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Post by homerj on Apr 16, 2017 13:00:40 GMT
great point about these lads no knowing about losing.
majority of that team yesterday, had two all ireland medals minimum. many of them have 3.
by my reckoning, there was 26 all ireland minor medals on the panel yesterday -that doesnt include lads like Bambury, Brian O Seanachain and many more, who may not have been involved in the final match day 24 but still may have got medals.
at least 4 of them (the 3 crokes lads plus killian spillane) have won all irelands with their club.
at least 3 of the team have all ireland junior football medals.
and 13 of them have hogan cup medals.
thats at least 49 all ireland medals in the squad yesterday.
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Post by Mickmack on Apr 16, 2017 13:28:31 GMT
I think it was in 2012 that Cork destroyed Kerry in the U21 final.If I remember correctly Cork lost the semi final with a below par performance. So, lets keep the feet on the ground lads and give us a good April. Kerry probably peaked tonight in a game that Jack has been focused on for a year. Dublin beat offaly tonight. Congrats to all involved. Galway have a few strapping lads down the centre and they will pose a serious challenge to a Kerry side that is unlikely to repeat the Munster final performance. Great score taking in this game from distance too from both sides .........but i didnt see the whole game I am usually very cautious about minor and U21 teams and how they can blow hot and cold. This probably dates back to a game in Newbridge when a fancied Kerry u21 TEAM were filleted by a Tyrone team with with Chris Lawn and Peter Canavan on board. So i did my homework on Galway prior to this game and I came to the conclusion that .......Kerry would win this handily enough. Mayo came out of Connacht at minor in 2014 and 2015 and one of those years Mayo lost to Tipp who were well beaten by Kerry. Galway reached the minor final at minor last year .... well beaten by Kerry. Val Dalys son came on last Sunday in Croker against Kildare and kicked a point. Galway were very lucky to beat Sligo...Sligo could have won it in normal time. So no real reason to worry right....... So I was as shocked as anyone by the total football played by Galway in the first twenty minutes. Peter Cooke....feckin hell... what a prospect.... where has he been hiding. It was a total "power out" by Kerry similar to the 2001 semi final v Meath. Only Matthew Flaherty, Shane Ryan and Matthew o Sullivan can be happy with their performances. Galway looked bigger too than many Kerry lads and the breeze didnt bother then in the second half. Its valid to say that the ref shifted the momentum to Galway when Kerry got it back to three but in all fairness, Galway could have been 15 up at half time. Ciarrailar...what about the Kerry goal.... Matthew seemed to lose possession and then palmed it in. Presumably a player cant throw the ball up in the air and palm it in... thats probably the distinction. When I got home i found that the TG4 recording stopped for some reason near the end of the Dublin game so I havent the benefit of a viewing on the box. Anyway, its a huge let down and end to a great few weeks for Kerry GAA. Hubris is a killer. Great though to see Galway on the rise again
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 14:15:37 GMT
Our record at this level remains poor. Yesterday was a complete systems and mental failure. Players don't become bad players over night and this clearly shows the higher the level the less room there is for any underperformance.
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Post by homerj on Apr 16, 2017 14:29:37 GMT
looking at the panel who were selected for the minor final in 2014, only 13 of the 24 that were picked that day, were involved yesterday.
i know such numbers are normal, but that turn over is fairly high, its one player away from being 50%. thats alot of churn, though other side i guess is it shows how strong the lads in the last 2 years have been though only 2 of last years team made it through to this years panel.
11 of the panel are underage again next year, again just 1 player shy of 50% - not sure how the Galway numbers compare but is that also a sign that perhaps why we lost out so badly in terms of physicality yesterday?
it was men against boys at times and we had no answer in alot of cases. some lads seriously need to bulk up if they want to move to Seniors now.
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Post by Kingdomson on Apr 16, 2017 14:53:36 GMT
looking at the panel who were selected for the minor final in 2014, only 13 of the 24 that were picked that day, were involved yesterday. i know such numbers are normal, but that turn over is fairly high, its one player away from being 50%. thats alot of churn, though other side i guess is it shows how strong the lads in the last 2 years have been though only 2 of last years team made it through to this years panel. 11 of the panel are underage again next year, again just 1 player shy of 50% - not sure how the Galway numbers compare but is that also a sign that perhaps why we lost out so badly in terms of physicality yesterday? it was men against boys at times and we had no answer in alot of cases. some lads seriously need to bulk up if they want to move to Seniors now. Are you taking into account that it will be an under 20 competition next year?
