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Replying To legendzxix: "Tyrone came into the game as the form team. They started the game very strongly as well. Early in the second half I was concerned Kerry's missed goal chances would be costly. Tyrone shooting was poor in the second half. Kerry improved their efficiency. Deserved winners. Donegal or Meath will be the raging hot favourites for obvious reasons. Sure we'll be hoping for the best." Some yerra right there, not sure how Kerry lose the final now after the manner they eased past Tyrone and Armagh. Tyrone form coming into this game was mixed. A win over Donegal, defeat to Mayo by a few points to spare. They didn't look great against Dublin who are fading force just had a strong finish, Kerry was far more impressive in the manner they took out the defending champions Armagh. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4123 - 12/07/2025 19:41:37 2625135 Link
Replying To Scenicparish: "Says a cute Kerryman ..." Kerry 4/7 favourites this evening in Paddy Power to win the All Ireland so the cute Kerryman isn't a great Judge of betting odds. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2522 - 12/07/2025 19:45:27 2625137 Link
Congratulation to Kildare on winning the Tailteann Cup (that's how to spell it, for the Leitrim ppl). Great game of football between themselves and Limerick, could have gone either way, but KD the better side overall. Not that Kerry will mind, but second game very boring after first one. Tyrone had bags of ball but totally bereft of ideas. Clifford some player. foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2341 - 12/07/2025 20:08:49 2625143 Link
Replying To endgame: "Kerry 4/7 favourites this evening in Paddy Power to win the All Ireland so the cute Kerryman isn't a great Judge of betting odds." If Donegal get past Meath, I don't know how Kerry wouldn't be 1/2 or shorter. Should be 3-4 favourites minimum. Donegal, Armagh and Tyrone are all same level with nothing between them and Kerry just battered two out of three of them. If Meath win tomorrow, at least they have form that points to them actually being in with a chance of stopping Kerry but the odds will probably go even shorter on Kerry. 4/7 looks too big a price based on actual % chance of winning. shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 399 - 12/07/2025 20:15:00 2625144 Link
Replying To realdub: "Looking like the real deal now Mick. Enjoy your final!" Thanks alot RealDub.Im just delighted to be back in a final and we so lucky to have a playwr like Clifford.As always RealDub your posts are classy. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 4016 - 12/07/2025 20:16:04 2625145 Link
Kerry in a different league to Tyrone. On another day they take a lot of those goal chances and we're probably looking at Tyrone's heaviest championship defeat. artisan (Down) - Posts: 1795 - 12/07/2025 20:22:15 2625146 Link
Replying To kerry4sam25: "Tyrone relegated from D1 Poor Ulster championship Beat Donegal who missing their goalie and fell over the line against a poor Dublin team. Kerry lads injured all year are coming back and starting to hit form at right times. It repeat of 09 again. Joe O'Connor for POTM Kerry by 10" Never in doubt. Apologies accepted kerry4sam25 (Kerry) - Posts: 116 - 12/07/2025 21:14:03 2625155 Link
Replying To artisan: "Kerry in a different league to Tyrone. On another day they take a lot of those goal chances and we're probably looking at Tyrone's heaviest championship defeat." Very disappointing from Tyrone in 2nd half which contributed to a poor spectacle in the end. Tyrone were in a really good position at half time but ran out of ideas attacking wise with individuals running down blind alleys. Hard to figure out Tyrone and was their performance in Ballybofey really good or what does it say about Ulster in general with Armagh and Tyrone putting in very lame performances in Croke Park. Maybe a bit unfair as neither won Ulster this year. Kerry strong favourites now! winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 744 - 12/07/2025 21:34:11 2625163 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "These co-commentators from competing counties, like Fitzmaurice today, are very aggravating. We want co-commentary, not fans with typewriters. Hardly too much to ask of RTE, neutral co-comms, rather than fans of competing teams waxing lyrical about players and teams that they're big fans of." I'd take that over Cora Staunton on the radio. It was awful. I nearly stopped the car to go in and watch the match in Virginia. I then got into Meath and whole place is decked out for an All Ireland final. They've built some support in a few weeks. Ulsterchamps72 (Donegal) - Posts: 160 - 12/07/2025 21:51:55 2625166 Link
Replying To foreveryoung: "Congratulation to Kildare on winning the Tailteann Cup (that's how to spell it, for the Leitrim ppl). Great game of football between themselves and Limerick, could have gone either way, but KD the better side overall. Not that Kerry will mind, but second game very boring after first one. Tyrone had bags of ball but totally bereft of ideas. Clifford some player." Kildare and Limerick by a distance the best and competitive game to watch for neutrals. Are some pundits especially those who have talked up the new rules all year now afraid to admit that with two games to play we have got mostly boring error ridden games in the business end of the championship this summer? Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 532 - 12/07/2025 22:03:32 2625169 Link
