Cork GAA Discussion Thread

What Cork need next year is 2 more corners backs,(eoin cotter should be one),to find the right balance at half back from the two Clancys,cahalane,loughrey and even though very young,Kevin Crowley of milstreets should be looked at.

And one midfield partner for Walsh at midfield,with Gould and Rory o sullivan and Rory Deane the front runners.

Ian Maguire,still under 21 for the next two years has the physquie,but time will tell if he has the mobility.The potential is there.

There is plenty of forwards,to find the right balance,and a game plan to get them fast ball,is what they need here.

Cork 16 to Armagh 2-9.

A worrying performance from Cork,up by seven at h time,completely out run in the second half.Armagh should have equailsed but for a poor missed free ,with the last kick of the game.

They looked a tired team.

Juliet murphy was superb,as was Geraldine o Flynn and Doireann O Sullivan was involved in a lot of Cork's good play .

They play Dublin next.

What is it with Cork and Dublin this year in every code.

Cork junior footballers game v Warkicksire at 1pm tommorrw is being done broadcast by 103 fm live,for anyone not going to croker 2 mrrow thats wants to listen to it.

For those that are in Dublin,Cork gaa on twitter ,will have updates,i presume.

Best of luck to our camoige team in their semifinal against KK in knowlan park,and best of luck to Cork juniors and seniors.

Pa cronins sister Denise is playing with the camoige team.

Lets hope for a Rebel Treble tommorrw and we will have 3 finals to look forward to.

You ****ing beauty cork ..,on the banks of my own lovely lee ..bring on limerick..we want them.

Jbm u legend.

Great game of hurling and well done Cork & Good luck in the final.


Hopefully we be back init again next year ;-)

Hidalgo wrote: »

Well done today.
An absolutely cracking match, to really enjoy it I think you had to be a neutral, less nerves that way.

Outstanding first half with both sides going score for score. Some top quality hurling. People have been saying ally year what a brilliant championship its been, for me the quality hasn't been great, just exciting and 'new'.
Today however changed that, the quality was top drawer and the sport advertised itself.

I assume JBM will go straight to sainthood if ye win the final

Fair play to get that from a true Hurling man.

The man is already a saint.He should be given the freedom of Cork,and honured in UCC,like Roy Keane was.Whatever happened today,I said he was and would be a legend,as a player,and a manager.Win or loose the final,he and Ger C ,Matthews,and Kingston have done a superb job,and any job they want in Cork in the future,should get,as they brought a depleted,injury torn,in expierenced team that has suffered a famine at underage to an all ireland final in two years,is unbelievable and pheonmal.

JBM a legend that lives and breathes Cork.He has made mistakes ,but unlike our ex genuis football manager,is ruthless,doesnt make the same mistakes twice,and is tactially aware and the players truly belive in him.

I sensed we had a big perfomance in us,i was at training during the week and they were flying,a real air of belief in the panel.Paudie Sul was their,shows the unity,All for one,and one for all.

The game was unreal.45 scores,and from both sides,some real beauties.

Cork were pacey,aggressive,intelligent with and without the sliothar,composed and used every inch of Croker,and used the space well.But they mixed the play also,the long ball with the running game,and were a joy to watch.

I remember watching,Cork beat Tipp in the first league game under lights,and i said no way could we hurl with that freedom,pace and movement in the championship,as we had to be able to compete,and physically win the dirty ball.

Seamus harnedy and the change in attuide of our forwards,particulary Horgan becoming a leader,has made it possible.

The smallest of things can make or break a team.

Nash was superb,2 points and saved a goal,is magical for Cork.I said it ,that it was rubbish to hear people say Dublin would get goals against Cork.

We concede chances,but you will do well to beat Nash once.He had no chance to save the goal.I said it two weeks ago,he had an all star,today wrapped it up.

Maguire mistake rules him out.Quaid is solid,but no where near Nash yet.

Mcdonnell superb,first game he played in hes best poisition.It showed.He was at fault for the goal,as he should have stood tall and square,but he hurled the world of ball.He could play at half back depending who we play next,as Kenny was exposed today,and Murphy will be fine in four weejts.

O neill,superb,an all star ,withoubt a doubt.

Connor o Sul,a beautiful wristy,tenacious hurler,and again being the spare man,great to read a game.Very close to an all star.

Kenny,poor today,and like i said all year the legs are gone.I thought Croker would suit him,and Dublins style but he was poor.Fair play to Jbm,for having no sentiment or emotion and taking him off.

