Waterford v Kerry Munster SFC

[Kerry Mike]

Speed is Brosnan's key asset, and being able to hit the ball low and hard for a big man travelling at speed takes a fair bit of skill, most big lads would throw abck the head and end up ballooning it high. He always seems to make space for a shot and have the confidence to go for it. Most of his goals come from that situation. I'd say the Gooch has a hand in most of them too, being clubmates its something they have great timing on.

[BallyhaiseMan]

im suprised more teams dont indulge in some illegal activities, (bodychecking,pulling and dragging etc) to stop his runs.

Few defenders one on one can cope with pure speed like Brosnan has.

[armaghniac]

Maybe if the Armagh gang wore them last August they might have given us a better game too:

Big difference between a game that is competitive for 66 minutes and one competitive for 66 seconds. But sure when the langers beat you, an away trip to Armagh will be handy draw in the qualifiers, and you can drop in on the in-laws.

yerra don't be swelling his head

A Kerryman with a swelled head, that's hardly likely is it?

I'd say the Gooch has a hand in most of them too, being clubmates its something they have great timing on.

A fine combination, and one that goes a long way to making their club the second best in Ireland.

[Kerry Mike]

their club the second best in Ireland

They are barely the second best in Kerry never mind Ireland   

Ciarrai Theas Abu.

[AZOffaly]

He said Club, Mike, Cliub, not league of nations

[Kerry Mike]

Never mind the League of Nations , its the United Nations you would need to sort out some of the local bitter rivalies in Iveragh. How they ever come together to form a winning team is beyond me at times, but those townie Crokes lads have no answer to us savages from the South West

[Mike Sheehy]

Big difference between a game that is competitive for 66 minutes and one competitive for 66 seconds. But sure when the langers beat you, an away trip to Armagh will be handy draw in the qualifiers, and you can drop in on the in-laws.

blah, blah...whatever....fact is you were hanging on for dear life in that game and 8 points was a fair reflection on the relative abilities of the teams.

A Kerryman with a swelled head, that's hardly likely is it?

With 34 AI we are still more humble than you Johnny-come-latelys with your one (gifted to you by Kerry) AI

A fine combination, and one that goes a long way to making their club the second best in Ireland.

At least Crokes have to win a proper County Championship to represent the County. Makes Armagh bies complaining about how "weak" Munster is laughable. 11 in a row...jesus, what a joke.

[armaghniac]

With 34 AI we are still more humble than you

When I see a posting by MS I always know it will be humble and balanced. 

with your one (gifted to you by Kerry) AI

Gifted, my arse, more like you couldn't do anything about it.

At least Crokes have to win a proper County Championship to represent the County. Makes Armagh bies complaining about how "weak" Munster laughable. 11 in a row...jesus, what a joke.

Is this the championship with the amalgamation teams representing areas the size of Armagh? Crossmaglen are in a parish with 3 other teams, all of them senior in recent years, and no talk of amalgamation there. Sure if they can beat the best the great Kerry has to offer is it any wonder they win the Armagh championship!

[Mike Sheehy]

Sure if they can beat the best the great Kerry has to offer is it any wonder they win the Armagh championship!

Sure, there are Junior teams in Kerry that would probably give them more of a game than what ye have presently. Seriously,
do any of the other Senior teams in Armagh have any pride at all. Frankly, no matter how good a team is, to leave your
opponents win 11 years in a row is downright embarassing.

[deiseach]

Waterford are making progress, but it's tortuous stuff.

I'd disagree, the U-21s were also hammered this year and I can see no sign of progress in Waterford football. When I heard John Kiely saying that Waterford would be as fit as any team in the country because they were doing physical trainiing all winter and that the players hardly saw a ball I knew they were f**ked. Any team should be using the ball a minimum of 40% of any training session, working their way up to 95-100% ball work. Especially counties like Waterford.

Waterford have won four senior football matches in the last two years. Not so long ago, we were lamenting not having Kilkenny around so we could get a token victory.

[darbyo]

Waterford have won four senior football matches in the last two years. Not so long ago, we were lamenting not having Kilkenny around so we could get a token victory.

True enough but I would define progress as a steady upward curve. Take for example the guy (On Jan 1st)who's trying to lose 3 stone in time for championship, if he loses 2 stone by May but stops training and goes on the beer and ice cream circuit for the next month,putting it all back on then he has some positives to reflect on i.e Jan - May but no progress made. Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to be overly critical but I know a bit about the club scene in Waterford and even with hurling as the dominant game, the county footballers should be much more competitive. And I'm afraid that John Kiely is not the type of manager to lead Waterford forward. With respect to the man(he is putting tremendous time and effort into football in the county), turning up to a championship game in anything other than a Waterford track suit is amaturism of the highest order. It reflects badly on the set up, this allied to a complete lack of any game plan shows that little or no preparation was put in. Anyone can get a team fit but much more is expected of a county level backroom staff than that.