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yeah I think the same. Players had to show how much they wanted the jersey and believe all those who started and the subs showed this. Seen nothing myself wrong with Cian O Sullivan. Easy enough in his position. May have wandered more than usual but more a reflection on the score-line than a concern.
poguemahone (Dublin) - Posts: 365 - 26/06/2017 14:56:14 2005776 Link 0 |
Doesn't matter if he never won a medal he was a great player and deserves the recognition. You don't have to play on successful teams to be called a great player. Mattie Ford's never won a medal but was a brilliant player
hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 26/06/2017 14:57:50 2005779 Link 2 |
I looked at this yesterday and Dublin had a sweeper on their 45 completely on his own, Fitzy mostly while Cian was marking the only Westmeath forward in the Dublin half who was sitting on the small parallelogram. Any ball over the top was picked off by the sweeper and the lone forward was isolated. Looked like Westmeath tried to cobble together a blanket defence but it has to be drilled for months before it is perfected. You need high intensity in the backs, short kick outs, high turnover on tackles and to break at huge pace. Westmeath did none of this.
Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 26/06/2017 15:16:35 2005795 Link 0 |
Regardless of the result which was ridiculous, it was the performance yesterday that stood out for me, the team looked furious, hungry, playing with edge. That performance is 30% more then we have been playing with all year. We have set a standard now that has to be maintained for the rest of the year. No mercy to any team. The Dermo situation may be a huge enabling factor for us this year. I have said on here, Dublin arent the same team that have won back to back All Irelands they are a team in transition building the next generation, the team that has won all the All Irelands this decade is history. I haven't been confident of winning Sam this year and am looking at this year as a development year. But the Connolly situation may just be the shot in the arm to make us competitive for the overall thing. If its achieved it will be an unexpected bonus. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 26/06/2017 16:13:52 2005856 Link 0 |
I seen a rating of 10/10 for C Kilkenny last night. Do people think that was an accurate reflection? Personally he has frustrated me the last couple of years. He's obviously immensely talented but at one stage yesterday he received a ball in the corner and if he turned there was a goal chance on but he passed it back out the field 30/40 yards. I just feel as good as he is, there is a lot more in him. Scary but true. tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 26/06/2017 16:29:44 2005868 Link 0 |
As wh supported am so gutted, and i do not think we are as bad as that. but just a few things on game, there is no hiding place in croke park the open spaces to move ball fast is huge. Dublin are one of the few teams that are relentless in attacking after attacking even then game was over as contest players going for goals. the game itself was clean contest and i know rules are rules but to see 4 -5 yellows and a black when we all knew who was going to win is annoying. the black especial when it meant playing last 15 minutes with 14 players, also 5 minutes injury time. when there should be 5 minutes you would not get even 2 mins. then i go and watch sunday game and a Down player goes into monaghan players back with knees and no card and panel think it is ok. madbull (Westmeath) - Posts: 195 - 26/06/2017 17:02:39 2005893 Link 0 |