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zetecescort

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Nothing in the Examiner and a little report in the Echo - poor showing. Teams not even named on it

match report from Therese O'Callaghan in Saturdays examiner alright along with a pic of inniscarra team with the cup

rebel girl 15

zetecescort wrote: »

match report from Therese O'Callaghan in Saturdays examiner alright along with a pic of inniscarra team with the cup

I didn't see it online - didn't get a chance to read the actual paper.

ShamoBuc

Cannot understand Denis Walsh at all !!! What goes through his head as a manager??

Just watched Padraic Maher pick up motm v Ballygunner on tg4. He was basically left unmarked for the vast majority of the game and he absolutely cleaned up. At times Ballygunner looked as if they were down go 14. The mind boggles. I would have put a man on him whose only job was to mark him. Or tried Crowding their half back line to limit their effectiveness. He decides to give him free reign?? Anyone else watch it and understand his logic?

zetecescort

Carbery 2-11 Monaleen 0-7 FT

Producer Ben

Lismore beat Bandon well, 2-20 to 1-12. Maurice Shanahan was fantastic, some great scores.

big_drive

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Cannot understand Denis Walsh at all !!! What goes through his head as a manager??

Just watched Padraic Maher pick up motm v Ballygunner on tg4. He was basically left unmarked for the vast majority of the game and he absolutely cleaned up. At times Ballygunner looked as if they were down go 14. The mind boggles. I would have put a man on him whose only job was to mark him. Or tried Crowding their half back line to limit their effectiveness. He decides to give him free reign?? Anyone else watch it and understand his logic?

I saw it but like yourself couldn't understand it either. It's not like they weren't aware of what he can do

CORKDOUBLE

Where is TTM does anyone know ? a huge loss site to this site. Well done Carbery Rangers today..

North Cork Star

CORKDOUBLE wrote: »

Where is TTM does anyone know ? a huge loss site to this site. Well done Carbery Rangers today..

TTM a huge loss. Brought great information to the thread. We need him to revitalise this thread again.

Mayfield beating St. Patrick's of Limerick out the gate in the Munster JHC something like 4-37 to 2-2.

Bandon getting beaten well by Lismore in the Munster IHC, 2-20 to 1-12. Maurice Shanahan scoring 2-9 I heard.

In the County IHC Final in Cork, Fr O Neills beat Kildorrery 1-18 to 1-14 after a replay. You could say Kildorrery could have won it the first day. Kildorrery with the odds stacked against them were not far behind at all and they'll be hungry to win it next year. They were on top in the last 15 minutes of the drawn game and could have nicked the winner. Declan Dalton was the difference here in the replay. His goal from a 21 yard free just before half time to bring them back to a point was the vital score in the game. His two side line cuts in the 2nd half were out of this world.

zetecescort

Inniscarra lead 1-6 to 0-7 wih 15 min to go against Inagh Kilnamona in Munster semi final

zetecescort

6 point win for Inniscarra, 1-10 to -07. great stuff after the short turnaround from the county final

danganabu

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Cannot understand Denis Walsh at all !!! What goes through his head as a manager??

Just watched Padraic Maher pick up motm v Ballygunner on tg4. He was basically left unmarked for the vast majority of the game and he absolutely cleaned up. At times Ballygunner looked as if they were down go 14. The mind boggles. I would have put a man on him whose only job was to mark him. Or tried Crowding their half back line to limit their effectiveness. He decides to give him free reign?? Anyone else watch it and understand his logic?

They obviously felt that going man for man with the Thurles forward line and turning it into a shoot out would have been worse, the result will make this look like a mistake but to be fair there is definitely a logic to it. The problem with doing that is that the Thurles backs include three all stars and two other county players all of whom are very versatile so Thurles pretty much get to decide who the free man is.

TBF it very nearly worked and only for a few uncharacteristic free misses and a couple of goalkeeping errors they could have won, obviously we have no idea what would have happened if they went more orthodox but there is no guarantee the result would have been different, if you leave Aiden McCormack, Pa Bourke, Richie Ruth, Lar Corbett etc man for man in a shootout you are asking for trouble.

danganabu

Just as a side to that, the main criticism I would have of Walsh was his pathetic blaming of the referee afterwards, yes he was dishing out yellows like Christmas cards but he was the same for both teams and in no way affected the result.

