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Post by Moderator on Sept 10, 2022 20:38:12 GMT
SAT, 10 SEP, 2022 - 21:04 TONY LEEN, TRALEE
Kerry County SFC: East Kerry 2-20 Kerins O’Rahilly’s 1-11
NO David Clifford, no problem for hot Kerry SFC favourites East Kerry who brushed aside last year’s beaten finalists Kerins O’Rahilly’s with ease in Saturday’s first-round tie in Tralee.
With Dingle and Spa also in Group 2, it would be facile to label it the group of death, but already it looks like everyone is happy to fall in behind East Kerry’s super-powered slipstream.
Their best player on the night isn’t even amongst the division’s inter-county luminaries yet, but it won’t be long before Ruairi Murphy is figuring in Jack O’Connor’s senior squad.
The All-Ireland winning manager was ensconced in the back of the Austin Stack Park stand as East Kerry made light work of breaching the Tralee side’s defence. Murphy, playing at 12, helped himself to 1-3 in the first half and 1-5 in total. The Kerry U20 midfielder from this season had inside him the GAA’s 2014 player of the year James O’Donoghue and Rathmore’s Shane Ryan, who celebrated his release from netminding with some clever movement and three points.
David Clifford was togged out but an unused luxury, his brother Paudie dipping in and out of the game impressively before limping off in the final minutes.
Strand Road, shorn the talent and experience of Jack Savage and Tommy Walsh, won’t get themselves in a lather over this one. Their progress or not will be determined by results against the other two clubs in the group.
There has been copious comment already on the power bloc that is East Kerry, their embarrassment of riches and options. Most of it is true even if suggesting their manager Jerry O’Sullivan has the easiest job in football is a tad facile. It doesn’t work like that. Different sides will ask different questions. Nevertheless, they had nine Kerry seniors of various vintages, and the likes of corner-back Chris O’Donoghue who would be an inter-county senior most anywhere else.
The Glenflesk man took a haymaker of a hit from Gavin O’Brien, who vaguely resembles a tall office block, in the 28th minute and was upfield a minute later kicking Est Kerry’s 11th point of the first half.
The gap at the interval was nine points (1-11 to 0-5) and that wasn’t a bad half’s performance from the Tralee men. But once James O’Donoghue dinked the ball over the last defender to nutmeg the Strand Road keeper for goal No 2 six minutes after the break, the portents for all were grim.
Kerins O’Rahilly’s rallied sufficiently to claim the night’s best goal, David Moran teeing up Conor Hayes for a top corner finish in the 50th minute that made it 2-18 to 1-8 but it was all rather pedestrian at that point.
The Championship favourites did little to dispute the prohibitive odds on them regaining the Bishop Moynihan Cup this year. But if their management was looking for an early test of their pulse, it wasn’t forthcoming this weekend.
They might even have David Clifford back for Round 2…
Scorers for East Kerry: R Murphy (1-5), J O’Donoghue (1-4, 2 frees), P Clifford (0-4), S Ryan (0-3, two marks), C O’Donghue, C Gammell, P Darcy, R O’Grady (0-1 each).
Scorers for Kerins O’Rahilly’s: C Hayes (1-3), B J Keane (0-4, 2 frees), D Moran (0-2), G O’Brien, G Savage (free) (0-1 each).
EAST KERRY: B Kelly; P Warren (Gneeveguilla), J Sherwood (Firies), C O’Donoghue (Glenflesk); C Gammell (Legion), P Murphy (Rathmore), D. O’Brien (Glenflesk); D Lyne (Legion), R Buckley (Listry); R Murphy (Listry), P Clifford (Fossa), J Lyne (Legion); P. Darcy (Glenflesk), S Ryan (Rathmore) J O’Donoghue (Legion).
Subs: R O’Grady (Legion) for J O’Donoghue (43); P. O’Shea (Kilcummin) for Buckley (47); E Fitzgerald (Gneeveguilla) for Murphy (48); P Doyle (Gnee veguilla) for R Murphy (56); C Ryan (Rathmore) for Clifford (56).
KERINS O’RAHILLYS: S Foley; R O’Callaghan, S Brosnan; D McElligott; P Neenan, C Coffey, B Hanafin; D Moran, D O’Connor; T Hoare, BJ Keane, G O’Brien; G Savage, D. O’Sullivan, C Hayes.
