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Post by ballhopper34 on Feb 6, 2017 16:54:46 GMT
I think the Proboards members should meet up at games and the league presents a great opportunity as they are all over the country. I know he will kill me but I propose Seoirse Ui Duic as the organiser - as a tour guide he is a good at that. How many here are in The Supporters Club thingy? That's the place to be for travel and so on. I'm not a member by the way as I'm "out foreign".
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Post by Ballyfireside on Feb 6, 2017 17:27:41 GMT
I think the Proboards members should meet up at games and the league presents a great opportunity as they are all over the country. I know he will kill me but I propose Seoirse Ui Duic as the organiser - as a tour guide he is a good at that. How many here are in The Supporters Club thingy? That's the place to be for travel and so on. I'm not a member by the way as I'm "out foreign". Yip, they take 1 or 2 busses to each game and they overnight for longer journeys. While there would be dual members with Proboards, and with no disrespect I'd say they might have an older average age, maybe les inclined to go on PCs etc bar silvers surfers. Ah maybe we can get 'em on smart phones as their input might be more expert than youngsters and they would have great comparisons with days gone by. As an in-betweener I can see how it would work and it would a bit more healthy to know the faces behind the names while also adding to the support as more people would be attracted to both Proboards and Supporters Club.
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Post by thebluepanther on Feb 7, 2017 0:27:30 GMT
I noticed Dublin seemed to be doing a lot of high ball into the full forward line yesterday, which I wouldn't really associate with them too much as a tactic. Worth keeping an eye on. I think two speculative balls were lofted into O Gara when he came on near the end that was about it. We played a running game James mc Carthy bursting through with Jack mc , Scully and Kilkenny doing a lot of link up play , Fenton and MDMC breaking down balls from midfield . In truth we kicked a lot of wides in second half which had the scoreboard not looking too bad for Cavan. Cavan played with 13 behind the ball for most of the game, but to be fair kicked a few nice scores and for the first 20 mins it was close enough game. But we were patient played a bit of keep ball and eventually pulled away . Amazingly Cavan crowd at times were getting agitated with their own players for not kicking the ball upfield quick enough. Not realising everytime they done that , the ball came back at them quicker and from more dangerous angles. Saturday should be an interesting game with Tyrone. Previous meetings in league have been close. Kerry looked good on Sunday , If Geaney and JOD stayed fit ye will put up a big scores against a few teams, Will be interesting if Mayo are stung into action after the Monaghan result. Although i can only see a Kerry win. The league this year I think will be taken very seriously by Fitzmaurice.
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Post by kerrygold on Feb 7, 2017 8:52:37 GMT
I noticed Dublin seemed to be doing a lot of high ball into the full forward line yesterday, which I wouldn't really associate with them too much as a tactic. Worth keeping an eye on. I think two speculative balls were lofted into O Gara when he came on near the end that was about it. We played a running game James mc Carthy bursting through with Jack mc , Scully and Kilkenny doing a lot of link up play , Fenton and MDMC breaking down balls from midfield . In truth we kicked a lot of wides in second half which had the scoreboard not looking too bad for Cavan. Cavan played with 13 behind the ball for most of the game, but to be fair kicked a few nice scores and for the first 20 mins it was close enough game. But we were patient played a bit of keep ball and eventually pulled away . Amazingly Cavan crowd at times were getting agitated with their own players for not kicking the ball upfield quick enough. Not realising everytime they done that , the ball came back at them quicker and from more dangerous angles. Saturday should be an interesting game with Tyrone. Previous meetings in league have been close. Kerry looked good on Sunday , If Geaney and JOD stayed fit ye will put up a big scores against a few teams, Will be interesting if Mayo are stung into action after the Monaghan result. Although i can only see a Kerry win. The league this year I think will be taken very seriously by Fitzmaurice. How did Jack McCaffrey get on, just slotted back in naturally I would think?
