CORK V KERRY MUNSTER ALL IRELAND SENIOR FINAL

[Kerry1980]

Never worry about the score j70. they were stuffed and they know it 

A 3 point loss is not a hammering whatever way you slice it.
Meath beating us 2-14 to 0-5 in 2001, now that was a hammering...

[mannix]

Dublin are no.2? Well if you want to be no 2 then go right ahead be just that.Mayo can be no 15 if you want, it matters not a curse if you are not no 1.
The fact that kerry won so easily suggests they can do it all over next year even without daragh o se.
Who or what will stop them? Remember all empires fall, i reckon they will go for 3 in a row and only a lot of luck on the day and some serious tackling to win possession can stop them.
Can mayo,tyrone,dublin,cork,galway or whoever you fancy be strong enough to beat them.Mayo have little chance,dublin less,the rest i am not even going to start about.Its a matter of hitting as hard as they do and hoping to catch them on the hop, fat chance.
Still if your team is not ready when the opportunity does arise you cannot win and though highly unlikely it is possible kerry will not win another for 10 years.

[David McKeown]

They were lucky against Monaghan....... very lucky.

So were Tyrone.

As impressed as I was by Kerry in a footballing sense today I have to say I was disgusted by their tactics in relation to officials in the first half.  The number of times 2 or 3 and sometimes more players at least surrounded an official was unreal.

That coming from a Tyrone man is rich in the extreme. The red glare may be clouding your view but some of the rest of us haven't forgotten the diving, the imaginary cards being waved at opponents, the yapping at refs and the baiting of opponents.

Kerry did nothing different today to any team in a similar position in the last six - eight years.  It's not necessarily pretty, or [pleasant, or what you'd teach the kids but it is part of the way the game is played at that level, and not just at AIF, and funny it is only ever a problem if it is somebody else doing it

First thing I am mostly definitely not a Tyrone man, I am 20 yards the correct right side of the border.  As far as any other team doing it, I didn't see Cork doing it yesterday and I havent seen any other team doing it is blatantly this year and its not the first time I have seen Kerry at it.  In my mind something has to be done about it, especially if every other county in a similar position is at it even if its just highlight it in the media.

[David McKeown]

As impressed as I was by Kerry in a footballing sense today I have to say I was disgusted by their tactics in relation to officials in the first half.  The number of times 2 or 3 and sometimes more players at least surrounded an official was unreal.  To me it seemed like they were trying to intimidate the officials and whats worse it seemed to work.

Also can some one tell me when we changed the rules for striking to become a yellow card offence.

The minor game I though was excellent but a few things struck me about it.  Firstly Derry got a 21 free in the second half then the midfield turned round and appeared to scream at the man who fouled him.  Ref booked him for it and hopped the ball, first time i had seen that.  Also thinking about I reckon had the shot from the Galway number 5 not been incorrectly ruled wide then Derry would have won.  Galway wouldnt have been looking for goals and Derry might have been more attacking.  I suppose well never know but that Derry minor team have had no luck with disputed wides the year.

Thats an odd way of looking at it. Derry lost because Galway had a legitimate point waved wide?

Yeah its not maybe a conventional view but I just got the feeling as we entered the last ten minutes that Derry were trying to prevent goals because they were 2/3 points up.  Conversely I felt Galway were going for goals, had the legitimate point been given I think it might have been different.  Just a thought though as we will never know.

[Billys Boots]

Dublin are the 2nd best side in the country and there's a bit of daylight between them and the rest.

I thought that before yesterday, and I wouldn't be changing my mind today.

[man in black]

Congrats to Kerry they can only beat whats put in front of them. A pure muck final if ever i saw one. Now if that had have been 2 ulster teams....................

[orangeman]

Well done to Kerry - Kerry just seem to lift their game against Cork in Dublin.

Cork have been truly rotten in Dublin as past few years.

[man in black]

Probably one of the softest All-Irelands ever won. Time for the provincial championships to go. Have Kerry even played 70 mins of football this year after the powder puff challenge put to them by over rated Dublin and Cork.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

A woeful spectacle, but congratulations to the Kingdom, pure class, pity Cork didn't show up at all.

The GAA have to be concerned with the two disasters of final showpieces we've had this year, not too many more of years like this one and we'll be nothing more than helpless witnesses the slow demise of both series as serious competitions.  This is neither Kilkenny's nor Kerry's fault, indeed they are to be admired for the excellence they bring to both codes, but there has to be serious consideration given to the very obvious flaws, and a whole reappraisal of a provincially based All-Ireland system in the modern era should be addressed with no little urgency.

[Shamrock Shore]

Good to see a Longfordman get his hands finally on Sam Maguire in Croke Park yesterday 

Shame that we can provide officials galore (I suspect the umpires in the minor match were Longford men so apologies for one's clownish actions as regards the Galway 'point') but not the players.

[longball]

Kerry will make it three in a row next year. their strength in depth is unreal. to have players like Sean O'Sullivan and Darren O'Sullivan not to metion MFR on the bench is fantastic.

Have we seen the last of MFR?

[Pietas]

As an All-Ireland final, was it any worse than last year?

[Over the Bar]

How come none of the commentators noticed that Donaghy's 2nd goal was clearly a square ball? 

[Billys Boots]

Why would the refs start calling square balls now when they only did it once this year in the championship.

[orangeman]

No word of a puke final last night ? Cork were rotten - like school boys - Donaghy couldn't believe it when there was no goalkeeper in - was his goal one of the most bizarre ever ??