Offaly manager John Maughan non-committal on his future after his side were ‘comprehensively outplayed’ in Tailteann Cup semi-final
Offaly manager Maughan non-committal on his future after his side were ‘comprehensively outplayed’ in Tailteann Cup semi-finalJohn Helsin gets his shot away despite the best attempts of Offaly's Johnny Moloney during the Tailteann Cup semi-final at Croke Park. Photograph: Evan Treacy/InphoMaybe they should start promoting the Tailteann Cup as football with hurling scorelines.
The Tailteann Cup will be fine, by the way. Eventually we’ll come to realise that it doesn’t need all the hand-wringing and think pieces and oh-so-earnest boosterism. They were physically dominant in the exchanges, routinely accurate in front of the posts and every bit as cynical as the 33-10 free-count suggests.
Maughan was non-committal afterwards on whether or not he’ll stick around for a fifth season with Offaly but it’s not hard to imagine him deciding he has his work done. Offaly were poor here, never recovering from a desperate start in which they went 1-4 to 0-0 down inside the opening quarter-hour. This was to-and-fro football, up and down the pitch. Westmeath led 2-11 to 1-6 at the break – and that was despite kicking nine wides and dropping another two attempts short. John Heslin was in his usual imperious form, popping up in the scoring zone as and when the mood took him and applying his own sheen on things.
They gave it a go, all the same. Points from the highly-promising O’Neill and sub Dylan Hyland built a little momentum but a good save by Daly from the rampaging Jordan Hayes kept them at bay. Lorcan Dolan nailed his second goal of the day on 53 minutes after a strong run through the middle from full-back Kevin Maguire and that was that.
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