vaguely remember being at that game in '87 as a 10 year old.The only player i can remember is Dublin midfielder Jim Ronayne.Kerry had beaten us '79,83 & 84 All Irelands so it was a big deal to finally get one over on them.
cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts:3762 - 10/04/2016 21:41:39

Was Ronayne still there? I remember Declan Bolger starting and having a great game, think it was also Mick Galvins first year playing

haggen (Dublin) - Posts: 6 - 11/04/2016 14:02:35    1844293

Ronayne laid on the goal for Duff, yeh Bolger had a

KerryKillers (Dublin) - Posts: 711 - 11/04/2016 14:14:49    1844302

Ronayne laid on the goal for Duff, yeh Bolger had a super game I remember we all thought he was the new Brian Mullins, how wrong we were :)

KerryKillers (Dublin) - Posts: 711 - 11/04/2016 14:16:09    1844303

RE;" important game for both sides, dublins last game until the AI semi (probably) and for Kerry until munster final id love to see Kerry really attack cluxtons kickouts like the final last year he was well rattled in that game, think we are well positioned to have a right cut off the dubs if we test that fullback line enough and get parity in the middle third

coopersleftfoot (Kerry) - Posts:43 - 11/04/2016 13:23:15 1844267"

Interesting take on last year's final. Kerry worried about it and planned for it but unfortunately they still got beaten in every aspect of the game - indeed I thought Dublin done a great job targeting Kerry's kick outs. Bar a few errors in the last 10 mins, Cluxton's kick outs were fairly solid. Kerry need to have more of a plan than that. Everyone knows it needs to be done but it hasn't changed results.

poguemahone (Dublin) - Posts: 365 - 11/04/2016 16:25:59    1844368

A tough ask for the Dubs to win again. But it will be close. Who will the Ref be? I know Kieran Donaghy will try and ref it. So I hope the Dubs come up with a plan to stop this carry on.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2522 - 11/04/2016 16:33:37    1844375

every aspect? I think Dublin won the middle third comprehensively in the final but cluxton was under pressure for the kickouts, without doubt Dublin were the better team however by a distance.

coopersleftfoot (Kerry) - Posts: 91 - 11/04/2016 16:37:00    1844376

Who do neutrals think will win this? Seems to be a lot of people thinking Kerry have this in the bag (I don't mean here, just on various sites etc).

Curious to see how others think this will go. I think it will be close but that Dublin will just shade it (well i hope that's the case!)

CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 11/04/2016 16:43:52    1844378

for me Dublin are still favourites I just think people feel Kerry might be closer to them than last year that's all, that's why there is more of an emphasis on Kerry than Dublin at the mo, more of a story in kerrys improvement rather than Dublin maintaining their very high standards

coopersleftfoot (Kerry) - Posts: 91 - 11/04/2016 17:03:32    1844393

CroiGorm who do you think you're fooling?

Bookmakers have ye raging favourites for the league final Leinster Champ (1/12) and AI Champ and understandably so.

KYTitletown (Kerry) - Posts: 816 - 11/04/2016 17:04:54    1844394

I'm not trying to fool anyone. I've said myself I think we'll win. However, I've read stuff online from a lot of neutrals calling a Kerry win so I'm curious of the opinion of neutrals here.

CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 11/04/2016 17:20:55    1844403

Being 1/20 favourite last night mattered a jot as young Jordan Spieth suffered a mini-meltdown and sent two of his golf balls skinny dipping on the treacherous par-3 12th waving goodbye to back-to-back Masters.Favourites tags between Kerry and Dublin is baloney.50/50.No more,no less.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 11/04/2016 17:43:47    1844407

Being 1/20 favourite last night mattered a jot as young Jordan Spieth suffered a mini-meltdown and sent two of his golf balls skinny dipping on the treacherous par-3 12th waving goodbye to back-to-back Masters.Favourites tags between Kerry and Dublin is baloney.50/50.No more,no less.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts:3763 - 11/04/2016 17:43:47 1844407

Disagree Cue , while Jordon proved as did Vatour at the weekend that theres no such thing as a shoe we are the favourites , don't see any reason to suggest otherwise , Kerry held the favourites tag against us for twenty years and rightly so results proved it , the balance recently has changed to the blue being the more dominant force , who are all Ireland and league champions Dublin , who are unbeaten in the league Dublin , so we are favourites
Now will we win different question , Id be hopefull not overly confident as I have a nagging doubt about the backline

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 11/04/2016 17:57:12    1844411

I think if we win Midfield or get our fingers to more knock downs we will cut Kerry open ,If Kerry win midfield it will be a very close game that could go either way. Donaghy and Moran will cause trouble if allowed.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 11/04/2016 18:17:10    1844418

Spieth's implosion was a once in a decade type event (Van de Velde Greg Norman etc) Plus such a catastrophic sporting event is more likely to occur in an individual sport like golf in contrast to Gaelic Football where if 1 or 2 are having a bad day they can be quickly replaced. (In dublin's case with loads of quality options)

Dont get me wrong its not as if there's no possibility that Dublin will be beaten this year it's just the fact that their percentage odds of winning AI are much higher than any other county going on current form and that of the last 5 years

KYTitletown (Kerry) - Posts: 816 - 11/04/2016 18:47:40    1844422

I realise that KY,but i wouldn't take too much notice of any odds is the point i was making.I would give Dublin the nod - just.I'd worry Kerry could get on top around the middle,and as Damo said,our defence is a slight worry,also.Full confidence in our forwards to put up a good score,but can we keep the goals out at the other end?

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 11/04/2016 19:19:36    1844430

Dublin are a more intelligent team, have much more pace and still more skilful players than Kerry, so I would expect them to win this game again. However, as good as Dublin are, Jack McCaffrey and Rory O'Carroll are big losses to Dublin and this game could hint for the first time at how big loss they actually are for the year ahead. Kerry are also missing players with James O'Donoghue and Anthony Maher out and Kerry would certainly need them to have any chance. By the way, can any Kerry follower shine a light on what has happened to Tommy Walsh? Is he even on the Kerry panel anymore?

JamesH (Mayo) - Posts: 465 - 11/04/2016 19:22:45    1844432

This final is only shadow boxing. Not a chance either side will show their championship hand (especially kerry) and give the other team a few months to plan how to beat it. A hard training match really for both

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4628 - 11/04/2016 20:53:19    1844458

Exactly bad.monkey. In all my years I have never known people to get excited about the league. The current Munster runners-up won 3 leagues in-a-row. Nobody cares. It's only the league.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7927 - 11/04/2016 21:56:48    1844488

Exactly bad.monkey. In all my years I have never known people to get excited about the league. The current Munster runners-up won 3 leagues in-a-row. Nobody cares. It's only the league.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts:4642 - 11/04/2016 21:56:48 1844488

Its statements like this that have me laughing till I drop when people talk about pay for play , the apathy shown to a competition that panels have trained and committed to for months , of course the league isn't Sam but only one team every year wins that ,so everyone must use the one basket for their eggs ? heres the question to Kerry lads will you guys bother to travel ?

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 12/04/2016 08:35:23    1844493

By the way, can any Kerry follower shine a light on what has happened to Tommy Walsh? Is he even on the Kerry panel anymore?
yes he is on the panel I think people don't realise just how serious an injury tommy had its amazing he is even still playing tbh, too much is expected he may never fully recover unfortunatly

coopersleftfoot (Kerry) - Posts: 91 - 12/04/2016 09:36:10    1844502