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Post by mandad on Oct 25, 2014 9:07:29 GMT
Onlykerry
My view is that in 1928 a lot of players were emerging in both hurling and football and the championship was in need of re-structure. There were more hurling than football clubs and Tralee was, for the first time, divided into three clubs, Rock St., Strand St. and Boherbee. The players for these clubs were drawn from the former Tralee side of the previous years. Rock St. went on to win the double that year beating Boherbee in the hurling and Strand St in the football finals. It appears that 1928 was the first year that these clubs competed separately in the Championship. I cannot say with any certainty that they didn't exist in some less formal way before then.
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 25, 2014 9:28:42 GMT
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At the end of an extensive interview on 'Second Captains' live TV show ten days ago, the last question Kieran Donaghy answered was about his club. The hook was how victory in tomorrow's county final would bestow him with the honour of the Kerry captaincy next year but Donaghy preferred to speak about what a county final win would really mean to Austin Stacks.
"We are the most successful club in Kerry but going 20 years without winning one is a long time for us," said Donaghy. "We're trying to break that duck and that's the main thing for me and the Stacks team. Anything else that would come after that would be a massive bonus."
Stacks' hunger for success has been sharpened by two defeats in the last four finals but the long hiatus has also been reflective of the barren times Tralee clubs have experienced in the last three decades. Three town clubs - Stacks, Kerins O'Rahillys and John Mitchels - are amongst the six most successful clubs in the county (the defunct Tralee Mitchels are also in that category) but the oasis they all once drank from has since dried up.
In the 34 years prior to 1986, Stacks, Mitchels and Rahillys shared 15 titles. In the intervening period of 28 years, Tralee clubs have won just two county titles. The power base in the county had shifted, the period coincided with a time when amalgamations and divisional sides were never as strong, but the shift also highlights how tradition in Tralee has been turned on its head.
"We have this tradition but we don't seem to be using that tradition anymore in Tralee," says former Kerry player and selector Ger O'Keeffe. "We have seemed to dwell in the past too much."
O'Keeffe won five county titles with Stacks between 1973 and 1986, along with an All-Ireland club title in 1977. Stacks' aura and reputation was enhanced by the great players they produced during that golden era: O'Keeffe, John O'Keeffe, Mikey Sheehy, Ger Power. When Sheehy and Power won their eighth All-Ireland in 1986, they finished that season with their fifth county title. Yet when Kerry went into decline afterwards, so did the Stacks.
Power and Paul Lucey managed the Stacks team to their last title in 1994 but on their first night training for that season, only five players turned up. "We got it together after a while that season but I think our struggles also coincided with Kerry's struggles," says Power. "When Kerry were in the doldrums, the club seemed to slip as well."
There were obvious and legitimate reasons - emigration, lack of interest, recession, the attraction of other sports. There is a huge basketball culture in Tralee. Soccer and rugby are also big in the town. However, the clubs in Kerry's second biggest town - Killarney - got stronger as the power of the Tralee clubs waned.
During Kerry's golden years of the 1970s and 1980s, there was no Dr Crokes player in the picture. There was scarcely a Killarney player on the scene but that has radically changed in recent years.
"The easy thing to say is that rugby and soccer became popular in Tralee but the quality players Killarney have produced in the meantime defeats that theory," says O'Keeffe. "We were always considered the town that produced knacky footballers. Now it's Killarney who are producing the likes of the Gooch and James O'Donoghue."
Tralee has still produced some excellent players for Kerry in the last 15 years - Donaghy, David Moran, Tommy Walsh, William Kirby, Pa Laide, Mike Quirke. Yet for a town with such a big population - almost 24,000 in the last census - in a footballing heartland, are they producing enough? "No," says O'Keeffe. "And it would be a big concern to me. As a club, Stacks have lost so many quality players. It seems to be something that is happening more in Tralee than Killarney. I find that when players go college, and they don't make the team there, they lose interest.
"A lot of questions need to be asked. You'd wonder is it down to coaching and the culture that has been in clubs? Maybe some of the clubs who were successful in the past have been slow to adapt to the modern coaching systems that seem to be working in other places. You'd also have to ask if we have gone a little soft."
