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Post by Mickmack on Jan 16, 2022 18:27:43 GMT
No I'd agree he should have really scored the first goal and some of his shot selection was poor all be it he finished with 1.4 but he's really on his own up there. Happy with Casey he can do job for Kerry. What age is Quilter now. Minor in 2018. Was it under 17 that year? So he is 21 or 22 now. I think there is the raw material in Sean Quilter to see him play inter county football in time. Donaghy was 23 when he made his big impression in 2006, so there is plenty of time to develop this young man. |
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Post by mike70 on Jan 16, 2022 18:34:11 GMT
I don’t think anyone is suggesting him for intercounty Most Stacks supporters would see Casey being on the kerry first 15 and Joe on the bench. Thats about it. Think Joe has miles more scope than AdrianS and JackB as he has a better engine than both and offers a far bigger scoring threat and free-winning threat in the danger zone as he is impossible to dispossess by fair means. most stacks supporters would have Star on the Kerry 15.😂 |
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Post by onlykerry on Jan 16, 2022 19:16:46 GMT
Stacks luck finally ran out today - they conceded the opening goal with a high ball into their full back line and followed this with a weak performance in the first half. Great to see some fight back from them in the second half but a six point HT deficit meant they could not afford any slip ups in the second half and ultimately the second goal killed them. Injuries which they have avoided thus far also became a possible factor but they do have a decent panel to mitigate injuries somewhat.
With regard to lads being an asset to Kerry in 2022 I think it is extremely unlikely to see Dylan Casey make the breakthrough this year - its rare for a player to make the team in his first year with the panel and he will do very well if he makes match day panels come championship. Joe O Connor has the benefit of 2021 on the panel and I think he is the most likely to make a contribution in 2022 but he is well down the rankings for a starting berth if all ahead of him are available. Beyond this pair there are not too many other obvious candidates.
Going forward for Stacks - they have had some great underage teams with strong representation at Kerry underage level. The future should be bright even if they lose Star - are there any other likely departures? What ages are the likes of the Shanahan brothers and Brendan O Sullivan?
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jan 16, 2022 19:30:45 GMT
I don’t think anyone is suggesting him for intercounty Most Stacks supporters would see Casey being on the kerry first 15 and Joe on the bench. Thats about it. Think Joe has miles more scope than AdrianS and JackB as he has a better engine than both and offers a far bigger scoring threat and free-winning threat in the danger zone as he is impossible to dispossess by fair means. Dylan Casey has the potential but he needs to be tested at that level and to see how he holds up. We were robbed of the chance to see Joe o Connor up against a good intercounty midfielder today and it’s hard to judge whether he is good enough. He has the attributes but prior to today he’s lived a bit of a charmed life in terms of opponents losing intercounty midfielders when playing against him. I still think Greg Horan has the ability, he may lack a bit of pace but I would like to see him get a go in a league game. That’s it in terms of lads having the ability to play intercounty from stacks |
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Post by Whosinmidfield on Jan 16, 2022 19:38:48 GMT
Stacks luck finally ran out today - they conceded the opening goal with a high ball into their full back line and followed this with a weak performance in the first half. Great to see some fight back from them in the second half but a six point HT deficit meant they could not afford any slip ups in the second half and ultimately the second goal killed them. Injuries which they have avoided thus far also became a possible factor but they do have a decent panel to mitigate injuries somewhat. With regard to lads being an asset to Kerry in 2022 I think it is extremely unlikely to see Dylan Casey make the breakthrough this year - its rare for a player to make the team in his first year with the panel and he will do very well if he makes match day panels come championship. Joe O Connor has the benefit of 2021 on the panel and I think he is the most likely to make a contribution in 2022 but he is well down the rankings for a starting berth if all ahead of him are available. Beyond this pair there are not too many other obvious candidates. Going forward for Stacks - they have had some great underage teams with strong representation at Kerry underage level. The future should be bright even if they lose Star - are there any other likely departures? What ages are the likes of the Shanahan brothers and Brendan O Sullivan? You’d imagine with all the county minors Stacks have had in the last few years, that a few of them will push some of those who started today out of the starting team. If they’ve ambitions of having another crack at Munster and if successful the All Ireland then they’ll need some personnel changes, 4 or 5 at least by my reckoning. |
