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Replying To CC2020:  "That wasn't a first cousin of a near miss. Laois were a lot better than Carlow. They took an 11 point beating from Dublin in the final. Not the worst when you consider they generally gave provincial rivals a 20pt beating.

For us the loss to Cork in 1999 was hard to take. Just didn't put them away."
It must have took ye years to get over that in Kilkenny

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2020 - 15/07/2020 16:49:40    2284154

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Replying To SaffronDon:  "It must have took ye years to get over that in Kilkenny"
:)

skillet (Limerick) - Posts: 710 - 15/07/2020 18:32:33    2284160

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Replying To SaffronDon:  "It must have took ye years to get over that in Kilkenny"
They made up for it over the following 16 years.!

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 1275 - 15/07/2020 18:48:59    2284161

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Replying To SaffronDon:  "It must have took ye years to get over that in Kilkenny"
It did! You should have beaten us in 1991.

Fine Antrim team.

CC2020 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 46 - 16/07/2020 01:16:39    2284180

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Replying To CC2020:  "It did! You should have beaten us in 1991.

Fine Antrim team."
Indeed it would be out of this world if either code in Antrim made it to a semi final and put it up to one of the masters again. Its looking less and less likely as the years role on unfortunately. Brian Cody could do with a fresh challenge couldnt he?

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2020 - 16/07/2020 11:39:18    2284200

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Kerry 15, 16 and 19. 4 opportunities to stop the 5 in a row in its tracks and failed. Must really hurt. Honourable mention to Mayo who also had 4 opportunities but at least they pushed the Dubs all the way with the exception of 19.

jacktheDub (Dublin) - Posts: 910 - 16/07/2020 14:08:25    2284213

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Against kerry 91 munster, should of beaten kerry just lacked the self belief and then had to see clare do it in 92 in limerick.

cityman73 (Limerick) - Posts: 517 - 16/07/2020 18:14:32    2284247

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Replying To skillet:  "1994 All Ireland hurling final..
Still feel sick at the memory."
Don't forget the 1911 AI Final, Kilkenny v Limerick.

The game was supposed to be between Limerick and Kilkenny. The original fixture on 18 February 1912 in Cork was postponed owing to the state of the pitch. The final was rearranged for 12th May, but Limerick refused to play in Thurles. The Munster Council nominated Tipperary to play Kilkenny, with the latter winning the game by 3-3 to 2-1 in Fraher Field, Dungarvan in a substitute final on 28th July.

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 1115 - 16/07/2020 20:10:07    2284260

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Replying To jacktheDub:  "Kerry 15, 16 and 19. 4 opportunities to stop the 5 in a row in its tracks and failed. Must really hurt. Honourable mention to Mayo who also had 4 opportunities but at least they pushed the Dubs all the way with the exception of 19."
So Mayo pushed you all the way but Kerry didn't in those games, er right ok. Another armchair WUM so.

P.S FYI before 2011 when you obviously started to watch them, Dublin couldn't lay a glove on Kerry for 34 years. The GAA had to get out the old cheque book to sort that issue out for ye.

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 5828 - 16/07/2020 22:13:57    2284268

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Replying To Cockney_Cat:  "Don't forget the 1911 AI Final, Kilkenny v Limerick.

The game was supposed to be between Limerick and Kilkenny. The original fixture on 18 February 1912 in Cork was postponed owing to the state of the pitch. The final was rearranged for 12th May, but Limerick refused to play in Thurles. The Munster Council nominated Tipperary to play Kilkenny, with the latter winning the game by 3-3 to 2-1 in Fraher Field, Dungarvan in a substitute final on 28th July."
I remember it well. Twitter was hopping with outrage for months after that decision by the Munster Council.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 875 - 16/07/2020 22:34:20    2284270

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Replying To jacktheDub:  "Kerry 15, 16 and 19. 4 opportunities to stop the 5 in a row in its tracks and failed. Must really hurt. Honourable mention to Mayo who also had 4 opportunities but at least they pushed the Dubs all the way with the exception of 19."
Back to your armchair WUM

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 5828 - 17/07/2020 00:25:46    2284279

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Replying To Cockney_Cat:  "Don't forget the 1911 AI Final, Kilkenny v Limerick.

The game was supposed to be between Limerick and Kilkenny. The original fixture on 18 February 1912 in Cork was postponed owing to the state of the pitch. The final was rearranged for 12th May, but Limerick refused to play in Thurles. The Munster Council nominated Tipperary to play Kilkenny, with the latter winning the game by 3-3 to 2-1 in Fraher Field, Dungarvan in a substitute final on 28th July."
We were robbed!!!!

skillet (Limerick) - Posts: 710 - 17/07/2020 09:53:53    2284289

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Replying To TheHermit:  "So Mayo pushed you all the way but Kerry didn't in those games, er right ok. Another armchair WUM so.

