Robbie O’Dwyer praises clinical Nemo display against Éire Óg

City side were 11-point winners at Trabeg

Nemo Rangers 2-15 Eire Og 1-8

ANOTHER clinical display from Nemo Rangers saw them return to winning ways in the McCarthy Insurance Division 1 football league following a comfortable 2-15 to 1-7 win over Èire Óg at Trabeg on Sunday.

For the Nemo manager Robbie O’Dwyer it was a satisfactory result against good opposition.

“I am very happy with our first-half display in particular in the first half as I thought we played very well but we dropped our level in the second and overall all is positive on our side,” he said.

This season Ronan Dalton is making his mark with the Trabeg outfit and his 1-3 contribution pleased O’Dwyer.

“Ronan always had potential but having spent last summer travelling he is back now and is a player with plenty of skill that includes his wonderful talent to distribute the ball and in another three months come championship time he will further improve,” he added.

STERLING

Another player to excel for Nemo was veteran Paul Kerrigan who put in a sterling display with a 1-4 tally.

“Paul is Paul as he seldom lets the team down as he is the link between and the full- and half-forward lines as he does so many good things outside of his scoring ability and we are delighted with his experience.”

Dwyer has up 25 years’ experience behind him with Nemo Rangers and after years of doing other coaching roles he decided to take the hot seat.

“ I coached the club U21 team to win the county and was also involved with the senior side in lesser roles and after Paul O’Donovan who did a great job in his five years I was approached if I was interested.

When you are asked to do this job in Nemo it is an honour and so far everything is going okay but let me be judged at the end of the campaign.”

It is noticeable Dwyer has stalwarts Denis Allen and Jimmy Kerrigan are part of his coaching staff and he paid tribute to all of his management team.

“Look it’s great that you can ask Denis Allen, Larry Kavanagh and Jimmy Kerrigan for their opinions when I need them and overall that’s the way it is with all the lads involved as keeping a happy camp is very important.”

Being a son of the legendary Kingdom man Mick, Robbie had an interesting view on the present Kerry set-up.

“I thought Kerry were very poor against Cork, particularly in the first half and they were lucky they just did enough to get over the line and they have a lot of work to do in the coming month.

“Personally I think Kerry look very lethargic playing the ball across the field and with the forwards they have they are not playing the game as I would like to see it.”

On a final note Dwyer praised the league set-up in Cork.

"The leagues are excellent as all the matches we have played are tight and long may that continue before we start the championship."