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Post by hugh20 on Jul 2, 2015 9:00:59 GMT
Great result. Strange game though Kerry fast out of the blocks 5 points to no score ip and kicked about another five wides. For the last 15 mins of first half Cork owned it and kicked 8 points in a row as Kerry failed to score. Cork lead 8-5 at half time. Key turning point in the game was swift action by Kerry mgt team to withdraw Liam Kearney at midfield after 25 mins and replaced by Garry O'Sullivan who steadied the ship and won back midfield for Kerry for the rest of the game. Kerry came out in the second half and scored 1-15 to Corks 0-3. Awesome second half performance by Kerry Jeff O'Donoghue kicked 4 or 5 on the trot. David Culhane was immense at the back started corner back and floated between full back , centre back and wing back contributing in all positions serious footballer tough and fast was Kerry's best back even when the went out of the game in first half. In my opinion definitely worth a place on the senior panel has it all good hands, strength , bravery and searing pace. James Walsh had a big influence when moved to midfield also. Cox and to lesser extent Thomas Hickey performance well. Cox clearly grew in confidence after his goal from the penalty and kicked one point with his left after selling about 3 if 4 dummies worth the €10 entrance fee alone!! Cork were brutal being honest and to see them dying out in a game after scoring 8 points on the trot to lead at half time at home in a Munster final begins to add fuel to the theory that they breed soft footballers its strange to see that not only do there seniors suffer stage fright almost that it seems to affect certain underage and junior teams also now. Great to see youth get one over a bit more physically imposing and older Cork side in there own back yard You are accurate enough in your report with the exception of Thomas Hickey performing well. I must say I was largely disappointed in his performance for a player who was floating around the senior panel for awhile and John McLoughlin certainly had the measure of him. I find Conor Cox extremely frustrating at times, he has an inability to create goal scoring opportunities and is far too selfish IMO. The score that you are referring to madmac, he had 3 different chances to slip the ball to a man in a better position which would have resulted in a tap over score but he chose to shoot from what would normally be considered an impossible angle to most, now the ball went over and it was a lovely score but there was other situations where men were in better positions and he ended up kicking it wide or dropping it short, it severely drops morale between other forwards when one plays like this. He has plenty of potential but I feel this is the reason why Eamonn Fitz does not select him. David Culhane and Jack McGuire were impressive in the full back line. Dan O Donoghue held his own. Tadgh Morley struggled to get to grips with his man in the first half but improved, likewise with James Walsh who struggled to get into the game in the first half but improved when going to midfield in second. James is very erratic in his kicking, sometimes kicking peaches of passes and sometimes gifting the ball back to the opposition. Gavin Crowley did reasonably well. Liam Kearney is a big unit but seems unable to move freely, plenty of potential but needs to improve and last night was not his finest game. Brendan O Sullivan did fetch a couple of balls but again he drifted in and out of the game and the replacement of him with Eamon Kiely seemed to totally switch the game in our favour. James Walsh went to midfield and Kiely to wing back. Kiely made a good burst up the field a few minutes after being introduced to kick a good score and James Walsh came more into the game. Philip O Connor was very disappointing in the first half considering he has been training all year with our seniors but to his credit he never dropped his head and he improved dramatically in the second half, his work rate is phenomenal. Alan O Donoghue being switched to the forty in the second half certainly improved situations and he was buzzing around as usual. Brian Crowley had a decent enough game but drifted in and out of the game, on a few occasions he showed serious pace to get himself goal chances but was unlucky. Finally onto Jeff O Donoghue, who was a breath of fresh air, particularly in the second half. He gave an exhibition of football, setting up scores with beautifully executed outside of the boot passes. He harassed and turned over ball (one eventually leading to the penalty) and he scored elegantly off both feet. It was his second half performance that was worth the €10 admission fee.
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Post by glengael on Jul 2, 2015 9:16:41 GMT
Well done to all concerned. Nice to get the right result in Pairc Ui Rinn for once!
