lets face facts here, the talent doesent seem to be there, too many non-Dublin guys playing for Dublin clubs, whoever does take over from Lyons will not create instant success
The All-Ireland Thread 2004
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Team announced for Sunday. Liam Hassett and William Kirby are in at the expense of Mike Frank Russell and Paddy Kelly. Gooch makes it to right corner forward. This means Kirby into the midfield alongside Dara O'Se and Liam Hassett into the half forward line with Declan O'Sullivan taking over from Mike Frank in the corner. This is the switch that was pulled on Dublin in the quarters.
What this gives Kerry is a distinct Plan B in the forward line, which will be useful against the very physical and forceful Derry backs. Having Mike Frank and Johnny Crowley ready to come on, with O'Sullivan moving back to the half forward line will be a whole different proposition for Derry to contend with.
What this gives Kerry is a distinct Plan B in the forward line, which will be useful against the very physical and forceful Derry backs. Having Mike Frank and Johnny Crowley ready to come on, with O'Sullivan moving back to the half forward line will be a whole different proposition for Derry to contend with.
Good performance yersterday by the Kingdom. Derry were made to look very poor at times. Must give food for thought to the Dublin brigade who witnessed Derry go down as badly as Dublin.
Mayo weren't impressive at first glance, but that was a different game against tougher opppostion. The important thing was they were there at the end and got the hard scores in the final few minutes. McDonnell is a class act, as is the blonde Mortimer sister. They also have a very good spirit about them and real self-belief. You can tell they really want to win this - and they beat Tyrone.
Hope Daragh O Se and Gooch will be fit and with Moynihan returning to training this week, we'll have a serious panel of 20-21 really top players available for the final. I think the players that come off the bench are the ones that could swing it on the day.
Whos left in the football now?
I allways loose track of it when im not home.
I allways loose track of it when im not home.
just the final
Kerry v. Mayo
Kerry v. Mayo
Keane16 said:
all the Ulster sides out
Kerrys cup surely?not so fast Murt.
Mayo are a decent side and they've beaten better teams on the way to the final than we have. I think we're pacing purselves very well though. Yesterday was good, but not outstanding, just right for a semi-final.
Mayo are a decent side and they've beaten better teams on the way to the final than we have. I think we're pacing purselves very well though. Yesterday was good, but not outstanding, just right for a semi-final.
Fair play Keano. Kerry did the jib and did it well. Professional and sublime. Mayo will be no pushovers.
All Ireland finals and Kerry go hand in hand like Cork and litter problem.
All Ireland finals and Kerry go hand in hand like Cork and litter problem.
Any of you lads know where that mad priest at the olympics is from, whats his story?
Murt said:
Cornelius (Neil) Horan. He's from Kerry, Scartaglin to be precise - a few miles the arse end of Castleisland, 13 or so miles from Tralee. He's a nutcase and thinks we should read the bible and prepare for the second coming. He's a ex-priest and his family are really embarassed about it. I saw them on the news a while back, they have a greengrocers shop in Tralee.
What a gobshite.
bazalini said:
Cheers Baz.
The psychology has started already. Kerry reckon Daragh O"Se's injury makes Mayo slight favourites for the game, they then refuse to rule him out of the tie. Mayo reckon that Kerry are raging hot favourites and that O'Se and Moynihan are certainties to start for Kerry.
Expect this to continue. O'Se is definately out though, metatarsal bone broken, like Beckham a few years back, 6 week lay off they reckon. Seamus is starting training later this week, but he is no more than 50/50. If O'Se is out as expected, then he may start at centre-half back with Eoin Brosnan going to the centre. Either way, its not ideal.
Meanwhile, the hunt for tickets begins.....
Best of luck with the ticket hunting Keane, and who knows if things arent going according to plan for Kerry ye can always call upon the mad priest to run onto the pitch and disrupt the Mayo rythym
Dont forget to post the score on here as I'll be away on me holliers but should be able to get internet access
Dont forget to post the score on here as I'll be away on me holliers but should be able to get internet access
Nialler said:Best of luck with the ticket hunting Keane, and who knows if things arent going according to plan for Kerry ye can always call upon the mad priest to run onto the pitch and disrupt the Mayo rythym
I think even he would think twice about it. Some little Brazilian in the Olympics is one thing, but interupting 30 fit aggressive athletes from Mayo and Kerry within an enclosed space - well thats likely to be his last foray into sporting ignomy.
