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<blockquote data-quote="DougMM" data-source="post: 7227185" data-attributes="member: 44076"><p>I completely agree with you that this team’s lack of improvement since minor level is a worry. As you’ve mentioned they’ve had injuries, but if Clare are able to bring this Kerry team to injury time, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be giving them a game.</p><p></p><p>I do think we’re in danger of conflating two things though around the general skill level in Cork and the general trends of where GAA is going in the top counties though. As has been said already, GAA is not the sport it once was. When you’re playing the top counties who have good tactical set-ups, you don’t get many opportunities to kick the ball. When you’re playing counties like Cork with poor tactical set-ups, who go zonal with the forwards and man-for-man in defence on kick-outs, you have plenty of opportunities to kick the ball. There were times last night where Kerry had one full-forward with 50 metres of space in front of him. I’m sure the Cork players would have backed themselves to make kick-passes in those sorts of situations. Instead most of our kicks seemed to be rushed with two players around the player competing for possession most times.</p><p></p><p>I’m not as closely involved with the club scene as I was before because of travelling, but I watched the last few minor finals and I thought the standard of footpassing in both, particularly in 2022, was very high. I think at times when we play Kerry the difference in skill levels are amplified due to the amount of space they create for themselves, and conversely take away from us. You could rightly point to the fact that creating this space is a skill in itself and I’d definitely agree that we could be better and quicker at foot-passing on transition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DougMM, post: 7227185, member: 44076"] I completely agree with you that this team’s lack of improvement since minor level is a worry. As you’ve mentioned they’ve had injuries, but if Clare are able to bring this Kerry team to injury time, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be giving them a game. I do think we’re in danger of conflating two things though around the general skill level in Cork and the general trends of where GAA is going in the top counties though. As has been said already, GAA is not the sport it once was. When you’re playing the top counties who have good tactical set-ups, you don’t get many opportunities to kick the ball. When you’re playing counties like Cork with poor tactical set-ups, who go zonal with the forwards and man-for-man in defence on kick-outs, you have plenty of opportunities to kick the ball. There were times last night where Kerry had one full-forward with 50 metres of space in front of him. I’m sure the Cork players would have backed themselves to make kick-passes in those sorts of situations. Instead most of our kicks seemed to be rushed with two players around the player competing for possession most times. I’m not as closely involved with the club scene as I was before because of travelling, but I watched the last few minor finals and I thought the standard of footpassing in both, particularly in 2022, was very high. I think at times when we play Kerry the difference in skill levels are amplified due to the amount of space they create for themselves, and conversely take away from us. You could rightly point to the fact that creating this space is a skill in itself and I’d definitely agree that we could be better and quicker at foot-passing on transition. [/QUOTE]
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