Kerry v Mayo - AI Senior Championship - R1 - Fitzgerald Field - Sat 20th 3pm

[JimStynes]

Haven't got to watch the match yet but how did David Clifford do?

[Tubberman]

Haven't got to watch the match yet but how did David Clifford do?

Unmarkable really. Could/should have scored at least 1 goal, that would be the only disappointment in his own display. Scored 7 or 8 points.

[Cunny Funt]

I move O:Shea to cornerforeard, he's a good scorer but been bad a few yrs now.

A very good free taker. Beyond that doesn’t offer much more at the minute.

This satire ?

Was he not playing super stuff in the league for Kerry last year ? - his form seems to have just dropped off a cliff this year.
There was one bit of the game against Mayo when he had a head-start of about 3/5 metres on one of the Mayo players and the Mayo player beat him to it.
I thought watching it that he looked like a fella who is not fully fit/was afraid of going full speed.

He's a top player and one most certainly doesn't underestimate the importance of a good free taker but he looks way off the pace at the moment.  Biggest issue for Kerry is they haven't replaced David Moran in midfield.  The defence that played a big part in winning the All Ireland last year is structurally broken at the moment.  This was very noticeable in the Munster final whereby Clare scored 0-15 and really should have scored about 2-20, the same Clare scored 0-9 against out of sort Donegal yesterday. 

Kerry are like a lot of defending All Ireland champions over the years (Apart of Jim Gavin's Dublin) they are having a hangover and will do well to lift it again, They should beat Cork,Louth but it won't surprise me if they make their exit from this championship in similar fashion to that defeat on Saturday.

[WhoDat]

sean o'shea seriously lacking pace. no agility about him at all.
thought it was interesting that mayo didn't really preoccupy themselves with containing clifford like many teams do. they left him to have at it and just backed themselves to outscore kerry the other end, which they did. there is a bit of complacency among the kerry front 6. they seem to sort of expect clifford to do it all and i sense mayo knew this complacency was there. the mayo backs were jaunting up and down the pitch knowing full well none of those kerry forwards would track them. having a talisman is a blessing and a curse - kerry will never be far off while clifford is fit but on the other hand, the balance of the team is totally off and a lack of responsibility from a few individuals rearing its head.