Basically what Mesamis is saying is your fecked if you and fecked if you dont

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13659 - 11/03/2013 19:34:48    1347534

Don't rule out they are gearing everything towards the championship. All Ireland is between Cork,Dublin,Donegal and Kerry. Outsiders are Mayo,Tyrone,Kildare they may have a decent run in the championship but none of them are currently good enough to win the All Ireland.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3995 - 11/03/2013 19:35:25    1347535

TheGateKeeper: ...Unfortunately for Donegal they are a one-man team, and will not retain the title!

Who is this one man you are referring to?

junk (Donegal) - Posts: 197 - 11/03/2013 19:36:51    1347539

Don't rule out Kerry! is what i meant to say.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3995 - 11/03/2013 19:39:40    1347540

junk
County: Donegal
Posts: 142
Who is this one man you are referring to?

Why Michael Murphy of course!

TheGateKeeper (Tyrone) - Posts: 2843 - 11/03/2013 19:45:12    1347549

Gatekeeper should know all about one man teams.
I refer of course to Peter Canavan

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5030 - 11/03/2013 19:54:13    1347560

What a ridiculous thread! laughable to say the least. there are never just three teams in the running when it comes to championship!

farney_exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 71 - 11/03/2013 20:00:37    1347568

Kildare are a shoe in to win Sam.

Now they have lulled everybody into a false sense of security they'll ambush the other contenders in summer.

Kildare all the way :-)

JayP (Dublin) - Posts: 1772 - 11/03/2013 20:00:44    1347569

MuckrossHead
County: Donegal
Posts: 665

1347560
Gatekeeper should know all about one man teams.
I refer of course to Peter Canavan

Muckrosshead, you are almost as predictable as your buddy moomoo! LOL

TheGateKeeper (Tyrone) - Posts: 2843 - 11/03/2013 20:13:37    1347584

I agree Gatekeeper. Moomoo has about as much time as I have for reading rubbish.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5030 - 11/03/2013 20:23:54    1347600

11/03/2013 19:45:12
TheGateKeeper
County: Tyrone
Posts: 1382

1347549
junk
County: Donegal
Posts: 142
Who is this one man you are referring to?

Why Michael Murphy of course!

One man the manager i would have thought? without him Donegal would be getting hammered by Cork or knocked out of the Ulster championship by Antrim.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3995 - 11/03/2013 20:41:08    1347625

Dublin,Donegal,Cork,Mayo are the 4 favourites and there are up to ten other teams that are capabale of getting to the quarter finals, like Kildare,Tyrone,Down,Kerry and Laois are next and there are always a few teams who get a bit of momentum in the qualifiers.In one off championship matches anything can happen.Once you get to the qurter finals you don't know what can happen remember what happened in 2010.4 teams being genuine all ireland contenders is pretty good how many sports competitions across the world have the sort of variety.There arent too many that have had 5 different champions in the last 5 years

uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 11/03/2013 20:51:32    1347635

do people not remember 2009, it is way too early too rule anyone out, right up until till kerry met dublin, everyone was saying kerry were finished and dublin were the raging hot favorites for sam, point how can you rule teams out of sam when the champion season hasn't even started

kerryluck (Kerry) - Posts: 2517 - 11/03/2013 20:52:44    1347638

Kerry should never ever be ruled out of the running for Sam. Long way to go to September.

Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 11/03/2013 21:13:22    1347658

Kildare are definitely the dark horses..

Matthew (None) - Posts: 1122 - 11/03/2013 21:25:52    1347669

True enough Muckross, I mean, who can forget Canavans man of the match performance in the 2008 AI final!

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 11/03/2013 21:29:10    1347671

Everything will change again after league finishes,then everything will change after first two games of championship and league will be forgotten in peoples eyes as regards championship contenders. Then list will be shuffled around again as the usual 8 teams are in the quarters bar maybe one suprise.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 11/03/2013 21:42:18    1347683

I think only Donegal, Dublin, Cork and Mayo have a realistic chance of winning Sam this year.

Mayo will be much stronger come the Championship, and like Cork are following more of a slow build up to the Championship with regards fitness training.
Dublin are on fire, and I believe they will maintain that level into the Championship season.
Donegal look more confident and while still needing more improvement before championship, they look like a major force.

As for the rest.....................


Kerry are in bad shape, even the return of The Gooch, Sheehan 7 Co won't fix that. Still better than most teams outside the Top 7 or 8, All Ireland Quarter final again beckons

Tyrone are lacking leaders all over the pitch, with the exception of Sean Cavanagh, Joe McMahon, Stephen O'Neill and Conor Gormley. They were leading by 2 scores ( 2 points ) at half time against Donegal, and won the game by 2 scores ( 1 goal, 1 point ). That meant 14 man, and eventually 13 man Donegal put away the same amount of scores in the 2nd half as Tyrone. Thats a shocking statistic, Tyrone should have destroyed Donegal. A poor follow up against Cork at home lead Mickey Harte to ask some serious questions.

Kildare are looking inconsistent like last year, and are way off winning an All Ireland. Like Kerry, they are still good enough to be in the last 8. But I don't see any silverware for them, not with Dublin on fire.

GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3057 - 11/03/2013 22:01:49    1347705

Goals_Will_Come
County: UK
Posts: 277

1347483 What about tyrone? One bad performance doesnt make a team bad and they were playing fantastically before the game against cork.

It is head scratching as to why Tyrone would change a winning team (5 changes) from the team that easily beat Donegal the previous week. Whereas Connihan had all the big guns on for Cork and a real defensive set up in place. Tyrone were a mere shadow of the team that acheived the three wins both in personel and attitude. Could I dare say it that Harte wasnt too bothered about winning against cork, was there a wee phone call the night before from a worried Cork manager asking for a handy two points to save the mighty Cork from division 2? Who knows....but to drop 5 regular players from the team against a tough opponent raises some eyebrows

cacsmckilly (Tyrone) - Posts: 1294 - 12/03/2013 08:50:33    1347716

GaryMc82
County: Derry
Posts: 399

I never hear you talk much about your own county? You very much seem like a Donegal man and you got your county wrong when signing up?
What about Derry - how are they getting on, plenty of leaders on the pitch?

cacsmckilly (Tyrone) - Posts: 1294 - 12/03/2013 09:04:18    1347721