Kerry v Galway, All-Ireland Senior Football Final. 24 July, 2022

[RedHand88]

The County of Mayo breathe a sigh of relief.

[Estimator]

Some disagreement between the Sky lads on the free in. McGuinness had it at a free out for the initial contact by Spillane. Canavan + Donaghy reckon it was a free in.

[clarshack]

Hard luck Galway, gave a great performance. Shane Walsh and Cillian McDaid were incredible but no doubt they will give motm to Clifford.

That should have been a free out.

[pbat]

Galbally man wins All Ireland for Kerry and it wasn't Paddy Tally.

[yellowcard]

Some disagreement between the Sky lads on the free in. McGuinness had it at a free out for the initial contact by Spillane. Canavan + Donaghy reckon it was a free in.

Canavan = fellow Tyrone man
Donaghy = Kerry man

So no surprise there. The decision needs to be judged on how he refereed the entire match.

Anyway I still think Kerry would have won but it was a huge momentum swing.

[onefineday]

Not buying that Clifford was "on a different planet" to Shane Walsh. Most of Clifford's scores were from frees.

3 marks iirc, at least 2 of them were exactly why the mark was introduced - great catches above the head, not the pop pass into the chest from the 45 to the 20 that gives the mark a bad name.
As well as those, he kicked a few phenomenal scores from range too.

[befair]

Good game, closer than I expected; be interesting to see if Galway can push on and be competitive next year. The gap between Kerry/Dublin and the rest seems to be narrowing

[imtommygunn]

Not buying that Clifford was "on a different planet" to Shane Walsh. Most of Clifford's scores were from frees.

3 marks iirc, at least 2 of them were exactly why the mark was introduced - great catches above the head, not the pop pass into the chest from the 45 to the 20 that gives the mark a bad name.
As well as those, he kicked a few phenomenal scores from range too.

One of his marks was as good a catch as you will ever see. He was double and triple marked and still that good. Walsh too tbh.

[RedHand88]

Galbally man wins All Ireland for Kerry and it wasn't Paddy Tally.

They won by 4 points ffs. Wise up.

[Gael80]

Not buying that Clifford was "on a different planet" to Shane Walsh. Most of Clifford's scores were from frees.

3 marks iirc, at least 2 of them were exactly why the mark was introduced - great catches above the head, not the pop pass into the chest from the 45 to the 20 that gives the mark a bad name.
As well as those, he kicked a few phenomenal scores from range too.

A player from the losing team doesn't win man of the match for obvious logistical reasons on the Sunday Game highlights programme, however they can win player of the year which happened before.

Shane Walsh was man of the match today by quite a margin, not sure a final performance is enough to win player of the year, but he has a chance and has guaranteed himself an all star.

[imtommygunn]

Clifford is nailed on poty. Walsh has played himself into an all star. Derry people reckon he has played Conor mccluskey into one but I don't think so. I don't understand why they didn't switch the two corner backs. Finnerty was playing further out and would have suited Tom O'Sullivan. Finnerty very good first half but not as good second.

[galwayman]

Not to be today. Our lads gave everything they had and it wasn't quite enough.
I couldn't be prouder of that team.
Gaillimh Abu.

[Cunny Funt]

Good competitive final not sure can Galway have much regrets they gave it their best shot and came up short. Lack of bench impact has been a issue for them all year so something for them to work on and improve.

The two most skilled forwards in David Clifford and Shane Walsh didn't disappoint. Kerry improved defence has won them this All-Ireland only one goal chance given up today? Comer, Finnerty marked out of the game Tadhg Morley was one of the stand out players for Kerry this year probably won't get the credit because he's not a forward or one of their high profile players.

[clarshack]

Not buying that Clifford was "on a different planet" to Shane Walsh. Most of Clifford's scores were from frees.

3 marks iirc, at least 2 of them were exactly why the mark was introduced - great catches above the head, not the pop pass into the chest from the 45 to the 20 that gives the mark a bad name.
As well as those, he kicked a few phenomenal scores from range too.

A player from the losing team doesn't win man of the match for obvious logistical reasons on the Sunday Game highlights programme, however they can win player of the year which happened before.

Shane Walsh was man of the match today by quite a margin, not sure a final performance is enough to win player of the year, but he has a chance and has guaranteed himself an all star.

Shouldn't be the case though. Canavan was robbed of one in 95 due to that nonsense.

[galwayman]

Walsh and McDaid were unbelievable today