IT WAS interesting to reflect this week on the amount of tactical debate that’s been generated by last Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final between Waterford and Kilkenny.

THIS YEAR has seen one of the better All-Ireland football championships reach the penultimate stages with three fascinating tussles still to come.

1. NEVER write a Kerry team off prematurely.

THE first half of this game was almost a duplicate of the Sligo tie as once again Kerry dominated possession, winning 14 out of 19 kick outs and all 11 of their own.

Final fever laid Antrim low. It was business as usual for Tyrone in yesterday’s Ulster final but for Antrim it was a huge occasion and their players were not used to the attention they had received since their wins over Donegal and Cavan.

The most demanding football supporters in Ireland are worried.

DUBLIN’S dominance of the Leinster football championship for the last four years hasn’t been all good.

I WAS privileged to manage the Limerick footballers for six seasons from 2000 to 2005 and the U21s for the first two years of that period.

1. YOU CAN’T BEAT A GOOD CONSPIRACY THEORY