One big call went against Dublin. It was a square ball for Kerrys 2nd goal. I am not convinced on the other 2. I think it was a foul on Joe O'Connor. It was not shoulder to shoulder. Not sure if all the ball crossed the line either. I do agree that technology is needed for these decisions. Ladies football already use this so why not use the same here. In fairness the umpire was nowhere near where he should have been.

I do think Kerry were the better team overall. Would Thomas Kennedy have gone for a point near the end and would Clifford have gone for goal if Kerry were behind. He had the legs on the Dublin defender here.

Dublin did kick a lot of wides but in fairness there was a strong enough breeze so you cant fault them for some of their misses. Kerry kicked one or 2 bad wides in that 2nd half as well

Ger Brennan will win the AI with this Dublin team. He has done a great job with them. I think he is a top manager.

aidan64 (Kerry) - Posts: 674 - 13/07/2026 11:06:18    2685553

Why don't they just bite the bullet and each province employ say 4 full time referees. They would have a weeks work each week between third level, colleges, inter county and proper training, preparation and analysis. Then for the latter stages you have all of that pool of 16 involved as umpires etc in Croke Park all micd up. That's the only fair way to do this. The GAA have the money and the days of some school teacher rocking up with 4 of his friends to officiate a frenetic high stakes game in front of over 80k people should be over. I don't blame officials, I think the game has moved on to a level fitness and intensity wise but refereeing hasn't moved with that.

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 612 - 13/07/2026 11:46:03    2685566

MunsterFan (Kerry) - Posts: 32 - 13/07/2026 12:02:57    2685572