Theyāre not going to bring a corner-forward in for their midfielder sub. Unless DOD starts playing there. Iād say Nash or Dempsey would be the ones to drop out.
DOD himself is also unlucky; if he hadnāt got his injury, heād probably be favourite to start.
But Iād have no issues with many of the subs starting tbh; plenty of competition for places there. Half-back would still be my slight worry.
None of our half back line will be found wanting due to lack off application thatās for sure. You canāt really ask for anything more than that.
Is Robbie Hanley out of country again?
Heāll be back shortly.
Another man who will be there contesting a place! Himself and Lynch at midfield with DOD or Tom Morrisey at CF,the great thing about this new format is the amount of games and time players have to make the breakthrough to the starting 15.
Pumped now. Working on a team selection for the Munster final.
Surely DOD is the midfield cover. I donāt know who heād be a favourite to start ahead of, Browne maybe?
Look forward to this. If you can also include 4 tactical substitutions and the timings we should get another 50 posts out of it.
Heās only played centre-forward this year; and last year was half-forward too. From what I heard, Malachy is the midfield cover, and DOD is only really being looked at as a half-forward. If he hadnāt been injured, I think he might have started over Morrissey.
Both good players though, and Iād have no problem with DOD coming in.
Weāre on the one road, carrying the one loadā¦ 
Very different player to any of the half forwards, and Hayes is the centre forward. Played midfield last year v kk. Donāt see him as a half forward myself. Iād have him ahead of Ryan for midfield but i think he has a ways to go to dislodge Browne. Did Ryan come off injured v Tipp?
Reach the Munster final with 2 wins and a draw. Beating Clare & Cork, drawing with Waterford and losing to Tipp. Team undergoes surgery as the games progress.
Quaid
Finn
English
M Casey
Hickey
Hannon
G Hegarty
C Lynch
Hanley
Hayes
B Nash
D Dempsey
Gillane
Dowling
P Casey
Browne ā drifts away. Morrissey D ā found out in the air. Morrissey T ā pace. Flanagan ā subbed and dropped for poor scoring returns. Byrnes ā irritates management eventually with his use of the ball.
P Casey is fit and back in.
Subs used
Love it , 
Looks like Na Piarsaigh are trying to keep their Intermediates as strong as possible for as long as they can. No subs used either day, and itās not as if they donāt have good players on the bench. Sheppard came on against Ballybrown and got a goal, but apparently he was only a blood sub and played the Intermediate the next day. Not certain on the rules on that, but assume itās all above board.
The 2 Boylans were out at the weekend, so Mike Foley & Kevin Ryan had to come in. Foley had played intermediate the week before, Ryan hadnāt. Kieran Daly and obviously Peter Casey have played no games yet; neither has Breen if he does come back at some point.
Itās interesting because I know in some clubs thereās a bit of a divide between the two, and some managers like to bring on subs in large amounts early in the season so that fellas canāt take the āeasy optionā of playing junior.
Team vs Doon:
Podge Kennedy, Kieran Kennedy, Mike Casey, Niall Buckley, Jerome Boylan, Will O Donoghue (capt), Tommy Grimes, Cathal King, Alan Dempsey, Conor Boylan, Shane Dowling, David Dempsey, Ronan Lynch, Kevin Downes, Adrian Breen
Team vs Ballybrown
Podge Kennedy, Kieran Kennedy, Mike Casey, Niall Buckley, Mike Foley, Will O Donoghue, Tommy Grimes, Alan Dempsey, Cathall King, Kevin Ryan, Shane Dowling, David Dempsey,Adrian Breen, Kevin Downes, Ronan Lynch.
Sub used; David Sheppard (blood)
Scorers: Shane Dowling (0-12,10fr), Alan Dempsey(0-5), Adrian Breen (1-2),Cathall King(0-1), Kevin Downes(0-1), David Sheppard(1-0)
Intermediate Team vs Effin:
Evan Condon, Pa Guinane, Mark Buckley, Evan O Brien, Brian Hartnett, James O Brien, Conor Houlihan,Aidan Hennessy, Mike Foley, Dean McLoughlin,Gordon Brown, John Madden, Will Henn, David Sheppard, Dylan Cronin.
Subs used: Evan Gilvarry
Intermediate Team vs Granagh/Ballingarry:
Evan Condon, Pauric Heaney, Mark Buckley, Pa Guinane, Gearoid Synnott, James O Brien(capt), Brian Hartnett Dean McLoughlin, Evan O Brien, Dylan Cronin, John Madden, Aidan Hennessy, Will Henn, David Sheppard, Conor Houlihan.
Subs used; Eoghan Keogh, Sean Long, .
Scorers; Will Henn (0-6),David Sheppard (0-7,5f) Aidan Hennessy (0-1),Conor Houlihan(0-2), John Madden(0-1)
Thatās close enough to what Iād see happening as well, Iād sew Downes making that wingforward spit ahead of Dempsey but thatās about right for Croke park
He was wearing number 8, but played mostly at half-forward against KK. A different type of player alright, I suppose but I donāt really see any like-for-like replacements. He was absolutely flying it at centre-forward earlier in the year. I prefer Kyle on the wing myself, think it makes better use of his aerial ability but against Tipp, he was employed to shutdown Paudie Maher.
Itās WOD or Malachy (or Hanley if heās in the squad) to put pressure on Browne for now, rightly or wrongly. And no injury afaik, just didnāt play well.
Lambs to the slaughter!!
The chances of Hegarty playing half-back are about 0, unless thereās a major, major injury crisis.
Could definitely see Casey coming in in the backs.
Hanley to midfield is a possibility if he is up to speed.
Obviously very hard to call, injuries are likely to be the biggest factor as the year progresses.
Did he? I recall Dowling Lynch Hayes at half forward with Dempsey Hegarty Casey inside, for the most part. DOD was replaced by James Ryan, who played midfield, after about 50 minutes.
Lynch was midfield until Jim-Bob came on iirc. I remember because in the first half, DOD was in front of him for most of it at half-forward. He may have played maybe 15 minutes at midfield, I canāt remember off the top of my head, but definitely was at half-forward for most of his time on the pitch and Lynch definitely dropped back.