Kerry v Tyrone Match Thread *READ MOD NOTE POST #1*

Nerdlingr

Mountainlad wrote: »

I though the kick passing as usual was very good, they were delivering the ball into space and the Kerry forwards were running onto out in front of their man. The problem was it slid on the surface a lot especially first half, and that meant they had to dive at the ball and got swallowed up by the Tyrone defense.

Spot on. Lost count the number of times Donaghy was sliding to collect balls and then couldnt get back up off he ground when surrounded by 4 Tyrone men. There were some lovely balls threaded in but he conditions didnt allow for maximum return on them.

threeball

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Kerry are probably the last remaining team that actually still kick pass the ball. It's great to see, there's something bieutiful (as colm o rourke would say!!) about it.

God that's some awful brainwashed rubbish. Mayo, Galway, Dublin and Cork would easily play as many foot-passes in a game as Kerry. In fact I'd probably rate Dublins footpassing above any off them at the moment.

This propagated legend of Kerry being the last bastion of all that is good in football is utter sh1te. If it was so superior they would be winning club championships to bate the band where systems aren't as refined as intercounty, but they don't. Kerrys ability to mix the on the edge stuff with good football and get away with it is what sets them apart as a team. They get a lot of calls because everyone has bought into the legend and it glosses over the fact that Kerry are as versed in the dark arts as any.

keane2097

"Nobody realises Kerry practise the Dark Arts" must be the most oft quoted phrase in the GAA since "Donegal didn't get the credit for their attacking play in 2012".

JohnBoy26

munster87 wrote: »

The Green and Red of Mayo: Jealousy and Anger

"I can see it still"

Nerdlingr

threeball wrote: »

God that's some awful brainwashed rubbish. Mayo, Galway, Dublin and Cork would easily play as many foot-passes in a game as Kerry. In fact I'd probably rate Dublins footpassing above any off them at the moment.

This propagated legend of Kerry being the last bastion of all that is good in football is utter sh1te. If it was so superior they would be winning club championships to bate the band where systems aren't as refined as intercounty, but they don't. Kerrys ability to mix the on the edge stuff with good football and get away with it is what sets them apart as a team. They get a lot of calls because everyone has bought into the legend and it glosses over the fact that Kerry are as versed in the dark arts as any.

Watching most of those teams is like watching a basketball game!
Hand pass here, run a bit, hand pass there, run a bit. :P

liam7831

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Watching most of those teams is like watching a basketball game!
Hand pass here, run a bit, hand pass there, run a bit. :P

11 Finals in 15 years

Nerdlingr

liam7831 wrote: »

11 Finals in 15 years

wha?

Defiler Of The Coffin

Tyrone lost the game because they weren't able to get the goals they needed. Simple as that really. It's getting tiresome now hearing all this talk about refs and conspiracies and whatnot.

The quality of these threads has gone down in the last while IMO. I hope the Mayo Dublin thread isn't such a cluster****.

threeball

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Watching most of those teams is like watching a basketball game!
Hand pass here, run a bit, hand pass there, run a bit. :P

Yerra, down in Kirry we never handpashed a ball in our lives

Poor_old_gill

threeball wrote: »

Yerra, down in Kirry we never handpashed a ball in our lives

Do you only do your routine on line or have you got a slot in a pub somewhere?
Slagging the Kerry accent and saying "yerra" is some fairly ace, ground breaking material.

BonnieSituation

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Tyrone lost the game because they weren't able to get the goals they needed. Simple as that really. It's getting tiresome now hearing all this talk about refs and conspiracies and whatnot.

The quality of these threads has gone down in the last while IMO. I hope the Mayo Dublin thread isn't such a cluster****.

I haven't read through the thread since before toady (I don't want to give myself Forest Whitaker eye) but being at the game on Sunday I was able to talk to a lot of the people out and about including some Kerry-folk as it would have it.

Not one person I chatted to had any bones with the result. Nor did I. And lord knows my thoughts on the Green-and-Gold.

Feck knows what conspiracies were being spouted in here.

Given the gaggle of Tyrone lads and (a token fellow from the Orchard County) had to say, I think a conspiracy was far from all of our minds. Deegan could have done better but Tyrone should have done better also.

Tom Joad

I think this thread has run it's course.