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What an ironic statement considering Kerry won an All Ireland in Hurling first before they won one in football.
OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 27/11/2016 10:26:32 1936911 Link 1 |
I think we might have one of these dreaded WUM's on our hands,Ollie.Early days,but it doesn't look good.Dont know why they bother as they never last.By the way,good luck to yere boys today v Rhode.
cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 27/11/2016 11:19:28 1936916 Link 0 |
Cheers Cued. It is gonna be a very tough task for S.O.M against Rhode. They are 11/2 to win at half time/full time against the Offaly men. They have won their previous two matches against Baltinglass and Sarsfields by winning at half time and full time. Rhode are missing a couple of players. You just never know. Fingers crossed for the Wee County men.
OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 27/11/2016 11:54:50 1936920 Link 0 |
Good aul Rhode.I had some of these buckos in my cab few years back and i ended up going on a 24 hour bender with them.I introduced them to the delights of the "early house".Gas men.
cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 27/11/2016 12:02:21 1936922 Link 0 |
Yeah, they don't come bigger than that. The fecker! ;) From a football perspective, Mikey Sheehy's goal against Kerry a couple of centuries ago. MiAmigaVERONICA (Clare) - Posts: 302 - 27/11/2016 14:45:33 1936937 Link 0 |
royaldunne - that's quite a hissy fit even for a Meathman/woman. Worthy of a bitter teen as you'd say yourself. Last time I looked at the House rules I don't have to check with you before using the adjective of my choice. OK? So retract the claws a bit. Anyway if you can't make the jump from greatest to iconic let me explain why Darby's goal qualifies and Foleys doesn't make if for me at the national level: Darby's goal: At stake the biggest prize in Irish sport, millions watching or listening, one of the greatest teams ever in the final, the 5 in a row, the pre-printed celebratory T-shirts and the (awful) single. Then the underdogs win it with the last score of the game by a sub with his first touch of the ball. It was a life changing moment for him and a goal and game that will be remembered forever - pretty much the definition of an iconic score. Foley's goal: At stake a match against Wicklow in the next round, a Meath team that's almost finished and a Dublin team that's not quite there yet, two knackered teams and loads of space and a goal scored from all of 3 yards by a player who happened to be where he was because he probably didn't have the energy to run back up the field (a player who wouldn't have been too popular with anyone outside of Meath considering his approach to the game). Great for Meath, totally, but doesn't stack up on the national stage for me. PolicemanFox (Monaghan) - Posts: 158 - 27/11/2016 17:02:37 1936959 Link 1 |
And how many thousands of Dubs do you think Foley silenced with his goal?? Personally I find the vocal Dub harder to silence than the vocal Kerryman. Foleys goal also had the effect of making the Evening Herald scurry about to collect the early edition of their paper which had declared on its sports headline that the Dubs had beaten Meath. Seamus Darby's goal will quite rightly go down in history not just because of the score itself but due to the fact that it deprived a historic five in a row by the Kingdom. Foleys goal will also quite rightly go down in history as one of the best worked goals ever and as the score that essentially broke the Dubs, they couldn't regroup to prevent the point by Beggy that followed, so both scores have an iconic and historic element that can not be denied
Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 27/11/2016 22:32:09 1937009 Link 1 |
Foley ran from defence to be in position to score that goal he followed the movement all the way down the field so he was far from knackered. Of course I'm biased but most would say the working and vision used in scoring that goal so late in the game in sweltering heat and when all seemed lost, made it all the more an extraordinary score. Maybe Foley wasn't all that popular outside of Meath, do you think he or anyone from Meath cared about that fact?? No Meath footballer has been deemed popular outside of the county boundary and that's a fact that never caused us too many sleepless nights
Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 27/11/2016 22:39:59 1937010 Link 0 |
Did anyone mention Brian Dooher's point into the Hill 16 goals from the right wing in 2008 after his solo down the wing? Probably the best point i've seen in a final and i have seen quite a few, Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 27/11/2016 22:46:35 1937012 Link 1 |
That's not a fact. O'Rourke, Flynn, McEntee, O'Connell, Fay, Beggy, McDermott, Giles, Geraghty were all class footballers and there were many more from Meath that slipped my mind. I think others outside Meath liked watching Meath footballers even if they were a bit envious when they were at their peak. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7360 - 28/11/2016 03:49:22 1937020 Link 0 |
Agree with you there. Tomas O'Se reckons that the only time he felt Kerry were a bit unlucky in their defeats to Tyrone was in that final in 2008. I remember Dooher heading up the line with the ball and thinking, pop it off to someone or you are gonna get emptied over the sideline! Not a bit of it though. How he summoned the power and the technique to drill over a point like that following the run I'll never know. It was a real, "have a bit of that Kerry, what do you have for us?" moment. Brilliant score on the biggest stage against your decade long fiercest rivals. Fantastic!
Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9154 - 28/11/2016 09:18:41 1937031 Link 0 |
Fair play GreenandRed, your appreciation is welcome, I'm just gauging by my own experiences, perhaps envy was more the reason.
Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 28/11/2016 09:28:58 1937032 Link 1 |
All '98 Final: The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 708 - 28/11/2016 10:11:25 1937042 Link 0 |
Been thinking about the non Dublin scores that have always stuck out for me. I'm only going to go for ones that I can remember. Obviously the likes of Darby, Sheehy and Fenton are very iconic scores but they were before my time. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13718 - 28/11/2016 10:40:50 1937051 Link 0 |
Outside of Tipp they don't come any bigger than Johnny Dooley's free in 94. tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 28/11/2016 10:59:07 1937056 Link 0 |
Foley's goal was a massive score.In a game that gripped the country and the likes of which may never be seen again.Four titanic battles,with Dublin looking like they'd finally shaken off a Meath team that would never die on that fateful Saturday.It pains me to watch that goal to this day.It certainly was a seismic GAA moment.A fantastic goal. cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 28/11/2016 11:15:53 1937062 Link 0 |
Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12121 - 28/11/2016 11:59:13 1937068 Link 0 |
I'm sure the siege mentality served you well, but this has no basis in reality. Multiple Meath players are widely respected and popular across the country.
Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12121 - 28/11/2016 12:01:03 1937069 Link 2 |
ciaran carey point v clare is still a moment that sends shivers down my spine. perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 28/11/2016 12:15:21 1937071 Link 0 |
A young Eoin Kelly's goal against Fizty off his left side. The camera hardly could pick it up he hit it so well. tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 28/11/2016 13:06:45 1937080 Link 0 |