However, that's a perennial accusation often levelled against town teams. "They think the country lads are brought up on bacon and cabbage and the town lads are reared on sliced pans," says Power. "There were plenty of Stacks lads who would have taken your life over the years. It was nothing to do with lack of toughness. We just didn't have the players."
Traditionally, the town was always divided up into three areas; Boherbee (John Mitchels), Rock Street (Stacks) and Strand Road (O'Rahillys). Back in 1973, it was discussed at a county board meeting that there should only be one team from Tralee competing in the senior championship.
Then Stacks went on a crusade and by the late 1970s, Na Gaeil were formed when the local residents felt there was need for another club in north Tralee and the Oakpark area. Na Gaeil's foundation was also triggered by the success achieved in the Community Games in the 1970s.
Given the expansion of the town and a number of other clubs hugging the suburbs, the option of playing with clubs in peripheral areas has diluted the power of some of the traditional clubs. The schools have been another obvious issue. Tralee CBS was always considered a nursery in the town. They are second in the Corn Ui Mhuiri roll of honour but they have struggled since reaching their last final in 2008. Mercy Mounthawk is now one of the biggest secondary schools in the country and has become an extremely popular school in Tralee.
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The colleges powerbase in Kerry has completely shifted in the last decade anyway. Colaiste na Sceilge won four Munster titles between 2001-'09, while Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne have won the last three, including this year's All-Ireland. Seven of that team - which was managed by Eamonn Fitzmaurice - started in the All-Ireland minor final. Meanwhile, only three players on the panel of 24 were from Tralee clubs.
The schools issue though, has also extended beyond the colleges base in Tralee. O'Rahillys are doing huge work now in trying to attract kids from the schools because they have been forced to embrace a new reality. There has been no population expansion or development in their catchment area in recent years while the numbers in Holy Family primary school - which was always the largest feeder school for Rahillys - have also decreased. "Our numbers in the club have really suffered because of that," says one coach in Rahilly's.
Rahillys looked like a club ready to take over in the middle of the last decade when producing a crop of talented young players. They narrowly lost a county final to mid-Kerry in 2008 after a replay. Then Tommy Walsh went to Australia, David Moran got injured and they never recaptured that momentum.
It was accepted that the club had taken their eye off the ball but they have got really organised in recent years and are building again. Na Gaeil and Mitchels are also working hard at underage but Stacks are by far the dominant force when it comes to playing numbers in the town.
This is their third county final appearance in five years and they were just unlucky to run into a strong Dr Crokes outfit in two of them. Crokes whacked them by 16 points in last year's final but Stacks have had their eye on the big prize since Crokes were knocked out by Legion in July.
A win against Mid Kerry tomorrow won't necessarily herald another glorious era for Stacks and Tralee football. But it would suggest that the empire is finally beginning to strike back.
Irish Independent
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 25, 2014 11:12:12 GMT
There’s been a few rounds of white collar bellyboxing in Tralee’s Ulster Bank branch this week.
In the black and amber corner, Kieran Donaghy. In the green and red, Darran O’Sullivan.
The latter claims he’s given more than he’s got. “I’d be winding him up a small bit. We’re at opposite ends of the bank. He’s at the front and I’m at the back so we’re not seeing too much of each other because it’s busy. But when we see each other we’d be hopping balls off each other for the craic.”
Both pride and workplace bragging rights are on the line tomorrow but as much as O’Sullivan may have a county championship title that Donaghy has yet to add to his collection, he’s a little envious of his colleague and county team-mate.
Donaghy got to lend more than a helping hand to Kerry’s All-Ireland success; O’Sullivan didn’t. Strike that, couldn’t. The pair had been mired in injury and frustration for most of the summer but ultimately it was Donaghy who managed to put it all behind him. O’Sullivan, as he puts off a second hip injury in the hope of Glenbeigh-Glencar and Mid-Kerry winning county titles, is only getting around to it now.
