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Post by veteran on Jul 28, 2018 20:27:51 GMT
Management have taken a lot of criticism on this forum, a lot of it justified indeed , but taking issue with them for maximising Kerry support at matches is beyond my understanding. Rally to the call.
On another topic , people complain when matches are scheduled for Croke Park and people complain when matches are not scheduled for Croke Park. Who would want to be a GAA administrator currently.
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Post by misteallaigh abú on Jul 28, 2018 21:46:56 GMT
There won't be many travelling from Kildare next Saturday. The U20's are playing in an All Ireland final next Sunday at 2pm and most will prefer to tip up the road to Croke Park and support the 20s in a game of real relevance rather than a nothing game in Killarney.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Jul 29, 2018 0:21:58 GMT
There be no more nobler than mikey and maurice, can we all get behind them and pull this AI out of the fire? Other counties have blind support and there will be plenty of cold days for blowin hot air - come on, lets not be fairweather friends, remember the moments they gave us, all they want is our moral backin as they turn the ship, they were chosen as the best and they represent us, lets not be cold, rather lets shout loud so they know they have our back, they make sacrifices for our entertainment and boy do kerry footballers deliver, if we never again won sam we are still indebted to those who gave up so much for us to celebrate, its not askin much so lets put our shoulder to the kerry wheel in this month ahead. Twould be nice to know we all played our part, small as it may seem but it all adds up to the emotional power on the field, we are the 16th man!
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Post by kerrygold on Jul 29, 2018 9:20:11 GMT
There won't be many travelling from Kildare next Saturday. The U20's are playing in an All Ireland final next Sunday at 2pm and most will prefer to tip up the road to Croke Park and support the 20s in a game of real relevance rather than a nothing game in Killarney. Bringing the u20 final to Killarney would have created a bit of excitement in what is essentially a dead rubber senior game.
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Post by misteallaigh abú on Jul 29, 2018 11:19:02 GMT
There won't be many travelling from Kildare next Saturday. The U20's are playing in an All Ireland final next Sunday at 2pm and most will prefer to tip up the road to Croke Park and support the 20s in a game of real relevance rather than a nothing game in Killarney. Bringing the u20 final to Killarney would have created a bit of excitement in what is essentially a dead rubber senior game. Can you imagine the Mayo fans' reaction to such an arrangement!
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Post by Corner Back on Jul 29, 2018 11:39:29 GMT
Veteran is right. It is not 'them and us' It is we. all get behind the team and management while they are there. We may not agree with everything management does and are entitled to our options but so is Eamon and co. Unbelievable that they are being criticized for asking supporters to get behind the team.
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Post by hatchetman on Jul 29, 2018 12:17:26 GMT
When we win the all Ireland in September nobody will be referring to the Kildare game as a dead rubber!
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Post by buck02 on Jul 29, 2018 13:00:28 GMT
While it's hard to disagree with Eamonn here, those he's calling on to rally around are the same people who, not so long ago, he referred to as "every Tom, Dick and Harry", whose "opinions don't count". Really, he'd be better off saying nothing. I know a family who spend a fortune staying in top Dublin hotels for every final and semi final Kerry are in and that's the only 2 games they go to all year..there a prime example of Tom Dick and Harry In that interview when Fitz was asked the question, would you prefer if he answered it by saying 'Yes, I do take everybody's opinion into account. My squad and team are picked on the basis of: 1. Terrace Talk. 2. The Kerryman. 3. Kerryseye 4. The Kerry GAA Forum. 5. What we see of the lads inside in training.
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Post by misteallaigh abú on Jul 29, 2018 15:16:32 GMT
When we win the all Ireland in September nobody will be referring to the Kildare game as a dead rubber! It's a dead rubber from a Kildare perspective, I think that's what KG was referring to.
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Post by Attacking Wing Back on Jul 29, 2018 15:46:11 GMT
Finally got a chance to watch the Monaghan game back last night. To be honest I think Fitzmaurice is a dead man walking and will be gone regardless of whenever our season ends.
