I think that COC would have made any inter county team ever, it would certainly suit him to have better players around him, be no harm to take the frees off him as well.
Heās criminally underrated on TFK because heās got a few serious haters on here, heās rarely been 100% fit over the last couple of years but heās still a young lad and Iāve no doubt heāll hit the heights again.
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Heās not rated as he has no pace, no movement and doesnāt want the ball when a sticky marker is on him. Heās piggybacked off Andy Moran for too long now. Good free taker though.
Padraic Joyce was a fabulous footballer.
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No movement? Youāre clearly letting you bias get the better of you.
He might not be the quickest but his runs are class. Some examples from last weekend.
The way he moves away from his marker to make the space for McLoughlin to find him here is wonderful. (1 minute 32 seconds)
https://youtu.be/ZRFchqT-eI8?t=1m32s
At the end as well he manged to get free to provided an outlet, win the ball and maker space to grab a magnificent score. (4 mins 18 seconds)
https://youtu.be/ZRFchqT-eI8?t=4m18s
Best of all though ios the equaliser from the All Ireland final in 2016. He comes out and provides an outlet in the attack, losing his marker in the process to set up the space he needed to score the point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHMVIKM7wCg
The only player I can think of that played like him is Stephen OāNeill of Tyrone so itās even more funny that you fail to appreciate it.
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What an insult to the great Stephen OāNeill. He moved on a string in line with Brian McGuiganās movement out the field. He worked his balls off to get in space. OāConnorās movement is pitiful for the most part.
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This new and bluster-ful guise youāve been using recently recently doesnāt suit you at all. Itās clearly not as entertaining as you believe it to be.
Only someone with absolutely no clue about Gaelic Football could fail to appreciate the contribution that OāConnor makes to the game and he wonderful anticipation, movement and point-taking ability. Even if he does act the complete cunt on the pitch.
I definitely have a disliking of the likes of Kieran Donaghy and Diarmuid Connolly but it doesnāt stop me from appreciating their prowess and contribution to their team performances and achievement. You should be a bigger person and leave you misguided bias out of it.
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Youāre making things up all over the place.
What, exactly, do you believe that Iām making up?
You think that as you donāt have much knowledge, one of the prime reasons OāConnor draws blanks in big games despite playing for a side who have an awful lot of ball and being a good finisher is that he struggles to win ball and has no left foot. Stick a decent man marker on him to detail him and forget about him contributing from.
So the three points he scored from play against Tyrone in the quarter finals last year donāt count? two of them below, the second one is off his left foot by the way.
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A rarity. We stuck McCrory on him who was our weakest man marker. OāConnor makes the most of his abilities but heās an extremely limited player.
That Iāve changed my posting style - I havenāt.
That OāNeill and OāConnor are similar - they arenāt.
That OāConnor has good movement - he doesnāt.
Now apologise and we can move on.
Youāre a sad, sad man these days. In the videos I posted I showed his examples of a good movement.
He consistently picks his team up when they look like theyāre beaten as well. They have very similar styles, good in a crowded defence, not the quickest and excellent free takers.
Iāve had an absolutely stellar start to the GAA championships in both codes.
No it doesnāt, you ape. One is a sideline ball where play is dead and Tyrone are asleep, he isnāt being marked on getting the ball back. The other is Aidan OāShea doing a bulldozer run and attracting bodies to stop him and laying it off to OāConnor.
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Admitting that youād prefer to see Celtic win that Wexford and showing that youāre too biased to appreciate an excellentr footballer?
You have an odd idea of what āstellarā means.
Iām not being biased. Iām right about OāConnor and youāre either at the wind up or displaying a lack of understanding. Itās probably more of the latter but it doesnāt stop people from enjoying the games and thatās the main thing when all is said and done.
He goes by a player and more or less scores from the end line.
The other he times his support run to perfection, losing his marker in the process and kicking the ball over the bar with his left foot.
Ah youāre absolutely hilarious and unwilling to admit that youāre blinded by your own hatred of the player if you can look at those videos and stick the same mantra of bullshit that @Nembo_Kid goes on with.
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Itās not bullshit. The best you can come up with is as flimsy as it gets. Clearly other teams donāt really see OāConnor as too much of a threat when they donāt detail their best defenders on him.