“If Glenbeigh weren’t going so well and Mid Kerry weren’t going so well, I’d probably be going for surgery. But because the two are (going well), it means I have a chance to play a bit of football, which I haven’t got to do all year.
“In one sense, it’s great because I’m able to get through games and I’m getting fitter. And in the other sense you’re thinking ‘Jees, am I better off getting the other one done then really knuckling down and getting that right?’
“I’m enjoying my football at the moment and the craic with the Mid Kerry boys and the Glenbeigh lads when I get back with them. This year, as good as it was for Kerry, was a disaster for me. That’s the only way of putting it.”
He read Colm Cooper didn’t want his All-Ireland medal, having not contributed on the field of play. He’ll take his but not with much sense of personal satisfaction.
“I can understand Gooch totally because of the three other All-Irelands I won, I played a part in the final. Right, I was training all the year and played in all the games bar the semi-finals and final. For me, it’s all about playing. I was on the 26 but it’s hard one to take. You appreciate the medal but when you’re not playing, it’s not the same.
“Some people understand it, some people don’t. I just want to be playing.”
Lady luck took a disliking to O’Sullivan this Championship season. He started just one game against Clare but only lasted until half-time. “I’d a few decent moments in the first half but I hadn’t played wing forward. I’d played a different role in training and I suppose my fitness wasn’t there so I couldn’t offer too much.
“After that, I was just trying to reach a level of fitness and it wasn’t coming. I’d get a knock or injury. I think I picked up a knock or some sort of strain the week before every game this year bar the Munster final. You work hard for three weeks, burst your bollocks and then get a niggle the week before a game.”
After beating Donegal, he released a video of himself running full-pelt into the gate chasing a ball during a training game in Fitzgerald Stadium. He was pushing himself hard to figure in Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s thinking for the final.
“The All-Ireland final was the first time that I felt I had done enough training to come on and make a difference. I was injured for the first Mayo game and I was on the bench for the replay. For the final I knew there was a possibility I could come on so I busted my balls. My form was coming a small bit back. I was trying to leave everything out there on the field in training to show him I could do something.”
Some days O’Sullivan finds it difficult to put on his shoes in the morning. “I’m told the muscles have gotten so used to taking a hammering and clenched the whole time.”
Pilates or yoga is in the pipeline and his plan at the minute is to play as much as he can during the winter and be match-fit for the beginning of the league. Club-mate Kieran O’Shea, Kerry minor physio this year, has been working hard with him in recent weeks.
He won’t say it but he exhibits steely determination to be back to his 2011 best. For all the talk of Cooper back and Tommy Walsh returning from Australia, O’Sullivan wasn’t highlighted. Indeed, when the Kingdom’s older guard was mentioned, it irked him a bit that at 28, he was included.
“I just have to be smarter about my body. Trying to be on the field all the time — I don’t have to do that. Maybe one field session a week will do me for now and the other two nights would be strengthening around the hip, hamstrings and all of that area.”
Mid Kerry manager James Sheehan is seeing the best of O’Sullivan this year but the player is just as thankful of the man on the line. “He was there in 2008 and a couple of years before that. He’s a Laune Rangers man and they would be our rivals but the first thing he does when he comes in is says; ‘ I don’t mind what club you’re from.’”
Can he compare this run to 2008? They’ve won nothing yet but there’s already a sweeter taste this time. “The last time we had Milltown and they made up the majority of the team. You could say we were stronger then because we had the extra club whereas this year we’ve smaller clubs, younger players and a good balance. We had a couple of disappointing years when we didn’t get our act together but lads have stepped up this year.”
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 25, 2014 11:15:59 GMT
What clubs are mid Kerry drawing on now in 2014 apart from Glenbeigh, Beaufort, Cromane and Keel (if any)......