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Post by givehimaball on Jul 2, 2015 10:26:41 GMT
Great result - good to get reports from those who travelled. The last time the Kerry junior team won back-to-back Munster titles was back in 1994-95, which I think underlines the great work the management team did here. In terms of possibly moving on to bigger things down the road, Wallace would surely be an extremely serious option for the U21 spot if Jack only does the 2 years of his term, with the fact that the line recognised midfield was an issue and acted quickly to rectify matters is surely a good sign in terms of making game management from the line. Any of those who travelled any thoughts on the subs/switches - sounds like the move of Walsh to midfield was an important positional switch, in getting back into the game there. Into the semi-final against Wexford - the game is scheduled for July 25th. In the other side of the draw it's Kilkenny v Mayo - you'd have to think that Mayo are likely to be serious favourites there, given they have a decent record at this grade and the record of teams who come through the British side of things hasn't exactly been great. Kilkenny came through the British championship which is why you have the unusual situation of 2 Leinster sides in the semi-finals. Did find a decent article about Anthony Masterson from the Examiner who was called up from the juniors to the seniors for their win over Down, gives a bit of insight into how Wexford are treating the juniors - the bit about calling it the senior development squad and the fact that both Masterson and another player were called up from the juniors for the game against Down, show they are backing the talk with action. A nice bit of evidence that Wexford are doing some joined-up thinking on the football side of the house .Both Masterson and the other lad are now ineligible for the semi. www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/football/anthony-masterson-enjoying-return-to-senior-fold-339853.htmlWexford football is enjoying a bright spot the last few days and you'd think they will be well up for having a crack of Kerry in the semi, given how Power managed to get the seniors up for the Down game. It didnt't really get all that much attention but it's a fairly massive achievement for any manager to my mind to get a side who got relegated to Division 4 to beat a side who got promoted to Division 1 [sides who get promoted to Division 1 tend to go on to have a good championship - no surprise that a side who are winning competitive games in the spring will go on to have a decent summer] I think it will be a long number of years in the championship before we see a side who get relegated from Division 4 beat a side who get promoted to Division 1 again. Power was manager of the winning Tipp minors - he's still fierce young - He's barely over the 30 mark so he's definitely in the one to watch category of managers. Wexford have been hit a fair bit this year by some retirements and lads going hurling full-time and are really in in a rebuilding stage - heard they had a very high number of U21 players over the course of the league. They started off very slow with a horror result of losing to Clare on a scoreline of Clare 1-16 Wexford 0-5 but ended up beating Tipp 2-12 to Wexford 2-15 in Tipp (Tipp did rest a few of their bigger names for this because of the U21 final, but overall Wexford definitely made progress over the course of the league). I would be very surprised if Wexford don't bounce straight back up from Division 4 next year. If Cork win the hurling at the weekend it will mean the Wexford footballers will have lasted longer into the summer than the hurlers. Report from the win over Meath in the Leinster final www.wexfordpeople.ie/sport/gaa/smash-and-grab-glory-31340189.html
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Post by hugh20 on Jul 2, 2015 10:52:27 GMT
Great result. Strange game though Kerry fast out of the blocks 5 points to no score ip and kicked about another five wides. For the last 15 mins of first half Cork owned it and kicked 8 points in a row as Kerry failed to score. Cork lead 8-5 at half time. Key turning point in the game was swift action by Kerry mgt team to withdraw Liam Kearney at midfield after 25 mins and replaced by Garry O'Sullivan who steadied the ship and won back midfield for Kerry for the rest of the game. Kerry came out in the second half and scored 1-15 to Corks 0-3. Awesome second half performance by Kerry Jeff O'Donoghue kicked 4 or 5 on the trot. David Culhane was immense at the back started corner back and floated between full back , centre back and wing back contributing in all positions serious footballer tough and fast was Kerry's best back even when the went out of the game in first half. In my opinion definitely worth a place on the senior panel has it all good hands, strength , bravery and searing pace. James Walsh had a big influence when moved to midfield also. Cox and to lesser extent Thomas Hickey performance well. Cox clearly grew in confidence after his goal from the penalty and kicked one point with his left after selling about 3 if 4 dummies worth the €10 entrance fee alone!! Cork were brutal being honest and to see them dying out in a game after scoring 8 points on the trot to lead at half time at home in a Munster final begins to add fuel to the theory that they breed soft footballers its strange to see that not only do there seniors suffer stage fright almost that it seems to affect certain underage and junior teams also now. Great to see youth get one over a bit more physically imposing and older Cork side in there own back yard You are accurate enough in your report with the exception of Thomas Hickey performing well. I must say I was largely