Cork GAA Discussion Thread

The White Feather

I agree with you Lukin, but everyone can win All-Irelands but no one but Cork has won both in the same year.

Even if another county matches it, they didn't do it first. They won't have the first player either to do it in the same year like us.

We made history.

Hopefully we win a few more though in the coming years!

thesultan

Possibly at yer lowest ebb since...

Speakerboxx

Emotional watching Laochra Cois Laoi tonight. Great for the footballers to get over the line against Meath in 1990. That was badly needed after a mayhem of the 1988 final where the ref cost them the All Ireland first day out. How the hell a Kerry ref was allowed to ref that game i will never know and to play 10 mins overtime was unforgivable. If anything bad happened that ref after that game that day he would fully derserve it. That's my opinion on it. Left a sour taste on many Cork fans for those old enough to remember that final.

Don't think the double will ever be done again but Cork came close to doing it again in 1999 so who knows?

We have had very little success in both codes since 1990. Hope some day that changes but will take a while im guessing and won't be anytime soon.

zetecescort

I guess level 5 will put off the u20 till Feb at the earliest

KrustyUCC

Mike Ashley's Sports Direct to become new sponsor of Cork GAA - report

The Sunday Times reports that the deal is worth €2 million over five years.

https://www.the42.ie/sports-direct-cork-gaa-mike-ashley-5315009-Jan2021/

newuser99999

KrustyUCC wrote: »

Mike Ashley's Sports Direct to become new sponsor of Cork GAA - report

The Sunday Times reports that the deal is worth €2 million over five years.

https://www.the42.ie/sports-direct-cork-gaa-mike-ashley-5315009-Jan2021/

Really disappointing news.

landofthetree

thesultan wrote: »

Possibly at yer lowest ebb since...

A new one today.

https://www.newstalk.com/sport/sports-direct-to-sponsor-corks-hurling-and-football-teams-1129368?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1609680925

zetecescort

Not sure what the cribbing is about. Can't turn our noses up at sponsorship money in the current climate. I think this is great news and a great result for the board.

Only issue is will the logo look better or worse than the Chill one on the jerseys?

ShamoBuc

Money wise, it's a fantastic deal. That's all the County Board are really looking at.

Some posters will look at Ashley and the mess at Newcastle and think of negative connotations. Don't think that has anything to do with it really.

KrustyUCC

Still horrible but probably better than Chill

KrustyUCC

newuser99999 wrote: »

Really disappointing news.

why?

The White Feather

Yes I was just about to say the same thing. Its great to get a deal the way things are at the moment.

I would prefer an Irish company but that's the way things are now.

Hopefully this doesn't lead to Andy Carroll coming on for the last few minutes of a game that we need a goal in!

zetecescort

Can't wait to see Ashley with his top off on the Blackrock end

Coneygree

zetecescort wrote: »

Can't wait to see Ashley with his top off on the Blackrock end

Plastic cup of Murphy's in the hand belting out oh to be a rebel

Larbre34

Cork GAA supporters need to ask themselves whats more important here, the money or the integrity of the sport and their County.

Mike Ashley is business pond scum. His employment and business practices are disgusting. He exploits people, he cannibalises and spits out businesses of integrity.

There's only one chance to do the right thing, to change the mind of the County Board.

Maybe you shrug and don't care about it, but don't come crying when some Chinese plastics company buys the naming rights to Spork Uí Chaoimh.

Edgware

Will I be the first to name them "The Corkney Mafia"?
Can't wait until I see Ashley, Denis Wise etc in the Corporate Box in Croke Park.
If this is what Cork have to do to be competitive I give up.

stayback

As far as I know Chill were giving 300k a year to cork Gaa. So an increase of €100k p/a is welcome and as people say in this climate.

The issues with Mike Ashley are well known but the county board couldn’t pass this one up.

Is it enough of money though. Look at other successful counties

Kerry have Kerry group and by all accounts it’s an open cheque book.

Limerick have JP who seems to be willing spend whatever to keep Limerick at the top.

Dublin have AIG seemingly €1m a year.

Tipperary have Teneo who seem to be pumping a lot of funds into tipp Gaa.

The common the denominator between those counties is that they haven’t a massive stadium debt hanging over them. It’s a case of beggars can’t be choosers.

It’s all about money, and morals have no place in business and cork Gaa is now a business and needs every euro it can get.

While I don’t like Mike Ashley and his business but it’s a good bit of business from the county board. I just wondering is it enough to win an all Ireland.

Larbre34

stayback wrote: »

It’s all about money, and morals have no place in business and cork Gaa is now a business and needs every euro it can get.

