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Post by glengael on May 13, 2015 13:37:27 GMT
Best of luck to our minors tonight. Ciarrai Abu.
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Post by Jigz84 on May 13, 2015 13:55:31 GMT
A large crowd is expected, fine evening for it, good luck to the boys, come on Kerry!
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Post by bestoftherest on May 13, 2015 15:12:03 GMT
Yep here's hoping these boy's get plenty support tonight and do the business,good luck to each and every one on the panel and management
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Post by thechosenone on May 13, 2015 19:07:29 GMT
HT Kerry 0-09 Cork 0-07
Kerry with a wide range of scorers so far.
Cormac Linnane 0-01 Ronan Buckley 0-02 (on as an early sub) Mark O'Connor 0-01 Gavin White 0-01 Sean O'Shea 0-01 Conor Geaney 0-01 Stephen O'Sullivan 0-01 Billy Courtney (GK) 0-01 (45)
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Post by thechosenone on May 13, 2015 19:48:29 GMT
FT Kerry 0-11 Cork 0-11
Cormac Linnane and Conor Geaney with second half points for Kerry.
Kerry played second half into a stiff breeze.
Game going to extra time.
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Post by fivenarow on May 13, 2015 19:50:34 GMT
Je**s the radio Kerry commentary is pathetic , they haven't a clue. You wouldn't know where the ball is but you'd definitely know that some fellows godmother was in the stand. They really need to take a look at that situation because it's getting worse.
Hopefully we'll pull through in extra time.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2015 20:04:46 GMT
"The man from" and the word "there" are being worked over time by the lads on the radio tonight
Timmy was great entertainment during the club games earlier in the year,Radio Kerry should give him more games
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Post by thechosenone on May 13, 2015 20:23:13 GMT
FT Kerry 0-16 Cork 1-12
Great win.
Connor Geaney with 2 in extra time. Graham O'Sullivan and Mike Breen both with one each.
Corks goal came from Daniel O'Dunnin.
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Post by peanuts on May 13, 2015 20:45:06 GMT
Fair play. Well done lads.
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Post by fenit67 on May 13, 2015 20:48:07 GMT
Well done to the minors!! Good to see that there is a Churchill man on the panel too. Clare pushed Tipp all the way before losing which lends little currency to the notion that Munster football is not hard fought and close.
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Post by homerj on May 13, 2015 20:58:19 GMT
Great Win. The team showed bottle that few of us thought they had.
Home advantage was huge for them, crowd helped them home
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Post by A.N. Other on May 13, 2015 21:20:46 GMT
Great win, pulled it out of the bag after that goal really kicked on. The wind was a massive advantage/disadvantage to both teams, but it was a great contest with some good football played by both. Felt myself that we didnt get too much of the rub of the green of the ref but glad to get out of there with the win all the same.
It was a super team performace and very few fellas will be disappointed with how they played, but in my books Jason Foley was man of the match. He was outstanding one of the best full back performaces by a Kerry player I have seen in a long time, he is big, quick and very agile. Came out on top of all the men he was marking including both Murphy and Kingston, who were both Corks biggest threats. In truth you could pick ten or eleven of our lads that played out of their skin, both corner forwards and Gavin White who carried some great ball were very impressive also. The half forward line worked tiredlessly and sympathies to Bryan Sweeney who was caught awkwardly with a tackle at the very start of the game. I'd say we used nearly every sub and not one lad looked out of place, so that bodes well for the future.
I also just want to give some recognition to Marc O Connor, at such a young age having two Hogan Cups, Munster and All Ireland medals he has very little to prove at this grade anymore, but in injury time in normal time he pulled out a massive diving block on his own 21 which I'm 100% sure would have gone over and won Cork the game. This is the type of leadership he showed today, caught some massive ball, was pulled and dragged and very little protection from the ref, and took the game right to Cork when he had the ball. But when he was needed most, he was willing to put his body on the line and got us to extra time. A massive play and showing why he is captain of this team.
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Post by kerryexile on May 13, 2015 21:30:00 GMT
Great win. Heard it on the radio. They seem to have all that is good about Kerry football.
Got the impression that they were not as physically strong as Cork and this cost them against the wind. Unusual for a team managed by Jack the defenders seemed to be going out in front of their men at times probably because the keeper was tidying up around the square.
Also seemed to be some good individual displays.
They will improve considerably between now and August.