disappointed in his performance for a player who was floating around the senior panel for awhile and John McLoughlin certainly had the measure of him. I find Conor Cox extremely frustrating at times, he has an inability to create goal scoring opportunities and is far too selfish IMO. The score that you are referring to madmac, he had 3 different chances to slip the ball to a man in a better position which would have resulted in a tap over score but he chose to shoot from what would normally be considered an impossible angle to most, now the ball went over and it was a lovely score but there was other situations where men were in better positions and he ended up kicking it wide or dropping it short, it severely drops morale between other forwards when one plays like this. He has plenty of potential but I feel this is the reason why Eamonn Fitz does not select him. David Culhane and Jack McGuire were impressive in the full back line. Dan O Donoghue held his own. Tadgh Morley struggled to get to grips with his man in the first half but improved, likewise with James Walsh who struggled to get into the game in the first half but improved when going to midfield in second. James is very erratic in his kicking, sometimes kicking peaches of passes and sometimes gifting the ball back to the opposition. Gavin Crowley did reasonably well. Liam Kearney is a big unit but seems unable to move freely, plenty of potential but needs to improve and last night was not his finest game. Brendan O Sullivan did fetch a couple of balls but again he drifted in and out of the game and the replacement of him with Eamon Kiely seemed to totally switch the game in our favour. James Walsh went to midfield and Kiely to wing back. Kiely made a good burst up the field a few minutes after being introduced to kick a good score and James Walsh came more into the game. Philip O Connor was very disappointing in the first half considering he has been training all year with our seniors but to his credit he never dropped his head and he improved dramatically in the second half, his work rate is phenomenal. Alan O Donoghue being switched to the forty in the second half certainly improved situations and he was buzzing around as usual. Brian Crowley had a decent enough game but drifted in and out of the game, on a few occasions he showed serious pace to get himself goal chances but was unlucky. Finally onto Jeff O Donoghue, who was a breath of fresh air, particularly in the second half. He gave an exhibition of football, setting up scores with beautifully executed outside of the boot passes. He harassed and turned over ball (one eventually leading to the penalty) and he scored elegantly off both feet. It was his second half performance that was worth the €10 admission fee. I failed to mention Gary O'Sullivan and his contribution when introduced. His kick passing let him down aon a few occasions but overall he had a good game and Kerry seemed to gain the upper hand in midfield when he was called upon. His fielding ability is not in question and he fetched a couple of fine balls. Overall a good performance by him and a good substitution by management at a time when we were being dominated around the middle.
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Post by Jigz84 on Jul 2, 2015 11:00:04 GMT
Great result - good to get reports from those who travelled. The last time the Kerry junior team won back-to-back Munster titles was back in 1994-95, which I think underlines the great work the management team did here. 02 and 03 I think was the last time. Could only follow it online last night but the second half performance must've been immense, well done to all involved.
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Post by bemane on Jul 2, 2015 11:25:00 GMT
Second half performance was very good and first 15 minutes of the first half kerry should have been out of sight, but cork were very dissapointing and once kerry made the midfield changes plus the introduction of kiely to the backs that released james Walsh to midfield it was one way traffic with kerrys movement to much for a jaded cork back line
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Post by givehimaball on Jul 2, 2015 12:09:18 GMT
Great result - good to get reports from those who travelled. The last time the Kerry junior team won back-to-back Munster titles was back in 1994-95, which I think underlines the great work the management team did here. 02 and 03 I think was the last time. Could only follow it online last night but the second half performance must've been immense, well done to all involved. Well the stat was from the report on the home page www.kerrygaa.ie/news/361914/Kerry_are_Munster_Junior_Football_Champions
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Post by Jo90 on Jul 2, 2015 12:48:28 GMT
Congrats to the Kerry juniors on a great performance. First proper win over Cork in this grade since 2003 as all subsequent victories over Cork since then have been the year after a Cork All-Ireland which meant they had to field a entirely new team.
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Post by kerryeye on Jul 2, 2015 13:15:20 GMT
Last nights junior victory is definitely a sign of the strength of football in both counties at present in my opinion. Kerry weren't doing this to Cork teams 5-10 years ago. The fact that we are doing it with an almost exclusively under 23 team is even more encouraging. Kerry football is at a much better place than Cork's at present.
There may be talk now of which of the junior panel is good enough to step up to senior. While i believe that a number of them would be capable of playing senior intercounty football, i think the Kerry panel is so strong at the moment that none of them will break through in the near future.
