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Post by homerj on Jan 17, 2017 10:11:41 GMT
full fixture list, some really intriguing games in here. Allianz Football League Roinn 1 Sunday 05/02/2017 - 14:00 Donegal vs Kerry Letterkenny Saturday 11/02/2017 - 19:00 Kerry vs Mayo Austin Stack Park Sunday 26/02/2017 - 14:00 Kerry vs Monaghan Fitzgerald Stadium Sunday 05/03/2017 - 14:00 Roscommon vs Kerry Dr Hyde Park Saturday 18/03/2017 - 19:00 Kerry vs Dublin Austin Stack Park Sunday 26/03/2017 - 14:00 Cavan vs Kerry Kingspan Breffni Pk Sunday 02/04/2017 - 14:00 Kerry vs Tyrone Fitzgerald Stadium
can see a record crowd in tralee for the Dublin game.
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Post by jackiel on Jan 17, 2017 12:30:04 GMT
Won't make the Donegal match but definitely going down for the Mayo & Dublin matches. I'll try and sneak the Roscommon one too but family & stewarding commitments will mean I'll probably miss the rest.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Jan 17, 2017 17:19:25 GMT
Looks like I'll be able to go to all the league games and hope to see some of the Championship matches. Tourist season is filling up again and as it stands now I'm booked every day from July to the end of Octobe. Hope not, but it is work and I can't afford to cancel work to go to games. Maybe it's just me, but this league seems to be on the most exciting in a while. Playing Dublin at home we should be in the mix to at least make the final. Dublin, Monaghan, Tyrone and Mayo being the other contenders. Cavan a dark horse, but I expect them and Roscommon to go down. Donegal are weakened so they are the great unknown. They need to click early on it the league or they will go down instead of Cavan. Cavan have been building a few years now and this might be their breakthrough year. Tyrone too have to do it this year or the real leaders in the team (read Kavanagh) will be gone and that leaves Tyrone a shadow of their former teams. With all due respect to Tyrone, and I don't want to upset the Tyrone posters here, but I can't see them challenging for Sam with this team and with their current tactics. They will no doubt have a good league as their Mckenna cup campaign hasn't been great and they will want to lay down a marker to Monaghan, Donegal and Cavan early on in the year. Mayo and Dublin are at kerry's level and though Mayo and Kerry haven't exactly shone in the league in recent years I expect both us and Mayo to really want to win the league this year. Dublin have been struggling in the last two finals and stumbled over the line just because of their sheer class. They don't need the league as we do and I think they will use it to discover some players.
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Post by Deise Exile on Jan 21, 2017 20:24:24 GMT
Early signs are that Kerry are going to take the league very seriously and hit the ground running.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Jan 22, 2017 2:12:14 GMT
Looks like I'll be able to go to all the league games and hope to see some of the Championship matches. Tourist season is filling up again and as it stands now I'm booked every day from July to the end of Octobe. Hope not, but it is work and I can't afford to cancel work to go to games. Maybe it's just me, but this league seems to be on the most exciting in a while. Playing Dublin at home we should be in the mix to at least make the final. Dublin, Monaghan, Tyrone and Mayo being the other contenders. Cavan a dark horse, but I expect them and Roscommon to go down. Donegal are weakened so they are the great unknown. They need to click early on it the league or they will go down instead of Cavan. Cavan have been building a few years now and this might be their breakthrough year. Tyrone too have to do it this year or the real leaders in the team (read Kavanagh) will be gone and that leaves Tyrone a shadow of their former teams. With all due respect to Tyrone, and I don't want to upset the Tyrone posters here, but I can't see them challenging for Sam with this team and with their current tactics. They will no doubt have a good league as their Mckenna cup campaign hasn't been great and they will want to lay down a marker to Monaghan, Donegal and Cavan early on in the year. Mayo and Dublin are at kerry's level and though Mayo and Kerry haven't exactly shone in the league in recent years I expect both us and Mayo to really want to win the league this year. Dublin have been struggling in the last two finals and stumbled over the line just because of their sheer class. They don't need the league as we do and I think they will use it to discover some players. Methinks Seoirse would be suited to a job as 'pre-match' sportswriter with The Kerryman, fit in nicely with the post game analysis.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2017 3:04:16 GMT
