Roght now, Kerry. Especially if they win Sam this year, then they will have 5 All Irelands. 5 in 10 years....!! Now if Tyrone win it this year they will take the crown as they will both have 4 but Tyrone will have the edge in Kerry Tyrone battles, so this is the deciding year. If neither win Sam then Kerry take the title for simply having won more Sams in the decade.

Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 02/06/2009 15:09:43    299658

Agreed. Its obvious really.

RAM85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 978 - 02/06/2009 15:24:35    299681

Tyrone have played Kerry three times iin championship football this decade. They have won all three. Argument over.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6181 - 02/06/2009 15:31:27    299689

Liamwalkinstown County: Dublin Posts: 1694 299658 Roght now, Kerry. Especially if they win Sam this year, then they will have 5 All Irelands. 5 in 10 years....!! Now if Tyrone win it this year they will take the crown as they will both have 4 but Tyrone will have the edge in Kerry Tyrone battles, so this is the deciding year. If neither win Sam then Kerry take the title for simply having won more Sams in the decade. --------------------------------- Liam, how many of Kerry's 2000 winning side were on their 2007 side? Off the top of my head, Dara & Tomas are the only 2 that I can think of. If so, how can it possibly be deemed to be the same team? To call Kerry the 'Team of the Decade', when Tyrone have convincingly beaten them every time the 2 have been at full strength, is the biggest piece of false marketing since RTE released its review of the '70s, and called it 'Decade of the Dubs'.

Thomas Clarke (Tyrone) - Posts: 1002 - 02/06/2009 15:33:44    299691

ye must take into consideration that tyrone are in a much harder province so there are alot more pitfalls along the way, i would say it is as hard for any team to win an ulster title, as it is for kerry to win an all ireland, in fairness any team from ulster that wins sam have to do it the hard way unlike kerry,

millhouse (Meath) - Posts: 892 - 02/06/2009 15:39:06    299694

millhouse. winning Ulster does not come into the argument. Tyrone won 2 out their 3 All Irelands by not winning Ulster.

Real Kerry Fan (None) - Posts: 2957 - 02/06/2009 15:44:00    299699

Stupid idea developed by the media prior to last year's all-ireland final, and quickly forgotten about thereafter (i wonder why).

MichaelO (Tyrone) - Posts: 820 - 02/06/2009 15:50:36    299702

Thomas, hand on heart so, If say Kerry win Sam this year and they then have 50% of all irelands available in the decade, do you still think Tyrone would be classed as the team of the decade when team means county as you know well!!! Seriously now Thomas?

Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 02/06/2009 16:00:10    299717

Yawn ! Lads it is as simple as this, a team is judged on there success over a period of time, not on a head to head basis! Keryy have won more All Irelands, therefore warrant the title, simple. So lads would ye ever stop clutching at straws about head to heads etc etc.. and just get over yer fascination with Kerry.

Ciarrai Abu (Overseas) - Posts: 1050 - 02/06/2009 16:05:02    299724

YYAAAWWWWNNNNN......

It took place last year I believe!

Oh...BTW Tyrone won! This ain't Nice or Lisbon so sorry no re-run!!

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 02/06/2009 16:07:21    299726

Kerry obvioulsy it! God once a team wins 3 all irelands they are seen as the team of the decade? I hope yous remeber how many Sams Kerry won!

Doireegurlie (Derry) - Posts: 337 - 02/06/2009 16:11:26    299730

Stupid idea developed by the media prior to last year's all-ireland final, and quickly forgotten about thereafter (i wonder why).
MichaelO , 02/06/2009 at 15:50

Was that because (yawn) Tyrone won (Yawn) so the Southern (double yawn) media would have (yaaaaawn) had to recognise (yaaaaaaaawn) Tyrone as (yaawwwnnn) the team of ........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Dubinmeath (Dublin) - Posts: 1123 - 02/06/2009 16:12:43    299733

Meath have played Kerry once and Tyrone once this decade in the championship.

We beat Kerry 2-14 to 0-05
We beat Tyrone 1-13 to 2-08

I'll let ye work the rest out yourselves. It is pretty obvious.

Loyal2TheRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 4522 - 02/06/2009 16:29:39    299746

Was that because (yawn) Tyrone won (Yawn) so the Southern (double yawn) media would have (yaaaaawn) had to recognise (yaaaaaaaawn) Tyrone as (yaawwwnnn) the team of ........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

You tell me (well you kinda made an effort to).

Some people get so wound up about this team of the decade rubbish. Who cares, seriously? Personally, I'd consider them both to be great teams, and i don't see anything wrong with leaving it at that.

To be fair to Kerry fans, it seems to be non-Kerry people who care most about it!

MichaelO (Tyrone) - Posts: 820 - 02/06/2009 16:37:32    299750

I'll let ye work the rest out yourselves. It is pretty obvious.
Loyal2TheRoyal , 02/06/2009 at 16:29

I'm with you Loyal - Dublin and Meath have met 5 times this decade - Meath won the first one but since then Dublin have won three and drawn one! So its us!

Dubinmeath (Dublin) - Posts: 1123 - 02/06/2009 16:39:30    299751

How this topic always works out:

Pro-Tyrone fan (invariably): Ah but Tyrone beat Kerry
Pro-Kerry fan (invariably): Ah but Kerry have won four
Pro-Tyrone fan: They couldnt beat Tyrone
Pro-Kerry fan: Kerry are more consistent

Mind-numbing.

MichaelO (Tyrone) - Posts: 820 - 02/06/2009 16:42:05    299756

Was that because (yawn) Tyrone won (Yawn) so the Southern (double yawn) media would have (yaaaaawn) had to recognise (yaaaaaaaawn) Tyrone as (yaawwwnnn) the team of ........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

You tell me (well you kinda made an effort to).

Some people get so wound up about this team of the decade rubbish. Who cares, seriously? Personally, I'd consider them both to be great teams, and i don't see anything wrong with leaving it at that.


AGREED!!

Dubinmeath (Dublin) - Posts: 1123 - 02/06/2009 16:45:28    299761

file this under pointless threads that rise their heads every now and again, along with...

why does everybody hate dublin,
why does everybody hate ulster football,
best side of the last 3/5/10/15/100 years
snuffys histry corner
patrique antrim bilge

joan_balantine (UK) - Posts: 824 - 02/06/2009 16:52:43    299773

Liam quit stirring now!!!!

If Kerry beat Tyrone then yes they are the team of the decade until then Tyrone remain so.

Goodfella, Tir (None) - Posts: 1652 - 02/06/2009 16:55:17    299777

tyrone are team of the decade without question.they won all the duals between the two the three times they played.kerry won there all irelands again weaker teams .mayo collapsed twice as usual and so did cork.tyrone also had a lot harder routes to win theirs as munster is easily got out of compared to ulster

pd73 (Louth) - Posts: 322 - 02/06/2009 16:59:21    299783