Dave Hanratty
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And then secondly, that point you made about, well...
You know, psychologically, are you signaling to everybody that we're in retreat?
And I mean, the reason you go to Parnell Park is because you're the lesser side and it's a leveler.
You know, it's easier to shoot.
That's why the hurlers against Kilkenny, it's a leveler, you know.
So he has still put out the kind of we are in retreat message and we're in Crow Park.
So in every possible way.
It was probably not the right thing to go public with it.
But look, you're asked a question in the moment, TomΓ‘s.
I'm sure you've said some stupid things that you'd like to take back.
But it certainly wasn't a strategic thing for Brennan to say on the Sunday before he knew anything about how the draw was going to go, who they were going to get, what they get home advantage.
I don't know.
Obviously, much ado about nothing as well.
But these are the talking points people have during the week.
I'm not sure you want your manager, if you're a Dublin player, saying, oh, no, we'll go Parnell Park.
Well, it's funny when Brennan said that, and this was before we knew it was Donegal, it's funny how the brain works or you think different things.
When he said Parnell Park, the image I got in my head was,
was the second half against Westmeath and just a montage of Westmeath running all over Dublin in this wide open Crow Park.
Now, I don't think of that.
I don't necessarily know if that's what Ger Brennan's thinking, but they have been leaky in defence.