Like anyone else I'm not privy to what goes on in training etc but, it looks like EF has lost the senior players. They don't look like they believe in the manager or what they are being asked to do. The young lads still have the adrenalin rush of playing for Kerry and it's no coincidence that these are the ones full of running and zip.
What must the senior players be thinking? Chopping and changing the goalkeepers; Griffin back to full back once again; Taking lads off and putting them back on; No discernible game plan.
I know everyone does their best for Kerry when on the field etc but it's very hard to keep going when you don't belive in it. Even on a sun conscious level
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jul 29, 2018 17:59:03 GMT
Finally got a chance to watch the Monaghan game back last night. To be honest I think Fitzmaurice is a dead man walking and will be gone regardless of whenever our season ends. Like anyone else I'm not privy to what goes on in training etc but, it looks like EF has lost the senior players. They don't look like they believe in the manager or what they are being asked to do. The young lads still have the adrenalin rush of playing for Kerry and it's no coincidence that these are the ones full of running and zip. What must the senior players be thinking? Chopping and changing the goalkeepers; Griffin back to full back once again; Taking lads off and putting them back on; No discernible game plan. I know everyone does their best for Kerry when on the field etc but it's very hard to keep going when you don't belive in it. Even on a sun conscious level ☝️ The truth is cutting.
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Post by kerrygold on Jul 29, 2018 18:41:04 GMT
Finally got a chance to watch the Monaghan game back last night. To be honest I think Fitzmaurice is a dead man walking and will be gone regardless of whenever our season ends. Like anyone else I'm not privy to what goes on in training etc but, it looks like EF has lost the senior players. They don't look like they believe in the manager or what they are being asked to do. The young lads still have the adrenalin rush of playing for Kerry and it's no coincidence that these are the ones full of running and zip. What must the senior players be thinking? Chopping and changing the goalkeepers; Griffin back to full back once again; Taking lads off and putting them back on; No discernible game plan. I know everyone does their best for Kerry when on the field etc but it's very hard to keep going when you don't belive in it. Even on a sun conscious level Much looks wrong at the moment and for a long while now. The farcical goal keeping musical seats thing mirrows what is running through the set up. Can't really get excited at all about playing Dublin in two weeks time.
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Post by gamechanger10 on Jul 29, 2018 21:42:29 GMT
Kerry gold, Have to say if we beat Kildare by the required and if Galway do the business in Salthill I will be more than excited facing the Dubs. We will be coming in at the exact altitude required to catch them a little unprepared. The Dubs to their credit will play football all day long and so will we, thing is that this team is built for a speed track and not the mountain stages of a Monaghan or Galway setup. For this reason I can see Kerry asking questions of the Dubs hat they simply won’t be able to answer on Saturday week, it has the potential to be the perfect storm. If Galway give us the opportunity to shine I’m convinced we will blind
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Post by sullyschoice on Jul 29, 2018 22:25:59 GMT
I admire your optimism. I would be a littl bit less bullish though.
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Post by thebluepanther on Jul 30, 2018 0:29:48 GMT
Kerry gold, Have to say if we beat Kildare by the required and if Galway do the business in Salthill I will be more than excited facing the Dubs. We will be coming in at the exact altitude required to catch them a little unprepared. The Dubs to their credit will play football all day long and so will we, thing is that this team is built for a speed track and not the mountain stages of a Monaghan or Galway setup. For this reason I can see Kerry asking questions of the Dubs hat they simply won’t be able to answer on Saturday week, it has the potential to be the perfect storm. If Galway give us the opportunity to shine I’m convinced we will blind It will be very interesting, if a meeting between Dublin and Kerry comes to pass, nothing can be ruled out . I wouldn't have expected Kerry to have 1 point in a group with Galway , Kildare and Monaghon . I still fell they have the potential to shock and they certainly have the potential to put it up to Dublin. I suppose the question is does EF go defacto cautious when games look like they could be tough . Is it win at all costs, or win in a certain way. Feeling I get is he is caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand Kerry people say we dont expect to compete for a year or two because young lads have to be blooded. Then it's a case of sorry you are useless as a manager you have to go, we want to win every game. The comments straight after the Cork victory by posters and what the same posters are saying now about the same management and the same team is embarrassing to say the least. It has to be said and I've noticed it by time frames, a serious amount of guys on this forum don't travel to support their county. It's nearly proclaimed a pilgrimage by the ones that do. Yet will constantly give out about fixture times. A county that prides itself of being proud of the jersey , I'm constantly told that when a Kerry guy puts on a jersey he feels 10 foot taller, I'm sorry and I'm conscious that I'm on a Kerry forum but when that Kerry guy who gives everything turns around and constantly see's an empty stadium , what goes through his head.