Nialler said:
Surely they'll stop gambling to watch it on big screens all over Las Vegas - I'd be shocked if they didn't.
Keane16 said:
Should have guessed
Getting a right slagging from everyone here about him, things are bad when psyhciatric patients are taking the pass out of your compatriots for being cracked
Incidentally, just for the benefit of Nialler, Tommy Lyons has resigned.
I'm sure that's the hot topic in Vegas, but just in case.
I'm sure that's the hot topic in Vegas, but just in case.
GAA funnies...
1. I love Cork so much that if I caught one of their hurlers in bed with my missus, I'd tiptoe downstairs and make him a cup of tea"- Joe Lynch, actor.
2. "We've won one All-Ireland in a row" -- Wexford Fan in 1996.
3. "The toughest match I ever heard off was the 1935 All-Ireland Semi-Final. After 6 minutes, the ball ricocheted off a post and went into the stand. The pulling continued relentlessly and it was 22 >minutes before any of the players noticed the ball was missing" - Michael Smith.
4. "Sylvie Linnane would start a riot in a graveyard" -- Tipp fan
on the Galway legend.
5. "I'm not giving away any secrets like that to Tipperary. If I
had my way, I wouldn't even tell them the time of the throw-in" - Ger Loughnane.
6. "He's like Lazarus; but Lazarus didn't have such a sweet
right>boot" -- Micheal O'Muircheartaigh on Colin Corkery.
7. "Whenever a team loses, there's always a row at half time but when they win, it's an inspirational speech" -- John O'Mahony.
8. "There are 2 things in Ireland that would drive you to drink.
GAA referees would drive you to drink, and the price of drink would drive you to drink" -- Sligo Fan after 2002 Connact final.
9. "The wheel fell off my mobile home" -- Offaly's Eugene McGee explains why he was late for training.
10. "When my friends were besotted with Jason Donovan, my heroes were Colm O'Rourke and Barney Rock" -- Sue Ramsbottom (Laois Ladies Captain).
11. 'We're taking this match awful seriously. We're training
three times a week now, and some of the boys are off the beer since Tuesday' - Offaly hurler quote in the week before a Leinster hurling final vs. Kilkenny
12. 'Ger Loughnane was fair, he treated us all the same during
training-like dogs' -anonymous Clare hurler
13. 'Any chance of an autograph? Its for the wife....she really
hates you' - Tipp fan to Ger Loughnane
14. 'You can't win derbies with donkeys' - Babs Keating before Tipp played Cork in 1990
15. 'Sheep in a heap' -Babs Keating description of Offaly in 1998
16. 'Babs Keating 'resigned' as coach because of illness and
fatigue. The players were sick and tired of him' - Offaly fan in 1998
17. 'And as for you. You're not even good enough to play for this shower of useless no-hopers' - Former Clare mentor to one of his subs after a heavy defeat
18. 'Babs Keating was arrested in Nenagh for shaking a cigarette machine,but the gardai let him off when he said he only wanted to borrow twenty players' - Waterford fan after 2002 Munster final
19. 'They have a forward line that couldn't punch holes in a
paperbag' - Pat Spillane on the Cavan football team
20. 'Meath players like to get their retaliation in first' - Cork
fan 1988
21. 'Meath make football a colourful game-you get all black and
blue' -another Cork fan 1988
22. 'Colin Corkery is deceptive. He is slower than he looks' - Kerry fan
23. 'Life isn't all beer and football...some of us haven't touched a football in months' - Kerry player during league campaign 1980s
1. I love Cork so much that if I caught one of their hurlers in bed with my missus, I'd tiptoe downstairs and make him a cup of tea"- Joe Lynch, actor.
2. "We've won one All-Ireland in a row" -- Wexford Fan in 1996.
3. "The toughest match I ever heard off was the 1935 All-Ireland Semi-Final. After 6 minutes, the ball ricocheted off a post and went into the stand. The pulling continued relentlessly and it was 22 >minutes before any of the players noticed the ball was missing" - Michael Smith.
