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I have made no secret of my dislike of Donegal and yesterday confirmed it even more.They had to be called a few times to join the parade showing no respect and then they broke away from the parade half way around. The parade is part of the occasion but once again Donegal have to be different and let down the fans

brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 258 - 28/07/2025 13:23:30    2628633

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Replying To brayballer:  "I have made no secret of my dislike of Donegal and yesterday confirmed it even more.They had to be called a few times to join the parade showing no respect and then they broke away from the parade half way around. The parade is part of the occasion but once again Donegal have to be different and let down the fans"
Thankfully I have no hang ups with any county. What I am looking forward to now for a few months is being "Marty free". RTE seem to have ceded all things GAA to him. The Ploughing and Bloom we can give a miss. We will have to suffer him again when the club championships come around but until then, happy days.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1767 - 28/07/2025 13:53:05    2628651

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Replying To brayballer:  "I have made no secret of my dislike of Donegal and yesterday confirmed it even more.They had to be called a few times to join the parade showing no respect and then they broke away from the parade half way around. The parade is part of the occasion but once again Donegal have to be different and let down the fans"
Brayballbag who cares what you think of Donegal?

totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 1150 - 28/07/2025 14:13:04    2628668

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Replying To brayballer:  "I have made no secret of my dislike of Donegal and yesterday confirmed it even more.They had to be called a few times to join the parade showing no respect and then they broke away from the parade half way around. The parade is part of the occasion but once again Donegal have to be different and let down the fans"
Yes indeed, the fans were heartbroken at Donegal's inexplicable disobedience at the parade. I saw some fans leaving in disgust. Kerry have ven said that their win has been tainted by the ruination of the parade.

Give it a rest you eejit.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9954 - 28/07/2025 14:18:04    2628671

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Replying To galwayford:  "Yes there is issues in the West. But if we had all home games like Dubs in Croke park, or a free passage to semi finals like Kerry, we would be laughing."
If you swapped Galway into Munster and Kerry into Connaught I think
(1) there is no chance Galway would consistently dominate Munster like Kerry do, I think Cork, with the shadow of Kerry removed would be the most successful team in Munster, Galway would be their biggest challenger. (Cork have never lived up to their potential in football because Kerry are consistently so good).
(2) Kerry would dominate Connaught like they do Munster. It would be bad for the other teams in Connaught seeing Kerry dominate. Having a provincial title to realistically aim for each year is very important for team/ supporter morale.

GreenMan1987 (Meath) - Posts: 98 - 28/07/2025 14:38:31    2628680

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Replying To galwayford:  "Sorry to sound a bit bitter. Well done Kerry. I like Jack O Connor. A modest man who wins. I admire the ferocity of the likes of Seán O Shea. And David Clifford is not just a great player but a patriot too. That said as a Westener, I have to question why Kerry have such an easy ride in Munster. They play division 3 teams mainly. Whereas Galway play Mayo, Roscommon, division 1 teams. Not fair. GAA is biased against Connacht."
Munster is an out and out hurling province, all them counties live and breath hurling outside of Kerry.

Tipperary wouldn't get 500 fans for a football match, but they had 46,000 in Thurles for their hurlers homecoming last Monday, I am surprised this has to be explained or you.

That is not Kerry's fault and that easy semi final passage doesn't happen now, the top 3 ulster teams bet convincingly in quarter, semi and final to deliver sam to the kingdom this year

Past hurler (None) - Posts: 974 - 28/07/2025 14:58:25    2628694

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Congratulations to Kerry on a job well done; a masterful display actually. What the game lacked it in excitement was made up for in sheer class and the drive that Kerry showed. They won 15 out of 15 positions all over the pitch. It is how football should be played and seemed like a throw-back to the Golden Years' era.

So, I hope Ciarrai Mick and all the other Kerry posters on here, savor it well.

As for people predicting a period of Kerry dominance, let me take you back on a footballing history lesson to about a decade ago. In 2014 Kerry had won the All-Ireland without Gooch. He would be back for 2015, and Tommy Walsh was coming back from Australia. Also, Kerry had just won their first minor all Ireland in 20 years. The general consensus at the time was that Kerry would dominate football for the next few years. But we know what happened.

foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2354 - 28/07/2025 14:58:52    2628695

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Replying To Lockjaw:  "Yes indeed, the fans were heartbroken at Donegal's inexplicable disobedience at the parade. I saw some fans leaving in disgust. Kerry have ven said that their win has been tainted by the ruination of the parade.

