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Post by glengael on Jul 16, 2018 15:42:17 GMT
Tickets are on sale on-line for this and the Kildare game.
Agree about ref. He was working in slow motion a lot of the time and we got very little from him at all. We'd want to find a few leaders to go with Clifford for the next day. We are still sorely lacking in that regard.
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Post by buck02 on Jul 16, 2018 15:46:25 GMT
Karl o Connell operated around the half back line but got forward to kick three points from play He got two beautiful points with the outside of the boot against Laois too. He'll need watching - Paul Murphy on him maybe?
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Post by Attacking Wing Back on Jul 16, 2018 15:51:12 GMT
Tickets are on sale on-line for this and the Kildare game. There was a few minutes in the first half where he went in to talk to the umpires and wandered around aimlessly for a few minutes afterwards like a man that couldnt find his car in a car park.
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Post by john4 on Jul 16, 2018 17:28:34 GMT
Kerry can't play the sweeper, we should know that at this stage. It's up to management to think of defensive alternatives. One thing we're missing is a forward who can help the midfielders in the high fielding stakes but still have the right attributes of a forward. We've had it before with Donaghy and Buckley but Donaghy no longer viable and Buckley unavailable. Is there anyone else who fits the bill? Absolutely spot on about the sweeper, it's just not the Kerry way, man on man and work harder, when I saw Crowley setting up this sweeper caper yesterday I got a bad feeling. 100% more energy required next Sunday. EF said that they just never showed up. Well that's 2 of the last 4 championship matches that they just never showed up. Why aren't they showing up?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2018 17:52:28 GMT
We need some big changes next week. Our Attitude our Game plan and Tactics. Everything.
Anyone know If Shane Enright will be fit? We need him.
1 Shane Murphy
2 Tadhg Morley 3 Jason Foley 4 Ronan Shanahan
5 Paul Murphy 6 Peter Crowley 7 Gavin White
8 David Moran 9 Jack Barry
10 Mike Burns 11 James O'Donoghue 12 Sean O'Shea
13 David Clifford 14 Kieran Donaghy 15 Paul Geaney
Subs:
16 Brian Kelly 17 Shane Enright (if fit) 18 Kevin McCarthy 19 Stephen O'Brien 20 Briain O'Beaglaoich 21 Barry John Keane 22 Mark Griffin 23 Darren O'Sullivan 24 Barry O'Sullivan 25 Tony Brosnan 26 Cormac Coffey.
Additional Killian Young Anthony Maher Donnacha Walsh Tom O'Sullivan Killian Spillane Daithi Casey.
I would bring in Diarmuid O'Connor Grahanm O'Sullivan Donal O'Sullivan and Daniel O'Brien from the u20s and have a look at them.
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Post by listowelemerrs on Jul 16, 2018 18:21:12 GMT
Not sure if any of that u20 team are up to it.
Murphy
Foley Griffin O'Sullivan
Begley Crowley White
Moran Barry
Walsh Murphy O'Brien
Clifford Geaney Donaghy/Donoghue
Darren and kevin macca to change things if needed but i think Griffin adds a bit of power for a tough tussle. Will need Donnchadh's intelligent running into spaces popping points, Murphy is a savage ball winner... We need more of that and then your outball in obrien. Mccarthy, darren and begley to get us over the line
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Post by augustafield on Jul 16, 2018 18:35:51 GMT
Clones next weekend is make or break for Kerry . I am concerned about the players only . The Management is a dead duck led by clueless EF . “ A work in progress .. ? “ Don’t make me laugh.
But what effect is a bad result going to have on the confidence of the players ? Not good I fear but maybe a blessing in disguise to avoid another beating from Dublin .
Why the change in system from Cork game ? Have players lost confidence and trust in Management leading to disillusionment apathy and lack of fire ? Where was the drive and fire exhibited by Galway ? We were bullied - again . Before the ball was even thrown in JOD approached his marker with hand outstretched to be rewarded by a dig in the chest and the ribs . His reaction was to stretch his arms and call to referee for help. Straightaway JOD’s man had the day’s battle won . And this was not the only instance of Kerrymen being intimidated . And we are seeking a result in Clones ? Good luck with that .
We are earning a well deserved reputation of being soft and once it’s put up to us early we fold . We don’t have any enforcers in our team so being bullied and lying down is our disgrace.
