Joe Brolly is a legend.
Gaa 2013
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Is Brolly drunk? Cooper on Cooper was equally as cynical as Kavanagh on the monaghan lad and yet he's bigging up the Dublin performance.
Kerry have been a cute little team for the last 2 decades, it's about time somebody called them out on it.
Mayo will take Dublin
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Now, what to do for the final.
As I've mentioned earlier in the thread, I'm currently in Bangalore, India, for a couple of months and will be here for the All Ireland final. My options are as follows:
(a) Stay in Bangalore, try to stream the game
(b) Fly home, go to game
The problems are as follows:
(a) - With this option, there is no guarantee I'll get to see the game at all. There are two "Irish bars" in Bangalore, neither of whom have ever heard of GAA. Therefore, I'f be relying on a stream for the game. I couldn't get one for the game today (ended up listening on the radio), so I downloaded an IP address blocker and paid a sub to use it - that didn't work either. Also, if Mayo win our first All Ireland in 62 years and I am celebrating alone in my apartment in Bangalore, i may just go mental.
(b) - The obvious problem with this one is that I'll need to pay about AU$1,200 for the flight, plus whatever for a weekend in Dublin. I'd also need to contend with parents being pissed off that I set foot on Irish soil for the first time in over a year and I don't even make it to Mayo to visit (I'd need to fly in the Saturday morning and leave ASAP for work in India).
So what say you, the caftard gaels? Is it worth shelling out for the trip home?
As I've mentioned earlier in the thread, I'm currently in Bangalore, India, for a couple of months and will be here for the All Ireland final. My options are as follows:
(a) Stay in Bangalore, try to stream the game
(b) Fly home, go to game
The problems are as follows:
(a) - With this option, there is no guarantee I'll get to see the game at all. There are two "Irish bars" in Bangalore, neither of whom have ever heard of GAA. Therefore, I'f be relying on a stream for the game. I couldn't get one for the game today (ended up listening on the radio), so I downloaded an IP address blocker and paid a sub to use it - that didn't work either. Also, if Mayo win our first All Ireland in 62 years and I am celebrating alone in my apartment in Bangalore, i may just go mental.
(b) - The obvious problem with this one is that I'll need to pay about AU$1,200 for the flight, plus whatever for a weekend in Dublin. I'd also need to contend with parents being pissed off that I set foot on Irish soil for the first time in over a year and I don't even make it to Mayo to visit (I'd need to fly in the Saturday morning and leave ASAP for work in India).
So what say you, the caftard gaels? Is it worth shelling out for the trip home?
You only think that because you have seen so much of a fantastic team. They have been cute yes but today that game alone was fantastic. This was not the game, time or place to try and call out Kerry for cynicsm. They lost a game full of pace and skill. There were a few incidents which Dublin got the rub of the green in but as a whole it was a super game and that is what should be commented on.
For your first title in 60 years? Yes!
Bugs me when the Semi's are played in Croke Park, in front of a majority Dublin audience. Strikes of blatant favouritism.
And if Dublin do a Kerry on us and the game is over 10 minutes in? What then?
Best Mayo team I've seen in ages against the most attacking Dublin team I've seen in years. I think you should come home for what could be one of the best finals ever. Are you gauranteed tickets?
Burn em. Burn em all!!
Definitely and it shows. I mean just look at the last 20 years and the amount of all Irelands Dublin have one due to this obvious advantage........oh wait
Tickets shouldn't be a problem. It's the cost of it. Plus the fact that I'd be on a flight back to India at 6am on the Monday morning, there wouldn't be much time for celebrations if we did win.
I think I'm talking myself out of it to be honest. I should have another couple of beers before I close out of skyscanner and let the beer decide.
I think I'm talking myself out of it to be honest. I should have another couple of beers before I close out of skyscanner and let the beer decide.
Won't happen. The football (at the mo) is more clearcut than the hurling. I reckon Mayo will do it.
