Jury is very much out on this management set up. I don't see much evidence of any particular game plan so far, hopefully it will come together soon. Very worrying last weekend looking at 40-50 yards of space in front of our full back line while our wing backs chased the Dublin lads around the field and went 30 minutes or more without touching the ball. Badly need someone like Niall Corcoran and Tommy Fitzgerald involved.
Some strange selection decisions too, both on starting team and subs. Some lads have hardly been given a chance, Colm Stapleton , James Duggan, Fionan Mahony Jordan Walsh Ciaran Byrne spring to mind. Stephen Bergin only got a look in for the first time last week in a dead rubber, was our best forward and then taken off ! Maybe they are not showing enough in training, but when you see the team and subs you wonder.
The constant referring to our lads lack of conditioning is starting to smack of excuses, there may be some truth to it but once is enough to say it to the media. With a small pick it is going to be harder to have a panel who both have the athletic and hurling qualities. The loss of physical lads like Sean Downey, Cha and Lee Cleere hasn't helped. I assume since Willie has placed such a big emphasis on this he has put in place a system to rectify the situation, and all players now have individually tailored S&C programs with set targets and a system of accountability ?
I can see a few retirements at the end of this year and I am not sure Div 1 is the place for what would be a young team looking to rebuild.
Some strange selection decisions too, both on starting team and subs. Some lads have hardly been given a chance, Colm Stapleton , James Duggan, Fionan Mahony Jordan Walsh Ciaran Byrne spring to mind. Stephen Bergin only got a look in for the first time last week in a dead rubber, was our best forward and then taken off ! Maybe they are not showing enough in training, but when you see the team and subs you wonder.
The constant referring to our lads lack of conditioning is starting to smack of excuses, there may be some truth to it but once is enough to say it to the media. With a small pick it is going to be harder to have a panel who both have the athletic and hurling qualities. The loss of physical lads like Sean Downey, Cha and Lee Cleere hasn't helped. I assume since Willie has placed such a big emphasis on this he has put in place a system to rectify the situation, and all players now have individually tailored S&C programs with set targets and a system of accountability ?
I can see a few retirements at the end of this year and I am not sure Div 1 is the place for what would be a young team looking to rebuild.