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[Captain Obvious]

My guess should Donegal win the final. 

Donegal 7  (Roarty,McCole,Moore,Langan,Thompson,Murphy,Conor O'Donnell)
Kerry 5   (David Clifford,Sean O Shea, Joe O'Connor.Jason Foley,Ó Beaglaíoch
Tyrone 1  (Kieran McGeary)
Meath 1  (Sean Rafferty)

And 1 for a beaten Quarter finalists (Beggan)

[Muck Savage]

My guess should Donegal win the final. 

Donegal 7  (Roarty,McCole,Moore,Langan,Thompson,Murphy,Conor O'Donnell)
Kerry 5   (David Clifford,Sean O Shea, Joe O'Connor.Jason Foley,Ó Beaglaíoch
Tyrone 1  (Kieran McGeary)
Meath 1  (Sean Rafferty)

And 1 for a beaten Quarter finalists (Beggan)

They'll throw Sam Mulroy one as well, first Leinster champions outside Dublin since before the year of the flood.

[marty34]

My guess should Donegal win the final. 

Donegal 7  (Roarty,McCole,Moore,Langan,Thompson,Murphy,Conor O'Donnell)
Kerry 5   (David Clifford,Sean O Shea, Joe O'Connor.Jason Foley,Ó Beaglaíoch
Tyrone 1  (Kieran McGeary)
Meath 1  (Sean Rafferty)

And 1 for a beaten Quarter finalists (Beggan)

They'll throw Sam Mulroy one as well, first Leinster champions outside Dublin since before the year of the flood.

Yeah, Louth will get 1 for winning  Leinster and Mulroy's your man there.

[gallsman]

Not sure Sean O'Shea is in line for one unless he shoots the lights out in the final.

[Armagh18]

I'd say Shane  Ryan will get the nod. Especially if  he has a good final

Thought he was excellent against us for the most part.

A big final for either could swing it.

[gallsman]

I'd say Shane  Ryan will get the nod. Especially if  he has a good final

Thought he was excellent against us for the most part.

A big final for either could swing it.

Exactly. He played well against Armagh. What else noteworthy has he done with one hand left to go?

[Duine Inteacht Eile]

I'd say Shane  Ryan will get the nod. Especially if  he has a good final

Thought he was excellent against us for the most part.

A big final for either could swing it.

Exactly. He played well against Armagh. What else noteworthy has he done with one hand left to go?

Are you still talking about Seanie O'Shea?

[gallsman]

Ah I missed that, apologies. Yes I was talking about O'Shea but equally would be surprised with Ryan. Has generally managed to regroup but he's been annihilated on kickouts in the first half of each of the last two games.

[marty34]

Ah I missed that, apologies. Yes I was talking about O'Shea but equally would be surprised with Ryan. Has generally managed to regroup but he's been annihilated on kickouts in the first half of each of the last two games.

Every keeper is getting hammered at kick-outs. That's the way it's going to be.

Plus not all the keeper's fault.

#winyourownball

[blanketattack]

Kerry All-Stars if they win:
Shane Ryan, Jason Foley, Brian Ó Beaglaoich, Gavin White, Joe O'Connor, David Clifford and one from Sean O'Shea/Paudie Clifford if they have a great final. Graham O'Sullivan also a contender if he has a repeat All-Ireland Final performance like he had in 2022.

Kerry All-Stars if they lose:
Joe O'Connor, David Clifford and two from Foley/Ó Beaglaoich/White

[J70]

Ah I missed that, apologies. Yes I was talking about O'Shea but equally would be surprised with Ryan. Has generally managed to regroup but he's been annihilated on kickouts in the first half of each of the last two games.

Every keeper is getting hammered at kick-outs. That's the way it's going to be.

Plus not all the keeper's fault.

#winyourownball

Yep, there is only so much a keeper can do.

Teams collectively have to learn to change tack when the opposition get on top.

[tiempo]

Kickouts don't have to go high to go long, be interesting to see if anyone will develop a play to create a space that allows a high % daisy cutter to be effective, even where the first 2 or 3 passes are played soccer style, would a bit of ad hoc soccer be effective if done right, probably?

[johnnycool]

All stars are as fickle as hell.

Up until yesterday Cork would have absolutely dominated the team with Tipp maybe pulling in the one of two purely for token gestures'.

Win the final and all of a sudden you're the greatest thing since sliced bread and the other half dozen games over the year are all forgotten about.

[Armagh18]

All stars are as fickle as hell.

Up until yesterday Cork would have absolutely dominated the team with Tipp maybe pulling in the one of two purely for token gestures'.

Win the final and all of a sudden you're the greatest thing since sliced bread and the other half dozen games over the year are all forgotten about.

Thats the way it goes, the important games carry the weight. Can anyone think of another time where such strong favourites took such a hiding, in any sport?

[blanketattack]

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