The 2025 All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup)

Thats the same in every other county. Theres masses of passion and selflessness. Theres also kids who do nothing but kick a football or swing a hurl 12hrs a day but what's not there is tradition and perhaps quality of coaching. I dont know what's thats like in Kerry, was never at a club training session or had a coach from Kerry. Everything else is no different than it is in other counties.

Belief is a huge thing and unquantifiable. My own county has a serious lack of it in both codes. We go in hope more than belief. Its quite possible had we beaten Limerick in 2018 in the hurling that we may never have seen that Limerick team reach the levels they did because the belief wouldn't have been there. Just another all ireland lost in a county lacking in belief as much as my own.

Dublin believed they were going to beat everyone for at least 8 of that 10 year run. Others just hoped.

Once counties with tradition like Kerry, Dublin, KK get on top of you its very easy to cave in psychologically. We saw it in action at the weekend where Monaghan and Armagh wilted once the traditional superpower got on top.

Pre championship restructuring in the 00's I would say they same amount of titles.

I fail to see how this narrative of its harder to win an all ireland if you are an ulster team for example

No idea , 1 win in 10 seems poor enough for this mystically skilled county.

Anyone know what time semi final tickets go on sale?

That may have been Gavins finest feat. He really made a dublin a sticky opponent for kerry. Mind you kerry had owned the rivarly in the 70s and 90s and noughties. Gavin turned it on its head.

It's tomorrow, Tuesday. 12pm for kerry tyrone. 2pm for donegal meath

Tailteann Final as a curtain raiser

Glad you got that off your chest, can you provide a similar summary for Connacht & Leinster then as well please.

This discussion could easily go down a rabbit hole, let bring population decline into the mix as well, location of multi nationals...bottomless conversation tbh.

Very easily. Connacht and Leinster isn't dominated by hurling.

The lengths Kerry supporters go to try and argue against that being in Munster has skewed the odds in favour of winning all-ireland's is laughable. There was someone trying to say it's all about young lads spending 1000s of hours practicing kicking a ball against a wall…as if no one else in the country thought that practicing skills is important.

The simple fact is that being in Munster has been the biggest single contributor to Kerry’s success

Yerra tis a great feeling to win all them handy all irelands tbf

18% of kerrys all irelands have been won since 2000.

In the same period in hurling a leinster team has won 54% of the all irelands, higher if you include Galways win as a leinster team

Yerra you’ve just proved my point.

Before 2000 Kerry won 30% of the football All-Ireland’s going. That rate looks to have reduced significantly since the group format has come in. Proving they had it handy in Munster.

The Nordie haters will march on Croke Park HQ demanding something or other.😁

Yip you are right, its skewed towards us.

All a big conspiracy....i thought kerry would have more won but if that was the case the cat would be out if the bag

This is correct.

If cork focused mainly on football very would have won a lot less considering most years it was knockout. If Tipp, Limerick, Waterford and Clare were football mad instead of hurling mad Kerry likewise would have won far far less Munsters in the straight knockout era.

Not Kerry's fault it's just reality. That situation meant they reached the semis more then anyone else in Ireland and that ultimately leads to huge AI level experience and success which creates the culture we see today.

Kerry challenged the Dubs. 2011 Kerry would have won with a fair referee. 347 steps for the goal. 2013 Kerry challenged Dublin in the semi but lost fair and square. Donegal challenge Dublin in 2014 and would have in 2012 if needed. Kerry again didn't exactly disappear after 2014 either.

The Dublin period was fairly boring but they had worthy challengers in Donegal, Kerry and Mayo.