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Great piece by PM.
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Galvin did more than just stand at 6 though he went back around the full back line a lot mopping up, and waited there for dropping ball at times. I suppose you could argue like a mobile 6 would.
Me hole.
He waffles on about Gatekeepers but in truth it was Galway’s wayward shooting which extended Clare the oxygen they needed to stay alive.
they were shooting under pressure that wasn’t there before the rejig and from positions out the field and out wide and not 30 yards out in front of the posts.
I’d suggest a “locksmith” as opposed to a “gatekeeper”
in a sentence “Clare’s management deployed Galvin as a locksmith, a false gatekeeper, if you will”
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this is why Chipp are fucked. A refusal to get with the times. Archaic, rudimentary tactics and a false belief that their wrists will win them games.
I’ll wait while you look up the dictionary Harry.
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Give it another while and we’ll be talking about rooks , knights, bishops, kings, queens and pawns
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Ah come off it. Clare’s switches and tactical changes changed the game. Galway were wasteful. But it undeniable the switches changed the whole game.
I’ve never seen an example of tactical changes having such a dramatic effect on a game in hurling before. I said it in a post here a few weeks ago, Clare are very good at imposing their pattern of play on the other team.
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you’ll get the 
The years of Stockholm Syndrome (as well as 80 game-plans) under Davy mean they respond well to orders and structures.
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I’d say it’ll be more along the lines of Matrix characters.
The oracle
The architect
sentinels
the keymaker
An example, John Kiely deployed Sean Finn and Richie English as sentinels below in Thurles
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A bit too much is read into the Galvin change. He was back there for Cooney’s goal on the 13th minute If I remember correctly and was partly at fault for it, and sent about five or six balls directly into Galway backs. This year Galway have lost a 9-10 point lead against Limerick, Kilkenny and Clare. It says far more about Galway than it does about opposition tactics. @anon78624367 , many of the wide were under no pressure at all. Brutal shooting.
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Post of the year material there.
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He could also look back at his own analysis of the game as it happened, for a real pointer as to what a gobshite looks like
Has the new system truly saved hurling or has it just coincided with a change in the game? … Probably one facilitating the other
condensed times between matches has definitely helped. Weeks of over thinking opponents and tactics with big gaps between games would often lead to stifling affairs. Now there’s hardly any turnaround, teams have an overarching plan that they set out and try to stick to, with little or no deviation. It’s leading to shootouts. It’s beautiful to watch
what I suppose I’m trying to say is we are seeing styles again
Cork’s style, Limerick’s style, Clare’s style, Galway’s style. There’s no more blueprints. Each team has it’s own unique stamp. It’s tremendous stuff.
This is what the sons of Roisin died for.
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Eh, the Clare Galway game is an example of the complete opposite of what you just said though?
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little or no. An Clar were fucked unless they changed something.
They’ve the hurlers to do it. Beautiful
They didn’t change their style all the same, playing through the lines, running off men. Making angles. They just changed where the personnel were placed.
Sure didn’t you say earlier they are the best at imposing their style on other teams?
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But, but, but he’s a gatekeeper.