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

That is a bit like saying how long is a piece of string teams set up differently against different sides.

But the game surprised me at how open it was. Kerry had a load of chances they fluffed in the first half it seemed to be eating away at their confidence and the supporters in patches of that first half. But Kerry still managed to hang in there and get level a few times.

Maybe someone can correct if I am wrong but I don't think Kerry were two ahead until around the last part of the second half. But yet the scores in the second half 0-13 Kerry v 0-8 Galway.

I think 17 points or less would win plenty of games for teams like Donegal who if set up cagey and get the balance right with the attack. It is one of the reasons I am curious as to how Donegal do post Bonner. He restricted that Donegal team way too much. If managed properly they have a few AI's in them.

When Dublin were flying wasn't the phrase you have to score 20 plus to beat Dublin. And Dublin were economical with effort very few wides or hail mary shots. I feel that that Galway did something similar economy of effort not many wides. Not much wasteful stuff like Mayo constantly do dropping ball into the opposition keepers hands, sloppy wides, shooting from silly angles.

Obviously Walsh was the exception it did not matter where he decided to shoot from the last day, it was likely a score.

Mayo only scored 13 points v Kerry in the SF. The way Mayo shoot (and panic) in AI finals - I would guess that 17 points would beat Mayo if they played in a final.

I feel Joyce got the last ounce of effort out of that Galway team, he was very close to causing one of the biggest shocks in the last 20 years of Gaelic football. Mainly because he is tactically flexible and astute unlike other managers who only know one way of playing.

There are not many managers who do that even historically Jim Gavin did it for Dublin, O'Connor has done it for Kerry. Showing tactical flexibility and getting a team success with it.

It is a thing that holds back Ulster football they all copy each other and end up playing the same tactically, damn all variation. Then Ulster football is held up as a great championship mainly because the games are close. But the reality is IMO that they are one dimensional tactically. The irony is that the Ulster football, 'classic style' is very successful in ladies football. Which has been borrowed by the Meath ladies football team.

1) Funnel back - keep it low scoring

2) Don't take risks

3) Hit teams on the break/counter

4) Scoring backs and a workhorse full forward integral to the system

Mccarthy is probably dublins best ever player, but on this season he didnt deserve a place because he just didnt play enough games. T osullivan should go in at corner back and he has been shafted truth be told. Silke can be shoehorned into the halfback line if they so wish, as that is where he had his best game. He is lucky enough to get in also to my mind byt we know how the thing works. It feels like mccarthy is there to keep up the quota of dublin players in the team also.

Really enjoyable final in the end, Galway pushed us all the way in fairness. Just the lack of depth and a little cuteness caught them. We said before the match that the bench was a big advantage to kerry and it did prove decisive in the end. It haunted us for for years so we know the feeling.

I said before the match that Galway would need to score 2 or 3 goals to beat us and that's where I think they slipped up. They had their homework done and we're consistently able to pull our sweeper thaigh Morley out of position, but they played Comer to far out the field for the most part and could've get him on ball when he stayed in. He's the big goal threat. And when he was being handled handy enough we were halfway there.

Galway got an awful lot right but they needed it all to go 100% to succeed. There full back line and keeper are still a big problem for them, even when they were going well in the first half! There kickouts were poor enough.

What age is McDaid? Wow what a performance, when Galway were 2 points down in about the 63rd minute shortly before the free that some (not all) Galway supporters including Joyce and O'Neill are complaining about, he went on a run and won a free for what was a old fashioned shoulder to shoulder. Walsh tapped it over and McDaid followed up with another super point to level it up.

I was on here admiring and singing Shane Walshs praises before the Derry match and my god did he deliver on the big stage today. A joy to watch in full flow.

Hopefully Galway can address the few issues they have a give it a right go next year, there very close already. But there's no denying kerry deserved it this year, we had to go through Mayo Dublin and Galway to win it and you would have to put this 3 teams in the top 5 in the country with Dublin still almost (but not quite) at number 1.

A interesting championship next year for sure, but for now! There can be only one and we'll enjoy it.

Thought he was excellent, especially in the second half.

Kerry love producing corner backs called O'Sullivan.

Bias is always heavily in favour of the MOTM being from the winning team so unless he was spectacularly better that Clifford there was always only to be one winner

John Daly should be in the half back line. Can see him getting an all star

Think you have the Kerry scores wrong there, their starting forwards (excluding DC) scored 0-8.

Sean O'Shea 0-3, P Clifford 0-2, Geaney, O'Brien, O'Connor all 0-1.

I think David Clifford is the best there is, and the best player I have ever seen (and I'm not a youngster!!!). I do understand the praise that he gets.

But on the other hand, if someone is obviously better than him in a game, that should be recognised. Especially in an All-Ireland final. I know it is scant consolation, but it would have done Shane Walsh some good, to be recognised as the best player in that match on Sunday. Something to be proud off. I'm sure he is proud of it anyway, but it should have been officially recognised.

I was at the match, so haven't seen it back on TV yet. Must look at it and drool over some of his scores.

Not taking away from D Clifford. That was a fair score to rack up too. But the fact that Walsh's was exceptional, the MoM appointers should have taken that into account, and gone against the norm of picking the MoM award from the winning team.

The jubilee team needs to be moved to part of the HT events.

We had the primary games and Dáithí Ó'Sé talking rubbish with Martin McHugh.

The usual cringe GAA HT stuff with Dáithí trying to get the crowd to cheer after silly "do we think Sam is heading WEST??!!" "a big cheer if you think Sam is heading for the KINGDOM!!"

Awful rubbish.

McHugh not really getting into the spirit of the nonsense when asked how the teams should approach the 2nd half and said Galway should target Clifford and get him a 2nd yellow card. Jesus, Martin we were only having fun.

Lazy clichés like 'Galway always play the right way' or Galway always have heaps of class forwards