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Post by mike70 on Apr 4, 2022 10:31:40 GMT
It is popular to say that Aidan O'Shea is overhyped but I can't remember the last time someone made the case that he is a good player. If he is to be overhyped, who is saying he is this great player? He's a big man who tries to work hard for his team. I am not sure is anybody saying he is any kind of world beater. I think Aidan o shea gets bad press from his own firstly, which is mad, he is not a bad player, yesterday I thought he was one of mayo’s better players, but I’d still have him top of the square , he is good enough to be on the team.
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Post by boherbee on Apr 4, 2022 10:35:42 GMT
Amateur players, who have to get up for work in the morning, can get bad injuries, and its not a laughing matter especially when heads are clashed. They were both blindsided. It was awful to see. hang on now 1 second Mick, I don't laugh at every amateur player who gets injured and cant go to work in the morning incase that's the picture you're trying to paint. I know we live in a world now where you have to be seen to be saying the right thing the whole time and fair play to you Mick your obviously a better person than I because I found it funny/ironic that the 2 lads I mentioned that like to use their massive bodies to collide with players from opposite teams actually collided with eachother. Ah, very true, amateur players getting injured is hilarious.
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Post by thehermit on Apr 4, 2022 10:40:12 GMT
There was a big big Mayo crowd there yesterday and my God its a long journey home after a beating like that. I will say this about them, they are a vocal lot. They never stopped shouting even when their team went, 7,8,9 points down. I don't know whether that is to be admired or pitted. It was really only when the second Kerry goal went in that they started to stream out of the stadium.
But still many near me where still shouting on as Cillian O'Connor was introduced and was lining up a couple of frees at the death. They back their boys anyway, you can't deny that!
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Post by john4 on Apr 4, 2022 10:56:47 GMT
Great win yesterday. Delighted for everyone involved. There's only 2 cups on offer to us on the steps of the Hogan Stand in any one year so the importance of this shouldn't be underestimated.
I thought we brought an energy into this game that was way bigger than what we were met with. Don't really know what's the story with Mayo, I've never seen them this flat. I find it hard to get a read on what Mayo brought to the game.
Our capacity to run into turnovers has returned!! But equally, our capacity to retreat and recover from these turnovers has improved hugely.
Gavin White and Briain O'Beaghlaoich are really important for us at 5 and 7. Coupled with Diarmuid O'Connor in midfield they are unstoppable at breaking through the middle third.
Good day for Kerry 👌
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Post by horsebox77 on Apr 4, 2022 11:01:25 GMT
I always try to refrain from posting either during or in the immediate aftermath of a Kerry game as often emotions can get the better of us, elation in victory or the black dog on defeat. I didn’t watch the Sunday Game last night but re-watched the league final in full instead. This was a repeat of 2004 and 2006. Mayo were just seriously outclassed. The evolution of our defence in twelve months has been astounding. The system we play the fast transition into attack, reminded me of Tyrone or Armagh when they were able to mix the hardened defence with fast break, these sides when not playing the ultra-defensive systems were exciting teams to watch. At one stage in the first half, I think it was Ruane ran into our 21, immediately he was hit by two or three shoulders and hands all around him, these shoulders came from Barry, Morley and I think Graham, big men who would rattle you, the ball was turned over and Gavin White came out with it. It was a carbon copy of that famous scene of O’Cinneide and Brosnan being hounded under the Hogan Stand, it was no different, whether we want to admit it or not but we have adapted this hardened edge and it is serving us.
This new hardened edge has been honed over the league but crucially has not diluted our forward play. Up front yesterday the support play and movement, kick passing and tracking was of a seriously high quality. Players that had previously plateaued under Keane, the likes of Graham, Morley, Adrain even Geaney to a degree have found a new purpose and lease of life in the gameplay by Jack, It is fair to say that Jason Foley has really developed into one of the best full backs in Ireland, while the repositioning of Morley has been the key to locking the defensive door.
Adrain had his best league campaign since his introduction and could have had three points yesterday. Moynihan was caught for one score in the first half but in saying that the volume of breaking ball our half forward line won, recycled or supplied to our inside line was of serious quality.
David is David, but beside him Geaney too was a handful.
Looking toward to the C ’ship team, I think 14 of that team will start, the only inclusion in my opinion is Seanie on the forty with Paudie to the corner in place of O’Brien.
