How many of the Kerry 04-09 would make current Kerry team??

Kerry 2002-current

Shane Ryan
Graham O'Sullivan , Jason Foley Tom O'Sullivan
Brian O'Beagloich Mike Breen Gavin White
Mark O'Shea Diarmuid O'Connor
Paudie Clifford Sean O'Shea Joe O'Connor
Dylan Geaney David Clifford Paul Geaney



Kerry-04-09

Diarmuid Murphy
Marc O'Se Michael McCarthy Tom O'Sullivan
Tomas O'Se Eamon Fitzmaurice Seamus Moynihan
Darragh O'Se Eoin Brosnan
Darren O'Sullivan Declan O'Sullivan Paul Galvin
Colm Cooper Kieran Donaghy Dara O'Cinneide

hlynch12 (Limerick) - Posts: 125 - 23/06/2026 14:19:50    2681490

tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1923 - 23/06/2026 15:07:53    2681509

Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 142 - 23/06/2026 15:43:31    2681523

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2916 - 23/06/2026 15:51:43    2681528

Its impossible to judge teams in different eras because of opposition and many factors.Maybe the Kerry team in the 00s played weaker teams or maybe rhey played stronger teams.
There have been super teams always like Galway and Down in the 60s and Kerry and Dublin 70s 80s Tyrone Galway Kerry late 90d and 00s and the Dubs 6 in a row team.

However would the Dubs team in theie pomp beat a Tyrone team.in their pomp.
Would The Kerru team under Micko have beaten Galway 60s team.

We will never know .All a team can be is the bezt in theie era! One cant say with certainty that one team is better than a team from another era.

CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 4198 - 23/06/2026 17:12:50    2681555

Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2789 - 23/06/2026 20:48:24    2681595

CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 4198 - 23/06/2026 22:18:09    2681609

I thought Kerrys best and most underated player of that era was Declan O Sullivan. That man was constantly in the trenches for Kerry and a man for all seasons. He could defend, carry the ball, hold it up to wait for backup, score and was a brilliant support player. Its difficult to compare players then to now as so much has changed for e.g. the Gooch would not feature on a Kerry team from about 2017 when he retired until the rules changed last year as blanket defenses would have choked him but he would blossom in the new rules now. There was a Tom o Sullivan back then and theres another now also, both very reliable but the one today is an absolute lynchpin for Kerry and his performances for Dingles AI campaign were as good as Ive ever seen. There seemed to be more individual characters back then on every team who took on the game because of the way it was back then where it was less of a system. When David Moran retired a gaping hole was left at midfield for a few years and I felt that really cost Kerry and he was a trojan for Kerry. The new rules have allowed good footballers to blossom and Kerry are miles ahead on that front but nobody can begrudge good football. There are many characters now on the current team who take the game by the scruff of the neck Gavin White, Tom O Sullivan, Paudie, O Connor if they keep themselves injury free a 3 in a row is very possible. I forgot to mention D Clifford as nobody is close to thus man in terms of what he can do.

Dothesimplethingswell (Sligo) - Posts: 90 - 23/06/2026 23:40:59    2681628