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From the Irish Examiner

the Football Review Committee are set to host another series of sandbox games as they move towards a final report on the new Gaelic football rules. The first game is scheduled to take place in Dublin this weekend with a few adjustments to existing enhancements expected to be trialled.

Special Congress will take place in October to agree on the final amendments.

Gavin Devlin to Louth on 3 year term.

Louth statement.  Very quick to appoint a replacement for Ger Brennan.

Any more for Quo?

With the news Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath next up or least added to the list?

Ozzie Osborne aged 76

Didn't last long after his recent farewell concert. A real rock and roll legend RIP.

Cahair O'Kane reckons if Donegal hold David Clifford,Sean O'Shea to a combined total of 15 points and Kerry to 23 points will be enough to win. 

I'm sure he thought that Donegal holding James O'Donoghue scoreless in 2014 would be enough to win as well.

2-9 won't be a winning score for Kerry this weekend as it was in 2014.


With these new rules it could be opportunity to break scoring records

Top score in a final from a winning team  Dublin 5–12 (27) in 1977 and Kerry 4–15 (27) 2006.

Top score for team that lost the final.  Mayo 1–16 (19) in 2017 and Galway 2–13 (19) in 1973

I'd say it's to give every player in Kerry a chance of Senior football while keeping very competitive Club Championships.
Also the bonus of pissing off Nordies

Kerry and Kilkenny are ruthless. Kilkenny doesn't have a football team. Kerry has a club system where the level is more or less consistent in order to have the highest level of competition in order to benefit the County team. Kerry and Kilkenny are strategic.  Guess which 2 counties are top of the all Ireland list for hurling and football. 

It's also to stop players transferring from small junior clubs to the senior clubs. If you still get the opportunity to play in the senior championship you'll be happy to continue. Not sure are transfers prevalent in other counties?
Although the All-Irelands for junior and intermediate have also made those clubs appealing.

And what does this record tell us about the club scene in Kerry.


All Ireland titles won

Senior 1 since 1996  (Dr Crokes in 2017) 

Intermediate six since 2007 (Ardfert,St Michaels/Foilmore,Miltown/Castlemaine,Ardfert,St Mary's,Kilcummin,Rathmore

Junior 11 since 2005  (Finuge,Ardfert,Skellig Rangers,Castlegregory,St Mary's,Brosna,Templenoe,Glenbeigh-Glencar,Beaufort,Na Gaeil,Fossa,)

Cahair O'Kane reckons if Donegal hold David Clifford,Sean O'Shea to a combined total of 15 points and Kerry to 23 points will be enough to win. 

[Ciaran Meenagh likely to be appointed as Derry manager later this week]

From the Irish News.

Ciaran Meenagh likely to be appointed as Derry manager later this week

Ciaran Meenagh is likely to be appointed as Derry manager later this week, with former Allstar defender Chrissy McKaigue coming in alongside him.
Loughmacrory native Meenagh coached Derry for five years, first under Damian McErlain in 2019 and then for three years under Rory Gallagher between 2020 and 2023.
A schoolteacher in Ballinascreen, the former Tyrone defender took over as manager the week of the Ulster final in 2023 following domestic abuse allegations being made against Gallagher.

Derry went on to beat Armagh in a penalty shootout to secure back-to-back Ulster titles, after which they came within a whisker of reaching the All-Ireland final. They had Kerry on the ropes with five minutes to play but got overtaken on the home straight in a two-point defeat.
After months of speculation that followed, Meenagh pulled out of potentially taking over as manager and instead joined up with Down, where he played a huge part in their growth under Conor Laverty in the last two years.
Down won the Tailteann Cup last year and entered this year's Sam Maguire round robin stage as rank underdogs, but overcame Leinster champions Louth and beaten Munster finalists Clare before losing to Monaghan at the Athletic Grounds and an epic preliminary quarter-final against Galway at Páirc Esler.

Meenagh would head the ticket as manager with McKaigue in a coaching capacity.
The Slaughtneil man and former Sydney Swan retired from inter-county football at the end of last season.
McKaigue previously coached alongside Meenagh at the latter's native Loughmacrory in 2022, before McKaigue moved on and worked with Ardboe in the last couple of seasons.
As the school's GAA co-ordinator, he also helped guide an unfancied St Patrick's Maghera all the way to MacRory and Hogan Cup glory earlier this year.
It's understood that the ticket will be presented to clubs later this week for ratification.


Elsewhere, another former Derry star, Paddy Bradley, has emerged as favourite for the vacant Antrim job.
Paul McFlynn, who was part of the Derry backroom team under both Harte and Tally, could be part of a potential Saffron setup.

Across two stints, Bradley's father Liam managed Antrim to an Ulster final appearance in 2009 and guided them to Division Two of the National League.

If Kerry play to their potential, like their very best , am I alone in thinking they could give Donegal a right tanking ?

If Donegal play their worst, like their very worst, then you are probably right.

Yeah would need to be a system meltdown by Donegal.

This final all points to a fine margin contest whereby might even require extra time.  Need a good final after the one sided semi-finals and none of the quarter finals were classics either.

What is a system meltdown ? If Clifford and seanie o Shea run absolute riot and Kerry win by 7/8 points is that a system meltdown or just simply the best players in the country showing what they can do ? Look I'm wrong more than I'm right but I just feel people have taken their eye off the ball in recent years and created a lot of hyperbole about decent sides that are not exceptional sides , Armagh / Galway / Derry and now Donegal . Armagh smashed and grabbed a Sam and deservedly so but like I say a lot of commotion created over the greatness of these sides and it's just not really there . Where as Kerry have that ceiling! again just my opinion where they could go on and win a couple more at least .

I'm expecting at least one of S O'Shea,D Clifford to have a good scoring return on Sunday but for both to run riot would go against to what I've seen from a McGuinness managed Donegal in All-Ireland semi final or final before.

Get what you are saying about ceiling though let's not forget Kerry have won two All-Ireland titles in the last 15 years for a reason and even those wins was fine margins.

If Kerry play to their potential, like their very best , am I alone in thinking they could give Donegal a right tanking ?

If Donegal play their worst, like their very worst, then you are probably right.

Yeah would need to be a system meltdown by Donegal.

This final all points to a fine margin contest whereby might even require extra time.  Need a good final after the one sided semi-finals and none of the quarter finals were classics either.

All-Ireland winners the last ten years. Not just another decade without a Cork win but have also gone a decade without Kilkenny winning.

Limerick 5
Tipperary 3
Galway 1
Clare 1

Anyone want to guess 2026 to 2035 should be more spread around with no dominant Limerick around?

When was the last time a team only scored 2 points in a half of senior championship hurling?

First time to happen in All-Ireland final since 2004 when Kilkenny also scored just 0-2 2nd half.

Tipperary 30 scores from 47 shots

Cork 19 scores from 35 shots.

2nd half

Tipperary 17 scores from 25 shots.

Cork 2 scores from 13 shots