Tight marking and the swirling wind kept the scores down on both sides.
There was a real lack of ideas from NAP on how they might get Peter Casey or indeed any forward in possession in space.
They made two subs. One in the 59th minute so it wasnât the bench that done ye.
Thought yere touch, striking etc were way off and it allowed Ballygunnar to gobble ye up in the tackle.
There was a few anonymous big names who could have been called to shore and werenât. Downes in particular was poor and gave away a pile of ball.
Its easy say whip off Downes but he was trying hard and the Na Piarsaigh subs are all unproven.
NAP were sluggish all year bar a few spells in the earlier group games.
They didnât seem to play with any real great plan or purpose.
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Thatâs the least youâd expect in any championship game
I know but if you were a Ballygunner defender youâd still fear Downes a lot more to do damage even late in the game compared to some of the unheralded subs.
At club level thereâs no point making subs for the sake of it. The best 15 usually starts and should be able for a 60 minute game. Its very different at IC.
As has been said, Ballygunner rarely bring on a sub unless they have to and theyâve a deeper panel than most. Ballyhale would never bring in 5 subs for the sake of it either.
Iâd imagine this went a long way towards endearing him to the officials.
The rot set in early on Iâm afraidâŚ
Basshunter now your gone is one of the most clsssic anthems off the 00s.
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I donât think Downes was poor at all, seems to be a fall guy for spectators.
That was one of the more impressive features of BGs game. Nap forwards werenât given an inch to pull the trigger, particularly in the 1st half, made shooting extremely difficult
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Dont think anyone would have expected NAP to beat Ballygunner before the match.they are gone back a lot
Actually thought Na Pairsaigh improved when they brought on subs.
He was mostly either missing or dire for the first 45 mins or so. To be fair when Na Piarsaigh went chasing goals at the end he did look like the one player that might force one.
Stationing Ronan Lynch at the edge of the square for a period in the first half was a real strange one, particularly with Ballygunner crowding the defence.
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Get the Dow on long or maybe all frees from start too, NP lost a lot of momentum with some of those misses.
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Get Mike Casey out wing back and Peter back to the corner?
Kiely will make a fine corner back out of Peter in time.
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