Dublin vs Kerry - Sunday September 1st

[Sidney]

I for one thought sundays game was entertaining, exciting, how not to defend (worse than the stuff Meath, Tyrone or Donegal were ever accused of), poorly organised and not of a high enough standard to make a 2000-2013 top ten, never mind all time.

And you can, of course, name these ten superior matches since 2000?! 

[Mike Sheehy]

http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=200397 

Harte questions Dublin - Kerry hysteria
06 September 2013


Mickey Harte believes experts analysing the Dublin-Kerry match found what they were looking for.

Last weekend's thrilling All-Ireland semi-final has come in for nothing but glowing praise in all quarters of the media but Harte says it has been judged by different standards than many of the other championship matches played this year:

"The chorus which rolled forth was that this game had everything," the Tyrone boss writes in his weekly column in The Irish News. "Ironically, lots of games have a bit of everything, but the focus is regularly placed on the negative aspects of the game. Not this time.

"The 'C' word got minimal airing from some and none from others. No particular concern was expressed about the fact that Colm Cooper was foot tripped and consequently deprived of an excellent goal chance after 55 minutes.

"Neither was there any focus on the fact that the perpetrator would have picked up a second yellow card, the Kingdom would have reclaimed the lead by two points and the eventual winners would have been down to 14 men for the last vital 15 minutes.

"It didn't seem to matter a jot that the yellow card count went into double figures.

"For sure, this was a great contest, but was it that good? Or is it as much to do with the 'experts' focusing primarily on what they wanted to see and engaging their blind spot for that which was distasteful? Another prime example of 'you get more of what you look for'?

"Did the experts not notice that a prerequisite for such a scorefest is some rather juvenile and naive defending? Perhaps, in their opinion, there is no skill in quality defending."

[Syferus]

Look at the minor game. Then look at the senior game.

Last Sunday provided a very stark reminder of the difference between trying to play football and trying to spoil football. Every team tries to play football when they have the ball, every team tries to spoil at points in a match.

It's the pre-programmed mindset and approach to the game that defines if you can be labelled defensive, attacking, dirty or cynical.

Enjoy figuring a way around the black cards, Mickey.

[drici]

Starting in a wee minute on TG4.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

Starting in a wee minute on TG4.

Coaching video on how not to defend. Next week, Tyrone, how really not to defend.

[BennyCake]

Kevin McManamon! Again!!! The wee bollix!!!