DESPITE BEING REDUCED to 14 players with 10 minutes to go, Dublin held on to claim a one-point victory over Wexford last weekend.
The result means Wexford are without a win after two home games. Speaking on the latest hurling episode of The42′s GAA Weekly podcast, Anthony Nash wondered if Darragh Egan’s outfit will resort to their past system in the coming weeks.
“I don’t know what Wexford are going to do. I wonder will they do back? The use of Damien Reck, I don’t know why they went away from it in the second half when Dublin had a man sent off. What they do is interesting.
“Normally a sweeper stands behind the centre-back, in front of the full-back and covers side-to-side. What Wexford did under Davy with Murphy or Reck, they would stand on the left-hand side. The other defenders would mark on the right-hand side.
“Basically, if you are a goalkeeper and you see a spare man in defence, you won’t puck it on top of him. You will puck it on the other side. But the Wexford defenders are already on that side. They have a head start. That is what they did the last day.
“At the start of the game, Dublin got the ball to midfield, Danny Sutcliffe hits a diagonal ball to Ronan Hayes. He was looking good and next thing, the sweeper goes back. Even if he isn’t influential on the ball defensively in the first half, Reck influenced the game with his positioning. Are they going to revert to a sweeper and play that way?”
Nash went on to praise Danny Sutcliffe’s last-minute block on Liam Ryan. The Wexford full-back, who scored a long-range last-minute point against Kilkenny last July, looked to do similar but a diving Sutcliffe intervened.
Heroic block down by Danny Sutcliffe in the last few seconds to help win the match for @DubGAAOfficial pic.twitter.com/0tUAMyGn9j
— The GAA (@officialgaa) April 23, 2022
“It looked like he was having a pop. Worst case scenario it is going to the edge of the square to Conor McDonald. It might not be remembered as a score but it was massive. I said to Mattie Kenny after, you just don’t know where that ball was going to end up.
“It is all about moments. It was a huge moment. Who knows what would have happened? That is why I got so excited about it. He is lining up the shot, it could well go over. Wexford draw and Dublin are heartbroken. It was some effort.”
Fair play to ya Chris,don’t be afraid to fail , hope Wales go all the way.
They need to scrap that poxy yellow card rule , to many players are missing huge games for silly yellow cards . That ref was trigger happy with his cards , poor Ramsey gonna miss this biggest game of gis life for an accidental handball ,bullshit
Considering the length of this tournament, should have been an amnesty by the semi’s….. Stupid rules….
Crazy that there’s no amnesty.
Yellow Cards in consecutive games should result in a one match ban….. Other than that they shouldn’t count. Very harsh. He was brilliant today…..
Agree Ryan,he should at least be able to appeal it.
Totally agree. No way should you miss a semi or final..carry it forward and maybe make it a 2 game ban for next qualifying tournament? ??-
Belgium : A country that bottles great beer and big tournaments. Fair play to Wales.
England to sign up Colman in £10 million deal.
Emotional Cookie-monster motivates an entire country. Sports people of all grades appreciate the hard work that goes into creating the winning team effort. That was a proud moment for our Celtic comrades!!
Bale vs Ronaldo Semi-final… can’t wait
Team player v me feiner
I really hope they go all the way
Portugal have really rode their luck in their last 2 games and have not been at all impressive…. Wales have every chance….. could they repeat Denmark and Greece as being underdog champions? Either way I fancy them against Portugal.
Amazing amazing achievement by Wales which kind of puts were we are as a football team into perspective. Look at how they beat Belgium- playing football & not in anyway hanging on. We on the other hand seem to have this slight sense of euphoria about the euros yet we literally can’t play football. Still long ball rubbish. The sense is that we are on the right track – we’re not. And the media is still on about how great our fans are. Some joke.
Fair play to Wales. We have vastly improved since the last tournament. no disrespect to Brady but she’s a not Bail.
damn autocorrect. Brady is not Bail
Well england were you watching…??.I rest my case!!
What case is that?