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Post by jackeensabhog on Mar 9, 2015 16:25:31 GMT
Despite the result, I think the combination of the long ball with Donaghy and Tommy W as a runner could prove effective against the blanket defence. There seems to be very little alternative. Witness how effective Tyrones defense was against the Dubs trying to play through it and the even more exciting Donegal V Monaghan match.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Mar 9, 2015 17:28:35 GMT
Ah sure it may have been the worst day of the year for us and I'd take that no bother. Great stuff by Vet and I found a positive; Éamonn now has a very big stick for bold boys; seriously it will soften their cough and it couldn't come at a better time, just when the notion of AI champs beating half a Dublin team was beginning to convince us we were the best team bar none. And so much for Munster only having one decent team; it has 2 of the top 5, 40% of it, and Cork beat 2 of the other 3 already.
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Post by southward on Mar 9, 2015 18:46:30 GMT
From being at the game, here are my own humble thoughts: 1. Both full-back lines were poor but the ball to our inside line was of poor quality. 2. Sherwood is a fine footballer but lacks physicality. Crowley is our 6, end of IMO. 3. Fionn Fitzgerald is a stylish, natural footballer but should be out the field if anywhere. He's not a man-marker and was destroyed from the off yesterday. Maybe needs a break? 4. Anthony Maher is the engine of this Kerry side and was sorely missed in the second half. be fair 5. David Moran won't have a worse afternoon in 2015. 6. Tommy Walsh still seems laboured but yet showed glimpses of what he can do. Fetched a huge ball in the first half before ruining it with a foul hand-pass. He also looks to have trouble measuring the weight of his kicks. His wides all tailed off to the same side. It will come. 7. Bryan Sheehan is an extremely frustrating player. 8. Donaghy is trying far too hard to do everything. Still seems to have trouble gathering and holding any ball that hops in to him.
9. Alan Fitzgerald should be given a few more runs, looked good when he came in.
10. Stephen O'Brien seems to have lost some pace and constantly falls to ground.
10. Cork played some nice stuff, were cute with possession and kicked some fine scores. Can they do that in Killarney in July? To be fair to Donaghy, the slower ball hopping in gives defenders time to climb all over him. And that's always been allowed where Kieran is concerned. I thought he was very good yesterday with what service he got. Alan Fitzgerald kicked two of our three second half points - showed well. I noticed that about Stephen constantly falling, and without being fouled too. Can someone not get him a set of studs ?
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Post by glengael on Mar 9, 2015 19:12:43 GMT
Sensible suggestions for changes for next week? Will Paul Geaney be fit?
Maher got a blow to the head yesterday according to E. Fitz so that may affect his chances of selection.
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Post by ballybunion on Mar 9, 2015 19:19:21 GMT
Anthony Maher got an elbow to the eye from Guess Who.He should be ok for next week.
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Post by fitz on Mar 9, 2015 20:58:51 GMT
Anthony Maher got an elbow to the eye from Guess Who.He should be ok for next week. Must be 'Cads' as he signs by
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Post by sullyschoice on Mar 9, 2015 21:52:38 GMT
Anthony Maher got an elbow to the eye from Guess Who.He should be ok for next week. Must be 'Cads' as he signs by He and Shields are nasty individuals
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Mar 9, 2015 22:00:09 GMT
Must be 'Cads' as he signs by He and Shields are nasty individuals Suppose he'll claim tomorrow he had to go to the dentist again. I used to pass his house almost daily before. Never liked him ever since he made his debut. A least Noelie was honest about his antics and didn't try to act all holy off the pitch.
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Post by gamechanger10 on Mar 9, 2015 22:23:58 GMT
Veteran said BJK was very lively all through. Stephen O'Brien was quieter than usual. As against Dublin, Johnny Buckley was much better in the second half. When KD got any reasonable ball he troubled Cork. Scored a goal, made a goal and got a free for our first score but an old malady manifested itself again too often for my liking. Very often he was left contesting a ball on his own with nobody near by to collect a break. I cannot understand why the likes of BJK and Stephen O'Brien are not instructed to be constantly be sniffing around for the crumbs which inevitably fall from KD's table.
Agree totally veteran, Donaghy is an unusual beast and we should use him as there is no other like him. The corner forwards should be screaming by him when long ball is delivered and this should be a relentlessly practiced as a training drill. There is simply no other 6'5" player with his speed of hand and vision. There is simply nobody that can break and hand off ball like him so we must provide the runners to pick up the crumbs of his tilting table. Well said veteran and we can land the Canister again with a little practice in 2015.
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Post by fitz on Mar 10, 2015 0:35:49 GMT
Must be 'Cads' as he signs by He and Shields are nasty individuals He buried Jon Lyne with a character reaffirming frontal charge shoulder that didn't even merit a free. Real cheap shot.
