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Ruckedtobits wrote:The impact of Davy Byrne and how Gavin changed his positioning from half-time seems to have been completely overlooked by the TV pundits, who usually pick up these elements very quickly.
From what I watched, in the first 10 mins of the second-half, Dublin mid-field got him on the ball, as a free, unmarked, man on at least six occasions in five minutes and he found a Dublin attacker in space with every pass. Five of his passes led directly to scores. Mayo had effectively marked the high-profile Dublin ball-carriers in the first half but they ignored Byrne in possession in that third quarter.
Superb Dublin performance from the players in third quarter but hats off to the tactical analysis of how to upset the Mayo game plan.
cormac wrote:At the risk of sounding like a Yank, Dublin were awesome at the start of the second half.
hugonaut wrote:Enthralling final. Though Kerry only had the lead once in the game and the Dubs missed a [very difficult] free to win it at the death, I think the Dubs won't be regretting the draw that much. Kerry played against 14 men for about 44 mins. They had points to make up, but should have done better with that numerical advantage.
I thought Jim Gavin made a rare tactical error in not taking off one of the lads [Small or Cooper] who got a yellow in the first half. They picked up their yellows early, which left them in a tough spot for the rest of the game - either play conservatively and risk being ineffective, or play as you were and risk being sent off.
Mayo were able to keep Jack McCaffrey out of the game in the semi-final, and Fenton had a huge game. Kerry did a good job keeping Fenton out of the final, and McCaffrey had a huge game.
Laighin Break wrote:hugonaut wrote:Enthralling final. Though Kerry only had the lead once in the game and the Dubs missed a [very difficult] free to win it at the death, I think the Dubs won't be regretting the draw that much. Kerry played against 14 men for about 44 mins. They had points to make up, but should have done better with that numerical advantage.
I thought Jim Gavin made a rare tactical error in not taking off one of the lads [Small or Cooper] who got a yellow in the first half. They picked up their yellows early, which left them in a tough spot for the rest of the game - either play conservatively and risk being ineffective, or play as you were and risk being sent off.
Mayo were able to keep Jack McCaffrey out of the game in the semi-final, and Fenton had a huge game. Kerry did a good job keeping Fenton out of the final, and McCaffrey had a huge game.
I'm not sure if taking Cooper off in the first half would have been a good idea/fair, but maybe they could have moved him off Clifford.
Dublin kicked long balls into Con O'Callaghan on a couple of occasions, to great effect, I'm surprised they didn't do it more often.
hugonaut wrote:Enthralling final. Though Kerry only had the lead once in the game and the Dubs missed a [very difficult] free to win it at the death, I think the Dubs won't be regretting the draw that much. Kerry played against 14 men for about 44 mins. They had points to make up, but should have done better with that numerical advantage.
I thought Jim Gavin made a rare tactical error in not taking off one of the lads [Small or Cooper] who got a yellow in the first half. They picked up their yellows early, which left them in a tough spot for the rest of the game - either play conservatively and risk being ineffective, or play as you were and risk being sent off.
Mayo were able to keep Jack McCaffrey out of the game in the semi-final, and Fenton had a huge game. Kerry did a good job keeping Fenton out of the final, and McCaffrey had a huge game.
cormac wrote:hugonaut wrote:Enthralling final. Though Kerry only had the lead once in the game and the Dubs missed a [very difficult] free to win it at the death, I think the Dubs won't be regretting the draw that much. Kerry played against 14 men for about 44 mins. They had points to make up, but should have done better with that numerical advantage.
I thought Jim Gavin made a rare tactical error in not taking off one of the lads [Small or Cooper] who got a yellow in the first half. They picked up their yellows early, which left them in a tough spot for the rest of the game - either play conservatively and risk being ineffective, or play as you were and risk being sent off.
Mayo were able to keep Jack McCaffrey out of the game in the semi-final, and Fenton had a huge game. Kerry did a good job keeping Fenton out of the final, and McCaffrey had a huge game.
Very enjoyable game to watch and relieved to live to fight another day. Not only surprised at Gavin leaving Cooper on Clifford for the entirety of the first half, I found his decision to bring Paddy Small on for McAuley a little perplexing. Just felt like an odd decision when he had someone like Cian O'Sullivan to bring in. Could have moved Howard a little further forward too where I think he would have done more damage. Haven't seen a replay of the game yet but it seemed like Paddy Small had a poor game, took way too much out of the ball, ran down some blind alleys and poor shot selection.
Thought Dublin's defending improved quite a bit after Kerry took the lead, they turned the ball over numerous time and probably had enough possession to get more than the one score they did get, even if Costello's disallowed point was a little unlucky.
One small point, though, is that Kerry lead twice in the game. Wouldn't blame anyone for missing it but they lead by 0-5 to 0-4 for about 30 seconds before McCaffrey's goal.
Yeah, the weather ruined it, which was a pity.blockhead wrote:Up the Dubs! Again.
Awful game though.
That's the triple double.
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