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Kerry GAA Discussion Thread Mod Warning Post #4167
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homerjay2005 wrote: »genuine question, have the young lads stopped eating spuds around the country, all we seem to breed these days is small lads.
when i was growing up, we were well able for senior football at 16 or 17, now the young lads on our panel are as light as f*ck.
the lack of physical presence in our minor teams is getting worse and worse. we also, i think are suffering badly from population trends and i fear another famine is coming at senior level once the current golden generation leave us
the underage set up in kerry is at an all time deplorable state if for the only reason being population problems.
True enough HJ, but in fairness, your average inter-county footballer is about a stone heavier and way fitter and stronger than even 10/15 years ago. I mean to actually see a team like Cork's for example, in the flesh, they are absolutely massive men.
Was making the point recently here, that we should be maximising our potential at underage level to secure a good medium-long term future at senior level. I think we are well behind a number of county's already and the difference in conditioning of recent underage teams is ample evidence of this.
The minor management team selected this year was a step backwards aswell in my view and should have gone to younger faces. At least with Fitzy et al with the U-21's we have a good platform there, but we can't fall asleep at the wheel in the levels prior to U-21 either.0 -
homerjay2005 wrote: »genuine question, have the young lads stopped eating spuds around the country, all we seem to breed these days is small lads.
when i was growing up, we were well able for senior football at 16 or 17, now the young lads on our panel are as light as f*ck.
the lack of physical presence in our minor teams is getting worse and worse. we also, i think are suffering badly from population trends and i fear another famine is coming at senior level once the current golden generation leave us
the underage set up in kerry is at an all time deplorable state if for the only reason being population problems.
I often wondered if I was on my own in this line of thinking, I started playing senior at 16 and so did most of my friends, since then though most fellas seem to be closer to 18 before getting a shot at it. I was no giant at 16 either but the guys coming through now do seem to be very small.
For the last few years we have been getting away with poor minor and u21 teams(the u21 all ireland winners being the one exception) The poor setup will eventually catch up with us0 -
homerjay2005 wrote: »genuine question, have the young lads stopped eating spuds around the country, all we seem to breed these days is small lads.
when i was growing up, we were well able for senior football at 16 or 17, now the young lads on our panel are as light as f*ck.
the lack of physical presence in our minor teams is getting worse and worse. we also, i think are suffering badly from population trends and i fear another famine is coming at senior level once the current golden generation leave us
the underage set up in kerry is at an all time deplorable state if for the only reason being population problems.
There will never be a famine in Kerry in regards to Senior All Ireland titles. Just because the minor teams are not as successful doesn't mean anything. Kerry are the best when making the transition from under-age levels to senior level. I wouldnt be worried from a Kerry point of view. In Cork we have loads of underage success in football but not enough Senior level success and I know what I would rather have.
From watching the U21 match the last day between Cork and Kerry, I thought Kerry looked impressive and there wasnt much to seperate the two teams in the end. In fact Cork were probably lucky to win it. Fitzmaurice is doing great work with the U21 and before long there will be U21 titles won by Kerry.0 -
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At lease we have Corwley and Enright coming through who seem to have adapted quite well during the league.homerjay2005 wrote: »jaysus, the thread is a ghost town for the past 2 weeks.
looks like tom sullivan has retired, which is a huge loss
Huge loss with regard to experience though admittedly0 -
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