Mid Kerry
Mike Moriarty (Beaufort), Michael John O'Connor (Beaufort), Gary Nagle (Keel), Ger Hartnett (Beaufort), Ronan Murphy (Beaufort), Fergal Griffin (Glenbeigh / Glencar),
Colin McGillicuddy (Glenbeigh / Glencar), Tomás Ladden (Keel),
Gary Sayers (0-1) (Keel), Darran O'Sullivan (1-1) (Glenbeigh / Glencar), Martin Burke (Keel), Gavan O'Grady (1-7, 3f, 1 '45) (Glenbeigh / Glencar), Donnchadh Walsh (0-1) (Cromane), Aaron Cahillane (Keel)
Subs: Fergal Hallissey (0-1) (Beaufort) for M Burke, Kieran Doyle (Glenbeigh / Glencar) for F Griffin, Liam Carey (0-1) (Beaufort) for G Sayers, Liam Walsh (Cromane) for D Walsh
I am looking forward to seeing Liam Carey in action.... surely one of the most exciting talents to come along in a while
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Post by tadgh10 on Oct 25, 2014 13:50:52 GMT
Amazingly to me mickmack liam carey isn't starting tomorrow
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Post by hurlingman on Oct 25, 2014 13:58:48 GMT
I see Dr crokes are favourites to win the munster club title when they may not even be in the competition I'd have Cratloe ahead of them whether they're in it or not, seems their time is coming where Crokes days have passed at All-Ireland level. Cratloe were unlucky last year and in a move reminiscent of Transfer Deadline Day they've added John Galvin to their ranks, he's not coming just for a day out. Dont let Mr Crokes hear you say that...
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Post by seasiders on Oct 25, 2014 19:03:59 GMT
What clubs are mid Kerry drawing on now in 2014 apart from Glenbeigh, Beaufort, Cromane and Keel (if any)...... Mid Kerry Mike Moriarty (Beaufort), Michael John O'Connor (Beaufort), Gary Nagle (Keel), Ger Hartnett (Beaufort), Ronan Murphy (Beaufort), Fergal Griffin (Glenbeigh / Glencar), Colin McGillicuddy (Glenbeigh / Glencar), Tomás Ladden (Keel), Gary Sayers (0-1) (Keel), Darran O'Sullivan (1-1) (Glenbeigh / Glencar), Martin Burke (Keel), Gavan O'Grady (1-7, 3f, 1 '45) (Glenbeigh / Glencar), Donnchadh Walsh (0-1) (Cromane), Aaron Cahillane (Keel) Subs: Fergal Hallissey (0-1) (Beaufort) for M Burke, Kieran Doyle (Glenbeigh / Glencar) for F Griffin, Liam Carey (0-1) (Beaufort) for G Sayers, Liam Walsh (Cromane) for D Walsh I am looking forward to seeing Liam Carey in action.... surely one of the most exciting talents to come along in a while
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Post by gamechanger10 on Oct 26, 2014 12:04:04 GMT
Conditions are poor for the game but it seems to be showing a slight improvement, good luck to all on the field of play today but I hope the cup will not pass the 50kmh limits tonight.
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 26, 2014 15:30:34 GMT
Wheesie sends best wishes to Gus Cremin and Mick Finucane, the old living holders of county championship medals
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Post by southward on Oct 26, 2014 17:41:35 GMT
Stacks 1-13 Mid-Kerry 2-10
Stacks will feel they left this one behind. Ahead and on top for most of the game. 3 points up at HT against the breeze (which died a bit in fairness). Keeper was poor for both Mid Kerry goals.
Entertaining game and a huge crowd.
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Post by fitz on Oct 26, 2014 18:06:00 GMT
Was a fine game given conditions. Stacks had a 1-8 1-3 lead against the wind approaching half time and looked like driving on but Mid got last two points of half. Stacks should have really put the foot on the throat then. Stacks again looked like kicking on early in second half, but Mid Kerry again hung in and when two points down Donnacha mi* a point attempt that ended in the net. Keeper brutal. Re-energized the game was very entertaining after that, mistake ridden as it was now melting pot time and to their credit Stacks came back again with points from Callaghan and Star before Mid tying it up again. Notable that the clearest scoring chances thereafter were two very bad misses by Mid from frees, wind badly misjudged, think by Gavin O'Grady. Stacks had free to win it with wind but badly directed and full time arrived. Fair enough result. Fine match, ref a bit fussy but pretty consistent overall. Tom O'Sullivan at left half back for Dingle motm in minor, couple of gem scores in last 15 mins
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Post by fenit67 on Oct 26, 2014 20:00:36 GMT
It's a pity Mid-Kerry didn't manage it. Does anybody have an idea of how big the crowd was?