Next week our boys should totally disregard a discredited Management and go out and play to their individual and collective strengths and take no aggravation both verbal and physical from Monaghan , of which they will get plenty . When a bully is stood up to its amazing how quickly he can pull back . And the Kerry mantra must be one in all in.
Otherwise for this year it will be goodnight Irene.
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Post by kingdomkerry on Jul 16, 2018 21:44:15 GMT
Shane Murphy may have not hit his mark on a couple of times yesterday but the movement of the half back/forwards and midfield was shocking. On more than one occasion, the entire two back lines and midfield were in a crowd together, no running or movement. I'd say Murphy didn't know what to do half the time. Also, why didn't we push up on the Galway kick out like we did against Cork? Why did we go deep and play so defensive? How did Dublin set up against Tyrone last year? In soccer speak they had two holding midfielders and two wingers. The holding midfielders stood ahead of the one or two Tyrone attackers and their markers. The blanket defense is all about turning over ball and breaking at pace. By having two players here Tyrone couldnt catch Dublin on the breakise. The two wingers were used to stretch the blanket defense and create more space for forwards in the scoring D.
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Post by kerrygold on Jul 16, 2018 22:02:15 GMT
There is no reconciliation between the way Kerry addressed the Muster championship, full of power, pace, energy, drive, spirit, football, enthusiasm etc and the way the players turned up yesterday, dead, flat, inhibited, dour, devoid of football spirit etc. I don't get it and I don't buy the bull It is just because Clare & Cork were poor. That doesn't explain or wash with the way the players played yesterday. Not really sure If I'll be travelling on Sunday as a football supporter, as a tourist or someone floating along in a zombie like bubble of indifference. Totally disillusioned with yesterday's fare. Kerry seemed to be a different championship animal this year before yesterday.
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Post by Whosinmidfield on Jul 16, 2018 22:39:23 GMT
How did Dublin set up against Tyrone last year? In soccer speak they had two holding midfielders and two wingers. The holding midfielders stood ahead of the one or two Tyrone attackers and their markers. The blanket defense is all about turning over ball and breaking at pace. By having two players here Tyrone couldnt catch Dublin on the breakise. The two wingers were used to stretch the blanket defense and create more space for forwards in the scoring D. With this in mind this is the team I would pick for Sunday. Murphy Morley Foley G.Crowley Griffin Murphy Moran Barry White Mccharty O'Shea O'Donoghue Clifford Donaghy Geaney Leave our 2 best man markers Foley and Morley (Shanahan if Morley is still injured) inside on McManus and Mccarthy. Leave Griffin and Gavin Crowley in front of them but one occasionly attacking. They are ideal for the role as they are both really strong and mobile. Murphy and White are ideal wingers. Geaney and Clifford must stay inside all game with Donaghy coming our for both our and Monaghan's kickouts. That leaves us with O'Brien, Burns and BJK of the bench. For Monaghan's kickouts we must press up and use the formation we used in Munster. Donaghy, Geaney, Barry, Moran, Crowley and Griffin are all big and should win the crucial aerial battle. I fully expect Kerry to come out with a bit between their teeth and show us what they're made of.
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Post by john4 on Jul 16, 2018 22:46:44 GMT
There is no reconciliation between the way Kerry addressed the Muster championship, full of power, pace, energy, drive, spirit, football, enthusiasm etc and the way the players turned up yesterday, dead, flat, inhibited, dour, devoid of football spirit etc. I don't get it and I don't buy the bull It is just because Clare & Cork were poor. That doesn't explain or wash with the way the players played yesterday. Not really sure If I'll be travelling on Sunday as a football supporter, as a tourist or someone floating along in a zombie like bubble of indifference. Totally delusioned with yesterday's fare. Kerry seemed to be a different championship animal this year before yesterday. I was wondering about this too and all I could come up with is that, Clare and Cork are not great, no disrespect intended but Kerry held no fear of either of them and played with fearless abandon. They put way too much thought into Galway, feared them, showed them too much respect entirely. That type of negatively can drain a team of any imagination and creativity. The trouble now is that, with our backs to the wall that the same type of negative planning is going to put in place, when in fact i think we should play with the same openness we did in June.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jul 16, 2018 22:54:05 GMT
There is no reconciliation between the way Kerry addressed the Muster championship, full of power, pace, energy, drive, spirit, football, enthusiasm etc and the way the players turned up yesterday, dead, flat, inhibited, dour, devoid of football spirit etc. I don't get it and I don't buy the bull It is just because Clare & Cork were poor. That doesn't explain or wash with the way the players played yesterday. Not really sure If I'll be travelling on Sunday as a football supporter, as a tourist or someone floating along in a zombie like bubble of indifference. Totally delusioned with yesterday's fare. Kerry seemed to be a different championship animal this year before yesterday. I was wondering about this too and all I could come up with is that, Clare and Cork are not great, no disrespect intended but Kerry held no fear of either of them and played with fearless abandon. They put way too much thought into Galway, feared them, showed them too much respect entirely. That type of negatively can drain a team of any imagination and creativity. The trouble now is that, with our backs to the wall that the same type of negative planning is going to put in place, when in fact i think we should play with the same openness we did in June. It was negativity that killed us against Mayo last year.
