|
Post by TheCritic on Aug 3, 2006 19:04:38 GMT
Where do you come up with these Stats Rasher???
Do you do any work??
|
|
|
Post by Tadhgeen on Aug 3, 2006 19:35:37 GMT
My worry is that Seamas and Tomas are not performing consistently well enough at this level. Will Jack make the decision to haul them off early if they are not up to it. Hopefully it won't come to that.
Other worry as previously mentioned is the long range frees - who will take them? This has the makings of a tight game with scores at a premium. Missing frees could prove very costly.
On the plus side glad to see Sean Sull get his chance. Donaghy should destroy Francie and hopefully will be well warned against reacting to the provacation he will undoubtedly receive. Mike Frank and Gooch to finally click.
We need a few man of the match performances to see us through and hopefully we will get them on Saturday.
|
|
RashersTierney
Senior Member
Ballymun is the North Kerry of Dublin,but quieter!
Posts: 369
|
Post by RashersTierney on Aug 3, 2006 19:38:24 GMT
Where do you come up with these Stats Rasher??? Do you do any work?? In the words of your own Seamus: "Life is to be enjoyed, not endured...." He obviously isnt a Dubs fan! Once again I repeat: If any of yis need a spare couch & parking spot not far from Phibsboro, let me know, my humble abode is open to all sports fans
|
|
|
Post by austinstacksabu on Aug 3, 2006 19:55:10 GMT
Just one more thing - Since the year 2000 Armagh have only been beaten by Ulster teams in the Championship. That includes 2 All-I finals, one semi-final, one quarter.......... Eh, we beat them in 2000 Rashers after a replay in the All Ireland semi final.
|
|
|
Post by austinstacksabu on Aug 3, 2006 19:58:18 GMT
Other worry as previously mentioned is the long range frees - who will take them? This has the makings of a tight game with scores at a premium. Missing frees could prove very costly. Actually that's a good question. Since I couldn't see the Longford game, did we have may frees outside the 21 and who took them? If we can't put over medium to long range frees, you could see Armagh fouling on a rotating basis between midfield and the 40, giving Kerry no option to score from frees and no option to then send in fast ball - high and low.
|
|
|
Post by kerrygold on Aug 3, 2006 20:10:54 GMT
i was thinking about the free taking situation stacks myself,the thing is sheehan has not been clinical on the frees that he took during the championship,he was more arcurate in the last two games of the league,might be the extre pressure. What are the odds on sheehan being on the field to kick a late late free from 55 yards to tie or win the game on saturday.
|
|
|
Post by expert05 on Aug 3, 2006 21:20:23 GMT
Will Brosnan be able to cope with the playmaking skills of the best half back in Ireland Aaron Kernan? This guy is always driving forward aswell as being a top notch defender. In this situation Moynihan could be suited to play at centre forward. Kernan,McGeeney and McEntee can all supply quality ball to the 3 boys inside.
|
|
|
Post by bigpaul on Aug 3, 2006 21:48:38 GMT
Just one more thing - Since the year 2000 Armagh have only been beaten by Ulster teams in the Championship. That includes 2 All-I finals, one semi-final, one quarter.......... Eh, we beat them in 2000 Rashers after a replay in the All Ireland semi final. Galway beat Armagh in 2001-where the hell DO you get these stats Rashers?
|
|
RashersTierney
Senior Member
Ballymun is the North Kerry of Dublin,but quieter!
Posts: 369
|
Post by RashersTierney on Aug 3, 2006 22:08:45 GMT
Eh, we beat them in 2000 Rashers after a replay in the All Ireland semi final. Galway beat Armagh in 2001-where the hell DO you get these stats Rashers? Jaysus Paul, is the only thing you ever post some comment about my posts?? Well, firstly about Kerry in 2000, notice I said, "SINCE the year 2000". Yes in 2001 Galway beat Armagh, I think it was Donnellan with the disputed winning point in about the 7th minute of injury time, but that was the qualifiers, not the All-Ireland championship
|
|
|
Post by kerrygold on Aug 3, 2006 22:17:36 GMT
good side step rashers,brian o driscoll would be proud of that one.
|
|
|
Post by bigpaul on Aug 3, 2006 22:40:51 GMT
Rashers,you just said championship you old semantic you! Now,where the hell did you get the disputed point piece from? It was scored by Padraig Clancy I think,definitely no dispute!!!!
|
|
RashersTierney
Senior Member
Ballymun is the North Kerry of Dublin,but quieter!
Posts: 369
|
Post by RashersTierney on Aug 3, 2006 22:51:43 GMT
Rashers,you just said championship you old semantic you! Now,where the hell did you get the disputed point piece from? It was scored by Padraig Clancy I think,definitely no dispute!!!! :oNice one Paul! When was he transferred.........................? :-*Must be past your bedtime! ;D
|
|
|
Post by breakball on Aug 4, 2006 7:59:42 GMT
classic
|
|
|
Post by kerryman on Aug 4, 2006 9:08:02 GMT
Regarding the long frees, I was thinking that myself. Armagh could well foul on the 45 rather than let ball go in from play.
