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Post by southward on Jul 18, 2021 22:22:52 GMT
Between the U20s, the minors and the hurlers, it's been a really disappointing few days for Kerry. Man, we really need this one. Don't think I could stomach another defeat.
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Post by ciarrai92 on Jul 19, 2021 17:54:06 GMT
So with home advantage and an allocation of 2500 tickets for a Munster championship final wow that's an absolute disappointment..
By the looks of it it's going through club allocation (which I didn't pay this year ) so it means no ticket for me . Or for the general public . What a real shame
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Post by royalkerryfan on Jul 19, 2021 18:58:33 GMT
So with home advantage and an allocation of 2500 tickets for a Munster championship final wow that's an absolute disappointment.. By the looks of it it's going through club allocation (which I didn't pay this year ) so it means no ticket for me . Or for the general public . What a real shame Yeah people quoting 6k was way off the mark. Very disappointing and for those not in favour of moving the game whilst I understand the sentiment,We really don't need home advantage against Cork. If we do we may fold up the tent.
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Post by The16thMan on Jul 19, 2021 19:52:33 GMT
Very disappointing indeed over the 2,500 capacity being set. I'm sure that the Munster Council and GAA have been asking if they can use the game as a Pilot event as they have other events so it might change yet. One thing in related to tickets that I don't get is why don't the GAA offer 2020 season ticket holders 1st priority over tickets or do a raffle between them like they did over in England with the soccer. They seem to forget about loyalty pretty quick, supporters who've had season tickets for years consecutively and went to all the matches won't get a chance to go just because they aren't affiliated with a club which doesn't make sense to me.
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Post by ciarrai92 on Jul 19, 2021 20:21:37 GMT
Very disappointing indeed over the 2,500 capacity being set. I'm sure that the Munster Council and GAA have been asking if they can use the game as a Pilot event as they have other events so it might change yet. One thing in related to tickets that I don't get is why don't the GAA offer 2020 season ticket holders 1st priority over tickets or do a raffle between them like they did over in England with the soccer. They seem to forget about loyalty pretty quick, supporters who've had season tickets for years consecutively and went to all the matches won't get a chance to go just because they aren't affiliated with a club which doesn't make sense to me. I 100 percent agree with you on that we would go to alot of league games ourselves and travel up and down the country with our season tickets. Look it's always going to be a doubt alot of people with this covid have anxiety being around people too close so I presume thats something to think about in regards social distancing hence the reduced numbers . But my god 2500 for a game is quite something for the players it's hard but my god as an avid fan it's kind of taking away from the fact it's a Munster championship final .. imo no banter or anything watching on the TV in comparison to being there .
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Post by pillar on Jul 19, 2021 21:12:55 GMT
Very disappointing indeed over the 2,500 capacity being set. I'm sure that the Munster Council and GAA have been asking if they can use the game as a Pilot event as they have other events so it might change yet. One thing in related to tickets that I don't get is why don't the GAA offer 2020 season ticket holders 1st priority over tickets or do a raffle between them like they did over in England with the soccer. They seem to forget about loyalty pretty quick, supporters who've had season tickets for years consecutively and went to all the matches won't get a chance to go just because they aren't affiliated with a club which doesn't make sense to me. I didn't like the way the Season Ticket scheme got scrapped, albeit with a partial refund.Would have thought it could have been frozen temporarily and then taken out of cold storage in circumstances like this Sunday.Its going to put a lot of pressure on Club secretary's and county board officials.Having said that twouldnt surprise me if attendance figure got bumped up later in the week
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Post by Kerryman Randy Savage on Jul 19, 2021 21:22:58 GMT
The ways things are going I'd advise to contact your club secretary to see if you can pay the membership. I could see the AI final tickets being split 50:50 between competing counties and split between clubs. You might be caught out for this but think longer term. Best of luck all.
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Post by mike70 on Jul 19, 2021 21:29:53 GMT
Attendance is outside our control, let’s get some build up going to the game, bookies have an 8 point spread, I would expect Kerry to beat that, maybe 10 point win for me, a score to settle. My reasoning, Cork have offered very little sign of progression, seriously lacking any consistent forward play, so can’t seem them scoring more than 14 points. Kerry are in the best shape ever, have we peaked or can we maintain our work rate as per previous games, I think Sunday we will definitely be in top form. Just need to endure no sending offs in the heat of battle and injury free ahead of croker mid August.
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Post by buck02 on Jul 20, 2021 7:39:10 GMT
2500 attendance is an absolute farcical decision. Every club might be lucky to get 3 or 4 tickets when half the attendance will be set over for tickets for players, backroom teams and county boards. Our county board might have 500 to distribute between the clubs.
