Replying To Sligonian:  "Interesting, it sounds like you were at the match. The bully boys will be scratching their heads as to how I can be in 2 places at once 6000km apart.

Its a fair point on the subs coming in earlier. One of the biggest surprises was Mark Walsh not being introduced. Although he hasn't really been used all year but they usually get him in this time of year.

If we are honest and ruthless with ourselves we do need some 3 or 4 upgrades throughout the team to win a Connacht title. It will be interesting to see if any chances will be given to underage players. I didn't see Cummins as a big loss that others do because imo he was never a good tracker defensively with his pace but he is loss going forward. Not sure those cancel each other out. Carrabine was the big loss.

It wasn't really pitches or conditions that held us back early season, it was our ability to defend extra man and score ratio was way below our norms. We won't have the rule changes next year and our forwards should be stronger with L Marren and hopefully Carrabine coming back. Players need to a step forward in the off season. Hopefully the lessons are learned all round.

I really liked the look of Oisin Flynn the Castleconnor lad yesterday. Hopefully management give him more minutes. I still feel Management are too conservative with introducing new talent. Daire O Boyle not making the squad, not sure why. No gametime all year. Many of the u20 lads not in the squad.

Murphy who was outstanding yesterday, not just in his scores but his leadership, is not getting younger, he is 33 or 34. He has only 2 or 3 years left to win a Connacht medal you'd imagine."