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Post by john4 on Jul 16, 2018 23:04:10 GMT
If we start with a sweeper the next day I'd run out of there so fast I'd be close to the M50 by half time
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Post by derry4sam on Jul 16, 2018 23:40:41 GMT
Would personally look to Gavin Crowley to replace Killian Young and I imagine Ronan Shanahan will take O Beaglaioch's spot. I'd stick with same midfield but Fitzmaurice will start Maher and he will start Donaghy at 14 too. All we'd need is Darran and Donnchadh in the HF line and it's 2011 again. Think Kerry will go down fighting but Monaghan to edge them by a couple of points.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 7:26:31 GMT
Whatever happens on Sunday, let's hope we abandon these defensive systems and using sweepers. We're rubbish at it and it's not our natural game. I really think we need to stick to a more attacking system like what we saw during the Munster championship. I know we faced poor teams but we played a system that was more natural to us and allowed players to express themselves. I'm not advocating an all out naïve attacking system that leaves us wide open at the back but we need play to our strengths. But there has to be a middle ground that'll play to our strengths. I think a huge problem over the past few seasons is that we have been flipping between so many different ways of playing; blanket, sweeper, high pressing, etc. that just don't know what we're about. The last day there was an air of confusion amongst the players as to what their role was and what system we were playing. Were we using a blanket? a sweeper?, were we pressing up? Galway on the other hand, new exactly what they were doing because they decided on a system that they believe would work for them 2/3 years ago. They took a lot of stick for it at the beginning because it was negative and they weren't really getting anywhere but they have persisted and they have adapted and it's now paying dividends. It's now in their muscle memory and they are comfortable with it. If we could just have a bit of patience and persist with a style that plays to our strengths and over time we'll perfect it and it'll eliminate confusion. If we don't get anywhere to begin with then so be it. It'll eventually come because we have the talent. We have it in abundance. I would much rather lose and have a cut than lose playing some sort of unnatural hybrid defensive system.
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Post by Joxer on Jul 17, 2018 8:12:57 GMT
I have to totally agree with KG and Feelo. Like KG, I'm not sure, after witnessing what we 'produced' in Croke Park in what capacity I'm travelling on next Sunday. We played with such energy and with a clear kick-out strategy in Munster. All of that was nowhere to be seen on Sunday last. Is it down to fear and negativity as has been suggested? If so, then its the managements fear and negativity. I think it was Eamonn,Liam and Maurice that were in discussion for about 10 mins prior to the treble substitution in the 65th minute....that being the solution they came up with, I can only wonder at what they thought the problem was.
For me, losing wasn't the issue....I have no problem with that at all. Its part of the game. However, the complete absence of any effort to put our own stamp on the game...not playing our football instead of playing Galway on their terms is unacceptable. It was without doubt the worst 'football' match I have ever seen...our performance was not quite as bad as against Meath in 2001 but as a 'spectacle', this match was infinitely worse.
If we revert to our approach in Munster when we take the field in Clones and are beaten, then at least we will have gone down with our boots on. A repeat of last Sunday, even in victory, and there has to be a managerial change at the end of the season. I suspect there will have to be regardless. We witnessed in the Munster U20 and again last Saturday the lateral hand passing and risk adverse approach...at least with the U20s, when the fat was in the fire, we reverted to what we do best....not enough but still. Again there, was it the negativity and fear of management that prevented the team playing football? Jack didn't miss frees or give away soft goals but in our overall approach, he's far from blameless surely.
