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[Dublin have won 8 of the last 10. With 3 different teams.]

After the 5 in a row Fitzmaurice said :

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30951089.html
"the roll of honour is a more important thing to protect and that becomes a challenge for the next decade".

The gap between the 2 counties in the roll of honour is now 7 .
Can Dublin win 13 in a row? I don't think punters or advertisers would stand for it.

The WTF factor would be too high. The All Ireland Final is already very hard for journalists to cover.

I think it is close to a racing certainty that Dublin will overtake Kerry within 10 years in the roll of honour.  The players lives are resourced beyond all other counties to facilitate their excellence and will win 4 or 5 out of every 6 future all Irelands. Fair play to them, I like their style of football.     

They are fantastic to watch. But sport needs competition. So what if Kerry win one Sam.
Dublin have won 8 of the last 10. With 3 different teams.

Good quiz guestion. Can you name 45 players who have won all irelands medals?

Does Andy McEntee owe Kildare an apology??

https://www.radiokerry.ie/sport/kildare-gaa-chairman-has-no-knowledge-of-spitting-incident-in-game-against-meath-240054

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/why-kerry-have-a-real-chance-of-knocking-the-dubs-off-their-perch-and-winning-the-all-ireland-this-year-40487762.html

Perfect example of a pundit trying to hype up a non competitive championship. It's in the media's interest to sell the product, the more that debate is triggered the more that media can generate interest.

In a once off match anything can happen and Kerry could beat Dublin once in five games maybe. On the other hand they might not make the AI final as they are also capable of losing to some other contenders (as we seen with Cork last year). Kerry had a golden opportunity to beat the Dubs in the 2019 final after the Dubs were reduced to 14 men for the last 45 minutes but Kerry failed to see the match out and the inevitable result followed in the replay.

The title thread suggests that all the pressure is on Kerry to deliver an AI title this year. I don't see that at all though as I don't know of many people who expect them to actually win it, perhaps some within their own county do. There may be a general expectancy that they are capable of making the final but even that is dubious. There are still too many question marks for me. I do think that Keane needs to get them to an AI final this year though to stay in the post.   

They're very robotic in everything they do , when you see lads like Jack mac and Mannion walking away from a winning team at 26/27 years old, Jack mac saying he got depressed when he heard there was no extra time in the 2019 final and that the thought of having to do 2 more weeks made him sick says it all really, I doubt there are any young lads in dublin or anywhere else in the country trying to replicate the dublin players sprinting around the place hand passing the ball and trying to bore the other young lads to death.

Funny thing while I was watching our game v Tyrone on Saturday and King David missed a punched goal I turned to my son and angrily said Gooch wouldn't have missed that, that'll tell you how spoilt we are in the kingdom.

The 'Everybody wants to play Dublin and beat Dublin in Croke Park' has got a bit lame the last couple of years. The Kerry pundits don't use it anymore. They now realise that 1978 is not going to happen any day soon. It's a classic line and adds to Dublin maintaining home advantage. Anyone who says otherwise is painted as unappreciative of Gaelic Games tradition. You could not make this stuff up!

Yes I agree with a lot of the posters on here. Kerrt are the best footballing side in the country and there was a few years in the past . Few years that Dublin won we were better footballers than but Dublin won the big prize. I think Kerry have improved their squad considerably this year with someone our bench being as good as the starters that is what has won Dublin there 6 in a row. Money bought fitness and money bought back room teams of expecters yes I know it is boring to bring up again but they will forever be flawed champions.. They never had a maurice. Fitz. They never had a Gooch. They never had a David Clifford. The skills these guys have and had cannot be bought or thought. It is some thing that comes naturally.. As always my heart says kerry. But the robots may win again

What happened with young O'Neill and Conor Cox at the end of game? Cox refused to shake hands.

Yes indeed Cunny. Mayo only scored 9 points in the second half and my heart was in my mouth until they scored the last point to make it four. Whilst not sounding too arrogant, I did expect us to win today. We're either a serious football county or we're not. I did expect Clare would put it up to us however partly because we never put teams to the sword fully and our defensive 'system'. COC's injury just proves how valuable he is to the team. The forwards struggled to penetrate the Clare backs and if he was there, I think he might have steadied the ship up front. Job done however and promotion secured. Lots to work on in the coming weeks if Connacht is to be retained, especially if Cillian is out for a lengthy period.

How serious is O'Connor injury? Was it knee or ankle?

It's a pity that Monaghan team didn't get to an all Ireland final and win it. They might have in another time with Dublin treated like any other county.

Monaghan could never beat Tyrone on Croke Park let alone Dublin, mayo or kerry

Kildare lad spat at Meath player. Disgusting act.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40312850.html%3ftype=amp

They hammered Tyrone psychologically. That Tyrone team was broken. Tyrone are 20/1 this year.

It's a completely different ball game now.

I think the Kerry men will have put permanent scar on Tyrone boys too. Wont be beating Kerry for another while.

Oh to be in Ulster or Connacht and genuinely believe you have a chance at provincial honours. Finished with a very young team today. Kildare's attitude was good, Meath look like they need to freshen up management. Old heads pulled them back into it and remarkable considering Kildare's dominance for 60 mins almost pulled something out of it but not what you want to see when trying to develop and build a squad. So many teams lie between 3rd ranked and 14th ranked that it would be an exciting championship if Dublin and Kerry didn't exist. Well maybe just Dublin.

Kildare need to delf into transfer market like 98 that got ye over line.  I heard Eanna  Jacko son transferred back to Kerry

Remember Galway supporters looked down on Kevin Walsh style of ball.  Everyone PJ  would bring the sexiness back to Galway football and dining back at top table.

Oh to be in Ulster or Connacht and genuinely believe you have a chance at provincial honours. Finished with a very young team today. Kildare's attitude was good, Meath look like they need to freshen up management. Old heads pulled them back into it and remarkable considering Kildare's dominance for 60 mins almost pulled something out of it but not what you want to see when trying to develop and build a squad. So many teams lie between 3rd ranked and 14th ranked that it would be an exciting championship if Dublin and Kerry didn't exist. Well maybe just Dublin.

Forget about Connacht been competitive.  The rossies,  Galway and Sligo beaten today. Mayo have the title in bag. Let Clare back into game in second half. Damage was done in first half.

Well done Monaghan

The annual Rossies implosion against Ulster opposition continues.

Stephen Coen lying down smiling and then clutches the head. Too much of this nowadays from every team. Someday a player will be seriously injured and referee wont stop as think playacting is going on.