Still, that leaves you options, Dylan, Murphy, Crowley and O’Donoghue as defensive back up, Joe O’Connor, Moran for the centre and Brosnan, Killian, O’Brien etc for the front line.
Have to give a mention to Shane Ryan yesterday, I thought his kick outs, his position sense for the off the posts shots and his high catch in the square was top notch, the most pleasing was, we were up against a formidable pairing in the midfield area, when we lost Diarmuid, we outscored Mayo 4-1 in this ten minute period, his kick outs went long at this vital period found, Morley, Spillane and Moynihan with ease and really settled and calmed matters when in the past we would have balked.
No, cannot complain, Jack has used the league very very wisely and we are in fine form for the challenges ahead in our bid for Sam, it is still only the ;league but we are heading in the right direction.
Finally, nice touch by David in his speech, one has to realise that sport takes a very poor second in life and it was heart-warming and genuine of the Fossa man to acknowledge his fellow Sigeron player.
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Post by Kerryman Randy Savage on Apr 4, 2022 12:15:05 GMT
Concussion is not a laughing matter. I'm not a fan of Aidan O'Shea in any way shape or form but amateur players getting hurt is not funny. Were they concussed though ? Would the Mayo team doctor have let them back on the pitch if they were? A few years after Limerick, Mayo allowed Keegan stay on the pitch for 10 minutes after he was concussed in the league. They have a history of it. I was behind the Mayo bench in 2014 and the two lads looked well out of it. In the same situation, would they have came back on in 2022? I don't think so. Mayo GAA aren't foolish enough to say we brought concussed players back on, they could be sued.
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Post by Jo90 on Apr 4, 2022 12:15:27 GMT
Especially class was the way David Clifford started his piece about Red Óg with "I was..." and the crowd interrupted him with applause and he changed it to "we were all lucky enough to see Red Óg play in the Sigerson"
It wouldn't have mattered if he had said "I was" as most people relate to a tragedy in this way but it was just an extra touch of class to change to "we".
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Post by greengold35 on Apr 4, 2022 12:35:59 GMT
Great win yesterday. Delighted for everyone involved. There's only 2 cups on offer to us on the steps of the Hogan Stand in any one year so the importance of this shouldn't be underestimated. I thought we brought an energy into this game that was way bigger than what we were met with. Don't really know what's the story with Mayo, I've never seen them this flat. I find it hard to get a read on what Mayo brought to the game. Our capacity to run into turnovers has returned!! But equally, our capacity to retreat and recover from these turnovers has improved hugely. Gavin White and Briain O'Beaghlaoich are really important for us at 5 and 7. Coupled with Diarmuid O'Connor in midfield they are unstoppable at breaking through the middle third. Good day for Kerry 👌 Fully agree on White & O’Beaglaoich - serious pace that can hurt; think Diarmuid O’C will blossom into a great player but would love to see him finish his runs with a score - just seems to lack that bit of confidence when further afield - hopefully this will come to him as year progresses. Really think this win in the hallowed turf will make us better & hungry for the big one.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2022 12:37:46 GMT
I always try to refrain from posting either during or in the immediate aftermath of a Kerry game as often emotions can get the better of us, elation in victory or the black dog on defeat. I didn’t watch the Sunday Game last night but re-watched the league final in full instead. This was a repeat of 2004 and 2006. Mayo were just seriously outclassed. The evolution of our defence in twelve months has been astounding. The system we play the fast transition into attack, reminded me of Tyrone or Armagh when they were able to mix the hardened defence with fast break, these sides when not playing the ultra-defensive systems were exciting teams to watch. At one stage in the first half, I think it was Ruane ran into our 21, immediately he was hit by two or three shoulders and hands all around him, these shoulders came from Barry, Morley and I think Graham, big men who would rattle you, the ball was turned over and Gavin White came out with it. It was a carbon copy of that famous scene of O’Cinneide and Brosnan being hounded under the Hogan Stand, it was no different, whether we want to admit it or not but we have adapted this hardened edge and it is serving us. This new hardened edge has been honed over the league but crucially has not diluted our forward play. Up front yesterday the support play and movement, kick passing and tracking was of a seriously high quality. Players that had previously plateaued under Keane, the likes of Graham, Morley, Adrain even Geaney to a degree have found a new purpose and lease of life in the gameplay by Jack, It is fair to say that Jason Foley has really