Tyrone v Kerry - All-Ireland SF 2021

[HokeyPokey]

For me Tyrone were just better in 2005. In 2008 it took a massive performance to win and I don't think ten out of ten times they would have won but in 2005 they were just better all over. 2003 I would say they probably were too but it gets overlooked when videos of the manic tackling are rolled out.

The big misnomer of the manic tackling videos are that it's Kerry being pressed really high up the field.

[imtommygunn]

Yeah those videos seem to overshadow sometimes the footballing ability in that team. The forward line that year were fantastic.

Same way as 2011 against Dublin seems to overshadow the fact that Donegal played great football to win the ai under mcguinness.

[larryin89]

It also means no proper competitive games and you are not as sharp. There have been various examples of being caught short here when the team having it easy didn't know what had hit them.

yeah really took a hold of dublin the last 10 years for example

[MayoBuck]

It also means no proper competitive games and you are not as sharp. There have been various examples of being caught short here when the team having it easy didn't know what had hit them.

yeah really took a hold of dublin the last 10 years for example

At the end of the day, if you're good enough the easy provincial run won't bother you. In 2012 and 2013 we had no serious challenge in connacht, yet it didn't bother us in the all Ireland quarter/semi finals.

[Eire90]

It also means no proper competitive games and you are not as sharp. There have been various examples of being caught short here when the team having it easy didn't know what had hit them.

yeah really took a hold of dublin the last 10 years for example

You could say they had a quarter final/super 8s  to play in those years (except last) so they did not jump directly into a semi final from province

[whitey]

It also means no proper competitive games and you are not as sharp. There have been various examples of being caught short here when the team having it easy didn't know what had hit them.

It was said during the 80s that the toughest games of football in the country were the "backs and forwards" games played at Kerry training sessions

[Main Street]

Jesus whoever wrote this piece needs to watch the game

https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2021/0828/1243341-kerry-tyrone-all-ireland-semi-final-croke-park/

Kerry lived off frees throughout the game and they are more or less saying they didn't get enough.

Tyrone blind hypersensitivity to the fore. The article alludes to no such thing,
"Referee David Coldrick's laissez faire, defender-friendly interpretation of the tackle area didn't exactly suit them (Kerry) in the circumstances and their forwards spent much of the first half with their arms out-stretched in plaintive pose - their supporters likewise.
However, they had their own decision-making to blame, in large part.

[Eire90]

what was odds for a kerry win prematch

[RedHand88]

what was odds for a kerry win prematch

1/8. Tyrone were 6/1.

[StPatsAbu]

Not a word on TSG re the 2 x disputable black cards. McGeary getting taken out after playing the final ball for the first Tyrone goal was the most obvious black in the game under the rules but never mentioned?

[Capt Pat]

Am I the only one still struggling to get over the fact that a Kerry inter county player butchered a certain goal by walking into the square ahead of the ball arriving and then handling the ball on the ground to push it into an empty net in case the umpires missed the square ball. If a 12 year old did it in a game you would be tearing your hair out. In such a tight match it cost them the game.

[imtommygunn]

No that was shocking....

Jack Barry tripped a player and was a blatant black.

[imtommygunn]

O'Se not a Peter Keane fan I am getting...

[RedHand88]

O'Se not a Peter Keane fan I am getting...

The knives are out. Losing to Tyrone is a cardinal sin for a Kerry manager.

[tyrone08]

Not a word on TSG re the 2 x disputable black cards. McGeary getting taken out after playing the final ball for the first Tyrone goal was the most obvious black in the game under the rules but never mentioned?
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Yeah there was a very obvious but quick trip on a tyrone player in the first half. Kerry player was on the ground and hand tripped a tyrone player in front of the ref but nothing happen. Thought that was a clear black card. It happened in the tyrone half but it was still a clear trip.