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Post by givehimaball on Jul 2, 2015 13:53:52 GMT
There may be talk now of which of the junior panel is good enough to step up to senior. While i believe that a number of them would be capable of playing senior intercounty football, i think the Kerry panel is so strong at the moment that none of them will break through in the near future. As of tomorrow (someone's birthday tomorrow) all of the following are 31 or older Aidan O’Mahony Marc Ó Sé Paul Galvin Colm Cooper Kieran Donaghy Donnchadh Walsh so there'll definitely be some retirement places to fill before too long. Also with the age profile of the Juniors there's definitely a fair few of them with a decent chunk of change in terms of time to develop further and strengthen their case in terms of involvement with the seniors.
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Post by Mickmack on Jul 3, 2015 0:06:24 GMT
Great result. Strange game though Kerry fast out of the blocks 5 points to no score ip and kicked about another five wides. For the last 15 mins of first half Cork owned it and kicked 8 points in a row as Kerry failed to score. Cork lead 8-5 at half time. Key turning point in the game was swift action by Kerry mgt team to withdraw Liam Kearney at midfield after 25 mins and replaced by Garry O'Sullivan who steadied the ship and won back midfield for Kerry for the rest of the game. Kerry came out in the second half and scored 1-15 to Corks 0-3. Awesome second half performance by Kerry Jeff O'Donoghue kicked 4 or 5 on the trot. David Culhane was immense at the back started corner back and floated between full back , centre back and wing back contributing in all positions serious footballer tough and fast was Kerry's best back even when the went out of the game in first half. In my opinion definitely worth a place on the senior panel has it all good hands, strength , bravery and searing pace.
James Walsh had a big influence when moved to midfield also. Cox and to lesser extent Thomas Hickey performance well. Cox clearly grew in confidence after his goal from the penalty and kicked one point with his left after selling about 3 if 4 dummies worth the €10 entrance fee alone!! Cork were brutal being honest and to see them dying out in a game after scoring 8 points on the trot to lead at half time at home in a Munster final begins to add fuel to the theory that they breed soft footballers its strange to see that not only do there seniors suffer stage fright almost that it seems to affect certain underage and junior teams also now. Great to see youth get one over a bit more physically imposing and older Cork side in there own back yard Is this the same guy that scored that great goal for UCC in the Sigerson final in the spring. He looks a great prospect. A bit of of Liam Flaherty and Eamonn Breen rolled into one. Why wasn't he on the panel v Tipp. Good to see you back posting again madmac999
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jul 3, 2015 7:31:00 GMT
Great result. Strange game though Kerry fast out of the blocks 5 points to no score ip and kicked about another five wides. For the last 15 mins of first half Cork owned it and kicked 8 points in a row as Kerry failed to score. Cork lead 8-5 at half time. Key turning point in the game was swift action by Kerry mgt team to withdraw Liam Kearney at midfield after 25 mins and replaced by Garry O'Sullivan who steadied the ship and won back midfield for Kerry for the rest of the game. Kerry came out in the second half and scored 1-15 to Corks 0-3. Awesome second half performance by Kerry Jeff O'Donoghue kicked 4 or 5 on the trot. David Culhane was immense at the back started corner back and floated between full back , centre back and wing back contributing in all positions serious footballer tough and fast was Kerry's best back even when the went out of the game in first half. In my opinion definitely worth a place on the senior panel has it all good hands, strength , bravery and searing pace.
James Walsh had a big influence when moved to midfield also. Cox and to lesser extent Thomas Hickey performance well. Cox clearly grew in confidence after his goal from the penalty and kicked one point with his left after selling about 3 if 4 dummies worth the €10 entrance fee alone!! Cork were brutal being honest and to see them dying out in a game after scoring 8 points on the trot to lead at half time at home in a Munster final begins to add fuel to the theory that they breed soft footballers its strange to see that not only do there seniors suffer stage fright almost that it seems to affect certain underage and junior teams also now. Great to see youth get one over a bit more physically imposing and older Cork side in there own back yard Is this the same guy that scored that great goal for UCC in the Sigerson final in the spring. He looks a great prospect. A bit of of Liam Flaherty and Eamonn Breen rolled into one. Why wasn't he on the panel v Tipp. Good to see you back posting again madmac999 Jeez Mick dont hype the lad too much!!
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Post by givehimaball on Jul 3, 2015 8:39:36 GMT
Is this the same guy that scored that great goal for UCC in the Sigerson final in the spring. Yup same lad - he does look like a prospect all right.
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Post by hugh20 on Jul 3, 2015 10:59:34 GMT
Culhane did seem to be on a different level to the majority the last night and dealt with his opponent with consummate ease. IMO he is one of a few players who could possibly be worth a place in the senior panel at this very moment in time.
