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Post by royalkerryfan on Aug 1, 2021 19:55:51 GMT
At this point I just want to see Kerry playing.
If you told me up in Edendork in 2019 that the next time I'd see them would be nearly 2 years later in a semi final I'd never believed you.
I just want to walk into Croke Park and have a few pints of Guinness after.
Happy days.
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Post by Kerryman Randy Savage on Aug 1, 2021 21:59:46 GMT
While Tyrone have played more battle hardened games than us, I don't think that entirely means that Tyrone will be ready for Kerry. If Tyrone have any eye on AI glory they need to swat the lesser teams aside. If Kerry had the same run as Tyrone I would have expected to overcome the same teams (I think Donegal with Murphy for the full 70 minutes would have upended Tyrone). Would we have learned that much more playing Monaghan? We needed to play Cork and to get the frighteners back on. I defy anyone who didn't think the first 15 minutes gave them flashbacks of last November. The game last November did more for us than this year's Ulster campaign for Tyrone. We have improved our style of play, a honourable loss to Dublin/Mayo last year would have led us to continue playing a fairly negative way against the bigger opposition. We even tried it again with 3 midfielders until O'Connor got injured, then we clicked with 6 backs and 6 forwards.
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Post by colinsworth1 on Aug 1, 2021 23:24:50 GMT
Yes I like the 1 6 2 6 Formation
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 2, 2021 8:15:47 GMT
After the cluelessness by Cork in their kickout strategy , Kerry had better be ready for a Tyrone side fully bent on retaining possession from their own kickouts and pilfering as many of Kerrys as they can.
If Tyrone are successful Kerry will expend a lot of energy chasing around trying to get the ball back.
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Post by dc84 on Aug 2, 2021 8:15:47 GMT
While Tyrone have played more battle hardened games than us, I don't think that entirely means that Tyrone will be ready for Kerry. If Tyrone have any eye on AI glory they need to swat the lesser teams aside. If Kerry had the same run as Tyrone I would have expected to overcome the same teams (I think Donegal with Murphy for the full 70 minutes would have upended Tyrone). Would we have learned that much more playing Monaghan? We needed to play Cork and to get the frighteners back on. I defy anyone who didn't think the first 15 minutes gave them flashbacks of last November. The game last November did more for us than this year's Ulster campaign for Tyrone. We have improved our style of play, a honourable loss to Dublin/Mayo last year would have led us to continue playing a fairly negative way against the bigger opposition. We even tried it again with 3 midfielders until O'Connor got injured, then we clicked with 6 backs and 6 forwards. I don't think o connors injury is the reason we turned it around tbh. Agree re playing style but o connor is more than capable of playing in half forward line.
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 2, 2021 8:18:37 GMT
Premium Pride amongst the pain for Monaghan but Tyrone will give Kerry a serious test
Dick Clerkin August 02 2021 02:30 AM
Mike Tyson famously said that ‘everyone has a plan, before they get punched in the mouth’. So, when Niall Morgan positioned himself under the Hogan Stand and in the landing zone for Rory Beggan’s first kick-out, he landed the proverbial right hook flush on Monaghan’s jaw. A punch they ultimately failed to recover from.
Tyrone’s tactical flurry was relentless, and at one stage on Saturday, Morgan found himself pushing so far up on Beggan’s kick-out, he was inside the Monaghan ’45. Unconventional to say the least, and not one for the purists, but it was a tactic that clearly unsettled Monaghan.
In their first-half dismantling of Armagh, Beggan deployed his ‘over the top’ kick-out with devastating effect, launching Monaghan attacks with his laser-like right boot. It is a tactic that is worth two or three points a game to Monaghan.
Shorn of one of their most effective weapons, in the opening half on Saturday, Monaghan failed to show any of the forward impetus that exhilarated their supporters in Newry two weeks previously. Struggling to retain their own kickouts, and conceding Morgan’s, consigned them to slow ball with which to attack from. As a result, none of their strong runners were able to make an impression.
