Dublin GAA Discussion Thread MOD WARNING POST #2944

keane2097 · 30-01-2014 12:08am

Dublinfan wrote: »

ye last year when we played kerry in the league we had Andrews Brogan Flynn Connely

Most of half and full forwards arnt available for Saturday bar Mannion and Kilkenny

Was trying to remember exactly what team Dublin had last year.

Kerry's will be similar but probably worse - no Marc or Tomás, no Darran O’Sullivan. Think O'Mahony is out as well.

Just found the teams:

KERRY (National League – vs Dublin): Brendan Kealy; Marc O’Se, Aidan O’Mahony, Killian Young; Tomas O’Se (0-1), Peter Crowley, Jonathan Lyne; James Walsh, Anthony Maher; Michael Geaney, Darran O’Sullivan, Michael O’Donoghue (0-1f); James O’Donoghue (0-1f), Paddy Curtin (0-1), Barry-John Keane.

Subs: Kieran Donaghy for Walsh, Declan O’Sullivan for Keane, Bryan Sheehan for Geaney, Barry-John Walsh for M O’Donoghue, Conor Cox for Curtin.

DUBLIN (National League – vs Kerry): Stephen Cluxton; Jonny Cooper, Rory O’Carroll, Kevin O’Brien; Darren Daly, Ger Brennan, Jack McCaffrey; MD McAuley, Cian O’Sullivan; Paul Flynn, Diarmuid Connolly, Ciaran Reddin; Tomas Brady, Paddy Andrews (0-3), Bernard Brogan 0-7 (0-3f).

Subs: Phily Ryan (0-1f)for Connolly (inj.), Craig Dias (1-0)for Reddin, Darragh Nelson for Daly, Declan O’Mahony for Ryan.

Looks like Dublin will be missing a similar amount, no Brennan, Connolly, Flynn, Brogan or Andrews.

Just think it will be interesting if Kerry narrow the gap on last year's game considerably considering that one of Dublin's major strengths is supposed to be their strength in depth.

Obviously it's only February either way, but will be interesting.

Stoner · 30-01-2014 12:42pm

Dublin's supposed strength in depth falls down in the middle of the field when MDM is not playing and time not being on Bastics side, from what I've seen Dublin are just giving the same guys a go in midfield as last year, and they didn't set the world on fire before and it was the 2010/2011 squad that was called at the end of the day(some forwards aside)

The GAA App has a nice run down on the Dublin squad with who's in and out, there is a similar breakdown for the other teams in the division.

I hope they keep it up its a nice way to get upto speed with the squads, they seem to start a lot of good stuff on that app but it just falls away.

AGC · 30-01-2014 2:02pm

A few unfamiliar names in the Kerry line up for Saturday

Comordha · 30-01-2014 2:23pm

What are people's thoughts on the hurling?
Dublin 5/2, KK 4/11.

Dublin without Rushe & 1 or 2 others who played with the colleges already.
KK seem to have decided to take it reasonably serious form the get-go this year.
Odds are prob about right.

keane2097 · 30-01-2014 2:37pm

AGC wrote: »

A few unfamiliar names in the Kerry line up for Saturday

Here if anyone hasn't seen it:

http://www.livegaelic.com/news/kerry-name-team-allianz-football-league-opener/

Kerry (FL Division 1 v Dublin) – Brendan Kealy; Paul Murphy, Mark Griffin, Shane Enright; Peter Crowley, Brian McGuire, Jack Sherwood; Anthony Maher, David Moran; Johnathan Lyne, Michael Geaney, Donnchadh Walsh (capt); Barry John Keane, James O’Donoghue, Stephen O’Brien.

