Agreed on how Dublin midfield plays. I thought MDMA was immense yesterday, he did it all, win ball, track, tackle, carry ball, score, and then to show the attitude in the last two minutes to win a very hard ball in midfield for the goal capped a great display. Midfield is the key to the final for both teams.
Dublin were pretty lucky yesterday when you consider that two of their goals seem to been from tremendous good fortune. The first one from Mannion was as a result of botched attempt by Connolly at a point, and the key goal looks a flukey mis-hit.
Yeah but Mannion did very well for the first to create a goal from it, it’s not like it just dropped in. And Kerry had their fortunate penalty decision too.
Dublin certainly created enough goal chances, but as everyone’s been saying for a few matches now, they’re still not converting enough (mainly due to poor options) despite scoring 11 so far.
Lucky? They created more chances than Kerry and took the same amount. What the fuck was lucky about Mannions goal? That was brilliant opportunism.
Thing about Dublins chances I they fall alot if the time to the lesser skilled players. This is a result of their style of play that big athletic players are running thru the middle. They are scoring pouts off nearly all of them. This is important.
McManamen said after the game he aimed for the crossbar and whatever came of it well then good (paraphrasing). It’s clearly a tactic if theirs
[quote=“caoimhaoin, post: 825135, member: 273”]Lucky?
They created more chances than Kerry and took the same amount. What the fuck was lucky about Mannions goal? That was brilliant opportunism.
Thing about Dublins chances I they fall alot if the time to the lesser skilled players. This is a result of their style of play that big athletic players are running thru the middle. They are scoring pouts off nearly all of them. This is important.
McManamen said after the game he aimed for the crossbar and whatever came of it well then good (paraphrasing). It’s clearly a tactic if theirs[/quote]
Lucky in that it wasnt an intended pass Kev, lucky that mannion decided to gamble on the ball droppoing short or hitting the post, good forward play no doubt but you have to agree there was an element of luck in that it was a point effort dropped short.
the aiming for the crossbar would ring true, considering mannion hit it for their third goal also, id say the ball was across the line before rock finished it.
Does hawkeye work for goals as well?
[quote=“count of monte cristo, post: 825136, member: 348”]Lucky in that it wasnt an intended pass Kev, lucky that mannion decided to gamble on the ball droppoing short or hitting the post, good forward play no doubt but you have to agree there was an element of luck in that it was a point effort dropped short.
the aiming for the crossbar would ring true, considering mannion hit it for their third goal also, id say the ball was across the line before rock finished it.
Does hawkeye work for goals as well?[/quote]
Twas O’Gara and not Mannion, yes the much maligned O’Gara. And it had crossed the line.
Gavin said that they’re encouraged to shoot for goals in training and in games so he wasn’t surprised. McCauley was definitely going for goal but the big lug was leaning back to far as he kicked it. Happened with O’Sullivan as well I think.
They need to bring Ray Houghton in for a session on getting their heads up, and if shooting to keep their head over the ball.
[quote=“count of monte cristo, post: 825136, member: 348”]Lucky in that it wasnt an intended pass Kev, lucky that mannion decided to gamble on the ball droppoing short or hitting the post, good forward play no doubt but you have to agree there was an element of luck in that it was a point effort dropped short.
the aiming for the crossbar would ring true, considering mannion hit it for their third goal also, id say the ball was across the line before rock finished it.
Does hawkeye work for goals as well?[/quote]
There is no luck in anything Mannion did. That was intelligence
yes i stated it was good forward play but would you not concede it was lucky the ball dropped short, when it was an obvious point attempt.
Would Kev concede something? And on his birthday? Not on your life! 
Any inside forward worth his salt should be aware of a shot dropping short or coming off the post, especially now with the square ball rule, common sense really. Declan O Sullivan and Walsh reacted in a similar manner to create the penalty just minutes previously.
In future just use the agree rating.
Way to misread a post
Connolly winning the ball and making an attacking play is not luck. If it was half blocked or whatever then maybe you could say luck. But in this case I don’t think so.
:rolleyes:
so by the same token were macauley, cian o sullivan and andrews unlucky that their efforts didn´t go in?..was the kerry penalty not lucky or how in the build up the ball came back off the post and straight to a kerryman, is that lucky?..
so by the same token were macauley, cian o sullivan and andrews unlucky that their efforts didn´t go in?..was the kerry penalty not lucky or how in the build up the ball came back off the post and straight to a kerryman, is that lucky?..[/quote]
It doesn’t matter. The key point is that our analysis of Paddy Andrews was vindicated.
You’re at nothing here without at least one vindication a week I think.
I don’t see Paul Galvin in the vicinity so he should be safe enough on not getting a suspension on this one!
Yeah McAuley does look a tad awkard at times but jez he has a fair impact on games all the same!
Philly Macmahon was up to some messing off the ball yesterday…walked a very thin line…
in the first half the diving out of Galvin and o sullivan off the ball was embarrassing…Galvin particularly was throwing himself on the floor a lot …
