Mod Note Post #1 - The 2022 All Ireland Senior Football Championship.

BonnieSituation · 10-07-2022 11:22AM

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13 years...

Loafing Oaf · 10-07-2022 11:26AM

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Nah just you I reckon

Fiyatoe · 10-07-2022 11:46AM

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Sound 👍 great input

Treble double · 10-07-2022 12:19PM

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Exactly, I think alot of gaa supporters are consumed by nostalgia and tune into big games expecting to be treated to catch and kick. They give out about low scoring games but don't appreciate the defensive efforts that have curtailed the scoring. That's why Comers first goal was a thing of beauty in a suffocatingly defensive game he made the run, was picked out took on the defenders and slotted home from the tightest of angles, a top forward at work in a high pressure environment. It put the game to bed, Derrys painstakingly put together system instantly thorn to shreds by top class football.

Look back at old games from the early part of this century and back to the nineties and they look quaint and error ridden and it that was because the same level of preparation obviously wasn't going in at that time. Maybe that's what people want, limit teams training to once a week and let them play out less tactical error ridden games of chance.

breezy1985 · 10-07-2022 12:40PM

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I would say the teams are definitely at a better level than before it's just better level doesn't mean better spectacle.

Drumpot · 10-07-2022 01:02PM

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Exactly. Not just that , there was 8 different football winners between 1990-99.

Down 2

Meath 2

Donegal

Tyrone

Dublin

Galway

Derry

Kerry

Dublin’s dominance, like Kerry’s in 70s/80s is a problem for numerous reasons. Im not a fan of this professional level training commitment needed.

Kilkenny shows that a county can overcome its size by harnessing a Winning culture. Equally cork are the perfect example of how having resources and players does not guarantee success.

Maybe it is nostalgia but I preferred the game when I was younger, even with the struggling dubs. I don’t enjoy the more tactically orientated games, I preferred 15 v 15 and your position was your position. Having a strong Midfield was vital to success , there was none of this constant short kick out sh*te.

Different strokes for different folks, the game has evolved as it has but it’s not a better watch for everybody. I prefer messy, error filled blood and guts games, but that’s just me.

threeball · 10-07-2022 01:38PM

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Sports have moved on and it's never going back. With the access to video and video software to drill down on stats and analysis like never before it was inevitable that it would move this direction.

Add in knowledge of S&C and the way that's developed in the last two decades and you're now dealing with incredibly well drilled superfit athletes in a sport with a very limited amount of games and very little margin for error. Risks won't be taken in that case.

Soccer, American football, basketball, ice hockey, all moved the same way but the difference is they are professional so have the players everyday to develop their style as the season progresses and can lose 5 or 6 games and still win their championship. Not the case in GAA.

BENDYBINN · 10-07-2022 01:46PM

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All the derry supporters were horrified at the actions of their goalkeeper yesterday... Yet no action taken on the sideline.. Why????

Fr Tod Umptious · 10-07-2022 01:52PM

Why is this fly goalie thing just a northern thing?

You don't see Kerry, Dublin, Mayo, etc etc at it.

And other than Ethan Rafferty scoring a few points does it even work?

10-07-2022 01:59PM

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Beggan has been at it a while too. The odd long range but not a great percentage game. Think the Kildare keeper had a few goes at it in the league too.

Always_Running · 10-07-2022 02:16PM

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I doubt Gallagher and his management will be too pleased with that opening goal. Comer left one on one and the defender slipped allowing him in easier than expected.

2nd goal on themselves by playing the risky fly goal keeper that was getting no reward prior to that.

C__MC · 10-07-2022 02:50PM

Can't see anything but a kerry win

Feel like role reversal of 2013 when kerry were on the wain.

Even when dublin were at their peak, it was a struggle to beat kerry.

Kerry forwards and bench to see them over the line by 5-6 points.

C__MC · 10-07-2022 02:51PM

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Glass shouldn't have been so easily of strapped of the ball, pondering.

Straight Talker · 10-07-2022 02:51PM

I think Kerry have always (well they used to anyway) seen themselves as superior to Dublin. I suppose that was especially true after the infamous startled earwigs game in 2009. Little did Kerry know, that would be their most recent championship win over Dublin. Since 2011 Dublin have owned Kerry in every way, and they even did the six in a row.

Kerry can no longer claim to have the greatest gaelic football team of all time. The Dubs even took that away from them. Can Kerry break free from their Dublin tyranny today, or will Dublin keep the kingdom firmly under the thumb? Galway will obviously be underdogs against whoever wins today, and that will suit them down to the ground imo.

Pussyhands · 10-07-2022 03:18PM

Rather annoying to hear so called experts on the radio say this is the final today.

This Dublin side isn't the same side as it was three years ago and this kerry side haven't proven anything. They've not been tested in the championship this year.

So the final, though Galway will be underdogs, it's not a done deal like it would have been three or four years ago. It'll be as tight a final as we've had in the last decade, along with last year's.