Should Kerry be allowed to enter a B team into Championship & League. Have the best footballers in the country and Kerry Group pumping in €1 million per year would be well to compete in Munster Championship and Division 2/3 in League

This team is well capable of making the business end of championship

Brendan Kealy
Shane Enright
Mark Griffin
Mike Moloney
Pa Kilkenny
Jonathan Lyne
Michael Geaney
Bryan Sheehan
Padraig Lucey
Kieran O'Leary
Declan O'Sullivan
Darran O'Sullivan
The Gouch
Tommy Walsh
Barry John Keane

Subs
Shane Ryan
Micheal Burns
Conor Keane
Killian Spillane
Daithi Casey
Barry John Walsh
Jack Sherwood

HandyMoran (Roscommon) - Posts: 327 - 23/09/2014 11:26:19    1655801

What nonsense of a thread........

It's like suggesting Kilkenny should enter 3 teams into the hurling

ben1977 (Donegal) - Posts: 364 - 23/09/2014 11:37:44    1655816

But that is just half of their first team squad, not their B team. If they or any county were to do that then let them pick 35 players for their first squad, and then let the rest play on the B team. I don't think it would be Kerry that would have the strongest B squad, considering some counties already have senior 'development squads', or B teams, in place...

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 23/09/2014 11:42:56    1655827

No. Championship is for the best players to represent their county. Maybe second-string sides could field for a competition like the All-Ireland 'B' Championship, or the defunct Tommy Murphy Cup, but even then, the weaker counties would rightly complain that it's against the spirit of such a competition to have Kerry fielding the Gooch against them.

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 23/09/2014 11:59:53    1655851

there already is a junior championship.
I believe this is the kerry team that played Cavan in the 2014 final.
this would be made up of all those players who hadn't played senior championship football this year. (open to correction here)

1. Shane Murphy - Kilcummin
2. Fionán Clifford - Waterville
3. Kevin O'Dwyer - Waterville
4. Danny Wrenn - Tarbert
5. Greg Gibson - Waterville
6. Denis Daly - St. Marys
7. Gavin Crowley - Templenoe
8. Andrew Garnett - Spa
9. Brendan O'Sullivan - Valentia
10. Philip O'Connor - Cordal
11. Ciaran Keating - Skellig Rangers
12. Brian Crowley - Templenoe
13. Gavan O'Grady - Glenbeigh/Glencar
14. Paul Kennelly - Ballydonoghue
15. Thomas Hickey (Capt) - Castleisland Desmonds

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 23/09/2014 13:25:49    1655925

this would make a mockery of the game

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2389 - 23/09/2014 14:03:58    1655971

Booo. Had forgotten what I posted last Wednesday which seems is the case.... bring back Wednesdays Mod.... ;-)

Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 23/09/2014 14:20:31    1655990

In last year's semi-final we had only the starting XV to call upon. After the well spoken losses over the winter and then Gooch's injury, it's been some turnaround to be down 4 players from that 15 and yet have a squad of 22-23 players who could have been called upon as we saw in extra-time in Limerick this year.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7892 - 23/09/2014 17:06:23    1656142

anybody have an idea of what happened barry john walsh tommys younger brother? Won an all ireland in 09 off the bench but has barely been heard of since.

CityWest (Limerick) - Posts: 84 - 24/09/2014 16:39:15    1656622

went travelling think citywest but would be interested to hear from a kerry poster on what went on exactly

fabio8 (USA) - Posts: 2182 - 24/09/2014 16:46:01    1656625

really strange

CityWest (Limerick) - Posts: 84 - 24/09/2014 19:04:15    1656686

You could throw Daniel Bohane,Brian Maguire,David Geaney,Michael O'Donogue,Niall O'Mahony,Brian Looney and Barry Shanahan onto that Kerry Region list.

Barry John Walsh was a promising minor but never developed after that.

HandyMoran (Roscommon) - Posts: 327 - 27/09/2014 12:03:43    1657423

Barry John Walsh was the best minor player since the Gooch, went travelling and football was no 2 on his list, no shame on that still plays club football. We also has a lad called Dan Doona who was a class act, went to New York at 19 and that was that.
Kerry have had a history of minors who were top of the class and drifted away at Senior.

kerryrowz (Kerry) - Posts: 833 - 27/09/2014 13:29:26    1657440

Kerry b would beat Cork easily and 2 Kerry teams would make Munster championship interesting?

HandyMoran (Roscommon) - Posts: 327 - 05/10/2014 15:18:13    1660350

Roll on the League.

lilywhite1 (Kildare) - Posts: 2992 - 05/10/2014 15:29:27    1660357

Paddy Curin is another body that would maeke any Division 2 team. Throw in Jack O'Connor sons. The Kerry Region is booming. Where did Jack O'Shea son Aidan go to? A handy full back.

HandyMoran (Roscommon) - Posts: 327 - 09/10/2014 10:06:14    1661714

Aidan O shea was always very injury prone and never really got a decent run of games at interco. Re Barry John Walsh IMO he was lucky to be on the panel in '09 oweing partly to Jack O Connors connections with his club and has never really done the business at club level since.
Think if a Tommy Murphy cup style comp was introduced with a Kerry/Dub etc B teams it would be a great idea - scrap the Junior interco champo and I'm sure it would drive huge interest to have a Kerr/Dublin team competing in a 2nd competition.

blacknamber (Kerry) - Posts: 267 - 09/10/2014 10:30:49    1661724

West Kerry's performance at the weekend wasn't of a team about to arrive on the inter county scene!
Poor Limerick would have won a Connaught title or two in the last decade.
The Ulster Region unite as one. The Connaught Region appears to unite as one. Bodes well for their respective Inter provincial campaigns.
It's funny how our Munster final rivals are dismissed. I've no interest in commenting on them. They are however a tougher opponent than the Leinster and Connaught runners-up.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7892 - 09/10/2014 11:03:36    1661738