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Its mind boggling how many cannot defeat these defensive systems. It's like they play it too safe with the ball handling so only 100 percent guaranteed passes are played and therefore no penetration.
Surely you mix it up. Penetrating runs to draw fouls, kick from distant which should be an option when no wind and I think the mark could be a great tool to defeat that setup too.
apparently there is if Louth's near-miss today is anything to go by...
The template is defend on mass and hope to get a goal or 2 against the run of play.
He smacked into a post I think.
I think a lot of people got a fright when he went down and players were calling for the medic.He probably should have been taken off as a precaution but glad he was OK to continue.
Anyone any idea what happened to Tommy Conroys face?
Their last point was scored after the 5 minutes had elapsed . It was 6 by the time the ball was kicked out
It was almost 6 minutes.
Did the ref blow up on the dot of 5 minutes of injury time? I was sure there was more to come after Louth's last point...
But it's not a switch that can be turned on.
Louth have had Mickey Heart as coach for a good few years, it's no surprise that they have inched their way up the leagues and have the game plan like they had today, it's been worked on over time.
So if Cork don't already have a defensive ethos they can't just come up with one in a week.
But as the other poster said it's the likes of Galway and Derry that will be the problem, as they are already play defensively.
he has bigger fish to fry
I doubt Cork have the quality to beat Mayo playing that way but plenty of other teams left in the championship do, most obviously Derry & Galway and to a lesser extent Monaghan & Roscommon. It's harder to implement that gameplan in Croker but if you can, we seem to have no idea how to respond
If Cork have any sense, they saw the template today to beat this Mayo team.
I think someone predicted it here, that Louth would set up defensive and Mayo would struggle to break them down, with Mayo's superior fitness, bench and experience etc winning the day.
Well that's more or less what happened.
This team has a great chance of winning an All Ireland but I'm worried that they won't if they meet someone like Galway or Derry who play a very defensive game.
Why can't they figure it out, it's been going on for years ?
It reminded me of the home league game in 2015 in the H&C era against Tyrone where they couldn't get past the 45.
A win is a win and all that, and they will learn more from this than a 10 point hammering etc, but sort out getting past a blanket defense please.
I'd expect Cork to be more open next week so I'd expect a Mayo win, but they need to sort this stuff out.
Good to get a result but uninspiring to say the least. Don't think we took a single long range shot or put a single high ball in - just did the same thing repeatedly and it was easy enough to defend against for a team as well organised as Louth. Good thing they didn't get ahead or we could have been in trouble
Twas sweltering, even up at the back of the stand. Let's just say not the pleasantest afternoon of my life all round...
There’s a template there to play against us. Cillian would have been great to have today. And Diarmuid also to a lesser extent. Having the ability to take on long range points is what you need against those tactics
There would be 3 teams on 4 points then so it goes to points difference.
Isn't head the head the first criteria if 2 teams are level on points in the group?
If so, even if Kerry win and Mayo lose versus Cork then Mayo top the table?
I could be wrong
Well it wouldn't be a moral victory it would be an actual victory.
Most teams in the country won't win Sam,half of them don't even play in it but if you're the likes of Louth you might come up the divisions,maybe get to a leinster final and claim the odd famous victory along the way.Thats about the best Louth can do so I understand why they do it.I just don't want to see it rewarded because it's so horrible to watch
Not great, 6 points shy of the 20 point mark, but a win is a win.
Only good thing to come out of today's game was seeing the fraudulent 300k Mchale Park pitch being exposed to the nation on RTE 2.
Its an absolute disgrace that warrants an investigation, as to where and how the money was spent during the project.
Looks like lots of shortcuts were taken by either the contractor or the county board to enrich themselves further..
Well got the win, less said about everything else the better.
Well back down to Earth after the performance, still happy to cough up the last minute goal
Horrible game and performance.
But a win is a win I guess....and a badly needed one with Cork waiting in the longish grass maybe
Some save from Reape 😬
Subs needed here asap to freshen things up...gone very sloppy
But all they'll be rewarded with is a moral victory against a Div 1 team.
No team playing that sort of defensive stuff will win anything.
Very difficult to play against these Louth tactics,especially on MacHale Park pitch and in this heat.Horrible to watch,hopefully Mayo can get a goal and pull away,terrible to see these tactics being rewarded in any way.
Making heavy weather of this 🫤
Actually doing reasonably ok against a blanket defense but some bad wides
This is a tough game to watch
I’ve literally no idea what you’re talking about
Coen to MF and Mchugh to HB?
Maybe Carney to move into MF but who goes to HF then
Good options off the bench if we're in trouble
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