Austin Gleeson Appreciation thread

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A good corner-back doesn’t need to be wasting his time with “touching the ball”. Leave that to the fancy dans.

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Aussie Rules.

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What about the JBM overhead pull goal Galway in the mid 1980s?
Different type of goal I suppose

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It was great leadership.

He went for it and nailed it. He didn’t pass the buck.

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Many here last week were saying JC is a "clutch player " . AG doesn’t merit this description .

The AI could yet be decided by a contest between AG and a former AGs nephew . To add to the intrigue the DRA could well have a say . In might even go further .

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Of course. It was the wonderful hurler bit I was disagreeing with

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Aussie only started hurling when Cork went down to 14. Brick and Moran were the leaders for Waterford

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He has a fabulous first touch and uses ball very well , is quick and a bit of a scut . I wish he was from Limerick .

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I thought AG looked very big yesterday .

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It’s a 70 minute game and Gleeson turned it on when it mattered coming down the stretch.

He put in an unbelievable shift.

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The Brick’s ability to keep a ball in a ruck when outnumbered is incredible; it happened a few times where it was him versus three Cork backs but he just managed to keep the sliotar on the ground until support arrived and they were often the ones to win possession.

Class.

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His intervention and opportunism in setting up Waterford’s second goal with about 12 minutes left when the game was in the melting pot and Waterford were two points down or his brilliant individual goal about 90 second later to finish off Cork doesn’t satisfy your expectations of a ‘clutch player’.

Strange.

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All Austin Maestros come with a clutch.

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He turned it on when the result wasn’t in doubt. Going down to 14 in a hurling game with a good bit of time left against a team of a similar or better ability is game over

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At two points down with 15 minutes left I’d say the result was definitely in doubt.

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No, not when playing against 14 men

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No, the result definitely was in doubt.

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It wasn’t. The reason Gleeson came into the game was because of the extra space afforded to him by Cork going down to 14 as well

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Brick "schooled " Coleman yesterday , To be fair young Colman learned a lot yesterday .

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True but opportunity knocked and he took it.