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<blockquote data-quote="DougMM" data-source="post: 7428265" data-attributes="member: 44076"><p>Don’t think anybody disagrees that they were always likely to win, and it is great that we’re beating the likes of Limerick at underage level now. There was a stage about 10 years ago where we couldn’t buy a win against them at this level, so maybe we are a bit spoiled.</p><p></p><p>I guess the main frustration comes from the fact that this team at minor level was meant to be one of our greatest teams. You could make an argument that there’s never been an intercounty minor team as dominant as them. I think they won every game they played by 10 + points, which I’m not sure has been done before.</p><p></p><p>That 2021 minor team beat Clare by 40 points. This U20 team is mainly made up of the 2021 and 2022 minor teams, who beat Limerick by 10 points in 2021 and by 13 points in 2022. So my question is why has there been such a massive turnaround? Why does this U20 team look weaker than the last few U20 teams?</p><p></p><p>Maybe this is overly simplistic, but to my mind the biggest thing that’s changed has been the difference in physicality and work-rate. I remember pundits like John Mullane and opposition minor coaches talking about how surprised they were with the size of that Cork minor team in 2021.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday and two weeks ago, Cork looked significantly smaller than their opposition. Can’t remember any bit of outstanding fielding in the last two weeks, and they seem to lose most of the rucks, as others have said.</p><p></p><p>I know they’ve lost O’Connor from that minor team and there’s not much the coaches could do about that. But they have also dropped the two biggest men from the forwards of that team in Nyhan and A.Walsh, and have not replaced them with guys who have similar strengths.</p><p></p><p>It’s created a situation where it looks like we have no plan B. In both of the last two games we’ve gone through these 10/15 minute patches where the short game breaks down and we’ve fallen 4/5 points behind Clare/Limerick. Better teams than Clare and Limerick will punish them heavily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DougMM, post: 7428265, member: 44076"] Don’t think anybody disagrees that they were always likely to win, and it is great that we’re beating the likes of Limerick at underage level now. There was a stage about 10 years ago where we couldn’t buy a win against them at this level, so maybe we are a bit spoiled. I guess the main frustration comes from the fact that this team at minor level was meant to be one of our greatest teams. You could make an argument that there’s never been an intercounty minor team as dominant as them. I think they won every game they played by 10 + points, which I’m not sure has been done before. That 2021 minor team beat Clare by 40 points. This U20 team is mainly made up of the 2021 and 2022 minor teams, who beat Limerick by 10 points in 2021 and by 13 points in 2022. So my question is why has there been such a massive turnaround? Why does this U20 team look weaker than the last few U20 teams? Maybe this is overly simplistic, but to my mind the biggest thing that’s changed has been the difference in physicality and work-rate. I remember pundits like John Mullane and opposition minor coaches talking about how surprised they were with the size of that Cork minor team in 2021. Yesterday and two weeks ago, Cork looked significantly smaller than their opposition. Can’t remember any bit of outstanding fielding in the last two weeks, and they seem to lose most of the rucks, as others have said. I know they’ve lost O’Connor from that minor team and there’s not much the coaches could do about that. But they have also dropped the two biggest men from the forwards of that team in Nyhan and A.Walsh, and have not replaced them with guys who have similar strengths. It’s created a situation where it looks like we have no plan B. In both of the last two games we’ve gone through these 10/15 minute patches where the short game breaks down and we’ve fallen 4/5 points behind Clare/Limerick. Better teams than Clare and Limerick will punish them heavily. [/QUOTE]
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