We landed in the exact same spot in the league this year as last, we had almost the exact same result vs Kerry in the championship, we added zero debutants so far this year so it is a real question as to whether the whole group have plateaued at this level, imo they obviously have and another competitive showing in the group stage would seem what lies ahead.
To have not tried one single other player at midfield is bizarre when you know that a whole hearted player like Maguire will run out of gas at some stage, the half forward line offers nothing scoring wise and hasnβt been addressed, none of the subs bar Meehan who did fine offered anything all of them are experienced players and you would have expected more.
Whoever told them to drop off every kickout and sit back in the second half needs their head examined, their legs were gone with 10 minutes left from the tracking and tackling they had to do.
Kerry will improve Iβm not at all convinced that cork will as the same problems have been there throughout this managements tenure.
Hurley was outstanding today hopefully he can bring that level of consistency forward