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Post by colinsworth1 on Jul 30, 2018 4:23:25 GMT
Finally got a chance to watch the Monaghan game back last night. To be honest I think Fitzmaurice is a dead man walking and will be gone regardless of whenever our season ends. Like anyone else I'm not privy to what goes on in training etc but, it looks like EF has lost the senior players. They don't look like they believe in the manager or what they are being asked to do. The young lads still have the adrenalin rush of playing for Kerry and it's no coincidence that these are the ones full of running and zip. What must the senior players be thinking? Chopping and changing the goalkeepers; Griffin back to full back once again; Taking lads off and putting them back on; No discernible game plan. I know everyone does their best for Kerry when on the field etc but it's very hard to keep going when you don't belive in it. Even on a sun conscious level ☝️ The truth is cutting. Donaghy must have been the exception to that rule he certainly believed and fought to the bitter end eventually getting a few finger tips on a 55 meter Bomb while be strangled . There was a few non believers alright and it showed but they will have to get on board fast because the bus is leaving the station and we are heading back to play the Dubs in a few weeks. Posters here are overplaying the late goalkeeper switch we have been switching goalies for years now that has always been the way absolutely nothing new for this administration. The fact that it was late got some people by surprise but I d call it a brave decision.The Management obviously see both Keepers as being very close in order of merit ,so if a manager wakes up one morning and thinks that today he gan get even 1% more out of a particular selection then he needs to be brave enough to go for that 1% whether hindsight shows he was right or wrong is not the point He needs to go with what he feels is his best shot on the day that could change again next week and so be it .
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Post by colinsworth1 on Jul 30, 2018 4:53:20 GMT
I thought we had blown out all the dirty petrol by now If we still have complaints about the management i get it but can we leave that aside now until say after the Listowel Races ??Then We can start a thread titled “any ideas for new Kerry Mgmt for 2019.” Meanwhile we can propose more good tweaks good suggestions Rally the troops etc give us some updates and stats then Concentrate on beating the Lillie’s in Killarney and then conquering the Dubs !!! Can we all now row in behind this team players and management for now at least. Come on the Kingdom !!
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Post by royalkerryfan on Jul 30, 2018 5:39:24 GMT
Lets row in behind the team now and please god get the results we need on Sat. I actually would be excited about the prospect of playing Dublin i think we would give them something to think about.
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Post by sayitasiseeit on Jul 30, 2018 8:01:16 GMT
Most likely outcome for the next few weeks. We’ll get on top of Kildare early and they’ll throw in the towel. We’ll play Dublin the following week, we’ll lose by 5-6 to a Dublin in 4th gear. We’ll spin it that we’re transition.
If we are treating this year as a transition and development. I’d prefer to see us nailing the basics of our game this year. Kickouts, what way we want to defend. Put in the foundations and then refine the rest next year and add the gloss. I can’t see any structure so far this year. Maybe it’ll come yet, but we’re still alive largely because 4 young lads played off the cuff and beyond their years.
