Cork GAA Discussion Thread

Thank Christ for the ladies otherwise gaelic games would be in big trouble in Co. Cork

alphasully wrote: »

Thank Christ for the ladies otherwise gaelic games would be in big trouble in Co. Cork

easy know they have no influence from the CCB in running their affairs

ShamoBuc wrote: »

I take great consolation in what our ladies achieve. The footballers in particular. They are the best cork team I have ever seen and the joy and excitement they have brought is second to none. The qualities they have, skill, determination, never say die attitude etc there hasn't been a Cork team that compares to them imo. They have maintained all those qualuties at the top for over 10 years.

We were synonymous with success once, those successes are there for all to see , that won't change. It will be some time till we are back at the top table in either code, which is nothing short of a disgrace. But we will be back, I have no doubt. But it will be a number of years before we are.

Till then, I will enjoy watching the ladies do what the ladies do best.

+1

I don't watch huge amount of ladies gaa, but that comeback by Cork against Dublin few years ago was incredible.

The ladies teams are terrific.

padd b1975 wrote: »

Possibly time to put out a few feelers outside the county?

Would love a outsider,don't care if it's a kerryman even.

If it means success for Cork on the field

Cork football looks to be on the turn,lots of positives. Peader Healy has built a good panal of players, and a excellent back room team. We came from division 2 before to win Sam. Future looks bright.

commonsense. wrote: »

I take no consolation whatsoever from the strength of camogie and ladies football tbh.
Cork used to be synonymous with success on the hurling pitch and no amount of camogie AIs is going to make up for the deplorable state of hurling in our county.

You should take some heart - shows how a strong underage development system developed with good coaches can lead to success over time with both.

Minors playing v Dublin in final tomorrow

They do have some influence from the board, but generally are left to get on with things. Have a fantastic liaison person for the footballers as well

I think Loughrey or O Sullivan would have made a difference yesterday in man marking McBrearty. I do have more faith in Healy and his team with the footballers than the hurlers tbh

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Bought them for family that can no longer attend.

Tickets are in the Cusack Stand Section 302 and are far enough back to be covered for anyone fearing a repeat of the Munster Final weather.

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Moving the ball fast, Saoirse Noonan (14) is so far in front of her marker it is brilliant. Getting the ball into that full forward line fast will keep Cork in the driving seat.

Dublin forced to kick the ball inside the 45, but the Cork backs doing a superb job in either winning or breaking that ball stopping the Dublin attacks.

2-14 to 2-6 with 17 minutes left

Noonan is an international soccer player too. serious talent

any idea does she prefer the GAA or soccer? i'd imagine she would be unable to combine both as she moves into senior teams in each code

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

I think Loughrey or O Sullivan would have made a difference yesterday in man marking McBrearty. I do have more faith in Healy and his team with the footballers than the hurlers tbh

Cork had no back who could mark McBrearty, most counties of Ireland woudn't have had an answer to him on Saturday tbf but Loughreys reputation has been improved from missing the game it seems.

On the whole, Saturday went how I expected it to - Donegal closed out the game well after a slow start, with Cork playing for pride and running out of steam.

If Aidan Walsh could improve his shooting he'd be invaluable to Cork, I thought Cork used the bench well with Kelly & O'Neill coming on with enough time to influence, yet I don't think they impacted the game as much as I'd expected them to - particularly Kelly who's a fine footballer & did get involved in one or two scores, that said, I expected him to drop deep and push Cork on, I think it's what he's best at.

Leadership is definitely lacking in the current squad, perhaps I'm incorrect to question their mentality, but I mentioned to a friend - Donegal went into that last 10minutes convinced they could win, that they would win and that they're the team who can put it up to Dublin & go on to win an All Ireland - Cork don't and it's because of involvement in poor IC setups, improper management & down to the players themselves.

I honestly don't think that Cork are that far off - there's a massive amount of work that could be done with that team & even as a Kerryman I'd like to see it - there's an abundance of footballing talent available in Cork, what's required is backing of coaches/managers/county board members with the vision, drive and most importantly - backing to see them through the next 2-3 years.

zetecescort wrote: »

no body to mark McBrearty and no body to clatter him. don't mean a dirty belt but just let him know he was in a game rather than giving him the freedom of the field.

I'd say he got plenty of clatters off Cadogen tbf :pac:

McBrearty is also a tank it's worth noting

Has any reason been given why the IHC fixtures have been changed, Castlemartyr now playing Fr O'Neils. It smacks of making sure that the favourites make the final