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Post by ataboy on Jan 16, 2022 21:11:15 GMT
Minor in 2018. Was it under 17 that year? So he is 21 or 22 now. I think there is the raw material in Sean Quilter to see him play inter county football in time. Donaghy was 23 when he made his big impression in 2006, so there is plenty of time to develop this young man. He played with the U20s last year. |
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Post by mike70 on Jan 16, 2022 21:21:13 GMT
Minor in 2018. Was it under 17 that year? So he is 21 or 22 now. I think there is the raw material in Sean Quilter to see him play inter county football in time. Donaghy was 23 when he made his big impression in 2006, so there is plenty of time to develop this young man. He played with the U20s last year. U20 in 2020 |
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Post by ataboy on Jan 16, 2022 21:29:28 GMT
He played with the U20s last year. U20 in 2020 And 2021 |
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Post by horsebox77 on Jan 16, 2022 21:49:25 GMT
I was surprised that the stacks defence were vulnerable under the high ball today, I would have thought the high ball being their preferred option to Star and Quilter that the backs would have been used to the ploy in Training,
For what it’s worth, what I have seen of Casey, I think he is the exception to the rule and could possible make a corner berth with the county, it may mean he being thrown in next weekend or in the odd league game… only one way of finding out
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jan 16, 2022 21:50:26 GMT
I think his age is relatively immaterial to be honest
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Post by royalkerryfan on Jan 16, 2022 22:05:54 GMT
It's a bit of clichés but if your good enough your old enough.
We need man markers with the exception of Tom O'Sullivan we don't have anyone else.
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Post by ciarraimick on Jan 16, 2022 22:19:21 GMT
Ronan Shanahan about 29.Barry around 32 (he was Kerry minor in 07 and 08).Brendan Sullivan u21 in 2015 i think so prob 27 or 28
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Post by veteran on Jan 16, 2022 22:48:37 GMT
I was surprised that the stacks defence were vulnerable under the high ball today, I would have thought the high ball being their preferred option to Star and Quilter that the backs would have been used to the ploy in Training, For what it’s worth, what I have seen of Casey, I think he is the exception to the rule and could possible make a corner berth with the county, it may mean he being thrown in next weekend or in the odd league game… only one way of finding out It appears to me that most full back lines across the country are vulnerable under the high ball. How often do you see a member of a full back line catching a ball cleanly over their heads .The ball usually breaks and then it is a case of who is alert for the break succeeds. In that respect it was hugely disappointing to see so many balls that were broken away from KD being snapped up a defender. Surely when a Stacks player directs a high one towards Kieran a colleague should be racing in bald headed for the crumbs . Of course we often saw that lack of willingness to pounce for crumbs in a Kerry situation as well. |
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Post by The16thMan on Jan 16, 2022 22:50:52 GMT
Negatives: Stacks decision making at times in the 2nd half really cost them. Star was being dominated but they kept trying the long ball, those block downs from the Barrs defenders were shots that should have never been taken on, ball should have been recycled as there were 2/3 defenders around for all of them. Shane Callaghan didn't offer much when introduced either. Wayne Guthrie's kickouts also coughed up a lot of needless ball, Stacks looked more likely to win opposition kickouts than their own before they decided to stick with short kickouts.
Positives: Greg Horan had a good 2nd half and scored 2 brilliant points and was a big reason why Stacks carried the fight in the 2nd half. Dylan Casey kept the marquee forward Stephen Sherlock very quiet throughout, keeping him to 1 point from play and was never too far away from him.
Stacks will learn from this defeat, they will freshen up for the coming season and like Donegal of 2011 will hopefully try to add a few more attacking plans to their playbook to really bring them on as a team. Crokes threw away many a winnable game after winning County titles in Munster/AI semi's but it only brought them on as a team and they eventually got the title they craved. With the age profile of Stacks players and with thats to come from underage I can see Stacks being something similar to the Crokes of 2010-2019
Hopefully they'll have a few fellas have a good year for Kerry, the likes of Joe O'Connor, Dylan Casey & Greg Horan and they'll be there or thereabouts in Kerry come next winter for sure.