Subs: S Walsh for D O’Connor (22); K Mullins for D. O’Sullivan (30); R Carroll for P Neenan (half time); D Bowler for Savage (47); C Sayers for Hanafin (52);
Referee: B Griffin (Clounmacon)
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Post by diego on Sept 10, 2022 20:38:54 GMT
When the number of senior clubs was cut to 8, did the clubs of the county have a say in it or was it some competition reform committee decision, or a bit of both?
Clubs that have spent most of the last 20 years as established senior clubs on their own like Rathmore, Legion and to a lesser extent Kilcummin are now part of the East Kerry set up and has created a real imbalance of power.
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Post by greengold35 on Sept 10, 2022 20:39:54 GMT
10 clubs versus one club was only every going to end one way. East Kerry are lovely to watch but that doesn’t make it right or fair on club teams in Kerry. County board have created a monster in EK - divisional sides must be restricted to 2/3 intermediate teams - no side in Kerry could have lived with EK tonight & that was without David Clifford & Dara Roche. Strange decision to move Shane Ryan to full forward with Donal O’Sullivan & Paul O’Shea n the bench. KO’R lost nothing in defeat - tried manfully but like trying to stem the tide - Cormac Coffey, David Moran, Barry John & Conor Hayes never gave up. From a Kerry perspective hard to judge but Darragh Lyne & especially Ruairi Murphy certainly will have caught the eye of Kerry management tonight - Cian Gammell impressed too. Tougher tests lie ahead for EK but the return of soon to be POTY DC will add further headaches to the opposition.
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Post by greengold35 on Sept 10, 2022 20:44:33 GMT
When the number of senior clubs was cut to 8, did the clubs of the county have a say in it or was it some competition reform committee decision, or a bit of both? Clubs that have spent most of the last 20 years as established senior clubs on their own like Rathmore, Legion and to a lesser extent Kilcummin are now part of the East Kerry set up and has created a real imbalance of power. It was presented as a fair accompli at county board level - there was a vote taken but as it only affected a small cohort of clubs the other delegates voted with the county board.
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Post by mossie on Sept 10, 2022 20:46:49 GMT
When the number of senior clubs was cut to 8, did the clubs of the county have a say in it or was it some competition reform committee decision, or a bit of both? Clubs that have spent most of the last 20 years as established senior clubs on their own like Rathmore, Legion and to a lesser extent Kilcummin are now part of the East Kerry set up and has created a real imbalance of power. Kilcummin hadnt even a player in the EK starting 15!!!
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Post by mossie on Sept 10, 2022 20:48:13 GMT
10 clubs versus one club was only every going to end one way. East Kerry are lovely to watch but that doesn’t make it right or fair on club teams in Kerry. County board have created a monster in EK - divisional sides must be restricted to 2/3 intermediate teams - no side in Kerry could have lived with EK tonight & that was without David Clifford & Dara Roche. Strange decision to move Shane Ryan to full forward with Donal O’Sullivan & Paul O’Shea n the bench. KO’R lost nothing in defeat - tried manfully but like trying to stem the tide - Cormac Coffey, David Moran, Barry John & Conor Hayes never gave up. From a Kerry perspective hard to judge but Darragh Lyne & especially Ruairi Murphy certainly will have caught the eye of Kerry management tonight - Cian Gammell impressed too. Tougher tests lie ahead for EK but the return of soon to be POTY DC will add further headaches to the opposition. according to the examiner report Donal O'Sullivan didnt even come on as a sub?!! surely injured No Con Barret for KOR, he is a loss to them too
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Post by greengold35 on Sept 10, 2022 20:51:14 GMT
County board have created a monster in EK - divisional sides must be restricted to 2/3 intermediate teams - no side in Kerry could have lived with EK tonight & that was without David Clifford & Dara Roche. Strange decision to move Shane Ryan to full forward with Donal O’Sullivan & Paul O’Shea n the bench. KO’R lost nothing in defeat - tried manfully but like trying to stem the tide - Cormac Coffey, David Moran, Barry John & Conor Hayes never gave up. From a Kerry perspective hard to judge but Darragh Lyne & especially Ruairi Murphy certainly will have caught the eye of Kerry management tonight - Cian Gammell impressed too. Tougher tests lie ahead for EK but the return of soon to be POTY DC will add further headaches to the opposition. according to the examiner report Donal O'Sullivan didnt even come on as a sub?!! surely injured No Con Barret for KOR, he is a loss to them too Donal O’S was named on programme but didn’t feature - Con was togged out but probably being saved for upcoming games vs Spa & Dingle.
