Kerry GAA Discussion Thread Mod Warning Post #4167

kerryjack

Ref blowing up a lot on both sides not letting game flow somebody should tell him its cork v kerry ffs

zetecescort

kerryjack wrote: »

Ref blowing up a lot on both sides not letting game flow somebody should tell him its kerry ffs

FYP;)

Uncle Mclovin

Is this ref shockingly bad or am I just biased. Great point by Marc just there.

mountgomery burns

That the ref was very poor as a neutral. Kerry would have been hard done by to lose.

An Ciarraioch

Great recovery in the finish - if Monaghan win, would Cork be relegated?

An Ciarraioch

Yes, Cork's awful points difference sends them down.

jimmytwotimes 2013

Good to get the win and see the cork lads get relegated, as good a day as you could wish for

Boom__Boom

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

Good to get the win and see the cork lads get relegated, as good a day as you could wish for

Sem win the Hogan Cup
Kerry Ladies U16 beat Cork
Kerry hurlers beat Laois to stay in Division 1B
Spa GAA dancers won Scor
Kerry relegate Cork in Tralee.

Good weekend for Kerry GAA all around

DDC1990

TBH I like playing Cork. I prefer javing them around. Winning today was important to keep momentum up, but I'd nearly have preferred that Cork would stay up.

Not going to be a popular opinion here though :P

Boom__Boom

DDC1990 wrote: »

TBH I like playing Cork. I prefer javing them around. Winning today was important to keep momentum up, but I'd nearly have preferred that Cork would stay up.

Not going to be a popular opinion here though :P

I'm withdrawing your Kerry citizenship.

Wasting their time splashing about in Division 2 for a year is just perfect for them.

An Ciarraioch

Probably just as well the hurlers didn't sneak into the QFs - Cats lead Offaly by 24 with time nearly up! Cork win the small-ball relegation play-off, so Galway could be heading to Tralee next spring.

ShamoBuc

Boom__Boom wrote: »

Wasting their time splashing about in Division 2 for a year is just perfect for them.

I think getting back that winning feeling next year will suit Cork just fine.

Boom__Boom

ShamoBuc wrote: »

I think getting back that winning feeling next year will suit Cork just fine.

Yup wins against the likes of Kildare, Clare, Down, Galway, Derry, Fermanagh and Meath are sure to be of immeasurable value in developing players and getting them ready for championship. :p:p

ShamoBuc

Boom__Boom wrote: »

Yup wins against the likes of Kildare, Clare, Down, Galway, Derry, Fermanagh and Meath are sure to be of immeasurable value in developing players and getting them ready for championship. :p:p

As against the losses this year, especially Roscommon, yes.


Semi finals should be interesting, hard to see beyond Dublin.

Boom__Boom

ShamoBuc wrote: »

As against the losses this year, especially Roscommon, yes.


Semi finals should be interesting, hard to see beyond Dublin.

It's all about winning the championship and relegation to Division 2 is a massive blow to any side who want to have any notion of doing so. Winning some games against the also-rans is going to be worth the sum total of feck all in terms of increasing Cork's chances of winning an All-Ireland - in fact it's far more likely that the gap between Cork and the serious challengers is just going to get wider.

Yerra sher we'll give it a go against Roscommon in the semi-finals but sher we haven't beaten them in years.

lukin

No surprise to see a lot of Kerry folk gloating over us getting relegated.I'd say ye took more pleasure in that than qualifying for the knockout stages.

Boom__Boom

lukin wrote: »

No surprise to see a lot of Kerry folk gloating over us getting relegated.I'd say ye took more pleasure in that thanks qualifying for the knockout stages.

We were pretty much guaranteed a spot in the semi-finals anyway even if we lost today because of the way the table was before the game. Cork getting relegated as opposed to Monaghan improves the odds of Kerry winning Sam over the next few years so definitely a cause for celebration.

Kerrydude1981

Boom__Boom wrote: »

Sem win the Hogan Cup
Kerry Ladies U16 beat Cork
Kerry hurlers beat Laois to stay in Division 1B
Spa GAA dancers won Scor
Kerry relegate Cork in Tralee.

Good weekend for Kerry GAA all around

Kerry senior ladies beat Monaghan as well

SomeFool

DDC1990 wrote: »

TBH I like playing Cork. I prefer javing them around. Winning today was important to keep momentum up, but I'd nearly have preferred that Cork would stay up.

Not going to be a popular opinion here though :P

I was hoping their hurlers would go down and the footballers stay up, a double headder with Cork in next years league would have been a great day out!

dobman88

SomeFool wrote: »

I was hoping their hurlers would go down and the footballers stay up, a double headder with Cork in next years league would have been a great day out!