By contrast, Tyrone reaped the rewards of their novel tactics, and played with a noticeably higher level of energy and confidence. Their kick-out dominance was compounded with a greater willingness to deliver long balls to the inside forward line, often speculatively.
Croke Park not only rewards but demands courageous play, with its expansive perimeters also energy-sapping for those who prioritise hand over foot. Tyrone’s match-winning score, from Darren McCurry climbing to catch speculative delivery, had nothing to do with chance. Fortune favours the brave.
The braveness shown by Monaghan in the second half deserved more than a heartbreaking one-point defeat however. Pushing up on Morgan’s kick-out and playing with a greater level of intensity in the tackle, they were a team reborn after the break. With Monaghan drawing inspiration from wherever they could find it, Beggan produced one of the most bizarrely brilliant performances ever witnessed in headquarters.
Unable to comprehend what was going on at times, Beggan enthralled onlookers with his forward forays, long-range kicking, competing for kick-outs and efforts on goal. His interception of Mattie Donnelly on 68 minutes, and subsequent chip-lift had jaws left stuck to the ground. Whether Beggan’s and Morgan’s forward positions is a good development for the game is for another day.
Despite Beggan’s second-half heroics, Monaghan simply left themselves too much to do after a passive first half. Tired heads and legs couldn’t maintain sufficient composure in the dying stages to snatch a draw. Maybe the mentally draining events of the previous weeks, finally took their toll.
The emotional build-up to Saturday’s game, saw Monaghan become everyone’s favourite second team, and nobody would have begrudged them their win.
Compassion has little place in elite sport, however, and to their credit Tyrone played in a manner a spirit that stood in welcome contrast to transgressions of the past. At the final whistle, Tyrone captain Pádraig Hampsey eloquently acknowledged the challenges Monaghan faced off the pitch in recent weeks.
Whilst cruelly disappointing for all the Monaghan supporters who desperately needed the win to lift the spirits, on the day you couldn’t begrudge Tyrone their victory. They will give Kerry their fill of it, albeit likely falling short. Croke Park tradition will see to that. The same tradition that proved to be the difference between both teams on Saturday.
Another defeat to Tyrone in Croke Park is hard to stomach. Especially when based on how Monaghan played in the second half, it was a game they could have won. Seamus McEnaney, will understandably be distraught after losing his third Ulster final to our neighbours.
I am genuinely gutted for him, after what has been such a challenging few weeks for him personally. Hopefully he will take a well-earned break. After how he has represented his team and county, he deserves it.
ADVERTISEMENT As do all the players. Personally, I am exhausted, and haven’t slept properly over the past few weeks. I can only imagine how tough it has been for them. It’s hard not to suggest that it showed in some legs on Saturday. How wouldn’t it?
They would have wanted nothing more than to honour the memories of Philip Traynor and Ógie with an Ulster title win, and to lift the spirits of a grieving GAA family. Even in defeat, they should know that they did. .
Enduring respect has been earned from across the GAA world, and Monaghan hearts have seldom beat louder with pride than they have in recent weeks. It is a pride that will see us bouncing back again. We always do.
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Post by Kerryman Randy Savage on Aug 2, 2021 10:22:24 GMT
While Tyrone have played more battle hardened games than us, I don't think that entirely means that Tyrone will be ready for Kerry. If Tyrone have any eye on AI glory they need to swat the lesser teams aside. If Kerry had the same run as Tyrone I would have expected to overcome the same teams (I think Donegal with Murphy for the full 70 minutes would have upended Tyrone). Would we have learned that much more playing Monaghan? We needed to play Cork and to get the frighteners back on. I defy anyone who didn't think the first 15 minutes gave them flashbacks of last November. The game last November did more for us than this year's Ulster campaign for Tyrone. We have improved our style of play, a honourable loss to Dublin/Mayo last year would have led us to continue playing a fairly negative way against the bigger opposition. We even tried it again with 3 midfielders until O'Connor got injured, then we clicked with 6 backs and 6 forwards. I don't think o connors injury is the reason we turned it around tbh. Agree re playing style but o connor is more than capable of playing in half forward line. I'm not blaming O'Connor at all. He is a super midfielder and when fit should be first choice for the spot. I think we would have changed the same had Moran or Barry got injured and O'Connor moved back to midfield.
