Fermanagh beat Antrim with 1-2 in injury time to move to 6 points. They're a handy team and battle to the end. We got them last day, so hope we've things wrapped up by then
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Westside on February 19, 2023, 03:58:15 PM
Longford were desperate. They never looked like they believed they could win the game. Everyone behind the ball in the first half with the wind at their backs. It was over after 20 minutes.
Could be a costly game for Cavan though with Oisin Brady carried off and Carolan and McVeety limping off too.
Quote from: Look-Up! on February 18, 2023, 11:53:53 AM
Yeah good team, Kiernan must also have picked up a knock. Not on bench. You'd really hope we win with a bit to spare. If we are to get to D2 this is one we need 2 points from. But in this division you never know.
It will be interesting to see how all the teams come back after break and will there be any significant changes in form and performance levels.
Quote from: Itchy on February 06, 2023, 10:43:59 AMQuote from: Look-Up! on February 05, 2023, 06:42:41 PM
If McKiernan reaches full fitness you'd imagine it will be impossible to leave him out. Option anywhere in forward half.
I think Gearoid will be a bit like Aidan o Se for Mayo. A hugely dangerous player but difficult to find exactly where to put him. For me I'd be looking at playing him inside, he'd need 2 men to mark him. But he will need a lot of work for him to learn how to play in there.
Quote from: Blowitupref on February 01, 2023, 07:19:40 PMQuote from: Itchy on February 01, 2023, 07:03:51 PMHuge blow to Tipperary changes in the league and championship
I hear Connor Sweeney is gone for season with cruciate. Huge blow for the player and Tipp.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41062241.html
Quote from: Hound on January 31, 2023, 03:49:40 PMQuote from: tbrick18 on January 31, 2023, 03:29:10 PM
The rules apply for the whole of a game, not most of it.
If a rule was broken the appropriate action has to be taken or else the rules become a joke and no-one follows any of them.
No whether or not the GAA cover themselves in glory when it comes to enforcing their own rules is entirely another question, but for the purposes of this game a rule was broken and action had to be take in accordance with the rules as they are written. It's that simple.
Of course the rules should apply for the 6 seconds that Crokes had an extra player.
But Crokes followed the rules to a tee. They did exactly what you are supposed to do when making a sub. However, there was no opportunity for the player to go off. He's standing on the goalline focused on the opponent about to hit the 45 and the ref allows the 45 to be taken before anyone can get word to him. The officials are notified of their error, Mullin is notified and immediately vacates as soon as he's told. Then the officials refuse to allow the 45 to be re-taken and the ref includes absolutely no mention of this fiasco in his report.
But the GAA don't want to throw their ref under the bus, no matter how a big a c**k up he made. And they don't want to go through the hoopla of giving the decision that goes against the social media mobs. So they've made the populist decision.
They've taken the easy way out, knowing full well Crokes will win the appeal, but they've done all they could, so the lawyers and judges can get the blame now when the appeals process is finished and it's confirmed that Crokes won the All Ireland by 2 points and that the ref's (multiple) mistakes, while unfortunate, do not warrant punishment for Kilmacud.
Quote from: Westside on January 30, 2023, 12:34:37 PM
Yeah when I came into the stand I felt like it was dominated with Blue. We were certainly more vocal but that could just be the way the game went. With it being a Bank Holiday next weekend I'd expect a big crowd in Breffni. Interesting to hear Ciaran Brady reference this in his WAC interview. Said he hoped we could get a big crowd to Breffni and they want to play football that will get the crowd on side.
I certainly felt Cavan found a better balance yesterday between game management and keeping momentum. Mickey is no fool and I think he realises the frustration from the stands when we are passing laterally has a negative impact on the team.
I thought Maguire looked like he struggled with the tempo of the game but it's his first appearance in the League and in fairness he got himself out of bother a few times and clearly has a good football brain.
Brady's freetaking is going under the radar a bit. I don't think he's missed one yet this year? I know Ray takes the big ones but nailing all scoreable frees is something we have failed to do in the past. He's also taking them from both sides with both feet. Not many lads in the country can do that.
Quote from: Westside on January 30, 2023, 10:57:24 AM
I felt like Ryan O'Neill was feeling a bit of pressure to get on the scoreboard. With more confidence I'd have fancied him to get a goal from that first opportunity. He took the second mark brilliantly and handled the pressure to hammer it over from 45 metres. If he keeps winning ball like that he'll make it very hard for Mickey to drop him.
Oisin Brady didn't have the impact that he did in the McKenna Cup, found it harder to make space to get a shot off. Perhaps he was flagged for special attention, hopefully as players come back he will find more room in there.
Overall I'd describe our forward unit as functional at best yesterday. Still a lot of hesitancy, I would imagine conversion rate is being hammered into them but that shouldn't come at the cost of taking a shot when it's on. Lynch getting time is great, he'll need to keep the head down as he is a marked man now and could easy suffer from some 'second season' syndrome.
Tipperary slaughtered us at midfield last year in the League in Breffni and with Smith, Gearoid, Conor Brady all injured and Galligan gone, we are probably looking at a 5th choice centerfielder partnering Clarke. I'd like to see David Brady getting a run there, I think he has a higher ceiling than any of the other newbies.
On another note, that was some attendance for first round of the league? Also not sure if the Cavan crowd was larger or just more vocal but I thought the support was excellent and the players fed off it.