Bulk of Horgan’s frees were probably won in and around the half forward line, hence the lack of scores from them, the likes of Harnedy and Barrett were being pulled and held a fair bit when running through and then Hoggy would ultimately convert the frees.
They dropped back a bit too in patches, and opened space in front of the two lads inside, particularly Dalton, Connolly scored three, had two scrambled away near the line and pulled another one not too far wide.
Absolutely room for improvement in the half forwards but I think they’re not a million miles away and realistically you can only beat what’s put in front of you, the championship won’t be decided based on a game in Wexford Park in March.
An unrelated but interesting observation I noticed earlier, though ultimately meaningless in the grand scheme of things, is that Clare topped the group only scoring 1 goal (against us), whilst also letting in 5.