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Post by givehimaball on Feb 7, 2017 14:11:18 GMT
How did Jack McCaffrey get on, just slotted back in naturally I would think? Looked like he was never away from what I saw on the box.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Feb 7, 2017 15:15:40 GMT
I was watching the game Saturday night and had to laugh at the fella who decided to get involved in the dust up. I don't think it was our rotund friend from Limerick, although there are rumours of this lads posing for photos in Supermacs in Castlebar on Saturday night. He is a real Mayo celebrity by now and all Mayo supporters recognising him seem to want to have their picture taken with him. Don't think that's him though.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Feb 7, 2017 15:17:12 GMT
How did Jack McCaffrey get on, just slotted back in naturally I would think? Looked like he was never away from what I saw on the box. Seems fresher and even better from what I saw on the telly. Shiing with the college as well. Some others here might know more about how he does with the club.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Feb 7, 2017 15:31:57 GMT
I think the Proboards members should meet up at games and the league presents a great opportunity as they are all over the country. I know he will kill me but I propose Seoirse Ui Duic as the organiser - as a tour guide he is a good at that. How many here are in The Supporters Club thingy? That's the place to be for travel and so on. I'm not a member by the way as I'm "out foreign". There are several companies organising buses to games. The supporters club always travel and long trips usually will be overnight trips. I travelled with O'Shea's myself this weekend as I couldn't afford an overnight trip for several reasons. Mostly the girlfriend not wanting me to stay away all weekend and spending the household budget on hotels, food and drink. Kennedy's had two coaches there and usually make sure the people from the west make it to games (a lot of the people on O'Shea's seem to be North Kerry). From experience I know most on the buses will either read the forum regularly or be contributors. Some agree with each other and some don't. I like meeting up with people and in the past have toyed with ideas to make travel easier for those outside Kerry as well. I used to travel from Newtonwnards and I know several forum members are in the north as well. I later traveled from Carrigaline and know for a fact that many forum members live in or around Cork. The Kerry association in Dublin often arrange buses as well. I'm still convinced that more could be done, but also think that would be a job for the supporters club, many of their members being on the forum as well. With some supporters not wanting to drive long distances or not being able to I think it would be good to have a platform where we can have supporters make their intentions to travel known and arrange buses. Some supporters are a bit older and don't want to drive from Cahirciveen to Letterkenny, but also don't have a bus going from their area. I'm convinced that if a bus would go from Cork to Kiltoom we could get it filled. I'm also convinced that I could arrange a coach company to pick them up in Cork and bring them to Kiltoom and back for a reasonable price (certainly a lot less than public transport). I would not mind arranging it if there seems be to be enough interest. I also think it would be good to meet up with other board members and I have met quite a few here already. Even more seem to know who I am or recognise me rather than the other way round. Others would like to stay private and have a lot less interest in meeting others from the board or would like to stay anonymous.
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Post by smokey on Feb 7, 2017 20:07:02 GMT
Was Cathal McCarron playing for Tyrone last weekend? After listening to him on Newstalk a whileback it sounded like he hasn't sorted out his demons yet.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Feb 7, 2017 20:10:23 GMT
He was playing indeed. Not the ideal role model
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Post by thebluepanther on Feb 7, 2017 23:16:40 GMT
I think two speculative balls were lofted into O Gara when he came on near the end that was about it. We played a running game James mc Carthy bursting through with Jack mc , Scully and Kilkenny doing a lot of link up play , Fenton and MDMC breaking down balls from midfield . In truth we kicked a lot of wides in second half which had the scoreboard not looking too bad for Cavan. Cavan played with 13 behind the ball for most of the game, but to be fair kicked a few nice scores and for the first 20 mins it was close enough game. But we were patient played a bit of keep ball and eventually pulled away . Amazingly Cavan crowd at times were getting agitated with their own players for not kicking the ball upfield quick enough. Not realising everytime they done that , the ball came back at them quicker and from more dangerous angles. Saturday should be an interesting game with Tyrone. Previous meetings in league have been close. Kerry looked good on Sunday , If Geaney and JOD stayed fit ye will put up a big scores against a few teams, Will be interesting if Mayo are stung into action after the Monaghan result. Although i can only see a Kerry win. The league this year I think will be taken very seriously by Fitzmaurice. How did Jack McCaffrey get on, just slotted back in naturally I would think? He played very well. He is naturally fit and young so the break has done him no harm. We were at the game very early . He came out onto the pitch doing a bit of light running and streching and going back into changing room had the look of a guy about to make his first start for his county with a point to prove. , He has been away for a year and knows that getting no 7 jersey back mightnt be that straight forward. . I don't believe John Small will be dropped, so we might have a little bit of musical chairs going on for a few games. Till the right place for him is found. But it's a nice headache for Gavin , where Jack coming back brings an extra freshness to the squad .
