The Big Day Begins

Lemlin

Just heard on the radio that O'Connell Street is awash with colour, with green and yellow and red and white appearing everywhere. Would love to see it.

The biggest day of the GAA calendar starts here. Best of luck Tyrone and Kerry.

May the best team win and hopefully the game is a classic.

Geg124

Good luck to both teams but COME ON TYRONE!!!! i'd like to see them win their second all-ireland and stop Kerry winning their thirty-fourth.

COME ON TYRONE!!!!

redspider

I hope that Tyrone will win it, as Kerry need to be taken down a peg or two. Its a difficult game to call, as Kerry didn't meet any big teams this year so far and as usual got an easy path to the final. They can turn it up for the big occasion so lets see. It'll be an interesting encounter, whatever the outcome.

Kerry do have that point to prove, having not beaten a big Ulster team in recent years. The betting public rank them as favorites but I think the game will be closer than that. I think if both teams play to their potential, Tyrone have the beating of Kerry.

The big issue is the starting of Canavan, which still seems to be the case. Having him as a sub allows them to have a talisman, a super-sub. I think he didn't want to miss on the action though in case the other lads would have had the match won without him. ie: it would be a bit of a let down for him if he came on say with 20 mins to go and Tyrone cruising, it would be as if they
wouldn't need him. I think Canavan wants to play from the off so Harte is going with it, although everyone knows he is unlikely to last the full game. Time will tell if it will pay off but Tyrone have plenty of subs. Big games from Dooher, Kavanagh, McMenamin, O'Neill and Mulligan will carry Tyrone, with or
without Canavan. Big games are needed from the Kerry players, the backs and the two forwards.

It should be a good match.

redspider

ps: someone should start a thread for the match.

Roddy23

Come on Kerry,
in work now, so, will be legging it out the door at 4, and get home in time to watch the 2nd half.

snow scorpion

Kerry! Kerry! Kerry!

cournioni

G'wan Throne!

snow scorpion

1-16
2-10

zAbbo

Tyrone win, and in the end shoulw have won by more than 3 points.

Got odds of over 3/1 before the game, stuck 80 euro on it

Kerry no doubt are skillful players, but Tyrone were awesome.

Geg124

Tyrone CONGRADULATIONS on winning the SAM for the second time

cournioni

Great win. And to think only Cavan and Armagh could match them this year...

Lemlin

And to think cavan should have beaten them in the first game this year

Geg124

PORNAPSTER wrote:

Great win. And to think only Cavan and Armagh could match them this year...

Dublin matched them in the first match but in the replay they just couldnt keep up the tempo that Tyrone played the match at.

cournioni

Ah well we'll not take away from their run in the championship. I doubt it would have mattered if we beat them anyway. We would have lost to Armagh and Tyrone still would have beaten everyone in the qualifiers.

Fair play Throne! There won't be much work done in Dungannon, Strabane or Omagh this week!

Blackjack

PORNAPSTER wrote:

Great win. And to think only Cavan and Armagh could match them this year...

Mayo beat Tyrone 0-16 to 1-11 in Tyrone in the League

cournioni

Pfft... League...

redspider

Well done Tyrone!

A fair result. The game was a good one, but not a great one I felt. At times in the first half both sides were playing below par, poor selections of moves, poor passing, etc. The game started good for the 1st 15 mins. A great goal by Canavan but where was Moynihan who was marking him? He let him go and paid the price. For the 1st Kerry goal, the defender was watching the man only, which is a basic school boy error.

Some magnificent points though. Cooper is a class player and was scoring from all angles. Tyrone missed more I thought, O'Neill scored some good ones but missed a few easier ones.

That settles the debate as to whether Kerry were the better team or not last year. Clearly they werent and my two year "issue" of Kerry being favourites (they were this year and last) is finally put to bed. People bet on Kerry no matter what.

A good game, some great moments, and a good result.

Should spur Armagh into another year of solid performances and I would expect them to take Sam next year, if they can avoid Tyrone in the run in.

redspider

Lemlin

Today showed once and for all that Kerry aren't the be all and end all that people think they are. Overrated is the word I'd use.

Armagh and Tyrone are the two best teams in the country.