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Having neglected our youth, our semi-final opponent will be favourites. Tipperary's semi-final opponent will be favourites as well. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7853 - 01/08/2016 22:04:07 1893790 Link 0 |
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The reason I ranked Tipp ahead of Kerry + Donegal was based on 2 factors - The quality of football they displayed yesterday which neither KY or DL have shown and their difficulty of reaching the final. Secondly, while they would have to beat a 'Big 3' team to get to the Final there they won't have to face the Blue Juggernaut until the final whereas KY + DL have essentially no hope whatsoever of getting to the final bar divine intervention so that explains how I ranked the teams, it's basic mathematics Obviously Tipp will face a very difficult assignment in the semi but not an impossible one KYTitletown (Kerry) - Posts: 816 - 01/08/2016 22:13:08 1893795 Link 0 |
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Didn't mean to hit a nerve there mate, but pots and kettles come to mind. We've consistently met Donegal, Mayo and your goodselves in our recent all Ireland wins. I'm surprised you mention 2013 what a wonderful game of football vs your goodselves that was. The last great Kerry footballing performence of that great team and putting that great team to bed forever I still think is one of this Dublins group finish achievements. Some day it will be our turn, maybe Saturday. I just find it difficult to hear guff around advantages a little odd, when many an all iIreland has been won through the long grass of Munster and occasional nice semi draw. You don't hear many from Munster wanting to scrap the provincials. Would you be in favour mate? TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 01/08/2016 22:28:34 1893801 Link 0 |
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Hate to state the obvious but our last great side had run its course by 2009, which was proved emphatically by the hammering Down gave us the following year so yeah I'd refrain for spouting about luck if I were you. We were lucky in 2014 to win, that wasn't a great side by any metric and no one ever said anything different (be it Kerry people or outsiders) We don't have the population or resources to be great continuously, it comes and goes in cycles naturally, hopefully in 4/5 years some of our good underage players will blossom and transition to Senior, easier said than done however I just wish people like you would stop begrudging Tipperary in their special moment, what they have accomplished this year is beyond comprehension considering the losses they have suffered to other sports and emigration not that a Dublin fan would understand those problems. The idea that Leinster is a Juggernaut province is absolutely laughable KYTitletown (Kerry) - Posts: 816 - 01/08/2016 23:04:34 1893818 Link 0 |
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Maybe young fella you can go through all 37 All Ireland's THE KINGDOM have won and explain which of the 12 we actually deserved and what 25 we didn't. Maybe you can give us all a match by match account of which opponents let us win in a particular year and which may have been bothered to put up a performance? You strike me as a lad that has a great knowledge of it all... TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 01/08/2016 23:14:00 1893824 Link 0 |
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Dublin Region last came up against the great Kerry team in 2009. This decade has been poor in relation to '96 to '09. Kerry '14 wouldn't beat Kerry '97 to '00 or Kerry '04 to '09. The '14 side were dogged though. Getting to the final in defence of their title wasn't a bad effort in the context that not many champions have made the following year's final in the last 25 championships. '11 was a strange championship. Up to halfway through the second half half of the final we were somehow coasting through that championship. The capital in fairness seized the day and to the victors goes the spoils. It masked a poor championship in terms of quality. It hasn't improved much in the last 4 championships. Dublin Region are no better than their teams of '05 to '09. Kerry and Tyrone dropped off. It doesn't take away from capital achievements. They can only take on the opponents in front of them. If Mayo don't win an All-Ireland, the final of '13 will haunt those players. Absolutely incapable of seizing the day. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7853 - 01/08/2016 23:26:01 1893828 Link 0 |
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Kerry won the all ireland the following year and were in the final again the year after and are going for a third final in a row this year! Yeah, u guys did a great job there
as_ky (Kerry) - Posts: 535 - 02/08/2016 08:13:48 1893857 Link 0 |
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He's no Corkman......it's embarrassingly obvious!
Jackeen (Dublin) - Posts: 4097 - 02/08/2016 09:54:47 1893879 Link 0 |
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Ye are odds on favourites to win 3rd All Ireland minor titles in a row. Odds to win back to back junior titles against mayo Saturday with a completely different group of players. That 60 players with all ireland junior medal in their pocket. Now 140 minutes from lifting sam. Kerry are not gone away. They could in fact dominate again
Mullerm (Cork) - Posts: 87 - 02/08/2016 11:36:12 1893948 Link 0 |
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Whether its cute hoorism or telling us how good you are, you Kerry boys sure love talking about yourselves. Talking yourselves down, talking yourselves up....... JayP (Dublin) - Posts: 1772 - 02/08/2016 11:43:33 1893951 Link 1 |
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Noone from Kerry are saying we are gone. We are aware of the reality that we neglected our youth. That's a hindrance. We've only ourselves to blame. There's no great team in the country at the moment. The fact that The 4 Regions of similar level to '05 to '09 have won a few says a lot about the rest of the country. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7853 - 02/08/2016 11:47:06 1893954 Link 0 |
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Legend has gone all "regional" again. Knoxboya (Monaghan) - Posts: 357 - 02/08/2016 12:16:28 1893968 Link 0 |
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Given the amount of idiotic threads started on here since Sunday and the amount of Dublin poster having they're two cents worth the evidence seems to suggest that ye fellas continue to be a lot more obsessed about us than we are about ye.
TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 02/08/2016 12:18:41 1893970 Link 0 |
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Ah we are more worried about the Premiership in August!
JayP (Dublin) - Posts: 1772 - 02/08/2016 13:00:05 1894000 Link 0 |
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They'll be a small crowd on the Hill so for the semi if ye manage to get there. Might stand there for a change! TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 02/08/2016 13:21:31 1894010 Link 0 |
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I thought the Mayo team we beat in '11 were on track to win All-Irelands. Two finals and no smoking cigar is pathetic. The Donegal team of '12 looked like they'd be up there challenging too. They landed one. Is that their limit? If people from the 4 Regions are talking about Kerry, they obviously don't think much of challenges coming from the North and West. Everyone knows we're not a patch on our great team of '04 to '09. If we're having a few years on the quiet side and we're being looked on as one of the main challengers, it doesn't say much about the current level of championship compared with '96 to '09. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7853 - 02/08/2016 15:22:00 1894072 Link 1 |
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Really not too concerned about the dubs this year, seems that they are not able to deal with the intensity they play at in the long term hence the reason they can't make back to back finals! Expect Murphy to run riot against that dublin back line and for donegal to come through! as_ky (Kerry) - Posts: 535 - 02/08/2016 18:14:53 1894198 Link 1 |
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You should be concerned very concerned.
superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2837 - 02/08/2016 19:12:01 1894237 Link 1 |
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Looking forward to a Kerry and Donegal semi final with Kerry to win by 4-6 points
Mullerm (Cork) - Posts: 87 - 02/08/2016 19:19:15 1894239 Link 0 |
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I'd have my doubts about Donegal and Mayo. They've it all to prove. Tyrone seem to back. Saturday will tell a lot about the 3 of them.
legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7853 - 02/08/2016 19:24:06 1894240 Link 0 |