developed into one of the best full backs in Ireland, while the repositioning of Morley has been the key to locking the defensive door. Adrain had his best league campaign since his introduction and could have had three points yesterday. Moynihan was caught for one score in the first half but in saying that the volume of breaking ball our half forward line won, recycled or supplied to our inside line was of serious quality. David is David, but beside him Geaney too was a handful. Looking toward to the C ’ship team, I think 14 of that team will start, the only inclusion in my opinion is Seanie on the forty with Paudie to the corner in place of O’Brien. Still, that leaves you options, Dylan, Murphy, Crowley and O’Donoghue as defensive back up, Joe O’Connor, Moran for the centre and Brosnan, Killian, O’Brien etc for the front line. Have to give a mention to Shane Ryan yesterday, I thought his kick outs, his position sense for the off the posts shots and his high catch in the square was top notch, the most pleasing was, we were up against a formidable pairing in the midfield area, when we lost Diarmuid, we outscored Mayo 4-1 in this ten minute period, his kick outs went long at this vital period found, Morley, Spillane and Moynihan with ease and really settled and calmed matters when in the past we would have balked. No, cannot complain, Jack has used the league very very wisely and we are in fine form for the challenges ahead in our bid for Sam, it is still only the ;league but we are heading in the right direction. Finally, nice touch by David in his speech, one has to realise that sport takes a very poor second in life and it was heart-warming and genuine of the Fossa man to acknowledge his fellow Sigeron player. Ya horse I hope Shane Ryan's performance yesterday put an end to the debate of who our number 1 is going forward, he was immense pretty much perfect in every thing he did, he looked so comfortable soloing out the field as well as under the high ball. I felt sorry for Stephen O'brien yesterday he tried so hard and if a solo or 2 had gone his way he'd have bagged a few goals. I was warey of Graham Ó'Sullivan being brought in as I thought he'd been tried and couldn't cut it, but I was wrong and he can more than cut it at this level and looks comfortable in the wing and corner back positions. A lot of our own supporters used to say to me last year that O'Beaglaoich wouldn't make it at intercounty and I couldn't see where they were coming from as I thought he was very good Last year but he's pushed on to another level this year. Tony B showed me a part of his game that I didn't know he had yesterday when he started spraying beautiful passes around for fun, great stuff out of him. Jack Barry exercised his demons from last years semifinal and was throwing himself on grenades for his team mates, well done Jack. I know Mayo were only a shadow of what they'll be should we meet again come summer and I'd say they were going through some really hard training as well but that's not our problem, our lads went out and did what they had to. It's really nice heading into championship knowing our starting goalie and starting back 6 and starting midfield, there are still a spot or 2 up for grabs in the forwards but I take it that'll be horse for courses and will depend on injuries. All in all we look really 6strong up the middle and we have players that can make an impact from the bench as well.
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Post by thepromisedland on Apr 4, 2022 12:48:43 GMT
There was a big big Mayo crowd there yesterday and my God its a long journey home after a beating like that. I will say this about them, they are a vocal lot. They never stopped shouting even when their team went, 7,8,9 points down. I don't know whether that is to be admired or pitted. It was really only when the second Kerry goal went in that they started to stream out of the stadium. But still many near me where still shouting on as Cillian O'Connor was introduced and was lining up a couple of frees at the death. They back their boys anyway, you can't deny that! There was indeed Hermit, huge Mayo crowd there, they outnumbered us by 7:1, at least, that's a conservative figure I reckon. We were pitiful in our support. Withstanding inflation, fuel costs, it's very difficult from where we come from, Kerry geographically is the furthered away from Dublin, the peripheral parts of The Kingdom are anyway. Overall, 31,000 was a very poor attendance from 4 counties, two very well supported one's in Mayo and Roscommon. There was no atmosphere really there at all yesterday, just oohing and aahing by the Mayo support, no real passion nor spark, lacked the intensity that they really, usually express in championship games, their supporters that is. Just like in 2004 and 2006, as soon as the second goal went in, they left the stadium in their droves. I don't believe one true patriot of their county should ever do that. You see that a lot with the prawn cocktail supporters of English soccer clubs.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Apr 4, 2022 13:14:37 GMT
I always feel as a losing supporter you have to stay there and take your beating.
