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geysir you alluded to the fact that your first love of gaa was the farneymen, but are you actually a mongan yourself?! You certainly have a keen interest in all things mongan.
I dont what it is with the breeding up that way but all those forwards for monaghan look jaded after about 10 minutes of running, big red cheeks on them, and about a stone or 2 overweight, yet their fitness levels are up their with the best of them. Big tough lads and suprisingly quick.
well another interesting week in the world of Ga
all i can say is thank Christ for the hurling. Cyril was right......the best game in the world. That Cork team were excellent, the subs were perfect, and jeez that team is so fit and fast. Surely some LOI team could get a loan of those boys for a few weeks. Pity to see a decent clare team knocked out, but the Cork - Kilkenny game should be a cracker
As for the other stuff. More diving from the "hard men" that play ga. nearly every game i see now there is diving. Pity to see a great player like Doher even at it.
Also still yet to see a decent game in the championship.
Agree with martin mchugh on the BBC, i think fermanagh could go further than Armagh, even if they are in the qualifiers. i fancy them to beat Kerry.
Westmeath and tyrone were both disastrous. Think Flaherta hasn't a clue really. No good defending brilliantly if you cant get your forwards up the pitch to score.
Tyrone don't look great either
So far at this stage Galway look about the best of a bad lot:)
Galway to win the Sam Bennocelt? I'd be very very surprised. Joyce will be looked after properly at the Q Finals stage. If Monaghan get past Kerry then they are going to be hard to stop.
Fermanagh should beat Kildare.
Down will beat Wexford
Mayo-Tyrone? If we turn up you never know. Another slow start like the Galway game and no chance.
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Originally Posted by bennocelt
ooppps my mistake:)
but i also fancy Monaghan to beat Kerry:)
It's Monhan or Monnon but definitly not Mongan :)Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Of course I'm from Monaghan.
Well I don't know about the breeding. Unlike some of our compatriots out West, we didn't do abominable things to sheep and we were caned if we showed a bit of extra normal interest in our shapely cousins.Quote:
I dont what it is with the breeding up that way but all those forwards for monaghan look jaded after about 10 minutes of running, big red cheeks on them, and about a stone or 2 overweight, yet their fitness levels are up their with the best of them. Big tough lads and suprisingly quick
There are 4 midgets playing up front along with Corey (the steeplejack) and Rory Woods. Probably you are thinking about Woods. He is the overweight shape with legs that motor. He was MOTM against Donegal. In full flight he is impossible to tackle without fouling, it's like trying to get a grip on a speeding barrel.
Wexford, Kerry, Mayo and Kildare will all come through this weekend. Get down to the bookies and don't say you weren't told!
It would be less of an embarrassment to go down to the bookies looking for a skyhook than to go with that bet :)
Paul Galvin had his suspension shortened to 3 months today. I'm personally happy for him I know many others wont be
Galvin's actual championship match game ban has been reduced from a max. of 5 games to a max. of 4 games.
Unless Kerry get to the final, Galvin won't see another championship game this year.
Will the Kerryman lead with 'Galvin Available for Kerry in the Final' :rolleyes:
The North Kerry Edition or the South Kerry edition geysir?! ;)
He'll be available for a lot club games though now as most(or at least a lot of) games are played after September so while his intercounty year is over pretty much his club season isn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
I'm sure Galvin is relieved he doesn't have to tog out against Monaghan after getting battered black and blue last year and meekly retreating off the field in the 2nd half. He is more of a pseudo hard man, probably better suited to playing against the likes of Dublin than a genuine hard bog team like Monaghan.
But Daragh O'Sé will be like a pig in muck against his old nemesis Dick Clerkin.
I can't wait for tomorrow I really can't. I hope to God our lads don't let us down, cause I'd love to ram some of the shyte I've been putting up with for 3 weeks (and the past week in particular) back down peoples throats.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Shocking first match between Down and Wexford. Down were absolute gash, and the fact they pushed Tyrone all the way would make you wonder about the quality of these sides.
The beat Tyrone in a replay didn't they?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
Tyrone have beaten Mayo by 1 point.
