Replying To atta: "If Morris had of scored with his last kick it would have been a 2 point game, with all the momentum going meaths way. As it happened there was a long stoppage and we got caught for a silly technical infringement and at that the game was lost. What killed us yesterday was the wayward shooting in the first half, that kills drive in a team. We sorely miss Jones, hopefully he is back for the Carlow match. We draw a line under it and move on."
Indeed our shooting was poor esp in the first half however this was due to the pressure Louth exerted in defence. Louth were organised and closed down every ball giving our forwards zero space.
Like the early games in the league i would have preferred to see us have more patience in front of the posts.
Replying To winatallcost: "Don't think anything malicious really. Morris was following through and Dornin and another louth player was after attempting to block. Innocuous but unfortunately looks really bad for him. He was by far our most threatening forward and was our only outlet for rescuing game. Frayne had a complete off from play and frees and was lucky to remain on field. Really concerned about backup quality and the importance of players injured such as Coffey and Jones. Another concern has been the complete slump in form of Menton. Looks completely gassed out and I just wonder is he at the condition necessary given he was the sort of player that relied on his engine and fitness. Similar to Monaghan game our half backline was abject. Keoghan head and shoulders our best player. Flynn did some good things but also some bad. Need to figure out best team and hope we show something in Leinster and sort out alot of sloppiness."
We won more than our fair share of possession around the middle of the field. The problem was poor execution from the forwards, particularly dropping shots short which gives the opposition a launch pad for counter attacks. This puts the whole team under pressure. If we get Jones back to supplement Menton and Flynn in midfield and improve scoring efficiency we can get back to where we were after the first 4 matches. Loss of Morris would be a huge setback though as he is easily our most dangerous forward.