Cork GAA Discussion Thread

The wides we had, and we were unlucky with a few goal chances as well, we had balls going off the post as well! Ah jesus we threw that one away alright, but it would have been another massacre against Limerick. It's obvious that the wins over Waterford and Tipp, had more to do with both of those teams being out of sorts now.

It’s the Hope that kills you. Certainly a better team that what’s shown on the pitch, but something fundamentally wrong somewhere. I don’t blame the keeper, we had all game to pull it back against a poor Galway side. To have any hope of winning an AI we should have won it at a canter. Then again we might have only for all those *%^£@)” wides. Would love to see Ryan/Furlong take charge.

Looking forward to the Clare v KK game, should be good.

Cork did not have the physical presence to deal with 2018 Galway.

Alan Cadogan did well when he came on, and Kingston has pretty much ignored him all year. Christ John Meyler was a bad manager, but Kieran Kingston is even worse imo.

Is "leadership" (constantly used on the Sunday Game these days) not just another word for "good". As in, players who play well tend to be awarded the "leadership" tag. In any practical sense it's meaningless is it not? It's about the ability of the players rather than anything else. If and when Cork win again, we'll be told they are showing leadership. But it's really an abstraction isn't it?

Straight Talker

Serious question. Do you think that the massive investment involved in developing a pitch like Pairc UI Caoimh has meant the eye has been taken off the ball as regards developing the game at under age level in Cork?. I, as a Limerick man, feel, rightly or wrongly, that while our county were developing the Ennis Road Venue, the under age structures was almost totally over looked. What ever about Cork we certainly do not need such a huge pitch in Limerick, especially with three other large ones in Munster. I am half a Cork man, they are a great hurling county, and I wish them well. They will undoubtedly rise again, but big changes need to be made.

I assume Kingston will be going but let’s hope the likes of Furlong and Mulcahy won’t be part of the new management team. It’s obvious Mulchay has pushed for having o Mahony in the full forward line ahead of Patrick Horgan. How did Alan Cadogan not see more game time always a threat and a good turn of pace. Love to see Pat Ryan and his u20 team involved

He was a bit before my time as a player for a clear memory so I never mentioned him as a player. It was as a manager I reckoned his leadership skills were shown to be poor given that nobody will employ him now.

No, I didn't change the narrative at all. It was when Roy Keane was mentioned the narrative changed - he has been a failure as a manager (my memory of him). That's all I commented on. I didn't get the relevance to two non-hurlers from the old days at all to be honest.

When Cork hurlers get better players people will call them leaders. It's mot any more complicated than that I think. 'Leadership' is one of these buzzwords people throw out but it has no real meaning.

Just on your last line - this isn't about me. Nothing to do with me.

Okay. Then why don't Cork pick some of these leaders then do you reckon?

Yea I totally amazed at this Cork attitude..won a couple of underage titles and think they will win all Ireland's in a few years..don't see all these great players that will come up and bring this team on..Ask galway how hard it is to turn underage into senior success.

Or ask Clare… had a good few U-21s in the bag a few years back. They have 1 AI in 2013 to show for it, and if Cork were cute they would have nabbed that one. Very difficult to win an AI.