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Post by Mickmack on Jan 16, 2022 23:05:00 GMT
I think his age is relatively immaterial to be honest There was a time when it was possible to pick out a future inter county player with a reasonable degree of confidence. I think its a lot harder nowadays and i think the reason is that we have no way of knowing which ones will make the sacrifices and these sacrifices are pretty stark and can even involve putting career advancement on hold. I think there is raw material to work with in young Quilter. After that its down to things like whether he can develop , whether he is given the proper coaching to enable him to develop and whether he is prepared to go to all that effort and live that life. In fairness, very players at 19 or 20 walk straight in. None of the 3 O'Se brothers did. Every so often a Declan or Gooch or DC or SoS come along and you could build team around them but there are very much the exception. |
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Post by Mickmack on Jan 17, 2022 8:51:34 GMT
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The beginning of one great GAA story and end of another
Eamonn Sweeney
Time catches up on super ‘Star’ but Hayes has talent to make similar impact for Cork
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January 17 2022 02:30 AM
This was about the big gun that didn’t fire and the big gun that did. About the man with the magnificent past behind him and the man who may have a marvellous future ahead of him.
We expected a towering forward with huge talent in two different codes to play a key role. And he did. It just wasn’t the towering dual star we expected.
This felt a bit like Kieran Donaghy’s Last Stand. He found himself up against the marker who grinds down even the greatest players in the end. When you’re six weeks from your 39th birthday there’s little you can do when time gets a firm grip on your jersey.
‘Star’ has eluded those clutches longer than almost any other player of his generation. But there was only one conclusion to be drawn as Sam Ryan broke the ball away from him, got to it ahead of him and generally outplayed him.
Ryan is an excellent defender and he had a stormer. But Donaghy in his prime would have eaten him without salt. That’s no slight on Ryan, the best defenders in the country once found the big man impossible to handle. But those days are gone forever.
To make things even tougher, Donaghy had to do emergency duty at midfield when Joseph O’Connor went off injured in the second half. He battled away there as always. Willingness and spirit have kept him going longer than most of his peers on the field and on the court.
So perhaps it’s fitting that following an afternoon of frustration Donaghy’s final contribution was to create the injury-time goal which gave the favourites brief hope of a miracle escape. As so often before, when the high ball came in his presence created havoc and he broke it to a team-mate, Seán Quilter this time, who found the net. We’ll remember him this way.
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If Donaghy is near the end of his journey, that of Brian Hayes is just beginning. Where Donaghy coupled basketball with football, Hayes excels at the more traditional combination of football and hurling. Last year he won two All-Ireland U-20 medals in the latter code while captaining Cork to a Munster title in the former.
Underage success and senior achievement are very different things which is why Hayes’ man-sized final display is the best proof yet of his outstanding potential. There was something Donaghy-esque about his contribution to the goal which, after just 17 seconds, gave St Finbarr’s a lead they never lost.
Cannily situated on the edge of the square at throw-in time, the big fella was perfectly placed to take advantage of a long ball floated in by Ian Maguire. One touch broke the ball down, a second deftly set Cillian Myers Murray free to find the net.
Restored to wing-forward the youngster added three points, one wonderful, one inspirational and one crucial. The pass Myers Murray popped up to him just inside the Stacks half in the 24th minute verged on the hospital variety.
But Hayes reached out a long arm to flick the ball over the inrushing Conor Jordan and powered forward before twirling away from another challenge to shoot over the bar.
His first half injury-time score, where he imperiously shrugged off a tackle before sweeping a shot between the posts, was the perfect illustration of the confidence, physicality and fearlessness which helped the Cork champions establish a six-point half-time lead.
By the time the teams reached the second-half water break that lead had been whittled down to just one and the initiative seemed to be swinging inexorably towards the Kerry kingpins. But it was Hayes who struck first after the break, intelligently finding space before fisting over a point which steadied his team’s nerves.