Give it a rest you eejit."
Don't waste your time with this clown Lockjaw, he did similar last weekend when Cork lost - quick to revel in our defeats. Very sad. He also loves pretending he has friends in our respective counties.

bloodandbandage (Cork) - Posts: 440 - 28/07/2025 15:02:15    2628697

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Replying To foreveryoung:  "Congratulations to Kerry on a job well done; a masterful display actually. What the game lacked it in excitement was made up for in sheer class and the drive that Kerry showed. They won 15 out of 15 positions all over the pitch. It is how football should be played and seemed like a throw-back to the Golden Years' era.

So, I hope Ciarrai Mick and all the other Kerry posters on here, savor it well.

As for people predicting a period of Kerry dominance, let me take you back on a footballing history lesson to about a decade ago. In 2014 Kerry had won the All-Ireland without Gooch. He would be back for 2015, and Tommy Walsh was coming back from Australia. Also, Kerry had just won their first minor all Ireland in 20 years. The general consensus at the time was that Kerry would dominate football for the next few years. But we know what happened."
The big difference between now and 2014 is there was a very strong Dublin team around, with a good age profile and a batch of winning U21 teams feeding into it. Even after the final in 2014, I believed Dublin were probably the best team in the country. Donegal caught them in the semi-final.
Now, it's a very different story. Kerry appear to be clearly the best. That's not to say they won't be caught on a given day, but I'd make them very strong favourites to win next year.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2474 - 28/07/2025 15:18:34    2628710

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With their "world against Donegal" mindset, I'm surprised they've not blamed the groundsmen for diamond pattern surface yet!!!

ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1744 - 28/07/2025 15:31:56    2628717

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Replying To bloodandbandage:  "Don't waste your time with this clown Lockjaw, he did similar last weekend when Cork lost - quick to revel in our defeats. Very sad. He also loves pretending he has friends in our respective counties."
I just want to reiterate that Bray is in Wicklow.

avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 2025 - 28/07/2025 15:51:55    2628725

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "The big difference between now and 2014 is there was a very strong Dublin team around, with a good age profile and a batch of winning U21 teams feeding into it. Even after the final in 2014, I believed Dublin were probably the best team in the country. Donegal caught them in the semi-final.
Now, it's a very different story. Kerry appear to be clearly the best. That's not to say they won't be caught on a given day, but I'd make them very strong favourites to win next year."
All the more reason for Galway and Mayo to lodge a complaint with Croke park. About the easy path Kerry have in Munster. All hurling counties.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2651 - 28/07/2025 16:15:25    2628738

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Mayo very nearly got out of their group. Donegal had the dramatic win with the last play. We are in an era of where there are at least 7 challengers.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9060 - 28/07/2025 16:15:53    2628739

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Replying To foreveryoung:  "Congratulations to Kerry on a job well done; a masterful display actually. What the game lacked it in excitement was made up for in sheer class and the drive that Kerry showed. They won 15 out of 15 positions all over the pitch. It is how football should be played and seemed like a throw-back to the Golden Years' era.

So, I hope Ciarrai Mick and all the other Kerry posters on here, savor it well.

As for people predicting a period of Kerry dominance, let me take you back on a footballing history lesson to about a decade ago. In 2014 Kerry had won the All-Ireland without Gooch. He would be back for 2015, and Tommy Walsh was coming back from Australia. Also, Kerry had just won their first minor all Ireland in 20 years. The general consensus at the time was that Kerry would dominate football for the next few years. But we know what happened."
It was a terrible final yesterday. Over after 15 minutes. GAA does'nt need that.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2651 - 28/07/2025 16:16:26    2628740

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Replying To foreveryoung:  "Congratulations to Kerry on a job well done; a masterful display actually. What the game lacked it in excitement was made up for in sheer class and the drive that Kerry showed. They won 15 out of 15 positions all over the pitch. It is how football should be played and seemed like a throw-back to the Golden Years' era.

So, I hope Ciarrai Mick and all the other Kerry posters on here, savor it well.

As for people predicting a period of Kerry dominance, let me take you back on a footballing history lesson to about a decade ago. In 2014 Kerry had won the All-Ireland without Gooch. He would be back for 2015, and Tommy Walsh was coming back from Australia. Also, Kerry had just won their first minor all Ireland in 20 years. The general consensus at the time was that Kerry would dominate football for the next few years. But we know what happened."
That wasn't the general consensus.

Gooch was 32 in 2015 and was not the same player. Still a good player but not the same level.

There was no expectation on Tommy Walsh. He had also suffered a terrible injury.

