NFL.Kerry v Cork 10th feb 2007.

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Posted by watchdahop on Today at 9:10am

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Kerry Team
Murphy
Young Sullivan Marc O Se
Tomas O'Mahony Guiney
Dara Griffin
Walsh Fitzmaurice Sheehan
Quill Donaghy MFR

Now!
Think Donaghy full would work better and with Griffin Midfield
Not a lot of scoring power in the half forward line.
Would like to see if quill and Sheehan can do it from play.
Kerry are up against given how little work they have done.
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Posted by owenabue on Today at 9:22am

www.irishexaminer.com/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=sport-qqqm=GAA-qqqa=sport-qqqid=25067-qqqx=1.asp

Just in case any of ye missed it. Fair play to ye.

And just for the memories... kerrygaa.proboards14.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1153089027&page=1
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Posted by seamus on Today at 9:37am

I honestly hate this rubbish of players getting off after being banned. It makes a farce of the whole disciplinary situation and leaves a real bad taste in the mouth. Also the difference in refereeing standards between Pat McEneaney and the buck in Castlebar the day after was a joke. It was like 2 different sports.

With regard to the kerry team:
I would have picked Sean Sullivan as i believe he is vital to the way kerry want to play with diagonal balls into donaghy.
Fitz on the forty- been there, tried that, did'nt work and won't work again.
Apart from that no real problems.

Anyone see Pat OShea's comment about Donaghy at 14. He did'nt play him there against mayo because he does'nt want teams getting used to him and analyzing the tactic. Amazing how one defeat can destroy your principles!!
Must say the big difference between last sunday and the AI campaign is that last sunday they lads were hoofing big staight ball into quirke where as in croker all the ball was diagonal which gave donaghy the chance to attack it from behind the full back. the straight ball in gives you no chance.
Posted by ruralgaa on Today at 11:18am
I like the look of the full forward line for tomorrow night. the starting fullward line last sunday just wasn't mobile enough for me.
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Posted by owenabue on Today at 11:21am

Seamus, I agree with you totally. I know going into the Munster Final replay I felt, right we might win this one but this will come back to bite us on the arse, which it did.
But in a way, if a player has served the suspension already, why not wipe the slate clean rather then trying to prove he should have been sent off. To be honest I wouldn’t like being a ref if you knew that every sending off will be analyzed and there is a possibility that it will get over turned if the club/county has enough people to argue that you were wrong. Teams/players seem to forget all the times they should have got yellow or red cards and didn’t!
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[Lolly Valance]

I must say Im very disappointed that Michael quirke isnt getting another run. The ball in was terrible the last day. It was just lumped in and wasnt played in a diagonal method that would suit him

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Anyone know the exact team???

irishexaminer.com is show this team

KERRY (SF v Cork):
D. Murphy;
M. Ó Sé, T. O’Sullivan, K. Young;
T. Ó Sé, A. O’Mahony, B. Guiney;
D. Ó Sé, T. Griffin;
D. Walsh, E. Fitzmaurice, B. Sheehan;
D. Quill, K. Donaghy, M. F. Russell.

gaa.ie is showing this team

KERRY:
D Murphy;
M O Se, T O'Sullivan, K Young;
T O Se, A O'Mahony, B Guiney;
D O Se, K Donaghy;
T Griffin, E Fitzmaurice, D Walsh;
D Quill, B Sheehan, MF Russell.

I guess Pat will be keeping his word if he sticks with Donaghy at midfield?

[Lolly Valance]

Rumour has it that donaghy is named at midfield but will play at the full forward

[joan]

Why bother playing star at midfield he did not impress there last year and he wont this year. He has found his notch at full forward leave him there

[Nanor]

For the second week in a row I'm going to predict a Kerry defeat. Reckon the cobwebs have yet to be shaken off our fellas! Here's hoping I'm wrong!

[mickmack]

Kerry impressed with committment. Cok awful as usual up front. Hope Quill gets a chance when the championship comes around.