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Post by mandad on Jul 15, 2015 18:20:26 GMT
All Ireland Junior Football Championship 2015 Semi Final: - Saturday 25th. July. Dungarvan 2 pm. Wexford -v-Kerry. Tullamore 2 pm. Kilkenny -v-Mayo. Final to be played on Sat 8th. August. Am I correct in thinking that Kilkenny got a bye to the semi-final? It's a strange sight to see them in a football competition, especially a semi-final.
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Post by diego on Jul 15, 2015 18:42:46 GMT
Am I correct in thinking that Kilkenny got a bye to the semi-final? It's a strange sight to see them in a football competition, especially a semi-final. Kilkenny are the British Junior Football champions believe it or not having beaten Scotland in the title decider. Bit of an explanation on how this came to be here... www.kilkennygaa.ie/news/read/id/1540
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Post by givehimaball on Jul 23, 2015 21:09:13 GMT
The Kerry Junior Football Team to play Wexford in the All Ireland Junior Football Semi final in Dungarvan on Saturday at 2pm
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Post by kerrygold on Jul 23, 2015 22:46:26 GMT
Very few of last years minors involved?
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Post by givehimaball on Jul 24, 2015 9:37:31 GMT
Very few of last years minors involved? Yeah I thought there would be more - five isn't bad, but isn't as much as I thought there would be on the basis of the talk earluer - maybe the timing of the junior matches didn't suit with university/school exams? Dan O’Donoghue Liam Kearney Brian Sugrue Jordan Kiely Killian Spillane I wonder if there are some ineligible because they played club championships (maybe even only got 5/10 minutes off the bench) already from the lads at senior clubs?
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Post by himself on Jul 24, 2015 10:23:25 GMT
Liam Carey and Brian Rayel are both on the panel but carrying injuries at the moment. Shane Ryan, Briain o Beaglaoich, Tom o Suilleabhain, Cormac Coffey, Barry O'Sullivan, Mark O'Connor, Micheal Burns, and Matthew Flaherty all played senior club championship. Mark O'Connor wouldn't have been available to the juniors anyway, he, Andrew Barry, and Stephen O'Sullivan are playing with this years Kerry minors. As far as I know, Tomas O Se isn't around, he's dancing professionally with Riverdance. All going well, hopefully we will get around a dozen U21 players next year from this panel (something Stephen Wallace has openly prioritised) and I'd be hopeful that Eamonn Fitzmaurice has his eyes on a few lads as well.
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Post by givehimaball on Jul 24, 2015 12:37:20 GMT
Liam Carey and Brian Rayel are both on the panel but carrying injuries at the moment. Shane Ryan, Briain o Beaglaoich, Tom o Suilleabhain, Cormac Coffey, Barry O'Sullivan, Mark O'Connor, Micheal Burns, and Matthew Flaherty all played senior club championship. Mark O'Connor wouldn't have been available to the juniors anyway, he, Andrew Barry, and Stephen O'Sullivan are playing with this years Kerry minors. As far as I know, Tomas O Se isn't around, he's dancing professionally with Riverdance. All going well, hopefully we will get around a dozen U21 players next year from this panel (something Stephen Wallace has openly prioritised) and I'd be hopeful that Eamonn Fitzmaurice has his eyes on a few lads as well. Really didn't think so many would be missing because of playing senior club championship.
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Post by ponyexpress on Jul 24, 2015 19:05:02 GMT
Liam Carey and Brian Rayel are both on the panel but carrying injuries at the moment. Shane Ryan, Briain o Beaglaoich, Tom o Suilleabhain, Cormac Coffey, Barry O'Sullivan, Mark O'Connor, Micheal Burns, and Matthew Flaherty all played senior club championship. Mark O'Connor wouldn't have been available to the juniors anyway, he, Andrew Barry, and Stephen O'Sullivan are playing with this years Kerry minors. As far as I know, Tomas O Se isn't around, he's dancing professionally with Riverdance. All going well, hopefully we will get around a dozen U21 players next year from this panel (something Stephen Wallace has openly prioritised) and I'd be hopeful that Eamonn Fitzmaurice has his eyes on a few lads as well. briain o beaglaoigh shud b available isnt he gaeltacht? Now intermediate or were they senior last yr?
