Monday 16 June 2008

Beginning of the end for Caffrey?

I said earlier in the year that I believed Dublin manager Paul Caffrey might have overstayed his welcome.
That view was endorsed by no less a pundit than former Dublin forward Charlie Redmond.
Charlie reckons that Caffrey has been too loyal to some of the players who have been with the squad since he has taken over and he questioned the contribution that some of them are making to the Dublin cause.
It's brave of Charlie to stick the head up above the parapet as no one likes to criticise their own county but I think Caffrey has taken the Dubs as far as they can go and I don't think they are a better side now than they were three to four years ago.
They still depend on Jason Sherlock for a bit of savvy, their midfield looks as vulnerable now as it did at the start of Caffrey's reign with Eamon Fennell the great new hope and the defence remainsl very brittle.
If Caffrey doesn't deliver much more than a Leinster title, at least an All-Ireland final appearance is needed, then we will see a new manager at the reins.
I don't think the Dubs will reach the final unless they get a great draw and Redmond's comments may signal the beginning of the end.

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