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Post by Mickmack on Nov 12, 2007 22:09:01 GMT
mad max........ i like it
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Post by dstar10 on Nov 12, 2007 22:14:08 GMT
mad max........ i like it a very apprioate isnt it
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Post by Joxer on Nov 13, 2007 8:18:04 GMT
Congratulations to Feale Rangers, a well deserved victory. They never let South Kerry get going and Declan ended up over carrying the ball and not leaving it in....but the Feale Rangers full back line was well on top so he had very little choice. Great game by Brendan Guiney and Quirke...on that performance, both should be on the Senior County panel. Having said all that, I thought it was the poorest County Final in 14 or 15 years. It wasn't helped either by the conditions or some very poor refereeing. The crowd never really got behind the teams and it was played out in relative silence for long periods. Feale Rangers getting 1 pt in the second half and South Kerry scoring 1 pt from play in the entire game tells the story adequately.
Looking forward to Paul being Captain next year.
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Post by seamus on Nov 13, 2007 9:40:36 GMT
Brutal game. South Kerry with one point from play with their forward line and Feale only kicking one point in the second half. I got it completely wrong as i thought South would win easily. Fair play to the Feale lads who tore into them and got it tactically spot on. Playing Noel on top of Wayne Sullivan was a masterstroke as he horsed him around the place. Also, Maher was very effective as a 3rd midfielder and then at the edge of the square. Paddy Curran, hussey, fogarty and Sheehan were very quite and let the game pass them boy. They did not like the rough and tumble of North Kerry defence work. Sometimes stereotypes are right.Skillful but soft South Kerry forwards against teak tough North Kerry defenders. Enda Galvin looked to be carrying a bit of weight but was by far the most effective forward on display. Who got Man of the Match at the function?
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Post by kerry07 on Nov 13, 2007 10:19:55 GMT
Horses for courses inforthebreaks.Guiney could contribute massively in games with a physical edge ala Armagh/Tyrone and indeed the Dubs too.Look at the Dublin game again. There were times in that game when a number of our backs were brushed aside with ease. I appreciate also that we have been blessed with an injury free couple of years in terms of defenders Seamus in 2004 aside. Guiney is as good an option as Reidy in particular games. I keep coming back to the poin that who will cover Thomas and Tom in the event of injury/loss of form.Brendan deserves a decent run with the panel in the league and if that works out then we will see who starts come the summer.
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Post by goupforit on Nov 13, 2007 10:56:48 GMT
congrats to feale rangers, as regards guiney. he played well but lads there is a big differnce from playing in a tight wrt pitch like austin stacks park in november to running around after tyrone in the big open spaces of croke park in august/september. guiney os nowhere near tomas or killian as a footballer also i feel a bit miffed that fitzmaurice got mom. i taught declan gave him a bit of the runaroud.
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Post by Jose on Nov 13, 2007 11:05:11 GMT
congrats to feale rangers, as regards guiney. he played well but lads there is a big differnce from playing in a tight wrt pitch like austin stacks park in november to running around after tyrone in the big open spaces of croke park in august/september. guiney os nowhere near tomas or killian as a footballer also i feel a bit miffed that fitzmaurice got mom. i taught declan gave him a bit of the runaroud. Totally agree. I'd have given it to guiney with quirke a close second. quirke looks the business for '08. he wont be far off the first 15.
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Post by inforthebreaks on Nov 13, 2007 11:46:49 GMT
congrats to feale rangers, as regards guiney. he played well but lads there is a big differnce from playing in a tight wrt pitch like austin stacks park in november to running around after tyrone in the big open spaces of croke park in august/september. guiney os nowhere near tomas or killian as a footballer also i feel a bit miffed that fitzmaurice got mom. i taught declan gave him a bit of the runaroud. I agree with you there. Guiney was in teh panel for a good few years and was never trusted to be in teh first 15. I can't see him in there now either. He is just not as good as Killian Young or Tomas Se. He was also lucky not to be booked for a filthy challenge in the first half on sunday which would have curtailed him a lot in the second half. Declan O Sullivan was far and away south Kerrys best player so its hard to see how Fitzmaurice got man of the match. Maybe it was for his winning point which was outstanding.
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Post by osama on Nov 13, 2007 12:05:37 GMT
Did declan have a shot at goal? I dont think so, He ran at Fitzmaurice time and again with no end product. Id have given it to Quirke personally but I wasnt picking it.
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Post by hatchetman on Nov 13, 2007 12:24:54 GMT
as regards guiney. he played well but lads there is a big differnce from playing in a tight wrt pitch like austin stacks park in november to running around after tyrone in the big open spaces of croke park in august/september. . Just curious as to how big Austin Stack park is as I thought it was smaller than Fitzgerald stadium but when discussing it with somebody yesterday they said Austin Stack Park was bigger?
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Post by goupforit on Nov 13, 2007 13:44:10 GMT
ive played in austin stacks park a few times and im telling you its always a slow going tight field fitzgearald stadium is better suited to open football
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Post by nk2007 on Nov 13, 2007 15:33:51 GMT
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Post by austinstacksabu on Nov 13, 2007 15:45:10 GMT
With the game winning tactics there for all to see on page 22 of the photos!!