Yeah but the footballers get relegated after losing to Kerry in Tralee

Any day Kerry beat Cork is a great day. Seeing them relegated is the icing on the proverbial cake.

homerjay2005

ya on one hand its great to send Cork down.....


on the other, Cavan and Tyrone are replacing them, so thats 1 extra trip up north probably though hopefully we have 4 at home next year as opposed to the 4 away this year.

we should be -

home to Dublin, Mayo, Monaghan and Cavan

away to Tyrone, Donegal and Roscommon.


knowing the Gaa though, we will probably end up playing away from home 4 times again and have 3 of them up north.

kerryjack

Nice to see Cavan back in division 1 great suporters I have fond memories of 97.and the great mike frank Russel stole the show that day what a great forward he was.

thesultan

Where in Kerry is the club Fossa?

D'Agger

thesultan wrote: »

Where in Kerry is the club Fossa?

About a quarter of the way between Killarney & Killorglin - their pitch is across from the entrance to the Castleross hotel

DDC1990

homerjay2005 wrote:

home to Dublin, Mayo, Monaghan and Cavan

homerjay2005 wrote:

away to Tyrone, Donegal and Roscommon.

Swap Cavan and Tyrone I think.

We played Tyrone in Omagh last year so it should be reversed.

God only knows when the last game vs Cavan was in the league.

keane2097

'97 in the Polo Grounds I suspect.

Fr Tod Umptious

keane2097 wrote: »

'97 in the Polo Grounds I suspect.

Downing Stadium, Randal's Island to be exact.
Polo Grounds are long gone.

DDC1990

keane2097 wrote:

'97 in the Polo Grounds I suspect.

Does that count for home or away? We'll probably end up playing there again 20 years on

keane2097

DDC1990 wrote: »

Does that count for home or away? We'll probably end up playing there again 20 years on

Don't think it really matters, league home & away is redrawn every two years so wherever we played them that time will long since be irrelevant I think.

DDC1990

keane2097 wrote: »

Don't think it really matters, league home & away is redrawn every two years so wherever we played them that time will long since be irrelevant I think.

I was taking the piss :P Should have used a smiley face :P

Boom__Boom

keane2097 wrote: »

'97 in the Polo Grounds I suspect.

Nice to have a game against Cavan on the 70th anniversary of the '47 final in the Polo Grounds

DDC1990

With Shane Enright and Peter Crowley both being on 2 Black Cards already, I can see them both picking up black's vs Roscommon if the game is lost or vs Dublin towards the end of the game, leaving them suspended for the first round of the Championship, instead of missing a potentially bigger clash later in the year.

It's done regularly in the Champions League with their Yellow Cards rule.

Kerrydude1981

Sometimes the greatest motivation in sport can be when the odds appear to be stacked against a team and the only option is to stick out your chest and defy them.


This just about sums up the continued upward curve of the Kerry hurlers who went for broke against Laois in this Division 1B relegation play-off at the Austin Stack Park, and secured their Division 1B status for 2017 with a classy display of hurling that stunned the midlanders.

Laois did not help their cause when they lost their way and discipline midway through the second-half and ended up with 12 players on the pitch. They trailed by just six points when they lost wing forward Willie Dunphy to a second yellow in the 46th minute and then six minutes later sub Ross Ring was shown a straight red. Then with the contest decided, Laois were reduced to 12, when Willie Hyland got a straight red for an altercation with Patrick Kelly in the 69th minute.

Kerry boss Ciaran Carey was delighted with the win: “The most pleasing aspect, of course, is we have secured Division 1B hurling. It was nice to have control of our own destiny meaning by getting a result today. That is what we were looking for and in fairness, 2-27 is great clipping, 0-17 in the first-half, so it was a day to savour.”


Carey was glad Kerry’s two league wins did not become irrelevant against a Laois side that finished the league pointless: “What it did with the way the results went in 1A and 1B this year, was highlight the inequity of the league system in 1A and 1B. We were in an unfortunate position after winning two games, to be still in a play-off. In any league there should only be a play off between the bottom two if they are on the same points.

“Having said that, this was our biggest game of the year as far as I am concerned because it was crucial to maintain our status in 1B and they hurled with that in mind.”

The first-half of this relegation face-off was feast of attacking hurling with 26 scores and a couple of goal chances from both sides. Kerry were on top after a nervous opening with John Griffin controlling midfield and with the O’Leary brothers, Michael and Brendan, winning crucial ball in the half forward line, Laois were on the back foot. Kerry’s conversion rate in the opening half was just over 70% and Laois were dependent on Kerry errors and turnovers for scores. However, the O’Moore county received a boost in the 10th minute when a Kerry slip around midfield resulted in PJ Scully feeding Stephen Maher who blasted the ball to the Kerry net.

