Cork GAA Discussion Thread

Not sure how yee could have some such optimistism? It was the worse beating since Waterford 08 and yer best player can't play forever...

Limerick are a great team, but tactically could we have done better? Our defending was very naive for the goals. As good a team as Limerick are, i expected us to give them a game, and i sure as hell wasn't expecting the match to be over at half time. Oh well hopefully both management and players learn from todays experience. The success we are having at underage, is a very encouraging sign for the future.

Corks tactics were pretty suicidal.

Pulled the half back line too far up the pitch leaving acres of space inside.

Full back line looked very leggy, possibly tired from all the matches, not sure if they were 100% fit, certainly Downey, no 21 year old should be as slow as that.

The amount of cheap puck outs Limerick won because Cork players were switched off was unacceptable.

Too many Cork players got sucked in to play, were ball watching, it was just really naive play.

Too many short puck outs, not enough variety with going short and long, too predictable.

You cant have that at this level, they are the basics that need to be done to have any sort of chance of being competitive.

One thing today was the amount of times we appeared to jog to a loose ball only to be overtaken by a sprinting Limerick player. Why weren't we sprinting when it was clear Limerick were contesting everything? Downey guilty the most but certainly not on his own. We looked lackadaisical at times which is beyond infuriating.

Mister Anarchy - would you give Limerick any credit.

I think too much hope is being placed in the U-20 All-Ireland's we have won.

Clare won three of them in a row from 2012 to 2014 but only won one senior All-Ireland from it;2013 against us (and we should really have won that final; the drawn game).

I think Limerick are the only team to fear. Tipp and Galway will be rebuilding, and we have a great record against Clare. Waterford are a good team, but i wouldn't fear them. I think outside of Limerick, we are a match for any team. So please god, Hoggie can hang around long enough to win an all Ireland medal. The key question now is whether Kieran Kingston can pick the players up from this, and can he make the most of the talent, that will be coming through from underage?

Only thing I'll say about our minors and u20s is that they play closer to Limerick's style than their own Seniors. Limerick's running and swarming around every opponent when he gets the ball is obscene. Just different levels of fitness. Yes, Limerick lads eat the gym but they are also very very fit. Cork need to bulk up but that alone isn't enough. Every county is playing catch up but our underage lads look to have that mindset drilled into them to hound the opposition and sustain that for the hour. Thus far it has worked a treat. Our minors had the game won by half time just like Limerick did yesterday but they still ran themselves into the ground. That's a huge sign of a good team and more importantly a management team who knows what is needed. The work rate of those two teams is on another level to anything at their own age and you would hope that could translate to the senior ranks even if all those players don't.

We'll get there, of that I am sure. Might not be next year but the only way is up and that's something to take from yesterday. There was a decent clipping to the panel done in the last 18 months with longtime servants retiring, I'd imagine a few more might join them this Winter. Looking at Eoin Cadogan in tears after the game you felt he's hurled his last ball in a Cork jersey. Bill Cooper has had no luck with injuries and has to be thinking of calling time. I think Hoggie might give it one more year but wouldn't surprise me at all if he goes too.

I think with different management there is a much better team there than they looked yesterday.

Congrats to Limerick, easily the best team in the country right now! Hugely disappointing result for us but still a good year for Cork hurling getting to 4 All-Ireland finals and winning 3 of them.

How do we see the All-Stars going later on in the year, am I right in saying there's 3 players nominated for every position?

It's easy to be dismissive after yesterday but over the course of the year I reckon Cork could get up to 9 nominations, Collins, O'Leary, Downey, O'Donoghue, O'Mahony, Harnedy, Kingston, O'Connor and Horgan.

Unfortunately I don't see many of those winning, probably 2 - in the backs I think Sean O'Donoghue is our best bet with Tim O'Mahony also having a chance, we might get one forward from that list.

I'm aware that each position has competing players 😐️

On the selections themselves I agree nobody is dislodging Finn that's not even up for debate, but O'Donoghue could well get in the other corner over Nash. If I had to call it I don't think O'Mahony will get in over the players you mentioned but he's in with a chance. I think we might sneak one forward too but who knows.

Does anyone know the record from one county? I'd imagine it was likely back along before any back door was introduced when there was less matches. Whatever it was there's a good chance Limerick will smash the record this year.

I think people overplay 2013. It wasn’t a great team and didn’t outplay Clare on the day. Wouldn’t have been in the game only for Nash. Led for a couple of minutes in injury time and couldn’t hold onto it. Cork and Clare even making the final was an unlikely event.

It was still a great opportunity alright but 2018 hurt more. Back to back Munsters and semi finals and couldn’t finish a Limerick side off with a lead built up. This year feels like a better team than 2013 but still far from a well balanced team.

I'd agree with your assessment of 2013. Maybe we were unlucky to draw the first game in the end but Clare had lost a good lead for us to lead and they were good value for the draw and then simply blew us away in the replay. I think if it had been anyone but Clare we wouldn't even have had the replay we'd have lost the first game. I think this team will learn from yesterday and will hopefully be better next time they get there.

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