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Post by sullyschoice on May 13, 2015 21:35:31 GMT
It was a very strong wind and cold too. I thought they were running out of steam at the end of normal time. Great performance is extra time.
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Post by kingcarlos on May 13, 2015 22:02:21 GMT
FT Kerry 0-16 Cork 1-12 Great win. Connor Geaney with 2 in extra time. Graham O'Sullivan and Mike Breen both with one each. Corks goal came from Daniel O'Dunnin.
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Post by hugh20 on May 13, 2015 22:07:52 GMT
Great win, pulled it out of the bag after that goal really kicked on. The wind was a massive advantage/disadvantage to both teams, but it was a great contest with some good football played by both. Felt myself that we didnt get too much of the rub of the green of the ref but glad to get out of there with the win all the same. It was a super team performace and very few fellas will be disappointed with how they played, but in my books Jason Foley was man of the match. He was outstanding one of the best full back performaces by a Kerry player I have seen in a long time, he is big, quick and very agile. Came out on top of all the men he was marking including both Murphy and Kingston, who were both Corks biggest threats. In truth you could pick ten or eleven of our lads that played out of their skin, both corner forwards and Gavin White who carried some great ball were very impressive also. The half forward line worked tiredlessly and sympathies to Bryan Sweeney who was caught awkwardly with a tackle at the very start of the game. I'd say we used nearly every sub and not one lad looked out of place, so that bodes well for the future. I also just want to give some recognition to Marc O Connor, at such a young age having two Hogan Cups, Munster and All Ireland medals he has very little to prove at this grade anymore, but in injury time in normal time he pulled out a massive diving block on his own 21 which I'm 100% sure would have gone over and won Cork the game. This is the type of leadership he showed today, caught some massive ball, was pulled and dragged and very little protection from the ref, and took the game right to Cork when he had the ball. But when he was needed most, he was willing to put his body on the line and got us to extra time. A massive play and showing why he is captain of this team. I would agree with the vast majority of this Jason Foley and Mark O Connor look real talents, Gavin White and Brian O Seanachain also were impressive. I would disagree about Stephen O Sullivan I thought he was poor for his own standards and was fortunate not to be subbed earlier.....no doubt he will do the business in the Munster final. Some fine players perhaps not as talented as other years but by god do they make up for it with hard work and determination which is more important than raw talent. Well done to all involved, a great night.
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Post by kingcarlos on May 13, 2015 22:09:33 GMT
FT Kerry 0-16 Cork 1-12 Great win. Connor Geaney with 2 in extra time. Graham O'Sullivan and Mike Breen both with one each. Corks goal came from Daniel O'Dunnin. Guys the winning point was scored by Michael Foley, no.19, from Spa. One or two incorrect reports circulating online already. Anyhow, great victory. Thought Jack was a bit slow to get a marker on Cork no.14 in 2nd half when he came out on the forty. One of the corner backs who are both sticky markers should have been told to follow him. Also, Jack substituted no.5 Gavin White when he was our best attacking option against the wind. Got away with it though.
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Post by taggert on May 13, 2015 22:17:56 GMT
I thought the full back line were excellent and easy know that Jason Foley and Jack Morgan were sprinters on the athletics front. Both marked 3 different players and saw them all off. Geaney was excellent, as was Mark O'Connor who is a banker to play with Kerry seniors. Also credit to Billy Courtney who claimed one superb catch late in the game. All in all, a great win considering the stakes and well done to all.
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Post by kerrygold on May 13, 2015 22:30:20 GMT
A heart warming night in Tralee if not an edge of the seat night at times. Kerry were the better team overall and could have won a finely balanced game more comfortably on the scoreboard. While at the same time they could have been caught at the death of both normal and extra time.
A very well coached team that thought there way through the game. Well done to all on the way they were prepared for tonight and the huge shift of tenacity, courage and skill demonstrated and put in by these young Kerry players.
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Post by Mickmack on May 13, 2015 22:43:20 GMT
Munster MFC: Kerry 0-16 Cork 1-12 (after extra-time)
By Tony Leen, Tralee
A breathless antidote in Tralee Wednesday night to some of the forensics football's been subjected to of late.
Evidently the tedium of defensive formations and bodied rearguards hasn't trickled down to the minor football rivalry between Cork and Kerry. The Kingdom, reigning All-Ireland champions, emerged victorious with a point from Spa's Mike Foley in the last minute of extra-time, separating these old rivals and prematurely ending the Rebels' interest in this season's minor championship.