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Post by Mickmack on Apr 16, 2017 15:02:41 GMT
If sean oshea for example plays senior this year he wont be eligible to play u20 next year
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Post by homerj on Apr 16, 2017 18:10:36 GMT
Are you taking into account that it will be an under 20 competition next year? not sure what the change to u-20 has to do with this. im talking about u-21 and how we have a team right now , who are still "underage" to play u-21s again next year - im using that, to emphasise the lack of physicality in the team and how young it is right now and maybe, just maybe galway edged us there. for all i know though, galway could have 11 or 12 players a year younger also.
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Post by Mickmack on Apr 16, 2017 18:48:03 GMT
And who will next years u21 team be playing as a matter of interest.
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Post by An Bradán on Apr 16, 2017 18:48:11 GMT
Very disappointing performance and result yesterday. Minor glory doesn't always transfer to u21 and Senior wins.
Perhaps it's time for a long overdue reappraisal and a halt to the endless hype. There has been too much expected of these youngsters. If you were to believe some posters here half of these kids should have been playing vs Dublin last weekend. I've deliberately avoided calling this group "the next generation" because they are not them. The real next generation is playing for Kerry already in Ronan Shanahan, Jack Savage, Jack Barry, Adrian Spillane et al.
These kids are an exciting prospect but yesterday should serve as a serious wake up call. Kerry have no divine right to dominate for the next few years but we have the potential to integrate some fine young players.
By the way look at who Galway are facing in the final. That should be a sobering thought for everyone who thought they were on the wane.
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Post by handyminor on Apr 16, 2017 19:42:07 GMT
Having been at the game and watched the first 15 minutes again, the game was essentially over at 10 minutes. Management were slow to react to going down so much and it was only when we put in a sweeper and moved no. 14 to midfield that the rot stopped. Winning minor All-Irelands is a bit over-rated. It generally means you have 17 good footballers. Australia has taken the player who did most to win 2 of those All-Irelands. Just because Jack has been lucky for a while doesn't mean he will always be lucky. The other big problem is that a lot of U-21's will be back training with clubs who are out of championship football for the year. The County Board have decided that 75% of clubs will have their championship football finished by the end of April-all to satisfy the senior inter-county team management.
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Post by kerrygold on Apr 16, 2017 19:42:18 GMT
I completely understand the expectancy with our under 21s this year BUT if memory serves me correctly the biggest and closest tests those Kerry minor sides have gotten over the last 3 years have come from Cork. There's been very very little in it! A call here, a bit of luck there, make no mistake, it's been close. Moreover. I think Mark O'Connor is a huge loss to Kerry football and especially at this under 21 grade. You absolutely underestimate Cork at this grade at your peril! Beat Cork and we’ll probably win it out but do not underestimate this challenge. Fair play, well said Kingdomson, spot on. Lets hope the Kerry u21s can get enough traction at midfield in Mark O'Connor absence to provide the required platform. Lack of fitness at midfield was critical last year in the Munster u21 final loss to Cork. So in the heel of the hunt Kerry didn't get the required traction in midfield to win this championship. Kerry got no traction from their half back line and midfield two against clare and subsequently the tinkering with this middle five to find a midfield paring for the Cork tie. This patchwork did ok against a non existent Cork side but subsequently collapsed against a physically strong midfield against Galway. Galway were full value for their win, number 3, 8/9, 11 and 14 being really good footballers with added physicality and strength. Not sure they will outscore a defensively setup Dublin team however. Declan and Jack were pulling their hair out yesterday with the performance of the ref, the forth official threatening to send Declan to the stand at one stage. The double yellow carding of Barry O'Sullivan was farcical in real time from the stand. I haven't seen the replay yet. Injuries to the midfield pairing last year and O'Connors absence this year are the main reason why the '14/15 minors wont add an u21 medal to their collection. In the general scheme of things it doesn't matter. 5-6 of these fine young players will contribute to Kerry's chase for Sam this summer and few more will follow suit in the coming years. A bad day at the office changes nothing. It has been a fantastic few years following this group. Cheers lads for the great enjoyment and satisfaction, heads up, it has been a pleasure. Poor crowd travelled yesterday, the usual faces from the supporters club that follow through thick and thin, in defeat and victory. 2,500 patrons paid in yesterday. The best of luck to Galway in the final. Some really good players on that team.
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Post by Mickmack on Apr 16, 2017 20:36:39 GMT
We will have to let Mark o Connor go if he sees playing aussie rules as preferable to playing with Kerry.