I would never leave before the final whistle.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Apr 4, 2022 13:22:03 GMT
Yeah on the support thing, it’s funny that people go on about the Mayo support and I always find that stuff to be a bit patronising as it’s never said about teams who actually win. But anyways- they couldn’t get out of Croker fast enough yesterday, there must have been about 20 of them left by the final whistle
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Post by buck02 on Apr 4, 2022 13:33:16 GMT
Yesterday surely settled the goalkeeper debate. One way or the other they need to stick with a keeper from now til the end of the season.
On the whole Clifford/O Hora stuff, it seemed to me that O Hora took exception to something Clifford said or did near where Flynn was injured.
It is stating the obvious but if the defensive improvements we've seen to date continue and if the forwards are more clinical - we still missed goal chances that would have settled the game much earlier - then we should be celebrating at the end of July.
There was a few mentions here about the great support Mayo fans have the team yesterday. Must have been where I was but I didn't hear them at all, apart from when Cillian came on. Also was a good Kerry crowd there considering most didn't get home til very late and had work/school this morning.
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Post by horsebox77 on Apr 4, 2022 13:41:03 GMT
Slightly off topic - Just goes to show the strength and depth of our panel, an alternative starting XV to yesterday’s chosen XV:
Shane Murphy, Dylan Casey, Gavin Crowley, Dan O’Donoghue, Pa Warren, Stefan Okunbor, Paul Murphy, Joe O’Connor, David Moran, Jack Savage, Greg Horan, Seanie Shea, Michael Burns, Tony Brosnan, Killian Spillane and Jack Savage.
Jack has amassed some C'ship panel.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2022 14:13:11 GMT
Slightly off topic - Just goes to show the strength and depth of our panel, an alternative starting XV to yesterday’s chosen XV: Shane Murphy, Dylan Casey, Gavin Crowley, Dan O’Donoghue, Pa Warren, Stefan Okunbor, Paul Murphy, Joe O’Connor, David Moran, Jack Savage, Greg Horan, Seanie Shea, Michael Burns, Tony Brosnan, Killian Spillane and Jack Savage. Jack has amassed some C'ship panel. the biggest problem we have now is its 5 weeks till óir next game then the munster final will be 3 weeks after that and then the quarter final is 4 weeks after that that's 2 poor games in 12 weeks, if we get a Mayo or Tyrone/Donegal that have come through the back door we could be in big trouble.
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Post by Mickmack on Apr 4, 2022 14:17:31 GMT
Is 2 the maximum number of qualifier games a team can now play before they proceed to the QFs to play the provincial champs
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Post by clarinman on Apr 4, 2022 14:38:18 GMT
Is 2 the maximum number of qualifier games a team can now play before they proceed to the QFs to play the provincial champs It's 2 rounds if only division 1 and 2 teams for the 2023 league season make the 4 provincial finals. Round 1 will be those 8 division 1/2 teams who don't make the provincial finals. The winners of round 1 will play the 4 beaten provincial finalists in round 2. There will be a preliminary round if a division 3/4 team makes a provincial final.
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Post by Mickmack on Apr 4, 2022 14:49:03 GMT
Is 2 the maximum number of qualifier games a team can now play before they proceed to the QFs to play the provincial champs It's 2 rounds if only division 1 and 2 teams for the 2023 league season make the 4 provincial finals. Round 1 will be those 8 division 1/2 teams who don't make the provincial finals. The winners of round 1 will play the 4 beaten provincial finalists in round 2. There will be a preliminary round if a division 3/4 team makes a provincial final. Thanks. Any team getting through to the QF via the qualifiers wont have any dirty diesel in the system after those matches.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2022 14:57:10 GMT
It's 2 rounds if only division 1 and 2 teams for the 2023 league season make the 4 provincial finals. Round 1 will be those 8 division 1/2 teams who don't make the provincial finals. The winners of round 1 will play the 4 beaten provincial finalists in round 2. There will be a preliminary round if a division 3/4 team makes a provincial final. Thanks. Any team getting through to the QF via the qualifiers wont have any dirty diesel in the system after those matches. maybe we'd be better served going through the backdoor route this year?
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Post by royalkerryfan on Apr 4, 2022 15:44:35 GMT
Talking about the best routes or scenarios is pointless.
Dublin had the same issue and it didn't impact them.
You could be up in Ulster in a dog fight.
I'm sure the internal games are decent quality.
There's been a lot if football over the past 3 months so hopefully the lads get a good block of training in now.