P.S FYI before 2011 when you obviously started to watch them, Dublin couldn't lay a glove on Kerry for 34 years. The GAA had to get out the old cheque book to sort that issue out for ye."
Jesus but you are really boring as F**K

Kerry and their old arrogance can't handle the Dubs being better than them.

No wonder people have no time for your lot as a county..

Queue a line of well what have Meath won recently... Nothing but then have Kerry done that much better

brian (Meath) - Posts: 909 - 17/07/2020 10:00:28    2284292

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Replying To jacktheDub:  "Kerry 15, 16 and 19. 4 opportunities to stop the 5 in a row in its tracks and failed. Must really hurt. Honourable mention to Mayo who also had 4 opportunities but at least they pushed the Dubs all the way with the exception of 19."
This is the second dublin poster in 2 days (Breffni 39 being the other) trying to bate Kerry posters into a reaction, where is the outcry from every1 at these posters trying to ruin a thread!?

Yer all very quick to jump down the throats of us kerry poster but there are obviously double standards.

Personly iv no problem with this as il argue my side no problem but don't ye be coming on here then saying its us kerry posters that's turning every thread in to a kerry dublin thing.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 11732 - 17/07/2020 10:13:55    2284295

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1994 for MEATH, won the League beating Armagh 2-11 to 0-8 one of the greatest and oft forgotten meath displays ever over a very fancied Armagh team. meath were supposdly in transition, giles, geraghty playing with stafford and orourke and flynn. We lost to dublin by a point in leinster final after a flukey dublin goal. we had lietrim in semi final and another crack at down in final whome meath had beaten by a point in league quater final. However i am fairly confident we might not have won the all ireland in 96 if we won the all ireland in 94. that manic aggresion and hunger after near miss defeats to dublin in 93 and 94 and a tanking in 95 was what won meath the leinster in 96, shades of the 86 breakthrough. still a big opportunity missed, i dont think meath would have beaten derry in 93 or donegal in 92. 1997 was a huge one that got away i think, had meath there full team v offaly we would have beaten them and i think meath more than mayo would be ravenous after 96 to set the record straight, somewhat like meath were the more hungry team v louth in 2011 after the 2010 controversy the victorius team actually went out for a revenge of sorts.

dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 532 - 17/07/2020 23:56:27    2284374

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Replying To brian:  "Jesus but you are really boring as F**K

Kerry and their old arrogance can't handle the Dubs being better than them.

No wonder people have no time for your lot as a county..

Queue a line of well what have Meath won recently... Nothing but then have Kerry done that much better"
I'm always amazed at this place:
Step 1: A Troll (invariably from Dublin though often trying to disguise that fact by using a bogus account) is let post whatever crap they want to try and stir the pot.

Step 2: Someone like myself posts a reply telling them to get back in the box

Step 3: The replier is the one who gets attacked and jumped on!!

Maybe I shouldn't be surprised, this forum is overrun with the we hate Kerry brigade.
So my friend it is no surprise to me that you and others on here have "no time for us lot". Its par for the course.

And if highlighting the GAA's blatant favoritism of Dublin every now and then is "boring as F", as you so eloquently put it, then jog on.
I often think there's a serious element of Stockholm syndrome combined with the climate change denier disease going on with fellas like you.

For the record, I couldn't care less what Meath have or have not won what relevance has that to anything?

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 5828 - 18/07/2020 13:24:55    2284410

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Antrim in the late 80s and early 90s had a collection of really decent hurlers. In 91 we should have beat Kilkenny in the All Ireland semi final and we never took full advantage of that era. It was a massive missed opportunity and we have't scaled those heights since.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9294 - 19/07/2020 01:01:52    2284461

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Limerick footballers in 2005 were right up there as all ireland contenders. Hammered Cork in Munster semi final, had great chances to beat Kerry in final and final replay but just couldn't get over the line. They then were forced to go up to derry less than a week later and lost narrowly. I remember John Galvin saying their legs were dead in that match. Kerry went on to win the AI fairly easily. I think Limerick were at least number 2 in the country that year.

blackspot91 (Limerick) - Posts: 991 - 20/07/2020 05:45:31    2284580

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Why do yis think Kerry should be excluded from this debate? Don't be so precious,

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 11690 - 20/07/2020 09:48:09    2284588

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Replying To blackspot91:  "Limerick footballers in 2005 were right up there as all ireland contenders. Hammered Cork in Munster semi final, had great chances to beat Kerry in final and final replay but just couldn't get over the line. They then were forced to go up to derry less than a week later and lost narrowly. I remember John Galvin saying their legs were dead in that match. Kerry went on to win the AI fairly easily. I think Limerick were at least number 2 in the country that year."
2005?

Tyrone won the All Ireland and Armagh were probably the 2nd best team in Ireland.

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 4135 - 20/07/2020 11:48:13    2284602

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