It's great to win minors but you might only get 2 or 3 seniors from a winning minor team and it can take 3 or 4 years before they're ready for seniors.

Kerry were considered lucky to win in 2014 really.
Lots of players like Donaghy, Aidan O'Mahony, Marc O'Se were on their last legs.

James O'Donaghue was our best forward but became very injury prone after 2014.

Dublin were an unstoppable force then with the best panel ever assembled.

In 2022 though there was definitely an expectation that Kerry would dominate as they'd a very good, youngish panel and Dublin were in decline by then.

Since 2019 they've won 2AIs, lost 2 finals, lost 2 Semis to the eventual winners.

So, not quite dominance but definitely consistently competitive.

I'd expect this Kerry team to be very hungry next year to win the 40th and do a back-to-back which are notoriously hard to do.

Only 2 teams have done back to backs in last 35 years.

Teams generally party too much and lose the hunger. Dublin were obviously exceptional to keep going.

HolyGhost (Kerry) - Posts: 4 - 28/07/2025 16:20:24    2628742

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Replying To foreveryoung:  "Congratulations to Kerry on a job well done; a masterful display actually. What the game lacked it in excitement was made up for in sheer class and the drive that Kerry showed. They won 15 out of 15 positions all over the pitch. It is how football should be played and seemed like a throw-back to the Golden Years' era.

So, I hope Ciarrai Mick and all the other Kerry posters on here, savor it well.

As for people predicting a period of Kerry dominance, let me take you back on a footballing history lesson to about a decade ago. In 2014 Kerry had won the All-Ireland without Gooch. He would be back for 2015, and Tommy Walsh was coming back from Australia. Also, Kerry had just won their first minor all Ireland in 20 years. The general consensus at the time was that Kerry would dominate football for the next few years. But we know what happened."
Thanks Forever and yes I will enjoy this one.

CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 4059 - 28/07/2025 16:22:00    2628743

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Replying To brayballer:  "I have made no secret of my dislike of Donegal and yesterday confirmed it even more.They had to be called a few times to join the parade showing no respect and then they broke away from the parade half way around. The parade is part of the occasion but once again Donegal have to be different and let down the fans"
Still in your Ma's box room?

Does she not even let you out at the weekend?

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1299 - 28/07/2025 16:32:28    2628746

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Replying To galwayford:  "All the more reason for Galway and Mayo to lodge a complaint with Croke park. About the easy path Kerry have in Munster. All hurling counties."
For your own sake, I really hope you're on a wind-up.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2474 - 28/07/2025 16:40:40    2628750

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "For your own sake, I really hope you're on a wind-up."
He isn clearly obsessed ffs easy cork put it up to them this year and it doesn't always help kerry munster was over 2 months ago they beat all ulster teams in tough route win Sam.
This makes gakway fans as bad mayo fans bitterness Connaught clearly this year kerry would won easily too . They beat oscommon as well who had galway mayo only so argument about provinces is nonsense this year anyway

Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 855 - 28/07/2025 17:10:35    2628764

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "What are you on about? Kerry had a softish group no doubt, but they played Armagh, Tyrone and Donegal in knockouts and beat them all fairly comfortably. Kerry have an easy ride in Munster because all of the other counties are overwhelmingly hurling first. Why would you have to question that, when it's patently obvious?
Whatever about the 70s and 80s, the easy ride in Munster is fairly irrelevant now with the new system. They're not getting parachuted into an All-Ireland semi-final anymore.
What's the bias against Connacht you keep referring to?
It's up to Galway and Mayo to sort themselves out. We have no excuses."
People overstate the easy time Kerry had it to win All Ireland's in the 1970s/ 1980s.
Truth is Kerry had brilliant teams in the 1970s/ 1980s, unbelievable talent and would have been the team to beat most years back then regardless of the system.

People who say they only had to get out of Munster ignore that Cork could give Kerry a better game most years than either the Connaught/ Ulster teams back then and Cork won 2 All Irelands in the 1970s/ 1980s themselves.
In one sense it is easier to win a knock-out competition but you need a lot of consistency to dominate a knock-out competition over years as there is less room for error.

The 1970s/ 1980s was a very different era to today, there were quiet a few strong counties (like there is now) but they were all located in either Leinster or Munster.
Kerry won 9 titles in 1970s/ 1980s, Cork won 2 and the remaining 9 titles were won by 3 different Leinster counties (all who won more than 1 title).

A common theme over the years in GAA is Kerry are always strong while other counties have cycles of success and then dropping off.

bdbuddah (Meath) - Posts: 1416 - 28/07/2025 17:18:00    2628766

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