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Post by A.N. Other on Apr 16, 2017 21:36:58 GMT
We will have to let Mark o Connor go if he sees playing Aussie rules as preferable to playing with Kerry. They can't and if Clifford gets the option to go, we will never hear the end of it. Mark went because he wanted to go. He is excelling and looks in brilliant shape. He no doubt would have made a difference yesterday but he isn't there and you won't be seeing him in a Kerry jersey for the foreseeable future. We lost yesterday because of two reasons in my opinion. Preperation wasn't right and Galway were better. I'm still adament we will see several of these fellas in for the league next year. I see you said your recording stopped yesterday Mickmack, both games are still available on the TG4 site as of today.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2017 0:36:24 GMT
All we can do now is put that disaster behind us and look forward to the U20 championship next year. Kerry will be strong.
1 Billy Courtney/Cormac Leane 2 David Naughton/Cian O'Callaghan 3 Niall Collins/Chris O'Donoghue 4 Graham O'Sullivan/Cian Gammell/Pa Warren 5 Mike Potts/Sean Horan 6 Dan O'Brien/Kieran Dwyer 7 Mike Foley/Caolim Teahan/Niall Donoghue 8 Mark Ryan/Barry O'Mahony 9 Mike Breen/Stefan Okunbar 10 Dara Moynihan/Fiachra Clifford 11 Sean O'Shea/Eddie Horan 12 Diarmuid O'Connor/Tomas O'Connor 13 David Shaw/Bryan Sweeney/Darren Casey 14 David Clifford/Cormac Linnane 15 Brian Friel/Donnacha O'Sullivan/Dean Fitzgerald
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Apr 17, 2017 8:38:57 GMT
Had a team of Jack's ever lost an AISF?
I think some of us are reading far too much into one match.
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Post by kerrygold on Apr 17, 2017 9:05:05 GMT
We will have to let Mark o Connor go if he sees playing Aussie rules as preferable to playing with Kerry. They can't and if Clifford gets the option to go, we will never hear the end of it. Mark went because he wanted to go. He is excelling and looks in brilliant shape. He no doubt would have made a difference yesterday but he isn't there and you won't be seeing him in a Kerry jersey for the foreseeable future. We lost yesterday because of two reasons in my opinion. Preperation wasn't right and Galway were better. I'm still adament we will see several of these fellas in for the league next year. I see you said your recording stopped yesterday Mickmack, both games are still available on the TG4 site as of today. The discussion at this stage has moved on to the unabated pursuing of these players without any form of counter resistance being offered. Some of them settled into university degree studies and happily playing with Kerry. www.the42.ie/mark-oconnor-kerry-dingle-3339657-Apr2017/Kerry lost this game because they didn't have enough going on in the middle third, in particular at midfield where there has been a problem for the past two seasons at this grade. Chopping and changing the half back line, the mid field two and half forward line to rectify this contributed to the loss on Saturday. Michael Burns was Kerry's best forward last year but got no run at it this year. No team is finite to the amount of talent it can lose and expect to carry on regardless. The game required a big time player to take the game by the scruff of the neck in the middle third, demand the ball and dictate and stem the flow of the game. Kerry didn't have that player. When a game runs away in the manner it did there is little a manager can do in most cases. I doubt a better prepared team has represented Kerry. Kerry's warm up was meticulous right down to the throw in.
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Post by Joxer on Apr 17, 2017 9:25:39 GMT
I agree with all that KG and yet attitude trumps the lot. The teams attitude was way off where it should have been on Saturday. Considering the bigger picture, a good kick up the rear which is what Saturday was may do them all the world of good. It'll be easy for Eamon to talk to them now.
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Post by kerrygold on Apr 17, 2017 9:29:16 GMT
I agree with all that KG and yet attitude trumps the lot. The teams attitude was way off where it should have been on Saturday. Considering the bigger picture, a good kick up the rear which is what Saturday was may do them all the world of good. It'll be easy for Eamon to talk to them now. I agree, attitude played a huge role but it is not the complete story either. Galway were also a very decent outfit on the day.
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Post by Mickmack on Apr 17, 2017 10:07:12 GMT
There is an interesting bit in Donaghy book where he tries to introduce "live scenarios" to training. What would we do if we are two points down with 2 mins to go as against two points up.. how would we set up etc etc. They do it in basketball all the time ...better than doing the same thing in training "without a real matchday context". The way Pat OShea Crokes side ended the club final is a case in point. Jack wasnt buying into that mallarkey.
