Breen pleased with attitude, training and match-day performance
NOT a lot you can talk about in terms of the match itself with the final scoreline, but an appropriate time maybe to ask about how the Beaufort players prepared for it all during this long wait to get going in Munster? Captain Nathan Breen talks about what they have done.
“We’ve been going three nights a week which with a recovery session on top of it makes it four, but the success of having a large panel like we have is that we can have some great in-house games amongst ourselves for everyone trying to make their way onto the panel and not solely do drills. You saw today the performance level didn’t drop when we made the substitutions we did, and I think that’s the benefit of what our panel are being exposed to in training,” Breen believes.
When asked about the high totals the Mid Kerry side have put up in Munster so far, Breen is particularly happy with the spread of scoring. “It’s great to score more than we did the first day, but we are happy there isn’t a reliance on a small number of players in getting it (their scoring totals). I think there was a long-term benefit to losing to Laune Rangers in Mid Kerry in that it told us we must have the same intensity levels for every game you play. Dr Crokes didn’t win East Kerry when they won the All-Ireland two years ago so it shows you how hard district Championships can be if you are not fully prepared for them,” he said.
Breen hopes that Ronan Murphy can make an appearance in the Munster Final as he also agreed that despite their eventual relegation, playing Division One Football was the best set of challenge matches that Beaufort could have asked for in preparing for where they are now.
“Ronan has a great work ethic and has been central to so much of what we have been doing. I know he will be doing everything he can to try and be ready for the Final.
“The journey some of us have been on in the League is amazing, there are players there who were in Division Four back in 2014 and now they have moved up to the top Division. The average age of the team is 22 or 23 which is a great thing for a team like ours to have.”