Ah yea, as goalies go, heâs the best this side of Charlie Nelligan.
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Kerins
Goalies before cluxton=Boom it down the field as far as you can.
Goalies are just shite outfield players
Cluxtons advantage was actually playing alot outfield.
I always felt having played a fair bit in goal it helped me the other way around
Iâd say this has gone up in order of likelihood.
OâRourke has done a very fine job with Monaghan but heâs brought them as far as he can.
That 2013-2015 double Ulster-winning team just about got the back end of the careers of old stalwarts like Vinnie Corey, Dessie Mone, Paul Finlay, Dick Clerkin and Tommy Freeman. Theyâre all done now.
Conor McManus isnât going to get any better.
Theyâre a level below the top and arenât ever going to bridge the gap.
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Itâs starting to be a specialised position nowadays thanks to cluxton and the introduction of the mark
Yeah Iâd say monaghan have peaked.Itâll be back to lower div 2
I dunno, a fresh approach may help.
Were they not missing that bearded midfielder today btw?
Some serious potential in FF line
In fairness he was looking to the future today by bringing on Dessie Mone and Vinny Corey as his last two subs.
I was only thinking that today during the second half. How hard that monaghan side have worked and how good they are ND how theyâll walk off the field knowing theyâll never compete with that Dubâs side. Heartbreaking for them Iâd say.
Conor McCarthy is a lovely player. But Monaghan will never have enough players of the standard required.
They had no answer to Dublinâs movement and athleticism in any area of the pitch and no idea how to work the ball forward despite winning the vast majority of their own kickouts relatively uncontested. Their attempts to work the ball forward were reminiscent of Dublin during the 2010 league when Brogan and McManamon were marooned on their own up front and neither they nor their team-mates had any idea how to bring them into the play.
Dublin werenât anywhere near peak form and were profiligate enough. Con OâCallaghan didnât have a very good outing and will be under pressure to hold his place. But Fenton was back to his imperious best.
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Neil McAdam? Heâs fallen down the pecking order. Didnât start the last two games and came on at the end today.
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Great to see Tyrone in the flesh for the first time this season.
2-1 (or was it even more?) for Mulgrew after coming on.
Fantastic to see their set up. Harte is surely the most influential GAA manager ever.
Very hard to figure out their system. But theyâre essentially playing three forwards in a 1-1-1 with Harte-Cavanagh-Bradley.
I canât see anyone stopping them.
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Itâs regular enough for young fellas to struggle at the business end of a season when they break through. The year McCaffrey and Kilkenny came through they disappeared for the semis and final having been feted as superstars. They get noticed and then get heavily marked for the first time at that level or the game just passes them by. Its rare that a young fella carries that shit through for a whole season* Ă Callaghan had one game Ffs sake è.
- I think James O Donoghue was a belter all season for Kerry when he broke through but canât be fully sure as Iâm drinking by myself in a tent in wicklow.
I am interested to hear more - I have not seen them live. What else do you have on it?
Mannion too, although he did get a goal in the 2013 semi-final.
Kilkenny actually got three points from play in the 2012 semi-final against Mayo in his first senior start, but he hadnât been slogging it out over course of the season.
I donât remember OâDonoghue being very good in the 2011 final which was his first season.
Colm Cooper pretty much carried his form through the whole of his first season in 2002, but even then he fell away in the second half of the final after a good first half, although that was a function of Kerry fading in general.
Ronan Clarke is one who didnât fade and ended up being instrumental in winning that All-Ireland for Armagh at just 19 years of age.
Mayo drawn game 2015
Is Fergus in danger of a ban, two reds in two games via 2 yellow card offences in each. Daft stuff considering Tyrone were cruising in both, he needs to reign it in or he could turn into a liability.
I have a feeling heâs not right in the head.
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