Cork GAA Discussion Thread

Oh and for god's sake just drop Patrick Collins for next year.

Seriously if Pat Ryan is staying on he needs to hire a shrink or some sort of mental preparation coach. Those players can't cope with the burden and expectancy that comes with representing Cork in an all Ireland final.

Leadership was severely leaving all round today. Compare that to McCarthy for Tipp, got rightly roasted for his sending off in Munster against us. Today he played like a veteran and destroyed us. We had no leaders.

They were literally having the huddle as Downey was giving away the penalty and getting sent off. Way too late!!

Afraid to make the tough decision. Tommy O'Connell should have been on at HT and Rob to full back. It was obvious.

Kingston should have been on for Connolly after 5 mins of the 2nd half too. These decision have to be made quick and without any 2nd thoughts.

A disgraceful performance the 2nd half

Right, Hoggie thanks for your service but please you need to go now. You aren't ever going to win An All Ireland. Collins is shocking lads not good enough terrible keeper, the two downeys have been well beaten by few teams this year and Sean O Donaghue is always a liability at the back line. Lehane and Harnedy need to move aside now too and Cahalane at the very least. We are bottlers and now have become me the Mayo of hurling. Two points from play in the second half is not good enough at all and management have serious questions to answer.

I think name checking individual players doesn't help. No one will feel more disappointed than them and no one has worked harder than them. They are not professionals.

Cork have never had much tactical nous on the sideline. It was the same under Kingston; when the opposition start to get on top the management are unable to make changes to turn it around. Whether those changes are positional switches or substitutions, they just don't seem to be able to do it. Liam Cahill did a number on us today.

Limerick under Kiely had great players but they also had a great tactician in Paul Kinnerick. His tactical awareness was top notch. Our lads simply don't have a clue

The Donal O'Grady/John Allen era was when Cork were last well managed and coached tactically. This feels like a dirty thing to say but the longer this all Ireland drought continues we might have to consider going for a manager from outside the county eventually.

Barrett and Healy only ones who did anything in the forwards. Connolly and Hayes taken to the cleaners.

thats the problem , the expectancy is huge in cork and at the moment the championship could be won by 6 or 7 different teams

funny enough you say that in fairness , gary keegan is with the lions in Australia, i wonder would his presence yesterday and today help before the game

People from Cork get annoyed when these players are questioned as to their mental prowess but the fact is until they win Liam soon that will become their epitaph this is their 3rd final defeat. As a Corkman I say well done to Tipp the funny thing is I met Cahill in Boston last October and I introduced to my sister and said this is the Tipp coach who is masterminding Corks defeat in next years championship. He smiled and said Cork are always there or there about. Little did I think my words would come back to haunt me so soon

If the manager isn't making the decisions or can't make them then he has no business being the manager.....

Where was the free Cork man with Tipp having the sweeper?