Were still standing, I expect us to be standing still come 20 September..

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 05/08/2014 13:18:39    1631767

Kerry have got the semi final untested.Mayo yet to play near their max yet,will be interesting,but I fancy Mayo.

ziggy320001 (Meath) - Posts: 2432 - 05/08/2014 13:45:10    1631797

Kerry are well capable of beating Mayo and could give Dublin a run; they have some very good young players.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9706 - 05/08/2014 13:54:39    1631809

Well well, here we are a month or so later and they are now thinking they have a great chance of lifting the title.
Donegal will need to take all their chances to have any hope I'd say. Kerry getting stronger by the looks of it.

SLLY (Dublin) - Posts: 463 - 04/09/2014 18:28:29    1648080

For a team in transition, the lads have done well this year - winning both Munster and making an All-Ireland final against all the odds. The bookies odds speak volumes. There's not a whole lot more to add.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7868 - 04/09/2014 19:17:12    1648112

If anyone thinks that Kerry or their fans expect anything other than victory against Donegal, then they're mistaken. Bookies odds mean nothing, last weekend showed that. Kerry are a fantastic team with excellent players. This thing about a transitional team who are happy with their lot for the year now is nonsense. Kerry are on a mission and I hope we are ready for them.

Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1321 - 04/09/2014 20:16:47    1648130

Peter Crowley and David Moran have been two of Kerrys players of the championship , mad to think both were warming the bench for the Munster final , now theyve emerged as two of the teams leaders

stekhli (Dublin) - Posts: 3121 - 04/09/2014 20:24:04    1648133

It's been a mad few months, couldn't have seen us get this far when goochie did his knee, and gally Tomas and Eoin called it a day, but fair play to Eamon and the team they all took extra responsibility and deserve to be where they are, but I have to say that with half our team on the treatment table and Declan being held together with bandages and the other half of our team are all novices , young lads who haven't tasted the big day in Croker, I'd say we might still be a year too early I'm afraid, Cian o'neill said when he took over it would take him 3 years to get the lads up to the level needed to beat the big boys, but we live in hope, Donegal did fantastic against Dublin and il hold my hand up and say I didn't give them a chance but they are a great team and the finished article . We are deep in transition I'm afraid.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 04/09/2014 21:03:42    1648165

Ah sure all teams are on a mission. It's been an incredible performance from the lads so far in winning Munster against the odds and then making the All-Ireland final against the odds also. At the same time there is very much a realisation of where we are. When we look back on the quarter-final from '12 where Jack O'Connor acknowledged Donegal had our measure, we're still very much in transition with the retirements again over the winter and the new lads that have come in. Donegal are as good and probably better than their level of 2012.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7868 - 04/09/2014 21:09:21    1648170

Donegal look better than 2012 and Kerry are not as good but Eamonn Fitzmaurice has proven to be a very good tactical manager so you'd never know. He seems to be a very genuine humble guy who knows his stuff. This All-Ireland could be won on the sideline and while Jimmy McGuinness is the master, Eamon Fitz is not far behind.

county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1102 - 04/09/2014 21:31:56    1648189

Legend
It's all about progress isn't it? And we have progressed again this year thank god , we were safe with a game to go in the league unlike last year , we won Munster by 12 points away from home, and we came from behind twice to beat mayo and get to the final, you have to say our stock is rising. But probably a year too soon .

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 04/09/2014 21:35:09    1648193