Cork GAA Discussion Thread

I'm only home from the match now, celebrating that the under 16s won the All Ireland title as well.

I'll be lazy and post what I posted on another thread, and then I'll respond to comments above, bear in mind that hopefully in the morning I will be down from this high!!!

I still cannot fathom that there was no heart attacks in the crowd today between the Kerry game and the Cork game.

Shocking is the word to describe the first half, simple passes going astray, very little movement from the forwards. Wasn't a case of Dublin giving them very little space, it was a case of Cork being extremely poor - head in hands type of stuff. 1-3 or 1-4 of the half time scores came from Cork mistakes, ball being handed away, the goal came from Nollaig not catching the ball and a Dublin player taking it when it should have been a Cork ball. But I said at half time, despite Dublin playing well, and getting the scores much easier, that Cork had not played at all, putting balls into the Dublin players hands. There was going to be a period of time that Cork would get on top, and it was going to be up to Dublin to respond. I said it, that they would be there or thereabouts at least - even though I was absolutely sick before the game, I got up and walked around at one stage my stomach was so bad with nerves!!

The changes they made made a difference - Deirde O Reilly came out the field, Angela to full back, Orlagh Farmer coming on and running at Dublin, to go 9 points down, I remember looking at the clock with 21 to go, and thinking this is far from over.

The crucial period of time was when Val got a free, scored it, and then Cork won kickout after kickout from Dublin, O Connor made some very poor decisions and Cork got lucky with one or two breaks, but what people watching on TV wouldn't realised either is that Cork played against a light breeze in the first half, but in the second half, the breeze picked up quite significantly. At half time, there was five or six players that could have been hauled ashore. Sinead Aherne, who had been playing a super game in the first half, she made her runs in the second half but for no ball!

Juliet, what can be said that has not already been said before about that woman, f**king hell, she was amazing!! When Val got that point before the roll of scores, she was the one swinging her arms up urging the girls on. In the Armagh game, my aunt was at it, and she said to me, the number 29 who came on in that game was everywhere, she mightn't get the ball, but she was everywhere on the pitch today, now my aunt knows very little about football, but she saw that Juliet was fighting fit.

That point about 19 mins out, I don't know how I felt it, but I felt something about Dublin deflate, even though 8 points behind, I was confident Cork would win it. Then when they reeled off a number of points in a row, must watch the game back, cos I know I was on my feet after every flaming score!!! Valerie won no ball in the first 40 mins of the game, and should have had a few frees that were not given, but suddenly she was out in front winning ball.

I tell ya one thing, being there today was better than any drug!!! And the fact that they got Kerry in the next round, I was delighted about, avoid Monaghan who played a very poor Laois side.

What a team, what a bunch of players who never say die - I was there at the AI final when they did it to them, and reeled Dublin back in, I watched that quarter final when they reeled Dublin back in and I was there today - and today had to be the sweetest of the lot - written off by a number of Cork people even, it was superb, superb! 9 points down, Dublin feeling like they can coast, and Cork just snatched the momentum back

thankfully the under 16 final was a much calmer affair - Eimear Scally player of the match - what a player and sportswoman as well, Dublin player down injured and Scally goes 10 or 15 yards over to check on her. Super night celebrating with them!!!

Gutted I won't be able to get to the semi final, don't know will I even be able to watch it online

Thinkstoomuch wrote: »

In the winter,these ladies will have to fund raise for themselves again.Madness.

Dunno where you got that from, but there is very little fundraising if any having to be done by the ladies players - they did a draw last year with the county board selling lines to fund a team holiday away, but everything else is covered!

The cuteness of Juliet winning the last free for Valerie, the ball came across the 21 yard line, and Juilet caught it and stood there, waiting for the contact!

My bad, the golf classic was the holiday I think, but the thing in reardons was more camogie findraising than ladies football. I'm home nearly an hour, wrecked but all on a compete high!