I like the team he picked for Sunday. Paul Murphy has to stay in the backs. Maybe try Mark Griffin at no.6 for a game or two in the League. Tom O'Sullivan, Killian Young, Shane Enright, Tadhg Morley, Brian O'Beaglaoich, Jason Foley, Peter Crowley, and Gavin Crowley will get games in the League. Fionn Fitzgerald and Gavin White will probably get a look when the Crokes are done. I would put Nathan Breen ahead of Ronan Shanahan based on what i have seen of them. Andrew Barry will surely get a look. David Moran, Anthony Maher, Brendan O'Sullivan, Barry O'Sullivan, and Jack Barry give Kerry good options at Midfield. John Lyne will not make the team in the backs. Half Forward is his best position and best chance. Good to see Conor Keane there. He has loads of ability. Mike Geaney, Adrian Spillane, Donnacha Walsh, and probably Johnny Buckley will get games in the half forward line. Where will Denis Daly get a game. He can play half forward or half back. Kevin McCarthy is another good forward. The full forward line is his best chance. Sean O'Shea and Dara Moynihan are excellent prospects. Jack Savage is another good player who deserves his chance. Barry John Keane, Colm Cooper, Stephen O'Brien, Paul Geaney, James O'Donoghue, and Conor Keane it's going to be hard to make it there. Conor Geaney is a good prospect. I think Mark Reen deserves a chance. Killian Spillane and Michael Burns are two more young players who could get a look. Plenty of competition which is good to see. Looking forward to the League.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Jan 22, 2017 10:18:04 GMT
I like the team he picked for Sunday. Paul Murphy has to stay in the backs. Maybe try Mark Griffin at no.6 for a game or two in the League. Tom O'Sullivan, Killian Young, Shane Enright, Tadhg Morley, Brian O'Beaglaoich, Jason Foley, Peter Crowley, and Gavin Crowley will get games in the League. Fionn Fitzgerald and Gavin White will probably get a look when the Crokes are done. I would put Nathan Breen ahead of Ronan Shanahan based on what i have seen of them. Andrew Barry will surely get a look. David Moran, Anthony Maher, Brendan O'Sullivan, Barry O'Sullivan, and Jack Barry give Kerry good options at Midfield. John Lyne will not make the team in the backs. Half Forward is his best position and best chance. Good to see Conor Keane there. He has loads of ability. Mike Geaney, Adrian Spillane, Donnacha Walsh, and probably Johnny Buckley will get games in the half forward line. Where will Denis Daly get a game. He can play half forward or half back. Kevin McCarthy is another good forward. The full forward line is his best chance. Sean O'Shea and Dara Moynihan are excellent prospects. Jack Savage is another good player who deserves his chance. Barry John Keane, Colm Cooper, Stephen O'Brien, Paul Geaney, James O'Donoghue, and Conor Keane it's going to be hard to make it there. Conor Geaney is a good prospect. I think Mark Reen deserves a chance. Killian Spillane and Michael Burns are two more young players who could get a look. Plenty of competition which is good to see. Looking forward to the League. In a peculiar way there is a striking resemblance between the county team and Ballydonoghue in that while both panels are bursting with talent, i.e. an avalanche of good players, we now await to see who will be the greats, is Jason Foley a current day Moynihan/Johno in the making?, where are the Jack O'Sheas, Mickey Sheehys, Ger Powers, Bombers?, ... is there a Maurice Fitz? No pressure lads, but again must we rule. Paidi was right, animals are we so pure. Hurlers on the ditch, we are cruel. What a burden, born of crown jewel.
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Post by givehimaball on Jan 25, 2017 17:41:43 GMT
The following are all the matches EIR and TG4 have announced they are going to be broadcasting. TG4 haven't announced their full listing of league games so far - I'd imagine this is because they have a possible choice of games on the Sunday whereas EIR don't have as much choice on the Saturday night. Also Eir are looking to sell subscriptions, whereas TG4 aren't.
I was looking to investigate whether the away games will be on as trips to Donegal, Roscommon and Cavan aren't exactly handy spins.
The Donegal game is being broadcast deferred on TG4.
Mayo in round 2 and Dublin in round 5 are being broadcast by EIR.
The game away against Roscommon in Round 4 on the 5th of March is the only Division 1 football game on that day, but there is hurling including Tipp v Clare and Kilkenny v Cork. Hard to know what odds this will be broadcast.
The game away against Cavan in Round 6 on the 26th of March is on the same time as Tyrone v Mayo and Donegal v Monaghan, There is also hurling action that weekend, so I'd guess the odds might not be great - maybe the fact that it's 70 years since the Polo Ground game?
The game at home against Monaghan in Round 3 on the 26th of Feb is on the same time as Tyrone v Cavan and Donegal v Dublin. There's no hurling that weekend so a reasonable chance it will be broadcast I'd say. Round 7 against Tyrone will be on the same time as all the other final games but that is at home as well and I'd imagine the positions in the league are likely to affect what games are broadcast.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jan 26, 2017 8:40:01 GMT
Crokes playing their semi final in the Gaelic grounds?
I thought Limerick wasnt allowed to be treated as a neutral venue for Kerry games due to the woeful injustice in 2014 whereby Mayo had to practically play us in Eamon Fitzmaurices own backyard
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Post by keane on Jan 26, 2017 12:48:06 GMT
Don't worry there are plenty of the Mayos complaining bitterly elsewhere god help us.
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Post by inforthebreaks on Jan 26, 2017 13:19:38 GMT
i see your point annascaul... but that corofin you highlighted is in clare...
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jan 26, 2017 13:46:54 GMT
i see your point annascaul... but that corofin you highlighted is in clare... Oh dear what a fail on my part. I am going to delete but yes I messed up. Mind you it still closer to Limerick than Killarney by 10 minutes according to Google.