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Post by Mickmack on Feb 7, 2017 23:35:50 GMT
I read somewhere that in 2015 Dublin scored twice as many goals than they did in 2016. And Jack was involved in most of the goals in 2015.
Small was the find of 2016. Fenton was the find of 2015.
Costello may step up in 2017. McCarthy looks in rude health again.
Dublin are as good as in the 2017 all Ireland final assuming Kerry and mayo win their provinces.
All very disconcerting really.
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Post by kot on Feb 8, 2017 11:15:04 GMT
How did Jack McCaffrey get on, just slotted back in naturally I would think? He played very well. He is naturally fit and young so the break has done him no harm. We were at the game very early . He came out onto the pitch doing a bit of light running and streching and going back into changing room had the look of a guy about to make his first start for his county with a point to prove. , He has been away for a year and knows that getting no 7 jersey back mightnt be that straight forward. . I don't believe John Small will be dropped, so we might have a little bit of musical chairs going on for a few games. Till the right place for him is found. But it's a nice headache for Gavin , where Jack coming back brings an extra freshness to the squad . Will they not just shift Cian O'Sullivan into partner Fenton and then have a half back line of McCarthy, McCaffrey & Small?
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Post by thebluepanther on Feb 8, 2017 22:44:35 GMT
He played very well. He is naturally fit and young so the break has done him no harm. We were at the game very early . He came out onto the pitch doing a bit of light running and streching and going back into changing room had the look of a guy about to make his first start for his county with a point to prove. , He has been away for a year and knows that getting no 7 jersey back mightnt be that straight forward. . I don't believe John Small will be dropped, so we might have a little bit of musical chairs going on for a few games. Till the right place for him is found. But it's a nice headache for Gavin , where Jack coming back brings an extra freshness to the squad . Will they not just shift Cian O'Sullivan into partner Fenton and then have a half back line of McCarthy, McCaffrey & Small? Mdmc form this year could decide where other players are picked. If he is playing well himself and Fenton will probably start in midfield. If his form is poor Paul Flynn might step in again like the AllIreland final or Cian might start in the middle. For me positions arent as critical as they used to be .Jack mc Caffrey might start as a half back or equally could be named as a half forward and then drop back. . Personally Id prefer Cian around the back line . In the half back line Jack offers us a goal threat everytime he steps onto the pitch, his pace draws players to him freeing up other players. but John Small is a better defender and wins us a lot of frees when he attacks. Another scenario could see Mick Fitz or Davy Byrne losing out in a big game and John Small or Cian dropping into the full back line. Realistically it's about getting it right for possibly 3 games in a year and again they come around which will probably be August loss of form or injuries might dictate who starts and who doesn't.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 23:50:27 GMT
They have the best squad again this year no doubt. McCaffrey is a big bonus this year. I think Fitzsimons will surely start this year along with Cooper and McMahon in the full back line. McCarthy Cian Sullivan and McCaffrey I think anyway. Small will lose out but a great sub to have. Lowndes Daly and Byrne are good subs also. MacAuley went back a bit last year so it will be interesting how he goes this year and how Gavin picks the team. What's the story with that Shane Carthy ? Is he injured ?. Flynn will be under pressure this year to keep his place. Costello and this new guy Scully will be looking at his position. McManamon and Kilkenny will make up the half forwards. The full forward line will be interesting. Rock will start you have Andrews Mannion Brogan young O'Callaghan and O'Gara going for two spots. Nice to have options.
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Post by kerrygold on Feb 9, 2017 9:17:40 GMT
How did Jack McCaffrey get on, just slotted back in naturally I would think? He played very well. He is naturally fit and young so the break has done him no harm. We were at the game very early . He came out onto the pitch doing a bit of light running and streching and going back into changing room had the look of a guy about to make his first start for his county with a point to prove. , He has been away for a year and knows that getting no 7 jersey back mightnt be that straight forward. . I don't believe John Small will be dropped, so we might have a little bit of musical chairs going on for a few games. Till the right place for him is found. But it's a nice headache for Gavin , where Jack coming back brings an extra freshness to the squad . He is probably too natural a footballer not to get a starting place on the team.
