As Dublin chase their eighth All-Ireland triumph in ten years, much has been said of what one county's dominance is doing to the competition as a whole. Attempting the unprecedented six-in-a-row in Croke Park on Saturday evening, here's a collection of who has said what about Dublin, their dominance and how it can addressed on OTB Sports.
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The Players & Coaches:
John Connellan | "The money tap should be turned off if there's drought elsewhere"
"I know the argument will made about population and the amount of young kids in schools in Dublin. But what we have seen is Dublin get a completely disproportionate amount in terms of the game's development funding..."
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Cian O'Sullivan | 'Like Kerry or Kilkenny, Dublin's dominance won't last forever'
"We try to not let those things come in and distract us. We are very disciplined in that and we have to be. Over the last number of years there have been so many potential distractions thrown at this team..."
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Dessie Farrell | "Money can't buy attitude"
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Andy Moran | Dublin dominance is the GAA's problem, not Dublin's
"Dublin absolutely nail everything, so if Dublin get a euro and they use it wisely fair play to them. They've done really well and done the coaching well..."
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Turlough O'Brien | "We gave Dublin one of their toughest games in the last 10 years"
"There's a whole lot wrong at the moment, but we should forget about Dublin. Equality in our structures is what we need to focus on..."
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Jonny Cooper | On Stephen Cluxton and Dublin's critics
"Maybe some people blur the lines that with this process we've no personality and we're robots and we just slot into this system and this system is just churning out these results and that these results are because of different financial things and so on..."
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Jason Sherlock & 'Pillar' Caffrey | "If this is all money, why aren't the hurlers winning All-Irelands?"
"The problem isn't Dublin. In my opinion, Dublin are the solution and how we can bridge the gap to get to Dublin is what should be the focus..."
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Anthony Moyles | "The money tap should be turned off if there's drought elsewhere"
"I flip and flop when I hear people saying Dublin needs to be split and brought back into the pack. The competitive side of me says no, there has to be another way that others can up their game..."
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Bernard Brogan | The foundations of Dublin's success
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Mickey Quinn | "Dublin are bigger than Leinster"
“The easy option is to say that everyone has to try and get up to Dublin’s level and get your house in order. But it doesn’t actually work that way, and I think they need to think outside the box a little bit...”
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Cliodhna O'Connor, Aaron Kernan & Billy Joe Padden | Will Gaelic football's future be blue?
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John Evans | Inter-county managers on funding disparity
"It's like throwing apples into an orchard, the orchard is already full! What are you doing?..."
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The Journalists:
Colm Keys | "There is no question" - On the inevitable Dublin split
"If we're having this conversation again in five years' time and nothing has been done then the problem will be doubled or even trebled because the light is going out in a lot of counties..."
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Paul Rouse | Money, Money, Money! GAA needs to get real
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The dominant force in Gaelic football throughout the 2010s, there's been plenty of comment about the Dublin team and those who make up its numbers of the years also.
Paul Kimmage | "I have a problem with the lack of grace" (2017)
"I was a little peeved that some jobsworth jumped in and said 'right, that's it, over now' after six minutes. I would like to have talked to him a bit more about it and asked him a few questions but I just thought it was really, really brilliant what he did..."
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Vincent Hogan | Dublin have contempt for the media (2017)
"Jim Gavin was asked if he had any sympathy for Mayo and losing by a point again and you're thinking back to '51 and my god the torture they're going through and his answer was: 'We've been there. It's tough - we've lost a league final this year by a point' and you're sitting there and you're thinking 'Is he serious?'..."
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