Kerry v Cork

Good match. Cork had at least 4 or 5 goal chances. Kerry just drawn the game. ET.....

Kerry are from from finished.

amazing that no one has seen fit to mention Mr Galvin and his antics today - perhaps you all think what he done was acceptable!!!!!!

What next eye gouging!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i also found Mr Gobshite Spillanes comments about the match interesting. He talked it up like it was a real spectacle 'end to end' and 'edge of your seat' were soem of the comments he used to describe it.

The game i saw was littered with errors many of which were unforced it was a niggly game with lots of challenges which merited yellows going unnoticed by Pat. How Tom O' Sullivan stayed on the field is beyond me he should have had about 6 yellows for persistent fouling. Griffin can count himself lucky whilst Canty can count himself unlucky. The Gooch has been watching too much of the world cup and i'm not sure Donaghy knew what sport he was playing.

I think McEneaney has had better days in the office - the last seconds of extra time there was a definite free for Cork whcih he chose to ignore and yet all day he was falling for every one of Goochs dives!!!!!

Cork **** on the nest again and i dont think they have the stomach for the qualifiers to be honest, Counihans managerial qualities and tactical know how are perhaps not what many of us suspected from last year.

Cork are nothing special and people have been over-rating them for way too long. If they were any use they'd have won an All-Ireland well before now. Kerry were toying with them the last two weeks, indeed the last two or three years.

I think Cork are more than capable for the qualifiers. Cork had numerous chances on goal, and in the end it was a point that seperated them.

Unlike Armagh and Dublin I think that Cork have learnt that winning Munster was doing them no good. Whenever they played Kerry in the All Ireland they undoubtedly went into games with confidence because they had beaten them. This year will be different I feel and think Cork will be 2010 champions.

Not a hope. All brawn but no brain with that shower. You need the bit of cuteness to win All-Irelands and Cork lack it in spades. Losing to Kerry today wasn't part of any master-plan there today, like last week they just blew it.

bocerty wrote:amazing that no one has seen fit to mention Mr Galvin and his antics today - perhaps you all think what he done was acceptable!!!!!!

What next eye gouging!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Jinx

Didn't get to see the game (again), so can't comment on anything too much!

Glad we're through to the final though, did not fancy the back door this year. Seems to be a couple of cases of indiscipline arising from the game though, and surprise surprise same names mentioned as always. Time some of these lads copped themselves on.

3inarow08 wrote:Didn't get to see the game (again), so can't comment on anything too much!

Glad we're through to the final though, did not fancy the back door this year. Seems to be a couple of cases of indiscipline arising from the game though, and surprise surprise same names mentioned as always. Time some of these lads copped themselves on.

triona did not make the match myself but if not top quality at times was very very exciting. Indiscipline at times yes but bocerty strangely seem to see the incidents with one eye. The Gooch was being pulled and dragged every time has got passed his man but obviously it is allowable according to some. gooch was outstanding from the half forward line where he played most of the match.If ref saw the Galvin yes red card but although Canty was unlucky to get second yellow he should have got a straight red for his attack on Galvin earlier. Look it was a good hard match that the pundits have been bemoaning that we were lacking recently.

3inarow08 wrote:Didn't get to see the game (again), so can't comment on anything too much!

Glad we're through to the final though, did not fancy the back door this year. Seems to be a couple of cases of indiscipline arising from the game though, and surprise surprise same names mentioned as always. Time some of these lads copped themselves on.

time indeed Triona - maybe a good lengthy ban would sort him out as it appears he understands no other language

Real Kerry Fan wrote:

triona did not make the match myself but if not top quality at times was very very exciting. Indiscipline at times yes but bocerty strangely seem to see the incidents with one eye. The Gooch was being pulled and dragged every time has got passed his man but obviously it is allowable according to some. gooch was outstanding from the half forward line where he played most of the match.If ref saw the Galvin yes red card but although Canty was unlucky to get second yellow he should have got a straight red for his attack on Galvin earlier. Look it was a good hard match that the pundits have been bemoaning that we were lacking recently.

Nothing strange there RKF, only the likes of Dellboypolecat could rival him for bias! And that's saying something!

bocerty wrote:

time indeed Triona - maybe a good lengthy ban would sort him out as it appears he understands no other language

Is this the same lad that got a "good lengthy ban" in 2008? Would you prefer an even "gooder lengthier ban"? Perhaps stop him from playing altogether?

8 weeks ban being proposed for Galvin by the CCCC. Well deserved IMO.

3inarow08 wrote:

Real Kerry Fan wrote:

triona did not make the match myself but if not top quality at times was very very exciting. Indiscipline at times yes but bocerty strangely seem to see the incidents with one eye. The Gooch was being pulled and dragged every time has got passed his man but obviously it is allowable according to some. gooch was outstanding from the half forward line where he played most of the match.If ref saw the Galvin yes red card but although Canty was unlucky to get second yellow he should have got a straight red for his attack on Galvin earlier. Look it was a good hard match that the pundits have been bemoaning that we were lacking recently.

Nothing strange there RKF, only the likes of Dellboypolecat could rival him for bias! And that's saying something!

bias my **** you should be on stage Triona - i call it as i see it - Gooch was doing a fair bit of 'diving' from what i seen of the game, it didnt take much to put him down, when Cavanagh was at the same craic a few years ago he was getting castigated by everyone, and Tom O' Sullivan was doing his share of fouling along with Griffin but you Kerry lads chose to ignore that and instead point out that Canty deserved red for the clash with Galvin - now thats bias. You are a more cynical side than you care to admit and yet we all get labelled with the puke football label when the truth is you guys are masters at it - Billy Morgan was right.

