Good team...
I’d make a good few changes to that
Ryan
Tom
Foley
Graham
Beaglaoich
Morley
White
Diarmuid
Barry Dan
Joe O’Connor
Seanie
Burke
Paudie
David
Killian Spillane
He is making these mistakes too often. His book has been marked by other teams as Dublin waited for him to screw up in the Final. He sailed too close to the wind with his hand passing and got away with it up till the Dublin game. It turned the game again last Sunday against Galway. His speed is becoming a liability and needs more composure in his game. S Ryan has this lapse of concentration too much now in games, also he is far too slow with kickouts. B O Begley is the best for making himself available for the kick out. I may get lambasted for this but D O' Connor is an average midfielder and goes missing far too much in big games, doesn't make himself available for kick outs enough either. Sort out our kick outs and this team will improve 30%.
Of course he has to make himself available? Its every players job to show for a ball, creating space, making decoy runs etc. Watch any good forward off the ball, they might make 3 or 4 hard runs before a ball is even kicked in their direction.
I agree with Bass, White should have probably done better but I don't think Ryan took the right option in taking it on, a kick like that has to be nailed 100% into the chest, anything less and the defender is in trouble, especially when its wet and slippy out.
Attempting anything like that against a team as clinical as the Dubs would be insanity
Player are continually making themselves available. It's the goalie decision wheather the kickout is on or not. When I saw it going to him I taught that it was a bad decision.
Ryan has a habit of kicking out scuttery short kickouts. At time he definitely should put more pace on the ball and keep it off the ground. Players are constantly having to bend to pick up a ball skidding along the ground.
Ya GW should have done a bit better but it's Ryan making the call wheather the KO is on or not
then why did he make himself available for the kick out?
It is a major worry with White being turned over time & time again. In todays game one mistake will be pounced on and capitalized on. Is there better than White in the panel?
Tbf to White i don't think that kick out was on at all, not when the conditions were as greasy and slippy as they were.
He did give it away cheap enough 2 or 3 times in the first half though
Didint see game yesterday Just saw Galway goal there now........ Gavin White again... Jesus.. someone needs to have a word with him
Also Donal Downes should be in that squad!!
Cillian Burke. D Geaney, S O Brien, Joe o Connor & Heinrich are the bright sparks from this league campaign. Joe O' Connor gets about more than J Barry did, has an eye for a score as well, one thing missing from the midfield for years. C Burke will be a key favor in the Championship. D Geaney has a good kick pass and has composure in his kicking. B O' B I think needs to be dropped to the bench at this stage. Prefer to see Barry Dan ahead of Moynihan. A Spillane to start as well. G White again today is at fault for a goal that could have proved costly again. Shane Ryan still has a bad mistake in him and needs to stop with his forays up the pitch. Jack o' Connor and his management team I still have doubts about, why bring on the Cliffords today? It actually upset the rhythm we had going with the new lads on the pitch. I really hope Paddy Tally is back for the Championship as he is badly needed. K Spillane is our 2nd best scoring forward and should be used more. Also have a feeling Cork may cause an upset in munster this year. In truth we are dire to watch and the link up with our forwards is poor. I don't see any new tactics from Jack and that is the main worry.
Hard to know where we stand after the league. Ww have found a few players, but disappointed in a few more.
Joe O'Connor improving with every game, Cillian Burke is a real find. Armin Heinrich played well today and Sean O Brien played well.
Darragh Roche was disappointing, looking back Jack should have held on to Donal Downes. O'Bealoigh did not impress either
Looking at a championship team
Foley ( if back from injury)
Dylan Casey?
Tom O'Sullivian
Diarmuid O'Connor
Joe O'Connor
Adrian Spillane
Paudie Clifford
Cillian Burke
David Clifford
Sean O Shea
Dara Moynihan
Foul relates to this rule: 4.35 To go outside the boundary lines to gain an advantage.
Gavin White continued his run after the pass and continued out over the line. He then played the ball after a little goal mouth scramble which is why it was a free to Tyrone.
Ya I couldn’t figure that out either. Tyrone player picked the ball off the ground and the whistle blew. I assumed he wasn’t playing advantage and giving us a free in…..
Can someone tell me why our goal was disallowed in the 1st half? Looked ok to me.
