Ronan Mullen

And catching the ball over his head.

Remember the final against Galway when he pulled a few down.

You don't see that very much, but it's there too.

But to me, the one that every time I see it, it's a kind of a wow thing is the dexterity of his kicking.

that he's kind of running and almost shielding the ball with his right hand.

And then in a motion that doesn't look too dissimilar to his solo motion, with only a small bit more back lift, he puts this kick that goes so high up into the rafters and kind of eventually whistles down and clears the crossbar by two feet.

I'm not surprised that he says that he'll still be down the pitch kicking the ball because he's obviously worked at it.

And to work at it that much,

He obviously enjoys it.

One thing that maybe doesn't...

or isn't immediately obvious I remember talking to a player before he used to come up against Dermot Connolly a lot in club football in Dublin at a time when Connolly was at his peak I think Connolly was the most like for skill set was the footballer of that generation that just had like he was out catching kick outs and turning people over had the same sort of kicking thing off both feet

But this fella said one thing people don't appreciate about Dermot Connolly and it applies to Clifford as well is that he can hold the ball in one hand and he said that's such a huge advantage being able to hold the ball in one hand because it means that you can shield the ball in such a way and still be able to control it.

You can hop the ball off one side and solo the ball off one side.

And it gives you this extra kind of layer of separation that's very, very hard to get close to.

That's an interesting point.

Like somebody will eventually do a thesis on the many ways in which David Clifford is brilliant.

And it'll be a long list.

The time that he really annoyed me was when the video came out from the Pro-Am and the K-Club when he hit the three wood from 300 yards.

Okay.

Listen, and he probably should... What would be a realistic delivery from when he came in to the end of the season that you would say was a positive indicator of what he could do long term?