Must be an injury. Other than swapping the hogans, itās probably the best available side. Heās clearly looking to spring Browne, Bonner , Dan and John Mc with 20 to go.
Not bad options. 8 senior all Irelands between them.
Donāt think Barry has been too hot in goals this year.
Pretty much as expected? Dan on the bench maybe a slight surprise, although has his form been great?
How can John McGrath not be on that team?
His puckouts and distribution are prob better. The father says Connolly isnāt up to it, no injury.
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Can a forward line carry more than 2 slow forwards? John McGrathās form in Championship over the past few years has been very poor, as good as he has been for his club.
Itās probably him or Noel at this stage.
He was poor at IC level alright, but I believe there may have been a reason for that which has since been resolved.
I dunno, heās a proven scorer. Strange one.
Who would a full back line hate to see run on with 20 left, him or Mark Kehoe?
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The game could be gone away from you at that stage, though. Tipp need to start well on Sunday and try build a lead. Canāt see them chasing down Waterford from behind.
John McGrath has had two poor enough IC seasons behind him, and didnāt do much in this league. I would think thereās a bit of burn out there as well, with all the hurling and football with the club. Noel probably edged the pick as he will be dropping deeper.
I think Kehoe, Bowe etc. deserve a shot.
Dan Mc has looked off the boil a bit this year. Right call to bench him.
I donāt like the look of our midfield
I havenāt a clue how he keeps getting on the bench. Heās this seasonās Robert Byrne (who, in fairness, was decent in the league). I suppose we are down to the bare bones
Nepotismā¦ same with Ken Hoganās lad
He didnt start the replay due to injury last year. Hard to know if heād be guaranteed to start this year with Dara Stakelum, Aidan Mac, Pa Bourke, Denis Maher, Creedon and Billy Mac back fit.
He used to be a nippy corner forward who was getting bullied inside but has reinvented himself as a hard working half forward in the last year.
On the team in general, its just about digging in for the first half and hope Waterford implode under the weight of expectation.
Sigh
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Thatās embarrassing
In my day it was spending hours on AFR in the Venus lab in UL. Now, this is how students do their INTERNETTING. For shame
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Thatās fairly sad, even for you. Have you nothing better to be doing with your time? 