I thought Mooney hurled a good bit of ball in those games though? Marking not great at all though.
Kevin Brady is not a good wing back though, and has no pace. I would go with Parlon ahead of him. In the 15min spell v Limerick, Parlon was one of our best performers.
If players are leaving the panel in the numbers that is being reported here then Sid is in a bit of bother. The early optimism has well and truly gone, and it appears that Ger Coughlan and John troy are not much use to him either. We have a fitness coach in joe Quinn that has a big reputation. But intensity levels and maybe tactically we are coming up well short.
I hope that Sid can work a miracle in keeping us up, as he painted a gloomy picture on the Radio (103) this morning. Carlow will be a real tough nut to crack as they will come into that game so eager to build on the league campaign , and MLRs exploits, and right the injustice of the system that requires them to prove that they deserve to be up in 1b.
I have to say though, I am putting much of the blame to yesterday down to the players. We led by 8 points during the first half with all our forwards scoring from play and then the wheels come off. Mgt set up the team tactically well at the start, and maybe didnt react well to Antrims response, but it appeared to me that whatever Sid did on the line, many of the players phoned it in during the second half. Outscored us by 1-14 to 0-05 (only 1 of our points from play)!!
I find it hard to have much sympathy for Dooley, Bergin,Mahon, Currams, Quirke, Brady etc, (exempt Dempsey, Healion, Rigs).
However , despite the fact that its harsh on Carlow, (or Kerry), our hurlers have one last chance to redeem the season and offer the younger generation a chance to compete at this level. I would hope that we can summon the passion and pride to deliver safety in 1B, if not , well...........