Kerry's Aidan O'Mahony retires

[Rossfan]

Special thanks to Mayo and Cork for the All Irelands.

He was lucky Galway were not a force during his time, as Galway have an outstanding record the last 50 years against Kerry (and Dublin)!

Without Mayo and Cork, Kerry woukd have won very little recently.

Even by your standards that's some silly comment

[BennyHarp]

Decent player who had a great career. Fair play to him!

[rrhf]

Exactly fair play a typical Kerry warrior.

[Unlaoised]

He loves the sunbed does Aidan...

Good player but thought his performance v Donegal in all ireland final where he never looked at the ball once and just slapped pinched and constantly chatted and laughed in Micheal Murphys face for 70 mins leaves a sour taste.He was doing a job but really he took it to far that day and it will always stick in my mind from being at the game as a neutral

[Fuzzman]

He was chatting to Matt Cooper yesterday evening on the Last Word and he was saying that the 2005 & 2008 defeats to Tyrone were the worst defeats for him and the win over Donegal in 2014 was the best as they'd finally beaten the dreaded blanket defence.
Do Kerry have any dark sided players left now or was he their last?

[seafoid]

He was chatting to Matt Cooper yesterday evening on the Last Word and he was saying that the 2005 & 2008 defeats to Tyrone were the worst defeats for him and the win over Donegal in 2014 was the best as they'd finally beaten the dreaded blanket defence.
Do Kerry have any dark sided players left now or was he their last?

Kerry lost all Irelands to Dublin, Armagh and Tyrone
They beat Mayo, Cork and Donegal
They would love to have been able to beat Dublin and Tyrone

[moysider]

He was chatting to Matt Cooper yesterday evening on the Last Word and he was saying that the 2005 & 2008 defeats to Tyrone were the worst defeats for him and the win over Donegal in 2014 was the best as they'd finally beaten the dreaded blanket defence.
Do Kerry have any dark sided players left now or was he their last?

Kerry lost all Irelands to Dublin, Armagh and Tyrone
They beat Mayo, Cork and Donegal
They would love to have been able to beat Dublin and Tyrone

Hmmm. This is about Aidan O Mahoney and he was not involved in Armagh final.
Not sure what your point is here but if it is what I suspect it is, then it is poor form indeed.

[Newbridge Exile]

He loves the sunbed does Aidan...

Good player but thought his performance v Donegal in all ireland final where he never looked at the ball once and just slapped pinched and constantly chatted and laughed in Micheal Murphys face for 70 mins leaves a sour taste.He was doing a job but really he took it to far that day and it will always stick in my mind from being at the game as a neutral

Agree 100%  I don't like this side of the game but were the McGee boys not at similar at the other end of the field?

[Il Bomber Destro]

The first GAA player to fail a doping test.

[moysider]

He loves the sunbed does Aidan...

Good player but thought his performance v Donegal in all ireland final where he never looked at the ball once and just slapped pinched and constantly chatted and laughed in Micheal Murphys face for 70 mins leaves a sour taste.He was doing a job but really he took it to far that day and it will always stick in my mind from being at the game as a neutral

Agree 100%  I don't like this side of the game but were the McGee boys not at similar at the other end of the field?

Exactly. It's very much a gaelic football thing too, and maybe to a lesser degree hurling. The opportunity to get physically and verbally involved with opponents away from the ball doesn't really happen in other sports. In GAA you can be verbally and physically abused 100 metres from the ball with impunity most of the time. A player who reacts to abuse often ends up getting punished by referees.

[moysider]

The first GAA player to fail a doping test.

Asthma related. I suspect at this stage all footballers and athletes are declared astmathetics so you can legally take a hit. Remember to case of Frankie Sheehan failing a test and the defence was he overheated (needed ice bath) and had breathing difficulties after a match. If a doctor says your asthmatic then you're asthmatic. I reckon everybody can have breathing issues from time to time.

[greatpoint]

He was chatting to Matt Cooper yesterday evening on the Last Word and he was saying that the 2005 & 2008 defeats to Tyrone were the worst defeats for him and the win over Donegal in 2014 was the best as they'd finally beaten the dreaded blanket defence.
Do Kerry have any dark sided players left now or was he their last?

Kerry lost all Irelands to Dublin, Armagh and Tyrone
They beat Mayo, Cork and Donegal
They would love to have been able to beat Dublin and Tyrone

I suppose the irony that they had to use the blanket defence to beat it was lost on Aidan.

[GalwayBayBoy]

The first GAA player to fail a doping test.

[Syferus]

He was chatting to Matt Cooper yesterday evening on the Last Word and he was saying that the 2005 & 2008 defeats to Tyrone were the worst defeats for him and the win over Donegal in 2014 was the best as they'd finally beaten the dreaded blanket defence.
Do Kerry have any dark sided players left now or was he their last?

It would have to be a Kerryman to take pride in beating the blanket by playing an even worse version of it.

[Il Bomber Destro]

The first GAA player to fail a doping test.

Asthma related. I suspect at this stage all footballers and athletes are declared astmathetics so you can legally take a hit. Remember to case of Frankie Sheehan failing a test and the defence was he overheated (needed ice bath) and had breathing difficulties after a match. If a doctor says your asthmatic then you're asthmatic. I reckon everybody can have breathing issues from time to time.

And he was well aware of the maximum dosage he was allowed.