4. "Sylvie Linnane would start a riot in a graveyard" -- Tipp fan
on the Galway legend.
5. "I'm not giving away any secrets like that to Tipperary. If I
had my way, I wouldn't even tell them the time of the throw-in" - Ger Loughnane.
6. "He's like Lazarus; but Lazarus didn't have such a sweet
right>boot" -- Micheal O'Muircheartaigh on Colin Corkery.
7. "Whenever a team loses, there's always a row at half time but when they win, it's an inspirational speech" -- John O'Mahony.
8. "There are 2 things in Ireland that would drive you to drink.
GAA referees would drive you to drink, and the price of drink would drive you to drink" -- Sligo Fan after 2002 Connact final.
9. "The wheel fell off my mobile home" -- Offaly's Eugene McGee explains why he was late for training.
10. "When my friends were besotted with Jason Donovan, my heroes were Colm O'Rourke and Barney Rock" -- Sue Ramsbottom (Laois Ladies Captain).
11. 'We're taking this match awful seriously. We're training
three times a week now, and some of the boys are off the beer since Tuesday' - Offaly hurler quote in the week before a Leinster hurling final vs. Kilkenny
12. 'Ger Loughnane was fair, he treated us all the same during
training-like dogs' -anonymous Clare hurler
13. 'Any chance of an autograph? Its for the wife....she really
hates you' - Tipp fan to Ger Loughnane
14. 'You can't win derbies with donkeys' - Babs Keating before Tipp played Cork in 1990
15. 'Sheep in a heap' -Babs Keating description of Offaly in 1998
16. 'Babs Keating 'resigned' as coach because of illness and
fatigue. The players were sick and tired of him' - Offaly fan in 1998
17. 'And as for you. You're not even good enough to play for this shower of useless no-hopers' - Former Clare mentor to one of his subs after a heavy defeat
18. 'Babs Keating was arrested in Nenagh for shaking a cigarette machine,but the gardai let him off when he said he only wanted to borrow twenty players' - Waterford fan after 2002 Munster final
19. 'They have a forward line that couldn't punch holes in a
paperbag' - Pat Spillane on the Cavan football team
20. 'Meath players like to get their retaliation in first' - Cork
fan 1988
21. 'Meath make football a colourful game-you get all black and
blue' -another Cork fan 1988
22. 'Colin Corkery is deceptive. He is slower than he looks' - Kerry fan
23. 'Life isn't all beer and football...some of us haven't touched a football in months' - Kerry player during league campaign 1980s
Well done to Kerry, thoroughly deserved All-Ireland !
Iarmhi Abu - The season will be remembered for its Maroon-ness.
Good quote last week I heard. "It would be better for a Mayo win rather then a Kerry Statistic"
"... and Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, i'll tell
ye a little story. I was in Times' Square in New York last week, and I was missing the Championship back home. So I approached a newsstand and I said 'I suppose ye wouldn't have the Kerryman would ye?' To which,the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me and he said 'do you want the North Kerry edition or the South Kerry edition?'... he had both...so I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet..."
"Anthony Lynch the Cork corner back will be the last person to let
you down - his people are undertakers"
"I saw a few Sligo people at Mass in Gardiner street this morning
and the omens seem to be good for them, the priest was wearing the same colours as the Sligo jersey! 40 yards out on the Hogan stand side of the field Ciaran Whelan goes on a rampage, its a goal. So much for religion."
Colin Corkery on the 45 lets go with the right boot. Its over the
bar. This man shouldn't be playing football. He's made an almost
Lazarus-like recovery from a heart condition. Lazarus was a great man
but he couldn't kick points like Colin Corkery.
"1-5 to 0-8.. well from Lapland to the Antarctic, that's level scores in any man's language".
"Pat Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now ... but here
comes Joe Rabbitte hot on his tail ...... I've seen it all now, a Rabbitte chasing a Fox around Croke Park!"
"I see John O Donnell dispensing water on the sideline. Tipperary,
sponsored by a water company. Cork Sponsored by a tae company. I
wonder will they meet later for afternoon tae."