Harsh? On Cork yes. But when Kerry coach Jack O'Connor used the words 'tenacity' and 'character' about his players in the winning dressing room afterwards, it wasn't for effect or a punchline. From full-back Jason Foley through to centre back Mike Breen, immense midfielders Mark O'Connor and John Mark Foley, Brian O Seanachain and the other forwards who were out on their feet at the death, Kerry truly quarried this epic win from deep..
Cork were advertised as a better group of individual players, and that may remain fact. Their coach Donal O'Sullivan felt afterwards that a couple of rushed passes and individual errors cost them in extra time, but it was hard not to feel sorry for the visitors to Tralee.
The goal that Cork threatened at various intervals came with a minute and a half to go in extra-time from the ever dangerous Dan O Duinnin, who was by now plying his trade on the edge of the square. He finished brilliantly and if there was to be a winner at this late juncture, it looked like the visitors.
But Kerry created one last attack, and despite wasting other chances in the second period of extra time, there was no mistake this time from Foley, set up by the inspirational Mike Breen.
The significance of these minor turf wars can be overstated at times, but because it came at the semi final stage of the provincial series, the losers' season is over. A thrilling throwback to one the clifftop championship. The pity for Cork is that this team would only have improved.
Kerry certainly will, if only because this victory, and its' manner, will nourish their preparations for a Munster final against Tipperary.
Jack O'Connor said the dogs on the street knew that Kerry don't have the lethal forwards of the 2014 campaign, but they still have midfielder Mark O'Connor, and emerging talents like Brian O Seanachain, Sean O'Shea and Conor Geaney. This battle will gird them.
With 15 minutes remaining, Kerry were 0-11 to 0-8 to the good but Cork were in the ascendancy, claimed the last two scores of normal time from Stephen Leonard and Gary Murphy to force extra time. Their second half display merited it.
From the outset, both inside forward lines were causing headaches for the opposition but neither rearguard wilted. Though Cork had more options inside with Leonard, Sherlock and Murphy, Kerry's Conor Geaney and Stephen O'Sullivan were also a handful in the opening exchanges.
The sides were level at 0-5 each after 17 minutes when Kerry's Gavin White powered forward with intent to fist the equaliser. The rangy Kerry wing forward Brian O Seanachain drilled a superb ball into Stephen O'Sullivan to add a further point, and showed his prowess in the air too by fielding a high centre before being fouled. Conor Geaney converted the free to make it 0-8 to 0-6 for Kerry.
Their keeper, Billy Courtney, opened a three point gap from a 45 but the ever dangerous Stephen Leonard - who impressed for Ilen Rovers in their recent Cork SFC loss to Nemo Rangers - narrowed the gap to 0-9 to 0-7 on the stroke of half-time.
With Kerry playing into the strond wind in the second period, their ambition lessened into possession maintenance. But Cork could only add a single point, from Dan O Duinnin, in the opening 23 minutes of the second half with the assistance of the elements. In hindsight it was possibly their undoing.
They forced extra time and though Cathal O'Rourke cancelled Sean O'Shea's early point for Kerry, the Kingdom looked set for home when Graham O'Sullivan and two Conor Geaney points out them three up.
Cork weren't done though and when O Duinnin goaled, they must have thought they'd done enough to earn a replay in Cork.
Not quite.
Scorers for Kerry: C Geaney (0-5, 3 frees), C Linnane (0-2, frees), S O'Shea (0-2), B Courtney, G White, M O'Connor, S O'Sullivan, R Buckley, G O'Sullivan, M Foley (0-1 each).
Scorers for Cork: D O Duinnin (1-3), S Leonard (0-3, frees), S Sherlock (0-3, frees), S McEvoy, G Murphy and C O'Rourke (0-1 each).
KERRY: B Courtney (Dr Crokes); D Brosnan (Gneeveguilla), J Foley (Ballydonoghue), J Morgan (Austin Stacks); G White (Dr Crokes), M Breen (Beaufort), D O’Brien (Glenflesk); M O’Connor (Dingle), JM Foley (Kilgarvan); B Ó Seanacháin (Ballydonoghue), B Sweeney (Listowel), S O’Shea (Kenmare); S O’Sullivan (Templenoe), C Linnane (Beale), C Geaney (Dingle).
