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Replying To shaggykev: "I agree on the packed defences. Will be very interested to see can review committee find a way to fix that issue. My issue with the mark related to Clifford and other great footballers is the fact that option clouds the judgement. Do I catch, turn, kick or catch, turn and try to beat my man. Catching and then having a slow ponderous kick at goal is not great for the flow. Think of Donaghy in 2014 against Mayo. Thank god the mark wasnt there then. I want to see Clifford at his best. I want to see him only thinking about catching and taking on players. That kind of thing will improve the spectacle and with confidence, improve him as a player." Would reducing it to 13 a side not go a huge way to combatting the packed defence and negative play in general? Obviously you can still get men back but given the size of GAA pitches there will be a lot more space to cover making it more difficult to smother space. It also has the knock on effect of helping smaller counties and even clubs with player availaibility issues. MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 999 - 16/07/2024 19:24:17 2559602 Link
Bit late to post. Just wanted to say Kerry fans are the most gracious in defeat. Genuinely met some true gents on the hill 16 on Saturday as with 2002 I know they wouldn't begrudge us that win. They are at the business end year on year because they set the benchmark year on year. One of the reasons I picked up a ball was because of watching them and their 00s team with Gooch / O'Se's / Mike Frank / Donaghy. They are the reason most of us tune in each year. A true great county and a pleasure to play them. See youse again next year lads and you'll be back better than ever. We are lucky to have Kieran Donaghy and only a matter of time before he's leading Sam home to the kingdom again. ArmaghMan02 (Armagh) - Posts: 3 - 16/07/2024 21:41:12 2559624 Link
Replying To shaggykev: "I agree on the packed defences. Will be very interested to see can review committee find a way to fix that issue. My issue with the mark related to Clifford and other great footballers is the fact that option clouds the judgement. Do I catch, turn, kick or catch, turn and try to beat my man. Catching and then having a slow ponderous kick at goal is not great for the flow. Think of Donaghy in 2014 against Mayo. Thank god the mark wasnt there then. I want to see Clifford at his best. I want to see him only thinking about catching and taking on players. That kind of thing will improve the spectacle and with confidence, improve him as a player." If there was no packed defences there would no need for a mark but there is packed defences. If Clifford was given a ball in and had room to take his man on he would even if he had the mark. The problem is that you just don't have room to take your man on. At least a mark rewards a catch and a kick and that is much better than the overuse of the handpass. I don't understand why teams don't look to use the mark more to be honest. Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 780 - 16/07/2024 21:54:38 2559627 Link
Disappointing weekend for both us and Kerry. At the end of the day we didn't have the players able to compete against the better teams. Kerry didn't look fit compared to Armagh and Sean O Shea is very overrated.. like Donegal you need to unearth another scoring forward. TheRock2121 (Donegal) - Posts: 1193 - 16/07/2024 22:04:53 2559630 Link
Replying To TheRock2121: "Disappointing weekend for both us and Kerry. At the end of the day we didn't have the players able to compete against the better teams. Kerry didn't look fit compared to Armagh and Sean O Shea is very overrated.. like Donegal you need to unearth another scoring forward." Based on this year started well oshea was good player 2019 2022 but form dropped off a cliff I thi k he can be decent but I can understand why some say he is overrated now failed to deliver the last 3 or 4 big games in croker with Kerry Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 517 - 16/07/2024 23:09:50 2559643 Link
Replying To ArmaghMan02: "Bit late to post. Just wanted to say Kerry fans are the most gracious in defeat. Genuinely met some true gents on the hill 16 on Saturday as with 2002 I know they wouldn't begrudge us that win. They are at the business end year on year because they set the benchmark year on year. One of the reasons I picked up a ball was because of watching them and their 00s team with Gooch / O'Se's / Mike Frank / Donaghy. They are the reason most of us tune in each year. A true great county and a pleasure to play them. See youse again next year lads and you'll be back better than ever. We are lucky to have Kieran Donaghy and only a matter of time before he's leading Sam home to the kingdom again." Thanks for that lovely post Armaghman and certainly We would nt begrudge Armagh.A post like yours takes away the disappointment of defeat.Ditto with the Armagh fans I met in the Davin.Pure class.Enjoy the build up to the final and best of luck to you all. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3844 - 16/07/2024 23:32:25 2559649 Link
Replying To TheRock2121: "Disappointing weekend for both us and Kerry. At the end of the day we didn't have the players able to compete against the better teams. Kerry didn't look fit compared to Armagh and Sean O Shea is very overrated.. like Donegal you need to unearth another scoring forward." SOS is an excellent freetaker, prob best out there. Stuggles from play, think lacks a bit of pace. LimerickForLiam24 (Limerick) - Posts: 143 - 17/07/2024 20:36:22 2559803 Link
