Cork GAA Discussion Thread

Sean Powter and Cork deciding to push up and attack have changed the game

Bring on Kerry lol. Hopefully Frank keeps his end of the bargin and has PUC ready

marno21 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/cads3/status/873607082674728960

First comment on the Twitter..."if it's GPS, can't you just track him!".

Didn't see much of the second half admittedly but the first was diabolical tbqh. 1 point at this level in 35mins....when's the last time that's been done in the Munster championship?

Tipp looked assured in possession first half, Cork far too slow to break - which was exemplified by Tipps opening point of the second half, turned over, two quick passes and it was down the other end of the field and over the bar. That said Cork seemed far quicker in the second half, Kerrigan had fellas coming off the shoulder when he carried as opposed to him being isolated in the first. The goal was well worked, naive on Tipps part not to foul further out the field and look to shut shop and frustrate Cork who were going to have to look for a goal.

Tactics were odd in the first - playing with the wind, short kickouts with ponderous, slow play forward. Felt for Kelleher being taken off given he only really had one ball of quality given in the first half (early on from Shields, cross field), O'Neill barely touched the ball the first half which was a sign of how little the FF line was fed. Would like to see some analysis on why the kickouts were so short, not to the side, barely out past the D. Either Cork didn't have a strategy or work done, or Tipp did a good job of packing the middle. Perhaps we'll see some work done on this for the final.

Quinlivan was a big loss, Tipp worked some lovely positions and should have capitalised more than they did. Corks shooting was off but they worked positions & took on the shots - from what I had seen of the Waterford highlights, not enough players wanted to take on the responsibility of shooting when in positions they should be well able of capitalising on. Thought Connolly, though not perfect in his shooting, was Corks best player for showing & taking on the shots. Kerrigan & Kerrigan 2.0 in Powter showed really well also.

Lots to work on, but Cork have reached a Munster final, overcome a tricky fixture in Tipp & can only improve upon today for the final. Hopefully I'll be in PUC to take in a clash against Kerry

I fear what will happen when we open PUC

That was the worst first half I have ever seen

Play with a gale of wind but yet play a sweeper

Talk about negative and it didn't even work

We would have lost if Quinlivan stayed on the pitch. That injury looked horrific

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/cork-county-board-confirm-pairc-ui-chaoimh-will-not-be-available-for-munster-sfc-final-793200.html

Trip to Killarney it is so

The County board is probably delighted, trim a few quid off the bill given it didn't come in on time

I prefer piss ups in killarney anyway, and seeing as that's probably all i've to look forward to this time round roll on Killarney

It won't be ready for that either

“The new Pairc Ui Chaoimh stadium will not host either of the Munster Finals scheduled for July, as originally planned.
“Cork County Board was informed this morning that the scheduled handover date of June 18th would not now be met. There are still some commissioning works to be completed and these will be finished by July 7th. The first game in the new stadium will take place in mid July.

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Considering the years of planning and the actual start date it is a complete joke, but somehow we all knew it was probably going to happen. Shambles really.

one thing against that would be the extra work involved in rebuilding the terraces.

why the board were up to last week still saying the deadline would be met is baffling. were they talking to the contractors at all?

I think it's too much of a coincidence that they announced it the Monday after the footballers made it to the final. Those that knew, knew this long ago.

It comes down to money.....if the contractor admits they won't make deadline, they get penalised....contractor probably says delays are due to extra requests from County board and the county board doesn't agree......behind the scenes negotiations between the money men and they reach a deal.....then announce it.

Any update on Conor Leahane's injury.

So who's getting the job of stadium manager? Kept in house. Priceless. The neck on these people is incredible

Kearney is a good option to have back