Subs: Brian Kelly, Paul Galvin, Aidan O’Mahony, Barry Shanahan, Conor Cox, Paul Geaney, Pa Kilkenny, David Culhane, James Walsh, Alan Fitzgerald, Shane O’Callaghan

TheNap · 30-01-2014 2:40pm

keane2097 wrote: »

Here if anyone hasn't seen it:

http://www.livegaelic.com/news/kerry-name-team-allianz-football-league-opener/

Kerry (FL Division 1 v Dublin) – Brendan Kealy; Paul Murphy, Mark Griffin, Shane Enright; Peter Crowley, Brian McGuire, Jack Sherwood; Anthony Maher, David Moran; Johnathan Lyne, Michael Geaney, Donnchadh Walsh (capt); Barry John Keane, James O’Donoghue, Stephen O’Brien.

Subs: Brian Kelly, Paul Galvin, Aidan O’Mahony, Barry Shanahan, Conor Cox, Paul Geaney, Pa Kilkenny, David Culhane, James Walsh, Alan Fitzgerald, Shane O’Callaghan

Can any predict what the Dublin team will be ?

Stoner · 30-01-2014 11:49pm

Anyone know if Dias is coming back to the panel or was he invited back, I thought he'd be motivated this year, there is a place for him imo in the half back line if o'sullivan stays in midfield, and I think he will as galvin likes him there.

ProudDUB · 31-01-2014 12:28am

I don't think he featured at all in the O'Byrne Cup, so dunno if we'll see him in the league. Is he college tied? He had a great game in Kilarney last year, but I don't remember him doing all that much after wards.

ThunbergsAreGo · 31-01-2014 1:13pm

Pretty sure Dias was dropped from the panel altogether

TouchingVirus · 31-01-2014 1:23pm

Strong enough team for the Walsh Cup final - Dotsy, Hiney and McCaffrey all in, Schutte is up full forward as well. Interesting about Gary Maguire getting swapped back out for Nolan when he was the first team keeper last year.

AGC · 31-01-2014 2:09pm

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Strong enough team for the Walsh Cup final - Dotsy, Hiney and McCaffrey all in, Schutte is up full forward as well. Interesting about Gary Maguire getting swapped back out for Nolan when he was the first team keeper last year.

Maguire will be starting Championship and is 1st choice. Daly has always given Nolan a fair chance in Walsh cup and league

TouchingVirus · 31-01-2014 2:13pm

Then why did he get a run out last week against Wexford? I'd have thought you'd stick to your first choice keeper for a final over a semi-final, no disrepect to Alan Nolan intended.

AGC · 31-01-2014 2:40pm

Because it's still the first weekend in February.

Ideal game to play him in. Croke Park against Kilkenny, any injury to Maguire and Nolan would be in so needs games. We all know how good Maguire is

LostBoy101 · 31-01-2014 3:01pm

I'm not surprised of Nolan starting ahead of Maguire as it's a good time to give him a chance to get games and prove his worth. Goalkeepers need competition too as nobody should be guaranteed to be safe.

TouchingVirus · 31-01-2014 3:41pm

LostBoy101 wrote: »

I'm not surprised of Nolan starting ahead of Maguire as it's a good time to give him a chance to get games and prove his worth. Goalkeepers need competition too as nobody should be guaranteed to be safe.

Of course, but if Nolan's in need of a run why was he missing last week? Just seems a bit strange to throw your championship keeper into the Walsh Cup for a week only to take him out again before the big day is all. Likewise I wouldn't be expecting Maguire to appear in the League semi and not in the League final. It was just a comment, raised a bit of an eyebrow for me

Dublinfan · 31-01-2014 8:45pm

Still no Football Team Announced Hopefully by 9-10

Dublinfan · 31-01-2014 10:05pm

worried is not the word... mccaffery mannion mdmc ocarrol all not starting...

harpsman · 31-01-2014 10:52pm

TouchingVirus wrote: »

There are many of us who don't run in these circles and don't "know" what happened, so we rely on other sources like the discipline process and judgements. It's nobody's "problem" so what are you stirring for? What are you wasting time for? Jesus, why am I wasting my time on this...