Hurling is nearly impossible to call for me. Keep leaning either way depending on my mood. I agree about the football though. Mayo have looked very strong all year and strong at the back. Dublin were very exposed today by kerry and Mayo will like what they saw.
Yeah, because they had 20 years of hype and not a lot of quality.
Gun to my head, I'd say Clare by 3 and Mayo by 6.
Firstly
Firstly, it wasn't, but that is debatable; but what isn't is the fact that it was one of a few blots on a superb football ethic. The Cavanagh foul, as was said here on the day, epitomised to a degree what Tyrone were about and that's why people focused on it.
Firstly, it wasn't, but that is debatable; but what isn't is the fact that it was one of a few blots on a superb football ethic. The Cavanagh foul, as was said here on the day, epitomised to a degree what Tyrone were about and that's why people focused on it.
What is your point? Any player who plays hurling or football wants to play at Croke Park. Would you move the All Ireland semi finals to another venue because you feel Dublin have an unfair advantage of a majority of support?
Kerry as predicted by anyone who knows, lost to Dublin's physical edge, the stadium had feck all to do with it. As a United fan, you have to realise that 60,000+ people can be as quiet as they can be loud.
Is there though? You think that display v Donegal comes near beating a Kerry team that scores 3 first half goals?
Yeah I agree but the fact that Brolly lost the plot and questioned the character of Kavanagh and yet to not even mention this in his analysis and then to comment on Kerry's cynical side? Hypocrit
Who really cares what a hired gob says though?
Ah yeah but it was straight after the game and my blood was up. I thoroughly enjoyed a fantastic game and for him to try and say Kerry were cynical was a bit rich. All teams try to push the rules to get the game go in their favour and why he focuses on some teams more than others makes me think he has personal gripes and shouldnt be on the panel.
Either that or allocate equally. It's currently an unfair advantage, regardless of what you said.
That was some match. Played out like I thought, both teams just went for it. McManamo. Is a hero.
Oh, and is there a bigger dick in GAA than Donaghy?
I'd definitely come back for the match GM! Definitely.
Oh, and is there a bigger dick in GAA than Donaghy?
I'd definitely come back for the match GM! Definitely.
As opposed to your scientific 'there's something about that Mayo team'?
Most of it has stemmed from the display v Donegal, which even at the time was a hammering of a side that offered nothing. I think of the 2 semi's I'd rather see my team beat a canny Kerry side that whitewash Donegal.
Dublin have most of the people on the island living there, and as a result the most supporters, there is no way you will stop us having the majority of the support. You could only sell tickets to Dubs in response to tickets being sold to the opposition, but you'd just have a smaller crowd and that's no way to run a sport.
You would move a game that both Kerry and Dublin want to play at GAA HQ away from this stadium because you perceive Dublin have an unfair advantage because the stadium happens to be in Dublin? I'm not sure what ticket allocation is like but pretty sure both counties get the same amount allocated and a certain amount comes back that are unsold. They would likely end up in the hands of those who most want them. Fact is there are far more Dublin supporters than Kerry so we are always going to be in the majority. This was also the first full house of the year at Croke Park so your argument of unfair advantage again doesnt ring true as Cork could potentially have gotten more fans into Croke park for their game but the interest wasnt there.
Not sure if they are allocated evenly, but if they were(which I assume so), Dublin will always end up with a majority. Kerry are notoriously poor supporters and in general a lot of them only turn up for the final. If it was such an advantage, why haven't we won more All-Irelands in the last 20 years? Its not our fault we have the highest population, leading to the most supporters.
Kerry are not poor supporters in fairness, but they will often abstain from a semi in favour of a final, the cocky bastards!
No. This isn't related to the game today.
I asked the same question already. He came back with a remark about hype and us not having quality. In that one remark he showed that the majority of support really isn't worth a lot.
On a side note the Dubs fill Croke park more often than any other side. This year with kerry we have delivered the first full house of both Championships. Question should be how you can get Dublin playing more often at Croke park!
Which game then? I've not attended a Dublin game in almost 2 years, but missed very few in the 15 previous years, and none come to mind.