Kilkenny v Galway All Ireland Final!

[mouview]

balls.ie  seems an appropriate place for his comments. If he's pessimistic for the future, what does he suggest to do? Scrap the current panel and start again with a new one? He didn't achieve too much as a manager himself and failed on a number of the teams he mentioned back in the 80s. Just sounds like a bitter man.

IMHO, the panel in '05 wasn't strong enough to push on and lacked true consistency; the team in '12 had a makeshift FB and Regan at 6 was never the greatest, (in spite of his recent unhappiness). I do think Galway are better positioned now to push on as the age profile of the squad is still good and there are better players now than before in quite a number of spots, e.g. corner and wing back. HF line still needs tweaking and a couple of more players need to push their way for selection. A more flexible tactical approach and the ability to change things quicker during a game also needed. Unity and a common purpose required more than ever.

[deiseach]

When was that article updated to reflect Lynskey pretending he said something completely different?

http://www.balls.ie/gaa/brendan-lynskey-clarifies-comments-on-pearse-stadium-celebrations/307973

[mikehunt]

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/columnists/tony-considine/ruthless-kilkennys-monopoly-is-hurting-hurling-352610.html

General consensus is that it was a big collapse. Would agree with everything Considine says. Daly and English mentioned as much.

[mouview]

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/columnists/tony-considine/ruthless-kilkennys-monopoly-is-hurting-hurling-352610.html

General consensus is that it was a big collapse. Would agree with everything Considine says. Daly and English mentioned as much.

Don't agree with a couple of later points; Daithi Burke better at CHB because he can turn quicker than Tannian; P Mannion was Galway's best defender prior to Tipp game and as such had to be started on their best FF line player. Main points in his column probably true.

[theskull1]

Bar the odd under pressure handpass, I can't remember a single purposeful pass delivered to a Galway forward in the second half. Add to that the wides that should have been over the bar.... all points to a lack of clear thinking across the team when the pressure came on

[Milltown Row2]

Bar the odd under pressure handpass, I can't remember a single purposeful pass delivered to a Galway forward in the second half. Add to that the wides that should have been over the bar.... all points to a lack of clear thinking across the team when the pressure came on

Its no surprise that when Wexford and Galway beat Kilkenny in any games in the past 10/15 years they used a very short low passing system to get the ball into speedy forwards... Aimless balls into that defence is daft... They gobble up first and second ball each time... Players needed to be showing for the ball out wide or cross field passes trying to draw the Kilkenny defenders out...

Easier said than done and all the analysts would have other views on beating... Cody's team weather the storm and do what they do best, they raise their work rate and by doing that they create space and the forwards get on the ball and score!!

You cant beat hard work and never give up commitment, bring that to the table and you'll do well