Iām a bit concerned about our defensive record. 4 goals conceded against Laois in The Walsh Cup and 2-20 is a huge tally to concede at home to Antrim.
I thought OāHanlon might be tried at centre back but heāll probably return at full back following Watersā dismissal today.
Offaly away next Sunday and I think weāve lost our last two meetings up there (Leinster championship in 2012 and NHL in 2013).[/QUOTE]
Fairly accurate quotes from Brendan there Iād say. Iāve often heard Dunne say āoneā or āfor itā.
[QUOTE=āBandage, post: 1092737, member: 9ā]Every article where Brendan throws in manager or player quotes comes with a āforā or two. Nobody uses it except Brendan.
Iād imagine Dunne and co were very relieved to win for Antrim battled very hard.[/QUOTE]
#I thought it was still a good win considering a man was sent off
FAO of Wexford chaps, anyone know what happened to wexfordsupporters.com? Seems to have passed away and gone to internet heaven.
My alma mater St Peterās have qualified for the Leinster Senior Colleges āAā final for the first time since 2004. Iām feeling @downyourthroats levels of happiness about this feat.
Moore from corner back to wing back. Redmond from wing back to midfield. Morris from midfield to corner forward. A like for like replacement at full back with a player returning from suspension coming in for Waters whoās serving a 1-game ban.
[QUOTE=āBandage, post: 1093119, member: 9ā]FAO of Wexford chaps, anyone know what happened to wexfordsupporters.com? Seems to have passed away and gone to internet heaven.
My alma mater St Peterās have qualified for the Leinster Senior Colleges āAā final for the first time since 2004. Iām feeling @downyourthroats levels of happiness about this feat.[/QUOTE]
Iād say whoever was paying for the hosting of it couldnt be arsed with it anymore. more hassle than it was worth as feck all posted there anymore.
Be great if Good Counsel could beat Kierans and play Peters in that final. There was some tasty clashed between both in the 90ās and not much rivalry since. Used to be great craic with both sets of fans set up either side of the halfway line and chanting abuse at each other. Counsel are playing Edenderry in the football final in a couple of weeks.
Played against a fairly fresh breeze so nice lead to hold.
Redmond dominant in midfield and Chin controlling the half back line. Full back line has also been fairly solid. Ian Byrne has been busy in the middle third and they canāt cope with McGovernās pace and skill. Guiney scored the goal when McGovern broke the ball through to him and he forced his way past a tackle before his shot crept over the line after a partial block by the keeper.
Weāve created 3 or 4 other goal chances through our running game, support play and drawing defenders. Redmond and Byrne forced two smart saves from the keeper and Paudie Foley botched the final hand pass to McGovern after playing a series of short passes all the way upfield.
A little bit of sloppiness in our play and conditions are tough with the wind, soft pitch and intermittent rain but we should be able to build on that in the second half.
Paul Morris went off injured early on and was replaced by Kevin Foley.
Pretty poor second half display. They went down to 14 men straight after half time. Cillian Kiely, the young chap who was brilliant for Kilmormac-Killoughey, had a rush of blood to the head. Chased Kevin Foley back into defence, gave away a free for clipping him across the arm when trying to flick the ball away but then digged him in the ribs with the butt of the hurl after the ref blew for the initial free.
Our half forward line went out of it. Waters possibly could have received a second yellow card before being withdrawn. OāKeeffe didnāt have one of his better games and Guineyās day didnāt improve when he was moved to wing forward.
They were still hanging around at 1-12 to 0-12 when two of our best three players put the game to bed. Redmond knocked over his fourth point from midfield and McGovern struck over a brace to bring his tally to five. Podge Doran put the gloss on the scoreline with a well finished goal in the last minute.
Our shooting woes struck again in the second half. We had a mixture of āwhy the fuck are you choosing to shoot from there?ā and āhow the fuck did you miss that?ā wides. Around 17 in total and 5 in 5 minutes with about 10 minutes to go when Offaly tired and we started to get some easier possession. Thankfully McGovern and Redmond intervened to avert a close run finish.
Liam Ryan was spare man when they went down to 15 and did well. Ciaran Kenny did a decent job on Dooley and Currams wasnāt a factor at either wing forward on Foley or when he moved onto OāHanlon.
We need to cut out sloppy free concessions. Eoin Moore gave away a handful today despite hurling a lot of ball otherwise. Kenny blocked Dooley down smartly at one stage and then gave a free away for a third man tackle when Fanning was collecting the ball. Little things like that need to be eradicated.
McGovern is top class though. He was the pick of our players with Redmond and Chin.