I understand how a sweeper works. Morley will be the free man, but on the attack Moynihan will be the most likely to be free as focus will be on Clifford on that side. O Shea,Geaney and Paudie will have tight man markers, Moynihan most likely won’t. Spillane also but he will have his hands full with Howard.
Are the Kerry boys doing the Dublin banquet Sunday night or will they fly down home and get down like the Limerick and Kilkenny lads did at the weekend?
We are made of sterner stuff. As the Cork man will say...... Tradition.
I say we are definitely staying above
Think Limerick made the right call heading home after the game tbh. All the videos doing the rounds look brilliant and they visited the kids hospital in UHL. Would like to see Kerry do the same and jump on the train after the game.
A few of the Limerick players said it was great waking up and not facing into travelling home and you're surrounded by friends and family. Also, still no mention of the famous Kerry "after party" that caused such a stir last year.
DOC is 10 years younger than JMcC, so you'd hope that'd make a difference.
If our full back line can keep their full forward line quiet, then that's half the battle won. That's where all their scores come from.
Anyway I'm nervous and can't predict the outcome. I hope people are talking about the football afterwards and not refereeing decisions about soft frees and black/red cards.
I'd like Paul Geaney to have a great game and then retire on a high.
With all the attention on Clifford, he could make hay.
Paul can only make Hay if he’s left in the forward line with no tracking back. Unfortunately Gannon will bomb forward all game putting Geaney on backfoot. Personally I think Paul shouldn’t start for that reason but he probably will.
Anyone brave enough to call the result before teams are announced? I haven't even looked at how the bookies have it but imagine it's close enough since they had dublin short prices all year
Kerry 1 16 Dublin 15 points
That's a big shout Jack, fair play. Not sure we keep dublin goalless but I like your thinking
Kerry win by 3
Logic tells me a division 2 team will not win an all ireland
If we stay the same as last year then we win- I don't think dublin are better than last years semi final team
Look at their results this year, unless they have timed the run to perfection....I'm talking myself out of opening prediction now😁
Who was the last division 2 team to win Sam and how many Dublin managers has jack retired.
PaddyPower have it
Kerry 10/11
Dublin 5/4
Handicap -1
That's about as close as it gets and they're not usually far off.
Dublin were div 2 in 95 or had just been relegated I think....diff era tho
Think was Armagh 2002.
its an interesting one. Was it in 2002. Kerry and Armagh were in Div 2A&2B. Div1 was 1A&B 16 teams in total. Technicall they were in the equivlent of D3
Kerry and Armagh played the league and AI final and Armagh won both
Armagh 2002?
Kerry beat Laois in league final in 2002. Was Gooch first or second game for Kerry.
you are right Armagh beat Kerry in the league games but Laois defeated them in the SF. Kerry beat Meath in the other SF and won D2
but it was D2, technically D3&4
Dublin beat Mayo and Derry easily. We lost to Mayo and could've easily lost to Derry.
Caveat that with Mayo going gung ho for the league and fcked by the time they played a fresh Dublin (something Jack mentioned in his press interviews). Cork beat Mayo which says it all and Derry beat them in the league. They had Ulster championship 1 week after the league final so had an eye on that and lost Conor Glass early in the 2nd half of the final iirc.
I wouldn't read a whole pile into previous results with teams peaking at different times. Kerry beat Monaghan by 10 points in the league and they gave dublin a game for 65mins.
Yeah I'm just being devils advocate.
I don't put much value on those results either.
Whatever way your look at it, it's a 50:50 contest.
It'll come down to the last 10/15 minutes so it means who has best composure under pressure, impact from bench, decision-making, legs, stamina, drive, black cards maybe, free taking under pressure etc..
I think Dublin will win it late on because of their bench.
I always knew Kerry would beat Derry, Derry don't score enough and when it came down to the last 10 minutes they just couldn't finish it, Kerry could.
Same with Dublin v Monaghan, Monaghan could never score enough and in the last 10 minutes Dublin pulled away.
But now you have teams that can score, and I think Dublin's bench will win it for them coming down the stretch because they can just throw on guys with multiple All Irelands like confetti.
Plus Kerry are way too relient on David Clifford.
Carrying that team in the last 10 minutes is much harder than in the first 10.
KK had that plan last Sunday... we saw how that worked out... i think we were 5/6pts better team than dublin last yr but due to not having beaten them in a while.. think we were a little mentally fragile but seanie got the job done.. both teams a yr older this yr... kerry players coming into their prime.. mainstays of the dubs moving towards the sunset of their outstanding careers.. to my mind there is only going to b one winner...
The bench takes a hit with the news that Tony Brosnan will miss out. His lung issue has resurfaced again.
This is how I feel. Kerry will need a decent lead before Dublin empty their bench. Then hopefully hang on.
If our full back line can nullify their full forward line and our forwards keep the scoreboard ticking over, maybe have a 3 or 4 point lead around the 60th minute.
Donal Sullivan and Ruarie Murphy are highly rated but we've seen little of them. They might have a part to play. Killian Spillane could be flying in training.
Another good video from Adam
While Rurai Murphy is highly rated he is really a future prospect. He made serious errors in the Derry, Cork( I think it was the Cork game anyway) games which were tight when he came on.
Donal O Sullivan is 25 I think he should have being showing for the last two years if he was a real serious prospect. Fine footballer and matured a lot after the mistakes in the Donegal league game. He should have been given a run in 1-2 of the earlier games.
Killian Spillane is the only real positive I see.
Yeah I haven't seen enough of them.
We badly need an inside forward to come through and a half forward.
i can’t see Killian getting more than injury time minutes. Madness to think a player can make an impact in an All Ireland final having played no football this year really. With Tony gone, Micheal Burns will move into his spot as second forward in after O Brien. Would agree that Ruairi Murphy is a future player, but has shown nothing in any game to deserve the minutes he is getting. Donal Down has to be the next forward in, outside of Barry Dan being thrown in full forward if we are behind and need goals.
According to Jackie was nearly fit before the Derry game. Ya ideally you would not be giving him only last 3-5 minutes + injury time. However with Brosnan supposed to be a doubt we have no proven inside forward
Presuming the team that started against Derry starts the first two on will be Stephen O Brien and O'Bealoigh. They are the only two proven players going on.
It depends if he needs an inside Forward then KS comes into the equation.
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