No,we arent in the know but Im sure Pauric Duffy,the Director General of the GAA has seen all the evidence and has repeatedly stated,in public, categorically that McBrearty was bitten.
So I find it very cowardly and lacking in any sort of back bone when i hear mealy mouthed "it may have been a scratch" or "sure none of us were there".
If people dont want to discuss it thats fine but at least they should grow a pair and say that instead of the other ****e.

corny · 01-02-2014 2:39pm

Cluxton is going to have to work his magic this evening if we're to get parity with the Kerry midfield. Kerry 9/4 is a cracking bet.

Should be fun braving the elements for 4 hours.:)

vicwatson · 01-02-2014 2:51pm

Game on TV anywhere?

TouchingVirus · 01-02-2014 2:55pm

vicwatson wrote: »

Game on TV anywhere?

Setanta Sports 1, deferred coverage starting at 20:45.

Gael85 · 01-02-2014 3:50pm

vicwatson wrote: »

Game on TV anywhere?

Game on Setanta Ireland @6-30

Pierce_1991 · 01-02-2014 11:34pm

Good to get out with the win tonight. Sean George very stupid to get himself sent off but if anything the red card spurred the rest of them on and we were better afterwards. I wish they'd move the league games back to Parnell. Since going to Croker there's always a large amount of lads who seem to be only there to drink and shout abuse at our own players.

corny · 01-02-2014 11:44pm

Very sloppy in the first half but when it got serious there was only one team going to win which is very pleasing.

Great to see Alan Brogan back in a Dublin jersey. To say he was rusty would be an understatement but we'll give him the benefit this time;)

Anyone know what George was sent off for?

Pierce_1991 · 01-02-2014 11:48pm

corny wrote: »

Very sloppy in the first half but when it got serious there was only one team going to win which is very pleasing.

Great to see Alan Brogan back in a Dublin jersey. To say he was rusty would be an understatement but we'll give him the benefit this time;)

Anyone know what George was sent off for?

Went up for a high ball with a Kerry lad and they both ended up on the floor. As the ball moved on up the pitch SG sat on top of the Kerry fellas head. Stupid stuff.

sgarvan · 02-02-2014 12:58pm

Pierce_1991 wrote: »

Went up for a high ball with a Kerry lad and they both ended up on the floor. As the ball moved on up the pitch SG sat on top of the Kerry fellas head. Stupid stuff.

And supposedly throw a box while getting up

Grudaire · 02-02-2014 1:03pm

sgarvan wrote: »

And supposedly throw a box while getting up

I saw him suit on his head alright, but not the punch..

I didn't think that sitting on someone was a red card though.. not sure what rule covers it tbh!

TouchingVirus · 02-02-2014 1:26pm

A good final sprint by the hurlers but in the end the scoreline was true to the match, Kilkenny deserved winners at 0-24 to 1-17. Dublin never looked like taking the lead the cats were a cut above with their fluid passing and sharpshooting.

Gutted, but as long as we build on it for Galway in two weeks it will all right

keane2097 · 02-02-2014 1:45pm

Grudaire wrote: »

I saw him suit on his head alright, but not the punch..

I didn't think that sitting on someone was a red card though.. not sure what rule covers it tbh!

I was talking to BJK after the game, George punched him alright he has a nice little shiner from it!

Stoner · 02-02-2014 2:10pm

TouchingVirus wrote: »

A good final sprint by the hurlers but in the end the scoreline was true to the match, Kilkenny deserved winners at 0-24 to 1-17. Dublin never looked like taking the lead the cats were a cut above with their fluid passing and sharpshooting.

Gutted, but as long as we build on it for Galway in two weeks it will all right

Yes it was a fair result, their scores came easier, very little long range efforts from Dublin. Killkenny shut the door for the third quarter, they fell off a bit for the last ten minutes but you got the feeling that they knew they won it. I liked the fight back though, without it it could have been an 8 or 10 point loss.

