Where would the likes of Shefflin, Fennelly and Herity stand in comparison to these? Would they be more in the Cody mould or would they look to innovate like the above?
You’re right it probably is and Fennelly especially doesn’t have the raw materials in Offaly. Herity has Kildare spraying the ball around and their forwards constantly move. However when a teams drags them down in to a battle, they struggle.
V Kilkenny in 2004, When the game was in the melting pot we also had a perfectly good Paul Flynn point ruled out by Aodán Mac Suibhne. He blew him for over carrying when it appeared to me he played the ball and had only taken 3 steps.
That’s Galway-levels of what-if’ing. It would have put Waterford 2 up, but there was still ample time to win the game. The turning point in that final was Austin Gleeson not getting a sniff.