Solution - Gooch, Sean Sull, Brosnan, Donaghy, running for the quick free and gain quick position inside 21 yards. Pop! Over the bar.
|
|
animal
Fanatical Member
Posts: 1,931
|
Post by animal on Aug 4, 2006 9:22:19 GMT
Regarding the long frees, I was thinking that myself. Armagh could well foul on the 45 rather than let ball go in from play. Solution - Gooch, Sean Sull, Brosnan, Donaghy, running for the quick free and gain quick position inside 21 yards. Pop! Over the bar. Doubt It'll be that easy Kerryman. If Kerry get a free 50 yards out we should be looking to MFR to at least try and pop it over. Then we could have Star in the square to look for anything dropping short. Its very hard to take quick frees against the Northern teams. They'll hold a player long after whistle allowing players to file back and mark men.
|
|
|
Post by redbag on Aug 4, 2006 9:30:05 GMT
To be fair, we're not too far behind ourselves in stopping the quick free! Had a number of free's brought forward in the last number of games due to holding up the quick offload.
|
|
|
Post by sullyschoice on Aug 4, 2006 9:51:58 GMT
Just put a few quid on the following bet with Paddypower.com.
11/1...either Donaghy or Bellew to be sent off. exceptional value if you ask me.
If I was Kieran I would bet on myself and then 30 seconds before the end when Kerry were out of sight I would polax francie, then run like the clappers over to the ref and bring his attention to what I just did. Money in the bank. I would then use a portion of the money to employ Frank Murphy to prove that I didnt really hit anyone, thus avoiding a suspension.
Thats a win win situation.
|
|
animal
Fanatical Member
Posts: 1,931
|
Post by animal on Aug 4, 2006 9:59:09 GMT
Frank Murphy is busy. He's currently helping Flyod Landis and Justin Gatlin with their appeals.
|
|
seamus
Fanatical Member
Posts: 2,741
|
Post by seamus on Aug 4, 2006 11:16:27 GMT
Great stuff!!
|
|
falveyb2k
Fanatical Member
"The way this man played today, if there was a flood he'd walk on water. Jack O Shea"
Posts: 1,920
|
Post by falveyb2k on Aug 4, 2006 11:26:11 GMT
I heard he's trying to get Ben Johnson off for 88 as well. If anybody can do it it's the Johnny Cochrane of the GAA world!
|
|
|
Post by kerrygold on Aug 4, 2006 11:39:06 GMT
that legal eagle from tyrone failed to get mattie forde of the other night,seems like he is accepting his punishment after all,talk about a delayed reaction.
|
|
|
Post by watchdahop on Aug 4, 2006 12:36:24 GMT
Top notch post Gawksie, top notch!!
I might one technical amendment to point 8.
The played that montage of Kerry play to the backing track of "Nobody does it better" a number of years in a row on "Sports Stadium" (how many remember that?) on the saturday after noon before the match. They stopped after 82 though. (A pity the montage had some of the best scores of the Golden years era)
The routine for the day before the AI final in those days was: a kick around in Fitzgerald Stadium for team watched by a troop of local young fellows. After this the team would have a quick stop in the Trophy shop over Jimmy Briens pub for a few of them to buy a pair of lucky green cloth gloves before taking the half 2 train to Dublin.
The young fellows would fly home to see the match previewed on Sports Stadium.
What a team and what memories!!
|
|
|
Post by the1theyalllove on Aug 4, 2006 13:00:01 GMT
Patie Mahony was a Skellig Rangers player at the time not beale.....a very important fact!!!
|
|
|
Post by eastciarrai on Aug 4, 2006 13:07:50 GMT
Good shout sully. what bout brosnan at 9 to 1 for first goal coming off a game where he got three. do you think frank would help us with seamus darbys push on the back. i know its cold case but so was jesus. good luck tomorow lads.
|
|
|
Post by kerrygold on Aug 4, 2006 13:13:20 GMT
great post gawksie,the mere mention of the golden years video is enough to send me uncontrollably spirralling into utopia like a smitten pupppy.ah,dem were da days.
its like the calm here to-day before the storm on the forum,everyone is watching but few are saying much,just like a bunch of islanders standing on the cliff looking out to sea waiting for the wild winds to blow and the sea beneath them to erupt with the scrowling winds driving the angry waves against the eroded cliff face. i feel a slight breeze slowing starting to caress my face,the storm is nigh,the winds from the north and the winds from south have started to shift.Soon they will colide with devastating consequences for one tribe.
remember the days,neligan to denihan,denihan out o se,o se out to o shea,a long kick into the bomber,he fields the balls, throws it out the enrushing power,power tranfers to egan on to sheehy in front of the goal,the ball is in the back of net.bang.
bring it on,cant wait now.
|
|
|
Post by austinstacksabu on Aug 4, 2006 13:18:48 GMT
I'm wetting myself laughing - nine posts, nine of the best Gawksie - you could be getting a special mention in this years awards yet.