Kerry responded with new found intensity as they went on a 0-7 to 0-2 run, with points from Michael O’Leary, John Griffin, Brendan O’Leary (2) Shane Nolan (2) and John Egan, seeing Kerry move 0-12 to 1-5 clear, Willie Dunphy and Scully replaying for Laois.

Cha Dwyer then whipped the ball over the bar when it could have been worse, as Griffin, O’Leary and Nolan hurled like men inspired and Kerry fired over five more points to lead 0- 17 to 1-8 at half time. Shane Nolan claimed 0-7 in that opening half. Laois hit the ground running in the second-half with early points from Enda Rowland (free) and Willie Hyland, but Kerry struck for a crucial goal in the 40th minute, when Darren Dineen broke up a Laois attack and played the ball long, to Jack Goulding who set up John Egan for a super goal.

Once Laois lost two players, Kerry assumed complete control, with a succession of points before John Egan pounced for a goal in the 63rd minute, permitting Kerry to cruise to victory. For Laois, the gut check of a final relegation-promotion play off with Westmeath looms.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ciaran-carey-delight-as-kerry-get-just-reward-390985.html

Also congrats to Shane Nolan and David Clifford on been voted GAA players of the week

http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/kerry-shane-nolan-comes-out-top-hurling-player-the-week-vote/

http://www.gaa.ie/football/news/kerry-schoolboy-triumphs-football-player-the-week-vote/

dobman88

So Laois, after losing every single game in division 1B, have another chance to stay in division 1B which could be at the expense of a hard working Westmeath team? Am I reading that right?

hanamandiol

You sure are Dobman ,they now play off with Westmeath and speaking at the launch of GAA centre of excellence in Abbotstown yesterday GAA president sees no inequity in our leagues !!

Kerrydude1981

dobman88 wrote: »

So Laois, after losing every single game in division 1B, have another chance to stay in division 1B which could be at the expense of a hard working Westmeath team? Am I reading that right?

Ya it was same last year when Kerry had to play Antrim,the year before we had to play Offaly who didn't finish bottom of 1B,it was Antrim with zero points but Offaly who had three points, lost to them in the relegation play off a week or two after beating Antrim in the last round of the league,

The whole thing is a farce

I hope some club proposes getting rid of these play offs in congress next year.

dobman88

Lol. Amateur organisation indeed.

homerjay2005

this David Clifford has alot to live up to now possibly the most famous 16 year old in GAA since Beano!

anybody seen him play?

no pressure lad.

DDC1990

homerjay2005 wrote:

this David Clifford has alot to live up to now possibly the most famous 16 year old in GAA since Beano!

He has the personality already to be a big star. Took the MOTM interview in his stride, despite having his shorts pulled down by a team mate.

Did he play u16 1/2 for the SEM this year as well?

Kerrydude1981

homerjay2005 wrote: »

this David Clifford has alot to live up to now possibly the most famous 16 year old in GAA since Beano!

anybody seen him play?

no pressure lad.

And comparisons to Maurice Fitzgerald

homerjay2005

under 21 final tonight. should be an absolute belter.

Kerrydude1981

Fright to god that tg4 show u21 provincial hurling games and don't bother showing any u21 football games

dobman88

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Fright to god that tg4 show u21 provincial hurling games and don't bother showing any u21 football games

Greatest field game in the world sure :rolleyes:

DDC1990

In big trouble.

As expected, bigger Cork men causing huge problems, especially around the middle.

2-4 to 0-5

Cutting through us with ease

windy shepard henderson

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Fright to god that tg4 show u21 provincial hurling games and don't bother showing any u21 football games

very fair point , in fact the whole u21 football championship is just slapped together at the start of the year and finished as soon as possible , the 21s hurling final has a set weekend and venue each year for the final regardless of who is in it , wheres no venue or date has been officially set as yet for the football

DDC1990

2-4 to 0-7

Physicality killing us, but only 3 points in it.

Missing Andrew Barry in the centre, through injury.

windy shepard henderson

DDC1990 wrote: »

2-4 to 0-7

Physicality killing us, but only 3 points in it.

Missing Andrew Barry in the centre, through injury.

cork have a very big side to be fair , expect kerry to se it out though

DDC1990

Goal for Kerry.

1-9 to 2-5

Great start to the second half.

EDIT: 1-10 to 2-5

dobman88

Great updates DDC. Thank you

DDC1990

3-7 to 1-11 to Cork now.

Cut through the middle so easily.

Cork's point kicking very poor, Goal kicking not so much.