Much the same as you disappear when a poster tells you a few home truths ?
Just ignore that youve been torn a new one and itāll pass? [quote=āBandage, post:844, topic:24433, full:trueā]
I always got the feeling he didnāt take a bit of ātraditionalā hardship from the corner back too well. My impression is that he often scored a couple of early points but would then disappear from games when the physicality was cranked up.
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What do you think ye should do with Kelly as a matter of interest?
Act the big lad. Yeah. But itās all an act though.
Kelly did alright today, a few poor wides/decisions aside. He is much better as a roving centre forward and was consistently making runs and looking for the ball second half. Problem is that we are simply too light as a team in the middle third and invariably beaten for dirty ball or bottled up. Maloneās performance today was heartening enough, he is raw but honest. We simply canāt fit 3 or 4 if Galvin, Kelly, Reidy and Podge between 8 and 12 at this level. A powerful midfielder or a grafter ala Conor Fogarty at midfield would make us a different prospect altogether.
But to me the biggest problem is defence. We are 2 if not 3 defenders short of competing for an All Ireland at this point. Shame Morey had to be moved back on Cadogan as he had started well at wing back.
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I thought Kelly was poor to be honest. Aussie like in his relentless shooting, but of course he isnāt the main problem or anything. O Brien looked like a lad terrified of turning sharply for Cadoganās goal. Surely not near fit?
Corcoran was the best hurler in the country by a country mile at 19, in 92 he was one of the best hurlers Iāve ever seen, from corner back.
Iām on the coast of County Down, didnāt get to see todays game, heard most of it on radio but itāll be Thursday before I get to watch it, hope you had a good day @Joe_Player, the match seems to have gone as I suspected.
Mullane was a great hurler and seems like a grand fella but heās some annoying cunt on the radio.
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ARON Shanagher is some donkey, a poor mans Tony Carmody
He is back running for 2 months solid but didnāt look right. Hard to see him being right for the rest of the year. In fairness to Cadogan he got serious ball inside and his movement was good.
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Coleman is the best player Iāve ever seen at that age.
Iāve never before seen a 19 year-old who nobody had heard of arrive onto the scene as a fully-formed hurling maestro.
He has everything.
Positional sense. Marking ability. Distribution. Calmness. Brilliant decision-making ability. Incredible skill. He can shoot off left or right.
He never even looks like heās trying that hard. Youād swear he was 28 or 29 and had been doing all this for a decade. Heās like a hurling equivalent of Xavi and Iniesta rolled into one.
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Corcoran was certainly the complete player at 18 and could have played anywhere. The first player though I thought of when I read your post was JJ Delaneyā¦started as he finished. He was imperious from day one.
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Patrick Horgan very lucky to stay on the pitch today
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Jesus Horgan could have seen red for that
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Have you ever been to Cork game?
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My take was teams often found it easy yo shut down his supply. It was usually only Kearney could give him good ball. The rest of backs/midfield were shit/doing their own thing/had no confidence to try it and all the forwards were selfish. Because thats the environment that existed. It was shit, so everyone did their own thing.
He is wrll able for timber, he has been getting flajed around the place for 12 years.
Iāve given that an informative rating.
Corcoran won player of the year aged 19 in 1992
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I think Corcoran was hurler of the year that year. He was a monster.
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Ah for fuck sake, from one level of hyperbolic stupidity to another
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Corcoran was only a stupid cuntā¦
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Cadogan has some typical cork head on him
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