PATRIQUE My point is tyrone playing tougher teams on route to final than kerry and in 05 if kerry had to meet the teams tyrone met they would not have got as far as tyrone did . And munster is so easy to get out of not like ulster and if kerry where in ulster they would find it hard to win a ulster title every few years .Not saying kerry are not a great team they are but have the easy route every single year .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 22/04/2009 18:59:23    265542

the erins isle team of the 1990s

finglas full ba (None) - Posts: 636 - 22/04/2009 20:07:07    265596

Patrique, neither the Kerry or Tyrone teams of this decade make your top five teams. I'd be very interested to see your top five or ten teams.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6178 - 22/04/2009 20:36:43    265614

ah it has to be tyrone of this decade.people always slag them about swarm defending but the way they attack in droves and their workrate is a joy to watch.there is no doubt about it that they are a cynical team but if the dubs were as succesful as tyrone have been i wouldnt care what other counties thought of us.what do tyrone fans think of tommy mcguigan and colm mccullagh,i think thats his name,the young blonde forward

finglas full ba (None) - Posts: 636 - 22/04/2009 20:40:57    265619

tomaoo7
County: Dublin
Posts: 2520

264753 No.15
County: Down
Posts: 79
Mickey linden and James mc cartan were 2 of the best forwards i have ever seen,they took dublin apart early in 94 final which was enough for Down to claim Sam

Your spot on there - the damage was done in the first half, but we had a fair bit of defending to do in the second.

No.15 (Down) - Posts: 193 - 22/04/2009 20:51:36    265625

number 15 them two destroyed us and that down team were one of the best

hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 22/04/2009 21:08:18    265646

No.15
County: Down
Posts: 81

I had to watch there movement from the hill .It was tough to watch pure footballers

tomaoo7 (Dublin) - Posts: 5896 - 22/04/2009 21:17:13    265654

Galway 1963-66. Played 4 - Won 3. Class team.

Honourable mention to Down:- 1960-61. A breath of fresh air that opened the gates for those good enough to follow.

Boxtyeater (Leitrim) - Posts: 738 - 22/04/2009 21:25:24    265662

I have no dount having watched the replays from the 70's and 80's that the greatest ever football teams are on the stage this decade. No hit and hope balls. Proper defending. Higher scoring, faster moving. As to who is the best team of the decade we can decide on the 3rd sunday in December. I think it has already been decided, but if they are to hold such a lofty title they will need to deliver this year again against the best team of so many other decades.

John Boss (Tyrone) - Posts: 865 - 22/04/2009 21:33:07    265677

The current Kerry team are as good as the current Tyrone team. There isn't much difference between them.
However Kerry of the 80's were by far the greatest team I've ever witnessed.

ColinWex (Wexford) - Posts: 901 - 22/04/2009 22:06:30    265723

Easy, Dubs team of the mid to late '70s ... the saviours of Gaelic Football in this country.

Beacaire Gorm (Dublin) - Posts: 597 - 22/04/2009 22:26:14    265747

st.marys Edenderry 2008-2009...best college team ever!!!

collegeboy (Offaly) - Posts: 69 - 22/04/2009 23:06:06    265794

Kerry '75 - '86 the best no argument.
Kerry present '00- present played in 7 finals won 4 to date
Dublin '75- '83
Tyrone '03-- present
Galway '63- '66 played in 4 finals won 3

rivalry between Kerry and Dubs in 70s and 80s and Kerry and Tyrone today make these teams special Galway didn't have much opposition in the 60s.
1 question mark over the present Kerry team is are we talking about 1 or 2 teams or maybe if the go on could we be talking about 3 or 4 as only Dara and Tomas remain from '00 as far as I know.

chainsaw (Laois) - Posts: 712 - 23/04/2009 16:07:33    266440

Chainsaw, that Galway team played Kerry in the '63 semi-final and the finals of '64 and '65. They beat them in all three matches. They also played them in a league final at that time and beat them . It was an intense rivalry that boiled over in the '65 final when three men were sent off.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6178 - 23/04/2009 17:05:41    266521

Tyonre - McKenna Cup Final 2004. Best team i've ever seen.

donegal_insider (Donegal) - Posts: 584 - 23/04/2009 17:14:19    266542

Galway 63-66 what a team

mikeyjohn (Galway) - Posts: 305 - 23/04/2009 22:17:11    266857

Greengrass
County: Louth
Posts: 104

266521 Chainsaw, that Galway team played Kerry in the '63 semi-final and the finals of '64 and '65. They beat them in all three matches. They also played them in a league final at that time and beat them . It was an intense rivalry that boiled over in the '65 final when three men were sent off.

My earliest memory was the'62 final and I was staying with Kerry relatives around that time their belief was that it was a poor Kerry team too many converted backs playing in the forwards interested to know what Kerry posters might say of that team.

chainsaw (Laois) - Posts: 712 - 24/04/2009 10:49:10    267128

Kerry 78/86 were superb.
Galway team 98/02 was a joy to watch aslo.

denzel (None) - Posts: 452 - 24/04/2009 11:26:52    267162

chainsaw
County: Laois
Posts: 318

My earliest memory was the'62 final and I was staying with Kerry relatives around that time their belief was that it was a poor Kerry team too many converted backs playing in the forwards interested to know what Kerry posters might say of that team.
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Ehhhhh......ya! I agree. Too many converted backs in the forwards that day alright!

3inarow08 (Kerry) - Posts: 2455 - 24/04/2009 11:43:08    267179

the current killanny geraldines side in monaghan,when were on form were a sight to behold

the_wee_parish (Louth) - Posts: 197 - 24/04/2009 18:52:37    267622