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Cork were pitiful upfront, Kerry backs were pretty solid for the most part. Encouraging! Mark played a blinder and Fizmaurice had a great game aswell, Dara did well, and Quill kicked very well.

It's a shame Sheehan got sent off, not a fella you would expect to see going!

I think they relied a bit much on the long ball in to Donaghy, Mike Frank saw harldly no ball so didn't really settle. We ned to realise that we have other forwards besides Donaghy and start playing it around a bit more.

All in all, happy with it, our lads showed great commitment and got stuck in, a massive improvement from last weeks game.

Paddy Russell was a busy man, at once stage I was going to ring home and ask for a word with him, everyone else seemed to be getting the chance!!!

[ciarrai33]

Good victory for Kerry. Terrible conditions which was a pity cos Donaghy left so many slip from his grasp all night. His workrate is very impressive though. I was delighted with Quill, some great points but once or twice i think he took the selfish option when maybe he should have looked for a player in a better position. It was encouraging that all this was done while marking Anthony Lynch.
Sheehen seemed busy enough and i liked that he was more in the thick of it all evening. Any one know why he was sent off???
I thought Fitxmaurice was too slow and ponderous at center forward. alot of attackes slowed down when he got on the ball, but then i started to realise that Ger Spillane was nowhere to be seen all evening. So Fitzmaurice played a fantastic role really.
Cork had the better of us in midfield but they can talk about U21 titles till the cows come home, and being the future of Munster football but its the same names in the forward line for 2/3 years now and they are not delivering...............
The backs were very good, Marc O' Se was fantastic, Killian Young looked composed, everyone was comfortable under the high ball all evening.
How long have the O'Se's been making a fool of Noel O' Leary for now. He should technically have been sent off a long time beforehand as he comitted alot of fouls all night.
Donnacha Walsh seems to run into blind alleys a lot, but if he was left play all leaque long I think he would really improve

[owenabue]

Well done lads. But Kerry still have a bit of work to do I think.
Time for Cork to set down and have a serious look at tactics and a few players I’m thinking. It was the worst performance on a long time by them. It was a long old drive home for me last night.

[joan]

congrats kerry well done. I think that Donnach will settle as the league progress he is fast and can find the unmarked man. I hope he proves to be a worthy player

[watchdahop]

Cork were poor no question.
They are strong at midfield and the back but have no forwards.
Kerry need to buck up: we won't survive with two scorers.
Donaghy got good ball but not as dangerous: he will be more dangerous when the Gooch get back and the ground hardens.
Killian Young did well again: keep it going.
As for Quill he took his chance and hopefully he can keep it going.
I noticed he was inclined to hold onto the ball too long sometimes but he might sharpen with more games.
I thought our backs did well especially under the high ball.
O'Mahony is really blossoming in the centre. That said the Cork half forward line wouldn't break eggs.
Would like to see Reidy getting a run seeing as we will need backs for later on with Seamus and Mike mC gone this is the time to blood them.

[owenabue]

watchdahop, you're right! Only for Corks backs it would have been an awful lot worse. Hope Billy and co can sort it out before we play Tyrone.

[kerrygold]

Alway nice to get one over cork no matter what the occassion.from what i've seen over the last two weeks kerry will be competive and hungry come the summer.You cant ask for much more that that.

Quill is some man to kick a point,but as before showed his tendency not to pass the ball to a better placed team mate.Thats something for the management to work on,an in form quill becoming more of a team player would be an addition to kerry this summer,if he doesnt start to see better placed team mates i feel it will come back to haunt him again.Theres nothing worse than seeing a forward getting blocked down while a team mate is screaming for the ball in a better free position.

walsh is showing a bit of potential as is killian young,always nice to see a bit of potential in new young players.Considering the lack of prepartion done to date kerry are ticking away nicely.

[mickmack]

Brian Sheehan is a bit of a puzzle to me. I havent seen him that much apart from his few outings with the Kerry seniors. Whats his best position? He lacks urgency or something. He is very young etc but I am trying to visualise him in 2/3 years time and maybe midfield will be his best position. What do ye think?