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Post by onlykerry on Oct 26, 2014 21:37:50 GMT
For the neutrals at today's game it was an entertaining day out - close game with some great scores and bad misses. Both sides had chances to win and whether it was the conditions or the nerves on the day the chances went abegging. Quick turnaround for replay and the difference could be down to which side can recover the better. Several Stacks lads seemed to be cramping up towards the end.
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Post by sidelined on Oct 26, 2014 22:07:33 GMT
both teams will be glad of a second day, both had chances to win at the end from frees. stacks after a shakey start dominated the first half and led by 3 at half time against the wind. but instead of driving on they kept donaghy around the middle and got maybe too defensive. mid kerry got a lucky goal and drew level. gavin o gradys 2 missed frees were directly into the wind, after missing the first he should have taken second off the ground besides kicking up into the air. in fairness to o grady he was the only scoring threat from mid kerry. while darren came more into the game in second half, he also had to put up with alot of off the ball nonsense. stacks will feel they should have closed this one out, wont be so careless the next day. mid kerry seem to be short scoring forwards so carey will start the next day. in 2008 they had milltown with them
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Post by gamechanger10 on Oct 26, 2014 22:16:47 GMT
Does anyone know where the replay is scheduled for ?. Please don't tell me that It's the atmosphere soaking Fitzgerald Stadium. This venue is for war,, Tralee is for the battles that prepare the warriors for just that. Last year before the whole thing went pear shaped it was like being at a bad music festival w were the bands didn't show up. Today there was excitement and genuine interest. Please don't exchange that atmosphere for all that contradicts it.
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Post by fitz on Oct 26, 2014 23:23:38 GMT
both teams will be glad of a second day, both had chances to win at the end from frees. stacks after a shakey start dominated the first half and led by 3 at half time against the wind. but instead of driving on they kept donaghy around the middle and got maybe too defensive. mid kerry got a lucky goal and drew level. gavin o gradys 2 missed frees were directly into the wind, after missing the first he should have taken second off the ground besides kicking up into the air. in fairness to o grady he was the only scoring threat from mid kerry. while darren came more into the game in second half, he also had to put up with alot of off the ball nonsense. stacks will feel they should have closed this one out, wont be so careless the next day. mid kerry seem to be short scoring forwards so carey will start the next day. in 2008 they had milltown with them He did Side, Jordan was trying to wind him all day, that said I thought Darran wasn't tuned in the first half, very indecisive making runs, laboured tracking back. Much better in second half playmaking.
