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miltown the only time 50/50 ball was mentioned in my post was in relation to mc cann. kevin molloy was picking jacob up(just in case you didnt travel down on sunday) and he did o k when he was standing beside him. but jacob was usually on the move. how ever was making the delivierie hit the ball in to the corner when jacob wasnt even there but he knew exactly where it was going the minute it left the weford players hurl and stole a yard. JB and skull are making very valid points on what when wrong on sunday maybe you should do the same instead of nitpicking other posters comments.

19 scores from 70 minutes of hurling is pretty standard for decent opposition regardless of how fearless the defense is at this time of year (e.g cork v tipp or dublin v offally). 12 scores tells us where we are in the forward department. We haven't developed the cuteness inside or the awareness out the pitch to deliver quality ball to get us up to the scoring rate that is needed. Hurlers like Joe Deane and Rory Jacob are those type of players who could/can break your heart because they are unmarkable WHEN you have you have players out the pitch who (when given time to) focus on getting quality delivery into the space they have created for themselves. In Antrim it's all blood and guts, which sometimes works but it doesn't gaurentee enough scores IMO. This needs to be developed into development squads as I don't think it can be resolved today or tomorrow.

This is the best post on this subject so far highlighting one of our biggest problems. Jacob was pulling his marker all over the place, timming it that when the ball was coming in he had himself some space. and as skull says he was getting good deliveries. our forwards are to stagnant at times. young mc cann does well when in space but cant win 50/50 ball.

hey lads lets not get to hung up on what Dinny said, he was asked at a time when the teams second half performance just didn't make any sense. Hes not a politician or broadcaster

as for the match why did so many of our players go  AWOL when wexford where there for the taking. I lost count of the times our boys stood off there men and watch them catch high balls. I have been to all the games this year and we didint hurl for 70 minutes in any of them. We haven't a strong panel but they have showed some good hurling but only in spurts. Need a bit more consistansy