Next Sunday is a watershed moment for Eamonn and his management team. As KG has said, there is something radically amiss when you compare last Sunday with our outings in the Munster Championship. We faced far more serious competition of course last Sunday but that does not explain our absence of spirit and energy. Is the team over-trained? I don't know but again that wouldn't explain our fear and panic type approach. I've backed Eamonn over the years...yes, last years performances against Mayo tested me severely in that regard and unfortunately, it was more of the same nonsense last Sunday. Time to stick or spin now Eamonn.
Personally, I'd go with the following team next Sunday....
Shane Murphy Tom O'Sullivan, Jason Foley, Tadhg Morley (if fit..Ronan Shanahan if not), Paul Murphy, Gavin Crowley, Gavin White, David Moran, Jack Barry, Michael Burns, Sean O'Shea, Stephen O'Brien David Clifford, Kieran Donaghy (first 20/25mins anyway), Paul Geaney
I don't know what the story with Gavin Crowley is. If he's not fit then maybe start Mark Griffin at CB. someone else mentioned bringing Donnacha Walsh on at midfield last Sunday would have been a better option. If so, then maybe David Moran into the edge of the square for a while might also work. David Clifford with more supply of ball from a ball winning FF could add to the wreck he can cause.
Whatever we propose here, the pressure is on Eamonn et al to get it right next Sunday. Proper Championship fare you might say....hopefully matched by a proper championship approach to football, win or lose.
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Post by Mickmack on Jul 17, 2018 8:13:41 GMT
There is no reconciliation between the way Kerry addressed the Muster championship, full of power, pace, energy, drive, spirit, football, enthusiasm etc and the way the players turned up yesterday, dead, flat, inhibited, dour, devoid of football spirit etc. I don't get it and I don't buy the bull It is just because Clare & Cork were poor. That doesn't explain or wash with the way the players played yesterday. Not really sure If I'll be travelling on Sunday as a football supporter, as a tourist or someone floating along in a zombie like bubble of indifference. Totally delusioned with yesterday's fare. Kerry seemed to be a different championship animal this year before yesterday. I was wondering about this too and all I could come up with is that, Clare and Cork are not great, no disrespect intended but Kerry held no fear of either of them and played with fearless abandon. They put way too much thought into Galway, feared them, showed them too much respect entirely. That type of negatively can drain a team of any imagination and creativity. The trouble now is that, with our backs to the wall that the same type of negative planning is going to put in place, when in fact i think we should play with the same openness we did in June. Clare probably played to their max and the loss of two keepers cost them v Armagh. Armagh lost to the Rossies who in turn were destroyed by a division 1 team..Tyrone. Cork played like a division 2 team too and were also destroyed by Tyrone. Cork kicked every kickout long and lost a rake of them yet also conceeded every Kerry restart to Kerry. Their best player was blackcarded. It was very easy for Kerry to be attack minded v those teams. It was too easy and dreadful preparation for playing teams who beat us in the league....Dublin, Tyrone, Galway, Monaghan. Logic says Monaghan will beat Kerry simply because they are better just like Galway were. Better in lots of different ways.
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Post by greengold35 on Jul 17, 2018 8:13:41 GMT
I was wondering about this too and all I could come up with is that, Clare and Cork are not great, no disrespect intended but Kerry held no fear of either of them and played with fearless abandon. They put way too much thought into Galway, feared them, showed them too much respect entirely. That type of negatively can drain a team of any imagination and creativity. The trouble now is that, with our backs to the wall that the same type of negative planning is going to put in place, when in fact i think we should play with the same openness we did in June. It was negativity that killed us against Mayo last year. Changing the game plan to counteract Galway was our undoing - Gooch put his finger on it on TSG - Crowley was sweeping and after 20 minutes he was being encouraged to push up - mixed messages leading to confusion, lack of role clarity = defeat. Management did it last year for the replay against Mayo, sweeper in the first half, abandoned at half time - thought we had left it all behind us with the football played in the Munster championship only to revert to type once more - we have once again been short changed by the manager - we had an edge heading to Croke Park last Sunday, played right into Galway's hands - pathetic.
