COC plays in a team that doesn't really have another consistently reliable shooter. He's the go to guy on a team that is and has been one of the top sides in the country throughout his career. I also think Mayo's style of play and the reluctance (at times) of other Mayo forwards to shoot contributes to them being a side that gets a lot of frees.
So COC gets lots of opportunities and he's reasonably accurate. Just off the tip top level I'd say but really good.
It's a pretty amazing achievement to top that list at age 27 all things considered and underlines his importance to Mayo.
People "don't give him the credit he deserves"
a bit because of his cy, I was realnicism and constant bleating to refs. I think that differentiates him from the other forwards
on the list. He really sails close to the wind most of the time and I think a lot of it is unnecessary.
It's a list of top scorers, not a list of the best forwards.
I'd have to agree with you on all counts.
Back in his YPOTY days I was really excited about his potential; he seemed to have all it takes to be a top class player. Then, sadly, he seeme to lose his way and he deserved his reputation for gesticulating at referees and slinging insults and sly digs at all around him.
To be fair to him, he could be getting a lot of "attention" from his markers who knew that he was hot-tempered and were trying to provoke him.He did have serious injuries and that had to lessen his input as time went on and I know the time he missed THAT free upset the poor fella for months afterwards.
All in all, you would have to make allowances but it still doesn't alter the fact than his potential was being wasted. AOS got at least as much hassle and din't get in ref's bad books in the process.
Last time he got sent off really pissed me off. He deserved the line and could have got it earlier.
I tend to keep an eye on what's happening off the ball throughout a game and Cillian was niggling all around him - a case of getting his retaliation in first. If the ref was doing his job, COC could have been spotted a lot earlier.
However, he seems to be enjoying his football since his latest return and I haven't seen a single narky incident so far. I just hope it stays that way and he gets back to his old self once again.