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Post by fitz on Mar 10, 2015 0:49:39 GMT
In fairness Donnacha O' Connor was flawless, brilliant cameo. All too easy when tide is riding high on your back. Surprised Geaney and Lyne lasted the game having no impact. BJK was very good. Buckley a beacon in second half. Thought Killian was ok. Griffin did a lot of good things but sloppy fouls and some mistakes too. Kilkenny ok. Star was good from scraps. Tommy was poor but patience and perseverance must be maintained. Might sound ridiculous but I thought Moran did a lot well in the game but he made some bad passing errors, bad frees, bad point taking and embarrassing solo turnover but he did stay at it. We have a high nar for him now but he was far from Kerry's weakest player. Stephen O was industrious but agree was slipping consistently. Fionn had a tough day and should have been replaced earlier. Hurley is a serious operator though as we all know. On form he's unmarkable. Sheehan had a day to forget. Maher great first half. Enright should have come in earlier.
Bad day at office and good reality check.
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Post by dano on Mar 10, 2015 4:09:32 GMT
BJK improving with every game, Moran won't be as poor again. TW will improve too. A good few off the pace but this will be different come Summer
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Mar 10, 2015 12:40:47 GMT
Cork's Mark Collins has come out on top - just - in this week's GAA.ie Football Player of the Week award, the closest contest we have ever had in the weekly vote. Collins received 973 votes (37%) on the GAA's official Facebook, Twitterand Instagram pages, just three votes ahead of Sligo's David Kelly (36.9%). In third place was Meath's Graham Reilly on 26%. *** GAA.ie FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK RESULTS 1. Mark Collins (Cork) - 973 votes (37%) 2. David Kelly (Sligo) - 970 votes (36.9%) 3. Graham Reilly (Meath) - 686 votes (26%) *** Although Collins didn’t score in Cork’s 3-17 to 2-9 win over Kerry, he was the game’s outstanding player. Named at full-forward, the Castlehaven man played in a free role between midfield and the half-forward line – or as an auxiliary centre-forward. Collins’ creativity has been a major plus for Cork this year and once again, his fingerprints were on a lot of the good things the Rebels did in Páirc Uí Rinn. Just three votes behind Collins in second place was Sligo's David Kelly. Plagued by injury problems in recent years, it was great to see the Tubbercurry clubman back in such prolific form on Sunday in Markievicz Park, where he scored 1-5 from play in Sligo’s big win over Louth. His goal on 16 minutes may have been down to opportunism, but Kelly was brilliant throughout, the Wee County defence incapable of coping with his superb movement and shot-taking. In third place was Meath's Graham Reilly, who scored 1-5 from play in Saturday’s victory over neighbours Westmeath in Navan. The match may have been over as a contest when Reilly scored Meath’s fourth goal, but that shouldn’t detract from the finish – a spectacular, feathered chip over Gary Connaughton, which floated to the back of the net. Reilly was unstoppable on a night when the Royals caught fire. *** Players of the Week are decided based on votes cast by followers of @officialgaa on Twitter, on the Official GAA Facebook Page and on the Official GAA Instagram page
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Mar 10, 2015 13:04:32 GMT
Cork manager Brian Cuthbert has insisted that “there’s nobody getting carried away” following his side’s impressive 3-17 to 2-09 win over Kerry on Sunday. The Rebels got off to a fine start in the Allianz Football League Division One clash at Páirc Uí Rinn, and took a lead they never really looked like giving up. Speaking to RTÉ Sport after the game, Cuthbert hailed his players' performance, but made clear that this was still early in the season, and that he was not reading too much into the result. "I’m very happy with the level of performance, the endeavour and I suppose the level of scoring was quite impressive,” Cuthbert said. "I thought we played good football in the first half; certainly, we moved the ball quite well, we caused Kerry a few problems, but there’s nobody getting carried away." Cuthbert will have been well aware that Cork won comfortably in the corresponding match last year, but lost heavily in the Munster Football Championship final, and alluded to this when he said: “You can perform well in the league but you need to back it up with a championship performance." “There was a small bit of jostling around but there was nothing malicious really" - Brian Cuthbert In a high-paced game that featured five goals and a high degree of tension, culminating in a melee, a number of yellow cards, and a black card for Kerry’s Peter Murphy, Cork ultimately came out on top. Cuthbert said that the game had not been a dirty one, and was happy to get the opportunity to try out new ideas. "That’s the beauty of the league," he said. "The league allow you to face different opposition in different venues with different conditions and different strategies. "There was a small bit of jostling around but there was nothing malicious really. It’s a manly game and I thought the discipline of both teams was quite good and I thought the referee did a very, very good job." Cuthbert’s Kerry counterpart, Éamonn Fitzmaurice, said that his side had put in a poor performance and that the better team had won. "They performed way better and they put up a big score," Fitzmaurice said. "We can’t complain, we were way off it today. We weren’t at the standard required and we suffered a big defeat. "Was it something we did in training this week or was it a bit of fatigue from the games coming thick and fast? It was a performance that came out of nowhere really because we were happy the way the week’s work went after a good win last weekend. "Fellas seemed very focused and tuned in this morning but that wasn’t evident from our display." Fitzmaurice said the Kingdom’s defence had conceded "a couple of goals maybe of the soft variety" but said they had regained their composure thereafter. But he said: "Any day you concede three goals you’re going to struggle to win the game." He said Paul Galvin, who last week came out of retirement to return to the Kerry squad, was "a bit off it in terms of going into that kind of intensity. "He's part of the squad, he’s training away and hopefully he’ll get there sooner rather than later."
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Mar 10, 2015 23:05:54 GMT
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