Donegal v Kerry - 2025 All-Ireland Football Final

[imtommygunn]

Joe O'Connor has been ripping teams apart. He near needs stopped as much as Clifford.

[Blowitupref]

Donegal the first team to ever win 9 championship games in one season and the first side ever to play an 11th game in a single season. 


Kerry played 8 won 7 lost 1  scored 15-175 (220)  conceded 4-160 (172)  average per game scored 27.5 and conceded 21.5

David Clifford 8-53,Sean O'Shea 1-44 a total of 9-97 (124)  Kerry scores without those two 6-78 (96)


Donegal played 10  won 9 lost 1  scored 13-229 (268)  and conceded 6-172 (190) average per game scored 27 and conceded  19

Michael Murphy top scorer with 0-44.  they have 3 of the top 5 scorers from play in the championship in Conor O'Donnell 3-21, Michael Langan 1-23 qnd Oisin Gallen 1-21. 



Last years scoring averages before the final, showing this year with the new rules teams are scoring and conceding a lot more.

Armagh 19 points per game and conceded 14.
Galway 18 points per game and conceded 12.


The bookies and their punters had Galway to win by 1 point the opposite happened,  this time they think Kerry to win by 1 point,  to be right this time or the opposite to happen again?

[gallsman]

Christ I'm surprised Gallen is on that list, albeit the number of games they've played will add to his tally. Has felt very much like a down year for him after the heights of 2024, although he's looked good the last two games now.

[Wildweasel74]

Ulster Championship and All-Ireland basically 2 separate tournaments. So hardly relevant, especially since Tyrone beat them negating their 1st place Ulster seeding.

[tiempo]

Joe O'Connor has been ripping teams apart. He near needs stopped as much as Clifford.

Has been imperious

[Cunny Funt]

Ulster Championship and All-Ireland basically 2 separate tournaments. So hardly relevant, especially since Tyrone beat them negating their 1st place Ulster seeding.

To be separate tournaments you wouldn't have seeding for the provincial finalists.

[Rossfan]

They are separate since 2001 but linked.
The link is getting weaker but still there.
Weaker again next year but not gone.

[Cunny Funt]

They are separate since 2001 but linked.
The link is getting weaker but still there.
Weaker again next year but not gone.

The Link made weaker is the way HQ have worked their way around in not getting their way to separate the provincial championships from All Ireland series.

Once separate competitions they basically become pre-competitions whereby you won't be getting close to  27k at the Connacht final,66k at the Leinster final and full house at the Ulster final as we got in May.

All those matches/finals I might add were better spectacles for neutrals than the All-Ireland Quarter and semi finals.

[Rossfan]

Munster though!
The Connacht and Leinster ones were between evenly matched, but not top drawer teams as it turned out.And not much love lost between the teams!
Donegal and Armagh was Ulster Champions vs AI Champions.

Were they better spectacles because they weren't elimination games? Less fear involved?

2024 Connacht Final 19,000. 2024 Leinster one 21k?

[Tatler Jack]

Joe O'Connor has been ripping teams apart. He near needs stopped as much as Clifford.

Has been imperious

Most important player for Kerry this year and needs to be stopped if Donegal are to win.

Brian Ó Beaglaoich and Graham O'Sullivan have also been turning in top class performances.

[imtommygunn]

O'beaglaoich has been very important this few years. Plenty of fires to put out for Donegal but then I guess same for Kerry.

I would have Kerry favourites. Honestly think 2014 was one that Donegal really should have been winning, and they lost it tactically really, so I wonder how that sits with mcguinness.

[DaleCooper]

Have my money where my mouth is from Semi final winnings [donegal -3] [kerry-4].

Kerry -2 for Sam

Reasons : kerry are possessed this year. Their defence is underrated.

Despite some injuries they have some depth.

Really rate Dylan Geaney over Paul tbh despite him being raw.

Patton is vulnerable. Gallens form not great but semi will help him.

Kerry much more experienced side. Expect a less heralded player to produce a big display.

Shall wait and see what the Guru comes up with, kerry will take some beating.

[Blowitupref]

Have my money where my mouth is from Semi final winnings [donegal -3] [kerry-4].

Kerry -2 for Sam

Reasons : kerry are possessed this year. Their defence is underrated.

Despite some injuries they have some depth.

Really rate Dylan Geaney over Paul tbh despite him being raw.

Patton is vulnerable. Gallens form not great but semi will help him.

Kerry much more experienced side. Expect a less heralded player to produce a big display.

Shall wait and see what the Guru comes up with, kerry will take some beating.

In the terms of age profile and championship appearances Donegal are the more experienced side.

[5times5times]

Brendan Cawley Referee.

Will he check in on Murphy every 10mins for cramp again?

[DaleCooper]

Not where it counts in the big games however.


McHugh, McBrearty and Murphy only ones with connection to 2012 AFAIK. You can say semi final last year and this year but Kerry much more seasoned.