The 2023 All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup)

Sunday sell-out, Saturday ~65k

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Ya. Fair enough. Maybe so. I guess I was getting sucked in by the guys on the Sunday Game. I still think they will give Kerry a tough game. It is known at this stage that if the Cliffords are kept quiet, that it vastly reduces Kerrys chances of winning. I know it's easier said than done. But if any team can go to the extremes needed to put them off their game, it is Tyrone. And I don't mean by legal means. I mean the dark arts and nastiness that Tomas O'Shea alluded to. That was before it was known that Kerry would be facing Tyrone.

My focus is on Mayos outing on Sunday. But I am going to the matches tomorrow too to make a bumper GAA weekend of it. I am really looking forward to the Kerry Tyrone game. It might not be a great open game of football. But it should be intriguing. The Armagh Monaghan game should be good as well. We'll have the goalies tackling each other out around the middle of the pitch. Looking forward to seeing how Rian O'Neill performs. Some footballer.

Every team does 'whatever they need to do to win', or should do anyway.

I don't know where you're going with the line about sledging/the Cliffords.

Kerry are well able to look after themselves, and usually get a dig out from the ref when needed.

I dunno about that. Tyrone will be well capable of beating them playing football too. They got to play plenty football in 2021, but just didn't defend well enough.

That forward line with shooters of the Canavans, McCurry, Donnelly with the work horses of Meyler and McGeary (bit harsh on Meyler who is a fine footballer) is a match for any forward line in the country. None of them are David Clifford, but the rest of them match up with or better anything Kerry have.

Midfield is probably advantage Tyrone. Two very good goal keepers etc.

Kerry if they can rediscover the meanness of last year probably have a better defence.

I think this is a massive game for Kerry. Even though they beat Tyrone 3 times in last decade in championship, there is still a sense that a good Tyrone team (which the team of the last decade largely was not) has the Indian sign over a good Kerry team and that defeat in the 21 semi-final really stung Kerry. This will be a chance to set that right. Lose and you are looking at another good Tyrone team having a hoodoo over a very good Kerry team.

Dublin by 4

Kerry by 5

Armagh by 1

Cork by 1

What are you basing the Armagh beating Monaghan on?

I think the opposite Monaghan have proven it in the big games a team greater than the sum of their parts. Armagh just flatter to deceive.

Kerry by 3

Armagh by 2

Derry by 3

Dublin by 6 after extra time

I dont think there is that much hype about Tyrone. They are big underdogs in the bookies. Other than the Westmeath performance they have been decent in the AI series.

Good show against Galway in spite of being down to 14 and 13 for a time.

Took Armagh apart, destroyed Donegal. Its not earth shattering, but they look in decent form and they usually bring it for Kerry and they have no shortage of talent. They are probably in a better place than when they beat Kerry in 2021.

5/2 and handicap of 3 looks big to me. Plenty questions mark around Kerry this year too. Cant wait for this game tomorrow.

So 14 man Tyrone being beaten by 3 points by Galway is a "good show", but their beating a 14 man Armagh by 2 points is a "tearing apart".

It seems to me that there is not a whole lot between all three.

I didnt say tore. I said took them apart which they did for large parts of the game. All 3 teams are AI contenders to playing well against them is decent form as I have said.

As the commentators call it , “exchanging pleasantries” !

If Tyrone and Derry win, I dont think there is any draw?

Is that correct?

Tyrone beat the worst Donegal team of the last 20 years and drew with Westmeath. Kerry will win this with a bit to spare.

It's Armagh that aren't as good as people think I would say.

The 2 games will each be paired up with an All Ireland Football semi final.