2017 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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That was brilliant from Mayo and particularly Andy Moran, who is just indefatigable. He could yet be Footballer of the Year.

Kerry played with a sweeper in the first half but it didn’t suit them at all and they seemed to be playing with purely for the sake of it rather than having any real belief in it.

I think it also took away from the effectiveness of their press at kickouts and it had the unintended consequence of leaving Keith Higgins free to roam and giving Mayo more bodies out around midfield.

The Kerry half-forward line was just wiped out.

Mayo had a much, much better day on their own kickout - Clarke was heroic all round - and it was the foundation stone on which they built their dominance. They also hugely unsettled Kerry on theirs.

The bottom line is you can set up with any system you want but the Kerry defenders just aren’t very good.

Neither are Jack Barry and Jack Savage.

Attack is usually the best form of defence for Kerry and they showed why they generally haven’t set up with a sweeper before under Fitzmaurice. Fitzmaurice has always trusted his players before but he didn’t today.

Rochford did. I wasn’t overly impressed with him for much of last year and for much of this year for that matter but he’s both lucky and has seriously earned his corn in the big games.

James O’Donoghue should have started. Insanity not to do so. If he’s fit enough to come on at half-time he’s fit enough to start. It would have enabled Barry John Keane to come in earlier.

Mayo have been better than Kerry since 2012 and both the results and the performances bear that out. Kerry were poxed in 2014 and today was the fourth time in a row Mayo have been the superior team in a championship clash between the two. Fourth time (not so) unlucky for Kerry.

I thought myself around the 68/69 minute mark, “just don’t somebody get sent off”. It’s becoming a pattern for Durcan now. He’d be a fatal loss for the final.

Some noise at the end. Mayo are some supporters. I’m delighted they sent those Kingdom cunts home with their tails firmly between their legs.

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Kerry haven’t replaced AOM who was their only player capable of sweeping up to his retirement.

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Meath players always say that the four week gap before 1991 final unsettled them after playing nine times between June 2nd and August 18th, usually with just a week’s gap (at most two weeks) between matches.

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7770

Why is AOS on the way down already before the punch lands?
I didn’t see the match yet.

7771

How many of the current Kerry squad would wake the team from 2006 - 2008 . At a push 4 .

7772

Presume because he saw it coming and was taking evasive action.

7773

Did he ask for it? Donaghy would be used to talk but not one for throwing big blows.

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Moran, Geaney, O’Donoghue and one of Murphy/Crowley.

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He definitely asked for it id say. I think Donaghy gave him a bit of a puah with arm in face before he punched him but i onky saw it live

7776

Murphy possibly but Crowley no . . Too slow and too rash .

7777

Small punch and then a bigger punch followed but O’Shea fell as if he was knocked out cold. He wasn’t.

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7778

He will shine tomorrow though ?

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Shameless dive

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7780

Just saw that Crowley/O’Shea coming together at HT.

Must have missed it at the time.

Crowley is a tramp.

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7781

More evidence of the shameless cheating of those mayo cunts. It’s terrible. Every time you come around to liking them you see something like this and it boosts the joy when you see them fall flat at the last hurdle. The diving cunts*

*ò shea, both ò Connors and hivgins/Boyle had an outrageous one after missing a point today(from my view in a crowded bar).

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7782

Does Cillian O Connor have something on the GAA top brass??..every match he seems to either get away with a filthy blow or get a lad black or red carded …
Kerry were sham today…went out to lay down markers in physical battles and ended up getting rattled themselves . .outclassed in football skills for the second week in a row too…ref stuck it them too when they tried to bully him…fair play to gough not folding after the witch hunt kerry fans did against him last year for getting a split second decision wrong…

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The difference between centre backs has turned around both teams seasons. .Higgins adds so much there going forward. .Morley follows his man too much and leaves a gaping hole for the fullback line to get crucified. .the gooch said as much on Sunday game…trying to mark an inside forward who has half of croke park pitch in front of him is virtually impossible…

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Goughs 1st half performance was absolutely diabolical. He gave Kerry fuck all and Mayo got frees Kerry didn’t get a sniff of in the tackle.

On 1st half viewing, Mayo have massive work rate as usual but shooting is gash. Kerry played into Mayo’s hands hand passing too much ball up the field. When Kerry revert away from kick passing you know they’re fucked.

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That never happened.

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