Replying To LimerickForLiam24: "SOS is an excellent freetaker, prob best out there. Stuggles from play, think lacks a bit of pace." He was good 2010 and 2021 and 2022 championship gone off boil may not be fastest but he was scoring freely from play Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 517 - 17/07/2024 21:42:46 2559809 Link
Congratulations to kerry ladies. Showed the men how it done. CorkLiamMcCarthy24 (Cork) - Posts: 41 - 04/08/2024 17:20:45 2563799 Link
Congratulations to Abbeydorney! I always liked the people who I met from there when drinking and socializing around Kerry. Up O'Dorney! foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2095 - 04/08/2024 20:49:26 2563824 Link
Delighted for the girls today.First All ireland in 31 years CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3844 - 04/08/2024 21:15:48 2563828 Link
Replying To CiarraiMick: "Delighted for the girls today.First All ireland in 31 years" Yes, great achievement. Congratulations to the Kerry ladies! Any chance the lads would take a 31 year break as well? (Wink)! foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2095 - 05/08/2024 06:49:22 2563848 Link
Replying To ArmaghMan02: "Bit late to post. Just wanted to say Kerry fans are the most gracious in defeat. Genuinely met some true gents on the hill 16 on Saturday as with 2002 I know they wouldn't begrudge us that win. They are at the business end year on year because they set the benchmark year on year. One of the reasons I picked up a ball was because of watching them and their 00s team with Gooch / O'Se's / Mike Frank / Donaghy. They are the reason most of us tune in each year. A true great county and a pleasure to play them. See youse again next year lads and you'll be back better than ever. We are lucky to have Kieran Donaghy and only a matter of time before he's leading Sam home to the kingdom again." Now.......and the late great Páidí called them 'animals' iirc. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3875 - 05/08/2024 10:02:29 2563856 Link
Replying To foreveryoung: "Yes, great achievement. Congratulations to the Kerry ladies! Any chance the lads would take a 31 year break as well? (Wink)!" Thankd Forever and hopefully not ha ha CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3844 - 05/08/2024 11:50:27 2563873 Link
Big win for Fossa and against KOR. Tom Welsh was a loss for KOR not starting the game. CorkLiamMcCarthy24 (Cork) - Posts: 41 - 17/08/2024 21:51:18 2565635 Link
lads played a challenge game last weekend. Jack has the boys back early. heard team was 1)Kieran Fitzgibbon 2)Sean O'Brien 3)Chris O'Donohoe 4)Cian Gammell 5) Armin Heinrich 6)Stefan Okunbor(C) 7)Dan Murphy 8)Ronan Buckley 9)Keith Evans 10)Paul Walsh 11)Paul Shea 12)Brian Crowley 13)Luke Crowley 14)Donal Sullivan 15)Emmett Shea Jack Barry back on board for next year. LimerickForLiam24 (Limerick) - Posts: 143 - 05/11/2024 11:05:03 2578433 Link
Replying To LimerickForLiam24: "lads played a challenge game last weekend. Jack has the boys back early. heard team was 1)Kieran Fitzgibbon 2)Sean O'Brien 3)Chris O'Donohoe 4)Cian Gammell 5) Armin Heinrich 6)Stefan Okunbor(C) 7)Dan Murphy 8)Ronan Buckley 9)Keith Evans 10)Paul Walsh 11)Paul Shea 12)Brian Crowley 13)Luke Crowley 14)Donal Sullivan 15)Emmett Shea Jack Barry back on board for next year." Couple of surprises in that team. Keith Evans midfield, Paul O'Shea back in the fold & Emmet O'Shea from Fossa has been a good club player the past few seasons. This sounds like a team picked by Cian O'Neill rather than Jack to me. Interesting to see how many make the panel come January. Dan O'Donoghue from Spa is the one fella I don't see there that would like to have seen. I wonder what happened there. AnFear16 (Kerry) - Posts: 39 - 05/11/2024 23:04:08 2578525 Link
Replying To AnFear16: "Couple of surprises in that team. Keith Evans midfield, Paul O'Shea back in the fold & Emmet O'Shea from Fossa has been a good club player the past few seasons. This sounds like a team picked by Cian O'Neill rather than Jack to me. Interesting to see how many make the panel come January. Dan O'Donoghue from Spa is the one fella I don't see there that would like to have seen. I wonder what happened there." Even was by O'Neil Jack made call to get him so he has say too I don't some don't like Jack now which bit harsh considering won fair bit too Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 517 - 06/11/2024 10:08:31 2578554 Link
Replying To LimerickForLiam24: "lads played a challenge game last weekend. Jack has the boys back early. heard team was 1)Kieran Fitzgibbon 2)Sean O'Brien 3)Chris O'Donohoe 4)Cian Gammell 5) Armin Heinrich 6)Stefan Okunbor(C) 7)Dan Murphy 8)Ronan Buckley 9)Keith Evans 10)Paul Walsh 11)Paul Shea 12)Brian Crowley 13)Luke Crowley 14)Donal Sullivan 15)Emmett Shea Jack Barry back on board for next year." You must have a lot of free time on your hands…strange thing to make up. One of your line out is living on the other side of the world and the positions are all over the place. Kerry15 (Kerry) - Posts: 972 - 09/11/2024 12:34:56 2579026 Link
Impressive win for Crokes. Should have easy run to club final with Corofin. 12/1 to win championship before the weekend. Put €100 on them. LimerickForLiam24 (Limerick) - Posts: 143 - 11/11/2024 08:27:18 2579178 Link