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Post by Whosinmidfield on Aug 2, 2021 10:32:08 GMT
Will we continue to press up on the opposition’s kick out like we have been doing? Morgan as shown in the Monaghan game has a huge kick out in his locker and it was shown on tv last night that he can kick it as far as the last line of defence in Kerry’s press (Shane Ryan and one of the full back line). It’ll be very interesting to see what Peter Keane and Co do as they will have to alter the press a bit at the very minimum.
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Post by dc84 on Aug 2, 2021 10:53:36 GMT
Will we continue to press up on the opposition’s kick out like we have been doing? Morgan as shown in the Monaghan game has a huge kick out in his locker and it was shown on tv last night that he can kick it as far as the last line of defence in Kerry’s press (Shane Ryan and one of the full back line). It’ll be very interesting to see what Peter Keane and Co do as they will have to alter the press a bit at the very minimum. Of course we will! monaghan do not have the midfield we have its a lot different looking out the field and seeing Moran, Barry o connor hopefully , add in o shea and Breen to the mix aswell far different prospect. They fancied the aerial battle vs monaghan they won't against us. Will it have to be tweaked a bit from cork game of course it will as Morgan has an extra 15 to 20 yards ie everyone pull back 10 yards. If we let Tyrone get short ones away regularly then we are in trouble they love the slow build up. They really struggled in 2nd half when monaghan went after them
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Post by buck02 on Aug 2, 2021 10:56:41 GMT
After the cluelessness by Cork in their kickout strategy , Kerry had better be ready for a Tyrone side fully bent on retaining possession from their own kickouts and pilfering as many of Kerrys as they can. If Tyrone are successful Kerry will expend a lot of energy chasing around trying to get the ball back. What about Tyrones cluelessness in their kickout strategy against Kerry. Or was that down to them doing 5 training sessions the morning of the game? Tyrone looked really good in the first half of the Ulster final. They will need to repeat that for 75 minutes and hope Kerry are off form to win the semi final, its as simple as that.
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Post by dc84 on Aug 2, 2021 10:56:43 GMT
I don't think o connors injury is the reason we turned it around tbh. Agree re playing style but o connor is more than capable of playing in half forward line. I'm not blaming O'Connor at all. He is a super midfielder and when fit should be first choice for the spot. I think we would have changed the same had Moran or Barry got injured and O'Connor moved back to midfield. Sorry wasn't really my intention I think Diarmuid can play as a wf in a way that for example Barry or Moran cannot he is a lot more agile than either of the other two I just feel it could be a good tactic for this game in particular
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 2, 2021 11:36:28 GMT
After the cluelessness by Cork in their kickout strategy , Kerry had better be ready for a Tyrone side fully bent on retaining possession from their own kickouts and pilfering as many of Kerrys as they can. If Tyrone are successful Kerry will expend a lot of energy chasing around trying to get the ball back. What about Tyrones cluelessness in their kickout strategy against Kerry. Or was that down to them doing 5 training sessions the morning of the game? Tyrone looked really good in the first half of the Ulster final. They will need to repeat that for 75 minutes and hope Kerry are off form to win the semi final, its as simple as that. Against Kerry? When. You hardly think that league game in relevant surely.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Aug 2, 2021 14:13:42 GMT
While we should beat Tyrone on the field, it wouldn't be the first time they more than made up for that shortfall on the sideline.
Of the 4 semis and one final there could well be one surprise, i.e. 1 in 5, 20% - maybe 2 minor ones, classing Kildare as one of the. Still there could be a major one, maybe Mayo v Dublin, maybe not!
