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That’s a huge issue runt, I wouldn’t say it’s appreciated at all. The better educated younger trainers will probably introduce it more and more over the next few years alright, but the old school trainers who made their names in the last 15 years would have no understanding of it. It’s fucking crazy really.
I suppose the problem is though, you have your inter-county trainer. He has his training program set out, rest and recovery time included but then the club and college start to encroach onto this r&r time. I’m not saying the club doesn’t have a right to do this, it’s just that it makes r&r particularly hard in GAA so when at times there can be many different coaches involved.
I see Adrian Power has walked off the Waterford panel. Presume he is pissed off that he isn’t first choice now that Hennessey is gone.
Always looked a fine prospect and had a serious drive of a ball but if he was up to much he would have taken Hennessey’s place a couple of years ago
Limerick team for the weekend
[font=Arial][size=3]1. Nickie Quaid 2. Stephen Walsh 3. Richie McCarthy 4. Tom Condon 5. Wayne McNamara 6. Donal O’Grady 7. Gavin O’Mahony 8. James Ryan 9. Paul Browne 10. Conor Allis 11. David Breen © 12. Shane Dowling 13. Mikey Ryan 14. Niall Moran 15. Graeme Mulcahy[/size][/font]
[font=Arial][size=3]Interesting to see O’Grady at 6. Should surely beat the 5 point spread against Laois[/size][/font]
Tipp team v Galway
Cummins
Donagh Maher, Curran, Cahill
OKeefe, O’Mahony, Paudie Maher
Woodlock, Brendan Maher
Pa Bourke, Noel Mcgrath, Shane Mcgrath
John O’Neil, Buggy, Shane Bourke
Why are they playing Shane McGrath half forward, they have tried it numerous times before and he has been ineffectual. They must be seriously short of credible half forward options if they are playing him and Pa Bourke there
Cork team V Dublin
Dónal Óg Cusack, Shane O’Neill, Stephen McDonnell, Brian Murphy, John Gardiner, Ross Cashman, Eoin Cadogan, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Tom Kenny, Conor Lehane, Pa Cronin, Cathal Naughton, Patrick Horgan, Paudie O’Sullivan, Ben O Connor.
Galway (HL v Tipperary) - James Skehill, Declan Connolly, David Collins, Ger O’Halloran, Niall Donohue, Fergal Moore, Tony Og Regan, David Burke, Cyril Donnelan, Conor Cooney, Niall Burke, Iarlaith Tannian, Damian Hayes, James Regan, Bernard Burke.
Subs - Jamie Ryan, Padraig Shiels, Brian Flaherty, Paul Gordon, Joseph Cooney, Barry Daly, Eanna Ryan, Johnny Coen, Aidan Harte, Jason Grealish, Tadgh Haran.
Shane McGrath is one of the best midfielders we have seen over the last number of years and is not a half forward. More prove as if it were needed of Tips demise.
Seán Óg and Kenny at midfield. :strokechin: Looking forward to seeing Cadogan at half-back.
Will they actually play them at HF though? Teams get announced and run on in totally different positions all the time.
Do you reckon Ben O’Connor will last the season? For all the talk of another JBM revolution at Cork, that looks like a very ageing team.
The quality of Ben’s touch means that he always contributes something, but we’d probably want to be moving on from him at this stage.
FFS :rolleyes: , where are they going to play him. In 14 months of being Tipp manager Declan Ryan has no history of naming dummy teams or making a load of positional switched.
Fair enough.
Bizarre line-up from JBM.
Midfield is odd alright. I like the idea of bringing Cadogan out the field though if he trusts McDonnell.
Thats fine. I wouldn’t have Ben in the corner ahead of Coughlan and O’Farrell but that’s nowhere near as worrying as the midfield. Sean Og is a 20 minute man at this stage and Kenny hasn’t had the legs for midfield. Neither player is the kind of lad that can be relied upon to give fast deliveries into the full-forward line either. Gardiner’s form is shite as well.
Its more leaving McLoughlin and Egan on the bench then anything else really. I guess short Niall Mac they want to pack the middle of the pitch with experience…or at least I hope that is the thinking.
There’s experience there alright, but very old legs as you say Turenne. I’m surprised JBM isn’t trying to blood younger players and using the likes of Sean Og and Ben as subs.
I’ll reserve judgement until Niall and Cian McCarthy are back fit and ready to go. The teams picked for Dublin and Waterford maybe a bit of a juggling act, getting the right mix of experience and youth. For me and most fans the first 15 almost picks itself tbh.
Just saw on AFR that Eoin Ryan isn’t on the Limerick panel - why not? Looked a real prospect in the Fitzgibbon cup.