Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2852 - 01/09/2019 19:45:07    2231466

Not hot favourites. This is a good Kerry team with a good manager. The Dubs are a team in decline imho. But that said if Dubs keep 15 men on field, surely they should be favourites.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 1618 - 01/09/2019 20:44:09    2231507

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 1134 - 01/09/2019 20:57:26    2231522

Dublin should win.

Kerry do have room for improvement though too. They were very wasteful up front.

I'd hope it'll be close again and would love it if Kerry were to nick it.

Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 2641 - 01/09/2019 21:23:58    2231539

I thought Gavin was poor on the line today, he should have switched Johnny Cooper after the peno and yellow card, Dublin are favs in my book for the replay but they will be longer odds than today, you'd have to fancy Dublin to win it but it's Kerry and they have serious talent in that team, should be another cracker, can't wait.

Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 755 - 01/09/2019 21:39:36    2231553

It will be interesting to see what, if any, changes are made by both managers and also to see what changes to 'match-ups' will be made. Some of the Kerry subs made big impressions when introduced today and could be pushing for starts the next day. Kerry failed to get O'Brien into the game to much effect today while Dublin's choice of marker for Clifford did not pay off. Dublin will hope to have McCaffrey flying again the next day whilst Kerry will have to look at ways to stop him from racing through so easily. Lots for managements to mull over

neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1583 - 01/09/2019 21:41:51    2231554

Want Kerry to win but think they've missed the boat today

wexico15 (Wexford) - Posts: 1524 - 01/09/2019 21:48:42    2231560

Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2852 - 01/09/2019 22:32:30    2231584

I can't see Dublin playing that poorly the next day. They will have seen Clifford up close today and will have a plan. Dublin are very reliant on 3 forwards for firepower and if they don't play the scores dry up. Howard, Scully and Kilkenny are playmakers and disrupters but not scorers. We could see DC in for Scully to add some threat up there. McCarthy may start in the middle with Cian taking the CHB slot. Philly may start in the FB line. I expect a different Dublin performance the next day with a lot more physicality and urgency. Gavin will have a plan. Dubs by 3.

Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 3984 - 01/09/2019 22:54:24    2231606

Is fatigue leading to more Dublin injuries? Are players getting older and starting to look at other things in life which is having an effect on the committment? Dublin are going a very long time and I've never taken to the argument money put them where they are. The more senior players are still critical to this team and I believe the nucleus of this team are a a very special group of players. Brogan, McMahon, Connolly, Cooper, Cluxton (Is it too much a risk to take him out the field for frees now?) where the main part of this period of dominance. My take on it is Dublin privately discussed 5 in a row a good few years back and it's what this team has always been driving for - I reckon Dublin will be very vulnerable in 2020. Today showed very early signs of the difficulty Dublin may face when a new young team come on the block. To me Dublin will learn from today; but I expect Kerry to be even stronger the next day; they're a serious team with a serious manager. Kerry have a panel as I think Dublin are down to barebones with limited options to geniunely change a game. Kerry's bench was unreal today and this will be the same in the replay. After watching the highlights again I tipped Kerry before today and I reckon Kerry will go on to win this All Ireland.

sam1884 (UK) - Posts: 486 - 01/09/2019 23:11:59    2231612

plike (Kerry) - Posts: 541 - 01/09/2019 23:15:29    2231614

plike (Kerry) - Posts: 541 - 01/09/2019 23:34:07    2231620

Dubs looked spooked by the Kerry forwards big time....Clifford did nothing 2day and still had da dubs rattled! Great experience for our young lads..a couple of tweaks an we've every chance.
Dubs on da way down Kerry on da way up!

blacknamber (Kerry) - Posts: 263 - 01/09/2019 23:37:10    2231621

GormlaighG (Mayo) - Posts: 69 - 02/09/2019 02:11:05    2231651

Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 2641 - 02/09/2019 03:58:22    2231656

Dublin will win replay, Kerry missed their chance today. They're never going to get a better chance. I think their inexperience showed in the last ten minutes, they coughed up possession to Dublin several times at a stage of the match where they could have gone 2 or 3 points up. Kerry brought great energy and intensity in the first quarter but I thought their shot selection was poor. Maybe it was the adrenaline but there seemed to be a lot of Hail Mary shots from distance when maybe the ball could've been worked in closer to goal. Did Tomas O Se say they kicked 8 wides from 11 shots from play in the first half? Plus of course the goal chances they missed. Need to bring the same energy but cooler heads in the replay.

I thought Dublin had weathered the storm and had gotten on top by the sending off. They were 4 up at HT, I think they would've gone on to win by 7 or 8 15 v 15, that's why I think they'll win the replay.

ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1076 - 02/09/2019 05:30:18    2231663

Dublin by 10

BeJasus (UK) - Posts: 200 - 02/09/2019 06:13:44    2231665

If McAuley starts Dublin may as well be playing with 14 from the start.

AC (None) - Posts: 312 - 02/09/2019 08:15:17    2231681

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 9856 - 02/09/2019 08:51:11    2231697

Recent history suggests that you don't get second chances against the Dubs. They have, on a few occasions in recent years played poorly, but you have to take your chances on the day. Mayo didn't manage it despite having several bites at it and ended up empty-handed.

When you look at yesterday's game, Kerry had four clear goal chances, only one of which they converted. They also seemed to have developed the most unKerry like trait of kicking wides from simple positions.

They also had an extra man for over half of the game but if anything, Dublin looked the stronger team for most of the second period.

IMHO when Kerry went a point up towards the end, they started playing a bit negatively, running the ball backwards or sideways, passing the ball along their own parallelogram etc. It was odd because on the two occasions that David Moran targeted Tommy Walsh with direct ball they got scores.

I also found it odd that despite their one man advantage, Kerry were put under a lot of pressure from their own kickouts in the second half and also allowed Dublin to go short from theirs on a number of occasions.

It's hard to see Dublin being beaten the next day if the trajectory of the drawn match at 15-on-15 is any indicator.

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 1676 - 02/09/2019 10:07:05    2231732