DoctaDee wrote: Standouts for me would be Comerford in goal, that's a big recognition for a young fella - considering he hasn't quite nailed down the BK starting place, but absolutely huge potential. Niall Scully getting a run at HB
Billy Mays wrote: » Trust me, you are speaking down. Nothing wrong with disagreeing or being dismissive about anything, why the need to tell him to "stick to the cricket" though? I'd be interested to know what you mean by that by the way. You say you come into this thread for honest debate, yet your posts in this and other GAA threads are littered with condescension that I don't see from other posters. Listen, if posting in this manner on an internet forum makes you feel good about yourself knock yourself out, to other people you just come across as a d*ckhead. You can go ahead now and report me for calling you a d*ckhead.
Bonniedog wrote: » Surprised not to see more Judes players being given a run. Their backs were quite impressive I thought in SFC. Does Howard play alongside Fenton in mf for Raheny?
gormdubhgorm wrote: » No conor talty plays in midfield with Fenton, Howard at 10 I am surprised as well about the lack of Judes players. At one stage I thought they might win the championship. Their midfield was good as well monster midfielders.
Godge wrote: » Did you ever see him play at full-back?
MayoAreMagic wrote: » Agreed. He doesn't have the skillset for fullback. As for being the best half back in the game - well Dublin play him as a sweeper so it is hard to discern his abilities as a halfback. Id consider McCarthy a better halfback personally.
MayoAreMagic wrote: » He won as much ball of o'sullivan as he did off Fitzsimons, underlined by McMahon coming on and picking him up subsequently... A serious obsession with keegan around here. Does that mean you accept o'sullivan cant play fullback?
MayoAreMagic wrote: » I wouldn't describe it as speaking down. I take issue with people trying to peddle biased BS as fair posting. For example the logic that because Cian O'Sullivan done well running to the wings for kickouts on a big man, he would be able to play full back on a big man... In fairness, how can you not but be dismissive of logic like that? Similarly, when most responses revolve around Lee Keegan or Mayo, how can I be anything but dismissive? I don't believe the poster actually believes that stuff themselves to be honest, and Id say you don't think they do either, which kind of undermines this talking down thing really. Surely Im just responding in kind? Maybe if people spoke honestly they wouldn't be getting dismissed in such a fashion...
Billy Mays wrote: » Genuine question, why do you feel the need to speak down to people on here?
MayoAreMagic wrote: » He, ahem, cleaned them by running to the wing on his own kickout and his hb and hf lines pulling back the field from them... Running away from your marking isn't going to cut it at fullback - your marker is the target... Re conroy, he won a massive amount of ball off him, won a lot of fouls too. If you cant see that stick to the cricket. Re blaming the forwards/midfield, can I blame the forwards for the o'sheas getting 'cleaned' at midfield too? Handy get out of jail card that one... Also, seeing as one player can apparently clean two out, maybe Conroy can claim O'Carroll's scalp too for good measure? Listen, he is a fine player in his own right, but he isn't a fullback. Less of the fanboy mentality please. You seem to want your players to be able to do literally anything, and anyone who disagrees is just jealous. Are you for real like?
Gael85 wrote: » Conroy actually destroyed Fitzsimmons. COS was switched and did alright. Our whole full back line was cleaned that day. Sure look Lee Keegan was destroyed by Michael Quinlivan in semi final last year. The best can have off days
Gael85 wrote: » He is good enough in the air. Cleaned the O'Shea brothers in 2013 final in midfield. Conroy scored one point from play in that game. FB was under serious pressure considering completely dominated for first 50 minutes. Would blame half forward/midfield for failing to cut the supply of ball into Mayo forwards.
MayoAreMagic wrote: » He doesn't. Not good enough in the air, not strong enough, fine player in his own right though, just not a fb. As for man marking the gooch, well I recall a pre-sweeper outing in 2012 where he got destroyed by micheal conroy, so let's not get carried away here... Every defender looks better with sweepers in fairness.
Gael85 wrote: » COS has the skillset for Full Back. Is any comfortable for any position from no 2-8. He is definitely one of the best centre half backs in game at the moment. His reading of a game allows him to drop back and cover fullback line. He is not bad at man marking too. Kept Gooch quiet in 2013 semi final when switched from midfield.
gormdubhgorm wrote: » Sure McCarthy plays in midfield for the mun it is hardly going to be foreign to him! The move would make sense with McCaffery coming back. Let's be honest the hardest test for this Dublin team will be to stay awake during games. I get the sense that even the so called stronger teams are starting to feel they are beaten, before they step over the white line.
Gael85 wrote: » Has all the attributes to play midfield however I would keep him at right half back as it his best position.
Paulzx wrote: » This is something thats been on my mind all winter. I'd love to see him tried out in mid.
