A defender may not have that luxury because he is afraid that if he commits to the breaking ball and his team doesn’t get it, he’s now out of position and potentially leaving his man free close to goal.Īll that considered, it was a shame that after not playing well in the first half we were level going into first half injury-time and still went for the break three points down, Two of those three Cork points came in the space of a minute and were off our kick-outs. Sometimes this can happen because a forward can attack a breaking ball from an opposition long kick-out without any fear of it costing his team. The disappointing thing is that we are losing the breaking ball on our own kick-out and yet we appeared to do well on breaking ball on the Cork kick-out. All four of those kick-outs were long but Cork won clean possession or the breaking ball and broke quickly before we could get our defence in place. In the first half, we lost five of our own kick-outs and Cork scored directly from four of them. If the strategy is to go long with the kick-outs, then the players out the field have to get to the breaking ball zone or create pockets of space between the two 45s for someone to run into to receive the ball in motion. ![]() I think it’s important to point out that kick-outs are a reflection on the team as a unit and not just the goalkeeper. ![]() The kick-outs again are a major talking point. When the ball-carrier has that support run, he has a better chance of creating or scoring a goal because the opposition defence must split their attention. One way for this to happen is that the run to the back post when one of our players is carrying the ball towards the goal. We haven’t scored a goal in the league so far this year and a few green flags would be a welcome addition to the scene. On two of the three occasions, there wasn’t an option to square the ball across the square for a palmed goal but for Caoimhin O’Reilly’s second fisted point, Ciaran Brady was attacking the square and in real time it looked like the goal was on. He succeeded on Saturday and honestly I think Killian can count himself lucky that the referee didn’t adjudge his actions to be a kick instead of a trip.Ĭavan’s first three points all came from the fist and when you’re close enough to goal to fist the ball over the bar, there is always the potential for a goal. ![]() The excuse for that chance being allowed to manifest is probably the fact that Cavan were without their full-back Killian Brady who was just after being shown a black card.īrady was involved in a hot-tempered battle with Brian Hurley who is wily operator who can get inside an opponent’s head. I know whatever I’ve picked up on will have been seen and covered by the management and players by now as they go through all the video work and stats from the game, but this wasn’t a great performance.Ĭork, by half-time, had created and spurned two good goal chances with Eoghan McSweeney’s miss that hit the crossbar particularly poor. I’m not holding back anything with this analysis of the game. In fact, those fans did their bit when the game was in the melting pot, as they could be heard urging the lads on and it was great to see the players showing their appreciation for that support after the game.
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