I suppose we at least now have a bit of normality back and have Daniel Flynn to thank - dispossesses McCarthy and flicks Cooper aside. Whatever about McCarthy being caught cold, it just shows that Cooper & Co aren't so far ahead that they are immune to the ailments inflicted on others. The very physics of the game has the advantage with the laddo with possession, so runs at Dub defenders will work and Small wasn't such an obstacle at all when Daniel got the right angle on him.
Still a wakeup call was a great outcome for the Dubs but it also woke up the Garda county as to the possibilities - what with Kildare's low conversion rate of scores. The odds alone would suggest that if the Dubs are only that good then we could potentially be facing the short back and sides laddos on Aug 29th and if they are coming off the back of a win over the Blues then we would face an entirely different proposition to what we might have been preparing for. Still I'd be happy enough that our boys would offer sufficient resistance once we go all out and, well out score them.
Of course there could also be 2 major upsets from semis on, that could pair Red Hands with the Gardai sicinis, a different shade of blue, red on blue - skin and hair would fly.
Ah maybe I'm stirring it but fact is all these ingredients are all in the pot and no two pots taste exactly the same, and so given it is a game of tight margins, it will all be tasty.
Whatever about that hoorin Covid, we are goin to have wan exciting August, and that's even without the lovely hurlin and where it is them that now have a perma favourite, IMO the outsiders are more likely to dethrone than the odds suggest though it is that close I'd disregard it.
At the end of the day it is 15 on 15 and anything can happen after what the Lillies did, albeit with a bit of Kerry help.
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Post by glengael on Aug 2, 2021 17:13:49 GMT
Monaghan spurned several good chances to equalise. It was frustrating to watch. I presume there would have been extra time had they succeeded. Tyrone will play keep ball expertly and close out a game if they need to. Kerry will have to be on the ball and 100% tuned in for this.
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Post by buck02 on Aug 2, 2021 17:24:41 GMT
What about Tyrones cluelessness in their kickout strategy against Kerry. Or was that down to them doing 5 training sessions the morning of the game? Tyrone looked really good in the first half of the Ulster final. They will need to repeat that for 75 minutes and hope Kerry are off form to win the semi final, its as simple as that. Against Kerry? When. You hardly think that league game in relevant surely. You thought a league game this year was so relevant that you admitted turning off the TV and not watching any more of it cos a Kerry player kicked a ball over the side line or something. In the league game Kerry massacred Morgan. Will Tyrone have had the time to completely change how they kick the ball out against us in 13 days time? What they seemed to do in the first half on Saturday was attack very differently to how they did in the league. Against Kerry they had a ploy of getting the ball to McCurry and the new corner forward that Kerry totally negated. The last day they kicked points from distance and some high ball into the FF line. In 2019 we were in massive trouble in the full back line until they put Morley on McShane and moved Gavin Crowley back into the full back line. It will be the area Tyrone will look to exploit the next day.
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Post by The16thMan on Aug 2, 2021 17:45:06 GMT
Anybody any idea when the tickets will be released for this one??
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 2, 2021 19:28:52 GMT
Against Kerry? When. You hardly think that league game in relevant surely. You thought a league game this year was so relevant that you admitted turning off the TV and not watching any more of it cos a Kerry player kicked a ball over the side line or something. In the league game Kerry massacred Morgan. Will Tyrone have had the time to completely change how they kick the ball out against us in 13 days time? What they seemed to do in the first half on Saturday was attack very differently to how they did in the league. Against Kerry they had a ploy of getting the ball to McCurry and the new corner forward that Kerry totally negated. The last day they kicked points from distance and some high ball into the FF line. In 2019 we were in massive trouble in the full back line until they put Morley on McShane and moved Gavin Crowley back into the full back line. It will be the area Tyrone will look to exploit the next day. Winning Ulster was a big goal for Tyrone in 2021. That was their priority over the league in my view.
