Tony Kelly has had more āquietā games than good games in recent years.
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Another player who Davy managed to over achieve with. Kellyās been at nothing since Davy left Clare.
When given space heās still lethal - but easily closed out of a game ā¦ But he set up the first goal did he not?
On that it was a disgrace that Reidy was able to play after assaulting Tom Condon in the last game.
I hadnāt actually realised the impact that Spillane had in the second half until the Sunday game made a big deal out of it, I was watching OāDonoghue a lot, heās a real action man, liable to fuck up and sometimes looks to ace rudimentary hurling skills but heās a savage.
I donāt think anybody will shut Darragh down, he needs fuck all space and his engine is up there with the very best
I might watch the entire game back some day, it was that enjoyable
Spillane completely changed how he marked him. Watch it back
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I donāt mean shut him down, arguably only Cillian Buckley could from either side. They will take him out. Hack him down
Highlight of the second half was watching that ā Spillane got close to him and made sure Conlon didnt get out in front too easy, lotās of dark arts applied.ā It took Clare until 60 mins to change it and by that time they had hit an amount of stupid wides and momentum was all with Cork. They started going for goals too early ā¦ No leaders on the field at all.
Harnedy the complete opposite. Dragged Cork back into it after a very poor first half - Fitzgibbon is a joy to watch.
The only time I recall Shane O Donnell getting the ball yesterday was when Nash hit it straight to him from a puck out in the second half.
I think heās fucking terrible to be honest, he has no hurling
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To an extent he was invisible. At least Nash didnt see him
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He handpasses to someone then and they hit it straight back to Nash from about 30 Yards out. O Donnell was taken off shortly after
He wil atick this up on the dressing room wall and stick 5 goals past Nicky in the AI final
And he made a balls of it. A pathetic shot that trickled back to Nash.
He has close to zero hurling. Didnāt even do his Team America thing of throwing his hands in the air to win handy frees either.
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Oh I thought he handpassed to someone else and they took the shot. Iāll have to watch it again 
Nash picked him out with a lovely pass and he just went for the shot IIRC.
That busy little cunt Podge Collins wasnāt all that influential either.
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Podge was nowhere to be seen when they were under the cosh, I donāt know if anybody did themselves proud during that second half?? Reidy maybe, Conor McGrath was busy when he came on
Alan Cadogan would be a huge boost for Cork ahead of the semi, heād walk straight into the team and will make a big difference
Heās back doing light training and was/is aiming for a potential semi but it might be too early.
Conor McGrath is a class player and Iād be starting him every day, he did more in the first five mins he was on than OāDonnell did all game.
Obvious now if you shut down Conlon thatās half the battle with nullifying Clare. Even Duggan missed about three frees in a row at one stage in the second half.
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And heād still have little or no Hurling after if he did. Heās a dangerous player with ball in hand who is a strong runner but letās be honest he struggles to strike the ball anything further than 30 yards ffs
Duggan had a mental breakdown.
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