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Jamesie O'Connor: 'I sometimes think Glynn is under-utilised'

I think there's a bit more about Galway this year. Cyril Donnelan is a big plus for them because ...



Jamesie O'Connor: 'I s...
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Jamesie O'Connor: 'I sometimes think Glynn is under-utilised'

I think there's a bit more about Galway this year. Cyril Donnelan is a big plus for them because he's an honest player and a ball winner. He's a guy that runs at defenders and asks questions of them.

He's hungry and he's been good in the games to date.

Johnny Glynn, we know is very hard guy to deal with. They can try him at the edge of the square, he gives you a different look, he's a ball winner. I sometimes think he's under-utilised because this guy has good hands and he's able to slip ball off and sometimes they don't get enough runners off him.

He's a puck-out option for [Colm] Callanan in the half-forward line, he'll track back and work deep and Andy Smith or David Burke - whoever plays on the other wing - also have that strong work ethic.

So they have a nice mix in the middle third in terms of ball winners and obviously then you've got the finishers up front. They learned a huge lesson from the two Dublin matches that if they can get ball into [Joe] Canning and [Cathal] Mannion and [Jason] Flynn on the inside line, these guys have got pace, they've got skill, they're accurate and they're finishers and the reap that dividend the second their out.

But for me, the big question is going to be can they deal with the Kilkenny attack at the other end?  

Jamesie was speaking to Off The Ball ahead of today's Leinster hurling final. Listen to the full preview with Jamesie and ex-Kilkenny player Michael Kavanagh via the podcast:

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