Darragh Ó Sé: Tyrone and Dublin should come through if attitude is rightNow is the time to start rolling out small surprises for All-Ireland football quarter-finalsWed Aug 03 2016 - 07:45
Darragh Ó Sé: Injury-time an x-factor that could decide Sam’s destinationNew normal is six minutes of stoppage time, which is enough for games to change utterlyWed Jul 27 2016 - 18:07
Darragh Ó Sé: Dublin could pay dear for weakened defenceDonegal are in decline but Mickey Harte’s Tyrone are absolutely galloping over the hillWed Jul 20 2016 - 07:40
Darragh Ó Sé: Fear doing football more harm than defensive systems ever willConnacht final was boring because players were afraid to try anything outside the scriptWed Jul 13 2016 - 07:45
Darragh Ó Sé: Kerry’s pessimism about Dublin is surprisingÉamonn Fitzmaurice’s men may not have found their groove but there’s still timeWed Jul 06 2016 - 01:00
Darragh Ó Sé: Time for Mayo to stand together and bounce backDefeat Fermanagh and they can rediscover real momentum along the qualifer routeWed Jun 29 2016 - 05:45
Darragh Ó Sé: Anger the starting point for a Galway revivalKevin Walsh was never going to let Mayo stroll to a sixth Connacht title in a rowWed Jun 22 2016 - 07:45
Darragh Ó Sé: It looks like Cork have become immune to the shameTipp weren’t waiting in the long grass – Cork just didn’t react the way top players shouldWed Jun 15 2016 - 07:45
Darragh Ó Sé: Las Vegas has nothing on Comortas Peile na GaeltachtaWatching it on TG4 over the weekend revived memories of some great timesWed Jun 08 2016 - 07:15
Darragh Ó Sé: Hunger is a cliche but it’s the key to retaining All-IrelandLoss of Jack McCaffrey and Rory O’Carroll may just be the jolt Dublin needWed Jun 01 2016 - 07:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Wrong players make a monkey of best managerIf you want to design a great intercounty football team, what would be first on the list?Wed May 25 2016 - 07:45
Darragh Ó Sé: Matching the Dubs is proving a costly affairAt the season’s end, the teams who’ve done best will be those who’ve spent the mostWed May 18 2016 - 07:45
Darragh Ó Sé: High-fielding move can make mark on gameStruggle that it was to get passed by congress, rule to encourage return of skill worth effortTue Mar 01 2016 - 10:30
Darragh Ó Sé: No one grumbling in Kerry – Dublin deserved itPhilly McMahon point was moment I knew Kerry’s goose was probably cookedWed Sept 23 2015 - 10:01
Darragh Ó Sé: Losing an All-Ireland final changes you as a personThis will be a cagey affair but I expect Kerry to come through thanks to more scoring optionsWed Sept 16 2015 - 09:49
Darragh Ó Sé: It’s hard to feel sympathy for MayoMayo just didn’t have the composure to close out the semi-final replay against DublinWed Sept 09 2015 - 08:34
Darragh Ó Sé: Last person players care about is refereeDublin-Mayo game illustrated that there’s no job worse than being GAA refereeWed Sept 02 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Stephen Cluxton can ensure Dublin end Mayo’s title hopesIf they get enough possession, Dublin’s forwards will score more than MayoWed Aug 26 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Criticising Tyrone makes them more dangerousAs a Kerryman, last thing I want is team coming up to Croke Park with siege mentalityWed Aug 19 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Mayo must make the most of Aidan O’SheaJoe Brolly was wrong about Donegal, but he could goad the Dalai Lama into an argumentWed Aug 12 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Hard for Kerry people to cute-hoor our way out of this oneWhat we saw on Sunday was two exceptional teams who will take all the stopping this yearWed Aug 05 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Fermanagh game not what Dublin neededIf Dublin lose, one of the reasons will be the fact that they were not tested all yearWed Jul 29 2015 - 12:21
Darragh Ó Sé: Even the best managers need the right players to succeed‘Manager can get them to the gates, but sacking of a city goes to those first over the walls’Wed Jul 22 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Strong mentality always comes to fore in replayCork and Kerry will be desperate to avoid the qualifiers with Dublin waiting to pounceWed Jul 15 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Cork show what they can do when pushedAlan O’Connor put in towering performance as he led side from the middle against KerryWed Jul 08 2015 - 14:37
