My annoyance with Sars in thefirst half wasn't the short game...that's how they actually worked most of their scores when they moved it through the lines with a bit of pace.
It was allowing Philip O M free, then after going so far with slow short play, putting it in long to a 3v2 in Ballygunner's favour with O Mahony there to sweep up.
Despite working the ball short it was far too slow and then once Ballygunner were set...Sars played the ball in from too far out...which allowed them defend it easily.
There's a sweet spot for good delivery into the forwards between both 65m lines...stats show more scores come from ball being delivered from this area...hitting it from inside your own 65m to 45 line results in less scores statistically.
The problem was Sars lost patience with their short game once it was slowed and then hit long aimless ball on top of a brilliant sweeper. Ballygunner's use of possession is far to good to allow them loose ball like that.
Overall Ballygunner are 10 points a better team than anything a Cork club has to offer at the moment. They are a brilliant side.