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Post by glengael on Jan 26, 2017 17:56:51 GMT
you'd wonder does Google allow time for the Great Adare Tailback in its calculations!!!!!
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Jan 27, 2017 20:16:43 GMT
you'd wonder does Google allow time for the Great Adare Tailback in its calculations!!!!! Make a detour via Ballingarry and bypass Adare. In the process you can pick me up at home
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Post by kerrygreenandgold on Feb 1, 2017 1:06:05 GMT
Predictions for midfield this year will it be same two as last year or will he change it up ?
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Feb 1, 2017 9:29:08 GMT
No Maher and no Buckley and no Donaghy and no Sheehan available for the Donegal match so I think we will see Jack Barry and Moran. Jack Barry should get more time during the league. Very impressive v Cork in the McGrath, but less so in the final. Can be a serious player and we need his mobility.Either Brendan or Jack will need to make the grade this year,
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Post by onlykerry on Feb 3, 2017 10:07:09 GMT
What would people regard as success for this years league? For me - Maintain Div 1 and find/blood new players that will make a difference in the summer - League final would be a bonus and not tragic if it does not happen, particularly if we strengthen our hand for the Championship and stay avoid major injuries.
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Post by Jigz84 on Feb 3, 2017 15:26:15 GMT
What would people regard as success for this years league? For me - Maintain Div 1 and find/blood new players that will make a difference in the summer - League final would be a bonus and not tragic if it does not happen, particularly if we strengthen our hand for the Championship and stay avoid major injuries. To lay down a marker and win it.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Feb 3, 2017 17:12:09 GMT
Maintaining division 1 status is vital. Not just for the quality of games, but also for the way kerry are seen by the rest. Kerry are no longer seen as unbeatable and the best team in Ireland by some so it is vital to regain a bit of standing. Finding and blooding new players too is important. Eamon said so himself and retirements and injuries force him to introduce new players. Winning the league would be a good step forwards. Winning the McGrath Cup was important as 2014 was a good win, but realistically we haven't been the best team in ireland since 2009. Winning the league would be important to me we haven't won one since 2009. Stopping Dublin from getting a 5 in a row of league titles and a 3 in a row of championship titles would also be important. In the past Kerry were Dublin's nemesis, the team they never really beat. Now it is the other way round: we beat them in the league every now and then, but never comfortably and this might creep into players' minds. Just like Kerry would start with a 3 point advantage in the past, Dublin now have the advantage over us. Laying down a marker is important. Not winning the league is not a failure though if the other goals are met. Relegating or struggling through the league would be disastrous.
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Post by Jigz84 on Feb 4, 2017 23:08:16 GMT
Monaghan with a deserved win in Castlebar tonight but it got fairly ratty in the second half. McManus kicked a beauty at the end, what a player.
Makes Mayo's visit next Saturday even more interesting.
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Post by Kingdomson on Feb 5, 2017 12:42:47 GMT
Good win for Monaghan. Despite the defeat, I thought David Clarke was excellent in goal for Mayo last night and kept the game alive for them really in that second half with some vital interceptions and saves. Brought home to me again how foolish it was to drop him last October.
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Post by Chinatown on Feb 5, 2017 18:35:11 GMT
Any word on Shane's injury
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Post by Jigz84 on Feb 6, 2017 9:18:18 GMT
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Post by homerj on Feb 6, 2017 10:56:36 GMT
Any word on Shane's injury bad concussion. should be ok. id say he will take 2 or 3 weeks off.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Feb 6, 2017 11:07:45 GMT
Not sure... a blonde younger lady with him again though...
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Post by buck02 on Feb 6, 2017 11:41:28 GMT
I was watching the game Saturday night and had to laugh at the fella who decided to get involved in the dust up. I don't think it was our rotund friend from Limerick, although there are rumours of this lads posing for photos in Supermacs in Castlebar on Saturday night.
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Post by kot on Feb 6, 2017 13:30:44 GMT
Dubs just doing what the Dubs do yesterday. Fairly striking when majority of them were in Jamaica until very recently. I know Cavan are hardly superpowers but was clear they were up for yesterday but Dubs just swatted them aside.
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Post by keane on Feb 6, 2017 13:58:48 GMT
I noticed Dublin seemed to be doing a lot of high ball into the full forward line yesterday, which I wouldn't really associate with them too much as a tactic. Worth keeping an eye on.
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Post by skybluezone on Feb 6, 2017 14:52:02 GMT
I noticed Dublin seemed to be doing a lot of high ball into the full forward line yesterday, which I wouldn't really associate with them too much as a tactic. Worth keeping an eye on. Happened mainly in the last 20 mins when O'Gara came on at FF.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Feb 6, 2017 16:38:47 GMT
I think the Proboards members should meet up at games and the league presents a great opportunity as they are all over the country. I know he will kill me but I propose Seoirse Ui Duic as the organiser - as a tour guide he is a good at that.
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