Stoner · 02-02-2014 2:31pm

In the football I thought that Kerry 's midfield didn't dominate as I thought they would. Moran collected a couple of decent high balls. Our 8 and 9 were not great imo, only one is capable of winning something in the air, neither can break a tackle, and although Carthy does seem to be worth a couple of points in a game he'd need to start turning over the ball more to get a midfield slot. As it stands O'sullivan, my Dublin motm was a huge help to the Dublin midfield yesterday and helped harden things up in there.

Sean George was dragged out of position a lot leaving space in behind for the kerry forwards, but that was closed up very well in the second half. I hope he doesn't end up being a liability player there are elements to his game that come championship time teams will plan to exploit, positioning, speed possible hot head, I know he's only starting out it would be great if we got a decent no 3 out of him but he's very raw IMHO at the moment.

I thought Costello was very impressive yesterday , he went on one particular run on his own in the first half and was hard to stop, he was pulled down winning frees etc, he's stronger on the ball than mannion imo he is similar to a point but in front of goal he's more direct.

keane2097 · 02-02-2014 2:33pm

Thought Dublin just about deserved their win yesterday, last 20 minutes you could see the Dublin players barracking each other to get into position and implement the game plan properly while Kerry just looked like they were playing off the cuff.

That inability to stick to the script and the tendency of the gameplan to disintegrate for Kerry has cost us a lot of the last 15 years.

keane2097 · 02-02-2014 2:34pm

Cian O'Sullivan is wowgood by the way!

Moneymaker · 02-02-2014 2:45pm

keane2097 wrote: »

Cian O'Sullivan is wowgood by the way!

Most under-rated footballer in the past few years imo.

TouchingVirus · 03-02-2014 2:37pm

And on to my thoughts on the football - we deserved the victory but only just about. One score in the first 20-odd minutes isn't good enough, even if it was a goal. Kerry weren't afraid to take shots between the '45 and the box, Dublin were terrified of it. The few shots we did get off revealed why because nobody really brought their shooting boots. Kerry hunted us in packs, putting us under savage pressure in the first half especially in midfield and Dublin didn't cope well at all. It was a mercy that we went in only losing by a single point. The second half was far better with the midfield starting to shore up a bit and stop leaks and some of the lads playing out of their skins - Cooper and even Fitzy were two of the lads who stood out in the backs. The introduction of some of last year's championship team with McCaffrey and MDMA coming on was a welcome boost and got us over the line. Lots of work to be done though, it's early days yet.

Some other thoughts:

Sean George - Less of that nastiness to his game and he could be in with a shot at playing the championship. At the very least he'll give O'Carroll a run for his money. Sitting on your man's head and throwing him a box is stupid stuff, we don't need liabilities and least of all in defence.

Cian O'Sullivan - He's a got a massive engine on him and could run all day. I thought he had a grand season last year but I wouldn't rate him the way you lads are myself. An on-form O'Sullivan and an on-form Ger Brennan I'd take Ger at 6 and push Cian out to 8 with MDMA at 9. He was vital in shoring up the weak midfield on Saturday though and was also my MOTM on the day.

Carthy/O'Mahony - Not really impressed with the duo, they're no MDMA/Bastick/COS. Need more game time before I could commit either way but this is the area Dublin were weakest in on the day - the feed to the forward line from them was poor as was their ability to compete at kickouts.

Alan Brogan - More rust on him than an abandoned ship. Some highlights include soloing the ball over his own head, soloing it too far in front for it to be snatched away and a banana shot wide. I forgive him though, because I got damn excited to not only see him start his first competitive intercounty in over a year but to do the full 70 as well - one more year Alan, I believe in you

I'll be keeping my eye on Costello, he's got some strength for a forward to be resisting some of the dragging he was getting on the day. I was disappointed Daniel Watson didn't get a run - with Dublin afraid to shoot for points we could have needed a goalhunter like Kevin McMenamin after he went off and from what I seen of him in the O'Byrne cup he's that sort of player.

