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Was a long list of injuries rumoured but of the 26 named i think there is just R O'Donoghue,Plunkett and Conroy ruled out.
And O'Hora I think
He is named on the bench. A very strong bench. Im very confident now. Hopefully ROD injury isnt too bad. I wonder is Fionn McDonagh injured again too?
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Great to have Durkan back
McDonagh was supposed to be back from injury. Debatable whether he deserves a spot ahead of anyone in that 26 so might just be left out.
Hope we dont lose tomorrow , because if anybody wants to do any scrutiny of the game via a methodical dissection they'll probably be reported, cough,couughh,
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And Harrison,
However as I mentioned before the injury crisis is beginning to subside,lads are coming out the other side of it and we're in better health that against Galway.
As I understood it McDonagh was back but he's been fit a few times in the past when he didn't make the match day squad.Expect a few changes before throw in,I think DOC will start maybe for Bryan Walsh and Carney might go to hf line.
Delighted and surprised to see Flynn in the squad.
Where did the ohara injury come from or is just sh1te and hell start tomorrow evening?
That's a decent team named. Good enough to win imo, mayo by 3
Minimum two changes to that team.
Darren starts 100% IMO
In stead of who?
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Horans gone cold on him of late, but his form hasn't been great in all fairness despite his talents..
Big game for the likes of A Orme, B Walsh today .
They're yet to show that they belong at this level, as ok-ish needs to bee replaced with clutch moments.
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Much improved but a couple of passengers up front
orme and Walsh mainly
Carr playing on patches as usual . Frustrating player
I’ll take that. Lots to work on and fairly big improvements needed. Some annoyed Monaghan fans appeared to want words with the ref afterward.
Much better performance than the Kerry and Galway games but lots of room for improvement.
Monaghan possibly had a strong penalty shout near the end (?).... couldn't really see from where I was but it looked dodgy.
Horan was irate as well near the end with the ref. Got a couple of stern warnings from Gough the linesman.
Ref had a shocker dont think i was a penalty but was a def black card
Would have been a very soft penalty if it was given against Keegan, the Monaghan lad went down way too easily and the ref wasn’t going to buy that. Have seen them given all the same. The other call they were shouting for was a peno for a footblock by Coen. It wasn’t a footblock, there was too much distance for that to have been called a footblock. I’ve seen those given, incorrectly too, in the past.
My initial reaction was it was a foot block. I'll need to see the replay - angle from the stand certainly made it look like a pen to me.
I thought we were lucky(ish) - black card was very soft.
More random observations:
I thought AOS had his best game in a long while.
The big missed goal chance (McLaughlin?) at the start of the 2nd half could have been very costly.
Carney was ok I guess...could have done with some more long ball in.
Orme showed the odd flash but still seems to be a work in progress.
I haven't seen a lot of Brian Walsh so wasn't sure what to expect, can't remember him doing anything of note tbh.
Great to have Durcan, COC and Mullin back and looking fit...another couple of weeks and hopefully a softish draw (Limerick, Kildare) will give them time to really ramp up sharpness.
And fair play to the players for staying on the pitch to sign jerseys etc...can't be easy after running around for 75+ mins in searing heat
Happy enough with that.
Thought the team looked short on scoring power when named, but we did well against Banty's negative tactics.
One of those ‘take the win and move on’ type of games. Full forward line badly wanting in terms of movement and offering an outlet for a kick pass, so many times our runners had little option but to turn and recycle, that will happen I suppose without our natural forwards like RoD and Tommy. But you could see the frustration and choice words aimed at the forwards when they had to recycle the ball. Thought Carney did well, Walsh wasn’t great. Durcan class and Aido played well, game suited I’m. What does Fergal Boland have to do to get a look in though, clever footballer and can chip in with scores, would have him in ahead of a couple of our starters this evening.
I think the ref got all the big decisions right as far as I can tell.
McManus was a black card day long: correct call
It was a foot block for the Mayo penalty: correct call
Coen's foot block for the Monaghan penalty call was further away and was by his calf in any case: correct call
Keegan challenge in the end: 50/50 at most, would have been very very harsh: correct call.
Correct
the only contentious one was the last one. And it could well have been given ……
boland scored 3 points vs Kerry. Started the next game vs Tyrone. Was totally inept. Couldn’t compete with the Tyrone half backs when they were attacking us and isn’t strong enough to take them on when we’re attacking Personally I don’t think Orme , Boland , Loftos are strong enough. Don’t have the steeliness of a Niall scully or the directness of a Stephen Obrein for example.
Got through thats the main thing, Will be a quick turnaround with quarter finals next week.
Next up either Donegal Kildare Limerick or Roscommon.
I don't think Boland is the answer either, especially against a packed defense like Monaghan. Harsh as it sounds, he lacks pace and physicality. Very few top intercounty players around without 1 or both of those traits. That's also the reason Eoin O'Donoghue never quite made it and Neil Douglas in previous years.
Orme has decent pace and is a good ball winner, just hasn't much confidence shooting. Loftus was good off the bench vs Monaghan but I wouldn't start him tbh.
Jordan Flynn could be an option in the half forward line when he's back, or maybe play him midfield and move Mattie forward to change things up? Getting Ryan back on the pitch is also vital.
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