Donegal v Kerry - 2025 All-Ireland Football Final

[Armagh18]

Why is the parade a big deal?

I could have sworn I've seen numerous teams break early before, including Donegal in other games this year, unless I'm imagining things.

In the hurling games at CP, numerous times one team split early.

I thought Donegal had a number of players who were well capable of scoring points from outside the arc but in this game I think they only had one effort late on. I guess this was a deliberate tactic, to go for the more safer scoring option instead.

Thompson was a big loss for that, not sure why he took Gallen off as he's good at them too.

[David McKeown]

Why is the parade a big deal?

I could have sworn I've seen numerous teams break early before, including Donegal in other games this year, unless I'm imagining things.

I can see why teams break off at the hill when playing the Dubs but otherwise I'm not really sure why you would do it.

I think Armagh did it last year in order to hide treatment to Blaine Hughes who had picked up an injury

[Armagh18]

Why is the parade a big deal?

I could have sworn I've seen numerous teams break early before, including Donegal in other games this year, unless I'm imagining things.

I can see why teams break off at the hill when playing the Dubs but otherwise I'm not really sure why you would do it.

I think Armagh did it last year in order to hide treatment to Blaine Hughes who had picked up an injury

Yeah was good thinking at the time. Maybe Donegal thought it be lucky

[Estimator]

Didn't realise at the time, but Donegal had 16 players out for the parade.

[Armagh18]

Think McCole did as well as could probably be expected on Clifford, but when hes in that sort of form he only needs a yard and he'll destroy you. Wasn't involved for the vast majority of the game but comes away with 9 from play, class act.

[Armagh18]

Didn't realise at the time, but Donegal had 16 players out for the parade.

Aye McBrearty as captain but who wasn't starting not sure what protocol is there to be honest.

[StephenC]

Well done to Kerry, a brilliant display and by far the better team. Possessions lead to shots and shots lead to scores - we simply didn't have enough possessions because Kerry were so assured for their own KO and did very well against ours. White was class as was P Clifford. Lots of stuff to lament from us but not sure that we were good enough to beat them no matter what. It was a good year in some ways, retained Ulster and went one step further to the final ... but who knows when we'll make it back again.

[tyrone08]

Very disappointed in Donegal today. From breaking early from the parade(disrespectful to the band and tradition) to not laying a glove on Kerry it was a day to forget.

Kerry however from the first whistle were absolutely superb. Gavin Whyte was incredible. Paudie Clifford was majestic. Joe O'Connor an absolute mountain in midfield. Deserved winners. Best team throughout the Championship by a fair distance.

I was trying to figure out was it disrespect, mind games or just poor preparation. Donegal were still stretching when standing to greet President Higgins. Then went into a final warm up and delayed the start of the parade and had to be called several times. Then after breaking the parade they ran into another huddle before the anthem.

It was mind games that showed a lot of disrespect. Breaking off from the parade was a real lack of class. Really disrespectful to the band as well who would class today as one of the biggest moments of their lives no doubt. Leading the teams around Croke Park.

I am a Derryman and live right on the border. There are loads of family ties between Derry and Donegal. I class them as a county I would wish the best for. Their antics today left a sour taste.

Their antics all year  left a sour taste for many

Absolutely. Love Donegal as a place but their antics this year and the booing at every free completely put me off them

[Saffron_sam20]

Who got MOTM from Rte?

[JPO]

Hopefully never see Donegal in Croker again. Only for Kerry it would have been as bad as last years final

[RedHand88]

No they don't like, we take as long as we want at breaks, not bother with parade procedures, we need a break, we not been fairly treated etc, even though they got a fairly easy run to a All-Ireland final. Stupid mind games of oh Jimmy a genius, any genius would man marked P Clifford, and he didn't even though he had eating them.

Paidi Clifford got a lot more room today than he did in an All-Ireland Junior club final. Let that sink in.

If only Stewartstown was in Donegal!

[Armagh18]

A team as skillfull as kerry playing with intent is a pleasure to watch.

Making sure they weren't going down the final stretch neck and neck with donegal was the biggest thing.

Watching Donegal they are completely in their comfort zones with tight games, they seemed lost going behind by big margins and Jim didn't seem to have the answer.

Giving paudie a free reign wasn't ideal, but watching David clifford and paudie and Joe o Connor and seanie o shea is a lot to handle.

Kerry are the out and out team, and 6/7 trailing a good bit behind.

Yeah hard to argue with that. Armagh left wondering what could have been, we were going well but couldn't find an answer when Kerry hit that top gear, they brought it from the atart against Donegal today who couldn't really get a foothold at all.

Will be tough for Jim to lift those lads again but while I'm no fan of Donegal the job he's done is first rate, to think where they were when he came in to back to back Ulsters and AI semi finalists and finalists is some going.

Big winter to be put in up in Armagh, new voice in to replace big Donaghy, deal with a couple of possible retirements, hopefully we'll not be far away next year.

[JPO]

Jim the genius with his zonal defensive system and masterful tactics ruined football many years ago and spawned the era of new modern coaches who are making vast amounts of money off every club in Ireland. Today was a good day for football fans all over Ireland   

[Armagh18]

Jim the genius with his zonal defensive system and masterful tactics ruined football many years ago and spawned the era of new modern coaches who are making vast amounts of money off every club in Ireland. Today was a good day for football fans all over Ireland 

Jimmy got it badly wrong today, needed big men on sooner round the middle and trying to go zonal when it was clear from the Armagh game that it wouldn't work was madness.

[JPO]

Jim Gavin said before the match that more rule changes will be brought in if needed. He was obviously nervous about how the game would turn out today with Donegal involved. Big thanks to Kerry and hopefully the beginning of the end of crap football