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Such a telling contribution by such a young player promises great things. Perhaps the man in Semple Stadium who best knew what it’s like to possess such athletic ability, physical power and potential at that age was the opposition number 14.
Should Hayes’ career turn out even half as well as Donaghy’s it will be a fine one. But the older player had the considerable advantage of being from Kerry rather than Cork. Could the youngster be doomed to spend his best years toiling fruitlessly in a losing cause?
It would be foolish to confidently predict an impending Cork revival. However, yesterday’s victory was one of a number of straws in the wind, like the 2019 All-Ireland minor and U-20 double, the 2020 Munster semi-final win over Kerry and the recent appointment of the astute Keith Ricken as manager, which have slightly reduced the Beckettian levels of gloom among the Rebel footballing public.
A ’Barr’s triumph shows that even the largest gaps may not be entirely unbridgeable given time and effort. Their concession of 5-20 when suffering a 21-point defeat by Dr Crokes a little over three years ago seemed the ultimate confirmation that Cork club football lagged far behind its Kingdom counterpart. Turning the tables so quickly is a significant achievement by manager Paul O’Keeffe.
Brian Hayes doesn’t have to look far for evidence that Cork are not eternally doomed to be losers. His father Paddy played for the county during the heroic age which yielded two All-Ireland titles and multiple Munsters during the late eighties and early nineties.
And his team-mate Michael Shields starred during the not too shabby either era which culminated in the 2010 All-Ireland triumph.
At 35, Shields is pushing on a bit too but, introduced in the final quarter, it was his run and pass which set up Enda Dennehy for what proved to be the match-winning goal.
Time might get them eventually but the great old boys leave it all on the pitch before they go.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jan 17, 2022 8:53:34 GMT
Mick we have had this debate about a number of players in the past and a lot of the time your opinion seems to be framed by their size, if they are a big man then you think they have the raw materials
Brendan o Sullivan springs to mind but if you are going by any other metric then there are a number of better placed players in the county.
Also was this quilters first start of the championship season? He’s not even guaranteed to get a game for his club
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Post by defullback10 on Jan 17, 2022 9:22:11 GMT
Stacks will learn from this defeat, they will freshen up for the coming season and like Donegal of 2011 will hopefully try to add a few more attacking plans to their playbook to really bring them on as a team. Crokes threw away many a winnable game after winning County titles in Munster/AI semi's but it only brought them on as a team and they eventually got the title they craved. With the age profile of Stacks players and with thats to come from underage I can see Stacks being something similar to the Crokes of 2010-2019
Hard to see them being as dominant as that Crokes side without 2 or 3 scoring forwards. East Kerry will also be around for the next 10 years
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Post by taggert on Jan 17, 2022 12:17:41 GMT
I was surprised that the stacks defence were vulnerable under the high ball today, I would have thought the high ball being their preferred option to Star and Quilter that the backs would have been used to the ploy in Training, For what it’s worth, what I have seen of Casey, I think he is the exception to the rule and could possible make a corner berth with the county, it may mean he being thrown in next weekend or in the odd league game… only one way of finding out This is a good shout. The answer is big Barry Shanahan who came on in the 2nd half - and played v well - was not selected and Ronan , his brother came in. The latter was rusty (owing to return from hand injury) and made a number of unforced errors. Compounding this however was a number of positional switches - replacing the full back with a wing back - and the manifestation was a goal in the 1st minute. It was very evident and obvious. Had Stacks selected as started against St Rd or Newcastle West, that goal would not have happened. |
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Post by taggert on Jan 17, 2022 12:28:14 GMT
Sean Quilter is currently well off Kerry standard - needs to develop winning his own ball (despite his size) and the over reliance on his left which often sees him telegraph what he is doing next. Time is on his side however to improve those aspects over the next few years but he needs to become a consistent force for Stacks before any reckoning for Kerry.
Stacks need to develop a better structure around their attack - it will probably coincide with Star bowing out - Mike O'Donnell and Quilter can offset the size if not the indefatigable spirit and influence of the man.
Heinrich, already a man, Kissane a speed merchant, and others will see a lot more game time next year. The supply line from Schools and underage Kerry is very rich for Stacks and with 3 club titles on the trot and the big prize this year, the trajectory looks very promising indeed.
