Kerry V Dublin

[Gnevin]

it'll be tough but the good old days are back this is a super draw for football...

why?

will you watch it? will you look forward to it? it will be hyped out of all proportion, be a sell out and cover the sports pages for days. i think thats good for football esp seen the premiership is only around the corner. you'll even get boys like tankie and gnevin to stop dreaming they play for leinster for a few days

Grow up

[Cúig huaire]

Kerry have been spluttering all summer, but they are still there. If they can find the form of old they will beat the Dubs, the big question is can they put the obvious trouble in the camp behind them and get things back on track or is this the end for this particular squad. From the looks of Kinnelly half the players in Ireland could have a career in Oz.
The Dubs will be hard to listen to if they win this one.

[The Aristocrat]

Ah........ Dublin V Kerry

The worst possible draw for us (Dublin).

Of course some Idiotic people including our own but mainly the media are going to say Dublin are the Favorites.
And as a previous post made this is going to be hyped up to the Moon but to be expected.

Dublin are the Underdogs. Kerry are the huge favorites. We have not beaten Kerry since 77( the greatest game ever played in Croke park) 32 long long years. We have not played in a final since 95 whereas Kerry have played in 9 finals including a replay and have been in the final the last 5 years. A truely great team.

It is going to be a huge task for Dublin, playing against one of the greatest teams this island has ever seen. When you play Kerry, youre playing against multi all ireland winning players in nearly every position, Multi Multi all star winning players in every positon.

I believe that we can beat Kerry but everything will have to go our way, we need our big players to stand up and be counted. Our defence will have to play the best football they have played since January. I think we might need to play 4 in the full back line to stop  Walsh, Gooch and Donaghy if fit. Hubbert i think could play a role in Andrews is having a hard time against Gooch. Our half back line i believe have been our strongest attribute this year and its made even stronger by Cullen coming back into the frame. We need the Brogans to play like their Auld fella back in the Day when he tore into Kerry.

Anyway we are huge Underdogs and need everything to go right for us and maybe who knows we can beat them.




But if we beat them we will still have probably a very good Mayo team and possibly the best team in the Country Tyrone also before we can live our dream of waking up on a Monday morning beside some fat auld one and sick stained sheets some where in Drumcondra and realise we are All Ireland champions.

[rrhf]

well put, I dont think you are far off the mark.  I fully expect the kingdom to beat the dubs and saunter on, however this is because of douibts I have had over the years about Dublins main protagonists - this could be the game where the "soft underbelly" tag is lost and the Dubs finally move onto the next step.  If the dubs are good enough to take the kingdom the subsequent shot in the arm could raise them to an all ireland winning momentum and remove much of the scar tissue surrounding the whelans etc.   

[Zapatista]

Is like hyping up a tribute band as being as good as the original. Will be great atmosphere as Dublin games are but two very average teams who wouldnt live 10 minutes with the great teams of the 70s.

Both these teams are well above average.

[Hound]

Didn't know whether to laugh or cry when the draw was made.

Will put the fire in the belly anways. Gas the way it mirrors last year, when Tyrone were in the exact same position as Kerry. A couple of difference in that at least we are forewarned, there's no way any Dublin team could under-estimate Kerry, likewise the media will probably be split down the middle when it comes to predictions unlike last year when 90% went for the Dubs, and hopefully it will be played the bank holiday weekend as an extra week of inactivity would definitely be detrimental to the Dubs.

Its been so long since we beat Kerry, and we've beaten so few decent non-Leinster teams since 1995 that it's hard to be confident. The Dubs are showing better form, but if there is one thing certain about what will happen it is that Kerry will give their best performance of the year. The big uncertainty is will the Dubs step up to the plate...

Hopefully its on Saturday (suits me much better than any alternative), but before the draw was made Monday was being mentioned a lot in the media. I really think that Monday afternoon would not be appropriate given that so many GAA members in the north would not be able to watch the game. I wonder if Monday evening/night will be considered. 

[020304 Tir Eoghain]

Didn't know whether to laugh or cry when the draw was made.

Will put the fire in the belly anways. Gas the way it mirrors last year, when Tyrone were in the exact same position as Kerry. A couple of difference in that at least we are forewarned, there's no way any Dublin team could under-estimate Dublin, likewise the media will probably be split down the middle when it comes to predictions unlike last year when 90% went for the Dubs, and hopefully it will be played the bank holiday weekend as an extra week of inactivity would definitely be detrimental to the Dubs.

Its been so long since we beat Kerry, and we've beaten so few decent non-Leinster teams since 1995 that it's hard to be confident. The Dubs are showing better form, but if there is one thing certain about what will happen it is that Kerry will give their best performance of the year. The big uncertainty is will the Dubs step up to the plate...

Hopefully its on Saturday (suits me much better than any alternative), but before the draw was made Monday was being mentioned a lot in the media. I really think that Monday afternoon would not be appropriate given that so many GAA members in the north would not be able to watch the game. I wonder if Monday evening/night will be considered. 

Dont think thats likely to happen! 

[Hound]

Dont think thats likely to happen! 

Woops 

[INDIANA]

Monday afternoon - should be confirmed today. Croke park isn't ready for the saturday. You'd have to ask the brains trust in Croke Park the logic of having music concerts in the middle of summer.

[mc_grens]

I know I've little hope, but please can we not have to listen to all the usual Dublin v Kerry guff this week. It feels like the articles are photocopied from past years, with the names of the current players changed to bring them up to date!

This could wake Kerry up, but I think Dublin will win this. They will then be favourites for the all ireland and Micky Harte will be a happy man. Mayo will then beat Dublin in a classic Semi, before choking and being thrown under the bus by Tyrone in the AI final.

And I will be gutted again.

[Zapatista]

I know I've little hope, but please can we not have to listen to all the usual Dublin v Kerry guff this week. It feels like the articles are photocopied from past years, with the names of the current players changed to bring them up to date!

This could wake Kerry up, but I think Dublin will win this. They will then be favourites for the all ireland and Micky Harte will be a happy man. Mayo will then beat Dublin in a classic Semi, before choking and being thrown under the bus by Tyrone in the AI final.

And I will be gutted again.

The only thing that will make Dublin favourites is if Tyrone are beat.

[lynchbhoy]

While a couple of weeks of inactivity and still a bit of now knowing what their best starting XV actually is dampens Dublin down a wee bit, right now is the best time to meet kerry for them.
I dont think there will be much in it, though on a good day if Dublin get their tails up it could be a few points win .
However most will expect a high scoring close game. Cant wait.
Kerry could be dumped out at the end of this game though!

[Hound]

The GAA are still saying the pitch will be ready for Saturday. But I agree that they may wish to give themselves the extra 24 hours. Just ruins my after match pint plans  

[IolarCoisCuain]

Monday afternoon - should be confirmed today. Croke park isn't ready for the saturday. You'd have to ask the brains trust in Croke Park the logic of having music concerts in the middle of summer.

$

They need every shilling they can get in a recession economy. Hopefully, groundskeeping is at a such a level of ability now that they will be able to resod it successfully.

The only alternative revenue stream for Páirc an Chrócaigh Teo to summer concerts are the rugby and soccer internationals. I'm not saying that U2 are the greatest of Gaels, but at least these concerts aren't promoting competing codes.

[fred the red]

when is this game gonna be then?