Had a certain Tyrone player done what Galvin done then i would guarantee it would have caused more controversy - had it even happened in an Ulster championship many of you would have had a field day but when its one of your own you are more selective in your criticism, thats bias Triona not the sh!te you accuse me off. I will have no problem criticising a Tyrone player if i feel they warrant it pity you cant do the same.

3inarow08 wrote:

bocerty wrote:

time indeed Triona - maybe a good lengthy ban would sort him out as it appears he understands no other language

Is this the same lad that got a "good lengthy ban" in 2008? Would you prefer an even "gooder lengthier ban"? Perhaps stop him from playing altogether?

are you suggesting he gets away with it??????

while the GAA needs Paul Galvin the 'footballer' we could do without Paul Galvin the 'person' if thats all he has to offer - but then he is 'sacred' to many on here and they choose to overlook his dark side and instead offer lame excuses like he was provoked. The CCCC will probably do the same!!!!!

Some day he will provoke the wrong guy and get his just rewards for it.

The cccc should have given galvin at leats a 4 month ban he is a repeat offender and should be dealt with that way..No one in there right mind could stand up for galvin he acts like a thug on the pitch..This is his 2nd interaction with cadogan within a few months..

The nicest thing I can say about Paul Galvin is that he makes Ricey McMenimen look like a good honest footballer

I did not see the game so I can only comment on incidences from the highlights. Canty should probably have walked for his "foul" on Galvin, I did not think there was much in the coillision with the Gooch but if your already on a yellow you should not even breathe in the referees direction (same with Brennan, should not have been gotten second yellow card but had toeing the line all day so he was gonna go at some stage) In my opinion, the Gooch went down very easy for "some" of the frees. In my opinion he is not the same player he once was. He did not score from play on Sunday and as I heard someone say last night, even the frees he does take are tap-overs from 13m out - any longer range ones Sheahan looks after.
With regard to the "Galvin incident", the sheer arrogance of O'Connor and O'Keeffe going on about the best referee in the country saw it and didn't do anything about it and they were sure there would be no more about it.
I saw the incident with Galvin and think he deserved to be sent off.
The 8 weeks is because they recommend that he be given a retrospective red card which would total 2 in the last 48 weeks. Opposition players the length and breadth of the country know what Cadogen knows, rile him enough and he will retaliate time and time and time and time again. I honestly believe that if the ban stands, he will retire. What is the point in him training his butt off to be on the county team for fits and starts during the year. When he concentrates on football, he is a joy to watch but time and again, he has brought the GAA into disrepute and to me I think he is more of a liability than an asset at this stage.
(I am not on an anti-Kerry or anti-Galvin stance here - I think that Ger Brennan and Denis Bastic should not ever darken the door of Parnell Park ever again - both of these are also on course for deserved 8 week stints)

Going completely off topic here but with the World Cup on at the moment and dominating headlines, the GAA should tread very carefully. With what little column inches the GAA is getting, we dont want a scenario where "theres no such thing as bad press" haunting us. The standard of football in the games to date has been poor enough, attendances are down, the GAA should be highlighting positives and not negatives

Shinners wrote:I did not see the game so I can only comment on incidences from the highlights......In my opinion, the Gooch went down very easy for "some" of the frees. In my opinion he is not the same player he once was. He did not score from play on Sunday and as I heard someone say last night, even the frees he does take are tap-overs from 13m out

Always be wary of judging a player on highlights Shinners. The Gooch was outstanding on Sunday, for me the best player on the field. He looked sharper than he has for a long time, and was very fired up. He played a deeper role than he normally does, and was involved in almost everything good that Kerry did.

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Thomas Clarke wrote:

Shinners wrote:I did not see the game so I can only comment on incidences from the highlights......In my opinion, the Gooch went down very easy for "some" of the frees. In my opinion he is not the same player he once was. He did not score from play on Sunday and as I heard someone say last night, even the frees he does take are tap-overs from 13m out

Always be wary of judging a player on highlights Shinners. The Gooch was outstanding on Sunday, for me the best player on the field. He looked sharper than he has for a long time, and was very fired up. He played a deeper role than he normally does, and was involved in almost everything good that Kerry did.

TC are you suggesting he didnt buy some of the frees very handily - granted he takes a fair bit of special treatment but some of the frees he won were soft to say the least

Point taken TC I can only go on highlights so I cannot comment on Sunday but he was at it in the drawn game aswell which I watched. A good player who is not as potent as he used to be.

Well Moss, what words of wisdom had O'Sé? He who got very ill tempered in his later years and had more than his share of incidents with Cork players.

bocerty wrote:
TC are you suggesting he didnt buy some of the frees very handily - granted he takes a fair bit of special treatment but some of the frees he won were soft to say the least

Not at all Boc, in fact, I totally agree - Gooch appears to have completely lost his sense of balance, and apparently can't stay on his feet anymore.

But, he can still play football, and was excellent last week.

Thomas Clarke wrote:

bocerty wrote:
TC are you suggesting he didnt buy some of the frees very handily - granted he takes a fair bit of special treatment but some of the frees he won were soft to say the least

Not at all Boc, in fact, I totally agree - Gooch appears to have completely lost his sense of balance, and apparently can't stay on his feet anymore.

But, he can still play football, and was excellent last week.

i wasn't questioning his footballing ability and agree that he is a top class footballer but were a lesser footballer would be criticised for going to ground so easily it appears the top players get away with it more readily.

Shinners wrote:Point taken TC I can only go on highlights so I cannot comment on Sunday but he was at it in the drawn game aswell which I watched. A good player who is not as potent as he used to be.

Well Moss, what words of wisdom had O'Sé? He who got very ill tempered in his later years and had more than his share of incidents with Cork players.

Don't get caught wait till there is a scrum before gouging...