"Teddy looks at the ball, the ball looks at Teddy"
"Danny "The Yank" Culloty. He came down from the mountains and
hasn't he done well"
"He grabs the sliotar, he's on the 50......he's on the
40......he's on the 30..........................he's on the ground"
"In the first half they played with the wind. In the second half
they played with the ball".
"He kicks the ball lan san aer, could've been a goal, could've
been a point.............it went wide."
"Stephen Byrne with the puck out for Offaly....Stephen, one of
12......all but one are here to-day, the one that's missing is Mary,
she's at home minding the house.....and the ball is dropping i lar na bpairce...."
"Pat Fox out to the forty and grabs the sliothar, I bought a dog
from his father last week. Fox turns and sprints for goal, the dog ran a great race last Tuesday in Limerick. Fox to the 21 fires a shot, it goes to the left and wide..... and the dog lost as well
"Sean Og o Hailpin.... his father's from Fermanagh, his mother's
from Fiji, neither a hurling stronghold
"Teddy McCarthy to Mick McCarthy, no relation, Mick McCarthy back
to Teddy McCarthy, still no relation "
Good quote last week I heard. "It would be better for a Mayo win rather then a Kerry Statistic"
"... and Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, i'll tell
ye a little story. I was in Times' Square in New York last week, and I was missing the Championship back home. So I approached a newsstand and I said 'I suppose ye wouldn't have the Kerryman would ye?' To which,the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me and he said 'do you want the North Kerry edition or the South Kerry edition?'... he had both...so I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet..."
"Anthony Lynch the Cork corner back will be the last person to let
you down - his people are undertakers"
"I saw a few Sligo people at Mass in Gardiner street this morning
and the omens seem to be good for them, the priest was wearing the same colours as the Sligo jersey! 40 yards out on the Hogan stand side of the field Ciaran Whelan goes on a rampage, its a goal. So much for religion."
Colin Corkery on the 45 lets go with the right boot. Its over the
bar. This man shouldn't be playing football. He's made an almost
Lazarus-like recovery from a heart condition. Lazarus was a great man
but he couldn't kick points like Colin Corkery.
"1-5 to 0-8.. well from Lapland to the Antarctic, that's level scores in any man's language".
"Pat Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now ... but here
comes Joe Rabbitte hot on his tail ...... I've seen it all now, a Rabbitte chasing a Fox around Croke Park!"
"I see John O Donnell dispensing water on the sideline. Tipperary,
sponsored by a water company. Cork Sponsored by a tae company. I
wonder will they meet later for afternoon tae."
"Teddy looks at the ball, the ball looks at Teddy"
"Danny "The Yank" Culloty. He came down from the mountains and
hasn't he done well"
"He grabs the sliotar, he's on the 50......he's on the
40......he's on the 30..........................he's on the ground"
"In the first half they played with the wind. In the second half
they played with the ball".
"He kicks the ball lan san aer, could've been a goal, could've
been a point.............it went wide."
"Stephen Byrne with the puck out for Offaly....Stephen, one of
12......all but one are here to-day, the one that's missing is Mary,
she's at home minding the house.....and the ball is dropping i lar na bpairce...."
"Pat Fox out to the forty and grabs the sliothar, I bought a dog
from his father last week. Fox turns and sprints for goal, the dog ran a great race last Tuesday in Limerick. Fox to the 21 fires a shot, it goes to the left and wide..... and the dog lost as well
"Sean Og o Hailpin.... his father's from Fermanagh, his mother's
from Fiji, neither a hurling stronghold
"Teddy McCarthy to Mick McCarthy, no relation, Mick McCarthy back
to Teddy McCarthy, still no relation "
that's brilliant. you have anymore Baz?
Great quotes, Michael O Muirihertigh I presume ?
I remember him saying on the radio one Sunday afternoon after a mass brawl broke out among the players on the pitch,
"...and all 30 players have converged in an area of the field not big enough to grow cabbages on"
I remember him saying on the radio one Sunday afternoon after a mass brawl broke out among the players on the pitch,
"...and all 30 players have converged in an area of the field not big enough to grow cabbages on"
well its not the sam but a start
