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Can Jack O'connor Over Take Jim Gavin?

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Jack about to overtake Jim Galvin with Donegal in trouble. hlynch12 (Limerick) - Posts: 250 - 13/06/2026 23:31:54 2679417 Link
Jack O'Connor derseves a statue. Will there be * as 4/7 AI came with a defeat? Micko won 8/8 through the front door. TommyBermingham (Kildare) - Posts: 56 - 10/07/2026 18:30:20 2685134 Link
Replying To TommyBermingham: "Jack O'Connor derseves a statue. Will there be * as 4/7 AI came with a defeat? Micko won 8/8 through the front door." All of Dublins 9 wins since 2011, front door, some draws, no defeats! sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 1159 - 10/07/2026 21:13:07 2685152 Link
Gonna be a hell of a lot of questions in Kerry after this defeat. Massive odds on favourites to win 2 in a row. And after being 7 points ahead…. Wow. ;o) Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5200 - 26/07/2026 18:58:05 2687251 Link
Jack is a great manager but just can't do back to back. Will he stay around now or walk away with what he has Jack L (None) - Posts: 3241 - 26/07/2026 19:29:20 2687262 Link
No waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13669 - 26/07/2026 19:40:34 2687272 Link
Replying To Fionn: "Gonna be a hell of a lot of questions in Kerry after this defeat. Massive odds on favourites to win 2 in a row. And after being 7 points ahead…. Wow. ;o)" Proper counties outside of their home league ground at the business end of the championship take defeat like men. Full credit to Mayo. Deserving winners. Kerry admittedly were fortunate to draw Armagh in Killarney. Travelling to Armagh would have been a different proposition. Tyrone - Mayo was a 50-50 game. Tyrone - Kerry was a 50-50 game. Mayo's day. Fully deserved. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 10011 - 26/07/2026 19:40:44 2687273 Link
Replying To Fionn: "Gonna be a hell of a lot of questions in Kerry after this defeat. Massive odds on favourites to win 2 in a row. And after being 7 points ahead…. Wow. ;o)" Kerry were stuck to the ground. Unusual for them in an All Ireland final. They never came to terms with Mayo's intensity. Mayo could have won by 7/8 points. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2762 - 26/07/2026 20:23:55 2687297 Link
Replying To Jack L: "Jack is a great manager but just can't do back to back. Will he stay around now or walk away with what he has" Id say he'll go. Great man and not as abrasive as he comes across sometimes in post match. He owes them nothing. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4514 - 26/07/2026 20:29:23 2687302 Link
Any manager would struggle to get the fire in the belly of Kerry today compared to Mayo. Look Kerry are the better team, better players, better footballers. But they won so much it's hard to keep the fire in the belly - they stroll through Munster every year. Only Jim Gavin and Brian Cody , IMO, had their teams primed and as hungry as the opposition every year as they waltzed to all Ireland final year after year leitrim4sam (Leitrim) - Posts: 741 - 26/07/2026 20:54:49 2687315 Link
Replying To Jack L: "Jack is a great manager but just can't do back to back. Will he stay around now or walk away with what he has" He'll stay and win one more and then leave. eddieSize5Balls (Donegal) - Posts: 459 - 26/07/2026 21:13:56 2687324 Link
Replying To sligo joe: "All of Dublins 9 wins since 2011, front door, some draws, no defeats!" Cannot compare. New rules different ball game. The advantage of winning Provincial titles now is far less. All Ireland Series is now more open where teams can go under the radar early on and if they peak at the correct time can get over the line. Well done Mayo. Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 1045 - 26/07/2026 21:25:59 2687333 Link
Replying To Fionn: "Gonna be a hell of a lot of questions in Kerry after this defeat. Massive odds on favourites to win 2 in a row. And after being 7 points ahead…. Wow. ;o)" You'd be fairly sick down in Killarney tonight. And if you were sitting in a bar in Omagh or Boyle... Jack will probably step down and let the Star take the reins, that was a game that Kerry should have been won and they all know it. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2294 - 26/07/2026 21:26:18 2687334 Link
Replying To Scenicparish: "Cannot compare. New rules different ball game. The advantage of winning Provincial titles now is far less. All Ireland Series is now more open where teams can go under the radar early on and if they peak at the correct time can get over the line. Well done Mayo." That's right. Different ballgame now. With all the matches to be played, likely to produce a different winner each year. Kerry ran out of juice today and Mayo had all the freshness and energy. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2762 - 26/07/2026 21:51:29 2687348 Link
Replying To Square_B: "You'd be fairly sick down in Killarney tonight. And if you were sitting in a bar in Omagh or Boyle... Jack will probably step down and let the Star take the reins, that was a game that Kerry should have been won and they all know it." Id say it was an excellent game and you can't begrudge mayo, but what I've heard of Kerry, JOC will be keel hauled and sacked off in the next week or two. Paudi knew the craic gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 812 - 26/07/2026 22:29:22 2687361 Link
Replying To leitrim4sam: "Any manager would struggle to get the fire in the belly of Kerry today compared to Mayo. Look Kerry are the better team, better players, better footballers. But they won so much it's hard to keep the fire in the belly - they stroll through Munster every year. Only Jim Gavin and Brian Cody , IMO, had their teams primed and as hungry as the opposition every year as they waltzed to all Ireland final year after year" If lads can't get riled up for an All Ireland final, you'd wonder what they're doing there in the first place. When Kerry got moving there was lots of space but they'd no killer instinct to kick more 2 pointers earlier in the game. And that's what won Mayo the game today. I think Clifford got their first one 60 min in... and I think Mayo had 3 by that stage. The new game will be won & lost on 2 pointers. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2294 - 26/07/2026 22:36:11 2687364 Link
Replying To leitrim4sam: "Any manager would struggle to get the fire in the belly of Kerry today compared to Mayo. Look Kerry are the better team, better players, better footballers. But they won so much it's hard to keep the fire in the belly - they stroll through Munster every year. Only Jim Gavin and Brian Cody , IMO, had their teams primed and as hungry as the opposition every year as they waltzed to all Ireland final year after year" How are they the "better team,better players"? They are not. The Cliffords stopped them being hammered out the gate today. Caught today by another better team as they were in 2023 and 2024. Mayo would have beaten Dublin too if we had gotten to final. So not bigging Dublin up. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4514 - 26/07/2026 22:44:43 2687367 Link
Replying To leitrim4sam: "Any manager would struggle to get the fire in the belly of Kerry today compared to Mayo. Look Kerry are the better team, better players, better footballers. But they won so much it's hard to keep the fire in the belly - they stroll through Munster every year. Only Jim Gavin and Brian Cody , IMO, had their teams primed and as hungry as the opposition every year as they waltzed to all Ireland final year after year" John Kiely did 4 in a row and has 6 since 2018, so he's had no issue keeping the lads hungry either. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2966 - 26/07/2026 22:50:40 2687368 Link
Jack O' Connor, the one in a row specialist! DUBJOHN (Dublin) - Posts: 968 - 26/07/2026 22:56:22 2687369 Link
Replying To Fionn: "Gonna be a hell of a lot of questions in Kerry after this defeat. Massive odds on favourites to win 2 in a row. And after being 7 points ahead…. Wow. ;o)" Certainly and it will be back to the yerra talk from all Kerry people in the media from now on. The way Mayo was getting wrote off was ridiculous pure music to their years. For all the experience on the sideline for Kerry with Jack,the star Cian O'Neill that was very poor game management down the stretch. Going and focusing on one two pointer instead of going for a pair of one pointers as they had time and possession to do it. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 951 - 26/07/2026 23:37:21 2687382 Link