ShamoBuc

danganabu wrote: »

They obviously felt that going man for man with the Thurles forward line and turning it into a shoot out would have been worse, the result will make this look like a mistake but to be fair there is definitely a logic to it. The problem with doing that is that the Thurles backs include three all stars and two other county players all of whom are very versatile so Thurles pretty much get to decide who the free man is.

TBF it very nearly worked and only for a few uncharacteristic free misses and a couple of goalkeeping errors they could have won, obviously we have no idea what would have happened if they went more orthodox but there is no guarantee the result would have been different, if you leave Aiden McCormack, Pa Bourke, Richie Ruth, Lar Corbett etc man for man in a shootout you are asking for trouble.

I think their best player and defender was Maher. Surely having a different player free would have been more advantageous, or no player at all. I also think if they didn't make an absolute mess of the pen, Thurles would have won by more.

It will be interesting if any other team think its a good idea to leave Maher free. Going toe to toe might be the only way to beat them. They are a serious team and I don't think they played as well as they could the last day.

danganabu

ShamoBuc wrote: »

I think their best player and defender was Maher. Surely having a different player free would have been more advantageous, or no player at all. I also think if they didn't make an absolute mess of the pen, Thurles would have won by more.

It will be interesting if any other team think its a good idea to leave Maher free. Going toe to toe might be the only way to beat them. They are a serious team and I don't think they played as well as they could the last day.

But Thurles have the luxury of choosing which of their players is free because of the quality of their backs, the alternative is to pick a forward to mark a back and follow him at all costs, Lar Corbett tried that once and was rightfully ridiculed for it.

Agree with Thurles been better than last Sunday but the big fear is their lack of grafters and dirty ball winners in the forwards when space is at a premium, they have never replaced Redser O'Grady in that regard.

ShamoBuc

danganabu wrote: »

But Thurles have the luxury of choosing which of their players is free because of the quality of their backs, the alternative is to pick a forward to mark a back and follow him at all costs, Lar Corbett tried that once and was rightfully ridiculed for it.

Agree with Thurles been better than last Sunday but the big fear is their lack of grafters and dirty ball winners in the forwards when space is at a premium, they have never replaced Redser O'Grady in that regard.

But Lar Corbett is a foward. Playing a more defensive type player on Maher would have worked. Don't think Lar has a defensive bone in his body, bad choice by the manager in that game.

For Thurles, playing on good pitches will help with their lack of dirty ball winners in the team, if they have a lack of them. Winter hurling on a tight, muddy pitch is a great leveller and the need for grafters is great. But playing on a dry sod helps to keep the ball moving.

They were worthy winners and I think they will beat Ballyea although that is in Cusack park.

Looking forward to see how the Glen get on. They have been poor in Munster but I've a feeling they might get a result v patrickswell. As glen teams go, I think they are average. I grew up watching some serious glen teams, that did not get the success of the current one due to the Far superior standard of club hurling back then. But they have a bit more experience now, and if Horgan keeps scoring, particularly his frees, they have a good chance of a win, but the Munster winner will come from the other semi I think, Thurles probably.

zetecescort

Mourneabbey make it 3 in a row of Munster titles after beating The Banner 2-13 to 1-6.

zetecescort

Best of luck to the Glen, we could do with some good news on the hurling front

zetecescort

well done to Orla Cotter and the Mackey twins on winning all stars

zetecescort

Glen 0-4 Patrickswell 0-7 HT

zetecescort

level with 8 min to go, Glen with a heap of wides

zetecescort

Glen win by 1, 0-15 to 0-14.

Nonoperational

Good result.

ShamoBuc

Great result for the glen. An interesting pairing for the final.

seanvanseanvan

That Glen keeper ain't too shabby. Him and Horgan won it for them. With Mc Donnell and Moylan they have quality players through the middle

thesultan

St. Thomas's probably the best team left in it.

deisedude

thesultan wrote: »

St. Thomas's probably the best team left in it.

Was talking to someone who was at the Galway final and they said St. Thomas were brutal but Gort were worse. Not that you can read too much into one game.

zetecescort

Fintan Gould has retired.

lukin

zetecescort wrote: »

Fintan Gould has retired.

Another link with the 2010 All-Ireland has been broken.I heard that himself and Goulding had been told by the Cork management that they were not in their plans for 2017.Hence the retirement announcements.

DuffleBag

Gould has been a bit part player the whole of his senior career. Fair play to him for sticking with it. A lot of fellas would've said no to the gear and wouldn't be happy to play second fiddle but he didn't.

zetecescort

Paudie Kissane gone from the football backroom team.