Or they donât have the numbers for it.
There is fucking huge gaps between games in GAA, itâs farcical to suggest they canât recover physically or mentally.
They just were not good enough for a very long time, and that will happen agai.
McNulty didnât make those mistakes, mate, his inner chimp did.
[QUOTE=âcaoimhaoin, post: 1058875, member: 273â]Ya arguably. But itâs also arguable they won 09 that way because of the way they fucked away the year before from a good position.
But their lovely football in the early 2000âs cost them in 02 & 03 and again after 06/07.[/QUOTE]
Will you ever fuck off. I can vividly remember Tom OâSullivan trying to rile Canavan all game in 2005 with snide little hits off the ball and holding onto his jersey continuously in 2005 and Dara OâSe and OâSullivan tagetting Cavanagh similarly in 2008. Kerry have always been as dirty and cynical as those around them but with Tyrone they found a team who could match them both in football terms and physicality but who had a much sterner mentality that made sure they beat them when it really mattered. Tyrone were the side who played the better football in those games against Kerry and deservedly won those contests, the same applies to Armagh in 2002.
Hard to argue with that, I doubt any Kerry man would. Kev will though.
[QUOTE=âcaoimhaoin, post: 1058875, member: 273â]Ya arguably. But itâs also arguable they won 09 that way because of the way they fucked away the year before from a good position.
But their lovely football in the early 2000âs cost them in 02 & 03 and again after 06/07.[/QUOTE]
bolloxâŚthey met better teams who were better in every aspect⌠Iâve never seen a marking job go unpunished by the officials like Moyniham done on Colin corkery in 2001 âŚCorkery literally had his jersey held for the whole game until the big cork man lashed outâŚi swore there and then I would watch the games from the Dame Tavern than pay into croker to watch that shitâŚ
Iâd imagin until you have played high level sport and experienced the pressures of it you can never truly appreciate the likes of McNulty and his ilkâŚits all about the inches palâŚ
Whatever about that, heâs a sickening cunt.
heâs actually a sound manâŚbut in Ireland most confident people with a different outlook are usually hated by the packâŚthatâs just the way it isâŚ
Heâs a clown, as I alluded to earlier he didnât mention how his own individual errors cost his team in the two years where Armagh had the greatest chance to add to their solitary title.
Whatâs the interest like in Hurling these days @Il Bomber Destro
9 training sessions a week. 4 mornings, 3 evenings and then 2 nights of weights. Lads who canât make the 6.30pm training were told to fuck off. As one disgruntled player said, some of us have to work, weâre not on all Geezers wages!
Club fees up 50% and when queried the increase they were told quietlyâŚGeezers wages. And the fees arenât to be paid in dribs and drabs either!!! as some clubs that wouldnât have loads of money they would pay throughout the year. 50% before Christmas the rest in two payments before the end of April.
They mean business, even if there are a few dissenting voices, then again, there has always been a few dissidents in ArmaghâŚ
[QUOTE=âEbeneezer Goode, post: 1059331, member: 1785â]9 training sessions a week. 4 mornings, 3 evenings and then 2 nights of weights. Lads who canât make the 6.30pm training were told to fuck off. As one disgruntled player said, some of us have to work, weâre not on all Geezers wages!
Club fees up 50% and when queried the increase they were told quietlyâŚGeezers wages. And the fees arenât to be paid in dribs and drabs either!!! as some clubs that wouldnât have loads of money they would pay throughout the year. 50% before Christmas the rest in two payments before the end of April.
They mean business, even if there are a few dissenting voices, then again, there has always been a few dissidents in ArmaghâŚ[/QUOTE]
I wonder did he ever get the the wedge heâs owed from Kildare yet?
he hasnât a fucking notion in fairness. You and me, in different fashions and roles have seen what its like.
Weâre great and know more about it all than everyone else here*
*Bar Donal Og, the Limerick hurler on here, the former Wexford hurler on here, the few Clare lads on here and Rocko who was apparently better than Brian O Driscoll at rugby.
You are picking out individuals to back up your point, or little incidents and one off games. It doesnât represent the entire story though, or their general approach. Of course they would be dirty, or pull strokes. However collectively they didnât cop on they were being out thought tactically by other teams who were nullifying Kerrys better skills thru team play.
They lacked self-awarenessâŚ
@caoimhaoin How does your assertion in other threads that GAA teams target particular times of year to peak tally with your view here that a tougher provincial championship is an advantage? Surely being able to coast through the early part of the summer is better then? Genuine question, not trying to have a pop.
Itâs true thatâs what Kerry and Killkenny do. But then you look at Crossmaglen and they could do it in Armagh for the club, hardly breaking a sweat early on.
Dublin do it also, but the reason most of these teams do it is they know they have sufficient skills and superior teams to get away with it.
That wonât change if they have to play extra games, it will just mean they adjust a little
Once you get past the Ulster final you have a massive break. Itâs ridiculous to suggest you cannot recover and be prepared in time for 1/4âs or semiâs as it was.
I think one mistake some teams, arguably Armagh, were making was putting too much into an Ulster title and giving it too much prestige internally. That may have created a hunger problem. But that is a psychological issue, not a physical one and a clear mistake if your intention or main aim is an All Ireland.
But related to your point, all GAA is about peaking and timing and gradual improvement thru the year.
[QUOTE=âcaoimhaoin, post: 1060220, member: 273â]
But related to your point, all GAA is about peaking and timing and gradual improvement thru the year.[/QUOTE]
Amazing, a sport that is about peaking and timing and gradual improvement over the year, that is astonishing, the GAA sure is unique in this regard.
[QUOTE=âcaoimhaoin, post: 1060220, member: 273â]Itâs true thatâs what Kerry and Killkenny do. But then you look at Crossmaglen and they could do it in Armagh for the club, hardly breaking a sweat early on.
Dublin do it also, but the reason most of these teams do it is they know they have sufficient skills and superior teams to get away with it.
That wonât change if they have to play extra games, it will just mean they adjust a little
Once you get past the Ulster final you have a massive break. Itâs ridiculous to suggest you cannot recover and be prepared in time for 1/4âs or semiâs as it was.
I think one mistake some teams, arguably Armagh, were making was putting too much into an Ulster title and giving it too much prestige internally. That may have created a hunger problem. But that is a psychological issue, not a physical one and a clear mistake if your intention or main aim is an All Ireland.
But related to your point, all GAA is about peaking and timing and gradual improvement thru the year.[/QUOTE]
Ulster teams generally have to be at their best from the very start. Teams from the other provinces donât need to given the gulf in class in the latter stages. Itâs much harder to repeat high level of performances over a prolonged period of time. The likes of Kerry, Mayo and Dublin have a big advantage here.