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Post by Whosinmidfield on Sept 10, 2022 21:07:54 GMT
Donal O’Sullivan wasn’t togged out, hopefully it’s not a serious injury and we’ll see him line out in the coming games. Really impressed with Ruairi Murphy, lovely footballer and a very exciting prospect. Paudie showed his class and I thought Ronan Buckley was excellent as well. David Moran and Conor Hayes were best for Rahillys.
In the other game Mid Kerry eventually won out after a very slow start. Kieran Dennehy and Rob O’Se were the standout performers for me.
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Post by southward on Sept 10, 2022 21:25:36 GMT
Feale Rangers beat St Brendans 15 to 13. Go North Kerry! - first Co Championship win around these parts for a few years. Encouraging.
Martin Stack from Moyvane kicked 11 points.
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Post by blacksheep21 on Sept 10, 2022 21:37:09 GMT
Feale Rangers beat St Brendans 15 to 13. Go North Kerry! - first Co Championship win around these parts for a few years. Encouraging. Martin Stack from Moyvane kicked 11 points. Probably the weakest group so a good chance for Feale Rangers to get to the quarter finals
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Post by greengold35 on Sept 10, 2022 21:39:08 GMT
Donal O’Sullivan wasn’t togged out, hopefully it’s not a serious injury and we’ll see him line out in the coming games. Really impressed with Ruairi Murphy, lovely footballer and a very exciting prospect. Paudie showed his class and I thought Ronan Buckley was excellent as well. David Moran and Conor Hayes were best for Rahillys. In the other game Mid Kerry eventually won out after a very slow start. Kieran Dennehy and Rob O’Se were the standout performers for me. Murphy was excellent tonight and as you say, looks an exciting prospect - didn’t play minor as far as I know but reckon Jack will come calling soon. Kieran Dennehy was very good for MK also - scored a cracking goal in the first half which was vital & was a thorn in WK’s side all evening. I think the standard of football is very high at the moment - having been to ASP last night & tonight, there have been some great scores , high fielding & some great defending - with Sam home, the future looks very bright.
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Post by hurlingman on Sept 10, 2022 21:41:06 GMT
10 clubs versus one club was only every going to end one way. East Kerry are lovely to watch but that doesn’t make it right or fair on club teams in Kerry. This argument doesn't hold up imo. Strand Road, according to the program, have a panel of 43 players.
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Post by southward on Sept 10, 2022 21:49:12 GMT
At least three of the east Kerry clubs would give strand road a decent game in their own right so what hope do rahillys have when you combine them. Imagine a club side having (assuming DC's ratification) an inside forward line containing two GAA Footballers of the Year. Not to mention at least 2 AI Final MOTM and God knows how many All-Stars.
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Post by A.N. Other on Sept 10, 2022 21:49:16 GMT
10 clubs versus one club was only every going to end one way. East Kerry are lovely to watch but that doesn’t make it right or fair on club teams in Kerry. This argument doesn't hold up imo. Strand Road, according to the program, have a panel of 43 players. 43 compared to what 250-300 players from East Kerry. 4 division one teams next year part of the 10 clubs. It’s bonkers I can’t understand people that think it’s ok. It’s unfair on club players and the club players of East Kerry that will never get to play county championship.
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Post by greengold35 on Sept 10, 2022 21:51:08 GMT
10 clubs versus one club was only every going to end one way. East Kerry are lovely to watch but that doesn’t make it right or fair on club teams in Kerry. This argument doesn't hold up imo. Strand Road, according to the program, have a panel of 43 players. 10 clubs with, on average 25 players at a minimum gives a pool of 250 from which to choose say 30 - Strand Rd’s panel of 43 would include most players over 17 who are eligible to play senior or B football - Kilcummin would probably have 40+ players to choose from given their population yet had no starters tonight.
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Post by taggert on Sept 10, 2022 22:02:45 GMT
Hopefully, some team will put it up to East Kerry like Stacks did last year (Legion excluded). Its going to be a tiresome championship otherwise listening to all the whining.....
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Post by tman59 on Sept 10, 2022 22:08:26 GMT
Yes I agree, whining is right. It’s the way it is for this year and maybe it will change next year. I’m sick of coming onto this and see it flooded with people giving out. Can we just reflect on what’s in front of us and the players that are playing?