Subs: R. Buckley (Listry) for Sweeney (inj., 2 mins); M Foley (Spa) for O'Sullivan (46); D Casey (St Mary's) for Buckley; G O'Sullivan (Dromid Pearses) for White; D O'Shea (Kenmare) for Breen (58); A Barry (Na Gaeil) for JM Foley (59)
Extra time subs: T O'Sullivan (Dingle) for Barry; S O'Sullivan for Casey; G White for J Foley (67); B Barrett (Ardfert) for O'Shea (68); M Breen for D O'Brien (70).
CORK: M White (Clonakilty); K Dwyer (Macroom), T O’Connell (Clonakilty), S Powter (Douglas); T Bushe (Ilen Rovers), R Walsh (Castlehaven), S Madigan (Buttevant); E O’Brien (Douglas), D Ó Duinnín (Cill na Matra); D Lowney (Clonakilty), S Kingston (Douglas), S McEvoy (Clonakilty); S Leonard (Ilen Rovers), G Murphy (Castletownbere), S Sherlock (St Finbarr’s).
Subs: N Walsh (Douglas) for Dwyer (28); E Ryle (Carrigaline) for O'Brien (46); C Hughes (Canovee) for Sherlock (51); C O'Rourke (Carbery Rangers, 0-1) for Bushe (51); E McSweeney (Knocknagree) for Lowney (60).
Extra time subs: S O'Neill (Kildorrery) for Leonard (66); C Dennehy (St Finbarr's) for O'Connell (73); D Lowney for Kingston (74).
Referee: S Lonergan (Tipperary).
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Post by Joxer on May 13, 2015 23:04:12 GMT
Great win, pulled it out of the bag after that goal really kicked on. The wind was a massive advantage/disadvantage to both teams, but it was a great contest with some good football played by both. Felt myself that we didnt get too much of the rub of the green of the ref but glad to get out of there with the win all the same. It was a super team performace and very few fellas will be disappointed with how they played, but in my books Jason Foley was man of the match. He was outstanding one of the best full back performaces by a Kerry player I have seen in a long time, he is big, quick and very agile. Came out on top of all the men he was marking including both Murphy and Kingston, who were both Corks biggest threats. In truth you could pick ten or eleven of our lads that played out of their skin, both corner forwards and Gavin White who carried some great ball were very impressive also. The half forward line worked tiredlessly and sympathies to Bryan Sweeney who was caught awkwardly with a tackle at the very start of the game. I'd say we used nearly every sub and not one lad looked out of place, so that bodes well for the future. I also just want to give some recognition to Marc O Connor, at such a young age having two Hogan Cups, Munster and All Ireland medals he has very little to prove at this grade anymore, but in injury time in normal time he pulled out a massive diving block on his own 21 which I'm 100% sure would have gone over and won Cork the game. This is the type of leadership he showed today, caught some massive ball, was pulled and dragged and very little protection from the ref, and took the game right to Cork when he had the ball. But when he was needed most, he was willing to put his body on the line and got us to extra time. A massive play and showing why he is captain of this team. I'd agree 100% A.N.Other. In particular Jason Foley was, as you say, without doubt Man of the Match. Also the best Kerry full back performance I've seen in a very long time. Hopefully, he'll maintain that but overall, a tremendous performance of will and character by Kerry very able led by Mark O'Connor.
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Post by Mickmack on May 13, 2015 23:11:28 GMT
Well done again to Jack and his management team and to all the players. Kerry have had it over Cork at colleges level for a while so its no surprise that we can go to toe with them at minor now.
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Post by Ballyfireside on May 13, 2015 23:57:42 GMT
So we ground out a win? Not as classy as other years?, maybe that will make 'em fight harder, well it did. Great to see Ballydonoghue providing two key players and tonight sounds like it was a good sign of how the funnel is, or as Joe Brolly would say, The Production Line. Nice to hear those who were there talk of senior prospects, even at this stage, now that's pressure, even JO'D & co will be getting worried, another great day to be of Kerry. I wonder how they will be kept occupied meanwhile, Cork would be ideal sparing partners but I suppose it would hardly be a runner. Having such a class team out of commission in mid May is not right. Can you imagine if Kerry win AI Final, the second best team wouldn't have played since mid May. What's the story here? Is it an open draw?
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Post by mandad on May 14, 2015 10:03:32 GMT
Like all other Kerry supporter I was delighted than Kerry managed to win the game last night and for that reason I am reluctant to bring any negativity to the performance. But it would be an injustice to this group of gutsy and determined group of young men not to question the apparent lack of game-plan - by the forwards in particular. I understand that it is unrealistic to expect perfection at this age level but people around me in the stand were totally frustrated by the lack of penetration in the final third. I don't think Cork were overly defensive in the way we have come to expect, yet the short passing over and back across the 45 was not good. This squad may not have as gifted a set of forwards as last year but there is an all-Ireland in them if they can sort out their approach to the posts.
