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[Did not play well in 03, not bad in 15. Was Kerry's best player in 05 and 08 finals. In 05 he scored 0-5 and set up a goal. In 2008 he scored 0-6 (0-3 from play)]

Off the top of my head, big games he has failed in:

Tyrone 03, 05, 08 and 15: Did not play well in 03, not bad in 15. Was Kerry's best player in 05 and 08 finals. In 05 he scored 0-5 and set up a goal. In 2008 he scored 0-6 (0-3 from play)
Dublin 15: Played terrible
Armagh 02 and 06: Played bad in 02 and in 06 he was only average, largely due to a lost season following his father's passing.
Derry 04: Best player on the field, scintillating. Scored 0-6, 0-5 from play.
Monaghan 07 and 08: Poor in 08. Very good in 07.
Cork 09: Played well. Scored 6 frees.
Down 10: By far Kerry's best player. Scored 0-7, 0-2 from play.
Donegal 12: Average

Poorish examples to be honest as I've highlighted above. I know you'll ignore though.

Cooper only scored three from play against Derry in 04 and was outscored in that particular area by both Paddy Bradley and Enda Muldoon who were feeding on scraps.

Only 0-3 from play? Okay then, he didn't have a great game I suppose then. Especially seeing as Bradley and Muldoon outscored him. Safe to say he had a really, really bad game then.

Cooper should be judged under different standards to others. He's the guy who we are told us the greatest forward of his generation. There are a good 6 or 7 forwards playing in Ulster alone in his era I'd have ahead of him.

He is the greatest forward of his generation. Greatest forward I've seen. He played very well in a lot of the games you're peddling as bad performances. He was surrounded by great Kerry players in a lot of those matches, and still stood out as their best player in a lot of them. You're saying he's not even a great footballer. You think Donaghy's great. You know very little about football.

Great forwards do it when it really, really matters. Donaghy generally did it when they needed him, look at how he won them an All Ireland last year. Cooper just collapses when the pressure come round.

A great flat track bully but not a great player.

And as I've proven a few posts back, he has delivered in the games when the pressure comes around. Most of the games you cited as backups to what you say were games that he scored five or six points. Donaghy? An absolute pig's arse of a player.

Actual big games where Cooper didn't play well (unlike your hilariously inaccurate list)

02 v Armagh, 03 v Tyrone, 06 v Armagh (he is well known to have struggled in 06 following his father's death), 08 v Monaghan, 12 v Donegal, 15 v Dublin. 6 games in 14 seasons. Not all that bad at all.

[Did not play well in 03, not bad in 15. Was Kerry's best player in 05 and 08 finals. In 05 he scored 0-5 and set up a goal. In 2008 he scored 0-6 (0-3 from play)]

Off the top of my head, big games he has failed in:

Tyrone 03, 05, 08 and 15: Did not play well in 03, not bad in 15. Was Kerry's best player in 05 and 08 finals. In 05 he scored 0-5 and set up a goal. In 2008 he scored 0-6 (0-3 from play)
Dublin 15: Played terrible
Armagh 02 and 06: Played bad in 02 and in 06 he was only average, largely due to a lost season following his father's passing.
Derry 04: Best player on the field, scintillating. Scored 0-6, 0-5 from play.
Monaghan 07 and 08: Poor in 08. Very good in 07.
Cork 09: Played well. Scored 6 frees.
Down 10: By far Kerry's best player. Scored 0-7, 0-2 from play.
Donegal 12: Average

Poorish examples to be honest as I've highlighted above. I know you'll ignore though.

Cooper only scored three from play against Derry in 04 and was outscored in that particular area by both Paddy Bradley and Enda Muldoon who were feeding on scraps.

Only 0-3 from play? Okay then, he didn't have a great game I suppose then. Especially seeing as Bradley and Muldoon outscored him. Safe to say he had a really, really bad game then.

Cooper should be judged under different standards to others. He's the guy who we are told us the greatest forward of his generation. There are a good 6 or 7 forwards playing in Ulster alone in his era I'd have ahead of him.

He is the greatest forward of his generation. Greatest forward I've seen. He played very well in a lot of the games you're peddling as bad performances. He was surrounded by great Kerry players in a lot of those matches, and still stood out as their best player in a lot of them. You're saying he's not even a great footballer. You think Donaghy's great. You know very little about football.

[Did not play well in 03, not bad in 15. Was Kerry's best player in 05 and 08 finals. In 05 he scored 0-5 and set up a goal. In 2008 he scored 0-6 (0-3 from play)]

Off the top of my head, big games he has failed in:

Tyrone 03, 05, 08 and 15: Did not play well in 03, not bad in 15. Was Kerry's best player in 05 and 08 finals. In 05 he scored 0-5 and set up a goal. In 2008 he scored 0-6 (0-3 from play)
Dublin 15: Played terrible
Armagh 02 and 06: Played bad in 02 and in 06 he was only average, largely due to a lost season following his father's passing.
Derry 04: Best player on the field, scintillating. Scored 0-6, 0-5 from play.
Monaghan 07 and 08: Poor in 08. Very good in 07.
Cork 09: Played well. Scored 6 frees.
Down 10: By far Kerry's best player. Scored 0-7, 0-2 from play.
Donegal 12: Average

Poorish examples to be honest as I've highlighted above. I know you'll ignore though.

