The standard has gone down throughout Ireland including Kerry.
Dublin have the best panel of players but there best players are pushing on a bit.
Cluxton 33, A Brogan 32, B Brogan 31, B Cullen 31, MDMA 29, P Flynn 29, D Bastick 34, G Brennan 31 & E O Gara 30.

I still think Dublin will win Sam as doing back to back is near impossible, once in 25 years Kerry 06 and 07.

kerryrowz (Kerry) - Posts: 833 - 10/12/2014 10:07:50    1677748

Athclaith what are you talking about blanket defences sure they'd never allow that in Kerry haha.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 10/12/2014 10:09:28    1677749

I think SAM is going WEST next year. (not saying what county though)

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 10/12/2014 10:13:12    1677750

Hey clondalkin ye better make the most of it while we're in transision , because we've sorted out our underage in the county and it won't be long till we dominate again ;-) .
Realdub
It'l be awful hard to do back to back allirelands even snuff will tell you that.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 10/12/2014 10:22:54    1677757

Weren't Dublin meant to be 'invincible' this season, or maybe Jim McGuinness didn't get that memo?

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 10/12/2014 10:31:33    1677764

Dublin may or may not win the All-Ireland next year. But it would seem that the old proverb pride before a fall still hasn't registered with some Dublin folks! I vaguely recall similar sentiments being expressed late last August. If only I could remember exactly what happened then?!?

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9155 - 10/12/2014 10:32:38    1677765

Lockjaw we got bet we thought we could go all out attack against the parked bus but it didn't work we've learned from it and will be ready next year cause we still have by a country mile the best panel of players in ireland.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 10/12/2014 10:35:42    1677767

In fairness to Clondalkin, he's only nailing his colours to the mast.

He said the same last year but was man enough to get back on here after we were beaten, he took his beaten unlike other posters in the past!

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13718 - 10/12/2014 11:12:32    1677787

A bit like the hurling this time last year, its hard to know who is going to win the All-Ireland. Hard to know where all the teams are at. The contenders are Kerry, Mayo, Donegal and Dublin.

Kerry- Won the All Ireland by lofting the ball into Donaghy. A team figuring out how to conteract that have 70% of the work done. Gooch will be a boost and same goes for Tommy Walsh but this could mean Kerry not relying on JOD in attack which could be a bad thing. Again hard to know where they are at but they should make the semis. Cork are on the the up in Munster but Kerry are way ahead of them.

Mayo- A new manager so who knows. Probably were the better side against Kerry and would have won only for Donaghy.But would they have beaten Donegal in the final? I dont think so. I think how Kerry approached the final was a masterclass. Really hard to know where they will be next year but again at this time they are contenders.

Donegal- New manager again. I dont think Donegal will change their tactics despite being "out-Donegaled" in the final by Kerry. The system will probably bring them another Ulster title. Kerry have probably used their trump card in last years All-Ireland and Donegal will work on how to beat this if they meet Kerry. It will be interesting to see if Dublin or Mayo will try Kerrys tactics from this year. Again I think Doengal will be very hard to beat. Their my second favorites at this time.

Dublin- Hard to know where they are at also. Destroyed Leinster teams and Monaghan but once they met the big boys they looked ordinary. I hope Dublin meet Donegal again and see how they approach the game because by the looks of it last year they thought they would steamroll Donegal like they were doing to other teams. Dublin are my slight favorites only because they will have learnt lessons from last year. Shame we wont know how good Dublin are until the Quarters or Semi Finals.

deadybai (Kilkenny) - Posts: 63 - 10/12/2014 11:38:00    1677798

Haha they looked ordinary so does everyone when you play into Donegal's hands just ask Kerry Cork and Mayo of 2012, kerry has shown what you have to do to beat the blanket. For the first 25 minutes of that game I haven't seen a team play better football in this decade.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 10/12/2014 12:04:54    1677804

Also think its dubs to throw away. They got caught or complacent against Donegal. As cd said they destroyed them for 20 minutes. Then couldn't hit side of barn and defended like a poor u12 side. Can't see it happening twice.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 10/12/2014 15:45:11    1677861

In my opinion, Dublin have a point to prove next year, and will do the necessary work to get where they need to get to. Seeing as kerry are still in transition, I suspect they will against all the odds, beat cork in the munster final, galway in the quarter finals, sneak past ulster opposition in the semi finals and win a remarkable all ireland by beating dublin in the final.

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 10/12/2014 18:53:18    1677891

clondalkindub
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Athclaith what are you talking about blanket defences sure they'd never allow that in Kerry haha. [/b

Blanket defence and long Ball into Donaghy, it works for Kerry , I hope Donaghy doesnt get injured anaytime soon ;)

Monaghan for SAM

supermon (Monaghan) - Posts: 1073 - 11/12/2014 09:47:48    1677954

I still find it so funny how some of the Dublin posters on here are still so bitter that we won the allireland , you'd swear that we beat them in the final instead of Donegal. I love it.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 11/12/2014 10:26:22    1677967

Ya it remind me of the mid 90's when they had a fab team in all fairness to them that were but were missing that final edge but every year was "their year" until they lost to Meath [91], Donegal [92], Derry [93] and Down [94]- still laugh at the 1992 all Ireland and their "home coming" open top bus planned for O'Connell street on the Monday ... that still went ahead.. priceless

Horsebox77 (Kerry) - Posts: 5491 - 11/12/2014 10:34:26    1677968

Cluxton 33, A Brogan 32, B Brogan 31, B Cullen 31, MDMA 29, P Flynn 29, D Bastick 34, G Brennan 31 & E O Gara 30.

Cluxton 33, A Brogan 32, B Brogan 31, B Cullen 31, MDMA 28, P Flynn 28, D Bastick 33, G Brennan 29 & E O Gara 29.

Cluxton - Goalkeeper - 33 is grand still the best around.
Cullen - played a maximum of 1 full championship game in the last 2 years
Bastick - impact sub
O'Gara - should be and probably will be an impact sub next year, but is still 29
The 2 Brogans are getting on a bit, I will give you that.
But MDMA, Flynn & Brennan are still in their prime.

GAAHattrick (Dublin) - Posts: 278 - 11/12/2014 10:34:41    1677969

Sorry I should add to that last comment that last year has shown that you only put your hand out to be slapped when signing your own teams praises and invincibility before a ball has even been kicked in champo. Never mind a ball not kicked in the whole season. The usual Kerry, Dublin, Mayo & Donegal will be there. Think its between Dublin & Kerry this year.

Kerry's to lose tho!

GAAHattrick (Dublin) - Posts: 278 - 11/12/2014 10:53:21    1677975

Gaahattrick are you not allowed to believe in your team? I believe that my team is the best and have learned from the stupidity of last years semi final and Sam '15 will be ours. I promise you if I were on here in the 00's I would not be saying what I'm saying now about Dublin. Kerry were the fourth best team last year but luck was on there side so you never know but I'm very confident in my team.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 11/12/2014 11:11:08    1677980

MAYO 4 SAM 2015. Get used to seeing it on social media anyway.

tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1134 - 11/12/2014 11:18:29    1677981