Not a great game at all.
Great to see Wexford bounce back. Terrible game of football. Did what was needed, never gave Down a sniff of a goal and without goals they were never going to win it.
Yes I phrased that one poorly to be fair. Its not been a great championship at all. The GAA putting the 4 qualifiers in croker has been a ridiculous decision. Tyrone took 65 mins to show the country the Tyrone we're used to seeing.Quote:
Originally Posted by paudie
Armagh will be loving this. They still aren't recognised as the favourites which I believe they should be. The quarter final draw is going to be very interesting.
Armagh Dublin Cork Galway
Wexford Tyrone Kerry/Mon Fer/Kil.
Thanks a lot Mayo for ruining my predictions with your pathetic attempts at kicking the ball over the bar. Tyrone not much better.:mad:
Not sure about Armagh being favourites. If Fermanagh could kick a point they'd have won the Ulster final easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
Going on performances alone Cork or Dublin should be favourites but if Kerry get past Monaghan tommorrow they'd be hard to beat.
you see thats the thing no one team has put in performances you could call exceptional, apart from the Dubs, and their performances have to be balanced with the quality of the teams they faced.Quote:
Originally Posted by paudie
Cork were gash against Limerick who in turn got knocked out by an utterly brutal Kildare. Cork only played well for 35 mins so far. Galway haven't played well. Fermanagh if they face a team willing to work as hard as them will be beaten. Kerry ? Who knows. Same with Monaghan.
And I thought the Champions would be able to handle a wee bit of pressure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
All my Kerry cousins are shíttin bricks.
Why would you be worried? still 1-4 red hot favs and everyone knows Monaghan were just a one season team who Kerry will play around with, like a cat with a wee mouse, tomorrow :rolleyes:
Actually I have no expectations from Monaghan tomorrow. Unlike most counties, Kerry have the resource of skill, experience and depth of squad to fall back on over these past 4 weeks to get their championship campaign back on track.
They should have too much for Monaghan.
On the other hand, you can expect Banty has them mentally well prepared and ready to split rocks.
If Monaghan are not already burnt out, they will be just as fit, if not fitter than Kerry.
Imo they have a bit better team than last year, better subs
and as a team are playing better football. Beating Donegal this year was a much bigger achievement than last years at a neutral ground.
Leinster football rules! If Mayo weren't such damn chokers I would have had the full set.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jinxy
When is the draw for the quarter finals.?
QF draw
Cork v Kildare
Dublin v Tyrone
Galway v Kerry
Armagh v Wexford
You took a flight of fancy backing mayo.I say this as a mayo man.Another year another broken heart.When will it end I beg you???????????Quote:
Originally Posted by Jinxy
It was a black weekend for football, 3 awful games and then Kerry win :)
Fortunately the last game had everything the other 3 games put together couldn't come close to matching.
Like last year, Kerry not only stood up to the challenge but came out of the blocks this time spitting lumps of iron. They were not going to let Monaghan get a head start on the scoreboard. This Kerry team want a three in row more than they want to live.
People did not rate Kerry's q/f win enough last year, this year this game had a semi final intensity about it. Kerry have that championship ambition, a 70 minute physical combativness to match the best, plenty of quality along with a few players still to hit real form.
The ref did very well, he read the game, treated the players with respect and took the heat out of a few situations, (apart from that gift of a penalty of course :))
:D:D
Yes yes yes. At last that was sweet. It was good to see them beat a tough tough team.
The tactics worked well. As someone said to me today, Kerry seemed to get their scores easier than Monaghan got theirs, and I'd agree. Eoin Lennon had a fine game for the Farney as did Freeman, thats the worst game I've seen from Marc in a long time. delighted to see clerkin leave the field early unless it was for injury. Bring on Gaillimh and a change of tactics again.
It was no gift lad, fully merited, and which I don't particularily like Deegan he was fair extremely solid and sensible.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
It would be nice to see this Kerry team get the bloody credit they deserve. In this day and age to win two on the trot and be on the road to another and still not get the credit they deserve is hard. I'm saying this from the perspective of lucky all-irelands, lump of a full forward and the rest being crap as excuses.