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Post by Attacking Wing Back on Jul 17, 2018 8:29:45 GMT
A very simple plan for Sunday would be to go man to man all over the field and pus up from the start. If we are getting caught around the middle let the ball in long to geaney or Donaghy if we start him. Start the press immediately if we don't win it inside. (More or less what we did against cork). A turnover is the best way to get the ball as their defence will not be set. The way i see it the reason we play these 'systems' in the big games is that Eamonn - Doesn't trust our forwards to be able to do the hard work and press all the time
- Doesn't trust our backs to win any one and one duels
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Post by gds on Jul 17, 2018 8:37:52 GMT
I think Kevin Mac was only fella on the HF line that was taking the ball in worked hard and sob had his back to the ball each time for the kick out made no sense of movibg geaney out of ff poditiin. I think we should go man fkr man Sunday play direct football Minaghan wint be able to counter act that instead of Kerry playin to suit the opposition play our own game.
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Post by kerrygold on Jul 17, 2018 8:45:32 GMT
I was wondering about this too and all I could come up with is that, Clare and Cork are not great, no disrespect intended but Kerry held no fear of either of them and played with fearless abandon. They put way too much thought into Galway, feared them, showed them too much respect entirely. That type of negatively can drain a team of any imagination and creativity. The trouble now is that, with our backs to the wall that the same type of negative planning is going to put in place, when in fact i think we should play with the same openness we did in June. Clare probably played to their max and the loss of two keepers cost them v Armagh. Armagh lost to the Rossies who in turn were destroyed by a division 1 team..Tyrone. Cork played like a division 2 team too and were also destroyed by Tyrone. Cork kicked every kickout long and lost a rake of them yet also conceeded every Kerry restart to Kerry. Their best player was blackcarded. It was very easy for Kerry to be attack minded v those teams. It was too easy and dreadful preparation for playing teams who beat us in the league....Dublin, Tyrone, Galway, Monaghan. Logic says Monaghan will beat Kerry simply because they are better just like Galway were. Better in lots of different ways. I don't agree, that is too black & white and is not the reason Kerry didn't perform at the weekend. They didn't perform because of the way they were sent out to play.
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Post by greengold35 on Jul 17, 2018 8:47:39 GMT
A very simple plan for Sunday would be to go man to man all over the field and pus up from the start. If we are getting caught around the middle let the ball in long to geaney or Donaghy if we start him. Start the press immediately if we don't win it inside. (More or less what we did against cork). A turnover is the best way to get the ball as their defence will not be set. The way i see it the reason we play these 'systems' in the big games is that Eamonn - Doesn't trust our forwards to be able to do the hard work and press all the time
- Doesn't trust our backs to win any one and one duels
Successful leaders hire people for their experience and strengths, and let them shine. Your employees ( players) trust that you value their skills and experience, and appreciate their areas of expertise. Moving them into unknown territory where they’re not knowledgeable, and then expecting them to meet the challenge, can create distrust, disengagement and low morale that may have far-reaching consequences.
People like to do what they’re good at – it’s that simple.
Case proven?
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Post by Mickmack on Jul 17, 2018 9:05:43 GMT
The likes of MDMA would never get near a Kerry team in my opinion.
Yet he was the guy to finally beat the Mayo defense at the end of the 2016 replay by breaking the tackle with elbows and knees and shoulders flailing. He set up simple 3 points for BB and Costello.
Sometimes it just takes a bit of balls, courage and recklessness.
Declan paid dear for it in 2011 of course but when a team is massed against you one option is to straighten the line, break the tackle and either draw a foul or set up a colleague for a score.
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Post by Attacking Wing Back on Jul 17, 2018 9:13:59 GMT
A very simple plan for Sunday would be to go man to man all over the field and pus up from the start. If we are getting caught around the middle let the ball in long to geaney or Donaghy if we start him. Start the press immediately if we don't win it inside. (More or less what we did against cork). A turnover is the best way to get the ball as their defence will not be set. The way i see it the reason we play these 'systems' in the big games is that Eamonn - Doesn't trust our forwards to be able to do the hard work and press all the time
- Doesn't trust our backs to win any one and one duels
Successful leaders hire people for their experience and strengths, and let them shine. Your employees ( players) trust that you value their skills and experience, and appreciate their areas of expertise. Moving them into unknown territory where they’re not knowledgeable, and then expecting them to meet the challenge, can create distrust, disengagement and low morale that may have far-reaching consequences.
