homerjay2005 wrote: hearing theres 1 key member of the backs out injured for Sunday now and another key player is struggling.
Fear Ciarrai wrote: » Expand...
wonga77 wrote: » Tipperary 7/1? I know Kerry and Cork dominate in Munster but kerry are crazy low odds for the next day, this could be a real dodgy one
ShamoBuc wrote: » Reckon Tip will give them a right good game before Kerry pull away. Wouldn't surprise me if Cork lose to Kerry by more than Tip do.
thinkstoomuch1 wrote: » I'd agree Kerry are vulnerable in focus is really Dublin even though it won't and correctly so be public admitted but the dog on the streets know this hence the late warm weather training camp Kerry could struggle against a fit dynamic fast tipp team as kerrigan no where near full capacity and hope individuals get them through I can't believe I'm saying this but for benefits cork football I hope kerry win as the last thing we need is tipp to win and the Munster Final pressure get them cork win munster in a false dawn If cork win munster it has to be beat kerry in killarney other wise imo I see no value in it I think kerry would beat cork but I don't think they see any point humiliation this year as last year they needed a huge win and they won't show their fully hand til Dublin imo so cork will probably be close but kerry in control always Sunday is a potential banna skin but once kerry are there in the last quarter should win The dangers are a slow start after the algave and trying to peg a big lead back on tired legs I expect kerry to win but I wouldn't back them with big money
Fr Tod Umptious wrote: » I can never get this idea that teams do not show their full hand until certain times in the year. You hear it all the time, your hear it a lot if a defending champion is not setting the world alight the following year. Teams are what they are. If Kerry are sluggish v Tipp it's cos it's in Tipp against a good Tipp team, with Kerry playing their first game, and missing a few players. If Kerry are not setting the world alight v Cork then it's because Cork are not lying down like they did last year and there may be other factors If Kerry are still sluggish and playing poorly v an A side qualifier in the QF, or a B side qualifier/Ulster champ in the SF then there is something wrong. Teams do not intentionally go out to be poor, or looking for a test, or to under perform They are poor, tested or under performing for other reasons.
thinkstoomuch1 wrote: » Kerry are the masters of phoney war They have no interest in playing full peak sunday as seen by the late warm weather training camp Dont have foolish or naive thoughts that dublin has not dicated their change of training because of this. There vulernable sunday.
ciarriaithuaidh wrote: » Dublin? It's nothing to do with Dublin. It's the championship structure mixed with modern sports science. Going back decades there was a tradition of peaking for Cork (Munster final) and then the All Ireland..peaking twice a year in other words. In unique GAA fashion, this remains unchanged (with a slight adjustment) even in the present day with all the changes the game of Gaelic Football has undergone. The slight adjustment these days is having a mini-peak for the August Bank Holiday in case you lose the Munster final/Face a big team in the quarters. Win that and you have your break to the semis, then 3 weeks until the final. Pat Flanagan has been explaining exactly how you periodise your training schedule to suit this system for years to anyone who will listen (or employ his services!) and Cian O'Neill has followed suit. Look how many teams they have brought to Finals in September between them. 8 of the last 11 finals had one of them involved I reckon. The fact that Kerry, Cork, Dublin can do this while no Ulster team can (unless willing to risk the qualifier route) only highlights further the inadequacy of the current structure.
thinkstoomuch1 wrote: » Id agree but course dublin come in to the equation as their the only team that could stop kerry this year
jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: » Dublin, Cork, Mayo or Donegal could catch Kerry out on their day and vice versa. There may be a surprise team to emerge and show some form as well.
Kerrydude1981 wrote: » Still cant believe that as reigning All Ireland Champions the game against Tipp isn't on TV next Sunday, Armagh V Donegal must be a bigger ratings puller :rolleyes:
ciarriaithuaidh wrote: » The same way no team could stop Dublin last year except Mayo? If history has taught us anything TTM it's that we can't predict how things will turn out at this point of the year. We know Kerry and Dublin look like the top contenders, but the record of defending champions since 1990 makes for stark reading..often ending in failure to far inferior teams..and as for Dublin, well we don't yet know if the defensive frailties have been well or truly banished just yet..and we probably won't find out until around 4.30pm on an August Sunday either!
ciarriaithuaidh wrote: » In fairness, RTE showed Kerry v Tipp live 2 years ago and Kerry won by 17. Were I completely neutral I'd rather watch the game in Armagh on Sunday.
Boom__Boom wrote: » The thing is that the Armagh Donegal game is being broadcast on BBC NI anyway. As such I'd imagine it's far more about cost as opposed to ratings - RTE will simply take BBC NI feed and use the money saved for their "stars" salaries. It will be interesting to see who the program director for BBC NI will be this time out - will be it the one who is utterly obsessed with crowd shots and shots of the sideline or will it be the one who consistently shows replays thereby ensuring that the number of kickouts shown is at an absolute minimum and instead return to the action with a random player in possession. Or will they be inventive andfind some other way to made a botch of things.
keane2097 wrote: » Training to peak at particular times is very much to the fore in Kerry training these days. Sure they just spent a week running the nuts off themselves in Portugal, hardly beyond belief that they wouldn't be at their best for this game, and hardly beyond belief that that's how the management want it.
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