Ciarán McManus
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:19 am
I've criticised some of the man's performances before, and I stand by that. However Saturday night he did himself and the county proud. It won't be remembered as one of his dominant displays like Nowlan Park, but I was hugely impressed with his discipline, his work rate (No surprise there) and how he played his own hugely effective game within the team framework. He was fouled regularly, and he fought the instinct to take the frees, in every case putting the ball down and moving into space. He did what was best for the team at all times, and really stepped up his fielding which is not usually his strong point when it became obvious that McNamee was struggling.
He was focussed as well as passionate, and my heart really went out to him at the end when you could clearly see how distraught he was.
Just thought I'd mention that in the interests of balance.
He was focussed as well as passionate, and my heart really went out to him at the end when you could clearly see how distraught he was.
Just thought I'd mention that in the interests of balance.