Kerry GAA discussion thread #2

i know its a blast from the past but when we played mayo for a place in division 1 in 2021 and kerry a week later in the munster championship , only one player featured today and that was the goal keeper , he is an excellent coach , he has nothing to work with up here at the moment so keep an eye on him ,

They were very impressive today I thought. Hard to go up there and do what they did. High scoring game.

Looks in serious nick to me and moving very well, some lovely scores and movement today.

Saw hin as well v Tipp for the second half for the Cup game and he ran amok in last 20.

Was up there today. Good win, Joe O'Connor looks the business, serious shifts by GrahamO Sullivian, Gavin White, Tom O Sullivian and Dara Moynihan to help out the new lads in the forwards.

Only negative is Paul Murphy. His day is done as a Kerry player. Against a better team he be targeted more. Great servant in his day but was a weak link last year especially in the final. We cannot afford to carry him on the team any longer. I am not even sure if he can contribute comming on especially in a game that we would be behind in. Taught he was poor last week comming on but he was unable to even really mark his own man today. If Monoghan could have got the ball over the top into the forward line when he was stranded one on one at the back we would have leaked goals.

I posted here last year that Seanie was very flat footed so labours around the field. He has obviously been working on his running style with a coach as his mobility has improved massively. His ground contact is no longer fully flat footed. He is going to have a massive year!

Murphy is brutal and that is not being unkind. He would hardly make a good senior club team at present. He has absolutely no pace he is absolutely no help to any other defender. Opposition tend not to even track him when he makes a run after an offload.

Tom for all his flaws can get up and down the pitch and was it him that got the block in for one of the Monoghan goal chances. He is just not an intelligent playmaker footballer so CB/sweeper dose not suit him.

Always thought Gavin White would become a great attacking wing back but some of his decisions and loss of possession in general is concerning at this stage imo

Disappointing start for the hurlers. imo could be a tough season ahead. But at least there's no relegation in the league.

Another bad call from the CB. After last year imo it was clear Molumphy wasn't going to move things forward but the CB took the easy option to reappoint him again. The number of still young enongh players not involved is also worrying.

Gavin White is a worry with his decision making & amount of turn-overs in games. Cost us dearly in 2021 & in last years final. Jack needs to get inside his head.

GW was kicking ball aimlessly into the full forward line against Derry. Those days are long gone

Hmm, not sure about that.

First of all Paul Murphy had dropped back as the option behind Gavin White in the AI Final. Gavin just made an individual error and passed the ball when he should have just dummied it and kept soloing the ball.

Hard to blame Jack for that or for the fact that Clifford shot 30% below his normal production rate. It's just one of those things. A couple of mistakes, Dublin took advantage and deservedly won the game.

Jack is never slow to make subs (as Sean O'Brien and Ronan Buckley have found out in the last fortnight). I didn't have any issue with Jack's substitutions or timing to be honest.

Having said all that I'm not concerned at all about Gavin White. Much like Killian Spillane and Dara Moynihan, he can't show anything near his best playing on pitches like Tralee and Clones in the winter. We'll get a good idea where he is at in Round 4 in Croke Park. Just look at the difference for Stephen O'Hanlon in week 1 and week 2. In Croke Park he was burning, Murchin and McCaffrey. In Clones, Tom pretty much kept him under wraps and managed to kick a couple of points himself. Tom would have been in for an awful rough day if that game was in Crocker.

As for Murphy, he had a fine game up in Monaghan, having to stand in as a Corner Back once Morley came on and was left one on one with his man with plenty of space in front of him. His one big error was getting blown out of it prior to Monaghan's goal. He got too tight to a bigger man and was shrugged away. Other than that he was fine.

Micheal Burns has left the panel.

Might not have been the most exciting player to watch as a fan, but its definitely not a good sign to see fellas leaving the panel especially at this stage of year now.

No doubt about that... Hopefully Clifford & White will learn from last year. Clifford needs to stop with the glory-hunting pot-shots and look for other team mates more. White needs to calm down and be more aware, his party trick is becoming a liability. T o Sullivan needs to knuckle down and concentrate more on his defensive duties. M Burns a good servant but not good enough at this level, like J Barry & D Moynihan he never improved his game. T Brosnan is on his last chance this year to prove himself at this level, a serious talent but another player who is failing to utilize his talent. D Clifford made the same mistakes in big games since 2019 and that is a worry, Jack gave him too much leeway last year and hopefully that will be rectified as well. Look at Dublin over the last decade and how they cut out the flaws & mistake's in their players, they did the simple things well while we were going for glory time & time again. Was hope Jack would bring in a forwards coach this year as we have lacked badly in that area the last ten years. No cohesion, forwards who cannot kick points, soloing the ball into the opposition, running into cul-de-sacs over n over again. Would like to see Donal Down back at some time this year as he has quick feet. Quite a few players who have been on the panel for at least 6 years yet only one AI to show for it is not good enough and most of those players making the same mistakes over n over again.

J Barry the same. I Saw a different D Moynihan against Monaghan as he knows he is on borrowed time with the new talent coming in. J Barry, Burns & Moynihan rested on their laurels when they got into the panel and never improved their game. B o'Begley and T Brosnan are in the same boat and they have to lay down a marker this year. Too many players and Jack rested on their laurels after the AI win in 2022 and it showed last year as we were bad for most of the year. D o Connor is another player who needs to finally show up in every game, far too inconsistant at this level.