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How did Kerry let Conor Cox go ? Huge mistake he's outstanding, thoughts? clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 26/05/2019 19:30:14 2187750 Link 8 |
Maybe he is a loss to us considering his performances for Roscommon. Geaney and Clifford are definitely better than him but after that he would probably be our best inside forward. Fitzmaurice definetly should have used him instead of Barry John Keane. Kerry15 (Kerry) - Posts: 958 - 26/05/2019 20:48:34 2187798 Link 2 |
He would be hands down a better option than James O'Donaghue who's past it now.
gallarus14 (Kerry) - Posts: 127 - 26/05/2019 21:07:26 2187816 Link 2 |
Whatever about a Kerry mistake all i know is he is getting great love in his dads county now and is really enjoying his extend run at county senior football. Just a pity we didn't have him for round 1 of the NFL v Mayo as if we did we would have won and would have comfortably stayed up.
ispeakwisdom (Roscommon) - Posts: 2487 - 26/05/2019 21:16:19 2187824 Link 0 |
I'd agree. He has a physical presence and can be a good target inside. Kerry used Tommy Walsh for this role during the league, but Cox offers so much more as a natural forward and regular scorer. He's a handful to mark as his first thought is always to beat his man and try to get his kick away. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2045 - 26/05/2019 21:17:35 2187826 Link 0 |
As Kerry15 said I doubt he'd be getting the opportunities he is getting if he had stayed in Kerry. Knowing what we know now he'd make the Kerry panel if not the fifteen but our problems lie elsewhere to be honest so I'm not sure how much he'd improve the team. GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2105 - 26/05/2019 21:20:08 2187830 Link 10 |
I think Kerry are OK for forwards to be honest! MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13713 - 26/05/2019 21:58:41 2187851 Link 6 |
Yep, think Kerry dropped a clanger here, you can have your Clifford's and Geaney etc. But panel management is about competition internally to raise standards. Externally you need as strong a panel as you can muster and depth. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 26/05/2019 22:04:45 2187859 Link 9 |
By jaysus you seem to be a right expert on the Kingdom these days, stick to pontificating on your own county like a good man. Cox had his chance with Kerry and didn't take it, he got another opportunity with the Rossies and fair play to him for making the most of it. He's adding something for them but he wouldn't be the difference for Kerry. TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 26/05/2019 22:47:24 2187883 Link 4 |
The scoring stats from play you speak of are more to do with what happened further back. We were losing around the middle, Clifford had the beating of his man and had his hand in the air looking for the ball practically the entire game and nobody could find him, perhaps it wasn't so obvious on tv but I was right in front of it. When we are pressured around the middle against good teams we struggle. Putting Cox or anybody else up front won't solve that. He is better than we thought and in hindsight he is probably a better option than JOD or Walsh, and on current form maybe Geaney too but if as expected we fall short again this summer it won't be because we lack scoring forwards. I must admit I hadn't seen much of Cox, it's amazing that he has had so few chances with Kerry given how good he has turned out to be, and I don't ever remember hearing too many clamours for his inclusion at any stage. It's a great story with his heritage to be playing for them and shooting the lights out. GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2105 - 26/05/2019 23:04:06 2187891 Link 10 |
God a long way to go before suggesting he'll get an All Star!!
David (Meath) - Posts: 567 - 27/05/2019 00:28:38 2187919 Link 1 |
I would have Cox any day ahead of geaney kerry messed up brisbane (Galway) - Posts: 674 - 27/05/2019 00:51:23 2187927 Link 1 |
In the words of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman,big mistake....huge! lilylanger (Kildare) - Posts: 758 - 27/05/2019 09:45:37 2187978 Link 0 |
He would walk onto to the current Kerry team which is rubbishy bar Geaney and Clifford. summerof09 (Meath) - Posts: 315 - 27/05/2019 10:15:07 2187994 Link 2 |
Must let Sean O'Se know he is a "rubbishy" player, ditto Paul Murphy, David Moran etc etc , ha ha :D
TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 27/05/2019 10:37:36 2188008 Link 7 |
Therein lies the issue, we play a two man inside line now and they are the two he needs to displace. There is also a former FOTY and a former YFOTY on the bench looking for the same jerseys. I'd like to see Cox maintain this form before declaring him the second coming and saying he is better than Geaney who had a down year last year but was remarkably good for 4-5 years before that. We have a lot of issues in kerry, depth at FF is not one of them and I honestly don't hear too many people bemoaning his loss. If he was a midfielder people would be going mad. GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2105 - 27/05/2019 10:38:36 2188009 Link 9 |
Looks like you've touched another nerve with the poor petal ;) ;)
Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 27/05/2019 10:44:08 2188015 Link 2 |
You're right Gerry or problems lay else where, especially around the middle where winning primary possession is killing us. Ya we have 99 problems but Cox ain't 1 of them. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 27/05/2019 10:49:31 2188021 Link 2 |
Too many passengers lad and not near good enough to win the All Ireland. That can be hard to take for any Kerry man. Back to the thread, Conor Cox should be on the Kerry team.
summerof09 (Meath) - Posts: 315 - 27/05/2019 11:02:14 2188032 Link 4 |
He only came on my radar after the Dublin league game against Roscommon he was the stand out Roscommon player that day aswell, now I know it was the league but to play like he did against us is not easy no matter what competition it was and then to play like that against Mayo who have great defenders was special. He's not better than Clifford Geaney or a full tilt JOD but he's definitely good enough to be in the Kerry squad no doubt in my mind about that and first forward sub on for me, I think they made a big mistake. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 27/05/2019 11:03:43 2188033 Link 8 |