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Post by Piggy on Nov 13, 2007 16:07:33 GMT
it looked like declan gave fitzmaurice a roundabout alright but fitzmaurice just held the line and waited for declan to come to him. cant remember declan causing too many problems inside the feale rangers 40 yard line. look at the damage he did all year for kerry when defenders just follewed him around the place.
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Post by ballymagash on Nov 13, 2007 17:12:50 GMT
Teak tough Feale Rangers no doubt the better team and deserved to win by more. South Kerry very disappointing bar Declan O Sullivan.He must be a little peeved that Eamon Fitz got MOM. I thought Quirke would get it but he has a bright future and will be called in by Pat O Shea for league. I didn't rate them previously but now I can see how Duagh have been doing so well of late.
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Post by JOAN on Nov 13, 2007 17:27:19 GMT
great pics.nk2007 cheers
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Post by SteelFixer on Nov 13, 2007 23:16:37 GMT
Heartiest congratulations to Feale Rgs. Super win for them, thoroughly deserved, and a great boost to North Kerry Football, and a win that will give much encouragement to a lot of the other divisional sides.
I'd like to echo the sentiments of a number of posters already, in praising the Feale Rgs Management for their tactical astutness the last day. They really got it spot on. While a lot of people are saying it was a bad game, I'd counter that to a certain extent. As a spectical, fair enough it was'nt pretty, but invariably finals turn out like this. It was however most gripping, and if its defensive football your interested in, then all your Christmases came on Sunday.
The dogs on the street knew that if Feale Rgs were to win then it was'nt going to be pretty, because they just did'nt have the firepower to do it with an expansive game. Hence what transpired was one of the finest defensive displays I have ever seen from any team. It had been billed as the best backs against the best forwards in the SFC, but what turned out was men against boys. The Feale full back line deserves most credit, especially Pat Corridon and Kieran Quirke, whose textbook defending the last day would get into any GAA manual. To keep a forward unit with a reputation like South Kerry's scoreless from play was quite incredible. Funnily enough I'd agree in with 'inforthebreaks' in relation to Eamon Fitz's performance on Declan Sul, but in reflection now he probably was just playing a very tactical game in not leaving his central berth when Declan went deep to win ball.
The Feale Midfield and Half Forwards also deserve a lot of credit for their display. While they did struggle during the third quater, they wiped South Kerry in the first half and came good near the end when most needed. Maurice Corridon and Anthony Maher (what a pair of hands) deserve most credit.
While up front their forwards were guilty of some woeful shooting, they showed well for the ball and beat their men to it most of the time. South Kerry found it very hard to cope with Kennellys presence. All in all you have to give Feale Rgs massive praise for their super human defensive effort and holding their nerve towards the end when other sides would have cracked.
As for South Kerry I have no doubt they'll be back, but this was a big wake up call for them. I get the impression they bought a bit too much into their own hype and started to believe that they were kind of invincible. Their midfield had been struggling all year and this continued on Sunday. We hear a lot about their strength in depth, but on closer inspection of their substitute bench, they are'nt as strong as one is led to believe. I feel it was a shocking indictment of their reserves that the management had to bring Maurice Fitz back in before the Mid Kerry game. I know Maurice is special, but he had'nt played in over a year and is nearly 38 or 39 years. Surely one of the subs training all year should have been given a chance. The last day again the managenment left it very late to make any changes in their forward unit, despite the fact that they were getting hammered throughout. This again showed a terrible lack of confidence in their substitutes bench. Howver such was the dominance of the Feale backs and their physical superiority throughout the field it is unlikely that changes would have made too big a difference.
Finally - Great speech by Eamon Fitz I'm sure ye would agree, Paul Galvin is going to make a great captain in'08 and fair play to 'Walter Mitty' for sticking with Feale Rgs all year. I hope you backed them when they were 50/1 after losing by 8 pts to Mid Kerry.
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Post by islandexile on Nov 14, 2007 16:01:59 GMT
I hear you Steelfixer...I hear you.
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Post by sam08 on Nov 14, 2007 16:13:37 GMT
v.poor county final worst in years. it was going to be bad if rangers were going to win, very limited forwards. South kerry seem to have a problem in playing in ausin stacks park they dont like it. St kierans should have beaten them a few years ago there. On the maurice fitz subject I thought he was very foolish to go back to the panel, he never played wit st. marys all year (now relegated to division 3) and came on in a county final. if I was one of the sub I would not be too happy.
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Post by homerj on Nov 14, 2007 16:33:50 GMT
most of the feale rangers forwards have been on the kerry scene, be at u-21 or senior panel, so there not as bad as people are saying.
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Post by AnygivenSunday on Nov 14, 2007 16:38:01 GMT
Feal;e rangers have very good forward as good as any in kerry, maybe age is catching a few of them but they more then did enough for rangers when given the chance.
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