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Post by greengold35 on Jan 17, 2022 13:03:40 GMT
Negatives: Stacks decision making at times in the 2nd half really cost them. Star was being dominated but they kept trying the long ball, those block downs from the Barrs defenders were shots that should have never been taken on, ball should have been recycled as there were 2/3 defenders around for all of them. Shane Callaghan didn't offer much when introduced either. Wayne Guthrie's kickouts also coughed up a lot of needless ball, Stacks looked more likely to win opposition kickouts than their own before they decided to stick with short kickouts. Positives: Greg Horan had a good 2nd half and scored 2 brilliant points and was a big reason why Stacks carried the fight in the 2nd half. Dylan Casey kept the marquee forward Stephen Sherlock very quiet throughout, keeping him to 1 point from play and was never too far away from him. Stacks will learn from this defeat, they will freshen up for the coming season and like Donegal of 2011 will hopefully try to add a few more attacking plans to their playbook to really bring them on as a team. Crokes threw away many a winnable game after winning County titles in Munster/AI semi's but it only brought them on as a team and they eventually got the title they craved. With the age profile of Stacks players and with thats to come from underage I can see Stacks being something similar to the Crokes of 2010-2019 Hopefully they'll have a few fellas have a good year for Kerry, the likes of Joe O'Connor, Dylan Casey & Greg Horan and they'll be there or thereabouts in Kerry come next winter for sure. Stacks certainly have the under age talent to come on board but the likes of Curran, Chester, Nagle & Heinrich are defenders or midfielders - their Achilles heel this year , and Quillinan in fairness recognised that, was their lack of scoring power evidenced by their returns in the championship - they did not have a stand out forward & bar Jordan Kissane, don’t seem to have any other coming through. I don’t see the trio of O’Connor, Casey & Horan figuring prominently with Kerry either - Casey looks the most likely to make it but while Sherlock was starring for the Barrs he yet couldn’t make a Cork senior squad. Horan for me lacks the pace for inter county & O’Connor will do well to force his way past Jack Barry, Diarmuid O’C, Stefan Okunbar & David Moran. |
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Post by Mickmack on Jan 17, 2022 13:43:47 GMT
Mick we have had this debate about a number of players in the past and a lot of the time your opinion seems to be framed by their size, if they are a big man then you think they have the raw materials Brendan o Sullivan springs to mind but if you are going by any other metric then there are a number of better placed players in the county. Also was this quilters first start of the championship season? He’s not even guaranteed to get a game for his club Ok. |
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Post by thepromisedland on Jan 17, 2022 16:11:51 GMT
Disappointing from Austin Stacks yesterday, never got going, but St. Finbarrs wanted it more, I think Kilcoo will beat them in the semi final.
Two poor teams playing there yesterday in Thurles. The standard was not great, very poor finishing at times by both sides. I thought the missed free in and the save for goal by the Barr's keeper was crucial and a major turning point in the second half, we know that The Rockies are much better than this, didn't really show up. Star was quiet.a great pity, for the huge pageantry Rockies support there.
St.Finbarrs jersey's were cat! as insipid as you'll get, glorified training tops is what they were wearing.
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Post by greengold35 on Jan 17, 2022 17:49:05 GMT
Disappointing from Austin Stacks yesterday, never got going, but St. Finbarrs wanted it more, I think Kilcoo will beat them in the semi final. Two poor teams playing there yesterday in Thurles. The standard was not great, very poor finishing at times by both sides. I thought the missed free in and the save for goal by the Barr's keeper was crucial and a major turning point in the second half, we know that The Rockies are much better than this, didn't really show up. Star was quiet.a great pity, for the huge pageantry Rockies support there. St.Finbarrs jersey's were cat! as insipid as you'll get, glorified training tops is what they were wearing. Stacks play was consistent with their county championship displays - they scored 1-07 vs EK, butchered numerous chances and should have won by more - they scored 1-06 vs St Brendans in 60 mins, another 1-03 in extra time and won on penalties - both of their goals were of the lucky variety; in the final they deservedly won beating Strand Rd who were under strength yet finished up within 3 points of the Rockies - Stacks are lacking that marquee forward who makes a difference - fair play to them for winning a county championship but they rode their luck at times. |
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Post by ciarraimick on Jan 17, 2022 21:12:29 GMT
Nail on head Greengold. Stacks don't have natural scoring forwards. Quilter an exception but can be ordinary too. Solid backs and midfield but need scoring power. Remind me of Mayo.