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Post by gbbuei on Jul 25, 2015 7:31:09 GMT
Best of luck to the Kerry Juniors in Dungarvan today
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Post by south on Jul 25, 2015 12:59:04 GMT
The best of luck to the juniors
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Post by givehimaball on Jul 25, 2015 15:00:42 GMT
FT Wexford 2-9 Kerry 3-13
Sounded like Wexford were going to win when they went 5 points up in the 2nd half, but Kerry responded very well to turn it around and win by 7. A good one to win and a final against Mayo is the reward.
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Post by kerrygold on Jul 26, 2015 13:10:51 GMT
Liam Carey and Brian Rayel are both on the panel but carrying injuries at the moment. Shane Ryan, Briain o Beaglaoich, Tom o Suilleabhain, Cormac Coffey, Barry O'Sullivan, Mark O'Connor, Micheal Burns, and Matthew Flaherty all played senior club championship. Mark O'Connor wouldn't have been available to the juniors anyway, he, Andrew Barry, and Stephen O'Sullivan are playing with this years Kerry minors. As far as I know, Tomas O Se isn't around, he's dancing professionally with Riverdance. All going well, hopefully we will get around a dozen U21 players next year from this panel (something Stephen Wallace has openly prioritised) and I'd be hopeful that Eamonn Fitzmaurice has his eyes on a few lads as well. Cheers.
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Post by glengael on Jul 27, 2015 11:34:13 GMT
Kerry perform great late escape Monday, July 27, 2015 By Kieran McCarthy
Kerry 3-13 Wexford 2-9: The full-time score gave a somewhat misleading representation as Kerry performed a late escape act in Dungarvan on Saturday afternoon to remain on course for a 16th All-Ireland junior title.
With 46 minutes on the clock, the Munster champions trailed by 2-8 to 0-9 after Michael Dwyer rammed to the roof of the net for Wexford, who were boosted by the arrival of Mattie Forde in the second half.
It forced the Kingdom to take drastic action. Manager Stephen Wallace sprung Brendan O’Sullivan and Thomas Hickey from the bench and the fresh legs powered them forward over the final quarter.
O’Sullivan and Liam Kearney managed to monopolise midfield while Hickey showed enthusiastically in the corner. On 49 minutes, leading marksman Conor Cox palmed to the net at the back post following a fluent passing move and Kerry were back in the game. advertisement
Seven minutes later, Kearney produced a huge catch before Hickey sprayed across for Cox to punch home once again.
The comeback was complete when Killian Spillane finished another defence-splitting attack involving O’Sullivan and David Culhane in the final minute of normal time. A lethal injection of 3-4 in the space of 13 minutes.
It could have turned out very differently as David Power’s Wexford fully deserved their five-point lead entering the last leg of the journey. A thumping drive from Paudie Barden to the top corner of Shane Murphy’s net on 16 minutes gave them encouragement.
Donal Shanley and Niall Harney also knocked over fine scores to leave them 1-6 to 0-7 in the clear at halfway. Only a late brace by Philip O’Connor prevented Wexford from holding a more sizeable advantage.
They kicked on further when Power sent in 2004 All-Star Forde for the second half. The Kilanerin man only needed 50 seconds to make an impression and measure a point from the right wing.
Although Cox and O’Connor pared down the arrears to one, Forde sprinkled more magic dust at the other end. He intercepted a stray sideline ball and slipped a pass inside for Michael Dwyer to finish emphatically past Murphy. A seven-point Kerry win looked implausible before Wallace’s rejig turned things round.
Scorers for Kerry:
C Cox (2-4, 4 frees); K Spillane (1-0); P O’Connor (0-3); B O’Sullivan (0-2); T Hickey, L Kearney, J O’Donoghue, J Walsh (0-1 each).
Scorers for Wexford:
P Barden (1-1); M Dwyer (1-0); D Shanley (0-3, 3 frees); N Harney (0-2); C Redmond, D Murphy, M Forde (0-1 each).
KERRY:
S Murphy; D O’Donoghue, D Culhane, G Crowley; J Walsh, T Morley, E Kiely; G O’Sullivan, L Kearney; P O’Connor, J O’Donoghue, B Crowley; A O’Donoghue, C Cox, J Kiely.
Subs:
K Spillane for J O’Donoghue (44); B O’Sullivan for G O’Sullivan (47); T Hickey for Kiely (47); A Barry for A O’Donoghue (56).
