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I agree Box. The story about the civil war/Kerry football has been well documented over the years. Politician local votes etc.

Doesn't he spin a yarn about getting Sam back when it went missing in the US? And I don't think Pickles found it either!!

Real Kerry Fan wrote:I agree Box. The story about the civil war/Kerry football has been well documented over the years. Politician local votes etc.

Beautiful John Egan-esque sidestep from RKF, skillfully avoiding the on-rushing monorail ....Cute Kerry hoors and all that.

Boxtyeater wrote:

Real Kerry Fan wrote:I agree Box. The story about the civil war/Kerry football has been well documented over the years. Politician local votes etc.

Beautiful John Egan-esque sidestep from RKF, skillfully avoiding the on-rushing monorail ....Cute Kerry hoors and all that.

Parish rail politics.

RKF slipping up in matters of importance here....

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Boxtyeater wrote:RKF slipping up in matters of importance here....

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And these bucks were in the Junior Club last year..?

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Boxtyeater wrote:RKF slipping up in matters of importance here....

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And these bucks were in the Junior Club last year..?

Swad were lucky then so that the great man took a year off....

Well Box I have arrived in the deep south. Saw the great man today in Cahirciveen.Just nodded towards him and he smiled and I knew we are going to have the oldest supersub in history next year if he and Jack resolve their difference. Pity he did not play in juniorfinal tjis year. seriously when Maurice and Fizmaurice were main players in divisional finals this year is a poor reflection of Kerry football. Well we will see maybe the oldest team in history capturing Sam this year.

Kindergarden compared to these warriors

Rumour has it that Manus was due to be called back into the county panel but stasitical analysis of the 92 final showed he spend 45% of the time inside the opposition 65 which clearly rules him out as a no. 15.


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Disturbing tales doing the rounds of a former county footballer having bouts of amnesia, particularly at a specific filling station in the South Midlands....Two fills of diesel remained unpaid and when "accosted" attempting the hat-trick (tank filled and paying for sandwich ) blustered and blathered to bate the band......
Not good.....

Boxtyeater wrote:Disturbing tales doing the rounds of a former county footballer having bouts of amnesia, particularly at a specific filling station in the South Midlands....Two fills of diesel remained unpaid and when "accosted" attempting the hat-trick (tank filled and paying for sandwich ) blustered and blathered to bate the band......
Not good.....

Which of the Cork lads is it?

Real Kerry Fan wrote:

Boxtyeater wrote:Disturbing tales doing the rounds of a former county footballer having bouts of amnesia, particularly at a specific filling station in the South Midlands....Two fills of diesel remained unpaid and when "accosted" attempting the hat-trick (tank filled and paying for sandwich ) blustered and blathered to bate the band......
Not good.....

Which of the Cork lads is it?

Now now RKF....The appropriate information is in the correct thread.....

Boxtyeater wrote:

Real Kerry Fan wrote:

Boxtyeater wrote:Disturbing tales doing the rounds of a former county footballer having bouts of amnesia, particularly at a specific filling station in the South Midlands....Two fills of diesel remained unpaid and when "accosted" attempting the hat-trick (tank filled and paying for sandwich ) blustered and blathered to bate the band......
Not good.....

Which of the Cork lads is it?

Now now RKF....The appropriate information is in the correct thread.....

Dont believe it. Cant see any decent Kerryman entering a petrol station when he normally uses the red diesel.

So another has decided to hang up his boots. Tommy Griffin was one of my favourite players over the past 12 years. He was ravaged by injuries but kept coming back and never let us down in midfield or defence. Won 5 All Ireland medals and I reckon would have knocked this year out of it as he says only for the injuries. Enjoy your retirement Tommy, you owe nobody anything and hopefully I will have a pint in your pub(if still open) soon.

Well how does the Gooch expect to regain his place? Kildare transfer in the news I heard tonight.

