That graphic is horrific lads.
If this means Lynch midfield its a worry
Look, I think the season full stop has been pretty poor by any standards. Really low-scoring and not really set up to create chances.
They did alright tonight, they fought really hard and hurled okay which, look, is all you can really ask for against a strong favourite. It just came way too late.
People are saying itâs a limited group. But they did win AIs underage. And I know they are blitzes and you canât read too much into them. But, surely, if you are winning outright in a blitz, you have enough hurlers to get a few points from play? Itâs not as if they were a team of giants and were simply outmuscling teams at U-15 & U-16; bar a couple, they were small enough. I think theyâve been let down this year and have a lot more in them. A bad start is a killer tbf.
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A shame we didnât take the same approach tonight in the prior matches but looks like a few lessons have been learned at least.
I would agree. they were winning stuff its about bringing the dedicated ones through
That would be a big loss. Plus Casey. Two main men. Will need some new men to step up. English looks ready.
English has serious quality tbf. Just in the more intense matches, do we have other definite impact options? In fairness to Boylan, heâs generally solid out and ĂâDĂĄlaigh has been lively so far.
Would be great to see Aido push on another level and become a regular option.
Should have Mike Casey back shortly too if we potentially needed to push someone on (probably unlikely they do that in-game).
What happened DOD? Is he definitely out for season? Huge blow if true
@slimjim is Josh McCarthy Shayâs brother?
Injuries satrting to bite now, would be tough to lose DOD1 for the season, vital to the team especially when we are in Croker, likely to be injuries throughout the season tooâŚhope a few questions are asked of the county board after the underage no show this yearâŚ
He is
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Itâs a load of old bollocks, Fitzgibbon aside the team is slow.
The team does try to run the ball from midfield, particularly as a game ages. Quite similar to Limerick.
There is pace from 8 up, though not so much at the back. Mind you a lot of the forward pace has spent time on the bench from being one-dimensional: Kingston, OâConnor, OâFlynn, Lehane, Fitzgibbon, Caadogan.
@TreatyStones what you make of that football team?
Is he as good? Shay is a ridiculous athlete, must be some loss to Patâs.
Is Danny Neville injured? And whatâs the story with Corbett on the bench?
If you added the two of them into the starting team, itâd be a decent XV. Good to have Michael Donovan back involved. As it is, itâs not a bad starting team but that bench is weak.
I presume Colm McSweeney, Rob Childs, Jim Liston are all injured; they were regulars during the league.
Not sure if he is as dedicated as Shay , but talent wise probably is.
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A very shaky start and conceded an absolutely horrific goal but completely took over for the middle part of the half. Waterford do have some dangerous inside forwards but are weak enough elsewhere.
Any time we run at them from deep, we cut through them. We seem to be able to work the ball out much easier than we did in the other games. Some of the deliveries inside are poor though, the inside line look to have the beating of their men but arenât getting great ball. SOB should definitely have had a goal, rounded his man but then flicked it over the bar.
Think Scully has 0-3 from play from distance too. Hayes is doing well dropping deep from 11 and carrying it (again the decision-making is poor at times). SOB is on fire in terms of winning the ball but has been wasteful, OOF looks dangerous too. Davy hurling well as the corner-back moving to half-back.
Now destroying the Waterford puckout, they donât seem to have any real outlet and it just means we have constant pressure. Think they will have the breeze in the second half though, would have been nice to be further ahead.
Lovely images of silage being done in the field behind the goal.
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Must be the first cut in the country
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My first thoughts when i threw on the game, they did the silage today
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