No way would i start stephen white the next day.He has not the speed of hurling,speed of mind,as shown by the yellow card,liable to moments of madness.He is type of player that could get sent off.

Joyce,gave a few poor clearances,but grew in to the game,and settled down very well.

Egan was a bit loose,but excellent as the game wore on.

Kearney,superb workrate,and had the balls to go for goal,like Kenny in 04,and got a great point.

Mcloughlin,man of the match.3 crucial points,but linked play very well and even covered the half back line as the game wore on.He is fully fit now.

Cronin,was awful with hes shooting,first touch,and even in hes strongest aera ,physically blown away.He made poor decisions.He is so much better,and id expect a big display in the final.

Very few players are privilged to play for cork,let alone captain them,but to captain us in an ireland final,is a once in a life time opportunity,HE MUST GRAB IT WITH BOTH HANDS and lead from the front.

Jamie C,poor at times,not suited to Cf,but scored a vital point,but will have better days.

Harnedey,in line for young player of the year,at the very least an all star.2 superb points,after a bad miss,won loads of high ball,and breaking ball,and worked hes socks off.He will get better.
What a point in the corner.

Has been the find of the season for Cork and with Hogsy,the most significant reason we are where we are.

I said after the Clare game,he had it.Just watch the way he walks,hes body language,a superb hurler,and hes yellow card showed hes steel.What a player.

Lehane,i told people i felt hes performance was coming,today he came good.And theres better to come.Three superb points,two breathtaking skill,but took and lasted severe punishment from dublin.

A shadow of the guy that was flattend like a pancake by Fergal Moore last year.The star has at last shone through.

Horgan,superb,on and off the ball.He now shows the dogness,mental toughness,attuide to chase lost causes,temperament to compliment hes natural,sublime magical hurling artistry.Im glad Cronin mi**** that ball,as if he had played it to naughton who was free,he probably would have missed it.

The guy has an all star.I am so glad to be proven wrong by him.Jbm has turned him from stone to gold.He is like Lar Corbett was ,for years loads of potential,but then became a great player.

O farell had a very good game,superb work rate and three great points,but their is much better in him.He needs to rediscover,the goal finishing,ruthlessness and conviction he had at underage,and last year against tipp in the league.

He turned kelly at once stage,and should have went for goal.

It was great to see such ,fluidity,interchangeing with all the six cork forwards,reguarly changing poisitons,that they were impossible to mark.

It reminded of kerry beating cork in 2011 in kerry.

Cork are a joy to watch,and Hurling is the winner when we play like that,such skill,and their foot work was as good as you would see in a boxer.

Im suprised Dublin went toe to toe with cork and were not more defensive in the ist half.Cork were always going to have more natural hurling,and set the tempo.

It was a very harsh first yellow card for Dwyer,but the second he had to go,and Dwyer only has himself to blame,as he should have been more careful.

Such is Dwyers temperament,dublin you could argue should have taken him off.

I think cork would have won anyway,as Nash's save was the real turning point,and when dublin went three ahead,but couldnt pull away,you just knew Cork would have won.

If he was not sent off,Rushe would have been.I hope Rushe wins the all star,he was sublime today.

A lot of Dubs,to be fair,know the better team won,and wont be like some KK ,Fans still to this day,whinging about Barry kelly.

The ref,done a good job overall.

Dublin are a fine team,a credit to their county and to todays classic,and winning a Leinster,is an outstanding achievement,and i hope they get a few all stars,in Rushe and Sutcliffe.

I feel for Daly,has never won a semi final as a manager,in four attempts.A true hurling man,a great manager,but id say he will go.Id say he took them as far as they can go under him.Dublin will be back if they get the right man,but today was a huge blow,as it was their best ever chance.

They gave their best perfomance against galway,and it was hard to match that.

Cork have still loads to improve on,have now please god a fully fit panel for the first time all year,a stronger bench and longer than next weeks opponents to prepare for the 8 th of sept.This is great for the county,the buzz be unreal for the next four weeks,i wouldnt want to be anywhere else in the world,and the scramble for tickets will be mad.

Who ever we meet,it will be tough,i hope we play limerick,we owe them one,and i coudnt see them beating us twice.

But at least were in the final,and have a 50-50 chance,any cork man would have gladly taken that in may.

As for the stupid talk,of cadogan,walsh and sheehan being called up for the final,it is just rubbish.No way will any player,not involved since Jan,no matter who they are,be called up by JBM,as it would be unfair on the other panel members,and would totally affect the morale and dymanic of the current squad.

Next year,its quite possible but this year,it wont happen in a Million years and rightly so.