Good man.

benji79

As a cork person I’m fine with the deal. Not in a position to be choosy.
In the current climate im sure there’s not a queue of potential sponsors lining up. So to me a great deal to have landed

Straight Talker

There's something about this deal, that doesn't sit well with me.Maybe it's because of Mike Ashley and his dodgy business practices, maybe it's the thought of that god awful sports direct logo on the shirt.Of course we need the money, to compete with the likes of Dublin Tipp and Limerick, but i feel that we have badly lost our identity as a gaa county over the past decade.I just feel a sponsorship deal, with a bargain basement sportswear company, that treats it's employees like garbage, is kind of a further eroding of that identity.

deisedude

Straight Talker wrote: »

Of course we need the money, to compete with the likes of Dublin Tipp and Limerick

This part of your point is part of a real worrying trend in the GAA.

There has to be a cap on how much county boards spend on intercounty teams in order to make it some bit fairer to all counties.

This constant need to spend more and more to compete is leading county boards to bankruptcy.

Edgware

Straight Talker wrote: »

There's something about this deal, that doesn't sit well with me.Maybe it's because of Mike Ashley and his dodgy business practices, maybe it's the thought of that god awful sports direct logo on the shirt.Of course we need the money, to compete with the likes of Dublin Tipp and Limerick, but i feel that we have badly lost our identity as a gaa county over the past decade.I just feel a sponsorship deal, with a bargain basement sportswear company, that treats it's employees like garbage, is kind of a further eroding of that identity.

Its a far cry from the days that Kerry were hammered for getting their photo taken while standing around a washing machine

Acosta

Jesus I thought aesthetically the Chill Insurance looked awful on the jersey because it's a terrible logo. Even worse than say the Chevrolet logo looks on the Man Utd jersey, but this is a real hold my beer moment from the county board. I can't see it looking nice, but even more import Sportsdirect are an awful company. I never go near the place even if the item I'm looking for is cheaper than elsewhere.

Rocko

We are in the worst of the Covid pandemic but the Gaa are above the restrictions.

Gaa Updated that until January 15th, Senior inter-county players may train on an individual basis only .

Who do the Cork Footballers think they are breaking Official Gaa Covid Rules.

https://twitter.com/teachtynanteach/status/1345489556443779073?s=21

https://twitter.com/_TonyLawlor/status/1345770335631794176?s=08

https://twitter.com/teachtynanteach/status/1345462620011204608

If this is not highlighted you can be sure they'll have collective training again next weekend.

Speakerboxx

Rocko wrote: »

We are in the worst of the Covid pandemic but the Gaa are above the restrictions.

Gaa Updated that until January 15th, Senior inter-county players may train on an individual basis only .

Who do the Cork Footballers think they are breaking Official Gaa Covid Rules.

https://twitter.com/teachtynanteach/status/1345489556443779073?s=21

https://twitter.com/_TonyLawlor/status/1345770335631794176?s=08

https://twitter.com/teachtynanteach/status/1345462620011204608

If this is not highlighted you can be sure they'll have collective training again next weekend.

I don't know why the Footballers and management have nothing between their ears. Its not as if they are going to be winning any All Irelands soon. They deserve to get a good over for this and rightly so. They never seem to make that effort on the pitch funny enough when you expect them to. Probably one of Cian O Neills drills too by the looks of it. I have plenty of words for that bunch right now but il keep them to myself.

lukin

If Cork supporters think this deal with Sports Direct means we will close the gap on Team AIG (that's Dublin btw) they are kidding themselves. The AIG deal Dublin have is four times the size of this deal. The CCB were right to take the highest money they were offered of course, they would be fools not to.

stayback

Very good article here in the examiner

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-40200885.html?fbclid=IwAR26thC0b0x9-NHrA8lafGW7sHs2BR-LTuBBgzqghFaiBYtZlws5KS3Ss2c

MisterAnarchy

Speakerboxx wrote: »

I don't know why the Footballers and management have nothing between their ears. Its not as if they are going to be winning any All Irelands soon. They deserve to get a good over for this and rightly so. They never seem to make that effort on the pitch funny enough when you expect them to. Probably one of Cian O Neills drills too by the looks of it. I have plenty of words for that bunch right now but il keep them to myself.

It might be more beneficial if they spent their time actually working on their kicking skills instead of fitness .

Speakerboxx

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

It might be more beneficial if they spent their time actually working on their kicking skills instead of fitness .

100% agree.

The_Kew_Tour

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

It might be more beneficial if they spent their time actually working on their kicking skills instead of fitness .

Can't argue with that. Starting from the basic 20 meters too