I'm looking forward to next Sunday to see what team lines out and how we get on down in Mullingar

Stoner · 03-02-2014 9:41pm

I'd agree with most of the above, I was looking forward to seeing Watson too. I don't know if his first performance this year was a fluke or not but he could be an out and out no 14.

What I like about Costello is that he runs into position and releases the ball. At under age he was fantastic at it and I'm glad he's kept that part of his game, some of the Dublin lads simply can't spot or won't spot a pass.

I don't think the lads are as sharp this year though, last year the attempts on goal at this stage of the championship were through the roof, it seemed that they were determined to get a goal and generally they settled after they got it, or someone was sent off.

cruais · 03-02-2014 11:58pm

Im sorry this is a bit off topic! I just received my season ticket (first year getting one).

I want to head down to the westmeath game on sunday... can I use my season ticket in cusack park and if so is it just a case of showing the card at the turnstiles?

Thanks

Stoner · 04-02-2014 12:47am

cruais wrote: »

Im sorry this is a bit off topic! I just received my season ticket (first year getting one).

I want to head down to the westmeath game on sunday... can I use my season ticket in cusack park and if so is it just a case of showing the card at the turnstiles?

Thanks

Bring your ticket but you have to also use your card to book your tickets beforehand, you can print this off at home and bring it, you might get better seats, just showing up with your season ticket is problematic, you should book on line first

ProudDUB · 04-02-2014 1:54am

cruais wrote: »

Im sorry this is a bit off topic! I just received my season ticket (first year getting one).

I want to head down to the westmeath game on sunday... can I use my season ticket in cusack park and if so is it just a case of showing the card at the turnstiles?

Thanks

It is a two step process. You log onto your season ticket account at home and you print off your own ticket for the game. This will get you into the ground on the day. You also bring your season ticket holder card with you. This will be scanned as you go in and, your attendance at the game will be logged. This is important, as you must have a 60% attendance rate to be guaranteed an AI final ticket if Dublin make it to the final. It all works very smoothly at Croke Park.

It can be a bit hit and miss outside of Dublin, as not all county grounds have the electronic scanners that scan the card. Or sometimes, they just have one, and there will be a sign at the ground telling season ticket holders to enter at one particular in order to get their tickets scanned. If there are no scanners at the ground on the day, you may have to contact Parnell Park to have your attendance at the game added to your account manually. Last year in Kilarney, it was a bit of mess as the scanners didn't arrive from Croke Park in time for the game. Keep an eye on your account after away games, and if your attendance doesn't show up, give the DCB a ring. They've a good reputation for sorting people out.

sgarvan · 04-02-2014 10:38am

No ticket for games outside Croke Park (well thats how it was the last two years). Your season ticket is scanned at the turn style.

TouchingVirus · 04-02-2014 10:45am

sgarvan wrote: »

No ticket for games outside Croke Park (well thats how it was the last two years). Your season ticket is scanned at the turn style.

^-- This. I didn't have any tickets with me when I went to Ballybofey last year or Portlaoise. I just showed up with the season ticket. There were dedicated turnstiles for ST holders, with scanners and they just let you in after scanning it.

Godge · 04-02-2014 12:42pm

TouchingVirus wrote: »

And on to my thoughts on the football - we deserved the victory but only just about. One score in the first 20-odd minutes isn't good enough, even if it was a goal. Kerry weren't afraid to take shots between the '45 and the box, Dublin were terrified of it. The few shots we did get off revealed why because nobody really brought their shooting boots. Kerry hunted us in packs, putting us under savage pressure in the first half especially in midfield and Dublin didn't cope well at all. It was a mercy that we went in only losing by a single point. The second half was far better with the midfield starting to shore up a bit and stop leaks and some of the lads playing out of their skins - Cooper and even Fitzy were two of the lads who stood out in the backs. The introduction of some of last year's championship team with McCaffrey and MDMA coming on was a welcome boost and got us over the line. Lots of work to be done though, it's early days yet.

