Originally posted by Collig:
Deserving champions in 2011. There's a reason Sam has only been retained once since 1990. Whoever wins it this year will find that out 2013!

Originally posted by frasiercrane:
Hunger got them through last year and the hunger wasn't there this year.They weren't far off this year...

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Originally posted by Glór na ngael:
Dublin defeated Tyrone, Donegal and Kerry last year, three sides who have either won it recently or look like winning it. There is no such thing as a 'soft' All-Ireland, and the Dubs were deserving winners last September.

Originally posted by maroonandwhite:
If mcquillan wasn't reffing it they wouldn't have won it. As long as people keep up the bs omertà about criticising refs we will continue to see shocking performances. But they aren't a bad team an would have won today with a properly picked team and a fit Alan brogan. Couldn't see them gettin through Donegal though.

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Originally posted by corcaighabu92:
Tyrone were no where near what they were like when they won their All Irelands. Donegal werent a patch that they are like this year. Kerry ----ed it away. Still though the two Brogan's were the difference last year. Alan was injured this year and Bernard was in poor form.

Originally posted by KeepOnHurling:
The Dubs do seem to be involved in a lot of very tight matches, so a little bit of luck of luck is what you need.They got their little bit of luck in 2011 for sure, but I remember them being unlucky to lose tight semi finals to Armagh and Cork in recent times, even yesterday they only lost by 2 points and Clarke made an unbelievable save in injury time.
It's small margins that make the difference.

Originally posted by uachtaran:
If it was your team would anyone criticise Mayo for hauling down the Dublin forwards quite a few times in the 2nd half today? Of course not. Everyone knows Kerry had the final won last year with 10 mins to go if they avoided conceding a goal. I have always thought Dublin were very lucky last year, helped by McQuillan as well. They probably deserved an All Ireland for the many years of being there or thereabouts, but really again today they showed that they are decent side but far from a great side.Dublin's defence of Sam has been poor all year - I mean that you would have expected the Dubs to play a bit of "champagne football" in the early rounds and it would have been reasonable for a lack of hunger to finally catch up with them in the later stages.But they didn't produce one decent performance all year. The stats show its hard to retain Sam in the modern era, but Dublin supporters must be disappointed with the year.

Originally posted by Muilleann:
Dublin fully deserved their AI victory in 2011.To suggest otherwise is to go down the same road as the whingeing KK Cats who could'nt accept Tipp's victory in 2010.

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Originally posted by corcaighabu92:
Tyrone were no where near what they were like when they won their All Irelands. Donegal werent a patch that they are like this year. Kerry ----ed it away. Still though the two Brogan's were the difference last year. Alan was injured this year and Bernard was in poor form.

Originally posted by worried:
Rebel says Dublin deserve to win last year 2011 ? Evidence points to a different story only your hatred and jealously for Kerry is blinding your vision,If Kerry play Cork in Croke Park for the next 50 years they will always beat them and that is hard for ye to take ,Dublin were as bad this year as last year ,3 footballers ( Cluxton + Brogans ) everyone knows that the ref handed it to Dublin last year ,Des Cahill said on the Sunday Game he handed 5 points to Dublin with soft frees + 2 straight reds to Dublin as he should have ,Mayo manager said there was blood all over the dressing.room after sunday ,no reds for Dublin after several incidents of thuggery clearly shown on tv,same ref as last year ,where are the CCCC,obviously they are only there to preveny Kerry winning any more all irelands

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Originally posted by stretchitoutlads:
what??????? All the whinging occurred after the 2009 AI and it came from Tipp fans! Of course Tipp deserved 2010, they were the better team on the day. Jesus, even on a thread about football, you have miserable +++s like you whining about Kilkenny hurling