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Post by veteran on May 14, 2015 10:18:46 GMT
Kerry 0-15 Cork 1-12(AET) Normal time 0-11 0-11
This was a night that in later years, if there are later years for some of us, it will be gratifying to say "I was there". It wasn't perfect football all the way, how often does that happen in any code, but surely there will be an EU inquiry into why we were only charged E10 to witness young gladiators crampingly play themselves to within the last breath of their lives , merely to represent their respective counties in a final at the beginning of July. It was compelling from start to finish and if it is appropriately described as an epic, Kerry supporters should not forget that it takes two teams to provide such drama. There is no doubt, the concept of winner takes all was a huge factor in elevating this confrontation to several notches above the ordinary, but does an apparently talented team like Cork deserve to be dispatched in the middle of May? I have my doubts.
I was apprehensive going to the match. I had heard good reports about the Cork side, containing as it did four of last year's forward line and I vividly remember them coming within a hair's breath of defeating the eventual All-Ireland champions in that rousing Munster final. Conversely, the reports of our Clare match, which I missed, weren't glowing. But as they wisely say, you never know with minors.
Bryan Sweeney from Listowel was picked on the forty for Kerry. Seemingly, Jack rates him highly as a cerebral play maker. I haven't seen Bryan play, perhaps as a sub with the Emmetts seniors, but I know all about his lineage. His grandfather Pat played minor and u21 for Kerry in the mid to late sixties. I was at that u21 final in Croke Park in 1967 when we drew with Mayo. A good friend of mine the late Paudie Finnegan from Kenmare was a star forty yards man for us. Inexplicably, Kerry agreed to replay the final up in Mayo where we lost in a game memorable for the fact that Willie McGee scored four goals for them. Now, Bryan's grand uncle, Ned, was in my mind a better footballer than Pat. There wasn't a pick on him but he was as hard as nails. He starred for St. Michael's College and for the Kerry minors in the mid sixties. By all accounts, he was a tasty boxer as well. So, it is no surprise, considering the pedigree, that Jack had pencilled Bryan for the role of chieftain in the attack. Black cat, black kitten! Sadly, Bryan's match finished after about sixty seconds last night. In a thunderous clash, thoroughly fair, he went down. I thought I heard a crack, collar bone or skull, and it was apparent that this was a very serious injury and the referee should have stopped the match instantly. He didn't. Poor refereeing. That was the end of Bryan. The hope is that if Kerry get an extended run we may get another chance to cast our eyes on the black kitten.
But the show went on. Kerry played with a strong gale in the first half but Cork made them work for every morsel. It became clear that this was going to be a "kick of the ball between them contest" and sure enough that is the way it transpired. Half time saw Kerry just two up but facing that gale in the second half was an unappetising prospect. However, some tremendous play by our back line was making life unbearable for the Cork forwards. We were three up with about ten minutes to go but then our kickouts were dropping short and Shane Kingston, a lively merchant now at right wing forward, snapped up three breaks in a row and instigated Cork's revival. Management were slow in noticing that danger. It appeared to me that Kerry were now hanging on by their fingernails. The effort of playing against that bitterly cold, increasingly strong wind had them buckling and when the final whistle blew I felt we had no more to give. But there is not accounting for guts.
In the first half of extra time, Kerry had the help of the breeze. That and the uplifting support of the huge crowd and a bottomless pit of brazen defiance, enabled us to open a three point lead at half time in extra time, 0-15 to 0-12. Cork now of course had the aid of the breeze on the restart. Still, three points is a substantial lead for ten minute period and it looked as if Kerry would comfortably hold out as those final ten minutes slowly wound down. Then calamity, or so it appeared at the time. A high ball into the square was fielded by Daniel ODuinin, significantly the herculean Jason Foley had gone off with cramp at that stage, and he swiftly turned and cracked it home to level it. A great goal which would surely propel Cork onwards. But, not for the first time, weary Kerry bodies threw the dice, now for the last time. The ball made its way, courtesy of Mike Breen I think, to number nineteen, Michael Foley from Spa out on the terrace side at the Horan's end and nervelessly he screwed it over. Game, set and match for the green and gold boys. It could have gone the other way. It was that tight and that engrossing.