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Post by tadgh10 on Oct 27, 2014 8:09:16 GMT
Is it tonight they will decide the venue and I wonder will they reduce the ticket price for the replay
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Post by dabomber on Oct 27, 2014 10:57:19 GMT
Is it tonight they will decide the venue and I wonder will they reduce the ticket price for the replay Seen on Twitter there that darran Sullivan has said next Sunday in killarney for the replay
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Oct 27, 2014 11:38:24 GMT
Jeez Conor Jordan marking Darren O Sullivan is a serious mismatch in pace
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Post by fivenarow on Oct 27, 2014 12:48:04 GMT
Good game considering the conditions. Mid Kerry will be the happier to get another chance. I thought that the stacks lost it on the sideline, bringing donaghy out to the centre of the field was ridiculous when he had mid Kerry in all sorts of trouble inside. They should have taken kirby off sooner, moved Shane Carroll out & left donaghy inside. The mid Kerry sideline knew they had picked the wrong team after 10 mins & moved swiftly to fix the problems, was it 3 subs in the first half??As I said it was a good game for the nuteral & a draw was a good result for mid Kerry , first point to James Sheehan & the mid Kerry management.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 14:50:17 GMT
Jeez Conor Jordan marking Darren O Sullivan is a serious mismatch in pace I disagree. Anyway who is the alternative ? I think the idea was to bring Greg Horan out to the wing as he definitely would not have the pace.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Oct 27, 2014 15:40:39 GMT
Jeez Conor Jordan marking Darren O Sullivan is a serious mismatch in pace I disagree. Anyway who is the alternative ? I think the idea was to bring Greg Horan out to the wing as he definitely would not have the pace. I never suggested that there was an alternative- I was just pointing out the face that Conor wouldnt be known for his pace and Darren would. I do agree that Greg would be a worse option
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 27, 2014 16:16:50 GMT
Austin Stacks 1-13 Mid Kerry 2-10 No silverware presented here but no harm done really following an enjoyable afternoon where both sides were jointly responsible for good football as they were equally guilty of some bad. Austin Stacks might feel more rueful, having led by three at the break, 1-8 to 1-5, and then going four up, only to be clawed back and going one behind with 14 minutes remaining. Collecting eight second-half wides, they had the chances but like their opponents, never harnessed the wind advantage as they would have wished. Three scores on the bounce, the last two beauties from Shane Callaghan and Kieran Donaghy, turned the game in Stacks’ favour once more, only for Gavan O’Grady to cancel out their two-point lead with a brace of frees. O’Grady had another late chance to put Mid Kerry ahead, with a close-range free but shot wide. Shane Carroll was then presented with one at the other end but couldn’t find his range and the final whistle was blown. For O’Grady, who other wise had a fine outing, it was one of two inexplicable misses from frees in the second half, and manager James Sheehan knew how much they counted in the end. “They should have been banged over the bar. That showed some lack of conviction but I’ve addressed that inside in the dressing room. We’ll just have to continue on what we’re good at and correct the small details.” O’Grady and Carroll might be kicking themselves this morning but referee Eddie Walsh was arguably the biggest villain on the day, showing yellow cards for several black card offences. Mid Kerry’s Darran O’Sullivan, Ronan Murphy and Gary Sayers should have been sent to the line for cynical fouls. Likewise, it was mind-boggling how Austin Stacks’ Pat McCarthy and captain Barry Shanahan remained on the field. Had they been dismissed from the action, this game could have taken another complexion entirely but there were few quibbles from either side afterwards. Mid Kerry’s second-half revival, which had much to do with O’Sullivan taking a deeper role and their middle third players breaking more ball, was confirmed by a fortuitous Donnchadh Walsh goal. Facing that strong wind in the first half, it appeared that period was going to be about containment for Stacks, especially when O’Grady goaled in the sixth minute. Just prior to that, O’Grady was almost put in for a goal when Kieran Courtney squared the ball to him. After an early James Long point as well, Mid Kerry were 1-1 to 0-1 up and riding their luck too when O’Sullivan was fortunate to remain on the field after tripping Wayne Guthrie. The next four scores, though, came from Stacks as they showed more urgency in breaking from kick-outs and frees. McCarthy’s ninth minute point hopped before bouncing over Michael Moriarty and the Mid Kerry crossbar. Having opened scoring proceedings after just 