RKF Kerry had one decent player in 2011 who single-handely guided them to an All-Ireland final and for a period in the second half of that game, looked like doing the impossible and actually winning the competition by himself. Alas Dublin's 15 were better than Kerry's 1. He'll walk back into the team and as usual, it'll be left to himself to drag Kerry through to Croke Park.

Loyal I would use him as an impact sub.

Suprising news coming from Kerry with the re-retirement of Sean O'Sullivan. The surprise in this is that O'Sullivan came out of retirement a couple of months ago, and started both Kerry's NFL games to date.

I always thought Sean O'Sullivan to be an average player - lightning fast when he was young, but not much more to him than that. I was shocked to see him come out of retirement in the first place, and equally so to see him making Kerry's first 2 line-ups.

In fairness to Sean, he obviously has a better understanding of what he can/can't do than Jack O'Connor, and has removed himself from the squad after realising that he can no longer contribute at the top level. A poor decision by O'Connor to invite him back, and he has been bailed out by the player himself. All the best in your second retirement, Sean.

TC. It was a major surprise that Sean Sullivan came back at all. Played quite well in the County Championship in 2011 but had a poor final and was taken off. May have had an agreement with Jack and selectors, Give me a run and see how it goes. Two bad displays and gone. Good luck Sean as you gave good service over the years and often did create an impact as sub.
I would say that the panel will be pared down after the league but the younger players must be given their head in the remaining matches or we could suffer the consequences in the summer. Cant depend on the older lads forever.

If the Kerry management developed some kind of 3D glasses that made all opposition look like they were wearing Dublin jerseys at least you'd get 100% effort for EVERY game ....

Real Kerry Fan wrote: I would say that the panel will be pared down after the league but the younger players must be given their head in the remaining matches or we could suffer the consequences in the summer. Cant depend on the older lads forever.

I totally agree RKF. As Kerry did in last September's AIF, in 2010 Tyrone lost a championship match to Dublin that they probably should have won. Getting close seemed to convince Mickey Harte that he could go back the following year with the older fellas again, but it quickly became apparent that he couldn't. Judging by his early team selections, O'Connor also believes there is one more All-Ireland in his older players. I'm pretty sure that there isn't, at least, not with them all on the field together.

Jack has to introduce more youth, even if he isn't convinced by them just yet. A defence with all of Marc, Tomas, Brosnan and O'Mahony will not be good enough (on that subject, I can't remember if Tom O'Sullivan has decided to come back or retire?). Similarly, Scanlon and Galvin have started sluggishly, while Star has had one good game in 3 years. Kerry strangely didn't play in the Walsh Cup, which would have been a good chance to see new faces. Now, with Donnacha Walsh and Cooper to return in attack, the window for trying new players is closing.

Sam 12 wrote: in 2010 Tyrone lost a championship match to Dublin that they probably should have won.

And 2011 probably too ......

No, in 2011 we were well beaten by a better side.

Thomas Clarke wrote:Suprising news coming from Kerry with the re-retirement of Sean O'Sullivan. The surprise in this is that O'Sullivan came out of retirement a couple of months ago, and started both Kerry's NFL games to date.

I always thought Sean O'Sullivan to be an average player - lightning fast when he was young, but not much more to him than that. I was shocked to see him come out of retirement in the first place, and equally so to see him making Kerry's first 2 line-ups.

In fairness to Sean, he obviously has a better understanding of what he can/can't do than Jack O'Connor, and has removed himself from the squad after realising that he can no longer contribute at the top level. A poor decision by O'Connor to invite him back, and he has been bailed out by the player himself. All the best in your second retirement, Sean.

funnily enough having watched both of Kerrys league games to date and watching O'Sullivan being withdrawn before half time in both if my memory serves me right i remarked to a mate of mine that it wouldnt surprise me to see O'Sullivan pull out of the Kerry panel. He certainly wasnt alone in being rubbish against Armagh on Saturday night and would rightly be aggrieved at being the only one withdrawn but for me he never really showed anything that would make you think he could make it as a regular on the Kerry team.

Sean asked for a chance. Jack and the boys gave him and it did not work out. Sean said bye and the best of luck to him.