Sunday 26th August early pick

Today sees the day ive been waiting for for the last two weeks. Kerry take on Dublin in the All-Ireland semi final football championship. Much has been made over the past two weeks of the poor form of the Kerry side when they defeated Monaghan by the minimum after trailing for most of the game. In truth the defending champion’s form has been pretty sub standard overall, as they seem to be going through the motions big time. Their main players such as Dara O se, Donaghy and Galvin haven’t got going yet either but surely the sight of the Dub jersey today will spark some motivation.
As for Dublin they have been having a good year so far but still crave an All-Ireland title which they last won in 1995 which is a major wait for the capital. They’ve sorted out all the free taking problems this year and Mark Vaughan though not contributing as much from open play, has been deadly from frees. The same old problems are still there for Dublin though, they tend to lose concentration for 10 –15 minutes of every game and they just haven’t been punished for it. YET. Though Kerry haven’t been playing with the style usually associated with them, they are by far the biggest challenge that Dublin will face this year. Dublins full back will be well tested out today and expect 6 ft 5 kerry full forward Kieran Donaghy to create havoc. This game has captured the imagination of the country and Croke Park is a sell out. Got my hands on a ticket last week but couldn’t travel today because of work commitments.
I’m trying to approach this from a betting perspective without following my heart and while everything may point to a Dublin win based on form I feel Kerry’s greater experience and squad dept will prevail.
Most people are tipping Dublin at odds of up to 2.6 while Kerry are available at about 1.9 ish. This is a tricky game to call so I’m going to play it in running. It will be decided in midfield and il give Dara the edge
Dara o Se is 10 to get man of the match at paddy powers and il have a little on that, he had an off day in the last game but this is possibly the former player of the years last game and I expect him to deliver.
Also taking my good friend Declan O Sullivan to score a goal anytime at 6 also with pp, he’s in cracking form this year and will be feeding from passes from Donaghy and is a great price to score. (he scored first goal in last game)
KO is at 3.30 pm

PICKS

Dara O Se man of the match (10 @ paddy power) 1 point
Declan O Sullivan anytime goal scorer (6 @ paddy power) 1 point