We could have lost by 7 points both days out. Galway were 7 points a better team than us and Monaghan could have won by the same margin. Massive improvement needed in all areas
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Post by Mickmack on Jul 30, 2018 10:28:05 GMT
Kerry gold, Have to say if we beat Kildare by the required and if Galway do the business in Salthill I will be more than excited facing the Dubs. We will be coming in at the exact altitude required to catch them a little unprepared. The Dubs to their credit will play football all day long and so will we, thing is that this team is built for a speed track and not the mountain stages of a Monaghan or Galway setup. For this reason I can see Kerry asking questions of the Dubs hat they simply won’t be able to answer on Saturday week, it has the potential to be the perfect storm. If Galway give us the opportunity to shine I’m convinced we will blind It will be very interesting, if a meeting between Dublin and Kerry comes to pass, nothing can be ruled out . I wouldn't have expected Kerry to have 1 point in a group with Galway , Kildare and Monaghon . I still fell they have the potential to shock and they certainly have the potential to put it up to Dublin. I suppose the question is does EF go defacto cautious when games look like they could be tough . Is it win at all costs, or win in a certain way. Feeling I get is he is caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand Kerry people say we dont expect to compete for a year or two because young lads have to be blooded. Then it's a case of sorry you are useless as a manager you have to go, we want to win every game. The comments straight after the Cork victory by posters and what the same posters are saying now about the same management and the same team is embarrassing to say the least. It has to be said and I've noticed it by time frames, a serious amount of guys on this forum don't travel to support their county. It's nearly proclaimed a pilgrimage by the ones that do. Yet will constantly give out about fixture times. A county that prides itself of being proud of the jersey , I'm constantly told that when a Kerry guy puts on a jersey he feels 10 foot taller, I'm sorry and I'm conscious that I'm on a Kerry forum but when that Kerry guy who gives everything turns around and constantly see's an empty stadium , what goes through his head. Could you use the copy and paste option to highlight the particular posts that you find embarrassing. I left my home in Dublin at 1.30 yesterday and was in Croker 45 minutes later. I was home 45 mins after the final whistle. Tis too easy for you to moralise about Kerry supporters.
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Post by Attacking Wing Back on Jul 30, 2018 11:33:13 GMT
It will be very interesting, if a meeting between Dublin and Kerry comes to pass, nothing can be ruled out . I wouldn't have expected Kerry to have 1 point in a group with Galway , Kildare and Monaghon . I still fell they have the potential to shock and they certainly have the potential to put it up to Dublin. I suppose the question is does EF go defacto cautious when games look like they could be tough . Is it win at all costs, or win in a certain way. Feeling I get is he is caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand Kerry people say we dont expect to compete for a year or two because young lads have to be blooded. Then it's a case of sorry you are useless as a manager you have to go, we want to win every game.The comments straight after the Cork victory by posters and what the same posters are saying now about the same management and the same team is embarrassing to say the least. It has to be said and I've noticed it by time frames, a serious amount of guys on this forum don't travel to support their county. It's nearly proclaimed a pilgrimage by the ones that do. Yet will constantly give out about fixture times. A county that prides itself of being proud of the jersey , I'm constantly told that when a Kerry guy puts on a jersey he feels 10 foot taller, I'm sorry and I'm conscious that I'm on a Kerry forum but when that Kerry guy who gives everything turns around and constantly see's an empty stadium , what goes through his head. I would have no problem writing this year off as a year that we are in transition or what ever you would like to call it. If we actually showed some development along the way in terms of management and tactics. Did I expect Kerry to win the All Ireland this year? No. Did I expect Kerry to win the NFL this year? No. Would I have been happy if the team was relegated if it meant we were building something tangible? Yes But, in truth all across this years games we have been tactically naive at best and inept at worst. Eamonn Fitzmaurice has been in charge for 5 and h half season now. What plan or structure has he put in place. If we had showed real progress I would be happy for him to be in charge. Normally when a new maager come sin he gets the defensive stuff right and builds from there. - Can you or anybody identify a discernible pattern of play?
- Is there a defensive plan?
- We threw out a sweeper plan last year against Mayo when it was plain to see we hadn't a clue how to play with one. Maybe it would have been an idea to have worked on it during the year in Currans. And if it was worked on during the year can some one explain the shambles with Peter Crowley against Galway?
- Why are so many of our 'bigger' players all out of form at the one time?
- Why give Shane Murphy the first 3 championship games and drop him at the first time you are asked to show serious faith in the guy?