Some other thoughts:

Sean George - Less of that nastiness to his game and he could be in with a shot at playing the championship. At the very least he'll give O'Carroll a run for his money. Sitting on your man's head and throwing him a box is stupid stuff, we don't need liabilities and least of all in defence.

Cian O'Sullivan - He's a got a massive engine on him and could run all day. I thought he had a grand season last year but I wouldn't rate him the way you lads are myself. An on-form O'Sullivan and an on-form Ger Brennan I'd take Ger at 6 and push Cian out to 8 with MDMA at 9. He was vital in shoring up the weak midfield on Saturday though and was also my MOTM on the day.

Carthy/O'Mahony - Not really impressed with the duo, they're no MDMA/Bastick/COS. Need more game time before I could commit either way but this is the area Dublin were weakest in on the day - the feed to the forward line from them was poor as was their ability to compete at kickouts.

Alan Brogan - More rust on him than an abandoned ship. Some highlights include soloing the ball over his own head, soloing it too far in front for it to be snatched away and a banana shot wide. I forgive him though, because I got damn excited to not only see him start his first competitive intercounty in over a year but to do the full 70 as well - one more year Alan, I believe in you

I'll be keeping my eye on Costello, he's got some strength for a forward to be resisting some of the dragging he was getting on the day. I was disappointed Daniel Watson didn't get a run - with Dublin afraid to shoot for points we could have needed a goalhunter like Kevin McMenamin after he went off and from what I seen of him in the O'Byrne cup he's that sort of player.

I'm looking forward to next Sunday to see what team lines out and how we get on down in Mullingar

Agree with a lot of what you say. We do need another option at midfield especially if COS ends up at centre-back for certain games or part of games.

On the shooting for points, I have noticed in the last few years that in Croke Park, especially in windy weather, kicking into the Hill End is more difficult. Remember Kerry didn't score for most of the second half either.

Last Saturday night there appeared to be a swirling cross-field breeze, that while not overly strong caused difficulty at that end. The high stands at the other end reduce the effect of the breeze.

TouchingVirus · 04-02-2014 12:56pm

The swirling nature of the wind was evident when a child lost their balloon and it swirled about a bit before heading up and onwards. It's a valid point, most of those bad wides were in the hill end all right. Still, there were some opportunities to move the ball and fist the points. The aversion to shooting points was so evident on the night that I actually thought Jack McCaffrey had tried to slot the ball past the keeper while being hounded by the two defenders at the end while I was roaring for him to put it over the bar. A few more sharp decisions like that in the first half and we might have been more comfortable, it wasn't for lack of possession in or around punching distance anyway. I think that Kerry had a tough time of it was more to do with them dropping off (they didn't hound Dublin in groups from about 50 minutes on) and Dublin's half-back line and midfield plugging the gaps after George was off. I hope for a better day on Sunday in Cusack Park and for the team to shut me up and prove me wrong, knocking over points with the grace they did in the championship.

The midfield question is more long-term. I've had that nagging feeling for part of 2011 and pretty much ever since including in 2013 though I came around to COS/MDMA in the latter half. The depth of the midfield when compared to the back and forward line isn't quite ideal. I really hope Carthy and O'Mahony get up to the level I'm thinking they need to be at and I can sit on it for a bit and see but if we falter this year I think that will be our undoing.

Godge · 04-02-2014 2:18pm

TouchingVirus wrote: »

The swirling nature of the wind was evident when a child lost their balloon and it swirled about a bit before heading up and onwards. It's a valid point, most of those bad wides were in the hill end all right. Still, there were some opportunities to move the ball and fist the points. The aversion to shooting points was so evident on the night that I actually thought Jack McCaffrey had tried to slot the ball past the keeper while being hounded by the two defenders at the end while I was roaring for him to put it over the bar. A few more sharp decisions like that in the first half and we might have been more comfortable, it wasn't for lack of possession in or around punching distance anyway. I think that Kerry had a tough time of it was more to do with them dropping off (they didn't hound Dublin in groups from about 50 minutes on) and Dublin's half-back line and midfield plugging the gaps after George was off. I hope for a better day on Sunday in Cusack Park and for the team to shut me up and prove me wrong, knocking over points with the grace they did in the championship.