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Originally Posted by Kingdom
yeah:)
but wouldn't it be lovely if Kerry with all their talent played nice clean honest football????? instead of the cynical game they usually play
the Ga was shown up again this weekend......................ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
at least the Olympics and the golf will be on this weekend, and the Cork-Kilkenny cracker, thank god:)
By the way still think galway are the best team i have seen (so fingers crossed against Kerry)
After what happened with Galvin you'd think the Kerry players would show a bit more respect to the officials......Declan O'Sullivan had other ideas the mouthy lout. The GAA better be careful it cracks down on this asap otherwise the game will morph into the Premier League (Ashley Cole's of this world).
This holier than thou stuff, particularily from Ulster people I find funny. I don't defend that some Kerry players take things to the edge, Galvin and D O Sé in particular, but they have got their cummupence. But I hope to God geysir you're not trying to put our men on a higher plane in the cynicism stakes than say Dick Clerkin? Or Brian Dooher? O r Ryan McMenamin.
And to you Shakermaker, I suppose Trevor Mortimer was talking to himself when he came onto the field the last day, cause he did no different to declan, both men felt they were wronged and both men voiced their opinion.
I'm happy to admit our lads pull things to the wire at times. Some of ye aren't by the seem of it?
Any backchat and you should be given a yellow, if they persist then a red. Shouldn't matter what colours you wear. I don't mind captains having a word but intimidating the ref is not on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
I didn't catch the T Mort incident but I've taped the game and will watch it again this weekend if I can bare it. The Mayo lads on the whole are too soft to do any of that stuff - that's why we'll never win anything. They couldn't play dirty or cynical if they were given the handbook - we have a lot to learn from Kerry, Tyrone, Armagh, Meath and Dublin. That isn't a dig it's a kind of compliment - playing clean and being Mr nice guy gets you nowhere.
Agreed. If they came out and said captains are allowed approach the ref, that would be a step forward. I felt sorry for Mayo, I'd equate Conor Mortimer to Dessie Dolan, they're both bottlers when it really matters.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
I never said anything about the cynicism of the Kerry players but obviously I am much more objective and less touchy than a Kerryman about these matters :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
I would never mention such a thing as when D O'Se clocked Clerkin on the chin coming off the pitch at h/t in the Railway cup then ran away and didn't come out for the 2nd half :eek: :D
I know they're cynical it's stoopid to deny it. But sometimes the media (not you Geysir ;)) go on as if Kerry are the only ones at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
To be fair to dara thats probably why he did it. I can't stand Clerkin. He's the bully boy to Lennons genuine talent.
Anyone here care for Ryan McMenamin?
No one loves a ruffian unless he is one of our own.
I think the Galway Kerry game has a good chance to provide the best football game of the q/finals. That is if Galway aren't feeling too sorry for themselves about the luck of the draw.
Is Joe bergin fit?
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Originally Posted by geysir
I hear Bergin won't be available at all. I would think Kerry would come through it, Tommy Griffin to start the next day and make a massive difference.
The news today on Bergin is that he should be fully fit for the semi final :)
'Joe Bergin has recovered from a hamstring injury but his return was postponed by a quad strain sustained in training last week. If Galway find a way past Kerry, Bergin should be fit to feature in the All-Ireland semi-final.'
The Dublin game against Tyrone has been delayed, not by 15 minutes or 1/2 hour but by a whole week. BTW, that doesn't mean it will start on time.
The Dubs must have the omerta code imposed on their camp.
I have to admit, I am beginning to experience a strange emotion called sympathy for the Dubs.
Only one win in 25 years, you'd nearly think that it wouldn't be so bad if they got this one then we should be safe enough for another 15 or 20 years.
Yeah but then we'll have to hear about it for another 15 or 20 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Another good win for Kerry today.
Thought they were in trouble for 5 minutes after the Galway goal but they got on top in midfield and got some great points to pull away.
Kerry full back line in trouble again but they find a way to score enough to win. Meehan was brilliant for Galway.
Can't see Cork or Kildare beating Kerry. Maybe the Dubs.