All Ireland U21 football championship 2017

[Captain Obvious]

If only there were 2 massive games being played tomorrow to distract us all from this pearl-clutching.

Donegal are (surprisingly IMO) slight favourites on PP. 4/6 vs 13/8 for Dublin. 15/2 the draw.
Kerry are 7/1 on which seems crazy versus a decent Galway team. I know that this is an exceptional Kerry team but those odds seem mad.

Both games are on TG4
Dublin v Donegal 2.30pm in Breffni Park
Kerry v Galway 4.30pm in Cusack Park Ennis.

I gave the semi finals fixtures and venues on page 41 of this thread.

Donegal favourites isn't a surprise. Dublin are not at the level of their 2012,2014 U21 teams and if you do decent marking job on O'Callaghan you will go a long way to beating them. This is the best Donegal U21 team since 2010 only thing going against them is having to play this semi final so soon after the Ulster final.

In the other semi final the way Galway are written off might fire them up to produce a top performance they haven't showed thus far but I think Jack O Connor will be too cute to any ambush.

[Jinxy]

If you're from Kerry and your name is Tom O'Sullivan, you are legally required to play corner back only.

[seafoid]

If you're from Kerry and your name is Tom O'Sullivan, you are legally required to play corner back only.

They also have a Spillane from Templenoe .  I expect him to play with intinsity. 

[mayoaremagic]

Expect Kerry to give Galway a good trimming. Only 10/1 for Kerry to win by 16 points or more. Kerry love play Galway as they play open traditional football and fear Kerry. Expect to win by 20+. Could do with a tough game going into final against Donegal

Winning Margin   Hide
Kerry U21 1-3 pts 10/3   
Kerry U21 4-6 pts 10/3   
Kerry U21 7-9 pts 7/2   
Kerry U21 10-12 pts 11/2   
Kerry U21 13-15 pts 17/2   
Kerry U21 16 pts or more 10/1

[GalwayBayBoy]

The last time Galway and Kerry played each other at U-21 level was the 2002 All-Ireland semi-final. Colm Cooper and Declan O'Sullivan started for Kerry that day.

Result Galway 0-17 Kerry 2-6

Strangely enough I can't remember that game for the life of me. Just saw it was mentioned in the paper today. I have no memory of it at all.

Although it was obviously a very handy Galway side as they subsequently hammered Dublin in the final. I was at that game.

[bannside]

Any links to the games today?

[GalwayBayBoy]

Con O'Callaghan black carded after 3 minutes. Jaysus.

[Cunny Funt]

Dublins best player gone after 3 minutes to a black card. A yellow was surely a more sensible option by the ref?

[Rossfan]

Donegal very inaccurate.
Dublin more direct going forward.

[Captain Obvious]

Donegal have been terrible in the opening twenty minutes if they don't wake up soon this contest will be over.

[DuffleKing]

This is very hard to look at

[Walter Cronc]

Bonner has created a monster!!

[GalwayBayBoy]

Not the greatest game of football to say the least.

Black card was technically the right decision under the rules but really a yellow card would have sufficed there. It was more clumsy than cynical.

[Zulu]

Well that was awful.

[Jinxy]

Is this just the way Donegal play now?
At all levels?
Forever?