GAA fans all saying the same thing as Kerry publicise…

GAA fans all saying the same thing as Kerry publicise 'post-match party' in Dublin nightclub after final

Well, this isn't very yerra of them...

Kerry GAA have come under-fire for a social media post publicising their post-match party on Sunday night at DTwo nightclub.

The tweet implored followers to buy tickets for €20 in order to get the chance to party with members of the team following their clash with Galway.

Now in fairness to The Kingdom's county board and social media team, they did put out a follow-up tweet after the initial backlash from those who labelled it a cocky move.

In that, they wrote: "Just to say that we have always had an ‘after-party’ win or lose it’s all about showing support for our players regardless of the result."

But while other counties have hosted similar banquets on the night of finals, it's not common practice for county social media accounts to be flogging tickets for them this openly.

As such, there was a predictably negative reaction to the initial post.

There were a lot of jokey references to the famous scene in the 'A Year til Sunday' documentary when Galway boss John O'Mahony held up a critical newspaper article to his team as he embodied the old 'stick it up on the dressing room wall' cliche.

While Brendan modernised it by adding "Straight into the Galway WhatsApp group (laughing emoji)."

Paul asked: "Did ye not learn from the 5-in-a-row T-shirt’s in 1982?"

Someone else similarly commented: "Christ talk about giving Galway ammunition with a post-match party. This as bad as the printing 5 in a row t-shirts back in the day."

One person with a Tribesmen avatar laughed: "I'll wait. There could could be a very small demand by 6 pm Sunday."

While a Kerry fan posted: "Any chance of deleting this nonsense until a cup has actually been won? Jesus above."

There was the very odd dissenting voice who'll likely not be impressed by this article as John said: "Kerry hold this after every All-Ireland final for the half-wits out there. Kilkenny had an after party too on Sunday. Not news, move on."

But it was an eye-catching post all the same and has provided a bit of craic in the run-up to what'll be a meeting of the two of the great traditional counties.

But with Kerry having already seen off what most pundits feel was their main competition in Dublin, their players will have to guard against human nature to not privately think to themselves that this is an All-Ireland that they really should win.

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