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Can Jack O'connor Over Take Jim Gavin?

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Jack about to overtake Jim Galvin with Donegal in trouble.

hlynch12 (Limerick) - Posts: 250 - 13/06/2026 23:31:54    2679417

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Jack O'Connor derseves a statue.

Will there be * as 4/7 AI came with a defeat? Micko won 8/8 through the front door.

TommyBermingham (Kildare) - Posts: 56 - 10/07/2026 18:30:20    2685134

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Replying To TommyBermingham:  "Jack O'Connor derseves a statue.

Will there be * as 4/7 AI came with a defeat? Micko won 8/8 through the front door."
All of Dublins 9 wins since 2011, front door, some draws, no defeats!

sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 1159 - 10/07/2026 21:13:07    2685152

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Gonna be a hell of a lot of questions in Kerry after this defeat.
Massive odds on favourites to win 2 in a row.

And after being 7 points ahead…. Wow.
;o)

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5199 - 26/07/2026 18:58:05    2687251

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Jack is a great manager but just can't do back to back. Will he stay around now or walk away with what he has

Jack L (None) - Posts: 3241 - 26/07/2026 19:29:20    2687262

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No

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13668 - 26/07/2026 19:40:34    2687272

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Replying To Fionn:  "Gonna be a hell of a lot of questions in Kerry after this defeat.
Massive odds on favourites to win 2 in a row.

And after being 7 points ahead…. Wow.
;o)"
Proper counties outside of their home league ground at the business end of the championship take defeat like men. Full credit to Mayo. Deserving winners.
Kerry admittedly were fortunate to draw Armagh in Killarney. Travelling to Armagh would have been a different proposition.
Tyrone - Mayo was a 50-50 game. Tyrone - Kerry was a 50-50 game. Mayo's day. Fully deserved.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 10011 - 26/07/2026 19:40:44    2687273

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Replying To Fionn:  "Gonna be a hell of a lot of questions in Kerry after this defeat.
Massive odds on favourites to win 2 in a row.

And after being 7 points ahead…. Wow.
;o)"
Kerry were stuck to the ground. Unusual for them in an All Ireland final. They never came to terms with Mayo's intensity. Mayo could have won by 7/8 points.

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2762 - 26/07/2026 20:23:55    2687297

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Replying To Jack L:  "Jack is a great manager but just can't do back to back. Will he stay around now or walk away with what he has"
Id say he'll go. Great man and not as abrasive as he comes across sometimes in post match.

He owes them nothing.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4512 - 26/07/2026 20:29:23    2687302

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Any manager would struggle to get the fire in the belly of Kerry today compared to Mayo.

Look Kerry are the better team, better players, better footballers. But they won so much it's hard to keep the fire in the belly - they stroll through Munster every year.

Only Jim Gavin and Brian Cody
, IMO, had their teams primed and as hungry as the opposition every year as they waltzed to all Ireland final year after year

leitrim4sam (Leitrim) - Posts: 741 - 26/07/2026 20:54:49    2687315

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Replying To Jack L:  "Jack is a great manager but just can't do back to back. Will he stay around now or walk away with what he has"
He'll stay and win one more and then leave.

eddieSize5Balls (Donegal) - Posts: 458 - 26/07/2026 21:13:56    2687324

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Replying To sligo joe:  "All of Dublins 9 wins since 2011, front door, some draws, no defeats!"
Cannot compare. New rules different ball game. The advantage of winning Provincial titles now is far less. All Ireland Series is now more open where teams can go under the radar early on and if they peak at the correct time can get over the line. Well done Mayo.

Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 1045 - 26/07/2026 21:25:59    2687333

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Replying To Fionn:  "Gonna be a hell of a lot of questions in Kerry after this defeat.
Massive odds on favourites to win 2 in a row.

And after being 7 points ahead…. Wow.
;o)"
You'd be fairly sick down in Killarney tonight. And if you were sitting in a bar in Omagh or Boyle...

Jack will probably step down and let the Star take the reins, that was a game that Kerry should have been won and they all know it.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2291 - 26/07/2026 21:26:18    2687334

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