New manager Mikey Neylon got his first home victory of the season with a win over Ennistymon on Saturday afternoon. It was definitely a game of 2 halves with Miltown making 13 changes at half time. Ennistymon started brightly and Miltown took time to get into their flow but once they did they were well in control. The Miltown goals came through Joe Curtin & Micheal Malone. David Cleary and Enda O'Gorman did well at the back. Sean Meade and Michael Barry were effective in the middle of the park and Michael Hehir, Micheal Malone and Joe Curtin looked sharp up front. Score at half time was 2-5 to 0-4 with Miltown squandering a hatfull of other chances.
In the second half a completely different team took the field, with many youngsters playing their first games at senior level. Sean O'Brien was excellent in goal, making a save from a penalty and also a fantastic save from a one on one when a goal seemed certain. Eoin O'Brien improved as the game went on and Eoin Corbett and Conor McKenna showed promise in the half back line. Gerard Malone had some good moments at midfield but tired as the game went on. Up front Tommy Flynn played well at at centre forward getting on plenty ball and covering back on numerours occassions to help out the under pressure back line. Niall Quinn took his goal nicely and would have scored more if he got the possession.
Miltown now face Eire Og in the opening round of the league on Friday night with mounting injury worries. Conor McKenna, Ian Sexton, Kevin Burke and Cathal Lafferty all suffered some form of injury on Saturday to added to the growing list. David Talty, Peter Cleary, John Meade, Brian Curtin, Eoin Curtin & Dessie Molohan are all currently sidelined.
1st Half Team: R.Healy, E.Malone, K.Burke, D.Cleary, E.O'Gorman, M.Talty, I.Sexton, M.Barry, S.Meade, M.Malone, C.Lafferty, M.Hehir, J.Curtin, K.Keavey, G.Egan. Subs: G.Malone for Lafferty and D.Murrihy for I.Sexton.
2nd Half Team: S.O'Brien, K.Shannon, S.Curtin, E.O'Brien, J.Galvin, C.McKenna, E.Corbett, G.Malone, M.Barry, J.Wilson, T.Flynn, J.Clancy, N.Quinn, K.Burke, S.Malone.
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