Team building is like rewiring the house with the electricity on. There will be a few shocks and a few will get burned a bit but when you look at where Eamonn was when he took over, you would have to be happy overall.
Paul Murphy and Pa Kilkenny have the goods I think and they should be persevered with.
Shane Enright will be fine when the chips are down... he is a bit like Tom Sullivan I think.... the bigger the day the better he is. Mark is doing okay too I feel. Peter Crowley should be at 6. His brave dive for that ball had me lepping out of my seat. Then the ref blows him up when he was clearly winded/injured.
David Moran had a fine game I though. You would wonder will Maher ever kick on from where he is at. Stephen OBrien is a real find too and once he adds winning dirty ball to his game he will be a regular.
Daithi Casey and Conor Cox did well too I felt. Kerry bought on Sherwood, Buckley and McGuire as the game was going away from them so tis hard to blame them but it looks like Johnny Buckley will never "arrive" at all now.
Kerrys kickouts are a work in progress. Also David Moran should stand on the line for 45s and make the dropping ball his like Darragh did. Too often Kealy tips them over for an easy point.
And... there is no need to be picking the ball clean off the ground...how may frees have we conceded like that in the past 12 months!!
Mayos strategy of popping the pass to the runner on the break was like Irelands try against England.... very hard to counter... legally.
Mayos panel was stronger and that decided things.
Still.... if we have Paul Murphy, PA Kilkenny and Stephen OBrien to show for this league campaign...I will take that even if its means relegation.
The team is as follows:
1.Brendan Kealy (Kilcummin)
2.Paul Murphy (Rathmore)
3.Mark Griffin (St Michaels/Foilmore)
4.Shane Enright (Tarbert)
5.Peter Crowley (Laune Rangers)
6.Aidan O’Mahony (Rathmore)
7.Marc Sé (An Ghaeltacht)
8.Anthony Maher (Duagh)
9.David Moran (Kerins O’Rahillys)
10.Stephen O’Brien (Kenmare)
11.Daithí Casey (Dr Crokes)(Capt)
12.Donnchadh Walsh (Cromane)
13.Barry John Keane (Kerins O’Rahillys)
14.Paul Geaney (Dingle)
15.James O’Donoghue (Killarney Legion)
Fir Ionaid:
16.Brian Kelly (Killarney Legion)
17.Conor Cox (Listowel Emmets)
18.Brian McGuire (Listowel Emmets)
19.Jack Sherwood (Firies)
20.Michael Geaney (Dingle)
21.Johnny Buckley (Dr Crokes)
22.Fionn Fitzgerald (Dr Crokes)
23.Pa Kilkenny (Glenbeigh/Glencar)
24.David Culhane (Ballylongford)
25.Alan Fitzgerald (Castlegregory)
26.Darran O’Sullivan (Glenbeigh Glencar)
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