22 seconds, Carroll posted his first free in the 10th minute, penalising a foul on Mikey Collins. By the 11th minute, Donaghy had moved from midfield to the edge of the square and it wasn’t long before he and his marker, Mid Kerry captain Fergal Griffin, were getting to know one another. Away from their tussles, Daniel Bohan, a late replacement, was kicking a brace of scores, his second a marvellous shot floating over from the left having initially appeared to be going wide. A Sayers point arrested some of Mid Kerry’s momentum but only temporarily. Murphy was yellowed instead of black-carded for a pull down tackle but at least Carroll converted the free. He was handed another easy free in the 18th minute to push Stacks two ahead, 0-7 to 1-2. Walsh found his range in the 20th minute, only for David Mannix to respond seconds later. And then came Donaghy’s goal. It wasn’t the prettiest although it appeared he was initially fouled by Griffin, having caught and turned to strike for goal. Whether the Mid Kerry defenders thought a penalty was coming and switched off, Donaghy was allowed to adjust himself and react quickest to find the net. Mid Kerry kicked six first-half wides, Stacks registering their first of two in the 24th minute, but Darran O’Sullivan at least retaliated with a point to finish out the scoring for the half. Austin Stacks manager Stephen Stack was satisfied with how they used Donaghy, bringing him out of full-forward after 10 minutes of the first half before he alternated between there and midfield in the second half. “Against a very strong wind, the one thing you don’t want with a player like Kieran is to not have him involved,” said Stack. “It was very important to get him on the ball. He’s a great leader and you could leave him inside against the wind and he mightn’t see the ball. So we just decided to deploy him as smart as we could and I think it worked well for us today.” Scorers for Austin Stacks: S Carroll (0-5, 4 frees); K Donaghy (1-1); P McCarthy, D Bohan (0-2 each); D Mannix, M Collins, S Callaghan (0-1 each). Scorers for Mid Kerry: G O’Grady (1-6, 0-4 frees); D Walsh (1-1); J Long, G Sayers, D O’Sullivan (0-1 each). AUSTIN STACKS: D O’Brien; R Shanahan, B Shanahan, F McNamara; P McCarthy, C Jordan, G Horan; W Guthrie, K Donaghy; M Collins, S Carroll, D Bohan; D Mannix, W Kirby, S Callaghan. Subs for Austin Stacks: D O’Brien for W Kirby (46); F Mangan for D Bohan (58); D McElligott for B Shanahan (60+2). MID KERRY: M Moriarty (Beaufort); P Kilkenny (Glenbeigh-Glencar), F Griffin (Glenbeigh-Glencar), G Hartnett (Beaufort) , A Cahillane (Glenbeigh-Glencar), R Murphy (Beaufort), MJ O’Connor (Beaufort); C McGillicuddy (Glenbeigh-Glencar), T Ladden (Keel); G Sayers (Keel), D O’Sullivan (Glenbeigh-Glencar), J Long (Keel); G O’Grady (Glenbeigh-Glencar), D Walsh (Cromane), K Courtney (Glenbeigh-Glencar). Subs for Mid Kerry: J Hoare (Glenbeigh/Glencar) for MJ O’Connor (16); L Carey (Beaufort) for J Long (21); S O’Sullivan (Cromane) for K Courtney (42); D O’Sullivan (Glenbeigh-Glencar) for A Cahillane (52); Referee: E Walsh (Rathmore).
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 27, 2014 16:24:20 GMT
In my opinion Stacks kicked some of the finest points seen in many a long day.... by Carroll, Donaghy, McCarthy, Bohane, Mannix, Collins, and Callaghan.
Mid Kerry couldn't match that aspect but the two goals kept them in it and their ability to win frees nearly got them over the line. Carey won 3 frees alone.
So Stacks need to stop conceding soft goals and be cuter in the tackle. Mid Kerry could play a lot better the next day and Carey will surely start.
It could come down to what the ref deems to be a free or not a free.
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Post by A.N. Other on Oct 27, 2014 18:12:35 GMT
Replay in Killarney at 2:45
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Post by ballynamona on Oct 27, 2014 18:53:03 GMT
Very bad decision. Crowd will be lost there.
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Post by southward on Oct 27, 2014 19:55:08 GMT
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Post by ballynamona on Oct 27, 2014 20:16:58 GMT
In fairness, the Stacks do bring great colour. It's a good advert for the game in my view.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Oct 27, 2014 20:42:18 GMT
Your man at 30s really let the side down though with his "one to eleven" blunder/slip of the tongue!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 21:28:43 GMT
I disagree. Anyway who is the alternative ? I think the idea was to bring Greg Horan out to the wing as he definitely would not have the pace. I never suggested that there was an alternative- I was just pointing out the face that Conor wouldnt be known for his pace and Darren would. I do agree that Greg would be a worse option Oh and I never said you suggested an alternative just there really is no one else I suppose mobile enough for Darren O Sullivan in the Stacks defence
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