Football Championship 2026 (Mod Note in OP)

He was brought back on to take the proverbial P out of Kerry. The big loser was football last Saturday according to Ruby Walsh on Radio 1 this evening.Hard to disagree.

I agree. The scenes at HT and what Burns did are unforgivable and to say that I was massively disappointed as a Kerry man is an understatement. In a game that we were in at HT too.

Says the man who called Donegal the dirtiest team in the country. Produce facts as you demand of others, red cards, yellow cards and black cards. Frees conceded in comparison to other teams they play. Those facts are available.

However you would prefer if Ryan McHugh apologised for attacking Michéal Burns fist with his head.

Dobman said he hopes Burns never plays for Kerry again. What are you on about?

Seriously, piss off with that shyte.

I didn't see a minute of the game Saturday, I was out and about doing stuff.

But I'm well aware of what went on, they covered it extensively on The Saturday Game that night and it's been all over the media since.

Ruby Walsh? I'd rather listen to Ruby Wax talk about GAA

It is what they had to do last year to win it and it is a bit less onerous than it sounds. They have a 3 week break now and then the tough bit which is 3 matches on 3 weekends in a row and after that is the normal 2 week path to semi and final.

A lot depends on the draw. Donegal could have to do the exact same yet and possibly an even tougher path depending on the draw.

It is one criticism I have of the system. That if you win R1 but lose R2A, you have had very little advantage and quite likely have had a tougher route to a QF than the R1 losers.

Yeah, cowardly by the GAA and illustrative of the shambles their discipline procedures are. They had to give McGuinness the same as Brennan as that set the precedent. They weren't going to go that road so took this route instead.

I said it after the Murphy incident in the league final, that it would be very tricky to apply any retrospective action for the remainder of the season after they did nothing about that, at least for players anyway, and I guess they have completely taken themselves out of the game now in terms of doing anything with regard to the remaining games this year

What a cop out by the GAA. Different rules for different people it seems. GAA couldn't suspend their golden boy or McGuinness. I wouldn't be happy if I was Ger Brennan or Daire Cregg.

Dublin should be looking for an explanation about ,not to get a suspension for Donegal or Kerry just the reason why the Gaa differentiated between the incidents and not just because of the red card for Ger Brennan .

Kerry need Clifford

Donegal are favourites. Not 2nd favourites. Currently 2/1 with Kerry at 5/2. Armagh next best.

Galway for Sam and love island and Liam Mccarthy.... What odds paddy power?

Well, I guess the GAA will say the referee's report needs to be considered.

The referee in the Ger Brennan game deemed it serious enough to get a red card at the time. So presumably wrote in the report that what Brennan did was needless and out of order.

The referee in Killarney deemed a talking to sufficient - given the amount of players on the pitch, maybe he thought Jim McG was quite restrained given what happened to Ryan McHugh's face. The likes of MacGearailt, Donaghy or whoever would probably say they were trying to get their players off the pitch and down the tunnel.