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Post by Jo90 on Apr 4, 2022 16:12:56 GMT
I think O'Hora is getting over the top criticism both for his performance and his antics. For his performance, yes he was destroyed although he did win a couple of 50:50 balls and dispossessed Clifford a couple of times. For the scores he was given no help against the best player in the country. For Clifford's goal, once Clifford had gotten ahead of O'Hora the other defender should have come over to try and stop him. For his antics, it was mild enough - medium force pushes, a bit of chest to chest bravado and mouthing, not dissimilar to Aidan O'Mahony to Murphy in the 2014 final. Contrast that to Dublin or Tyrone, full force pushes, grabbing by the neck and swinging to the ground, spitting, eye gouging and not a fraction of the coverage O'Hora got. Think Ben NcDonnell grabbing Clifford by the neck and knocking him to the ground to get him sent off. ![](https://i.ibb.co/72jHnPw/Clifford-4.webp) ![](https://i.ibb.co/c2HLZh5/cooper.jpg)
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Post by john4 on Apr 4, 2022 16:22:49 GMT
I think O'Hora is getting over the top criticism both for his performance and his antics. For his performance, yes he was destroyed although he did win a couple of 50:50 balls and dispossessed Clifford a couple of times. For the scores he was given no help against the best player in the country. For Clifford's goal, once Clifford had gotten ahead of O'Hora the other defender should have come over to try and stop him. For his antics, it was mild enough - medium force pushes, a bit of chest to chest bravado and mouthing, not dissimilar to Aidan O'Mahony to Murphy in the 2014 final. Contrast that to Dublin or Tyrone, full force pushes, grabbing by the neck and swinging to the ground, spitting, eye gouging and not a fraction of the coverage O'Hora got. Think Ben NcDonnell grabbing Clifford by the neck and knocking him to the ground to get him sent off. O'Hora has a background in MMA, ala McGregor type stuff, mouth is 50% of these fellas artillery. I'm watching football a bit and never saw a fella catch or kick a football with his mouth 🤣🤣
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Post by Mickmack on Apr 4, 2022 16:26:15 GMT
What worries me is that Lee Keegan didn't even grab a jersey yesterday not to mention pull one.
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Post by fitz on Apr 4, 2022 16:37:20 GMT
Anyone able to get a link/ video of game? TG4 player doesn’t seem to have put it up
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Post by peanuts on Apr 4, 2022 17:03:47 GMT
I think O'Hora is getting over the top criticism both for his performance and his antics. For his performance, yes he was destroyed although he did win a couple of 50:50 balls and dispossessed Clifford a couple of times. For the scores he was given no help against the best player in the country. For Clifford's goal, once Clifford had gotten ahead of O'Hora the other defender should have come over to try and stop him. For his antics, it was mild enough - medium force pushes, a bit of chest to chest bravado and mouthing, not dissimilar to Aidan O'Mahony to Murphy in the 2014 final. Contrast that to Dublin or Tyrone, full force pushes, grabbing by the neck and swinging to the ground, spitting, eye gouging and not a fraction of the coverage O'Hora got. Think Ben NcDonnell grabbing Clifford by the neck and knocking him to the ground to get him sent off. ![](https://i.ibb.co/72jHnPw/Clifford-4.webp) ![](https://i.ibb.co/c2HLZh5/cooper.jpg) I agree, it was just all the mouthing looked bad.
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Post by veteran on Apr 4, 2022 17:04:57 GMT
Last week prior to the match I wrote of the importance of winning the NFL title for three reasons : a national title was at stake, it was in Croke Park, it was against one of our main rivals. The win was duly delivered, far more handsomely than I anticipated. Of course the top drawer display comes with a stringent health warning. Mayo were were severely depleted and very likely they played with one eye on their Galway engagement in three weeks and doubtless they will be a far more formidable proposition if we meet later in the year. Still, I can't help responding to these caveats by adopting the old Jacobs TV advertisement " Who cares Bibi. 'Twas gorgeous".
Now, I cannot comment further on the match without referencing the behaviour of Padraig O'Hora. From the word go, he decided to provoke David Clifford by pushing, shoving and , most despicably, constant yapping, yapping into his ear. Now, apparently this so called sledging is rampant but has anybody ever witnessed such a visible, sustained attack. It was so sustained and so visible that O'Hora came across as a clown of the first rank. Was this not visible to all the officials. Is it not one of the criteria for a black card? In the usual stupefying, cowardly fashion of officials the referee issued a yellow card to both players. Would the behaviour of O'Hora be countenanced in any other sport? My final word on this topic-O'Hora talked the talk. David walked the walk.
