HondaGaels
Full Member
I was at the game today and although I'm a proud Cork man I have to admit I was there to support MIC today due to them being captained by Colin O'Brien from my own club.
One notable and concerning matter on the UCC side compared to Mary I was they seemed to be playing for themselves rather that the team today unlike MIC, plenty of wasted scoring opportunities for Ucc when an extra pass off the shoulder would have been a certain score. I say it's concerning because these lads have nearly all played underage intercounty with eachother, I would have thought they'd be well gelled at this stage. Shane O'Brien was unmarkable at times and I can see him being a thorn in our side for years to come, Graham Mulcahy out the door and this lad straight in I'd say. Thought Mark Howell would have been brought on to try nullify him considering he was Corks go to man for Screeney last year. UCC just never got going, slow start, looked to come back in to it and then held at arms reach again. As someone said above, UCC's subs walk on to that Mary I team, but they were out worked and out played today.
Would love to see Wall involved at some level with Cork underage teams, I think he's done very well with limited assets with MI recently, they don't have the superstars they used to have but he still gets a few scalps.
One notable and concerning matter on the UCC side compared to Mary I was they seemed to be playing for themselves rather that the team today unlike MIC, plenty of wasted scoring opportunities for Ucc when an extra pass off the shoulder would have been a certain score. I say it's concerning because these lads have nearly all played underage intercounty with eachother, I would have thought they'd be well gelled at this stage. Shane O'Brien was unmarkable at times and I can see him being a thorn in our side for years to come, Graham Mulcahy out the door and this lad straight in I'd say. Thought Mark Howell would have been brought on to try nullify him considering he was Corks go to man for Screeney last year. UCC just never got going, slow start, looked to come back in to it and then held at arms reach again. As someone said above, UCC's subs walk on to that Mary I team, but they were out worked and out played today.
Would love to see Wall involved at some level with Cork underage teams, I think he's done very well with limited assets with MI recently, they don't have the superstars they used to have but he still gets a few scalps.