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Post by kerryexile on Sept 10, 2022 22:47:39 GMT
I agree with a lot of what is being said. All the big club teams are in transition and other divisional teams appear to be too. But if some team hits EK early and this results in their passing not being as fluent as the personnel implies it should be, they could end up with a game on their hands. I know they they have one of the greats, but no ball no score. There are cards to play. It is a big challenge but hunger is a great sauce,
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Post by mossie on Sept 10, 2022 22:53:14 GMT
Hopefully, some team will put it up to East Kerry like Stacks did last year (Legion excluded). Its going to be a tiresome championship otherwise listening to all the whining..... I tend to agree, at the end of the day it is not as if EKerry have won 5 in a row!
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Post by Mickmack on Sept 11, 2022 8:09:33 GMT
Rathmore or Legion might win the intermediate and that would weaken EK for next year.
Also, if Stacks reach the county final, Kemmare are relegated. Of if Stacks win the play off, Kenmare are relegated. If it comes to pass that Kenmare get relegated, would Donal oSullivan and Kilgarvan be in with Seanie oShea next year under Kenmare District?
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Post by mike70 on Sept 11, 2022 8:29:30 GMT
They may not win the intermediate also, so let’s not play a game of chance, let’s put sensible rules in place that help manage the number of clubs within divisional teams, if we don’t, we will see fall of in the championship quality, as players will not make an effort in other divisional teams, they will focus on club.
All one can ask for is a level playing field, the rules will not be for EK only , if other divisional teams rise again like SK, just needs to be rules in place to manage the strength of these teams, I do think a 10 or 12 senior clubs could solve the problem, but needs analysis for sure.
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Post by pillar on Sept 11, 2022 8:49:27 GMT
They may not win the intermediate also, so let’s not play a game of chance, let’s put sensible rules in place that help manage the number of clubs within divisional teams, if we don’t, we will see fall of in the championship quality, as players will not make an effort in other divisional teams, they will focus on club. All one can ask for is a level playing field, the rules will not be for EK only , if other divisional teams rise again like SK, just needs to be rules in place to manage the strength of these teams, I do think a 10 or 12 senior clubs could solve the problem, but needs analysis for sure. I think the problems start at minor and U20/21 level. Out of the last eight year only 1 club has won either a minor or u20/21 title. To be fair to East Kerry they have a very strong division, made stronger by the fact we have only 8 Senior clubs. If North Kerry merge at senior level which is a big possibility you'll have a team with 12 clubs together? If I had a magic wand I'd make the County Championship all Club, increase to 16 senior clubs. I wouldn't ignore the Divisional set up. Let's play, like they do at U15 level , a District County Championship. East Kerry, Tralee District, Castleisland etc. Maybe play it in July, any club player not picked can go off on holiday, and be ready then when needed to play our Senior, Intermediate etc club championship. It's my opinion that the historic reasoning of having Divisional teams in the County Championship has out grown itself.
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Post by sayitasiseeit on Sept 11, 2022 9:13:16 GMT
A divisional only competition would fall flat on its face before it begins. Players wouldn’t but into it. They’d be glorified challenge matches, no one is going to pay money into see that.
The divisional system is one the main reasons why Kerry have been so successful down through the years. It’s also the reason why club transfers aren’t a huge issue in Kerry. In other counties it’s widely accepted that you have to leave your junior club to play for the county. That is far less prevalent in Kerry, although there are examples of where it has happened.
You can’t just chop and change divisional teams Willy Nilly every year, tradition and identity are essential to there success. It’s no surprise that the most consistent divisional teams East Kerry, South Kerry, Mid Kerry, all have a strong district championship, they revolve around one main school and town and therefore they have a sense of place and identity, which stands to them.
The only remote solution to East Kerry being too strong is to go to the Eoghan Ruadh and EK split. Eoghan Ruadh would have a fine team capable of winning a county championship, and the remaining East Kerry team would still be very strong also. Eoghan Ruadh has an identity and a lot of the players from those clubs with the exception of Killcumman are now going to school in Rathmore together.
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Post by sayitasiseeit on Sept 11, 2022 9:14:48 GMT
Agree totally with the minor and u21 East Kerry teams down through the years, that was negligence by the county board and was very damaging. They were far far too strong.
