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Dublin GAA Discussion Thread MOD WARNING POST #2944
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Merry New Year Fellow Dubs. This is the year that Sam returns to his rightful home in our glorious capital. I can feel it in my bones.
Well 4 days into the new year and an O'Byrne cup game against a poor Maynooth was never gonna inspire a gushing match report. It was a poor game all told against extremely limited opposition. The usual mish mash of early season football mistakes, poor passing and woeful shooting with Dean Rock being the main culprit. As with every season the problem area of midfield reared its head again. It was the one area Maynooth competed and held the upper hand until Shane Carthy moved there and exerted a little influence.
I'd agree with that. Dean Rock looks to me, like someone who is feeling the pressure of 98,475 other forwards breathing down his neck. Perhaps he is over eager to make a good impression & rack up big scores. There were signs of it at that charity game up in Belfast last month. Some of the wides he kicked there were atrocious too. I think he'd stand a better chance of nailing down a jersey, if he'd just relax a bit, let the game come to him and look for the chance to pass more, instead of the opportunity to shoot. Still, that's easy for me to say, I'm not the one with the 98,475 other forwards breathing down my neck ! :rolleyes:0 -
TouchingVirus wrote: »Where indeed, the weather was poxy but his performance wasn't. Not the only time he did the business for us last year either but he wasn't heard from again unfortunately.
I wasn't able to make the match but I'll make the next one and get a good look at some up and comers though I reckon the best chance to see them in the coming year will be with their respective clubs, the first team (at least for the league) is probably fairly set at this stage.
Yeah I rarely get over to the badlands (Southside) for Senior games so the promising young lads in Judes, Annes etc tend to escape me. I did however happen upon Watson 3-4 years ago when they ran a football challenge in Innisfails over a weekend.
I might be talking out me blowhole but there were 4-5 teams brought together (we were represented on Fingal team) - Watson was a rugged type in the mould of Vinny Murphy/McNally and more than held his own. In saying that he's not a "young" lad - I'm guessing 28/29 now so more than likely he's had literally his 15 mins - but what a 15 mins in fairness - I tend to forget he also missed a 3rd goal chance that day that was easier than the 2 he scored ..Merry New Year Fellow Dubs. This is the year that Sam returns to his rightful home in our glorious capital. I can feel it in my bones.
I'd agree with that. Dean Rock looks to me, like someone who is feeling the pressure of 98,475 other forwards breathing down his neck. Perhaps he is over eager to make a good impression & rack up big scores. There were signs of it at that charity game up in Belfast last month. Some of the wides he kicked there were atrocious too. I think he'd stand a better chance of nailing down a jersey, if he'd just relax a bit, let the game come to him and look for the chance to pass more, instead of the opportunity to shoot. Still, that's easy for me to say, I'm not the one with the 98,475 other forwards breathing down my neck ! :rolleyes:
There was a prevailing opinion not just in Dublin but in general that they were virtually a shoe-in for the AI - I personally thought Dublin were 3-5 points better than any other team in Ireland last year with the possible exception of Mayo and we don't need to look very far to see how that turned out :rolleyes: ....all due respect to Donegal the door swung open and they ran straight in, at the end there wasn't even a door, it had come off the hinges around 55 minute mark ... in the latter part of last year there were a number of unbeatables beaten - All Blacks v South Africa, Real Madrid in near enough the opening game of the season and The Grey Gatsby turning over Australia - the fact with most of these upsets is that they can be rectified in a very short time, but not Dublin and the mere fact that it's gonna be 9 months in the waiting makes it that little bit more uncertain .. so yeah there's definetely an overwhelming feeling of unfinished business.
Dean Rocks play would be a frustrating situation if it was happening at the business end of the year - but I'd near enough guarantee, when Flynn, DC, Brogan are around him and in his ear that the correct decisions will be made - it is slightly frustrating for the lads like Dawson & Collins looking to make an impression to see wastefull ball - on the otherhand he wouldn't need to be told how poor his place kicking was last week, irrespective of the context of the game. I'd be confident that Dean will eradicate that aspect fairly quickly.
Tonights game has all the hallmarks of another OBC v Louth match - howling gale out there at the minute just need some driving rain now to totally ruin the night ... I'll be there ..... thoughts and moans tomoorow 0 -
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