On the game itself I think Cork management will take a look at the Tipp game and see the way Tipp set themselves up as their best chance of winning. Loads of men behind the ball, don't give Kerry the option to kick it into the full forward line. Then if they turnover the ball run at Kerry straight down the centre.
Gavin Crowley will need to be disciplined and stay back around the 45 and not get sucked into attacking.
It won't be pretty I think but hopefully we will wear them down as the game goes on.
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Post by royalkerryfan on Jul 20, 2021 8:50:35 GMT
Ulster final now moved to CP too.
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Post by ataboy on Jul 20, 2021 11:04:58 GMT
2500 attendance is an absolute farcical decision. Every club might be lucky to get 3 or 4 tickets when half the attendance will be set over for tickets for players, backroom teams and county boards. Our county board might have 500 to distribute between the clubs. On the game itself I think Cork management will take a look at the Tipp game and see the way Tipp set themselves up as their best chance of winning. Loads of men behind the ball, don't give Kerry the option to kick it into the full forward line. Then if they turnover the ball run at Kerry straight down the centre. Gavin Crowley will need to be disciplined and stay back around the 45 and not get sucked into attacking. It won't be pretty I think but hopefully we will wear them down as the game goes on. Gavin Crowley shouldn't be attacking in any games. It's one aspect of his game that frustrates me. Bursts way up the field offering little in an attacking sense when he'd be much better holding 6.
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Post by peanuts on Jul 20, 2021 11:31:38 GMT
I see that James O'Donoghue has left the panel.
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Post by gaelicden on Jul 20, 2021 11:33:07 GMT
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Post by gaelicden on Jul 20, 2021 11:36:31 GMT
I see that James O'Donoghue has left the panel. www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40341272.htmlConfirmed by Tim Murphy. He also said Dara Moynihan is extremely doubtful for Sunday. They're also hoping for increased capacity in Fitzgerald Stadium and should know more by tomorrow.
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Post by greengold35 on Jul 20, 2021 11:46:30 GMT
I see that James O'Donoghue has left the panel. It’s disappointing to hear but no surprise due to the constant litany of injuries he has endured.
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Post by brigid on Jul 20, 2021 15:07:11 GMT
Is Thurles ruled out? Every other "home" county are giving away home advantage but not giving the home advantage to the opposition. A much greater crowd in Thurles (8,000??)
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Post by john4 on Jul 20, 2021 15:54:54 GMT
Is Thurles ruled out? Every other "home" county are giving away home advantage but not giving the home advantage to the opposition. A much greater crowd in Thurles (8,000??) Kerry CB holding tough on keeping the match in Killarney presumably, whilst also applying pressure on whomever to increase capacity. I possibly won't pick up a ticket for the match. It would be fantastic of course if more Kerry supporters were allowed but in reality, the CB are correct. the only thing that matters is winning this match and moving on. To play this match in Killarney is worth a lot to our lads. Any other field in the country would be a bonus for Cork. Cork have a mountain to climb in Killarney, and they know that.
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Post by peanuts on Jul 20, 2021 17:01:17 GMT
Is Thurles ruled out? Every other "home" county are giving away home advantage but not giving the home advantage to the opposition. A much greater crowd in Thurles (8,000??) I think there was only 4,000 allowed into Thurles at the weekend.
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Post by southward on Jul 20, 2021 17:40:55 GMT
Is Thurles ruled out? Every other "home" county are giving away home advantage but not giving the home advantage to the opposition. A much greater crowd in Thurles (8,000??) If I was making the decision, I'd only agree to Thurles on the basis that it didn't count against the home/away arrangement i.e. it'd be Killarney next time. Otherwise, no way.
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Post by greengold35 on Jul 20, 2021 19:39:54 GMT
Is Thurles ruled out? Every other "home" county are giving away home advantage but not giving the home advantage to the opposition. A much greater crowd in Thurles (8,000??) Kerry CB holding tough on keeping the match in Killarney presumably, whilst also applying pressure on whomever to increase capacity. I possibly won't pick up a ticket for the match. It would be fantastic of course if more Kerry supporters were allowed but in reality, the CB are correct. the only thing that matters is winning this match and moving on. To play this match in Killarney is worth a lot to our lads. Any other field in the country would be a bonus for Cork. Cork have a mountain to climb in Killarney, and they know that. You’re spot on - Cork would get a major fillip if the game was moved out of Fitzgerald stadium - we’re holding the aces, can’t renege on this.