However, last Saturdays game required the deployment, after 5 minutes, of a strategy for when the opposition had a run on you, you are not winning anyball at midfield, and you needed to break the momentum (and the ref wasnt doing it for you)........... It was a case in my view for pulling everyone behind the 45, scrap like madmen to turn over ball and hit on the break. But nothing happened apart from Matthew being brought out. Only for sloppiness, Galway could have another 2.03 before half time. Sometimes the hatches have to be battened down and ride out the storm.
I think that if the players got it into their heads that the "result was in" however, Jack and co couldnt do much about it.
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Post by colinsworth1 on Apr 17, 2017 12:22:37 GMT
There is an interesting bit in Donaghy book where he tries to introduce "live scenarios" to training. What would we do if we are two points down with 2 mins to go as against two points up.. how would we set up etc etc. They do it in basketball all the time ...better than doing the same thing in training "without a real matchday context". The way Pat OShea Crokes side ended the club final is a case in point. Jack wasnt buying into that mallarkey. However, last Saturdays game required the deployment, after 5 minutes, of a strategy for when the opposition had a run on you, you are not winning anyball at midfield, and you needed to break the momentum (and the ref wasnt doing it for you)........... It was a case in my view for pulling everyone behind the 45, scrap like madmen to turn over ball and hit on the break. But nothing happened apart from Matthew being brought out. Only for sloppiness, Galway could have another 2.03 before half time. Sometimes the hatches have to be battened down and ride out the storm. I think that if the players got it into their heads that the "result was in" however, Jack and co couldnt do much about it. I agree but setting up defensive after being put on the back foot may have been something that jack felt was inconceivable Age profile of Kerry team probsbly too young And most too young for Kerry seniors also Body language of our players looked like they were not tuned in fully One player spent a long time chatting unnecessarily with ref after being booked which resulted in him being out of position when the following ball came in to his slot . Matthew Flaherty was outstanding but needed help
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Post by A.N. Other on Apr 17, 2017 12:23:16 GMT
They can't and if Clifford gets the option to go, we will never hear the end of it. Mark went because he wanted to go. He is excelling and looks in brilliant shape. He no doubt would have made a difference yesterday but he isn't there and you won't be seeing him in a Kerry jersey for the foreseeable future. We lost yesterday because of two reasons in my opinion. Preperation wasn't right and Galway were better. I'm still adament we will see several of these fellas in for the league next year. I see you said your recording stopped yesterday Mickmack, both games are still available on the TG4 site as of today. The discussion at this stage has moved on to the unabated pursuing of these players without any form of counter resistance being offered. Some of them settled into university degree studies and happily playing with Kerry. www.the42.ie/mark-oconnor-kerry-dingle-3339657-Apr2017/Kerry lost this game because they didn't have enough going on in the middle third, in particular at midfield where there has been a problem for the past two seasons at this grade. Chopping and changing the half back line, the mid field two and half forward line to rectify this contributed to the loss on Saturday. Michael Burns was Kerry's best forward last year but got no run at it this year. No team is finite to the amount of talent it can lose and expect to carry on regardless. The game required a big time player to take the game by the scruff of the neck in the middle third, demand the ball and dictate and stem the flow of the game. Kerry didn't have that player. When a game runs away in the manner it did there is little a manager can do in most cases. I doubt a better prepared team has represented Kerry. Kerry's warm up was meticulous right down to the throw in. I would love to agree with you here Kerrygold but I can't. After speaking to several of the players after the game, Saturdays preperations were a bit of a disaster. One key starter even missed the bus to Ennis and had to catch up with them when they stopped for a meal. They were running behind schedule also and didn't fully complete their warm up. They had to leave out a drill and everything was rushed. Now I'm not saying that this is the reason we lost but to say that there hasn't been better prepared teams representing Kerry, I hope this isn't the truth. Jack has gone on about how strong the panel is this year and he didnt fully utilise it on Saturday, in my opinion. We were completely cleaned out in defence and yet he waited until there was 5 or 6 minutes to go to make a change. There was several players off the pace and Jack was too slow to change them and this could have changed the game. We can keep lamenting on about how if Mark was there he could have changed the game but he wasn't and isn't going to be for the foreseeable futute. He had options on the bench which either didnt have faith in or thought the players on the field would be able to come good in the end. At the end of the day we were well beat and lucky it was only by 4 points.