Darragh Ó Sé: Players don’t have to be friends to winAll-Irelands are won with talent, motivation and tactics – team spirit is overstatedWed Jul 01 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: All-Ireland will be won by stoppers as much as scorersTeams are putting huge energy into taking game away from opposition’s key playerWed Jun 24 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Lundy latest to see gulf between club and countyThe best player on the best club team in Ireland was given a lesson by Lee KeeganWed Jun 17 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Mayo need to win Connacht title again to get buzz goingBeating Galway would give Pat Holmes and Noel Connelly something to hang their hat onWed Jun 10 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Players want managers to tell them what to doTaking charge of an intercounty team takes conviction, planning and personalityWed Jun 03 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Best blanket defence based on blistering counterattackMonaghan’s blanket is more evolved than Cavan’s and they did homework better tooWed May 27 2015 - 08:30
Darragh Ó Sé: Sledging isn’t great but I wouldn’t be getting too annoyedI always thought that guys who were mouthing at me were wasting their energyWed May 20 2015 - 08:34
Final triumph a fitting testament to Fitzmaurice’s ability to lead and inspireKerry manager and his players fully deserve every plaudit that comes their wayWed Sept 24 2014 - 01:00
Darragh Ó Sé : If Kerry can shut down Michael Murphy, they will win final by four or five pointsKingdom have more of a scoring threat and won’t give away goals like Dublin didWed Sept 17 2014 - 13:42
Kerry and Donegal have to come back from training camps with everyone knowing their jobDarragh Ó Sé: This weekend is intense but it lays the foundation for the biggest game of their livesWed Sept 10 2014 - 12:00
Eamonn Fitzmaurice and Jim McGuinness are in the final because they’re the best man- managersKerry and Donegal are teams built on trust and honesty, led by two men who insist on itWed Sept 03 2014 - 12:00
Limerick decision a sure sign the GAA sees players at the bottom of the food chainI’m siding with Kerry and Dublin to come through the weekend’s two semi-finalsWed Aug 27 2014 - 12:00
Kerry have the armoury to shatter Mayo’s dreams of All-Ireland gloryKingdom boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice will have left nothing to chance and his players are coming into form at the right timeWed Aug 20 2014 - 12:00
Kilkenny’s incredible drive the ultimate tribute to Brian Cody’s stewardshipHis team’s never-say-die display against Limerick further evidence of the spirit instilled by their long-serving managerWed Aug 13 2014 - 12:00
This is the time of year players relish – the big prize is at the back of everyone’s mindWithin squads, there’s huge enjoyment and huge competition going on side by sideWed Aug 06 2014 - 12:00
It’s time for the serious teams to get going so I expect Mayo and Kerry to stake their claimWe’ll know more about the destiny of Sam Maguire after this weekendWed Jul 30 2014 - 12:00
Donegal back to 2012 form and can beat DublinJim McGuinness’s team aren’t just bodies behind the ball – they’re organised, clinical and totally in syncWed Jul 23 2014 - 12:00
‘A melee on a football pitch isn’t that big a deal – most people enjoy one every now and then’Last week was Armagh’s chance to set the tone and bully a team with a load of young lads on itWed Jul 16 2014 - 12:00
Kerry can’t know how good they are because not a single Cork player showed up last SundayWhen the euphoria abates, Eamonn Fitzmaurice would have liked a closer gameWed Jul 09 2014 - 12:00
Cluxton, Beggan, O’Rourke, Morgan – these guys are number one in more ways than oneGoalkeepers used to be the worst footballer in the team but now they’re among the bestWed Jul 02 2014 - 12:00
Young players need to learn that Babs was right – a pat on the back means nothingKerry and Galway both have a bunch of footballers with potential but that’s all it is so farWed Jun 25 2014 - 12:00
Getting the Tyrone monkey off their back a massive achievement for MonaghanThe hoodoo factor is real – Kerry had it over Dublin, Tyrone had it over KerryWed Jun 18 2014 - 12:00
Darragh Ó Sé: Mayo need to put this tough day behind themI have sympathy for last year’s beaten finalists because there’s nothing worse than playing a team whose year is all about beating youWed Jun 11 2014 - 09:00
Life in Munster's hurling counties will always be tough for lower-profile footballersSeeding the football draw is tough on the players but hurling actually beats them before Cork or Kerry doWed Jun 04 2014 - 12:00
Laverty cut from same cloth as Canavan: the small man with attitude surviving in UlsterIn the hardest provincial championship of all, you need a harder edge regardless of your sizeWed May 28 2014 - 12:00