- Why persist with Mark Griffin at number 3 when he clearly isn't comfortable there?
- Granted JO'D form has dipped etc but, where is the man management to help coax a performance out of him and get him back on the right road? Hauling him off and dropping him nearly everytime after he starts a game isn't going to help.
- Why can't we put together a coherent plan for our own kickouts? Surely the players aren't just ignoring whats been worked on in training? ave the kickout been worked on in training?
- Why abandon the high press when we played Galway?
- Why deem Paul Geaney poor enough to take off but, good enough to come back on ahead of other subs against Monaghan?
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Post by Attacking Wing Back on Jul 30, 2018 11:41:56 GMT
Donaghy must have been the exception to that rule he certainly believed and fought to the bitter end eventually getting a few finger tips on a 55 meter Bomb while be strangled . There was a few non believers alright and it showed but they will have to get on board fast because the bus is leaving the station and we are heading back to play the Dubs in a few weeks. Posters here are overplaying the late goalkeeper switch we have been switching goalies for years now that has always been the way absolutely nothing new for this administration. The fact that it was late got some people by surprise but I d call it a brave decision.The Management obviously see both Keepers as being very close in order of merit ,so if a manager wakes up one morning and thinks that today he gan get even 1% more out of a particular selection then he needs to be brave enough to go for that 1% whether hindsight shows he was right or wrong is not the point He needs to go with what he feels is his best shot on the day that could change again next week and so be it . I meant to add except Donaghy to my list. He has always been the type of player to leave everything out on the field / court. Even when watching him with tigers as a teenager when they were losing games by 10 - 20 points he would still be yelling at the refs etc like it was a one score game. As for changing the goal keeper? What other top team with ambitions of winning an All Ireland change the goalkeepers mid season? The only one I can think of was Mayo. And look how that finished. Goalkeeper isn't like any other position. If you are constantly afraid of making a mistake and losing your place it will affect your confidence. You might have a chance to ping a 50 yard kick out and create an attack but, will opt for the safe option of kicking to a corner back and trying to work it from there. The only reason for dropping Murphy could have been the kick outs going astray. It wasn't like he fumbled a ball into the net etc. Their is a kicker and a potential receiver for every kickout. The keeper can't be at fault for each kickout.
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Post by Attacking Wing Back on Jul 30, 2018 12:58:29 GMT
Classic line from Billy Keane about Kerry's build up play in todays article.
"This slow build-up might work in the bedroom but is all wrong for football. Unless the GAA ban the kick-back and curtail the handpass, the game is dead."
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Post by misteallaigh abú on Jul 30, 2018 13:01:54 GMT
Finally got a chance to watch the Monaghan game back last night. To be honest I think Fitzmaurice is a dead man walking and will be gone regardless of whenever our season ends. Like anyone else I'm not privy to what goes on in training etc but, it looks like EF has lost the senior players. They don't look like they believe in the manager or what they are being asked to do. The young lads still have the adrenalin rush of playing for Kerry and it's no coincidence that these are the ones full of running and zip. What must the senior players be thinking? Chopping and changing the goalkeepers; Griffin back to full back once again; Taking lads off and putting them back on; No discernible game plan. I know everyone does their best for Kerry when on the field etc but it's very hard to keep going when you don't belive in it. Even on a sun conscious level I watched the match again last night and a couple of things really stood out. David Moran has zero help in midfield. I'd give him a pass on that performance, at least he rose to the challenge as the game went on. Jack Barry just didn't cut it either day. I don't know how he stayed on the pitch so long. Our discipline in the tackle is the worst I've seen in a long time. I can't understand how players continually foul needlessly within Rory Beggan/Dean Rock range. Surely after a foul within 50 metres, someone would have twigged that you don't foul within that range. What is more infuriating is the needless pushing in the back. This has been a persistent issue. Monaghan's strengths are Beggan, O Connell and Mc Manus. Nothing was done to hammer these hammers. P Geaney missed chances that he'd normally take with his eyes closed. Monaghan won nearly all of the breaks, very similar to Mayo game last year, we just don't work hard enough off the ball. We will struggle against Kildare based solely on our form so far in the super 8s. Should things fall our way with regard to qualifying for a semi final, it is very hard to see how a multitude of issues that we appear to have can be sorted in time to prevent us getting a hosing from Dublin in 2 weeks time. I will travel to Killarney and hope that kerry put in a performance and play to an effective plan. I suppose both are interdependent.
