Home v Cork City Monday May 30th 2011

[micls]

5.Id say Shels and Monaghan will be the same level as Cork being honest none of them seemed mucch better then Cork when we have played them earlier in the season Monaghan were very fortunate to get anything as we hammered them all game only for them to get an injury time equaliser.


While I agree that in any game I'd fancy us to be as good as Shels and Mons, I think consistency wise Shels are a level above us at the moment. They seem more likely to grind out the win, whereas we might end up with a draw. This will win them the title imo.

Mons I'm not sure about, they seem to have been lucky on a few occasions vs you and us but you need a bit of luck too. They seem to be putting away the 'smaller' teams well though. Again it'l come down to consistency.

Very close as far as I can tell from afar, from forums etc. Don't think there'l be much ebtween 2nd and 5th come the end but I think Shels will win it.

[CCCeltic]

Cheers for the response. Thought there would be some support for Judge as he appears to be popular with the crowd. Pity the back 4 dont trust Judge & O'Leary a bit more and play bit more ball to them as they are both competent ball players. Bit of a waste having them there if your just going to fire it back to front. If that is the policy then stick two tacklers in.

[Jofspring]

Cheers for the response. Thought there would be some support for Judge as he appears to be popular with the crowd. Pity the back 4 dont trust Judge & O'Leary a bit more and play bit more ball to them as they are both competent ball players. Bit of a waste having them there if your just going to fire it back to front. If that is the policy then stick two tacklers in.

I agree I'd like to see O'Leary and Judge get it more. Felt though that Cork chased down very well and didn't give the defence much time on the ball. In the second half though when Cork tired a bit O'Leary got a lot more ball from the backs and played very well with it. To think he is still ony 18. If he continues the way he is he will be a serious player as time goes on.

[da bishop]

quite a poor 1st half which cork just about shaded,2nd half much better from our point of view.its was refreshing to see both teams trying to win the game especially in the last 15 mins as the game opened up.once again purcell superb at the back and for cork duggan very impressive.the few chances we did create from play almost paid dividends its a pity our players are,n encouraged to be that creative more regularly ,however decent effort from most of the team and another clean sheet.finally well done gael who at least showed some cop on when calla was down injured while others stood with their arms folded.

[harpin]

finally well done gael who at least showed some cop on when calla was down injured while others stood with their arms folded.

It was disgraceful how long it took anybody to get to him...bloke just strolled past probably upset he couldn't finish his tea and kitkat

[Jofspring]

It was disgraceful how long it took anybody to get to him...bloke just strolled past probably upset he couldn't finish his tea and kitkat

The players where all telling him to hurry on and he still strolled up the line. Himself and Dave Ryan had words. Ryan was dead right.

The only thing I'll say dabishop about encouraging the players to play more is that against Cork it was much more open then the other teams. The same as the Shels match where we tried to play ball. A lot of teams have been putting 10 men beind the ball against us and it has been hard to play a bit of ball.