Cooper only scored three from play against Derry in 04 and was outscored in that particular area by both Paddy Bradley and Enda Muldoon who were feeding on scraps.

Only 0-3 from play? Okay then, he didn't have a great game I suppose then. Especially seeing as Bradley and Muldoon outscored him. Safe to say he had a really, really bad game then.

[Did not play well in 03, not bad in 15. Was Kerry's best player in 05 and 08 finals. In 05 he scored 0-5 and set up a goal. In 2008 he scored 0-6 (0-3 from play)]

Off the top of my head, big games he has failed in:

Tyrone 03, 05, 08 and 15: Did not play well in 03, not bad in 15. Was Kerry's best player in 05 and 08 finals. In 05 he scored 0-5 and set up a goal. In 2008 he scored 0-6 (0-3 from play)
Dublin 15: Played terrible
Armagh 02 and 06: Played bad in 02 and in 06 he was only average, largely due to a lost season following his father's passing.
Derry 04: Best player on the field, scintillating. Scored 0-6, 0-5 from play.
Monaghan 07 and 08: Poor in 08. Very good in 07.
Cork 09: Played well. Scored 6 frees.
Down 10: By far Kerry's best player. Scored 0-7, 0-2 from play.
Donegal 12: Average

Poorish examples to be honest as I've highlighted above. I know you'll ignore though.

Il Bomber Destro.

I cannot stand Kerry, but its a complete myth that he doesn't show up in big games. He was terrible last week. But in the 2005 and 2008 finals he was actually Kerry's best player. Watch it back. Check how much he scored, from play and from frees. As he was in the losing 2011 final.

You are nothing but a vile cretin anyway so I shouldn't pay you that much attention. Just think it says a lot when a Kerry hater feels the need to defend absolute tripe from attention seekers like you.

By the way, I'll give you partial credit for mentioning the 2006 match against Armagh. Cooper was ineffective all that year after taking the death of his father extremely badly. But I suppose the greats block out their feelings, eh Bomber, you true gael!

I dont disagree with you on this Darby but considering your post contribution to date your in no position to be calling anyone a cretin

I like to have fun. I think Il Bomber is actually serious like.

Il Bomber Destro.

I cannot stand Kerry, but its a complete myth that he doesn't show up in big games. He was terrible last week. But in the 2005 and 2008 finals he was actually Kerry's best player. Watch it back. Check how much he scored, from play and from frees. As he was in the losing 2011 final.

You are nothing but a vile cretin anyway so I shouldn't pay you that much attention. Just think it says a lot when a Kerry hater feels the need to defend absolute tripe from attention seekers like you.

By the way, I'll give you partial credit for mentioning the 2006 match against Armagh. Cooper was ineffective all that year after taking the death of his father extremely badly. But I suppose the greats block out their feelings, eh Bomber, you true gael!

Both teams, and Dublin in particular, were appallingly cynical last Sunday. Worse than anything we've seen from Tyrone this year, and that's saying something!

As usual, the final didn't live up to its billing. Let's hope the replay will be better and Mayo win their first All-Ireland in 64 years next Saturday

Should be a great final tomorrow

Should be a great final tomorrow

Where soft All-Irelands are accumulated
Where any win over Tyrone is greeted with tears of joy
Where referees are the crucial ingredient to your success
Where any football that beats you isn't football
Where you're more green than gold

Where Kerrymaid is made

And they will win it next year too. Fitzmaurice is a genius.

An apt theme tune!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFM0pUn4dcA

The 'Kingdom', 2014. Exceptional All-Ireland champions: never before had such a modestly gifted panel won an All-Ireland title. Yes, they stumbled laughably, but they made it. Not without Cormac Reilly, not without a pathetically short sighted Donegal gameplan, not without flaw. But the imperfection of the fairytale, ironically, marked it out as perfect.

Most of us presumed that normality would be restored in 2015, but the rustbucket trundles on! Tipperary broke down with the achievable coming into view, Cork were pickpocketed by Hughes, Tyrone made the wrong decisions at crucial times. And here the 'Kingdom' are, waiting for one of the two best teams in the country in the final! Just when you thought the fairytale would end with the rabbit consumed by a veritable lion, the corpse is shat out and lives to fight on; Cormac Reilly will be named as referee for the final!

Place your bets!

I'd put this along with Syfín's Spring 2014 prediction that Kerry weren't going to be a force for several years and hadn't a hope of an AI in the forseeable future.

Jobbing Mayo hardly proved my suspicions that wrong.

Kerry will be beaten by Dublin, just too much running in them for Kerry's inside line to hold up for 70 minutes.

A commendable post!