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That was scary. You may hurry up and get you're Sam cause these guys are going to dominate. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 23/06/2018 20:38:54 2113978 Link 1 |
Kerry were good rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 23/06/2018 20:52:37 2113987 Link 1 |
Too many injuries now, so im guessing its up to the dubs to try and stop them.
Vishred (Mayo) - Posts: 303 - 23/06/2018 20:57:12 2113992 Link 0 |
Congratulation to Kerry, you can only beat what in front you really. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4460 - 23/06/2018 21:37:07 2114019 Link 2 |
Kerry very impressive up front but it was against a poor Cork team who struggled in Division 2 this year. The number of simple turnovers Cork gave from poor solos & handpasses was crazy at this level, basic skill execution was poor. Kerry still haven't sorted out the issue of teams running directly at them & this will be exposed later in the year. Cork weren't helped by a crazy decision in black carding Rory Deane, the inconsistency throughout the game was frustrating, in the 33rd & 40th minutes, there were clear black card offences, nothing shown. This ref centre of the attention again ? As for the pitch, a multi million pound redevelopment & once again in the space of a few months, players were slipping & sliding all over the field, this in the driest spell of weather in decades, surely the pitch that the game is played on is the first thing you get right. It is the least the players deserve. Uimhir.a.3. (Galway) - Posts: 409 - 23/06/2018 21:55:54 2114029 Link 1 |
@Username would agree with almost everything you say there, I think we will labour when we come up against more organised teams who'll bottle up our attack and target the weak links in defence. How our youngsters react when that happens will be interesting, will they keep the heads or let frustration get to them? GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2113 - 23/06/2018 22:04:05 2114033 Link 2 |
Kerry were very impressive and exciting going forward and tore the Cork backline to shreds. I was surprised Cork did not use a sweeper system. The wing half-backs were very pacy and drove at Cork at every opportunity. Cork were so poor that it is difficult to assess how good Kerry really are. Difficult to see Donaghy getting much game time with the system that Fitzmaurice seems to favour. The full-back line looked uncomfortable on the few occasions that Cork ran at them but they were getting little cover from their half-backs who seemed more intent on bombing forward than defending. neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 23/06/2018 23:08:21 2114061 Link 1 |
Cork at home, decent crowd and a great start and still end up stuffed. At times Cork were very poor but even allowing for that some of the Kerry build up play and score taking was a joy to behold in this robotic era of football, they will be there or there abouts no doubt and the future looks very bright in the Kingdom. Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3735 - 23/06/2018 23:16:56 2114065 Link 1 |
Kerry are the team to beat this year. I dont care who says what about how good Dublin are and how untested Kerry are. The reality is that the only team who have been tested that are still in the provincials are Galway. (beating mayo in the first round). Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3846 - 24/06/2018 02:04:34 2114092 Link 0 |
Early yet but must say Kerry looked awesome. OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1769 - 24/06/2018 07:29:21 2114101 Link 0 |
Nothing wrong with the pitch according to the players and said it was perfect surface for the game. Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2313 - 24/06/2018 09:33:12 2114115 Link 0 |
I think yee have to be considered contenders mate, the scorelines and scoring potential are high, yee could be involved in some really great matches this year end to end etc. It will be fascinating to see Galway and Kerry and the coming together of those two styles and how the Kerry attack and Galway defense cope, it should be a big physical test to for this Kerry team. It was Galways sheer physical force that got them over the line Vs Roscommon for me. The work rate really does seem evident and was encouraging was it last the whole game. It was a swarm approach as well. I thought the Cork defense was very naieve though, a lot of loose long ball Kerry forwards ran onto far to easy and i thought Kerry hit a lot of successful kick passes, which as we know eats up a lot of running distance and minds a bit of energy that it think helped. But they look very fit and pacey. Galway will be a test of physicality i think. But Kerry have kicked on in a big way and the signs look good and championship looks wide open to me, how it all meshes together will be fascinating once we all converge in Croker for the first week of the super 8s will be fascinating. Looks like we are in for a feast of football this summer. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4460 - 24/06/2018 09:33:55 2114116 Link 1 |