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Post by Kingdomson on Apr 17, 2017 12:29:25 GMT
www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/brady-goal-helps-tribes-breeze-past-kingdom-in-style-35628014.htmlGalway were well prepped and Galway management must have been delighted to see Jack's interview on the morning of the match stating concerns about getting Kerry players motivated (one can only imagine what the Galway team and management thought of that one). You could see from the start that Galway were so mentally tuned in and ravenous. Galway approached this game with the right attitude and with a dominant midfield there was only going to be one winner. Hopefully, this will be a character building lesson for our young Kerry players involved. There's no denying but Kerry's attitude to this game was way off last Saturday.
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Post by kerrygold on Apr 17, 2017 12:38:34 GMT
The discussion at this stage has moved on to the unabated pursuing of these players without any form of counter resistance being offered. Some of them settled into university degree studies and happily playing with Kerry. www.the42.ie/mark-oconnor-kerry-dingle-3339657-Apr2017/Kerry lost this game because they didn't have enough going on in the middle third, in particular at midfield where there has been a problem for the past two seasons at this grade. Chopping and changing the half back line, the mid field two and half forward line to rectify this contributed to the loss on Saturday. Michael Burns was Kerry's best forward last year but got no run at it this year. No team is finite to the amount of talent it can lose and expect to carry on regardless. The game required a big time player to take the game by the scruff of the neck in the middle third, demand the ball and dictate and stem the flow of the game. Kerry didn't have that player. When a game runs away in the manner it did there is little a manager can do in most cases. I doubt a better prepared team has represented Kerry. Kerry's warm up was meticulous right down to the throw in. I would love to agree with you here Kerrygold but I can't. After speaking to several of the players after the game, Saturdays preperations were a bit of a disaster. One key starter even missed the bus to Ennis and had to catch up with them when they stopped for a meal. They were running behind schedule also and didn't fully complete their warm up. They had to leave out a drill and everything was rushed. Now I'm not saying that this is the reason we lost but to say that there hasn't been better prepared teams representing Kerry, I hope this isn't the truth. Jack has gone on about how strong the panel is this year and he didnt fully utilise it on Saturday, in my opinion. We were completely cleaned out in defence and yet he waited until there was 5 or 6 minutes to go to make a change. There was several players off the pace and Jack was too slow to change them and this could have changed the game. We can keep lamenting on about how if Mark was there he could have changed the game but he wasn't and isn't going to be for the foreseeable futute. He had options on the bench which either didnt have faith in or thought the players on the field would be able to come good in the end. At the end of the day we were well beat and lucky it was only by 4 points. The team bus pulled up at 3.10 outside the dressing rooms. The players were on the pitch just before 4pm.
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Post by A.N. Other on Apr 17, 2017 13:02:39 GMT
I'm well aware of that Kerrygold.
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Post by taggert on Apr 17, 2017 14:07:25 GMT
Kerrygold, I'm afraid AN Other is correct in that there were a number of pre match issues on the day that resulted in deviations from the match day plan. You were not aware of these clearly but this is now widely known in local footballing circles. Taking Jacks interview in this context, the totality of it is that neither he nor his management team succeeded in grounding the players after the Cork game and/or motivating them before the Galway game. This was compounded by and evident in the failure to make changes early enough by calling one or two of the bigger names ashore. Getting the shepherds hook in big games did no harm to either Marc or Tomas oSe in the infancy of their senior careers. Again it was the tail wagging the dog. We had the arrogance / ignorance to put OSeanachain (a wing forward / novice midfielder) marking one of their leading forwards despite the apparent defensive riches we had starting and on the bench. To me that was complacency in its finest form. The preparation was all wrong and the manifestation of it was plain to see.
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Post by kerrygold on Apr 17, 2017 14:55:20 GMT
Ok lads, I'm not in the loop on this one so can't comment further other than to say that Kerry didn't have a midfield partnership this year and certainly not an anchor midfield player. This has been hugely detrimental for the team.