People like to do what they’re good at – it’s that simple.
Case proven?
We know all that. Thats the problem. We know what we are good at but, we are not doing it. I must also be taken into account that the other team won't just let us do what we want either. The bottom line is that Eamonn has a terrible record of reacting to a game as it unfolds in front of him. The Donaghy change in 2014 against mayo was desperation and last throw of the dice more that any great judgement I believe. Taking Donaghy off in the 2015 semi against Tyrone was the only other big call I remember him getting right. Basically if plan A doesn't work we are f**ked. 2013 classic against Dublin we didnt know how to squeeze the game after the breathtaking first half. Brought on a very raw Jack Sherwood to close down the game. 2014 went a man up against Mayo in the semi final. When Mayo re-organised at half time we hand't a clue what to do. 2015 against Dublin was a shambles. Left gooch spend the day chasing a corner back. Took off our top scorer from play in JOD. Left Moran on when he was being destroyed. Brought on Paul Galvin. 2016 We were ahead at half time by 5 points. Had no plan in place to help slow down the game and halt dublins momentum when the inevitable 'run' began. 2017 Left a full back line be hung out to dry in the 1st game. Took too long to make a switch to rectify it. Then in the replay tries to play a sweeper system that has never been road tested. Persisted with it when it was patently obvious it was never going to work.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jul 17, 2018 9:22:12 GMT
If we play JOD in the half forward line next weekend then we might aswell not bother showing up.
He’s not a half forward and never has been- he doesn’t have the skill set nor the game intelligence to play there. He’s a top class, when playing well, inside forward but the further he is from goal then the further he is from being useful.
I can’t understand suggestions that he would play wing or centre forward- I genuinely wonder are people watching matches.
He was awful on Sunday and that’s because he was forced to drop deep- he hasn’t got the physicality nor the leg strength to kick long range points or carry the ball 45 yards or chase 45 yards.
This isn’t 20 years ago where the centre forward is a silky playmaker who operates around the 40 and sprays lovely hopping 30 yard passes to the inside line.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jul 17, 2018 9:27:19 GMT
Successful leaders hire people for their experience and strengths, and let them shine. Your employees ( players) trust that you value their skills and experience, and appreciate their areas of expertise. Moving them into unknown territory where they’re not knowledgeable, and then expecting them to meet the challenge, can create distrust, disengagement and low morale that may have far-reaching consequences.
People like to do what they’re good at – it’s that simple.
Case proven?
We know all that. Thats the problem. We know what we are good at but, we are not doing it. I must also be taken into account that the other team won't just let us do what we want either. The bottom line is that Eamonn has a terrible record of reacting to a game as it unfolds in front of him. The Donaghy change in 2014 against mayo was desperation and last throw of the dice more that any great judgement I believe. Taking Donaghy off in the 2015 semi against Tyrone was the only other big call I remember him getting right. Basically if plan A doesn't work we are f**ked. 2013 classic against Dublin we didnt know how to squeeze the game after the breathtaking first half. Brought on a very raw Jack Sherwood to close down the game. 2014 went a man up against Mayo in the semi final. When Mayo re-organised at half time we hand't a clue what to do. 2015 against Dublin was a shambles. Left gooch spend the day chasing a corner back. Took off our top scorer from play in JOD. Left Moran on when he was being destroyed. Brought on Paul Galvin. 2016 We were ahead at half time by 5 points. Had no plan in place to help slow down the game and halt dublins momentum when the inevitable 'run' began. 2017 Left a full back line be hung out to dry in the 1st game. Took too long to make a switch to rectify it. Then in the replay tries to play a sweeper system that has never been road tested. Persisted with it when it was patently obvious it was never going to work. This is a pretty damning indictment.
