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This message has been edited - 08-jul-2012 @ 09:32

Originally posted by insideoutside:
What a heap of rubbish. Three or four passes went astray in the first half but what about the long balls driven into the Dublin half backline and were mopped up. Davy is not a fitness couch but is trying to get a team that has only won one champ game in the last ten years to play a bit of inteligent hurling. In the second half when down a man and the nervousness left the players they played the hurling that Davy wants them to play, win the ball move it to a better placed player be it by handpass or stick. These players have little confidence and it is refreshing to see that when they opened up in the second half what they can do. With a season playing Div 1 hurling they will improve no end. Remember the age of the players that finished the game, Galvin, Kelly , Cunningham and McGrath were'nt they fantastic.

This message has been edited - 08-jul-2012 @ 09:18

Originally posted by insideoutside:
What a heap of rubbish. Three or four passes went astray in the first half but what about the long balls driven into the Dublin half backline and were mopped up. Davy is not a fitness couch but is trying to get a team that has only won one champ game in the last ten years to play a bit of inteligent hurling. In the second half when down a man and the nervousness left the players they played the hurling that Davy wants them to play, win the ball move it to a better placed player be it by handpass or stick. These players have little confidence and it is refreshing to see that when they opened up in the second half what they can do. With a season playing Div 1 hurling they will improve no end. Remember the age of the players that finished the game, Galvin, Kelly , Cunningham and McGrath were'nt they fantastic.

Originally posted by insideoutside:
My good man Dublin scored 2 points from play in the first half. Enough said go to bed.

This message has been edited - 08-jul-2012 @ 09:20

Originally posted by Bannerabu:
No its ASSHOLES like you that cant see a game plan

Originally posted by Bannerabu:
As insideout already tried to explain but its probably a bit elaborate for you so im not going waste my time on you

Originally posted by Bannerabu:
I too was there this evening and was also at most games this year. I agree it can be frustrating at times but compared to earlier in the year it has not been used as much but a more varied supply. If a player is in a better position to deliver you give it to him no point in blasting aimless ball out of defence when we dont have the physical presence to challenge for it. Now it does look terrible when intercepted but Davy is working with a young bunch of players and it will take patience. Yes it cost us 2 or 3 scores 2day but our main flaw was concession of frees.I dont expect you to agree but respect other peoples point of view without dismissing them because its not a view shared by you.

Originally posted by Bannerabu:
I too was there this evening and was also at most games this year. I agree it can be frustrating at times but compared to earlier in the year it has not been used as much but a more varied supply. If a player is in a better position to deliver you give it to him no point in blasting aimless ball out of defence when we dont have the physical presence to challenge for it. Now it does look terrible when intercepted but Davy is working with a young bunch of players and it will take patience. Yes it cost us 2 or 3 scores 2day but our main flaw was concession of frees.I dont expect you to agree but respect other peoples point of view without dismissing them because its not a view shared by you.

Originally posted by Tom Sawyer:

You are right - it did cost us 2 or 3 scores and only for Kelly's goal those mistakes would have cost us the match. But that is exactly my point - we got away wit it today .The top teams will play a short game when they absolutely need to or when they are in trouble - we are playing it just for the sake of it without any reason to do so when a direct approach (like 2nd half tonight) is far more beneficial

Originally posted by squareba11:
I would say that for that system to work properly it would take a year or two before you would see the best of it. When Nicky got sent off we used plenty of short passes (anything up to 15 yards I would consider short) but we used the ball more intelligently and the players worked harder to break the tackle after a short pass. We have a shortage of natural ball winners on the team and need to play to our strengths. You can hardly blame a manager for lads getting blocked trying to hand-pass the ball? Driving a big long ball in and loosing it and the opposition going up the field is as bad as loosing it playing the ball short. Only difference is it doesn't look bad. When our players get more used to the system their decision making will improve and we will rarely see them caught in possession.

Originally posted by ljk:
if ye draw limk how will ye go?

Originally posted by Tom Sawyer:
If we are allowed go out and hurl, then we can beat Limerick. If we are suffocated by the rubbish of game plans and short passing then Limerick will win pulling up