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Post by sullyschoice on Feb 9, 2017 9:48:26 GMT
Looked like he was never away from what I saw on the box. Seems fresher and even better from what I saw on the telly. Shiing with the college as well. Some others here might know more about how he does with the club. He does very well with the club. Promoted from Division three to Division one in last two years. First time in Div 1 for 22 years. Unfortunately Jack will be missing for some league matches due to county committment. He was available for most games last when he came back from Africa.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Feb 9, 2017 11:07:00 GMT
Seems fresher and even better from what I saw on the telly. Shiing with the college as well. Some others here might know more about how he does with the club. He does very well with the club. Promoted from Division three to Division one in last two years. First time in Div 1 for 22 years. Unfortunately Jack will be missing for some league matches due to county committment. He was available for most games last when he came back from Africa. Clontarf is sports mad; particularly GAA and rugby.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Feb 9, 2017 13:01:30 GMT
He does very well with the club. Promoted from Division three to Division one in last two years. First time in Div 1 for 22 years. Unfortunately Jack will be missing for some league matches due to county committment. He was available for most games last when he came back from Africa. Clontarf is sports mad; particularly GAA and rugby. St.Vincents would have a good few players from the Clontarf area aswell as the Clontarf club- Scoil Ui Chonaill are based around there too. Clontarf have won 2 of the last 3 AIL titles while theres actually a decent sized cricket playing population in the area also
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Feb 9, 2017 13:12:46 GMT
Seems fresher and even better from what I saw on the telly. Shiing with the college as well. Some others here might know more about how he does with the club. He does very well with the club. Promoted from Division three to Division one in last two years. First time in Div 1 for 22 years. Unfortunately Jack will be missing for some league matches due to county committment. He was available for most games last when he came back from Africa. That's what I thought. Serious player. I remember only too well how we were discussing him only a few years ago when they did trials and he was the fastest of them all. Since then he has added other skills to that speed. Other people in Dublin tell me about the amount of training he put himself through to become a better footballer. Seriously committed when playing with the club and college. We might think he wasn't a big loss when he wasn't there with the Dubs, but Dublin were a lot poorer without him. They have their best players back now making them even harder to beat. Kerry came close though in the last few years. Kerry were the last team to beat Dublin before their unequaled unbeaten run in league and championship and since then Kerry has been the only team that has come even close to beating them. This year Kerry seem to be stronger as the young talent comes through. Football is again changing and so far the mark seems to be quite a good thing. All teams in Ireland now know how to deploy their own mass defence, even the Dubs put 14 behind the ball at times despite some of their supporters screaming they are the only ones playing real football, and it has become clear that just having 14 men behind the ball is not a winning tactic. Football seems to become more open again and that should benefit Kerry. Dublin are still the benchmark, but teams no longer seem to fear them as much. Like the golden years team it becomes harder and harder to convince others of their invincibility. The longer the Dubs go unbeaten the bigger the pressure on them. Dublin will be looking to become the first three in a row team since Kerry in 1986 and only third Dublin team to get a three in a row. They haven't done so since 1923. It would also make this Dublin team the most successful Dublin team ever. It's also more pressure on them. Dublin cruised to victory over Cavan even though Cavan really put it up to them. Cavan did everything right in that match, but winning. Dublin could even afford to bring on Costello and O'Gara as subs and blooded their newcomers like Scully, Basquel and Reddin. With a freetaker like Rock it is impossible to stop Dublin it seems. Cavan tried stopping Dublin and it just resulted in frees for Rock to score. Again it was towards the end that Dublin build on their lead and I believe that if any team can be ahead after 50 minutes and hold onto that lead they can defeat the Dubs. I'm not a big fan of Tyrone, but I think they are the team that can beat Dublin this weekend. They know like no other team how to build defensive structures and how to get under Dublin's skin. They also have some excellent firepower. If Tyrone do beat the Dubs it will make Dublin seem vulnerable and more teams will get the believe they can beat them. Given Kerry play the Dubs at home I think we have a good chance of beating them and laying down a marker for the season ahead.
