Kerry GAA discussion thread #2

kerryjack

Why did they take off paul Walsh

Bass Reeves

kerryjack wrote: »

Why did they take off paul Walsh

He walked along the sideline about 10 minutes ago looked to be carrying a knock

An Ciarraioch

At least we know why they changed the keeper.

DDC1990

U20's a shadow of the side that beat Cork.

Can't be too surprised considering the break in time since they have played together but that was turgid stuff.

Same As

It was always going to be a huge ask for the 20's today even against an equally depleted Galway team.

Donal O Sullivan, Paul O Shea, Dan McCarthy & Darragh Lyne were huge losses.

For the seniors, thought Gavin White and David Clifford were our standout performers. Moran looking in great shape which is also encouraging.

Bass Reeves

Same As wrote: »

It was always going to be a huge ask for the 20's today even against an equally depleted Galway team.

Donal O Sullivan, Paul O Shea, Dan McCarthy & Darragh Lyne were huge losses.

For the seniors, thought Gavin White and David Clifford were our standout performers. Moran looking in great shape which is also encouraging.

It looks like we might have a decent bench add Stephen O'Brien, Jack Barry, Gavin Crowley, Adrian Spillane, Brian O' Beaglaoich; Kearney, Geany, O' Donoghue as well as a few more we should be a bit ahead of lastbyear

Forge83

Same As wrote: »

It was always going to be a huge ask for the 20's today even against an equally depleted Galway team.

Donal O Sullivan, Paul O Shea, Dan McCarthy & Darragh Lyne were huge losses.

For the seniors, thought Gavin White and David Clifford were our standout performers. Moran looking in great shape which is also encouraging.

Gavin White showed some blistering pace today. Back to his best and will be a massive player if championship goes ahead.
Great to see Peter Crowley back and playing well.
Any idea why no Jack Sherwood? Player of the county championship...
Diarmuid O Connor turning into a complete midfielder. Moran played well but he would drive you mad with the same brain farts year on year, wild kicks at points and running into traffic too often. He needs to play the percentage plays better.
I would say the same for Micheal Burns, very error prone.
Jonathan Lyne and O Beagloaich come on and we fall apart defensively, I can’t for the life of me see what either of them offer at this level.
Overall they seemed well drilled in their gameplay especially in the first half. Some of the players looked a lot stronger and better conditioned than previous seasons. Would be confident of beating Cork in Munster semi final based on today’s performance.

DDC1990

Best of luck to the Kerry Hurlers in their League Final today against Antrim.

Just underway now.

Kerrydude1981

Half time down by a point, Mikey Boyle had a great goal chance, keeper mad a great save, gave away a soft goal at the other end as well

An Ciarraioch

Seem to be doing well enough, only Antrim just keeping at arm's length.

Kerrydude1981

Antrim goal straight after ours was the killer blow

An Ciarraioch

Today's league results have largely gone in our favour - hard to see Donegal being too pushed about next weekend if they finish mid-table regardless, and they've Tyrone again in the Championship the week after.

DDC1990

Yeah it's in our hands. Win and we are League Champions. A draw is enough if Galway beat Dublin.

Dublin, Galway and Donegal can also win the League if we lose or draw.

Kerrydude1981

DDC1990 wrote: »

Yeah it's in our hands. Win and we are League Champions. A draw is enough if Galway beat Dublin.

Dublin, Galway and Donegal can also win the League if we lose or draw.

Should this be the way the league is decided going forward, scrap the league final and just let the top team be league champions

At club level that was the plan for Division One of the county league this year until Covid said it wasnt in favour of that plan or any plan for that matter.

wonga77

Thats the way it should be anyways, a team that finishes second should never be called league champions

kerryjack

Ya thats the way it shoul be the championship could be played over 4 weeks from start to finish hurling on a Saturday football on a sunday 32 teams week 1, 16 left after week 2 8 left after week 3 and 4 left after week 5 and alirland finals on week 5, put teams up in a hotel hotels are going to be closed anyway, let them car share to training pitch and matches and pay them well for the 5 weeks, how much has the gaa in the bank, probably millions and now is there time to spend it.

Fr Tod Umptious

wonga77 wrote: »

Thats the way it should be anyways, a team that finishes second should never be called league champions

The argument against that could be that 7 games is just too small a sample size to decide an outright winner.
Added to that the fact that you have uneven numbers of home and away games.
One strong team may have to play all the other strong teams away, while another may have the opportunity to play all the other strong teams at home.

