Good luck to louth today its been a great season keep her lit

prideof85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 851 - 14/05/2023 12:18:02    2478276

Good luck Louth, Micky and Gavin.

Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2006 - 14/05/2023 13:39:11    2478311

Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1057 - 14/05/2023 13:42:34    2478313

As expected really.

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 14/05/2023 14:28:14    2478325

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2156 - 14/05/2023 15:12:16    2478340

Louth playing without a proper established goal keeper is crazy stuff. Converted outfield players put in goals at inter county level or any level is asking for trouble..

cuttothebone (Kildare) - Posts: 163 - 14/05/2023 15:25:51    2478345

Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2006 - 14/05/2023 16:27:46    2478360

LilywhiteGael (Kildare) - Posts: 93 - 14/05/2023 17:03:48    2478379

kudos (Louth) - Posts: 298 - 14/05/2023 17:53:20    2478405

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2528 - 14/05/2023 23:38:54    2478536

LilywhiteGael (Kildare) - Posts: 93 - 15/05/2023 10:25:18    2478599

Not going to pretend to be an expert or criticise but based on stats we obviously had an issue with winning or retaining our own kick outs. It didn't take an expert to see that.

Dublin really went after our kick-outs and pushed up very high on them forcing the long kickout.
We had an overload in the centre where Prach was punting the ball but Dublin broke everything and also were much sharper to the breakdown.

In the first half, Dublin won 10 out of 17 Louth kick-outs and scored 1-5...all on quick transitions
Up to that turnaround it had been competitive

Over the full game on our own kick-outs
Louth lost 17/30 Kick-Outs. Conceded 2-9 on on those 17 lost.

On a positive
Dublin lost 8/19 kickouts to Louth. Possibly their lowest win/loss in over ten years of championship. So Louth had a good success rate here.

So, again being no expert, we would theoretically see a massive improvement if we could up that percentage of winning our own Kickouts.

I don't know the percentage of turnovers we had against us but it was fairly high I would say where we didn't get the simple pass off or we're stopped in our tracks.

On a positive
I saw somewhere that Louth turned Dublin over 7 times in the first 10 minutes of the game! That's more than most first halfs for Dublin!!!

I think Louth will take a lot of lessons out of that game.

One others thing.
Our defensive setup went to the dogs because we had so many in the overload at midfield for the kickouts in the second half that when they broke down Dublin attacked with afterburners and we had nobody at home. Another learning maybe.

Benjani (Louth) - Posts: 48 - 15/05/2023 10:43:08    2478606

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2528 - 15/05/2023 10:48:24    2478609

I agree with everything Benjani says.
Dublin really targeted the Louth kick-out yesterday and utterly dismantled it. To-date, Plan A - the short kick-out worked well for Louth, Plan B typically involved finding Sharkey in space, and Plan C was a long kick-out where Early and Tommy were fielding well. Yesterday, Dublin pushed 4 players up on the Louth full-back line, had some-one constantly covering Sharkey...thus ruling out Plan A and B. This meant Plan C, and here Louth frequently had more players than Dublin in mid-field for the long kick-out, but Dublin broke the ball and won all the breaks (and Early and Tommy didn't have a great game). Coupled with this, Louth were kicking in to a stiff breeze in the first half, thus making it even more difficult to defend the kick-out. I do think Louth could've avoided bunching in mid-field for the long kick-outs, but i guess if you have a system it is hard to deviate from the system
Second half push up on the Dublin kick-out, looks impressive when it works, but leaves you utterly exposed at the back, and subject to runners breaking from mid-field.
Thought Mulroy was fantastic, Sharkey played well (up to an obvious injury for first Dublin goal), and others drifted in an out. In fairness they battled on manfully to the end, but the gulf in class was pretty massive (as it has been for Leinster Finals for the last 8 years or so).
Imperative they don't let the heads drop, and beat Cork the next day.

Setanta11 (Louth) - Posts: 42 - 15/05/2023 11:10:40    2478623

There are many disappointed Louth fans this morning that the Utopia yearned for in the passionate "Lá Lú" post did not come to pass on Sunday evening. This should not overshadow the magnificent year that we have had and the glorious days that we have enjoyed with this team. Their disappointment must be enormous as well after such a big beating.
The next few weeks are critical, critical that all stay strong together and prepare well for the Cork match in Navan. A victory over Cork (Kerry and Mayo wont be easy) should ensure our passage into the Last 12 of the Sam Maguire and who knows where that might lead us. Lú abú go deo.

PedOGog (Louth) - Posts: 54 - 15/05/2023 11:27:16    2478638

I have seen all 3 Louth championship matches and realistically Louth have not improved, Westmeath collapsed in the second half in Navan and let Louth take control of a game they had won, the Offaly match was 50/50, Offaly are a very average side and Louth got it really hard to beat them, indeed Offaly had a great chance at the death to win that one, then to loose by 21 points to Dublin was a major reality check. Louth are miles off, they have an ultra defensive game plan and work hard at it, their commitment cannot be faulted, but they are no where near the top table of Gaelic football. if Mulroy got injured again they have very few other top quality players.

dec (None) - Posts: 268 - 15/05/2023 12:15:35    2478655

Dublin & Kerry on their good days are miles clear of everyone else bar a few like Galway,Derry,Mayo,Tyrone when they have their best days.
Hard to see anyone other than Dublin or Kery winning All Ireland.

OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 672 - 15/05/2023 12:41:12    2478658

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2037 - 15/05/2023 12:46:20    2478661

Past hurler (None) - Posts: 718 - 15/05/2023 12:58:35    2478665

Zucker (Leitrim) - Posts: 156 - 15/05/2023 13:18:18    2478672