Billy Courtney from Dr. Crokes was faultless in goals. He fearlessly and assuredly came out to claim to a few dangerous high ones and he had to gall to come up and kick a forty five over the bar as well. That boy doesn't seem to lack confidence.
Give me a watertight full back line over any other line on the field. In other words , build your team from the back. I chuckle when I see some fellows on this forum say such and such a player is wasted in the full back. line. We got a near watertight full line in last night in the persons of Darren Brosnan from Gneeveguila, Jason Foley from Ballydonoghue and Jack Morgan from Austin Stacks. They were mean and tidy. I am sure the corner boys will forgive me if I say Jason Foley was first among equals. Here we had a full back who was prepared to attack the ball venomously and blotted out a variety of highly rated opponents. It is a long time since we have seen a Kerry full back, at any level, play with such confidence and abrasiveness. He was unable to play for the second half of extra time and crucially he was missing in action when Daniel O'Duinin fielded the ball for his goal. Such was Jason's supremacy all through, it is unlikely that Daniel, good as he is, would have plucked that one.
All three half backs looked impressive at different times. They are tenacious devils.
John Mark Foley was an impressive operator at midfield for most of the game and his efforts ensured that Kerry were on top here throughout. But of course playing at midfield with Mark O'Connor is akin to what it was like for a variety of partners who played with Mick O'Connell. No matter what you do, you are likely to be overshadowed. Mark overshadowed everybody else on the field. Interestingly, he was the only midfielder from either team who played every single energy sapping minute at that location. He fetched spectacularly, kicked adroitly, carried intelligently and top it off he threw himself recklessly at the feet of an opponent to effect a crucial block down when that Cork score could have swung the game. He was majestic.
I was very impressed with the work rate of another youngster from Ballydonoghue, Brian O'Seanachain, at wing forward. Ronan Buckley from Listry came on for the luckless Bryan Sweeney and played very well. Conor Geaney was a nightmare for the Cork defence . He kicked our frees, a couple from play and indeed he was fouled himself for a lot of those frees. Cormac Linnane from Beale, nominally at full forward, was another huge player for us. He seemed to have a brief to wander far and wide. He did that productively.
The fading light, the poor floodlights and those impossible numbers on the jerseys made it very difficult to identify players. But there was no difficulty identifying the collective, outrageous spirit. You cannot camouflage that and you cannot buy it. Jack empowered those young fellows to display those traits. His input cannot be over emphasised.
I am sure no words of consolation will be of any solace to the Cork lads when they wake up this morning. That is the downside of sport. Room for only one winner on the podium. One thing I will be impertinent enough to say about Cork. They had some very powerful ball carriers but I wonder , when playing with wind, would it not have been more prudent to let the ball in faster? Then again, perhaps they felt our full back line was very potent.
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Post by townend on May 14, 2015 11:00:16 GMT
great report Veteran you cover everything there, well done to Jack and his squad.
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Post by G_S_J on May 14, 2015 11:32:11 GMT
Mark O'Connor, is some prospect, he bossed midfield, in a traditional sense with some fantastic high fielding and surging runs, had the head up as well trying to use the ball intelligently. And that block at the end, inspiring stuff, they know how to produce classic midfielders back west.
Thought over all the backs with both sides had the better of it, there was only a handful of goal chances in the game, worryingly very few once again from Kerry.
Cork should have probably won it at the end of normal time when they pegged a three point league back, Kerry can thank, goalkeeper, Billy Courtney, for coping tremendously well with a few dropping balls into the square that could have caused major damage.
A win is important, not just because it's Cork and not just ti get into the Munster final, but also the added bonus of that this side will be playing in Croke Park come August.
Another great journey this year? Like buses they say.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2015 13:06:15 GMT
He is a good prospect.Between the Doyles and the O'Connors there is good breeding there.
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Post by Jo90 on May 14, 2015 13:07:57 GMT
How was it so close if Kerry dominated midfield and Kerry backs were on top?
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Post by G_S_J on May 14, 2015 13:19:24 GMT
How was it so close if Kerry dominated midfield and Kerry backs were on top? Cork back line was tight, I said both backs were on top, the didnt leave a lot of shots on goal, particularly when the wind was against Kerry, as I mentioned already, Cork were well on top in the final ten minutes, Kerry were hanging in there by the end of normal time they looked a tired side, I was fancying Cork. Kerry's bench had a huge say, they used more subs in extra time and two players who came on ended up getting scores.
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