I think the quality of Dublinâs individuals in an attacking sense is not what it was in the 2013-14 period and thatâs one reason why they are increasingly playing this sort of game.
Connolly is gone, Flynn is a sub and Brogan will be very peripheral at best. They also still had Alan Brogan as an option then. Those first three were playing at either career peaks in Connolly and Flynnâs case or near a return to career peak form in Broganâs case, in those years. You canât replace that easily.
I think the first half of last yearâs final proved this beyond doubt when Dublin struggled hugely and had to turn to Connolly.
The one thing Mayo always brought against Dublin was sustained savage aggression. Nobody has yet brought that this year, very few teams are able to do it at all and Dublin can struggle when a team brings it, because by definition theyâll only ever face it one or twice a year at most. So when a team does actually bring it it can sort of shock Dublin and make them malfunction, at least for a significant period.
Of any team this year, Tyrone came closest in Omagh, but it was not to the level needed. However I think they can up the aggression level again - Tyrone knew that game was not knockout and psychologically itâs difficult to bring that savage level of aggression in a non-knockout game. But psychologically Tyrone have to have a far more robust mindset than last year when they seemed to immediately and collectively shit the pot when they conceded that Con OâCallaghan goal.
In a battle of systems, when one system gains a clear upper hand, things can turn to absolute shit for the other one and players can panic. Given that Dublinâs game is now a system-based game, if Tyrone were to bring the necessary aggression allied to a game plan that caused Dublin trouble, it may become apparent that Dublinâs quality in attack is not as good as it was, in a similar manner to the first half of last yearâs final. And this time there is no Connolly to bring on.
That and the ability to bring on some boy from the bench - who can run like a madman, before he accelerates past a couple of lads
But Iâve a bad feeling about this one. I donât think thereâll be much in in.
Good quick edit to hide your failed english. I know you revel in pedanticism but if Harte can find it in his Christian heart to forgive rape, murder, dog fighting and gay porn, surely he can forgive shite jokes.
Itâs odd that you seem to have a bone to pick with a man who lost his daughter and had the state broadcaster decide this was a great avenue to lampoon him over a petty grudge.
Mickey Harte is a good man, youâre not even a man.
Thatâs a load of irrelevant balls.
In relation to the harte Rte carry on. Harte is in no way obliged to act with any logic, rationale or fairness. Its a mess of everyoneâs making, but any humane reading should show that no matter how convoluted the scenario, the man has taking a kicking from life, and how he reacts is his own business. And this Derry man doesnât offer a sincere criticism of him in relation to the matter.
What odds what I think about what he or his players should do.