Donegal v Kerry - 2025 All-Ireland Football Final

[Truthsayer]

Am I the only one who thinks the football has been a huge improvement this year?... enjoyable.
Nothing can be done about games being one-sided as the semi-finals were. We've always had that.
Club football much better, underage championships were good..
Maybe some people's default position is negative.. or Gaelic football isn't for them.

[JPO]

Michael Murphy can  field a high ball, he usually looks up and can give a good pass. He can shoot. Its very simple really. Mcguiness bringing him back a masterstroke? Er... no. Its simple football. He knew that most of the other robots playing these days arent coached to do the simple basic skills so the oldest man playing stands out a mile in the modern game. What does that tell you about how far the game has fallen?

[Captain Obvious]

In years to come hopefully the game will return back to something similar to football and the basketball type of game Donegal and many other teams play will just be a bad dream. I recently witnessed an under 10 training session where  one of the players was told off for kicking the ball. This how deep the poison has spread.

So you are living off the fantasy that Kerry are a lovely kick passing team? 

The FRC dream was to make the game more of kick-pass game.  In reality the team that kicked most during this championship was Meath who got almighty hammering in the semi final and the "through the hands" football remains king with Kerry and Donegal the primary exponents.

[DaleCooper]

Football has been an improvement purely due to the 3v3 rule artificially opening a hole in defences that lends itself to more scores being scored.

[JPO]

Meath are a young inexperienced team and were unlucky with too many wides however they will improve with given time. To be honest watching the special Olympics is more entertaining than watching Donegal   

[DaleCooper]

Jordan Morris got Menton injured with a poor kick pass. Again, back to risk.

[JPO]

Joyce didnt allow his Galway players to take risks. Sideways passing, possession football etc. A team full of great players who have had their careers wasted because of a stupid manager who was afraid to take a risks.

[Truthsayer]

Meath are a young inexperienced team and were unlucky with too many wides however they will improve with given time. To be honest watching the special Olympics is more entertaining than watching Donegal   

You're on a roll tonite  insulting disabled athletes now..

[Duine Inteacht Eile]

In years to come hopefully the game will return back to something similar to football and the basketball type of game Donegal and many other teams play will just be a bad dream. I recently witnessed an under 10 training session where  one of the players was told off for kicking the ball. This how deep the poison has spread.

So you are living off the fantasy that Kerry are a lovely kick passing team? 

The FRC dream was to make the game more of kick-pass game.  In reality the team that kicked most during this championship was Meath who got almighty hammering in the semi final and the "through the hands" football remains king with Kerry and Donegal the primary exponents.

The Kerry people in the media constantly tell us this and it is being absorbed. They have one amazing player who plays off the cuff but the rest are as sidewards, backwards and risk free as anyone else.
Indeed, Paudie Clifford was arguably their most influential player for most of this season. You'd nearly mistake him for a Jim McGuinness Donegal player.

Get the name of an early riser......

[tonto1888]

Well this neutral will be wanting a Kerry victory and wouldn't be that fond of them either .

That would be  my position too

likewise

[gallsman]

Michael Murphy can  field a high ball, he usually looks up and can give a good pass. He can shoot. Its very simple really. Mcguiness bringing him back a masterstroke? Er... no. Its simple football. He knew that most of the other robots playing these days arent coached to do the simple basic skills so the oldest man playing stands out a mile in the modern game. What does that tell you about how far the game has fallen?

The majority of what Murphy is doing this year is winning the ball and laying it off with a pop handpass. The new rules benefit him because he's not relentlessly working up and down the field the way he used to have to, not because they showcase his undeniable skills any more than previous.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

In years to come hopefully the game will return back to something similar to football and the basketball type of game Donegal and many other teams play will just be a bad dream. I recently witnessed an under 10 training session where  one of the players was told off for kicking the ball. This how deep the poison has spread.

So you are living off the fantasy that Kerry are a lovely kick passing team? 

The FRC dream was to make the game more of kick-pass game.  In reality the team that kicked most during this championship was Meath who got almighty hammering in the semi final and the "through the hands" football remains king with Kerry and Donegal the primary exponents.

The Kerry people in the media constantly tell us this and it is being absorbed. They have one amazing player who plays off the cuff but the rest are as sidewards, backwards and risk free as anyone else.
Indeed, Paudie Clifford was arguably their most influential player for most of this season. You'd nearly mistake him for a Jim McGuinness Donegal player.

Get the name of an early riser......

Colm Parkinson is their biggest cheerleader gets on my nerves now.

[Rodders88]

I'm a Down man and backing Donegal on Sunday. Top class team and in Jim McGuinness, they have the best manager in the  country. Have some wonderful players and he just makes it all click and brings it together nicely.

[tiempo]

Due to Love Ulster allegience I shall also be supporting Donegal

Jim is marmite and I tend to be glass half empty with regards to his vibe, however its obvious he's an a serious football brain

Would really love to see Ryan McHugh on a winning team, one of my fave players the last 10 years

For the Donegal wans out there, how come Mark McHugh finished up relatively early? The fire go out as such? He had that spell where he was one of the top players in the game, does he still play club?

[DaleCooper]

Had same thought about Mark, hes two years younger than Murphy.

Id guess injury or just had enough of county commitment. Desire matters as much as age. He plays club , scored heavily in a club game before last Donegal game.