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Post by billh on Jul 21, 2021 11:49:24 GMT
I see that James O'Donoghue has left the panel. www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40341272.htmlConfirmed by Tim Murphy. He also said Dara Moynihan is extremely doubtful for Sunday. They're also hoping for increased capacity in Fitzgerald Stadium and should know more by tomorrow. Would love see Brosnan given an opportunity.
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Post by onlykerry on Jul 21, 2021 16:12:48 GMT
Is Thurles ruled out? Every other "home" county are giving away home advantage but not giving the home advantage to the opposition. A much greater crowd in Thurles (8,000??) If I was making the decision, I'd only agree to Thurles on the basis that it didn't count against the home/away arrangement i.e. it'd be Killarney next time. Otherwise, no way. If the CB agreed to move it out of Fitzgerald Stadium and lightening struck twice and we lost the game the entire CB would have to emigrate (probably to outer space on Elon Musk's hijacked spaceship) with haste - home venue matters and even though we need to take this year one game at a time, there is only one acceptable outcome to Championship 2021...... Not being there is a small sacrifice to make for the fans.
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Post by dc84 on Jul 21, 2021 17:34:35 GMT
If I was making the decision, I'd only agree to Thurles on the basis that it didn't count against the home/away arrangement i.e. it'd be Killarney next time. Otherwise, no way. If the CB agreed to move it out of Fitzgerald Stadium and lightening struck twice and we lost the game the entire CB would have to emigrate (probably to outer space on Elon Musk's hijacked spaceship) with haste - home venue matters and even though we need to take this year one game at a time, there is only one acceptable outcome to Championship 2021...... Not being there is a small sacrifice to make for the fans. Totally agree I would love to go to the game but we HAVE to win this game and probably win it well to have a chance for the big one, playing in killarney gives us the best chance of doing that if that means I can't go to the game then I will suck it up.
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Post by mike70 on Jul 21, 2021 17:55:14 GMT
Will cork provide any problems for Kerry on Sunday , thinking not, the only risk might be down the middle, if Maguire gets a run on the midfield also if powter is fit, outside of that, the biggest cork challenge in Killarney, will be on the streets outside the park , enjoying Killarney hospitality
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Post by brigid on Jul 21, 2021 18:56:47 GMT
I am disappointed that some contributors have a fear of Cork. Kerry will win well in whatever grounds this game is played. Having a fear like this does not convey confidence in Kerry winning the remaining games V Ulster Champs and most likely Dublin - both which will be fixed for Croke Park.
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Post by southward on Jul 21, 2021 19:10:16 GMT
I am disappointed that some contributors have a fear of Cork. Kerry will win well in whatever grounds this game is played. Having a fear like this does not convey confidence in Kerry winning the remaining games V Ulster Champs and most likely Dublin - both which will be fixed for Croke Park. In fairness, there's a difference between respecting your opponents and fearing them. I don't think anyone is pessimistic about our chances this weekend but people aren't taking Cork for granted either. You wouldn't want to be too cocky after what happened last year.
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Post by veteran on Jul 21, 2021 19:10:22 GMT
I am disappointed that some contributors have a fear of Cork. Kerry will win well in whatever grounds this game is played. Having a fear like this does not convey confidence in Kerry winning the remaining games V Ulster Champs and most likely Dublin - both which will be fixed for Croke Park. It may be due to the fact that their memories stretch back to November 2020. In any case respect for your opponent is never a burden.
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Post by john4 on Jul 21, 2021 19:39:16 GMT
I am disappointed that some contributors have a fear of Cork. Kerry will win well in whatever grounds this game is played. Having a fear like this does not convey confidence in Kerry winning the remaining games V Ulster Champs and most likely Dublin - both which will be fixed for Croke Park. "The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned" Albert Einstein. He was no fool!!
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Post by royalkerryfan on Jul 21, 2021 23:28:33 GMT
I think an ambush two years in a row is highly unlikely.
I simply could not see Cork beating us last year. What I didn't consider was a winter storm and our manager playing a game plan we never saw before. [br
Cork won't get within 8 points on Sunday, These lads will want to make right that November night and after a torrid week for Kerry teams I think we will see a very comfortable win.
I personally would love to see Tony Brosnan get a good run.
I would also switch Breen to 6 and Murphy back to 5.
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Post by Lolly Valance on Jul 22, 2021 9:33:36 GMT
I have been away from Kerry a few years now. I don't get the hype for Tony Brosnan. Has he played any real game apart from against cork last year? As far as I remember he had a few very good county championships they last few years. I think others like Tommy, Killian Spillane, Adrian Spillane will all need to get minutes in their legs as well.
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