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Just seen this. RIP

Kerry have always been sore. When they win it's shake hands like men and leave what happened on the field on the field. But when they lose they'll fairly cry foul.

No mention of the knee drop on Burns's head that he had to go off for. Replays wouldn't show it for some reason. Certainly done them no harm on the Armagh kickouts.

Didn't see that in real time and haven't seen a replay, thought he had hit his head off the ground to be honest.

Was McCambridge taken out of it off the ball early in the first half? He was down for a bit and got up and was complaining to the umpires.

Burns was fouled and fell face first into the ground, that's what caused the cut. Ignore the Thrones trying to draw you into their web!

Not sure how falling face first into a wet soft ground splits your head open lol. Dont know what exactly happened but clearly he hit something hard.

Wet, soft ground? Clearly you've never set foot on Croke park or spoke to anyone who has. It's pretty much a 4G pitch now.
And it was 25c and boiling at pitch side on Sunday.

I doubt he got cut hitting the grass but there was nothing untoward about it

I thought it looked like a knee drop in real time. Was expecting a replay to see what really happened but they didn't do one and it didn't show the incident on the Sunday game. If it was a head clash to the ground fair enough but it was certainly a very nasty one either way.

3 Kerry men around Burns then, but don't think they were trying to injure him. Was surprised when saw the blood.
That incident did coincide with the start of Kerry's dominance though. Was it Crealey missed a handy one around same time to go 6 up and the game changed utterly then.

same here. Think them not showing it again on the big screen may have been because of the blood?

It's too early to talk about All-Stars. Winners and runners up usually get 11. Louth will get one. That leaves 3. 3 from Armagh Monaghan or Galway is deluded

Would Odhran Murdock be in with a shout?

No chance. You need to get to a QF to be in with any chance. The only non semi finalists in recent years were Enda Smith and Craig Lennon.

did Niall Morgan not get an all star last year? Tyrone def werent semi finalists. Were they even quarter finalists?

I don't get the dismissals of Meath here. Even if you grant that Dublin were poor and Kerry already through, does their display against Galway not buy them any credibility going into this match, especially having seen the number Monaghan did on Patton for the last 10 minutes of the first half?

I do think Donegal will win but wont get it all their own way. Meath will pose problems. Donegal to pull away in last 15

Kerry will shit the togs at the site of the tyrone jerseys as usual

It's sight, not site..if you're going to do a wind up post at least get the grammar down!

haha, my bad and yes more tongue in cheek than anything else but if Kerry dont bring the same intensity and desire as yesterday they will be in trouble.

Kerry will shit the togs at the site of the tyrone jerseys as usual

Probably. They beat an Armagh team that gave up fairly easily when the chips were down.

That was one of my big disappointments yesterday. Not sure we gave up but we definitely capitulated

the hunger is never the same when the All Ireland medal is already in the back pocket.

truth there but I rally thought our boys wanted to go back to back. That said, all credit to Kerry. Dont eant it to seem like I am taking anything away from them

Well yesterday was a big disappointment. Sometimes you have to hold your hands up and say you were beaten by a much better team in the day. It was a pleasure to watch Sean O'Shea yesterday. Well done Kerry

That would be my feeling too. As Peter Canavan said last night no team would have been able to live with Kerry during that 15 minute spell yesterday. I wouldn't want to have been in Ethan's boots during that period. He made his mistakes of course but I would put it down to a complete system meltdown rather than putting it completely at his door.  Momentum always was an important commodity in football but it's off the scales now.  If you lose it then it is very hard to get back.
A Kerry team with a chip on its' shoulder is a dangerous beast especially with that wasp Jack O'Connor in charge.  You can just hear him using all the negative comments in the dressing room.
I'd have concerns over what some of our older players might do now.  Hopefully they take their time and arrive at what's best for them.

It's true that no team would have been able to live with Kerry if they gift them possession 15 times in a row but I don't think most teams would do that. He'd have been better lumping a few up the middle but for whatever reason he decided now to. It happens all the time now when teams get on top and hit 7 or 8 points in a row, but 14 is unheard of in what was a tight game before that.

It begs the question: did Armagh have the right keeper in goal?  Rafferty is great, pure excitement.  However when the FRC altered its own rule change back in February, the advantage of the attacking keeper was lost.

I said to my brother at half time I would be bringing hughes on as Rafferty was having a bad day on kick outs. NOt all his fault mind you

We could reinvent ourselves as "kick-out coaches" and we'd be set for life. 

You can be sure some team will start employing them

Kerry will shit the togs at the site of the tyrone jerseys as usual

Probably. They beat an Armagh team that gave up fairly easily when the chips were down.

That was one of my big disappointments yesterday. Not sure we gave up but we definitely capitulated

Kerry will shit the togs at the site of the tyrone jerseys as usual

Well yesterday was a big disappointment. Sometimes you have to hold your hands up and say you were beaten by a much better team in the day. It was a pleasure to watch Sean O'Shea yesterday. Well done Kerry

Everyone's hopping on the woke train here these days.

Nothing wrong with the Mayo CB statement.

Time to move on now.

tend to agree with this

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I am up and down on McGuiness. Sometimes I think he is justified in his "rants" sometimes not. This falls into the former. Assuming it is him behind the donegal statement,