Cluiche Ceannais Laighean 2017, Cill Dara v Áth Cliath

[Captain Obvious]

Brogan is well worth his place on that team.

Would be starter on the Tyrone,Mayo and Kerry teams.

[Syferus]

Brogan is well worth his place on that team.

Would be starter on the Tyrone,Mayo and Kerry teams.

That one liner doesn't take into account how average two of those teams' attacks are. Brogan has lost a step and against the big teams he's been in bother.

As usual, the Leinster final has been shooting fish in a barrel, make no mistake this goes into the same category as Westmeath's lame attempts the previous two years. I have a lot of grá for Kildare but it's impossible to be invested in games like this. Dublin have found a new way to create Black Death football.

[Jinxy]

It doesn't matter how good your engine is if you don't have a burst of pace.
Kildare are very fit, but it's not the type of fitness Dublin have and it's probably not the type of fitness you can train as it is largely based on innate atheltic ability.
All of Dublin's players around the middle third are like 800m runners.
They'll run all day, but they have a very high cruising speed and a burst of pace too.
Compared to them, Kildare are more like 1500m runners.
They'll run all day too against a team like Meath, but against Dublin they don't have the same high cruising speed and they don't have the same burst of pace.
This means they are constantly working at a higher relative capacity than their opponents, just to keep their head above water.
Hard to keep that up for a whole game.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Kildare are getting a quare amount of praise considering they are 10 points down. I know Dublin are very good but...

[rodney trotter]

Carney was praising them after 2 minutes. A few minutes later Dublin had 2- 3 scored.

[Zulu]

Kildare have shown enough to suggest they'll trouble a lot of teams if they have their heads right.

[From the Bunker]

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

[Syferus]

Kildare have shown enough to suggest they'll trouble a lot of teams if they have their heads right.

Martin, it's not professional to be posting on a message board when you're broadcasting.

[heffo]

Brian Howard is going to be a super player for Dublin.

[Zulu]

I thought I was Indiana - just another thing you've no bloody clue about.

[Jinxy]

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

That list would make for even more grim reading if it wasn't for our heroics in 2010.

[Blowitupref]

Kildare are getting a quare amount of praise considering they are 10 points down. I know Dublin are very good but...

Comes across a bit patronizing. Kildare killed themselves in this contest with naive defending. 2-23 conceded with 2-16 coming from play? Dublin very good when allowed this amount of room to play.

[From the Bunker]

Kildare have shown enough to suggest they'll trouble a lot of teams if they have their heads right.

The thing is that the other teams that they'll trouble are not the PROBLEM.  You just don't get it!

[Zulu]

Again advantage should have been played but would have been harsh on Kildare. They way they kept at it and the quality of their team from midfield up in particular means they'll be a top 8 team soon.

[From the Bunker]

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

That list would make for even more grim reading if it wasn't for our heroics in 2010.

Lets not go there! Not one of those years to be proud of!