Slight skid on pitch.Dull evening with sun bursting through most of time.Conditions good enough. Pitch in good nick
Dunderry.
D.Jennings
G.Newman D.(red )Callaghan D.MC Cormack
A.Newman E.Stephens C.Harte
D.Fay D.Callaghan
K.Dowd I.Mc Cormack S.Coogan
K.Callaghan P.Kenneally D.Clarke.
Clarke had roaming role.I missed first score which was a Michael’s point in first five minutes.Ball moved from Jennings to Lar Callaghan to Harte to Coogan to Kenneally who is fouled 25 yards out half way between uprights and corner flag.K.Callaghan kicks from hands .Misses.Fay breaks ball to Ivan to Stephens to Lar to Kenneally to Ivan to Dowd who overplays and is penalised.Dunderry force line ball from overelaborate Michael’s attack.Dunderry work ball to Kenneally who is fouled.Keith converts free.Michaels overelaboration and good defending by Dunderry force a Michaels wide from play.Stephens wins breaking ball from kickout ,is fouled and takes quick to Coogan ,whose pass is intercepted by Michaels.They in turn are blown for a throw ball.Dowd takes free,collected by Michaels No. 2 who works to midfielder who puts over sideline.Davy Mac hits sideline to Dowd to Stephens ,who solos a while and then passes to Ivan who is fouled 25 yards out.Takes free himself. Wide.Dowd wins break from kickout,to Fay,to Lar to Coogan to Lar to Fay.Wide.Stephens receives from Davy Mac.Long delivery to Ivan to Keith to Coogan to Kenneally .Wide.Broken play.Stephens sends long pass to Coogan to Lar to Kenneally who takes on man.He slips twice but perseveres earning a free 21 yards out .Converted by Keith.Coogan fouled off ball by Michaels No.5.Dunderry free.Lar takes from ground.Micheals win ball and a complicated passing movement results in shot to Jennings arms ,who delivers to Red to Swiss to Coogan ,who is penalised for handling on ground.Jennings wins ball from free,to Stephens to Harte back to Stephens who delivers long to Keith who is fouled.Ivan converts..A good move that.Keith replaced by Andy Coogan due to bleeding.Micheals work ball to Dunderry 21 yard line and earn free.Converted.Fay breaks ball to Clarke to Dowd to Andy Coogan who runs into trouble and is dispossessed.Michaels get free which Dunderry intercept and ball worked to S.Coogan who rattles onion bag.Great goal.MIcheals win free around middle which is taken quickly and a point from play is kicked. Fatherly point.Keith back on.Micheals earn free on fifty,converted.Fouls will be punished by Michaels No 12.1-3 to 0-4 for Dunderry.Complex dunderry passing move ends with ball in Michaels goalie who move it downfield and earn free for handling on ground.Converted.After another Dunderry wide Lar passes to Fay who makes ground and parts to Clarke who rattles net .A good move.Another good move involving Gary Newman ends with Ivan converting from play.A good point.Half time. 2-4 to 0—5 to Dunderry.
Second half.Michaels 12 to the forty and 11 on to Harte.Referee slow to emerge from dressing rooms and some high spirits displayed by players.Fay gains possession and stands his ground against a Michaels body check.He is wrongly penalised.Harte fouls and Michaels score from free.Another silly free is conceded by Dunderry which is converted.Broken and elaborate play by Dunderry resulted in Keith punching a goal ,which was dubiously disallowed for square ball.Stout defending by Dunderry is negative by the concession of a converted free and a yellow card.Dundrry want to raise their game or they will be in trouble.Good defending and interlinked play result in Keith being fouled.He misses resultant free.From kick out ball worked to Ivan who kicks a fine minor from play.Dunderry backs are defending well and denying Michaels clearcut opportunities.T.J.Garry and Andy Coogan on for Dowd and Lar Callaghan.After a bad miss from play Ivan more than redeems himself with a fine point from play from the middle near the sideline..J.p.Kenneally on for Keith.Michaels score a fine point from play.Kelleher on for Gary Newman.a Michaels wide from play is followed by a great point from play by Ivan who received an astute pass from T.J. following a foul on Fay.Stephen Coogan converts a free from 50 yards near the sideline.Good score.Ball worked to J.P.whose shot is blocked for a fifty which the son of Christy converts.A narrow Clarke miss is followed by a period of sustained Michaels pressure which id well defended by the Dunderry backs.Eventually Michaels score a minor.NO more scoring.we win 2 -9 to 0-9.And deserve it.
Post mortem.
Selection was controversial but management are moving in right direction.Maybe a little more tweaking will be done.Team was more settled and Fay’s presence at midfield swung that area in our favour.A master stroke .The backs played very well, Stephens delivered some telling balls to the inside line and if conceding frees can be minimised they will be hard to beat.Subs introduced all did well and some not used may feel hard done by.Forwards played well and Ivan had his best game in years.Keith is a good ball winner and younger players showed exceedingly well.
This was a must win match and was well won.Credit all round .A word of caution.Michaels have been badly hit by emigration and it showed.There will be sterner tests and this was a step on what may become a rewarding journey .I would say that the management won’t get carried away just yet.Competition for places should be savage from now on in.Everything is possible.
Good day in the office.
Ref watch.
Applied rules as he interprets them without fear or favour.Again physicality is being blown from the game.And contrived outrage from the line to get players sent off is underhand and unmanly.Has no place in the game and should itself be penalised.
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