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Post by pillar on Sept 11, 2022 9:26:14 GMT
A divisional only competition would fall flat on its face before it begins. Players wouldn’t but into it. They’d be glorified challenge matches, no one is going to pay money into see that. The divisional system is one the main reasons why Kerry have been so successful down through the years. It’s also the reason why club transfers aren’t a huge issue in Kerry. In other counties it’s widely accepted that you have to leave your junior club to play for the county. That is far less prevalent in Kerry, although there are examples of where it has happened. You can’t just chop and change divisional teams Willy Nilly every year, tradition and identity are essential to there success. It’s no surprise that the most consistent divisional teams East Kerry, South Kerry, Mid Kerry, all have a strong district championship, they revolve around one main school and town and therefore they have a sense of place and identity, which stands to them. The only remote solution to East Kerry being too strong is to go to the Eoghan Ruadh and EK split. Eoghan Ruadh would have a fine team capable of winning a county championship, and the remaining East Kerry team would still be very strong also. Eoghan Ruadh has an identity and a lot of the players from those clubs with the exception of Killcumman are now going to school in Rathmore together. You said it yourself, down through the years. But I don't think that stands any more. The advent of development squads means talent is recognised earlier. Is Jason Foley an All Star full back cos he plays for Shannon Rangers. Paul Murphy didnt play kerry minor but he did play well for Rathmore. In the modern game theres very few undiscovereds walking around. Im sitting here contemplating do i fork out 15 euro to watch Shannon Rangers play today, yet they have 12 players gone off on a stag.South Kerry are going equally poor so ive heard. If kenmare were playing Templenoe id be the first in the gate.As regards club transfers I would have thought the parish rule governs that. But maybe if not a bye law could be introduced that you can transfer across or down but not up.i.e.you can't upgrade from intermediate to senior.
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Post by keane on Sept 11, 2022 9:41:20 GMT
It should be said before it gets lost in the weeds that East Kerry are awesome and were an absolute joy to watch last night. Their movement off the ball and the way they move the ball through the lines is pure class.
Conor Hayes deserves a mention as well. In a struggling team kicked 1-3 from play and kicked two easy ones short as well so should have had 1-5 off a county back.
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Post by sayitasiseeit on Sept 11, 2022 9:45:19 GMT
South Kerry are poor this year but South Kerry have been the most consistent divisional side since around 2003 up to the last year or so. South Kerry take the county championship extremely serious, and train accordingly. They just happen to be poor at the moment but they contested a final only 4-5 years ago and they still out in a big effort.
Your point about Shannon Rangers, maybe they need to merge with Feale Rangers like they are doing at underage level.
My overall point is the divisional system will fall on its face if the divisions don’t have a sense of Identity. Id argue that one north Kerry team might have a greater sense of identity than the current Feale and Shannon rangers.
The county board needs to push for St Kieran’s to create a district championship. Take Desmond’s, Brosna, Knock out of North Kerry, take Currow and Scart out of East Kerry and Put in Ballymac. They would be a worthwhile champion that would only help the identity of St Kieran’s. Imagine being the Kieran’s manager and being able to go watch and scout players in that championship just like the East, Mid And South Kerry managers can.
The county board need to likewise merge the Brendans and Tralee town championship. Again this would make for a more meaningful comp all round.
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Post by veteran on Sept 11, 2022 9:59:52 GMT
East Kerry 2-20 Kerins O'Rahillys 1-11 HT 1-11 0-5
Brian Kelly in goals with Shane Murphy at full forward. No David Cliford or Dara Roche. For the peace of mind of people who were not there , David vigorously participated in the pre match ritual and during the kickabout at half time. No doubt he was on call for emergencies, something that never looked like arising. Cormac Coffey was a welcome inclusion and was as effervescent as usual.
Points were exchanged in the opening stages with David Moran's effort being a monster. Then a ball was sent across the goal by ? Shane Murphy and slammed home by Ruairi Murphy, from Listry. Not my favourite type of goal but you would do well to remember the name of the boy who scored it. He added four or five peaches of points over the course of the game endorsing the reputation he has already achieved for himself. If interest remains and injuries stay away he will surely graduate to Kerry senior ranks in the near future. Is he still u20 for 2022? If so, Tomas has a diamond already polished to help him along.
East Kerry tacked on a series of points, the sequence of which was broken by a marvellous one from Gavin O'Brien. The points continued to flow for East Kerry and while , from an early stage, it was clear there was going to be no contest, still there was a lot to savour with some top drawer scores and a plethora of fine individual displays, not all confined to East Kerry.
Game over at half time with the situation compounded with two early points from the boy Murphy, one a delicious one. The stake to an already failing Strand Road heart was a goal, nonchalantly stroked home by James O'Donoghue. I think he got 1-2 from play without remotely exerting himself. Similar to JO'D, Paudie Clifford influentially ambled about, before limping of near the end, due to cramp I think.