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Post by Mickmack on Feb 9, 2017 15:31:06 GMT
He does very well with the club. Promoted from Division three to Division one in last two years. First time in Div 1 for 22 years. Unfortunately Jack will be missing for some league matches due to county committment. He was available for most games last when he came back from Africa. That's what I thought. Serious player. I remember only too well how we were discussing him only a few years ago when they did trials and he was the fastest of them all. Since then he has added other skills to that speed. Other people in Dublin tell me about the amount of training he put himself through to become a better footballer. Seriously committed when playing with the club and college. We might think he wasn't a big loss when he wasn't there with the Dubs, but Dublin were a lot poorer without him. They have their best players back now making them even harder to beat. Kerry came close though in the last few years. Kerry were the last team to beat Dublin before their unequaled unbeaten run in league and championship and since then Kerry has been the only team that has come even close to beating them. This year Kerry seem to be stronger as the young talent comes through. Football is again changing and so far the mark seems to be quite a good thing. All teams in Ireland now know how to deploy their own mass defence, even the Dubs put 14 behind the ball at times despite some of their supporters screaming they are the only ones playing real football, and it has become clear that just having 14 men behind the ball is not a winning tactic. Football seems to become more open again and that should benefit Kerry. Dublin are still the benchmark, but teams no longer seem to fear them as much. Like the golden years team it becomes harder and harder to convince others of their invincibility. The longer the Dubs go unbeaten the bigger the pressure on them. Dublin will be looking to become the first three in a row team since Kerry in 1986 and only third Dublin team to get a three in a row. They haven't done so since 1923. It would also make this Dublin team the most successful Dublin team ever. It's also more pressure on them. Dublin cruised to victory over Cavan even though Cavan really put it up to them. Cavan did everything right in that match, but winning. Dublin could even afford to bring on Costello and O'Gara as subs and blooded their newcomers like Scully, Basquel and Reddin. With a freetaker like Rock it is impossible to stop Dublin it seems. Cavan tried stopping Dublin and it just resulted in frees for Rock to score. Again it was towards the end that Dublin build on their lead and I believe that if any team can be ahead after 50 minutes and hold onto that lead they can defeat the Dubs. I'm not a big fan of Tyrone, but I think they are the team that can beat Dublin this weekend. They know like no other team how to build defensive structures and how to get under Dublin's skin. They also have some excellent firepower. If Tyrone do beat the Dubs it will make Dublin seem vulnerable and more teams will get the believe they can beat them. Given Kerry play the Dubs at home I think we have a good chance of beating them and laying down a marker for the season ahead. Seoirse. How can you say that Kerry are the only side that have come even close to beating Dublin. Donegal did. Mayo did. Mayo drew twice with them. Kerry hhaven't beaten Dublin or drawn with them since 2009. I am talking championship...
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Feb 9, 2017 15:37:36 GMT
That's what I thought. Serious player. I remember only too well how we were discussing him only a few years ago when they did trials and he was the fastest of them all. Since then he has added other skills to that speed. Other people in Dublin tell me about the amount of training he put himself through to become a better footballer. Seriously committed when playing with the club and college. We might think he wasn't a big loss when he wasn't there with the Dubs, but Dublin were a lot poorer without him. They have their best players back now making them even harder to beat. Kerry came close though in the last few years. Kerry were the last team to beat Dublin before their unequaled unbeaten run in league and championship and since then Kerry has been the only team that has come even close to beating them. This year Kerry seem to be stronger as the young talent comes through. Football is again changing and so far the mark seems to be quite a good thing. All teams in Ireland now know how to deploy their own mass defence, even the Dubs put 14 behind the ball at times despite some of their supporters screaming they are the only ones playing real football, and it has become clear that just having 14 men behind the ball is not a winning tactic. Football seems to become more open again and that should benefit Kerry. Dublin are still the benchmark, but teams no longer seem to fear them as much. Like the golden years team it becomes harder and harder to convince others of their invincibility. The longer the Dubs go unbeaten the bigger the pressure on them. Dublin will be looking to become the first three in a row team since Kerry in 1986 and only third Dublin team to get a three in a row. They haven't done so since 1923. It would also make this Dublin team the most successful Dublin team ever. It's also more pressure on them. Dublin cruised to victory over Cavan even though Cavan really put it up to them. Cavan did everything right in that match, but winning. Dublin could even afford to bring on Costello and O'Gara as subs and blooded their newcomers like Scully, Basquel and Reddin. With a freetaker like Rock it is impossible to stop Dublin it seems. Cavan tried stopping Dublin and it just resulted in frees for Rock to score. Again it was towards the end that Dublin build on their lead and I believe that if any team can be ahead after 50 minutes and hold onto that lead they can defeat the Dubs. I'm not a big fan of Tyrone, but I think they are the team that can beat Dublin this weekend. They know like no other team how to build defensive structures and how to get under Dublin's skin. They also have some excellent firepower. If Tyrone do beat the Dubs it will make Dublin seem vulnerable and more teams will get the believe they can beat them. Given Kerry play the Dubs at home I think we have a good chance of beating them and laying down a marker for the season ahead. Seoirse. How can you say that Kerry are the only side that have come even close to beating Dublin. Donegal did. Mayo did. Mayo drew twice with them. Kerry haven't beaten Dublin or drawn with them since 2009. I am talking championship... Donegal were the last to beat them in the championship indeed. Kerry were the last to beat them in all matches league and championship, but haven't beaten them in the championship since 2009. Mayo drew with Dublin in the final, but I'm still convinced that was a Dublin team that not played to their abilities that day. Mayo did come close to beating them, but by the same logic than Kerry did as well in the semi final. Looking at both finals though I don't see Mayo causing Dublin the same troubles Kerry did last year. The semi final was a game between Dublin peaking and Kerry peaking. It was much closer than the final score suggests. Mayo got a draw and only lost by a point in the replay but that wasn't Dublin at its best. Likewise Donegal outfoxed Dublin in 2014 in a way they didn't expect.