|
|
|
Post by Walter Mitty on Aug 4, 2006 13:52:24 GMT
Good shout sully. what bout brosnan at 9 to 1 for first goal coming off a game where he got three. do you think frank would help us with seamus darbys push on the back. i know its cold case but so was jesus. good luck tomorow lads. What push???
|
|
KevinT
Senior Member
Posts: 434
|
Post by KevinT on Aug 4, 2006 14:01:55 GMT
Classic Gawksie ! I love it !!
|
|
|
Post by TheCritic on Aug 4, 2006 14:14:28 GMT
Well folks, I think its time to nip away, need to get the jersey dried, need to get the hats, flags and head bands ready and most importantly get a good dose of pints in before tomorrow!
Kerry boys to do Us proud and we'll be back here on Tuesday planning our tactics and team selections for the semi's!!
Ciarrai Abu!!!
|
|
|
Post by kerrygold on Aug 4, 2006 14:21:57 GMT
Derailing ever so slightly from the main thread here but a reprise of the "Golden Years" (as per the musings of Murhur and Stacks)would be an excellent idea methinks and as good a "get the fans onside" PR stroke by the Kerry board as they could possibly come up with. Followers of my vintage (not quite as old as Gawksiegorman might suggest to trivia buff's ) delighted in the memories evoked by the original video and many could run through the entire 4 hours , reciting verbatim the pro Dublin Parochial comments of O'Hehir ("A dangerous hopping ball by Kevin Moran.....as it flopped gently and inocously into the greatful hands of Nelligan.....or "Oh Tony, what were you trying to do? "...as Inky togged Hanahoe (for he had to be different) did his best impression of an unfortunate soul , suffering an epileptic fit while swatting a diarreoha stricken fly), or Venerable Mick Dunne's commentaries of the classic '76 Munster final ("while the Olympics were going in Montreal") which had viewers waiting for the blessed relief and volatility of the Angelus bell (for Mick could be classified as being on the easy side of monotony.....unless it came to Pat Kirby on that handball Program with the Jarre music at the start). These images , mythical and sometimes true, sustained a generation like myself and allowed us to feel as if we were living in the Kerry football dream. Bring back and update the Golden Years...tell todays supporters that there was life before "Moyno", "Star...how long before that makes it onto the top 100 Boys names list", "Pony...('nuff said") or "Tom Sull". Evoke the following images, show the doubting Thomasin's that the 70's and 80's had something more than "revolution in the air"...... (1) Timmy Dowd's ever shrinking tog's.....it was rumoured blind Carolan himself was the Mitchel's man's tailor and that Timmy was only dropped just before he became the first man to appear in a "one piece" jersey in Croker . (2) Patie Mahony's "Maggie Thatcher" like celebration when coming on as a sub to score in Croker...imagine nights in cold, bleak ..and first Division (I kid you not) Beale...with Patie spending countless candlelit hours in front of the long mirror practising the "wave" , if he ever got a chance to use it...He did...and weren't we the better for trying to imitate it for years afterwards.... (3) Ger Mc Kenna's "we needed to regain lost prestiege...let me put it that way to you"...oration after the '78 final...Casear, Cicero, Churchill had nowt on this wordsmith (4) The imagine of arch Fashionista Shea Bhoy after '75 with an lapel on the orange shirt that was subsequently utilised to cover the whole of Killarney racecourse on a frosty night before the '76 race meeting. (5) The catch that Minor full back Mike Crowley made in the kickaround before the '80 Munster final in Pairc Ui Caoimh. Sean Walsh's fabled fetch hardy got off the ground in comparision as the Stacks man, standing at the wire behind the goals at 1.56pm (I remember these things !) rose high, with his hands arching back over the wire plucked the dipping ball from the clouds and two unsuspecting Cork "langers" (who had just arrived and were standing on the terrace behind his back) to boot.....Or did dream it ! (6) The sheer terror on the face of the Clare scoreboard keeper's assistant (for that is a position of importance in the Clare Football board) as he realised that they had't a second peg on which to hang the "1" if Kerry moved from 9 to 10 goals on that fateful day in Malbay....and that he might be forced to stand, with the "1" hoisted high over his balding pate for the remainder of the match. (7) The fabled night "shin" connor took off for a kickout in a championship match against south Kerry in the late '70's ....and still hadn't come down when they were locking the pitch 2 hours afterwards....Dingle lore...but I believe them ! (8) the playing of "nobody does it better" on the Sunday Game, the night Seamus Darby assasinated the dreams of the Kerry milleu and trotted across their soul for years afterwards. (9) the 2 "nurses" in the photo with the Bomber on the morning after he was felled with appendicitis. ...anyway,I could go on but Non Farm payrolls beckons. These were the images.....let todays generation relieve the dream...Bring back the golden years and update it please. Carpe DIEM. that post is as good as the football the lads played back then,certainly got the juices flowing. i'd say this time 24 hours on we will be tearing the nails off our fingers.
|
|