Joyce centre back next season will be a big upgrade for Cork. Coleman will be a very good midfielder obviously but I wouldnât mind seeing him in the forwards, maybe even in the inside line. Gillane and Flanagan are constantly moving and he has an engine and the hurling. If not Coleman in there, maybe its time to try and reinvent Fitzgibbon in there. Downey seems to be decent under a high ball, Iâd go Downey 11, Dalton 14 next season while waiting for those exceptional 20s. Play a little more direct.
Two big things yesterday, bring back the half forwards rather than pushing out the half backs. Cut down on the short puck outs as the backs arenât slick or wristy enough for it. They fucked their confidence completely.
Iâd agree, but they can be set up a bit better. They were trying to get the corner backs and full back to do something they werenât capable of yesterday with the playing out. First half v KK was full of sloppy stick passing back there as well. Huge reason to be optimistic with their minors and 20s, just think they need to batten down now for a couple of seasons and wait for the boys.
Think trying to cultivate a physical presence down the spine of the team is the best thing they can do.
Was watching him there yesterday and he is quite composed, he is just arctic slow really. Iâm just wondering could they get something out of him with his size as thereâs not a million guys with that physical make up.
Downey might be ok as a full forward from time to time where he played at minor as he has good hands and wants to hurl. But he is flat footed at this level and just too one paced in everything he does.
Moving Coleman to the forwards or playing Dalton in a central role will lead to the same problems that are there today. Size doesnât matter, whether a lad is 5"10 or 6"4 shouldnât matter. Find a couple of athletic lads who are willing to hit hard in the tackle consistently and put them at 11 and 14 regardless of size. Good things will come from it, if you keep picking lads who have questionable workrate without the ball the same failings will always come back to haunt you.
Not to knock the lad as the game was long over but Barrett had one of the laziest tackle attempts you could see yesterday shortly after coming on. He won a ball down the sideline and tried to take on Finn who knocked the ball loose when Barrett tried to take it in his hand. Finn was facing the sideline with no handy outball and going nowhere, all he had to do was shadow and apply pressure and just try and slow the ball. But no, he just dived straight into the back of Finn and gave away a free from pure braindead-ness
100%. Theyâll lose noone and probably have a full deck for 1st round of Munster next year. Round robin might suit em and I feel theyre probably 2nd best in Munster right now.
Could easily get back to an AI Final but not sure they can win it
Waterford are 2 or 3 players short of what you need in an All Ireland winning team. They have looked the second best to Limerick over the last 2 seasons but still lost by 11 points both this year and last winter in Croke Park. Thatâs a fairly accurate reflection of the gulf between Limerick and the rest.