Replying To winatallcost: "Very disappointing from Tyrone in 2nd half which contributed to a poor spectacle in the end. Tyrone were in a really good position at half time but ran out of ideas attacking wise with individuals running down blind alleys. Hard to figure out Tyrone and was their performance in Ballybofey really good or what does it say about Ulster in general with Armagh and Tyrone putting in very lame performances in Croke Park. Maybe a bit unfair as neither won Ulster this year. Kerry strong favourites now!" That result in Ballybofey was a false dawn. Any team missing their starting goalkeeper will struggle, and injuries to the like of McGonagle and the absence of Jason McGee left Donegal extremely limited on the kickout which was Tyrones entire platform into that game. Since that game, the two teams have trended in opposite directions and ultimately that Tyrone team were waiting to be put out of their misery with Kerry duly obliging. papa_pump (Donegal) - Posts: 81 - 12/07/2025 22:25:26 2625174 Link
Replying To winatallcost: "Very disappointing from Tyrone in 2nd half which contributed to a poor spectacle in the end. Tyrone were in a really good position at half time but ran out of ideas attacking wise with individuals running down blind alleys. Hard to figure out Tyrone and was their performance in Ballybofey really good or what does it say about Ulster in general with Armagh and Tyrone putting in very lame performances in Croke Park. Maybe a bit unfair as neither won Ulster this year. Kerry strong favourites now!" Very disappointing in first 20 minutes when they were winning all the ball yet Kerry rode that storm. Heard that Mickey Harte said Matty Donnelly was running the show, it must have been a different game from the one I saw, he's too slow and is taking the place of a young lad. Tyrone missed a lot but I think Kerry missed more. All in all Kerry do what Kerry do. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2385 - 12/07/2025 22:32:09 2625176 Link
Well done Kerry but the job not done yet.Not being critical but if anything happens young Clifford then Kerry are an ordinary team The brother and Sean O Shea top men too but as a team Kerry have good grafters but are beatable. On David Clifford I just love watching him. He could have been a Dub. My buddy from Kerry tells me his parents were about to move to Dublin before he was born but his Da was offered a job in Kerry. Ah well . brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 204 - 12/07/2025 22:41:37 2625179 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Kildare and Limerick by a distance the best and competitive game to watch for neutrals. Are some pundits especially those who have talked up the new rules all year now afraid to admit that with two games to play we have got mostly boring error ridden games in the business end of the championship this summer?" Think you have to take the heat into condensation. Imagine how hard it would be to stand out in that weather for 70 minutes, let alone play a competitive, hard hitting game of football. richiepmurphy (Kilkenny) - Posts: 15 - 12/07/2025 22:43:07 2625180 Link
Replying To Saynothing: "Well done to Kerry and enjoy the final CiarraiMick and Legendzxix. Oh what teams would do to have the likes of David Clifford. Again well done Kerry. Green and gold guaranteed to win this year." Hard luck today Saynothing, Kerry were unstoppable once they got in the groove, Clifford is unreal, green and gold going to be lifting Sam but which one of the three? that's the question, at the minute Kerry are red hot favs anyway no point in the yerra yerra stuff anymore, they are flying. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3338 - 12/07/2025 22:50:24 2625181 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Kildare and Limerick by a distance the best and competitive game to watch for neutrals. Are some pundits especially those who have talked up the new rules all year now afraid to admit that with two games to play we have got mostly boring error ridden games in the business end of the championship this summer?" Kildare and Limerick was exciting Football ok. Fair play to all the players for playing a game like that in that heat! Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16539 - 12/07/2025 22:55:51 2625184 Link
Replying To papa_pump: "That result in Ballybofey was a false dawn. Any team missing their starting goalkeeper will struggle, and injuries to the like of McGonagle and the absence of Jason McGee left Donegal extremely limited on the kickout which was Tyrones entire platform into that game. Since that game, the two teams have trended in opposite directions and ultimately that Tyrone team were waiting to be put out of their misery with Kerry duly obliging." McGonagle played that match and got injured I think? Do you expect both to start tomorrow or will they play as selected? winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 744 - 12/07/2025 23:05:19 2625186 Link
Replying To Ulsterchamps72: "I'd take that over Cora Staunton on the radio. It was awful. I nearly stopped the car to go in and watch the match in Virginia. I then got into Meath and whole place is decked out for an All Ireland final. They've built some support in a few weeks." Nothing like good bandwagon..... Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2537 - 12/07/2025 23:32:03 2625193 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Kildare and Limerick by a distance the best and competitive game to watch for neutrals. Are some pundits especially those who have talked up the new rules all year now afraid to admit that with two games to play we have got mostly boring error ridden games in the business end of the championship this summer?" Writing off rules maybe just some teams were better it's not slow as last year here we begrudgery Ireland because few uncompetitive means it's all rule do you anck to broigng akterally probably but then you some will moan again think game is generally OK better place but won't always have good games. Are you from north Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 781 - 12/07/2025 23:36:56 2625195 Link
Replying To boxtyburgerbuns: "Always praising the new rules he helped to create too" Sure I praise them too, and I had nothing at all to do with helping to create them! More power to Fitzmaurice! foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2341 - 13/07/2025 00:11:16 2625196 Link