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Replying To legendzxix: "Dublin had the rub of the green in the quarter final. It went against them then in semi final. That's the way the cookie crumbles. More often than not decisions seem to favour Dublin in their home league ground. Usually a double whammy on top of drawing Dublin in their home league ground at the business end of the championship. Dublin actually got a flavour on Sunday of what it is like to be the away team. Tyrone have set the blueprint in the 25 quarter final. All Ireland contenders have to be able to flip the script against Dublin in Croke Park. Anyone not prepared for the battle of playing Dublin in Croke Park are going to come up short. That's the reality of it. Sin é." Kerry got the rub of the green int he quarter too. I'll never forget the game down in Limerick in 2014. If cookies crumble fairly (they don't) then maybe Mayo will get the calls Sunday week. I wouldn't hold my breath though. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 12215 - 14/07/2026 22:22:15 2685798 Link
Replying To TheUsername: "GAA have marketed the life out of Clifford, RTE also heavily invested. In these days of generating commercial revenue, clicks and content, the GAA failed the sport yesterday with very blatant weighted decisions. The Championship this year just lacks any credibility now, pity, was some great games this year - but it ended yesterday. Congratulations to the Dublin team, heads held high, always Guardians of the game." A tad melodramatic. Some of those accusations were levelled at the powers that be during Dublins prime years too. Seniorleague (Galway) - Posts: 188 - 14/07/2026 23:12:52 2685806 Link
Replying To TheUsername: "GAA have marketed the life out of Clifford, RTE also heavily invested. In these days of generating commercial revenue, clicks and content, the GAA failed the sport yesterday with very blatant weighted decisions. The Championship this year just lacks any credibility now, pity, was some great games this year - but it ended yesterday. Congratulations to the Dublin team, heads held high, always Guardians of the game." At least Kobe will escape all that here, when he heads off to Aus…! As our fellow poster said previously - a lot of similarities to what is happening with Argentina in the World Cup so far. Anyway, I am a lot more hopeful for next year after seeing how Ger, and the players, turned this season around in the last few weeks. Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5190 - 15/07/2026 09:46:17 2685824 Link
Replying To maroondiesel: "You are right; just the square ball was an error by the officials. Dublin benefited from decisions in the Galway game, so it balances out. Mayo will probably win the final, as they have better forwards overall." Ah now , i think there is balancing and there is imbalancing. Even with my biased Galway head i think that in Dublin Galway game the decisions that went against us were debatable and im not sure if they ultimately impacted the result. Thats not the case in the kerry dublin game. People are arguing that there was only 1 wrong decision and that the dublin goal that wasnt is inconclusive. I have watched that ball over the line several times and done some geometric calculations to compensate for the camera angle, and while we cant be 100% certain, i am 99.9% certain that the whole of the ball was over the line . The penalty is debatable but i would say that 90% of refs dont award a penalty there. I think in the flow of the game if any 2 ( or even 1)of those 3 decisions were correctly made, then we would be looking at Mayo v Dublin on sunday week. anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 1102 - 15/07/2026 12:11:37 2685841 Link
Replying To MunsterFan: "That's a novel take. And by novel I mean utterly bizarre!" Not that bizarre. But i agree that it should not have been a free out........Nor should it have been a peno. anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 1102 - 15/07/2026 12:22:34 2685844 Link
Replying To hlynch12: "Why did Joe Connors hold his head?" Need to ask him. He was not hit by Peadar. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4496 - 15/07/2026 13:17:07 2685851 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Need to ask him. He was not hit by Peadar." https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EvaGKdGQt/?mibextid=wwXIfr Smaller Fish pundits did a piece on this incident. Well worth a view and a listen….! Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5190 - 15/07/2026 14:32:18 2685857 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Kerry got the rub of the green int he quarter too. I'll never forget the game down in Limerick in 2014. If cookies crumble fairly (they don't) then maybe Mayo will get the calls Sunday week. I wouldn't hold my breath though." Kerry will improve immensely sunday week. Fionns clever mind games on here the last 2 weeks clearly affected Kerrys preparation, injecting an air of complacency into the squad. Reading his posts, they began to believe the hype and believed it was just a matter of turning up,,and they almost paid the price. Surely they wont make the same mistake twice. Seniorleague (Galway) - Posts: 188 - 15/07/2026 17:42:04 2685878 Link
Replying To anotheralias: "Ah now , i think there is balancing and there is imbalancing. Even with my biased Galway head i think that in Dublin Galway game the decisions that went against us were debatable and im not sure if they ultimately impacted the result. Thats not the case in the kerry dublin game. People are arguing that there was only 1 wrong decision and that the dublin goal that wasnt is inconclusive. I have watched that ball over the line several times and done some geometric calculations to compensate for the camera angle, and while we cant be 100% certain, i am 99.9% certain that the whole of the ball was over the line . The penalty is debatable but i would say that 90% of refs dont award a penalty there. I think in the flow of the game if any 2 ( or even 1)of those 3 decisions were correctly made, then we would be looking at Mayo v Dublin on sunday week." We'll forget about the Tyrone decisions. Things go for you and things go against you. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2893 - 15/07/2026 18:19:04 2685885 Link
Replying To Seniorleague: "Kerry will improve immensely sunday week. Fionns clever mind games on here the last 2 weeks clearly affected Kerrys preparation, injecting an air of complacency into the squad. Reading his posts, they began to believe the hype and believed it was just a matter of turning up,,and they almost paid the price. Surely they wont make the same mistake twice." If you want I will do the same for the Limerick hurlers this weekend. Hopefully the same full time outcome…. Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5190 - 16/07/2026 09:28:40 2685914 Link
Tyrone nudged out Mayo in a 50-50 game. Kerry nudged out Tyrone in a 50-50 game. The only direct linear line that anyone can reasonably draw between the progress of both finalists. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9989 - 20/07/2026 14:13:29 2686368 Link
Kerry like Limerick won games playing poor. Like limerick they will peak for final. Kerry could win by 15-20 with lads hitting form. Madness put €100 for turkey shoot out. hlynch12 (Limerick) - Posts: 238 - 20/07/2026 16:53:16 2686395 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "Dublin had the rub of the green in the quarter final. It went against them then in semi final. That's the way the cookie crumbles. More often than not decisions seem to favour Dublin in their home league ground. Usually a double whammy on top of drawing Dublin in their home league ground at the business end of the championship. Dublin actually got a flavour on Sunday of what it is like to be the away team. Tyrone have set the blueprint in the 25 quarter final. All Ireland contenders have to be able to flip the script against Dublin in Croke Park. Anyone not prepared for the battle of playing Dublin in Croke Park are going to come up short. That's the reality of it. Sin é." Kerry tend to get rub of the green. IF not referees will be subjected to hate campaign from the yerra media. hlynch12 (Limerick) - Posts: 238 - 20/07/2026 16:55:52 2686396 Link
I see a big night planned in Dingle and Venrtry? Sam Maguire guest of honour. hlynch12 (Limerick) - Posts: 238 - 20/07/2026 16:57:59 2686399 Link
Andrew Moran lost 6/6 finals as player. Going for 100% record as gaffer too. hlynch12 (Limerick) - Posts: 238 - 20/07/2026 17:05:36 2686400 Link
Mayo's win over Meath has been a turning point in their season. A dangerous opponent. There's no doubt about that. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9989 - 21/07/2026 09:48:36 2686451 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "Mayo's win over Meath has been a turning point in their season. A dangerous opponent. There's no doubt about that." That game seemed to turn in their favour in the minutes before half time. Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 772 - 21/07/2026 12:29:08 2686478 Link