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 2, 2021 20:04:55 GMT
Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Tyrone bravery repaid as ‘boomer’ poses conundrum for Peter Keane Peter Keane and his brains trust may elect to mix Kerry's approach Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Tyrone bravery repaid as ‘boomer’ poses conundrum for Peter Keane
MON, 02 AUG, 2021 - 07:00 Eamonn Fitzmaurice Éamonn Fitzmaurice
The marketing gurus that came up with the tagline “nothing beats being there” for the GAA knew what they were talking about, particularly in the context of the global pandemic that is still leaving its mark. It was a privilege to be in Croke Park over the weekend to witness the fare on offer — they were right, it was great to be there. There certainly were plenty of talking points.
While I appreciate it might not have been to everyone’s taste, I thoroughly enjoyed the Tyrone and Monaghan arm wrestle on Saturday evening. It wasn’t as open as the rest of the Ulster Championship but it was more realistic and has helped prepare the champions for what is to come.
Monaghan were game and never gave up, but they never led the game. They lacked composure late on when they could and probably should have forced the game to extra-time. They deserve immense credit for the way they have carried themselves in the wake of the Breandán Óg Ó Dufaigh tragedy. They have shown all that is good about the GAA community and deserve our admiration.
Overall, Tyrone did just about enough to deserve it. They will know the performance was good enough to win the Ulster final but they will need to improve big time for the All-Ireland semi-final in a fortnight. Scoring only two points in the third quarter and five in the second half won’t do next day out.
It is worth bearing in mind that because of Covid complications, they were shorn of some important players both in terms of starters and finishers off the bench. Rory Brennan, Frank Burns, Tiernan McCann, and Richie Donnelly will be back.
That they dealt with these absences and still got a bounce from their bench shows they have considerable strength in depth.
Tyrone got many of their tactical calls spot on, including placing Conor Meyler on Ryan McEnaspie and Niall Sludden on Karl O’Connell. Both Tyrone players blotted their opposite numbers out of the game, which robbed Monaghan of those strong runners from the back that is central to their game.
An intriguing aspect was the battle of the goalkeepers. That position has been revolutionised in the last decade and continues to develop. I have long been a fan of Rory Beggan and wondered how Tyrone would deal with his length and variety of kickouts. In the first half, they flummoxed him and affected Monaghan. Ironically opposite number Niall Morgan was the key factor in this. On the Monaghan kickout he came and positioned himself 65m from his own goal in the pocket to the left of midfield from Beggan’s perspective. It spooked Monaghan and in effect, took away half of the field for their restarts.
They were forced to go short or right, weren’t as efficient as usual, and it put them under pressure with Beggan visibly frustrated on more than one occasion. In the first half, Tyrone won five out of eight of Monaghan’s long kickouts, scoring two points via this method.
It also robbed the Farney men of one of their primary ways of generating scores and they only scored three points this way. At half-time Monaghan fixed it. They scored four points in the second half from their own kickout and Tyrone got none. They introduced fresh legs in the middle of the field and got Niall Kearns to make runs into the space in front of Morgan’s position and Beggan hit him with a few.
Gradually, this got things going again. Significantly, Beggan turned the tables on Morgan and replicated what his Tyrone counterpart had been doing to him in the first half, taking up a similar position and even challenged for a few kickouts late on. At one stage he had to sprint back and dispossess Mattie Donnelly with a last-ditch tackle to prevent what looked like a certain goal. At another stage, Morgan ended up tracking Andrew Woods all the way up to the 20m line with Peter Harte deputising in goals in his absence. It was entertaining stuff.
The only question I would pose is: Should Beggan have marked McShane or McCurry in the last minute or so to allow them free up a man to push out and put someone marking Morgan to nullify him as the outlet to keep the ball as Tyrone managed the game out?