It was a whirlwind display by Kerry and from an early stage Paudie Clifford was carving their central defence wide open and with a little luck and a less vigilant goalkeeper he might have had two goals himself. It was no surprise when the goal did arrive, started and finished by Gavin White, lucky not to be seriously injured in the process. It is not unreasonable to say the goal was Mayo's death warrant. During the opening half, and indeed all through, the work rate of our entire half forward was astonishing.
The second half was an endorsement of what we saw in the first half, indeed upped a notch or two. We had the better of the midfield battle but Jordan Flynn was a big loss to Mayo as he was very prominent to his injury. Jack Barry should have got a black card but Diarmuid's one was unwarranted. Tony Brosnan came on in the second half and seemed to play a deeper role than normal. Some of his running, can move at pace too, and kicking was exquisite.
It is a long time since I came home from a Kerry match being so satisfied with our goalkeeper. Shane Ryan is going to be number one after this match, and that pointed free , where did that come from!
Once more our defence was bullet proof , expertly marshalled by Tadgh Morley. To comment on "the new normal" Jason would be superfluous.
Stephen O'Brien was very industrious in the first but had a day when occasionally the ball played tricks with him. Paul Geaney is going to make Tony Brosnan work very hard for a starting place, having lost little of his class. Surprisingly, he missed an easy free in the first half.
I have occasionally written about the impetuosity of Michael Burns . He came on yesterday and collected a needless yellow card. Needs to calm down.
This one should be savoured for a while before a critical analysis is undertaken.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Apr 4, 2022 17:16:25 GMT
Slightly off topic - Just goes to show the strength and depth of our panel, an alternative starting XV to yesterday’s chosen XV: Shane Murphy, Dylan Casey, Gavin Crowley, Dan O’Donoghue, Pa Warren, Stefan Okunbor, Paul Murphy, Joe O’Connor, David Moran, Jack Savage, Greg Horan, Seanie Shea, Michael Burns, Tony Brosnan, Killian Spillane and Jack Savage. Jack has amassed some C'ship panel. the biggest problem we have now is its 5 weeks till óir next game then the munster final will be 3 weeks after that and then the quarter final is 4 weeks after that that's 2 poor games in 12 weeks, if we get a Mayo or Tyrone/Donegal that have come through the back door we could be in big trouble. Like Kilkenny of old, maybe the 2nd best team is our possibles, what with the competition for places? Let dispossessing DC/Jason be the benchmark for an aspiring defenders/attackers respectively.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2022 18:30:51 GMT
the biggest problem we have now is its 5 weeks till óir next game then the munster final will be 3 weeks after that and then the quarter final is 4 weeks after that that's 2 poor games in 12 weeks, if we get a Mayo or Tyrone/Donegal that have come through the back door we could be in big trouble. Like Kilkenny of old, maybe the 2nd best team is our possibles, what with the competition for places? Let dispossessing DC/Jason be the benchmark for an aspiring defenders/attackers respectively. Ya bally if we get to the levels of the great KK team we'll be doing OK.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Apr 4, 2022 19:33:33 GMT
Like Kilkenny of old, maybe the 2nd best team is our possibles, what with the competition for places? Let dispossessing DC/Jason be the benchmark for an aspiring defenders/attackers respectively. Ya bally if we get to the levels of the great KK team we'll be doing OK. With 30+ who could play I'd say we are on track, you can only do all the right things and steady progress makes for more steel in the long term, I believe Ronan O'Gara helped make Johnny Sexton the player he is, made him fight - the closer your opponent is to you the more you progress, hoping of course that he is driving you on and not the other way around. Some nonsense on Newstalk earlier, dragging the arse out of O'Hora's torture, I saw DC being constantly bombarded with blatant head butting in Clones in '19, I'd say his tormentor is still sore, David was all but laughing at him - what are them Clifford's made of? Still it needs to be curtailed, the risk is someone will get hurt and it is poor sportsmanship anyway. Can you sense the change in the mood on here, 'tis a bit winterish in Donegal this evening but the sun is splitting the rocks at Ballyfireside!
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Post by Kingdomson on Apr 4, 2022 19:52:30 GMT
Off topic for this thread but all being fit it seems to me that 5 of the 6 starting backs yesterday are nailed on with only a corner back berth possibly up for grabs. Who do folks think is in poll position?
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