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Post by gamechanger10 on Jul 17, 2018 9:49:22 GMT
There is plenty of talk of starting Donaghy next Sunday and I’m not so sure that’s the right thing to do. He will have Monaghan backs tearing out of him like hyenas around an old lion and if it doesn’t work out what plan do they turn to then, calling him to the sideline could deflate an anxious young team. Last Sunday the game was howling out for his introduction but next Sunday the weather is set to be dry and maybe with managment and players having had a good look at themselves in the mirror they could really turn it on as I can imagine there is serious hurt pride in the set up. Anyway last Sunday is history and the blood pressure is starting to return to safe margins, it’s all about Monaghan now and I think we will show up and give a more realistic account of ourselves.
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Post by misteallaigh abú on Jul 17, 2018 10:03:54 GMT
There is no reconciliation between the way Kerry addressed the Muster championship, full of power, pace, energy, drive, spirit, football, enthusiasm etc and the way the players turned up yesterday, dead, flat, inhibited, dour, devoid of football spirit etc. I don't get it and I don't buy the bull It is just because Clare & Cork were poor. That doesn't explain or wash with the way the players played yesterday. Not really sure If I'll be travelling on Sunday as a football supporter, as a tourist or someone floating along in a zombie like bubble of indifference. Totally disillusioned with yesterday's fare. Kerry seemed to be a different championship animal this year before yesterday. 100pc with you on that KG. Bought my ticket for Clones this morning and I'm not sure if I want to watch the same as what Kerry have served up in Croke Park in their last 3 visits there.A kerry team that plays with fear is a beaten docket, in my view. There was no swagger,no belief, no confidence last Sunday. Why? We just don't play to our strengths playing like that. Waltzing around like drunken monkies playing a bastardised version of what football should be. Let's do what we are good at, play a system that the players can buy into, believe in an apply easily on the pitch. If that's not good enough, fair enough, at least we'd die with our boots on. Last Sunday was as close to spineless as I've ever seen from a kerry team. When you play conservative, you get what you get last Sunday and in both semi finals V Mayo last year. We need to show some cut out there next Sunday, a touch of Darragh around the middle, a bit of Donaghy in the FFL and a bit of bottle and belief wont be long in seeping in elsewhere.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jul 17, 2018 10:13:12 GMT
All we're missing is rumours of trouble in the camp.
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Post by misteallaigh abú on Jul 17, 2018 10:19:16 GMT
Successful leaders hire people for their experience and strengths, and let them shine. Your employees ( players) trust that you value their skills and experience, and appreciate their areas of expertise. Moving them into unknown territory where they’re not knowledgeable, and then expecting them to meet the challenge, can create distrust, disengagement and low morale that may have far-reaching consequences.
People like to do what they’re good at – it’s that simple.
Case proven?
We know all that. Thats the problem. We know what we are good at but, we are not doing it. I must also be taken into account that the other team won't just let us do what we want either. The bottom line is that Eamonn has a terrible record of reacting to a game as it unfolds in front of him. The Donaghy change in 2014 against mayo was desperation and last throw of the dice more that any great judgement I believe. Taking Donaghy off in the 2015 semi against Tyrone was the only other big call I remember him getting right. Basically if plan A doesn't work we are f**ked. 2013 classic against Dublin we didnt know how to squeeze the game after the breathtaking first half. Brought on a very raw Jack Sherwood to close down the game. 2014 went a man up against Mayo in the semi final. When Mayo re-organised at half time we hand't a clue what to do. 2015 against Dublin was a shambles. Left gooch spend the day chasing a corner back. Took off our top scorer from play in JOD. Left Moran on when he was being destroyed. Brought on Paul Galvin. 2016 We were ahead at half time by 5 points. Had no plan in place to help slow down the game and halt dublins momentum when the inevitable 'run' began. 2017 Left a full back line be hung out to dry in the 1st game. Took too long to make a switch to rectify it. Then in the replay tries to play a sweeper system that has never been road tested. Persisted with it when it was patently obvious it was never going to work. Very well put wing back, I would add, however, that starting Donncha Walsh in the half forward line that day was a shocker of a move and very unfair on him to be expected to perform at the level required having been out injured. Killian Young likewise. If their inclusion is based on training then we must be just very poor and there is a dearth of talent around. I don't believe that for a minute. Also, last year, the half forward line chosen against a mobile and dynamic mayo half back line was mind boggling (M Geaney, Buckley & Donncha). Starting Sullivan in the replay instead of Jameso was admitting defeat before a ball was thrown in.
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