A couple of changes.Bord na Mona man wrote: Original team projected in January
1 Padraig Kelly/Colin McNamamamamara
2 Shane Sullivan
3 Conor Evans
4 Cathal Daly==>Nigel Grennan -->Ger Rafferty
5 Barry Mooney
6 Scott Brady
7 Karol Slattery
8 Ciaran McManus
9 James Grennan
10 Neville Coughlan
11 Colm Quinn
12 John Reynolds -->David Egan
13 Mark Daly ==>Thomas Deehan
14 James Coughlan
15 Niall McNamee
It looks like Padraig Kelly will get the nod in goals. There's not much in it.
Being optimistic, I'd hope that he has quelled the urge to over-commit himself and contest marginal high balls.
There was one tester last Sunday that he rightly stayed away from, and I wondered if the Padraig Kelly of old might have gone out to try and claim it?
Nigel Grennan - A good first year, but his form dipped a little of late. Not his preferred position. Looked a little out of sorts at wing back for the U21s.
After a few false starts, Cathal Daly looks eager and should be able to nail down his place in the last two matches.
The championship will come too soon for Thomas Deehan, who is just back from injury.
Mark Daly is a man that I'd have in the side. Obviously I might be biased, but I think we need his ability to read the game and pick up breaks in the middle of the pitch. Good ball usage will be welcome. He won't outjump anyone for a kickout, but he might 'outread' them.
We do need to compress the middle a bit more, because teams who carry the ball at us are getting far too much joy. Cork's second half score spree came from Levis, Sexton etc. providing the overlap and working their way through the Offaly lines far too easily. I can understand why Roy Malone would have been taken off. When deployed in a deep role, he's not a player to halt an upfield surge by the opposition. He is more likely to foul than execute a successful tackle.