Tipperary had all 36 players on the pitch and in the team photo when they played Cork.The extended panel players sat behind the dug out and were treated as part of the group.I do agree that they need to grow up a bit but it is still a harsh way of dealing with 16/17 year olds m
My own opinion is usually it's close enough to the best team picked for most championship games.
Most managers are there for success and in some ways to boost their own reputation. To do that they need to win championships so they're almost always going to put the best team in the field, I don't think politics gets in the way anymore for most guys, if a lad isn't going to help them win he won't be getting the nod regardless of club, who he's related to, etc.
Usually the politics thing is thrown around by those who can't take not making it instead of accepting that mayb it's the correct call.
Also I would accept that Meyler would certainly be old school and probably very unlike what the modern generation are used to dealing with. I think if the majority have been involved with him for last couple years they were well aware of what they were getting before this campaign ever started.
Some younger coaches are then almost too far the other way. There's probably a middle ground some place between babying lads and being harsh that would be ideal.
If they get another win tomorrow evening the management won't feel the need to justify anything to anyone, not that I think Meyler would anyway regardless of the result.
They're doing the right thing exposing plenty of lads to that level of competition. You can be sure a few of those lads will make the breakthrough at u20 level...and even if not then a lot of players benefiting when they make the breakthrough at club level.I see on gaa.ie that, in the Celtic Challenge, Cork North had a great away win against Dublin (their only team), Cork City hammered Down in Kildare, and Cork East and Cork West both lost (unsurprisingly) away to Kilkenny and Galway respectively (again, KK and Galways only teams - and not big losses either). All the Cok teams doing well it seems
Absolutely, couldn't agree more, its a great setup/competition, giving loads of lads 'intercounty' level games, can only be a good thing for the development of those lads and the game. The city team played the entire bench as starters against Down and left a regular starting 6 on the bench to give all the lads a run out in that game and they played excellently as we can see from the score. It'll be interesting now to see what the QF match ups are.They're doing the right thing exposing plenty of lads to that level of competition. You can be sure a few of those lads will make the breakthrough at u20 level...and even if not then a lot of players benefiting when they make the breakthrough at club level.