Jizique
    Registered Users Posts: 1,898 ✭✭✭Jizique


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551500#Comment_118551500

    Held up in the tackle or surrounded and holding onto the ball? Caught in possession? As Colm said, Dublin are taking the ball into the tackle



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    #3875
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551482#Comment_118551482

    Not sure if speed is the issue but it is very deliberate. One a good few occassions we've had the opportunity to get quick ball in yet the players have stopped and passed back. It's 100% a tactic and it's killing us.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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    #3876
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 25,428 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Precisely, but that doesn’t suit the narrative.. swinging arm was a card at the very least, red territory but no sanction…?



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    #3877
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551506#Comment_118551506

    Yeah but you can't wrap your arms around the player with the ball like Armagh are doing. That's a free all day every day.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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    #3878
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551512#Comment_118551512

    If Small was the aggressor I think it would have been a different outcome.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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    #3879
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 26,095 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551506#Comment_118551506

    You get a lot of this in hurling and football. Technically it's a free against the player with the ball for charging but never gets called and often if a free is given its in the ball carriers favour



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    #3880
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551542#Comment_118551542

    It's only charging if you run straight at the defender. You have zero obligation to try run around their outstretched arms as well. If they grab or impede you with their arms it's a free.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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    #3881
    Xander10
    Registered Users Posts: 4,978 ✭✭✭Xander10



    only switched on. Is this a team in terminal decline. Not sure Dessie is the man.



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    #3882
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    That's an outrageous free to give. Talk about a gimme.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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    #3883
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551562#Comment_118551562

    Still the bones of a very good team here. Dessie's tactics are pure puke though.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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    #3884
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 26,095 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551553#Comment_118551553

    To me it looks like they are playing for the free and I don't mean just Dublin



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    #3885
    Xander10
    Registered Users Posts: 4,978 ✭✭✭Xander10


    looks like Dublin from the bad old days with zero composure.


    Now, prove me wrong!



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    #3886
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users Posts: 12,169 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    Looks like a hammering. Glad I have some cans to ease the pain.😁



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    #3887
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    Why is Howard still playing in the half backs? That's another black mark for Dessie and his team.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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    #3888
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551594#Comment_118551594

    It's a bit of a balancing act alright and hard for refs to get right.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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    #3889
    MFPM
    Registered Users Posts: 3,467 ✭✭✭MFPM


    13 wides to 2...sums up Dublin up front. There's so much wrong with Dublin's game plan..



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    #3890
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    Dessie needs to go, it's that simple. He has us playing an awful brand of turgid shītė. Lads look they they don't know where they should be playing or don't look comfortable with how they are being asked to play. This is the exact same issues we seen last year and it looks like nothing was done. Getting beaten out the gate by a team playing 2 men in the forward line is an embarrassment.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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    #3891
    koutoubia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭koutoubia


    Fair play to Armagh. They wanted it,


    But thats the worst Dublin performance since The startled earwigs era.

    Looks like Dessie isnt up to the job as the team dont seem to have bought into whatever plan is in place.



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    #3892
    JustJoe7240
    Registered Users Posts: 1,471 ✭✭✭JustJoe7240


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551522#Comment_118551522

    Only an All Ireland winning manager.


    Someone trolling the dubs in Croker, Playing Glory days by Bruce on the P.A



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    #3893
    Xander10
    Registered Users Posts: 4,978 ✭✭✭Xander10


    there's a clear disconnect between Dessie and the players. Needs sorting asap.



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    #3894
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551734#Comment_118551734

    Ah Maurice is grand being honest. Far from the worst you'll get on RTE.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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    #3895
    rolling boh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,052 ✭✭✭rolling boh


    Slightly better second half but overall very poor never a fan of Dessie seems no lessons learnt from last year. Looks like a major rebuild and he is not the man for it imo .



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    #3896
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 25,428 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Dessie is far too one dimensional...never seems like a plan B anytime we get in trouble….takes more then subs, needs ideas and another tactical injection….

    we averaged one score about every 5 minutes… 14 scores in 70 plus minutes of football….on what was a good night for football…

    dublin backs were nowhere near aggressive in the tackle, and closing down, not enough urgency, intensity or putting themselves on the line in that second half… too much running after Armagh players after Armagh went through them…

    We allowed them play, too much possession, freedom, not enough intensity, bravery, stepping up…. Quite concerning..

    still, that fûcking useless ref too. Incompetent.



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    #3897
    Jizique
    Registered Users Posts: 1,898 ✭✭✭Jizique


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551734#Comment_118551734

    Could have been Dessie Dolan so be grateful for that



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    #3898
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 25,428 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Something that impressed me about Armagh.. they always had two or three players busting their böllocks to make a run to give the man with the ball options and to pick a pass….occupying and moving Dublin defenders too… Too often the likes of Fenton looked up and all he saw was marked players…. No options, get away from your markers, just static city.



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    #3899
    [Deleted User]
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    We’ve really regressed with the keep ball situation the last 2-3 years. It was a decent tactic when we’d MDMA and his basketball background in the middle and genuine pace with Jack & Mannion, and forwards who could kick long distance points.

    We now have none of them 3 things. It looks so easy to defend against. Teams retreat and defend en masse on the 45. What was one of our biggest weapons is now our biggest weakness as teams invite us forward, and break with pace and counter into the space.

    To be fair to Dessie, I don’t think any side could handle the amount of retirements and opt outs we’ve had. Now might be the time to back some youth, there’s a lot of mid 20 lads in and around the panel that just don’t look good enough and unlikely they’ll all be late bloomers.



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    #3900
    ArielAtom
    Registered Users Posts: 2,580 ✭✭✭ArielAtom


    Armagh full value for their victory, but if you are talking about the tackle on Basquel there were three tacklers, one who had his arms wrapped in true choke tackle tactic. If you can’t see that so be it.



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    #3901
    ArielAtom
    Registered Users Posts: 2,580 ✭✭✭ArielAtom


    The problem is when we were as aggressive we were punished with a free awarded against. Armagh must be up there as an AI fav after dishing that out to us.



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