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Post by thepromisedland on Jan 17, 2022 21:25:49 GMT
Disappointing from Austin Stacks yesterday, never got going, but St. Finbarrs wanted it more, I think Kilcoo will beat them in the semi final. Two poor teams playing there yesterday in Thurles. The standard was not great, very poor finishing at times by both sides. I thought the missed free in and the save for goal by the Barr's keeper was crucial and a major turning point in the second half, we know that The Rockies are much better than this, didn't really show up. Star was quiet.a great pity, for the huge pageantry Rockies support there. St.Finbarrs jersey's were cat! as insipid as you'll get, glorified training tops is what they were wearing. Stacks play was consistent with their county championship displays - they scored 1-07 vs EK, butchered numerous chances and should have won by more - they scored 1-06 vs St Brendans in 60 mins, another 1-03 in extra time and won on penalties - both of their goals were of the lucky variety; in the final they deservedly won beating Strand Rd who were under strength yet finished up within 3 points of the Rockies - Stacks are lacking that marquee forward who makes a difference - fair play to them for winning a county championship but they rode their luck at times. Absolutely 💯 greengold, that's a more insightful way of looking at it, conditions were as perfect as you'll get yesterday, they tried to work it too much yesterday through the lines, some kick passing on the flanks from breaks, but not fast enough, they maybe limited and workmanlike, but they are still better than yesterday's showing, albeit, not much more. When your player of the county championship is a 39 year old....well then! Good an all star was. I do think that their ponderous, laboursome style play was exposed on the larger expanses of Thurles yesterday. Trying to work it into the St.Finbarr's goal too much, and aerial bombarding into star too much, it became too predictive. Why teams don't practise more in the art of long range shooting in this day and age, defies logic at times, this was more evident back in the 80's. Anyway, game over, ball burst now. |
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Post by dc84 on Jan 17, 2022 22:05:32 GMT
Premium The beginning of one great GAA story and end of another Eamonn Sweeney Time catches up on super ‘Star’ but Hayes has talent to make similar impact for Cork 3 January 17 2022 02:30 AM This was about the big gun that didn’t fire and the big gun that did. About the man with the magnificent past behind him and the man who may have a marvellous future ahead of him. We expected a towering forward with huge talent in two different codes to play a key role. And he did. It just wasn’t the towering dual star we expected. This felt a bit like Kieran Donaghy’s Last Stand. He found himself up against the marker who grinds down even the greatest players in the end. When you’re six weeks from your 39th birthday there’s little you can do when time gets a firm grip on your jersey. ‘Star’ has eluded those clutches longer than almost any other player of his generation. But there was only one conclusion to be drawn as Sam Ryan broke the ball away from him, got to it ahead of him and generally outplayed him. Ryan is an excellent defender and he had a stormer. But Donaghy in his prime would have eaten him without salt. That’s no slight on Ryan, the best defenders in the country once found the big man impossible to handle. But those days are gone forever. To make things even tougher, Donaghy had to do emergency duty at midfield when Joseph O’Connor went off injured in the second half. He battled away there as always. Willingness and spirit have kept him going longer than most of his peers on the field and on the court. So perhaps it’s fitting that following an afternoon of frustration Donaghy’s final contribution was to create the injury-time goal which gave the favourites brief hope of a miracle escape. As so often before, when the high ball came in his presence created havoc and he broke it to a team-mate, Seán Quilter this time, who found the net. We’ll remember him this way. ADVERTISEMENT If Donaghy is near the end of his journey, that of Brian Hayes is just beginning. Where Donaghy coupled basketball with football, Hayes excels at the more traditional combination of football and hurling. Last year he won two All-Ireland U-20 medals in the latter code while captaining Cork to a Munster title in the former. Underage success and senior achievement are very different things which is why Hayes’ man-sized final display is the best proof yet of his outstanding potential. There was something Donaghy-esque about his contribution to the