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Post by Mickmack on Jul 30, 2018 13:03:20 GMT
Limerick had 5 of last years under 21s on starting yesterday. Yet the team performed like a well oiled machine. Quaids lazer puckout to a green jersey.The diagonal ball to the cornerforward. The two Cork cornerbacks were run ragged.
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Post by colinsworth1 on Jul 30, 2018 13:19:12 GMT
The video ye are now reviewing does not lie There are some glaring issues there but we are fast getting our house in order. We re discovered Tom O Sullivan If he plays like that from corner back think what he could at 5 or 7 think what he could do at 8? But being the extra defender is working . seems like you could play him anywhere We also rediscovered that Michael Burns is the quality that we need and that Mark Griffin can cause problems for the opposition Now we only have a few more tweaks to go and we will be in very good shape I think also that Kildare will test us with their extreme fitness and hard running game but that’s what we need to prep for the Dubs.
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Post by taibhse on Jul 30, 2018 13:30:31 GMT
Kerry gold, Have to say if we beat Kildare by the required and if Galway do the business in Salthill I will be more than excited facing the Dubs. We will be coming in at the exact altitude required to catch them a little unprepared. The Dubs to their credit will play football all day long and so will we, thing is that this team is built for a speed track and not the mountain stages of a Monaghan or Galway setup. For this reason I can see Kerry asking questions of the Dubs hat they simply won’t be able to answer on Saturday week, it has the potential to be the perfect storm. If Galway give us the opportunity to shine I’m convinced we will blind It will be very interesting, if a meeting between Dublin and Kerry comes to pass, nothing can be ruled out . I wouldn't have expected Kerry to have 1 point in a group with Galway , Kildare and Monaghon . I still fell they have the potential to shock and they certainly have the potential to put it up to Dublin. I suppose the question is does EF go defacto cautious when games look like they could be tough . Is it win at all costs, or win in a certain way. Feeling I get is he is caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand Kerry people say we dont expect to compete for a year or two because young lads have to be blooded. Then it's a case of sorry you are useless as a manager you have to go, we want to win every game. The comments straight after the Cork victory by posters and what the same posters are saying now about the same management and the same team is embarrassing to say the least. It has to be said and I've noticed it by time frames, a serious amount of guys on this forum don't travel to support their county. It's nearly proclaimed a pilgrimage by the ones that do. Yet will constantly give out about fixture times. A county that prides itself of being proud of the jersey , I'm constantly told that when a Kerry guy puts on a jersey he feels 10 foot taller, I'm sorry and I'm conscious that I'm on a Kerry forum but when that Kerry guy who gives everything turns around and constantly see's an empty stadium , what goes through his head. I couldn’t travel to the Galway game, but my usual travel mate did. He reserved a train seat - return from Killarney. The Train from Tralee did not arrive so passengers from Tralee and Killarney were taken to Mallow by bus. There was a further delay of close to 2 hours in Mallow for the connecting train from Cork which resulted in the Kerry passengers arriving late in Dublin. My friend was fortunate enough to be able to ‘bumb’ a lift from a few strangers that he overheard deciding to drive from Mallow Station rather than risk missing the start of the match. Train passengers arrived in Croke Park at halftime in the 1st. game. So, therefore, I would suggest to thebluepanther that it may not far off the mark to describe trips to Dublin as a pilgrimage. It can be challenging, especially when it happens to you more than once, as I can attest to.