Tyrone are still working on their style of play and are trying to achieve the balance that will allow them to score enough against the best teams while remaining defensively solid. For much of the first half when they were on top, they resembled their setup from 2019. Two attackers close to goals at all times, man-markers at the back on the opposition key men, and everyone else transitioning up and down the field as required.
They are willing to go direct but for me they are still missing the half-forward line link between the lines and I am sure it is something they will look at prior to the semi-final. Mark Bradley did it at times but not often enough. They still have to carry a lot of ball in the counter-attack which is a debilitating game to play as evidenced by their obvious fatiguing in the final quarter.
One notable difference from 2019 is the manner in which they went after the game late on. When Brian Kennedy got injured and Conn Killpatrick tired it was forwards Brian Dooher brought on. Conor McKenna and Mattie Donnelly went to midfield so in effect they had eight forwards on the pitch in the final game-deciding moments and their bravery won the day.
As we look forward to the next game, one feature that Kerry will be planning for is the Tyrone ‘boomer’ kickout that aims to travel over everyone. Morgan has a big boot and on a couple of occasions he was landing these almost on the opposition 45m line. They had little success on it the last day as the runners were not getting around the breaks to help Kilpatrick and Kennedy. It looked to me to be a communication breakdown. They were expecting it short so weren’t committing numbers to the breaks. Kerry will plan for this as they will know that kick can take out their whole press.
The press has paid dividends so far this year and Kerry will realise that if they back off Morgan can pick holes and Tyrone will run it from the back which is hard to play against. A conundrum for Peter Keane and his brains trust and they may elect to mix the approach. Kerry come into this game as the form team in the country but we are unsure about the challenge they have been presented with so far.
Conversely, Tyrone are far more battle-hardened but we are uncertain if they have enough yet to take down one of the big guns. It will make for a ferocious battle in two weeks’ time and one which we can all look forward to.
Dublin are into an All-Ireland semi-final without getting out of third gear. While they weren’t at their best yesterday, they still won by eight, helped by Kildare’s profligacy as they kicked ball after ball into Evan Comerford’s grateful hands. What impressed me most about them was their work-rate when their customary fluidity was absent. They were hunting in packs and forcing turnovers, with players like James McCarthy — who has done it all — chasing back as hard without the ball as if he is still waiting to win his first. This shows that they are not ready to let go of Sam just yet and anyone who wants to take it off them will have to tear it from their grasp.
In possession, surprisingly, they made a lot of uncharacteristic errors, with Kildare scoring 1-5 from turnovers. Dublin will be annoyed with this and will realise that kind of sloppiness will play into Mayo’s hands in a fortnight.
Impressively, Comerford found men with 100% of his kickouts and Dublin scored nine points from this. Anyone that hopes to beat them will have to disrupt them at their restart to have any chance.
While they may not be the team they were, they are not going away either. From now on the opposition stiffens as we all wait to see what is really left in this Dublin side. One thing is for sure: The sight of Mayo in a fortnight is bound to spark something in them.
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Post by Lolly Valance on Aug 3, 2021 0:50:54 GMT
Counteracting the Tyrone kickout will probably take up a lot of debate over the next week or two. While much has been made of the Beggan and Morgan forays upfield and blocking off space for the long kickout I think Kerry are well set to dismantle the Tyrone kickout to be honest.
Unlike other teams when we operate the press we want you to kick the ball long. Also if you look back at the footage when we press we 'cheat' as it were with the zonal press freeing up a forward(s) to drop a line or two allowing us to crowd where the ball will drop.
All the introduction of the rules with the kickouts having to go beyond the 21 and no pass back to the keeper facilitates this. Kerry will be more than happy to let Morgan go short to a corner back before he is hounded by our nearest forwards.
I am more concerned about our own kickouts to be honest.
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 3, 2021 8:23:27 GMT
Kerry will be more than happy to let Morgan go short to a corner back before he is hounded by our nearest forwards. Janey....i hope not. That would not be great preparation for a final v Dublin. Dublin would make hay ...8 or 9 points.