I just think he is not a top level midfielder, that was a poor enough Tyrone team. D Moynihan had a good enough game but he only plays well against weaker teams. I want S o Shea to stay in the inside line. Gavin White has improved his game, much tidier on the ball and is looking around more when running with the ball, A Spillane had a good game, brings much needed grit & tenacity. Morley had a good game as well. We are still a good bit behind Dublin and hopefully Jack can fix the kick out's, that area is killing us most.
Will you ever take a break winding people up. The man of the match isn’t good enough 😂. Actually I thought Dara Moynihan was man of the match but sure you don’t think he should be on the panel at all. Sean O Shea had a great game at 14, that’s an awful worry 😝
Joe o Connor seems to switch off mentally at times, Okunbor better suited in the half back line than midfield. His first outing in a while so cannot rate him really, he does cover ground and is pacy. Still not convinced about D o' Connor even though he got man of the match. Again we have our full forward way out the pitch for most of the game which is a worry. We are a long way off Dublin in every department at this stage. That was a bad Tyrone team who kicked a lot of wides and tactically we were basic again.
Joe O Connor is not the answer at midfield. Felt he was average at best today. Defensively he is very poor and will be targeted by teams come championship. Now maybe he’s still the best of a bad bunch as Okunbur didn’t show anything in the short time he was on.
Ya looks that way and they both have the head to head on Kerry even if we are on the same points as one of them. Derry are probably guaranteed a final spot they have Mayo away and Roscommon at home. They should get to 10 or 11 points and have a good scoring difference.
Dublin are away to Galway and at home to Tyrone both of them may need the points to stay up.
We are away to Roscommon and at home to Galway in the final game
Sorry forgot about the SF being an open draw unless there was clashes
None of that is guaranteed.
Semifinals are done via a draw after the quarter finals.
A Derry V Dublin League Final I mean,
If Derry and Dublinwin there provinces and there groups and continue through they meet in the SF AFAIK
Good to get the win, still far off Dublin after watching Dublin again yesterday. Tyrone were no great shakes and kicked bad wides. Some of the squad players got a run out as well. Still no tactical plan to break the opposition half back line. Still no cohesion in the forwards. Hopefully we can see out the League on a winning run, don't see anything but a Derry v Dublin Final. Gavin White has tightened up his game which is good to see.
Yeah there needed to be some sort of a bite back after last sat nite & thankfully there was
Joe o connor growing into the midfield role
V reliant again on the Clifford's but again when paudie gets motoring everything else comes together
Bit disappointed with tyrone tbh, lost drive & direction when Harte went off
Nice to see a bit of fight and direct football from Kerry today after rolling over and having their tummies tickled last week.
Couple of nice counter attacks and that little row midway through the half is no harm either.
I was hoping for a reaction at home so nice to get it, regardless of what way this finishes.
D Geaney kicked a calm cool point the other night, he didn't advance when others would have steadied himself and kicked an accomplished point.
Nothing can be done about the media hype, what needs to be done is for Jack or some coach to be brought in to get in Cliffords ear. Even Paudie had a go at him in last years Final when a pass was on for a goal chance which would have won the game.
Fitz was in a bad team but when he did get into a Final boy did he make it count!!!
D Clifford has time to improve yet as he has another 5 years at least in him, but as it currently is all those players I mentioned were more clinical in front of goal when it counts...
No it doesn't wonga, I am not on a wind up as you say and if you can't be arsed for a debate then don't!! In fact that kinda sums up the Kerry panel for a while now, no fight!! Just listen to Terrace Talk and not one of the panelists will call things as they are , all "sher look it" etc. Dinny Long was the only one to call out this Kerry set up last year for what it was & is.
Since when has a league game in February been a big match or a meaningful game??
It's a league game.
In February.
Some amount of way OTT rubbish posted here since Saturday.
@Piskin
All players have work to do & Clifford is no different....I would like to see him kick the point when it's on rather than advancing/goal attempts esp when we need to steady the ship at times
I'd love for the media to stop glorifying him constantly, Small kicked a point hogan st side sat nite that was top drawer, if twas Clifford twould be the highlight of the Sunday game.
Comparing him to Gooch M Fitz et al can be done when he's retired,
By his 7th senior season M Fitz didn't have an all ireland medal.....just to put a bit if perspective on it
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