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Post by Joxer on Jul 30, 2018 13:58:09 GMT
Limerick had 5 of last years under 21s on starting yesterday. Yet the team performed like a well oiled machine. Quaids lazer puckout to a green jersey.The diagonal ball to the cornerforward. The two Cork cornerbacks were run ragged. You're spot on there MickMack. In terms of our own young players in Kerry, they all stepped up to the mark last week against Monaghan. Our problem isn't with youth (although maybe the solution is to bring in more!...even at this late stage of the Championship). Our older guys don't appear to have the hunger and are playing well below their capabilities. Their leadership skills are necessary now (no better exemplified by KDs contribution in Clones all over the pitch). KD was the exception though. Mark Griffin brings some of that needed leadership also when released from man-marking duties. I don't know what the situation injury-wise is with Tadhg Morley....it looked to me in Clones as if there was no chance of him coming on given his non-participation in the more combative elements of the warm-up. That being the case, I'm not sure why he was listed on the subs in the first place but.....maybe the relatively absent on field leadership is relevant on this point too. If he is available, I think he walks straight back onto the team, as does Jason Foley. I would also have Gavin Crowley in there for Saturday (possibly/probably our last outing in this Championship). I would also revert to Shane Murphy in goal, accepting the 'possibility' that he was carrying an injury and that's now cleared up. In terms of the backs, I'd go with... Shane Murphy Jason Foley, Tadhg Morley, Tom O'Sullivan Gavin Crowley, Mark Griffin, Gavin White At the risk of drawing the ire of some of our contributors on here, I'd move Paul Murphy back to centre forward!...and go with a half-forward line of Miceal Burns, Paul Murphy and Stephen O'Brien The full-forward line picks itself I think with David Clifford, Kieran Donaghy and Paul Geaney Midfield needs a change also. David Moran is still, imho, our best option here and has to start. While I'd like to see a curve ball in selection of his partner, I think the likelihood of that is close to zero. Our options I guess are Jack Barry, Anthony Maher and Donnacha Walsh. I would likely go for Donnacha (in a reversal of the give youth a chance policy!) and see how we go. I'd like to see some other options on the bench at least though.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jul 30, 2018 14:08:06 GMT
Kerry gold, Have to say if we beat Kildare by the required and if Galway do the business in Salthill I will be more than excited facing the Dubs. We will be coming in at the exact altitude required to catch them a little unprepared. The Dubs to their credit will play football all day long and so will we, thing is that this team is built for a speed track and not the mountain stages of a Monaghan or Galway setup. For this reason I can see Kerry asking questions of the Dubs hat they simply won’t be able to answer on Saturday week, it has the potential to be the perfect storm. If Galway give us the opportunity to shine I’m convinced we will blind It will be very interesting, if a meeting between Dublin and Kerry comes to pass, nothing can be ruled out . I wouldn't have expected Kerry to have 1 point in a group with Galway , Kildare and Monaghon . I still fell they have the potential to shock and they certainly have the potential to put it up to Dublin. I suppose the question is does EF go defacto cautious when games look like they could be tough . Is it win at all costs, or win in a certain way. Feeling I get is he is caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand Kerry people say we dont expect to compete for a year or two because young lads have to be blooded. Then it's a case of sorry you are useless as a manager you have to go, we want to win every game. The comments straight after the Cork victory by posters and what the same posters are saying now about the same management and the same team is embarrassing to say the least. It has to be said and I've noticed it by time frames, a serious amount of guys on this forum don't travel to support their county. It's nearly proclaimed a pilgrimage by the ones that do. Yet will constantly give out about fixture times. A county that prides itself of being proud of the jersey , I'm constantly told that when a Kerry guy puts on a jersey he feels 10 foot taller, I'm sorry and I'm conscious that I'm on a Kerry forum but when that Kerry guy who gives everything turns around and constantly see's an empty stadium , what goes through his head. The Dubs have not travelled in large numbers to see their side play away against Wicklow and Tyrone.
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Post by jackiel on Jul 30, 2018 14:20:39 GMT
Neighbour of mine has a Dublin season ticket , didn't take note of the All Ireland date change this year and booked a holiday with the result that she's not bothering to go to matches as she's going to miss the Final and shur they're going to win anyway. She normally only goes to the Semi & Final and lets others use it up til then. Dubs have their share of fair weather fans too - they just have less far to travel.
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