Mod Note Post #1 - The 2022 All Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Sean Purcell, Frankie Stockwell, the three in a row team from the 60's, and players like Padraig Joyce, Derek Savage and Michael Donnellan from the 1998 and 2001 teams. Galway have a wonderful tradition of producing great players, and playing nice and clean football. Even the Galway team, that lost three all Ireland finals in four years back in the 70's, had some fine players in Johnny Hughes, Jack Cosgrove, Tommy Joe Gilmore, Michael Rooney and Jimmy Duggan. It's always good for gaelic football when Galway are up and about and doing well.

Ah here, will you just take your beating and move on? Game is over. Better team won. Comerford acted the maggot a bit too much, oshea didnt deserve a red. The guy has a point re some dublin fans being hypocritical. Done.

Im not a big believer in the tradition stuff. Tradition wont beat a better team for you and the teams of 20 years ago will have the same bearing on the occasion as a team from 70 years ago - none.

On paper kerry look to have too much attacking power for galways defensive system to stifle. For them to get a result they need a few kerry forwards to misfire and maybe a bit of luck somewhere too. Those things are possible with this kerry team, but their final experience will probably tell in the end.

It is great to see 4 completely different teams contest the final over 2 seasons. There is a freshness about the thing.

Galway, Kildare would have to go up two notches get solid backs and a tactical structure that means their flair forwards can flourish. Then there is always the question on Kildare when was the last time in championship when outside Leinster they actually beat a team they were not supposed to? Through tactical nous and getting tactics spot on etc

Cork lack of a strong bench hinders them. They play well to a point then run out of steam.

As for Meath they are not in an asses roar of been contenders. In the last five years or so Meath have consistently lost to teams they should be beating handy, Westmeath, Longford, Clare etc.

It could be a few generations 20 years before Meath get their act together. So it is really fairy tale stuff to say it would be nice if Meath could be contenders.

They have to get back to beating teams like Clare when it matters.

There's lots of hypocrites from every county. I agree O'Shea didn't deserve a red for that but should have been black carded for a rugby tackle shortly after that.

Tradition tells us that if you beat your biggest rival in a semi-final that you underperform in the final. Tradition tells us that Kerry win an All-Ireland in every decade since 1900. Tradition tells us that Galway win in consecutive decades and then miss out in consecutive decades.

So Galway are unlikely to win until the 2030's.

Sport can come back to bite ya fair point. But I have seen enough of both sides to know that would need a lot to go wrong for Kerry. And a lot to go right for Galway. To cause a shock.

Now in fairness Joyce was smart and did a real number on Derry. Derry were not expecting that game plan and had no plan B. But I can’t forget those three goals Galway conceded v Armagh. Each one similar. Given the quality of the Kerry attack I can’t see Galway keeping Kerry quiet.

I would love to be proved wrong and Galway beat Kerry, to be honest. Might even wear a Galway jersey if I end up going!

But I can’t see Galway winning. Kerry are a different animal to even Kerry 2019 now. More tactically astute. Calmer, better defensively. Battled hardened with recent humbling defeats by teams they should have beaten on paper. Kerry won’t be taking Galway lightly as a consequence.

Another factor is Kerry’s most recent AI final was 2019. Whereas Galway’s was a few generations ago. So it will be a new pressure for the Galway lads. More of the Kerry lads know what to expect in that sense.

So if Galway do win, it will be one of the biggest shocks in the recent history of the GAA. It is 20 years since a div2 side won an all Ireland. When Armagh beat…. Kerry….

I think most people would agree that kerry are allot further down the road then this current Galway squad. There's allot between the teams at the moment in fairness but the beauty of sport is there's no guarantees. So of course they have a chance in a one off game. But its very hard to see it happening.

Declan Hannon failed to cement his legacy today when he allowed Lynch lift the cup with him. So today he became first player to lift the Liam McCarthy 3.5 times.

Oh, Roll on is right. Can't wait

Galway are a flaking team. With Gavin White probably going to miss the game we have very little options at wing back. It either put DoD back into the corner and bring GoS or use Gavin Crowley or Paul Murphy.

Galway have improved every game

What football match was that in?

Kildare were 4/9 in 1998 and we all know how that panned out.

As a Galwayman it'll be hope rather than expectation I'll be going in with on Sunday (assuming I can get a ticket), but I think these teams are a lot closer than the 1/3 the bookies have Kerry priced at to be honest.

Is the football final on this week? You'd never know it. This calendar needs to be taken out back and put out of its misery.

Ah christ, DM is miles ahead of Ger "it's a huge one" Canning, I can't stand him