Kerry GAA Discussion Thread Mod Warning Post #4167

ProudDUB wrote: »

Ok, right you are. (Hopefully our forwards have a better sense of direction on Sunday, than I do. ) Home via d'land of d'langers it is so. At least that is in the right direction. Tralee/Listowel aren't.

Must be difficult not having all yer games at home

ProudDUB wrote: »

Folks - am thinking of coming home from Killarney, via Mallow and then on to the M8. I would normally come home via Limerick, but I want to avoid the Sunday evening bottlenecks in Rathkeale and Adare.

Would this be a good idea and if so, would the best route be from Mallow to Fermoy & onto the M8, or to continue on to Mitchelstown & pick up the M8 from there?

Is there much of difference between the two & is the Killarney to Mallow road decent enough?

Cheers.

Up The Dubs !

you wont be saving much time going via Mallow - only possibility is that 90% of the dubs and north kerry traffic will be going the same route as you if you go the other way, so perhaps you will run into issues at Farranfore, Castleisland,Abbeyfeale, Newcastlewest but then again you may not.

once you are out of Adare though, you are only 1 hr 40 from Dublin.

in terms of actual distance, they are both almost exactly the same.

anybody nervous about the game later?

our backline is too suspect in my opinion, doesnt inspire confidence at all, though i guess no better exposure for the lads than to be playing Dublin.

Sherwood at 6 is very interesting - his last outing against Dublin was a complete disaster so im sure he will be well pumped up for it.

Donaghy tearing the Dublin defense to shreds, Kerry very comfortable here.

After a slow enough first half the lads put in a great second half some lovely scores taken,

Nice to get a win over the dubs.

Axel Lamp wrote: »

Feisty end to it. Nice to have stopped that run of losses against the Dubs.

Ya,when something like that kicks off its where you need an Eamon Breen/Liam Flaherty to sort things out.

A lot of handbags been thrown around.

scrappy enough game but the weather played its part. Hard game for the ref too tbf but I though he did well.
Dublin persisting with this short kick out routine wasnt working at all, annoying to watch.
A win is a win though and another important 2 points

STB. wrote: »

The conditions were appalling, the refereeing dreadful.

Trying to start scraps all over the pitch to run the clock down is an easy tactic and the Dubs were dragged into it. A lot of the players on both sides were far more interested in settling scores than scoring them.

Donaghy's goading of players is laughable.

Anyway no medals won today.

Yes we was dreadful, should have given at least 2 more black cards to Dublin players alright. Now what does that have to do with the myth created by Dubs, and yes by Dubs and no one else, that they have the best panel in the country?

Both sides were filthy today. Lots of elbows, knees and fists being left in.

Good to win but it was a weak enough Dublin team.

Great second half blitz during the blizzard.

Sherwood, Kilkenny, Moran and Maher were very good.

Referee did Kerry a few favours, Donaghy was lucky not to get a second yellow and O'Brien (I think) pushed out with his hand into the Dublin players face, don't think he even got a yellow.

Defensive 6 worked really well. We were very poor in attack in the first half. Far too much handpassing and no movement from the forwards.

smashing win, excellent performance in the second half and very happy with the win.

jack Sherwood man of match, Kilkenny, Griffan (second half), Moran, Sheehan, BJ (second half), Buckely and O Brien were all outstanding.

delighted for Sherwood, was today the day his intercounty career finally started?

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Whatever was said at half time its working so far.

we put 15 players on the pitch by removing Mikey Geaney. the man should never again start a game for Kerry, he was shocking.

On Mikey Geaney - who were the other options to start ahead of him today given the subs bench was

Brian Kelly
Tommy Walsh
Barry John Keane
Killian Young
Kieran O’Leary
Padraig O'Connor
Alan Fitzgerald
Philip O’Connor
Shane Enright
Peter Crowley
Paul O'Donoghue