Dublin GAA Discussion Thread: Mod Note - No 'Dublin Dominance' chat allowed!

Fenton, Kilkenny, Costello and Rock very quiet....Dublin's forward unit just not at it...very reminiscent of their league form.

should have been red

this is a moment for Costello, he needs to step up. No point doing it when you're team is coasting...

Should have won that, Dublin will be kicking themself

Ha ha. Imagine being so neutral and then coming into the Dublin thread to utter that swill.

Away with that.

kerry could have had ye dead and buried. Missed penalty, start of second half if Clifford or o’se had that ball coming along the ground they’d have slotted it away instead of the foul pick up from o’brien.

kerry let ye back into it and you showed great heart and character but Kerry overall deserved it. More incisive

The penalty was a dive. The follow through by O’Shea was pure dirt and HQ need to take a look at that with the disciplinary panel.

Kerry let nobody back into the game, we dragged ourselves back in to it with some good play at times.

Tough to lose on the back of two of the softest frees you’ll see given all year. The last one on Clifford was extremely debatable and the one before that was another dive.

A lot of our lads stood up in that second half when it counted and couldn’t ask for more than that.

The wides in the first half were significant in the end. Dublin do need to unearth some forwards, Rock will probably retire, Costello too inconsistent, Small doesn't do it, Scully and Howard are excellent players but not enough scores...McCaffrey won't be back and can't see Mannion back either. Arran Byrne, the Basquels just haven't delivered at this level...

Cooper, Rock, Fitzsimons (though he'd like a ninth medal, he hasn't had a good season) will go, McCarthy may hold on for the 9th medal...

Interesting time ahead for Dublin, not convinced Farrell is the guy to bring them forward.

Awful that two handy frees at the end decided it. The referee was happy to give them for Kerry the entire game in truth.

Disappointed by the Dublin performance though. Decision making poor, beaten all ends up tactically and certain players let themselves down badly. John Small was awful and i'm not just judging him on the black card. Shame becuase we're really not that far off and I don't believe Kerry have made great improvements to overtake us. We've just turned our backs on some of the principles that characterised the team of the recent past.

James McCarthy is the best player to ever play for Dublin. His drive and selflessness are remarkable.

I wouldn’t mind but he missed some fairly blatant stuff at the other end. There was a clear foot block on Kilkenny when the scores were level. He was surrounded by Kerry players and tried to kick pass it back only for his foot to be blocked with a foot. I like a ref to let the game flow but to pick and choose when you do it can be frustrating for supporters.

Rubbish diving and feigning injury he was entitled to ho for the ball.

McCarthy was my motm..what a player ,the driving force..the rest seemed nullified to shoot.

Frustrating to see us like in league games playing the ball too slow and out to the corners .

Good summary.

always going to be a close game but when the 3 most critical decisions made by the ref are incorrect… no red, diving for the frees…. What can you do… and trust me, nothing will get done.

Dublin supporters here are being a bit delusional, and grasping at straws.

Kerry were by far the better team. Way more skilful.

If Dublin had have won, it would be robbery.

Referee was fair in my opinion, so any complaints there is just sour grapes.

suck it up folks. Hard times ahead for the dubs.

And I’m a dub supporter for a long time.