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Replying To ForeverBlue2: "Why did the GAA appoint 2 Ulster referees for the All Ireland semifinals when 2 Ulster teams are involved…? I have no doubt both are capable referees but why would the GAA risk controversy like this when alternatives from outside either provinces were readily available for either matches…?" Where the referees are from is immaterial, it's the quality that counts? Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 655 - 05/07/2025 16:22:28 2623764 Link
I suppose when you slice and dice it - Meath and Tyrone are the in form teams. Group winners. Quarter final winners. Kerry and Donegal both have tough tasks ahead of them next week. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8982 - 05/07/2025 22:23:46 2623832 Link
Replying To kerry4sam25: "Paddy Neilan has the final." The lad from Kildare Brendan Cauley is a cert for the football final. Guaranteed Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2241 - 05/07/2025 23:20:11 2623838 Link
Replying To ForeverBlue2: "Why did the GAA appoint 2 Ulster referees for the All Ireland semifinals when 2 Ulster teams are involved…? I have no doubt both are capable referees but why would the GAA risk controversy like this when alternatives from outside either provinces were readily available for either matches…?" Sums you up to a tee, a top referee from your own county who has given superb service for many years gets a semi final and totally deserved and yet you find a reason to whinge. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2241 - 05/07/2025 23:21:50 2623839 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "I suppose when you slice and dice it - Meath and Tyrone are the in form teams. Group winners. Quarter final winners. Kerry and Donegal both have tough tasks ahead of them next week." Good grief! That is possibly the worst effort of yerraism since the late '70's! Aren't you the individual that was non stop campaigning on here in the 2nd half of the teens to have Dublin named a fifth province and get the county team spilt into the Dublin Council divisions? Onion_Sack (Dublin) - Posts: 332 - 05/07/2025 23:27:27 2623841 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "I suppose when you slice and dice it - Meath and Tyrone are the in form teams. Group winners. Quarter final winners. Kerry and Donegal both have tough tasks ahead of them next week." Oh ffs …..!!! Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4420 - 05/07/2025 23:27:54 2623842 Link
Replying To letsgetgoing: "Ciaran Kirk writing in todays Irish Times states that "From 61 provincial and All Ireland championship games so far in 2025, only three would have ended in a different result if there was no two-point arc". * Louth would have drawn against Kildare. * Mayo would have beaten Donegal. * Galway would have beaten Derry rather than a draw. Interesting and VERY RELEVANT statistics. Personally I think that the two pointer makes the game more exciting, leaves more space inside and gives the team behind and their supporters a little more hope." Don't want to put anyone to the bother of doing the stats analysis but would be interesting to see how results would be altered if the 2 pointers from play stood and 1 point was max you could score from a free irrespective of distance. facethepuckout (Roscommon) - Posts: 222 - 05/07/2025 23:41:08 2623844 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "I suppose when you slice and dice it - Meath and Tyrone are the in form teams. Group winners. Quarter final winners. Kerry and Donegal both have tough tasks ahead of them next week." Good maneen yourself, never said a truer word! Poor Kerry sure what have they ever won! As for Donegal they don't travel well! Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 248 - 06/07/2025 07:25:23 2623858 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "I suppose when you slice and dice it - Meath and Tyrone are the in form teams. Group winners. Quarter final winners. Kerry and Donegal both have tough tasks ahead of them next week." Yerra yerra superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2848 - 06/07/2025 10:04:52 2623866 Link
Replying To Onion_Sack: "Good grief! That is possibly the worst effort of yerraism since the late '70's! Aren't you the individual that was non stop campaigning on here in the 2nd half of the teens to have Dublin named a fifth province and get the county team spilt into the Dublin Council divisions?" Oh it is indeed. Good point. It has been a natural evolution. Split in three. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8982 - 06/07/2025 10:41:47 2623869 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "I suppose when you slice and dice it - Meath and Tyrone are the in form teams. Group winners. Quarter final winners. Kerry and Donegal both have tough tasks ahead of them next week." That 15 minutes of football from Kerry could have changed everything. Will they now embrace that mindset and flourish with new rules and dominate the game or was that the highest aspirational of play that they will struggle to reach again? If they reach 80% of that 15 minutes, hard to see anyone stopping them though obviously I hope its Donegal that do. I'll worry about that only if we beat Meath first. Both Donegal and Kerry the obvious favourites but neither has maintained a high quality of game for majority of their matches. Maybe that's impossible to reach in today's game. shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 388 - 06/07/2025 10:43:22 2623870 Link
Replying To Crashingwaves: "Good maneen yourself, never said a truer word! Poor Kerry sure what have they ever won! As for Donegal they don't travel well!" The facts are the facts. Tyrone beat Donegal. Meath shocked Kerry. Both were very impressive in winning their groups and their quarter finals. Tyrone and Meath are gas playing down their chances despite very much being the in form teams and genuine favourites really, it has to be said. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8982 - 06/07/2025 10:57:28 2623872 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "The facts are the facts. Tyrone beat Donegal. Meath shocked Kerry. Both were very impressive in winning their groups and their quarter finals. Tyrone and Meath are gas playing down their chances despite very much being the in form teams and genuine favourites really, it has to be said." The groups and quarter finals are history. Will have zero bearing on the semi finals. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8153 - 06/07/2025 12:50:05 2623889 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "The groups and quarter finals are history. Will have zero bearing on the semi finals." His reply shows what type of poster he is.... omg Meath and Tyrone favourites.!!! What a nonsense post. What a Yerra Yerra WUM. In their DNA. The mask slips every now and then but true colours always come out in the end. And I dont need a certain poster coming on here having his usual defensive go either. Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4420 - 06/07/2025 13:43:03 2623898 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "The facts are the facts. Tyrone beat Donegal. Meath shocked Kerry. Both were very impressive in winning their groups and their quarter finals. Tyrone and Meath are gas playing down their chances despite very much being the in form teams and genuine favourites really, it has to be said." Jack O Connor wouldn't agree with you. He claims you and others of your county are disrespectful of a great Kerry team with your poor mouth and negativity. Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 248 - 06/07/2025 14:55:11 2623915 Link
Replying To Fionn: "His reply shows what type of poster he is.... omg Meath and Tyrone favourites.!!! What a nonsense post. What a Yerra Yerra WUM. In their DNA. The mask slips every now and then but true colours always come out in the end. And I dont need a certain poster coming on here having his usual defensive go either." The bitterness will eat you Fionn.You have a problem with a couple of posters and you come out with "its in their dna." Thats the same DNA Brian Fenton has as had Brian Mullins (r.i.p) Cian O Sullivan ,Alan Bernard and Paul Brogan,Keith Galvin,Darragh O Connell. Your hatred of Kerry means you dont think your comments through. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 4003 - 06/07/2025 15:09:27 2623918 Link