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Post by sayitasiseeit on Apr 17, 2017 19:15:28 GMT
Kerrygold, I'm afraid AN Other is correct in that there were a number of pre match issues on the day that resulted in deviations from the match day plan. You were not aware of these clearly but this is now widely known in local footballing circles. Taking Jacks interview in this context, the totality of it is that neither he nor his management team succeeded in grounding the players after the Cork game and/or motivating them before the Galway game. This was compounded by and evident in the failure to make changes early enough by calling one or two of the bigger names ashore. Getting the shepherds hook in big games did no harm to either Marc or Tomas oSe in the infancy of their senior careers. Again it was the tail wagging the dog. We had the arrogance / ignorance to put OSeanachain (a wing forward / novice midfielder) marking one of their leading forwards despite the apparent defensive riches we had starting and on the bench. To me that was complacency in its finest form. The preparation was all wrong and the manifestation of it was plain to see. You hit the nail on the head here "Arrogance". Jacks interview in the examiner smacked of arrogance. Spoke of how it would be hard to create an angle to motivate the lads. An All Ireland Semi Final. It wasn't as if they were going out to play a so called weaker county in an opening round game. Seanachain at centre back was more ego and arrrogance. It was a mental call and there was no need for it. It was a kin to playing Johnny Buckley at centre back for the seniors out of nowhere in an All Ireland Semi Final. I'm not going to go into names either but there's lads starting that are clearly favourites of the management team, lads that shouldn't be starting with the talent that's about. Very hard to understand how Conor Keane and Cathal O Luing won national league medals with the seniors last weekend. last year both were u21 and didn't feature in the squad that lost to cork with this management team. In O Luings case he started the first two games and was dropped clean off the panel then!! Some turnaround to in a senior squad a few months later!!
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Post by veteran on Apr 17, 2017 21:12:44 GMT
I only returned to the country on Saturday afternoon and did not see the match. I did read Jack's interview on the way down from Dublin and I could not believe what I was reading- that he was finding it difficult to get them to focus for an All-Ireland semifinal! Well, he had a strong panel and of some heads had expanded after the Cork game he could safely have reminded the chief culprits that they were not indispensable.
I have spoken to a couple of Ballydonoghue lads who were there and they could not believe their eyes when they saw Brian O'Seanachain picking up Michael Daly at CHB. Would Tom O'Sullivan not have been the man for that position. In any case, it appears that most of our lads underperformed, Regardless of the merits of Galway , it is extraordinary that this was the case. One can understand a few players not doing themselves justice but the entire team practically. There is only one conclusion in a situation like that - management must take most of the blame. It is not often that one point the figure at Jack but it would seem that he was not being alarmist in that Irish Examiner interview, that his fears were well based. The inability to keep these lads grounded is a black mark against management.
In spite of this huge disappointment, I have no doubt we will get up to five players from the team for this year"s senior panel. The only difference Saturday's result will make to them is that their respective head circumferences will have returned to normal. That can only be healthy.
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Post by mossie on Apr 17, 2017 21:48:22 GMT
Well what a defeat that few saw coming and those that did hardly foresaw the manner of it
The physical advantage Galway had over us was striking and concerns me in terms of players who featured Saturday making an impact this summer for the seniors given that they were blown away in an inder 21 semi final
A few comments on the game
Matthew Flaherty one of the few players to perform close to his ability Jordan Kiely was dangerous when he came on Shane Ryan delivered on the 45s Brandon Barrett was not our worst performer in order to deserve the hook before half time Roibeard O'Se made a bit of a difference when he came on
Hard to be too critical on the players - they have won minor all Irelands, Hogan cups and delivered a fisst under 21 provincial title in a long time. The defeat will also serve as a lesson not to be sucked into any complacency if there was any on Saturday. 1\6 was ridiculous odds and must have motivated Galway hugely
Galway looked a fine team. I think they will beat the Dubs
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Post by fitz on Apr 17, 2017 23:20:24 GMT
One of Galway's direct stampedes was felled about 30 yes from goal. Even the dogs on the street thought it was a tap over free and told the Kerry backs same. So, the boys whilst in the eye of an already existing ass whooping, decided to have a mug of Tae (metaphorically). No, Galway don't listen to those words from street and toe tap a 15 metre short free to a forward in over 5 metres free space. Luckily he completely horlicks' picking it and we luckily survive another net swell. This incident summed up the game for. Kerry yards of their men, seemingly in states of confusion. Galway utterly unconfused and all over our men.
Now Sligo almost bate these lads, so are Sligo also very good, or did Galway play the game of their lives, or would The Leitrim under 21s have put us through the mill last Saturday with the performance of our lads?
Some people are tipping Galway to beat Dublin,a tongue in cheek question: Is that cos they kicked our ass and thus it follows they surely will beat Dublin, or based on an appraisal of both semis? I had watched Donegal rag doll Derry and thought Dublin made hard work of Offaly for 50 mins or so, and thought Donegal would win. I now have no clue who'll win the final.
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