With a population as big as Dublin, you'd think they could produce some sporting winners !
Some Shels and Bohs fans might take issue with that!
Does it matter since he was stripped of his Olympic gold and got a three month ban?Cian O Connor (is he from Dublin??)
Does it matter since he was stripped of his Olympic gold and got a three month ban?
Does it matter since he was stripped of his Olympic gold and got a three month ban?
All the "thrash talking" engaged in by Da Dubs (goading your opponent) and a certain midfielders constant unpunished indiscretions make me a bit less sympathetic to them that I would otherwise be.
I've no attachment to the dubs but you'd have to feel sorry for them trying their best for 3 long hard years but coming up short at the same hurdle every time.
Having a big population isnt a guarntee of anything, its playing population (among other things) that count. On a straight population basis China and India would win loads and Oz wouldnt win much.
In reality GAA in Dublin is only 1 of a number of sports (for those that participate at all) whereas in Kerry football is a religion (as it is in a lot of the country) and every man woman or child with any bit of ability is likely to play and keep playing. Hyperbole aside I think this is largely the case.
So maybe people get a kick (no pun intended) in rubbing it into the Dubs for their cockiness and their meejah bandwagon, but its a bit unfair to label Dublin GAA as total wasters by using a few simplistic assertions.
Having lived in Dublin all my life, one thing I've noticed is that Dublin's population has received a healthy boost from those who not only don't hail from Dublin and in fact wouldn't dream of playing for the football team. So this should really be factored into any meaningless % of population figures.
For the record, I don't follow GAA and didn't even see the game yesterday.
.. i would expect a limerick fighter to do better but im sure he wouldnt know what to do with gloves on his hands instead of a knife and a few sovereign rings
certain midfielders constant unpunished indiscretions
Jimmy thought that Mike Tyson was a gentleman the time he interviewed him by phone call to Tyson's hotel room.Jimmy McGee was falling over himself telling us how nice a lad he is.
Jimmy thought that Mike Tyson was a gentleman the time he interviewed him by phone call to Tyson's hotel room.
She's still by far our most successful Olympian and retains her medals regardless of what happened afterwards.
A bad weekend for Dublin sport - first Bernard Dunne gets the hunky dorys beaten out of him by some upstart Spaniard, and next the Dubs fail to get past the All-Ireland semis (again !) at the last hurdle.
With a population as big as Dublin, you'd think they could produce some sporting winners !
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