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Post by buck02 on Feb 9, 2017 18:41:12 GMT
After getting no game last weekend I see David Gough has been relegated to reffing a Division 3 league game this weekend.
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Post by southward on Feb 9, 2017 22:06:04 GMT
After getting no game last weekend I see David Gough has been relegated to reffing a Division 3 league game this weekend. Hopefully that form continues through to the championship. Or he at least stays away from us at any rate.
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Post by ballybunion on Feb 9, 2017 23:10:15 GMT
Gough is now the new chairman of the Dublin Primary school board (Cumann na mBunscol Dublin).Though a Meathman that is just about as close as he can get to becoming a Dublin GAA man.He is really immersed deeply in Dublin GAA between club and schools.
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Post by thebluepanther on Feb 9, 2017 23:16:00 GMT
I read somewhere that in 2015 Dublin scored twice as many goals than they did in 2016. And Jack was involved in most of the goals in 2015. Small was the find of 2016. Fenton was the find of 2015. Costello may step up in 2017. McCarthy looks in rude health again. Dublin are as good as in the 2017 all Ireland final assuming Kerry and mayo win their provinces. All very disconcerting really. 2014 we met an Ulster team in the semifinal, when we were deemed unbeatable and we know what happened, For Dublin there will be a bit of freedom in team selections up to the Leinster final and then it will be one game at a time with tactics to suit each game .
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Post by sullyschoice on Feb 9, 2017 23:18:46 GMT
Gough teaches in Dublin though
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Post by sullyschoice on Feb 9, 2017 23:22:29 GMT
Clontarf is sports mad; particularly GAA and rugby. St.Vincents would have a good few players from the Clontarf area aswell as the Clontarf club- Scoil Ui Chonaill are based around there too. Clontarf have won 2 of the last 3 AIL titles while theres actually a decent sized cricket playing population in the area also Thats where I honed my cricketing skills, on the billiard table surface of Castle Avenue. The cricket club and rugby club share the same clubhouse.
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Post by sullyschoice on Feb 9, 2017 23:43:24 GMT
He does very well with the club. Promoted from Division three to Division one in last two years. First time in Div 1 for 22 years. Unfortunately Jack will be missing for some league matches due to county committment. He was available for most games last when he came back from Africa. Clontarf is sports mad; particularly GAA and rugby. We are spoiled for choice in Clontarf. Rugby is big and always was (not with me). Cricket is popular but still a bit niche (love it). There is a very strong tennis culb. Soccer is a shambles of a club but still gets lots of lads playing. The GAA club is on a big upward spiral. We have 1400 juvenile members alone. Over 400 kids attend our nursery on a saturday morning. Last year our seniors got promoted to Division 1. Our minors won the Division 1 league and Championship. We have 7 girls on the Dublin Ladies Minor panel, out of 30. There has been a huge emphasis in the last three years on strength and conditioning and it has really paid off. We were always seen as push overs...not any more. The boys and girls national schools have won all around them in the last few years. There has been huge success in hurling too. Jack Mc Caffery was actually able to win a junior championship with the hurlers because he wasn't attached to the Dubs squad. And our Lotto jackpot has just reached €17,000. You can sign up online at Clontarfgaa.com 😉 We will be ok once Tadhg Kennelly doesnt start hanging around Dublin 3.
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Post by Mickmack on Feb 9, 2017 23:49:17 GMT
Is Dave coldrick a member. The last I heard, he was living in clontarf
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