If you had a 14 game league with home and away then the argument could certainly be made for top of the table being declared the winner.
Plus a final, and qualifying for a final does add an extra level of intrigue.

keane2097

kerryjack wrote: »

Ya thats the way it shoul be the championship could be played over 4 weeks from start to finish hurling on a Saturday football on a sunday 32 teams week 1, 16 left after week 2 8 left after week 3 and 4 left after week 5 and alirland finals on week 5, put teams up in a hotel hotels are going to be closed anyway, let them car share to training pitch and matches and pay them well for the 5 weeks, how much has the gaa in the bank, probably millions and now is there time to spend it.

Players are already put up in hotels? Or are you saying players should give up their jobs and families to live in a hotel for five weeks - for football?

kerryjack

keane2097 wrote: »

Players are already put up in hotels? Or are you saying players should give up their jobs and families to live in a hotel for five weeks - for football?

Ya that's what I am saying every senior county team should be put up in a hotel in there own county and kept give them access to what ever they want pools, gym, training pitch. It's only for a few weeks , might be a mad idea but can't see it being played any othr way.

keane2097

kerryjack wrote: »

Ya that's what I am saying every senior county team should be put up in a hotel in there own county and kept give them access to what ever they want pools, gym, training pitch. It's only for a few weeks , might be a mad idea but can't see it being played any othr way.

All the players have jobs

kerryjack

keane2097 wrote: »

All the players have jobs

Ya there is probably a few teacher's but a good few students as well, sure what's a few weeks in the big scheme of things, like what's the alternative 2020 championship cancelled and a year wasted for the lads

keane2097

They should just play on the moon. No Covid there and be good for high fielding.

Kerrydude1981

keane2097 wrote: »

They should just play on the moon. No Covid there and be good for high fielding.

Dublin would object :D

siblers

kerryjack wrote: »

Ya there is probably a few teacher's but a good few students as well, sure what's a few weeks in the big scheme of things, like what's the alternative 2020 championship cancelled and a year wasted for the lads

If lads need to be staying in a hotel away from their friends and families to play Championship then it should just be cancelled.

Height of madness having lads drive up and down to Monaghan on their own

The_Honeybadger

Some of the pro sports are doing the hotel / bubble thing but it’s not viable in an amateur sport where the players have jobs.

I doubt the GAA would even consider it and if they did the level of opt outs for the season would be so huge that it would make a mockery of the competition.

I think Leo Varadkar sent a bit of a veiled message to the GAA last week in relation to the championship, stating that while it is a matter for the GAA they need to ensure played safety, can’t remember the exact words he used but it was something to the effect that players would need to cocoon in order to play the championship. I don’t see it going ahead personally, and if it does I don’t see it being completed.

kerryjack

It would bring team bonding to a whole different level that's for sure, could it be done yes it could, you are not going off to war lads, your talking a month off to play football and bring a bit of excitement in to peoples homes for a few weeks in crazy times let's think outside the box on this one.

dobman88

kerryjack wrote: »

It would bring team bonding to a whole different level that's for sure, could it be done yes it could, you are not going off to war lads, your talking a month off to play football and bring a bit of excitement in to peoples homes for a few weeks in crazy times let's think outside the box on this one.

I've seen some absolutle nonsense posted across this website through the years but all your recent posts take the biscuit. Have a think about what you're saying and who you're talking about and why it wouldnt work.

kerryjack

dobman88 wrote: »

I've seen some absolutle nonsense posted across this website through the years but all your recent posts take the biscuit. Have a think about what you're saying and who you're talking about and why it wouldnt work.

Fire away tell me why it wouldn't work

dobman88

kerryjack wrote: »

Fire away tell me why it wouldn't work

Apart from the glaringly obvious fact that these lads all have jobs and lives away from football? Thats just one, pretty big reason why it wouldnt work. Football isnt the most important thing in life now is it.

kerryjack

dobman88 wrote: »

Apart from the glaringly obvious fact that these lads all have jobs and lives away from football? Thats just one, pretty big reason why it wouldnt work. Football isnt the most important thing in life now is it.

Are you from Kerry there was a time in Kerry if a job stopped you from playing football you were in the wrong job. Plenty of people speaking out around the country looking for championship to be stopped maybe a few from Dublin that want to hold on to sam for a little while longer