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With SAM well rested since last July, another season commences. Monaghan away on Sunday will be difficult. A lot of changes since last July. David Moran gone and the Cliffords unavailable for obvious reasons. Time for players to put their hand up. With D1 very competitive with a lot of teams depending on league performance to guarantee All Ireland qualification, it is important to hit the ground running. I see that Galway have 11 starters from last July in their side for their opener this weekend. Interesting to see Jack's lineup for Sunday. As Paul Geaney said this morning, hopefully they will not do a Tyrone last year. Jack has never done back to back. Will this year be the year. Jack L (None) - Posts: 3099 - 27/01/2023 12:11:09 2454532 Link
I think that the fact that we will be down ten or so starters is a blessing not a curse. If Kerry are to defend Sam then we need fringe players to step up. Depending where Paudie is playing come championship, the two corner forward spots are up for grabs. Killian Spillane, Tony Brosnan, Dara Roche and Donal O Sullivan fighting for a starting berth with Paul Geaney in the mix too. I hope Jack tried out different midfielders to see who can compete and complement the two Na Gael boys. Adrian Spillane, Greg Horan, Barry O Sullivan and Stefan Okanbur should all get chances in midfield or the half back/forward lines in the league. I for one am looking forward to the league minus the established players because I would rather see the fringe players getting plenty of football now and the others plenty rest before Munster Championship starts. KerrymanStuckInDonegal (Kerry) - Posts: 269 - 27/01/2023 12:52:21 2454551 Link
Replying To Jack L: "With SAM well rested since last July, another season commences. Monaghan away on Sunday will be difficult. A lot of changes since last July. David Moran gone and the Cliffords unavailable for obvious reasons. Time for players to put their hand up. With D1 very competitive with a lot of teams depending on league performance to guarantee All Ireland qualification, it is important to hit the ground running. I see that Galway have 11 starters from last July in their side for their opener this weekend. Interesting to see Jack's lineup for Sunday. As Paul Geaney said this morning, hopefully they will not do a Tyrone last year. Jack has never done back to back. Will this year be the year." I thought you were playing Donegal. Ronanthehammer (Down) - Posts: 48 - 27/01/2023 14:13:45 2454574 Link
Looking forward to the Donegal game. With David Moran retiring Kerry s midfield will be a big factor. Jack Barry probably has one slot and the main contenders for the other slot would be Diarmuid Ó Connor and Joe Ó Connor. Alas Joe is out for the year with cruciate and Diarmuid out for a couple of months with his ankle so it gives other players a chance to shine. With the Cliffords resting it gives the other forwards a better chance to shine too. Likewise with Donegal with Michael Murphy gone the other forwards have to step up now. My hopes for Kerry this year are to remain in div 1 and hopefully be fully on song for the championship. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3676 - 27/01/2023 14:36:28 2454585 Link
Looking forward to seeing Barry O Sullivan is a long term option midfield. Great club player and was a good minor back in the day KerrymanStuckInDonegal (Kerry) - Posts: 269 - 28/01/2023 15:56:09 2454763 Link
Obviously not putting everything into league. A few players putting their hands up for later in the year. Jack L (None) - Posts: 3099 - 29/01/2023 16:08:29 2454969 Link
Why was JOC so annoyed with the ref? SimonstownBack (Meath) - Posts: 143 - 29/01/2023 17:56:07 2455020 Link
Maybe the fact they were beaten..doesn't like to lose any match ..Kerry didn't have possibly 10 or more starters missing. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2217 - 29/01/2023 19:46:52 2455081 Link
Replying To SimonstownBack: "Why was JOC so annoyed with the ref?" Donegal were given a point that was wide KerrymanStuckInDonegal (Kerry) - Posts: 269 - 29/01/2023 20:20:26 2455094 Link
Change of management needed. Wally (Tyrone) - Posts: 912 - 29/01/2023 20:24:47 2455099 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "Maybe the fact they were beaten..doesn't like to lose any match ..Kerry didn't have possibly 10 or more starters missing." donegal had 8/9 missing too Ronan1989 (Donegal) - Posts: 81 - 29/01/2023 20:39:46 2455114 Link
Replying To KerrymanStuckInDonegal: "Donegal were given a point that was wide" Kerry got one too! Jonnycee (Longford) - Posts: 185 - 29/01/2023 20:50:09 2455120 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "Maybe the fact they were beaten..doesn't like to lose any match ..Kerry didn't have possibly 10 or more starters missing." A lot of public chat about how many Kerry had missing and I get that, no doubt about the calibre of player missing whatsoever. But for balance, we had no Ryan McHugh, Peader Mogan, Michael Langan, Ciaran Thompson, Eoin Ban Gallagher, Shane or Niall O'Donnell, Odhran McFadden Ferry. That's 7/8 nailed on starters. Throw in Oisin Gallen and we were very uncertain how today would go. Delighted with the response but it's only one game. Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1321 - 29/01/2023 20:54:39 2455125 Link
Lads I'm far from a Kerry supporter.im just saying what commentary will be.i know donegal we're missing a lot to..i was surprised with the way joc approached ref after the game..I wonder will he be included on match report??especially when on first weekend,looked like everything was being done completely to the rule book.. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2217 - 29/01/2023 21:52:24 2455145 Link
Replying To SimonstownBack: "Why was JOC so annoyed with the ref?" Reckons one of Donegal points was wide .... forgetting that one of Kerry's was too, but maybe like Mr Wenger he didn't see it! totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 916 - 30/01/2023 10:01:47 2455177 Link
Two wides called as points, one for each side, into same goal. You can't be harassing the officials lads! BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2557 - 30/01/2023 11:07:18 2455204 Link
Congrats to Donegal.Donegal were the better team and deserved their victory.Well done CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3676 - 30/01/2023 11:12:10 2455205 Link
Jack O'Connor??? That's a slippery slope he's embarking on, you simply can't go on mouthing to match officials. No 1, it will not change the result or the decision. No 2, Eventually ALL officials will become aware of your antics and 59/50 decisions may not go with you and No 3, most important of all you are NOT concentrating on your management duties when you are over fixated with the match officials. Believe me we have seen it happen here. MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 1063 - 30/01/2023 11:41:47 2455223 Link
A few starters showed yesterday that they are not good enough to make the starting 15. If you go 6 points ahead of any team you should not be losing the game. Our shooting was terrible. Donegal deserved the win to be fair. Racked up 7-8 points without reply in the 2nd half aidan64 (Kerry) - Posts: 665 - 30/01/2023 11:51:17 2455228 Link
Replying To aidan64: "A few starters showed yesterday that they are not good enough to make the starting 15. If you go 6 points ahead of any team you should not be losing the game. Our shooting was terrible. Donegal deserved the win to be fair. Racked up 7-8 points without reply in the 2nd half" "A few starters showed yesterday that they are not good enough to make the starting 15." I agree with this observation as five of the six forwards and one centrefielder were potential subs and none on this one display made a case for a starting role. Kerry have good forwards to call upon but I think their weakest link this year will be midfield and all teams will exploit this weakness. Gaa Fan (USA) - Posts: 749 - 31/01/2023 16:23:29 2455605 Link