WEXFORD:
R Cleary; P Curtis, J Rossiter, P O’Keeffe; S Doyle, R Vallejo, G Carty; G Malone, J White; N Harney, D Shanley, M Dwyer; M Rossiter, P Barden, K Rowe.
Subs:
M Forde for Rossiter (HT); C Redmond for Rowe (33); A Maddock for Curtis (44); D Murphy for Malone (50); S Gaul for White (58).
Referee:
J Bermingham (Cork)
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Post by givehimaball on Jul 27, 2015 11:41:00 GMT
Kerry perform great late escape Monday, July 27, 2015 By Kieran McCarthy Kerry 3-13 Wexford 2-9: The full-time score gave a somewhat misleading representation as Kerry performed a late escape act in Dungarvan on Saturday afternoon to remain on course for a 16th All-Ireland junior title. With 46 minutes on the clock, the Munster champions trailed by 2-8 to 0-9 after Michael Dwyer rammed to the roof of the net for Wexford, who were boosted by the arrival of Mattie Forde in the second half. It forced the Kingdom to take drastic action. Manager Stephen Wallace sprung Brendan O’Sullivan and Thomas Hickey from the bench and the fresh legs powered them forward over the final quarter. O’Sullivan and Liam Kearney managed to monopolise midfield while Hickey showed enthusiastically in the corner. On 49 minutes, leading marksman Conor Cox palmed to the net at the back post following a fluent passing move and Kerry were back in the game. advertisement Seven minutes later, Kearney produced a huge catch before Hickey sprayed across for Cox to punch home once again. The comeback was complete when Killian Spillane finished another defence-splitting attack involving O’Sullivan and David Culhane in the final minute of normal time. A lethal injection of 3-4 in the space of 13 minutes. It could have turned out very differently as David Power’s Wexford fully deserved their five-point lead entering the last leg of the journey. A thumping drive from Paudie Barden to the top corner of Shane Murphy’s net on 16 minutes gave them encouragement. Donal Shanley and Niall Harney also knocked over fine scores to leave them 1-6 to 0-7 in the clear at halfway. Only a late brace by Philip O’Connor prevented Wexford from holding a more sizeable advantage. They kicked on further when Power sent in 2004 All-Star Forde for the second half. The Kilanerin man only needed 50 seconds to make an impression and measure a point from the right wing. Although Cox and O’Connor pared down the arrears to one, Forde sprinkled more magic dust at the other end. He intercepted a stray sideline ball and slipped a pass inside for Michael Dwyer to finish emphatically past Murphy. A seven-point Kerry win looked implausible before Wallace’s rejig turned things round. Scorers for Kerry: C Cox (2-4, 4 frees); K Spillane (1-0); P O’Connor (0-3); B O’Sullivan (0-2); T Hickey, L Kearney, J O’Donoghue, J Walsh (0-1 each). Scorers for Wexford: P Barden (1-1); M Dwyer (1-0); D Shanley (0-3, 3 frees); N Harney (0-2); C Redmond, D Murphy, M Forde (0-1 each). KERRY: S Murphy; D O’Donoghue, D Culhane, G Crowley; J Walsh, T Morley, E Kiely; G O’Sullivan, L Kearney; P O’Connor, J O’Donoghue, B Crowley; A O’Donoghue, C Cox, J Kiely. Subs: K Spillane for J O’Donoghue (44); B O’Sullivan for G O’Sullivan (47); T Hickey for Kiely (47); A Barry for A O’Donoghue (56). WEXFORD: R Cleary; P Curtis, J Rossiter, P O’Keeffe; S Doyle, R Vallejo, G Carty; G Malone, J White; N Harney, D Shanley, M Dwyer; M Rossiter, P Barden, K Rowe. Subs: M Forde for Rossiter (HT); C Redmond for Rowe (33); A Maddock for Curtis (44); D Murphy for Malone (50); S Gaul for White (58). Referee: J Bermingham (Cork) From listening to it and reading the reports, it seems the sideline were spot on in terms of the substitutions. Obviously the players did their bit when brought in but with this and the Cork game that's two game in a row the management look to have got the switches spot on. Any reports from anyone at it?
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Post by onlykerry on Jul 27, 2015 15:11:50 GMT
Great grit and fight in this squad it seems - the youth policy with the Juniors is also a welcome tactic and will be interesting to see if this acts as a feeder for the seniors.
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Post by crottalixnaw on Jul 27, 2015 20:42:30 GMT
juniors will be playing b4 mayo donagal match sat week in croker
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