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Niblock said BBC iplayer have Tyrone v Kildare this Saturday as well.

Don't see Meath v Derry down for any coverage, even though TG4 are showing the Dublin-Donegal game which follows it in Croker

Brian Stack kicked the ball away.
Kerry team going through the hands won it for them.

Clean sweep still on for Kerry teams

Colm Basquel never struck me as a freetaker... would McGarry not have been a better option

[But this is what the people wanted I suppose so no use in complaining.]

Didnt move it up whole game or in the other semi, on sport tg4 to the end. There multi times in that game the ball was delayed handing back to the player to slow it down. Hows the man on the ground even know what way that free going. Hes not looking at the ref.

The An Gaeltacht players don't want the ball handed back there. It's not their fault and I'd do the same. Stand over him, hand on the back so he can't stand up and make the ref call it. But this is what the people wanted I suppose so no use in complaining. Was always against it. Pure joke

Utter nonsense, literally no one wants that.. Well apart from El Jaffa cake which is no surprise

Every rule that was brought in won the vast majority of the votes. Can't remember off the top of my head but think it was something like every rule bar 1 that was brought in got 70+% but open to correction on that. I seen a minor club player punished for throwing the ball to a lads chest (which is far quicker than running it back) and was punished for doing it. Some refs just need to cop on too

Whatever about what rules was brought in human error happens and for me that was an error by Sean Lonergan of Tipperary to bring the ball 50 yards forward from that incident.

As neutral watching a disappointing way to decide what was a good Intermediate All-Ireland semi-final.

Tipp ref - not surprised.
Tipperary football people are closet Kerry fans

I wouldn't get too worried about it. It happens all the time. We clutch our pearls, get on our soap boxes, demonise clubs and demand massive repercussions. We blame trivial things like fences or refereeing decisions. We forget about it and then it occurs again with some other clubs. Rinse & repeat. Since time began. It's never changing and there are no clubs squeaky clean, if we're honest. Which we often aren't.

Was the last witch hunt Coalisland v Eglish? Did we ever hear what came of that?

Coalisland got promoted and Mark Loughran was given the county final

David Clifford's East Kerry beaten 1-21 to 0-09 by Rathmore in the County Championship Quarter-Final.
East Kerry were odds on favourites for the title.
More likely for a club side to go on and win it now and take Dr Crokes place in the Munster Club.

Player of the Year:

David Cliffford (Kerry)
Joe O'Connor (Kerry)
Michael Murphy (Donegal)

Can't believe Paudie Clifford not there though obviously it's a shoe-in for David.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2025/0925/1535201-donegal-top-kerry-in-football-all-star-nomination-tally/

Probably missing a good bit of the year didn't help Paudie, he was better than Murphy but they were never going to leave Murphy off it. Joe O'Connor would get my vote but Clifford will win it.

Paudie Clifford had a brilliant final but he was average against Tyrone and only played the 2nd half against Armagh (good impact). Injured for most of Championship and got a red card against Cork which almost and probably should have cost them the game - definitely not enough for a Player of the Year nomination. I wouldn't have him as a shoe in for an All Star either

Clifford having a great year this year.
O'Kane in the Irish news had the stats 10 out of 30 from play in his last 5 games in Croke Park before the Armagh game. And started 1/4 against them when O'Shea took up the slack first half. It's a fact he didn't play well enough in their 2023 & 2024 exits but looks determined to make it up for it now.

Morgan's kickouts were a disaster against Dublin - but they still managed to win.
I thought Tyrone were poor against Dublin until that last 10-15mins, and I thought Dublin were poor throughout.
Tyrone's main players are still the older guys, Peter Harte, Mattie Donnelly and McGeary - if Kerry get on top of them out the field and break even around the MF area the supply won't be there regardless of what combination of forwards Tyrone play.

However, if the 3 mentioned above get on top and can last the full game, then Tyrone are in with a shout.

Kerry have been inconsistent all year, but can switch it on and have the forwards who are more capable of winning their own battles than Tyrone do - on that point I agree with O'Se. But if in this game Kerry don't play at their best, then can be caught because the same applies to them in that if there is no supply going forward they will struggle for scores.

I think Kerry have the defenders to go man-to-man on DC and McCurry, not sure Tyrone can say the same about Seanie O'Shea or Cliffords.
For me, Tyrone's best chance is to run at the Kerry defence - which takes a lot of energy especially in the hot weather.
I don't think there'll be a huge gap between them, but in general I think Kerry have better players in more positions and so will likely win by 5 or 6.

Tyrone scored 0-10 from their own kickout against Dublin and only conceded 0-02
About as far from a disaster as you can get

The worry with that is Kerry pole axing Mcelholm early.

Canavan is not firing, McCurry was poor by his own standards last day.

Do you bench one of them and hope they'll have the character to come in later and blaze over a few?

McKernan is a huge blow, have to fancy Kerry by 5 or so.

If its as hot as forecast Paudie may lag towards end. A game that suits the young lads, ruairi canavan has had a frustrating year...the space created by new rules in Croker should really suit him.

Would bench Darragh and start mcelhom. McCurry had one off day all year, he has proven time and time again hes a class act and can turn it on from off the bench.

Darragh has been poor for majority of the year. Benching him and showing he cant live off his name might ignite a fire within him.

Bradley is lively and is back from injury. Definitely worth at least 20 mins from the bench.

Tyrone need direct running at the kerry defence and not this current hand passing around the half way line. Quick early ball into mcelhom and mccurry will have kerry on the back foot. Throw in a few long balls by rotating a few big men in the square and tyrone will edge it.

I don't see how you can say Darragh has been poor and Bradley has been lively. Bradley seems to get credit from Tyrone fans for doing very little. And Canavan is not starting because of his name he was brilliant in 23 and 24 for us in a rudderless ship and had good league performances when he came back this year (Galway Dublin) got injured before the Cavan game. Even in his poor games he's good for a few points from play and is our main goal threat by far.

Anyone know why Down GAA were allowed to streamed the Down-Louth game but the GAA refused to allow Armagh GAA stream the Armagh-Derry game?

Has a Tyrone team for tomorrow vMayo been published? If so what is it?

Same team that started against Donegal except for Teague starts in place of Hampsey. Hampsey on the bench.

"We didn't perform to our normal levels at all tonight. I think we had a lot of things that were off tonight, but that was a decision in my opinion was crucial. We were 2 points down, we had worked really hard to get the turnover, we did get the turnover and he was pulled back. And that's the reality. And that's a huge decision, that's a decision that has to be got right. That decision has to be got right. If we got our hands on the ball there, then we had the ball for as long as we needed to get a 2 point score to level the match. And I thought the other one in the corner as well I thought Darragh Canavan was held up and it was a travel, I don't think that was a free kick. But anyway I'm not going to go down that road I don't want to go down that road but certainly that was a big moment and we had done a huge amount of effort to get that opportunity, and we did get it Ciaran Thompson was pulled, listen I stand to be corrected on that but I'll be watching it very very closely when I look it back because that is the moment and he needs to get that right. He needs to get that right because they can be defining moments."

McGuinness did give off about the ref in his post match interview on Highland. Also said Donegal didn't turn up.
Was annoyed at the Canavan free and Donegal not getting a free over near the tunnel in the last few minutes
Ref got both correct, was a clear dive by Thompson as him and Kilpatrick were running for the loose ball.