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

I avoided results all day and watched the iar beo on tg4 what a bleeding game.

Over 10 minutes gone Dubs no score. Could hear Dub fan roaring in pure frustration on the telly. ‘Come on Dublin get in the f’ing game!’ ‘Commentators cracked up. But the Dub players must have heard the supporter!

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And how is it Dublin keep producing freetakers. Where would Dublin hurling be without Donal Burke? Coolness personified.

Footballers was the good, the bad and ugly. I think it was 17 minutes into the second half before they scored anything. Just lack. Scully annoys me at times. Just seems to switch off and gives no effort at spells during a game. One time today he lost the ball and just jogging when a sprint might have got the ball. It just seems like we’ve this won and I’ve not pushing myself. O hanlon on kick outs looked a bit what do I do if the kick isn’t on.

Just back home from Limerick I find it hard to judge performances in a low key match like today .Big difference obviously to the div 1 games so far from what I've seen. Second half was really poor in general and nothing new in thinking that we will be back in the pack fairly soon .Haven't seen anything so far to change my mind on a lot of the lads getting another shot at it but hopefully am proved well wrong .Only 3600 attended really lost in a ground like that even if we were all in the same stand .

I heard that loud shout from a Dubs fan alright. And the commentators laughing but once again i had no idea what they were saying. We all agree TG4 have done great work for the GAA and continue to do so but imo i just wish it was in English instead. I'm watching and listening to matches in TG4 for donkeys years and bar the odd word or saying i just don't understand it. And firget about pre match, half time or post match punditry not a scooby doo whats being said.

Sometimes it's the game live on TG4 with mute button and the sport live on the radio.

But you would think as players the lads would want to lay down a marker? A chance to let loose pressure free. Do it for the small band of Dub fans that travelled to the Gaelic Grounds etc.

I remember reading that Bernard Brogan Jr used to regularly drive by a tall crane. On top of it was Dublin flag. He said he used to think that is what it is all about. Made him work harder.

Its not that I would judge our season ahead on a match like today but I would look for some lads to push on especially as some of them today have had a few chances at this stage.At this point it seems we will have to rely on much the same as last year while hoping that Jack and Paul return to somewhere near their form plus a fully fit Con .If that did work out we would be in the mix for one more year but after that with a couple of the lads stepping down we will be firmly back in the pack for the next few years .

Limerick were fairly poor so its hard to judge the match the three away games will all offer a test each of them will have a couple of decent enough forwards that we can judge a bit more .

In Div 1 Kerry back to business today. Still the only team if hit top form i would worry about. Monaghan have done very well to be in Div 1 for so long with such a small population but their going down this year i feel.

Galway a home defeat to Roscommon and a possible bad injury to main man Comer. Bad day at office for them

Tyrone back to winning ways against a lacklustre Donegal.

Mayo the draw experts so far losing a late lead at Armagh.

We will be back in Div 1 next year hopefully as All Ireland Champions

Personally it doesn’t bother me language wise. The opposite in fact. I enjoy it more. Des Bishop basically embarrassed me into relearning Irish again in 08. I did Top up course etc.

To the extent I regularly go to ciorcal comhra’s for years now and pop up Gaeltacht’s - all levels of peoples Irish at them. Just speaking Irish casually in relaxed environment no judgement or pressure.

Gas thing is a lot of foreigners go with no baggage to Irish. French, Russians with high intermediate level spoken Irish, even yanks who are fluent.

Last week one I was at had a Ukrainian fella mad for learning Irish, sitting beside a Russian. Common interest = Irish!

Anyway commentators said at match the Dublin v Limerick match can understand the. Supporters passion etc.

Ironically at school we used to learn Irish by watching the minor matches on video.

There are only a set number of phrases they repeat after a while you pick them up. And gradually learn the others from context over time. Normally cliched phrases. Attacking/Defending/Possession/Sweeper/Determination/ Accuracy/Consistency etc

But if you don’t mute commentary you will pick it up the word for ‘wides’ are used a lot when Mayo play for example!

The gas thing is when an All Ireland is on I nearly prefer the commentary as Gaeilge on the RTE News Now Channel. Much better than listening to Ger Canning or Marty! TG4 commentary largely better than RTE in my opinion.

There's one large flaw in there Form. RTE news now channel looks like it's been recorded from a spud. I've seen better quality images from replays in the 90's.

I don't think Gilroy is back yet.

Agreed there no close ups wide lens only.

Couple of spares for Sunday going free to a good home.

PM if interested. Can't transfer via TM for some reason so so you'll need a printer and I'll email them.

Please only take them if you're definitely going.

Alternately, I can hand them over in a local pub of my choosing on the day and you can buy me a gargle 😁

Grand. If you PM me your email address I’ll send it on in the morning.

One more available.

Was at that one in the hill. An Antrim player after the game used him hurl as a fake gun and aimed it into the hill. 😂