The midfield question is more long-term. I've had that nagging feeling for part of 2011 and pretty much ever since including in 2013 though I came around to COS/MDMA in the latter half. The depth of the midfield when compared to the back and forward line isn't quite ideal. I really hope Carthy and O'Mahony get up to the level I'm thinking they need to be at and I can sit on it for a bit and see but if we falter this year I think that will be our undoing.

you may be right but I will be watching both teams into the Hill over the next couple of months to see if it repeats. If you look back, most of our goal chances came at the Hill end as if the team was deliberately going for goal at that end. We had less goal chances in the second half.

I have never noticed it as much in the summer, it seems to be a winter/spring thing on certain days when the wind is in a cross-field direction.

as for the midfield, I have had hopes for O'Mahony a couple of times in recent years but he always seems to come up a bit short in the big matches.

Past30Now · 05-02-2014 6:16pm

Godge wrote: »

you may be right but I will be watching both teams into the Hill over the next couple of months to see if it repeats. If you look back, most of our goal chances came at the Hill end as if the team was deliberately going for goal at that end. We had less goal chances in the second half.

I have never noticed it as much in the summer, it seems to be a winter/spring thing on certain days when the wind is in a cross-field direction.

as for the midfield, I have had hopes for O'Mahony a couple of times in recent years but he always seems to come up a bit short in the big matches.

Any idea what age O'Mahony is at this stage. I thought he had a great 20 minutes against DCU last month, but he doesn't look like a guy who is going to be a championship player. Carthy looks like he has tonnes of potential.

It's our weakest sector of the pitch (excluding MDMA, COS and DB), and I'd have thought they'd try out McCarthy or Flynn as a midfielder. McCarthy plays there for his club, definitely has the pace and covers the ground well. He has to be an option, particularly when we are so well served with half backs. I think Flynn was brought into midfield for the DCU game, but he wasn't on the pitch long enough:(.

VONSHIRACH · 06-02-2014 10:34am

I see MDMA was playing for NUI Maynooth in the Sigerson Cup. I thought he was working as a schoolteacher. Is he back studying?

ProudDUB · 06-02-2014 3:44pm

Yep. He is in college training to be a school teacher. Some of his time is spent doing teacher training stints in actual schools, but he is still technically a student.

VONSHIRACH · 06-02-2014 4:06pm

ProudDUB wrote: »

Yep. He is in college training to be a school teacher. Some of his time is spent doing teacher training stints in actual schools, but he is still technically a student.

Ah ok., thanks.

ArielAtom · 06-02-2014 4:11pm

Past30Now wrote: »

Any idea what age O'Mahony is at this stage. I thought he had a great 20 minutes against DCU last month, but he doesn't look like a guy who is going to be a championship player. Carthy looks like he has tonnes of potential.

It's our weakest sector of the pitch (excluding MDMA, COS and DB), and I'd have thought they'd try out McCarthy or Flynn as a midfielder. McCarthy plays there for his club, definitely has the pace and covers the ground well. He has to be an option, particularly when we are so well served with half backs. I think Flynn was brought into midfield for the DCU game, but he wasn't on the pitch long enough:(.

I think O'Mahony is the wrong side of 30. He has always looked a class player and outperformed MDMA at club level but seems to find it hard to step up to IC level. I have talked to lads that know him well and he is a confidence player. It would take a decent run in the league and him to hot form to carry it on into Champo.

DazMarz · 07-02-2014 7:45pm

Classic!

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