Towards the end of the game, David Moran, now in the full forward line due to tiredness I presume, won a difficult ball collided with an East Kerry foe who went sprawling, passed to Conor Hayes who crashed it home. How appropriate that they sang a duet at the end. I felt David was magnificent and Conor was an elusive eel up front , scoring possibly 1-3 or more from play. Sadly for Strand Road, the goal was more or less the last kick of a dying hen.
Game, set and match from sunrise to East Kerry. It needs to be said , in spite of the margin of victory, Strand Road did not roll over. They simply met a team with intimidating names in most positions and honourably succumbed. If they could get Jack Savage and Tommy Walsh back in harness they would seriously challenge Dingle and Spa in their remaining group games.
What can one say about the team of All-Stars, with the brightest star in their galaxy putting his feet up on the sideline. It is invidious to name check their more prominent players on the night with the majority exerting a major impact on the game. I did single out young Ruairi of course as a signpost for those who are not familiar with him. Watch out for this hatchling while being patient at the same time.
There is a lot of talk about the strength of East Kerry. There is no denying they are all powerful at the moment. Still, it is not too long when the South Kerry hegemony threatened to envelop football matters down here. More recently, the Dublin empire was smitten. More recently still the apparent East Kerry preeminence was shattered by Austin Stacks. Nothing is permanent. However I must say I cannot understand why Kilgarvan is lumped in with East Kerry when geographically it is a natural fit for Kenmare District. Can you imagine the contribution the likes of Donal O'Sullvan would make for them rather than having him chewing the cud on the bench for East Kerry.
It was amusing that after the match, in spite of the heroics of several of the East Kerry players, the man the youngsters gravitated towards was a man who did not kick a ball during the match!
The one jarring note during the evening was the similarity of the colours. East Kerry wore something that seemed to be a composite of blue/navy/black. This similarity was exacerbated when the lights came on, exacerbated for me at least. I thought red was the usual East Kerry colour. In fairness, I feel Srand Road are entitled to stick with their traditional blue.
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Post by onlykerry on Sept 11, 2022 10:35:27 GMT
There are two issues being mixed into the divisional discussion - the number of clubs is one and this is an issue that I think is best dealt with at divisional level itself and should be left to clubs to decide which division they align with so long as they have a geographical link. The second issue is the amalgamation of strong clubs into a single division and EK brings this issue into the light at present but it should not be simply a discussion about EK. I feel strongly that some limit on strong clubs forming a single division should be in place - whether this is by reference to county league status or championship grading. Rathmore, Legion & Gneevguilla all competed in D1 of the league this year playing the "senior" clubs and finished 4,6 & 8th in the division - they form a single division with two more intermediate sides and junior clubs. EK are a manifestation of the problem and it does not serve Kerry Football in the long term to have minors and U20 players looking at a stacked deck in their grades of the county competitions. Grades including senior need to be competitive to have the whole county football scene working properly. This is not an EK bashing rant - they were excellent to watch but it will damage Kerry football if super divisions are entertained as is the case currently with EK. The Divisional system needs an overhaul or else it should be ditched as past its useful purpose.
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Post by hurlingman on Sept 11, 2022 11:01:45 GMT
South Kerry are poor this year but South Kerry have been the most consistent divisional side since around 2003 up to the last year or so. South Kerry take the county championship extremely serious, and train accordingly. They just happen to be poor at the moment but they contested a final only 4-5 years ago and they still out in a big effort. Your point about Shannon Rangers, maybe they need to merge with Feale Rangers like they are doing at underage level. My overall point is the divisional system will fall on its face if the divisions don’t have a sense of Identity. Id argue that one north Kerry team might have a greater sense of identity than the current Feale and Shannon rangers. The county board needs to push for St Kieran’s to create a district championship. Take Desmond’s, Brosna, Knock out of North Kerry, take Currow and Scart out of East Kerry and Put in Ballymac. They would be a worthwhile champion that would only help the identity of St Kieran’s. Imagine being the Kieran’s manager and being able to go watch and scout players in that championship just like the East, Mid And South Kerry managers can. The county board need to likewise merge the Brendans and Tralee town championship. Again this would make for a more meaningful comp all round. I've never understood why there's no St Kierans League and Championship. I think at one point it was tried. The teams who play in East Kerry, Cordal, Scart and Currow, I would think aren't benefiting from being there. Brosna and Castleisland are competitive in North Kerry so maybe they wouldn't want to move. Ballymac are the ones who really miss out as the Tralee District Championships etc don't really do anything for anyone.
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