goal which, after just 17 seconds, gave St Finbarr’s a lead they never lost. Cannily situated on the edge of the square at throw-in time, the big fella was perfectly placed to take advantage of a long ball floated in by Ian Maguire. One touch broke the ball down, a second deftly set Cillian Myers Murray free to find the net. Restored to wing-forward the youngster added three points, one wonderful, one inspirational and one crucial. The pass Myers Murray popped up to him just inside the Stacks half in the 24th minute verged on the hospital variety. But Hayes reached out a long arm to flick the ball over the inrushing Conor Jordan and powered forward before twirling away from another challenge to shoot over the bar. His first half injury-time score, where he imperiously shrugged off a tackle before sweeping a shot between the posts, was the perfect illustration of the confidence, physicality and fearlessness which helped the Cork champions establish a six-point half-time lead. By the time the teams reached the second-half water break that lead had been whittled down to just one and the initiative seemed to be swinging inexorably towards the Kerry kingpins. But it was Hayes who struck first after the break, intelligently finding space before fisting over a point which steadied his team’s nerves. ADVERTISEMENT Such a telling contribution by such a young player promises great things. Perhaps the man in Semple Stadium who best knew what it’s like to possess such athletic ability, physical power and potential at that age was the opposition number 14. Should Hayes’ career turn out even half as well as Donaghy’s it will be a fine one. But the older player had the considerable advantage of being from Kerry rather than Cork. Could the youngster be doomed to spend his best years toiling fruitlessly in a losing cause? It would be foolish to confidently predict an impending Cork revival. However, yesterday’s victory was one of a number of straws in the wind, like the 2019 All-Ireland minor and U-20 double, the 2020 Munster semi-final win over Kerry and the recent appointment of the astute Keith Ricken as manager, which have slightly reduced the Beckettian levels of gloom among the Rebel footballing public. A ’Barr’s triumph shows that even the largest gaps may not be entirely unbridgeable given time and effort. Their concession of 5-20 when suffering a 21-point defeat by Dr Crokes a little over three years ago seemed the ultimate confirmation that Cork club football lagged far behind its Kingdom counterpart. Turning the tables so quickly is a significant achievement by manager Paul O’Keeffe. Brian Hayes doesn’t have to look far for evidence that Cork are not eternally doomed to be losers. His father Paddy played for the county during the heroic age which yielded two All-Ireland titles and multiple Munsters during the late eighties and early nineties. And his team-mate Michael Shields starred during the not too shabby either era which culminated in the 2010 All-Ireland triumph. At 35, Shields is pushing on a bit too but, introduced in the final quarter, it was his run and pass which set up Enda Dennehy for what proved to be the match-winning goal. Time might get them eventually but the great old boys leave it all on the pitch before they go. Read More Sport Not sure eamonn should be posting columns at 2.30 in the morning... |
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Post by colinsworth1 on Jan 18, 2022 2:06:16 GMT
It looked like Stack were depending on Quilter for everything on Sunday
Ok they put in some premature high ball into Donaghy but Quilter carried the entire scoring burden for stack
Forward line
Nieve I would say don’t know why the 10 11 or 12 didn’t make a bigger contribution I know they were probably to busy
Working back and making space but I think they should have contributed more . In saying that Quikter could have won the game if he has scored that goal and hadn’t dropped two or three and had two or three blocked
Still too much reliance on one player
Always keeping in mind that stacks lost two main players through injury during the game special mention for Horan who score two massive points showed real leadership that brought stacks back into the game
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Post by rovingfullforward on Jan 18, 2022 13:16:54 GMT
Not sure eamonn should be posting columns at 2.30 in the morning... That's when the Sub-editors release it , not Eamonn |
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Post by dc84 on Jan 18, 2022 21:03:55 GMT
Not sure eamonn should be posting columns at 2.30 in the morning... That's when the Sub-editors release it , not Eamonn Ah you know my point! |
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