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Post by onlykerry on Aug 3, 2021 9:00:55 GMT
Kerry will be more than happy to let Morgan go short to a corner back before he is hounded by our nearest forwards. Janey....i hope not. That would not be great preparation for a final v Dublin. Dublin would make hay ...8 or 9 points. Forget the final and forget Dublin for now - only one job in front of Kerry and that is to take care of Tyrone. I am not even convinced that Dublin will be in the final and we saw where thinking too far ahead got us in 2020.
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Post by royalkerryfan on Aug 3, 2021 10:37:47 GMT
You would hope that the lessons of complacency were learnt after last year but you never know with young lads so I really hope the eye is firmly on Tyrone and nobody else.
The positives to me are that Tyrone are not racking up big scores so kicking 16 points won't be near enough in a big game.
Do they have more in them ?
McCurry looks on form and Mattie Donnelly is returning to form aswell.
McShane is way off the pace and I'd be surprised if he started.
I would like to see Breen and 6 and Murphy and White either side of him. He offers us really presence if Morgan cam kick over the press.
Hopefully I pick up a ticket as I can't wait to see Kerry play again.
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Post by dc84 on Aug 3, 2021 10:42:27 GMT
Watched the 19 semi again last night mcshane and Donnelly really caused us big issues with the high ball in the first half in particular. We changed markers on both of them in 2nd half which made a big difference.
Forewarned is forarmed It will be mccurry and Donnelly this time with mcshane off the bench id say mcshane has barely played in a year and understandably is not the player he was in 19. It was also evident in that game that our running power out of defence caused them massive problems in the 2nd half Sherwood beaglaoich and o brien in particular they found hard to stop.
I don't see a massive difference in either team really the big ones are mcshane isnt playing aswell which is balanced by McKenna and mccurry and for us a lot of our 21/22 year olds are a lot better conditioned for the challenge and we now have 2 cliffords which is twice as good 😀
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Post by gaelicden on Aug 3, 2021 16:14:03 GMT
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Post by Kerryman Randy Savage on Aug 3, 2021 16:50:23 GMT
I'd rather watch in Spanish than listen to a few of RTÉ's commentators
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Post by mossie on Aug 3, 2021 20:15:02 GMT
Will tickets be distributed through clubs only?🤔 I was a season ticket holder in 2020 but I'm not affiliated with any club and I'm worried I won't get my hands on a ticket for this reason. Fairly certain they will be on general sale. I reckon this match will not sell out via the clubs and they will finish up on general sale
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Post by tpo on Aug 3, 2021 21:19:24 GMT
Probably only Upper Stand on general release
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Post by buck02 on Aug 4, 2021 14:23:28 GMT
Probably only Upper Stand on general release In their wisdom the GAA have fixed the u20 final between Offaly and either Roscommon or Down for before our semi final. The u20 final would draw a big crowd on its own as those counties rarely make AI finals. So getting tickets won't be easy at all and probably only available through the clubs.
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Post by Kerryman Randy Savage on Aug 4, 2021 15:35:14 GMT
Probably only Upper Stand on general release In their wisdom the GAA have fixed the u20 final between Offaly and either Roscommon or Down for before our semi final. The u20 final would draw a big crowd on its own as those counties rarely make AI finals. So getting tickets won't be easy at all and probably only available through the clubs. Whoever in Croke Park who made that decision should be sacked. Putting Mayo v Dublin (Ladies) before the same in the men's game is a great decision. More eyes on Ladies football the better. Howrver limiting the chance for Down and Offaly fans to see their lads win silverware is insane. Friday night would be class with a good few thousand at it. Now it's going to be a nightmare for tickets for all 4 counties now. The GAA administration has alot of deadwood it needs to replace.
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Post by royalkerryfan on Aug 4, 2021 15:58:10 GMT
Looks unlikely I'll get a ticket now.
Really unbelievable decision by the GAA.
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