Did we? who was the sweeper?
Did we? who was the sweeper?Great effort by our lads and we showed great heart and fight but I am absolutely livid
we coughed up 1-2 in the last 10 minutes with the game on a knife edge by trying to run ball out from the full back line or looking to handpass the ball around the middle instead of getting it in to our fowards, not to mention midway through the second half when we were utterly dominant we decided to play a sweeper, wtf?
All these things are killing Cork hurling and cost us again today, it’s happening too much at minor and under 20 level to be a coincidence
A radical review of our whole underage structure is badly needed
I meant the minor teams the last 3/4 years rather than a specific group. If they can transition these lads into senior better than Jake Morris’ age group then they could be a force to be reckoned with.These young lads at minor are probably six years away yet from playing senior.
Those Limerick teams go strongly against what Poonan said in his earliest post. They didn't win a minor AI but went on to huge senior success. None of the players from the AI-winning minor teams of 2013 and 2014 have senior AI medals.Exactly - minors probably less of an indicator than it was when u18 but success at minor and especially u20 a very good predictor of senior AI titles.
Limerick a good example - their first Munster minor hurling titles since 1984 in 2013 and 2014, followed by u21 AI wins in 20215 and 2017 laid the foundation for their senior success.
Our last successful team built on the AI minor team of 1995 and u21 AI winners of 1997/98.
Thank God we haven't won any Minor All-Irelands in 5 years so. The County should be rejoicing at our lack of success.Those Limerick teams go strongly against what Poonan said in his earliest post. They didn't win a minor AI but went on to huge senior success. None of the players from the AI-winning minor teams of 2013 and 2014 have senior AI medals.
More generally, v few players who won AI minors in the last fifteen years have gone on to win senior AIs. The link between AI success at minor and subsequently at senior is probably weaker now than it ever has been.
You pin that straw man to the ground and give him a good thrashing!Thank God we haven't won any Minor All-Irelands in 5 years so. The County should be rejoicing at our lack of success.
Nope kiddo, just pointing out the ridiculousness of your logic.You pin that straw man to the ground and give him a good thrashing!
Oh for God sake!Nope kiddo, just pointing out the ridiculousness of your logic.
Just stating a fact .You make that sound as if it's a success. Tipp are going for 3 All-Irelands in 5 years. That's success.
In fairness it hasn't done Galway much good, they've been in 17 finals since the turn of the century winning 10 and have 1 senior All Ireland to show for it.Nope kiddo, just pointing out the ridiculousness of your logic.
In fairness it hasn't done Galway much good, they've been in 17 finals since the turn of the century winning 10 and have 1 senior All Ireland to show for it.
