Serious questions need to be asked then if management hadn't considered this possibility. 2 minutes on Met.ie mid last week would have told them the outlook was 'shite to possibly very shite' conditions for Sunday in Clare.Bord na Mona man wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 8:46 pm Playing with the wind in the first half poses its own challenges.
If you've picked a team a few days beforehand and set up with a certain game plan in mind.
You lose the toss and immediately have to have a set up to go all out attack and build scores. There is no settling in period to the game. Unless you make instant subs, you have to do this with the players who are lining out.
I'd love it the sports journalists actually asked real questions of managers.
-Ask why Offaly played so defensively with a gale. Were they caught on the hop with the conditions?
-Why was Niall Mc back defending numerous times in the first half and was not up in the forwards instead? Was this part of the plan?
-Was the plan by taking Niall and Anton off at half time to be replaced with defenders an attempt to protect the 1 pt lead or just keep the score down.
It would be more informative than:
-"Tough aul conditions John"
-"Missing a few players John"
-"Ye struggled with conditions"
Hoping for a big improvement Sunday. OCP always seems to be worth a few points so there is hope but the attack strategy will need to be upped significantly. There are enough lads there in the camp to know this so I'd be confident we'll see a very different approach.