Cork GAA Discussion Thread

The Tipp Limerick game this year was played in Thurles, not Limerick but I take your point.

Read back over this thread and read back over the Peoples Republic of Cork. "The media generated hype" is an absoutely laughable statement.

Ye only had to show up.

There were combined teams being put up admittedly on the other forum that had 0, yes 0 players from Tipp making it into the Cork team.

I've never seen such undeserved arrogance from fans in all my life supporting hurling. Cork's championship before the AI final yesterday when you broke it down was not very impressive at all.

I knew there was the possibility of defeat but i didn't expect us to implode like that in the second half! Why didn't any Cork players have the cuteness to try and stall Tipps momentum when they were turning the screw in that second half?

What happened in that dressing room at half time? It was the opposite of Father O'Brien rousing the troops at half time in the 1990 final!

Patrick Collins making a holy show of himself for that first Tipp goal, the desperate wides by panicking Cork players, trying for goal chances when they weren't on etc. Cork in that second half were the ultimate example of a team crumbling under the weight of expectation.

Leaderless on the pitch and leaderless off it management were far too slow and late in making the required changes. We lost back to all Irelands in 1982 and 1983. The same thing happened in the football in 1987 and 1988. We put things right in 1984 and 1989 but can any of us say with any confidence that the same thing will happen in 2026?

We need to written off big time whenever we make it back to a final. The next time everyone is blowing us up (i was doing that myself!) as favourites i'll be really worried! Ah that was one hell of a sobering afternoon. It's not quite the Cork of Eudie Coughlan, Ringy, Jack Lynch, JBM, Teddy Mac, Sean Og and Brian Corcoran anymore sadly.

This is going to hurt for quite awhile but we have no choice but to get back up on the horse again next year. This team have given some great days out in the last two years but they just couldn't get the job done in two all Ireland finals now under Pat Ryan, and of course a few of them were there in 2021 as well.

You shouldn't judge a county by it's bandwagon supporter's and especially the sh1te those supporters spout online.

I was really impressed with Tipp against Kilkenny; loads of youth, spirit and fight with Maher and Mcgraths thrown in for experience.

Being underdogs against a team they had no big fear of, while they had a panel with 6 or 7 medal winners was the perfect way to reach a final.

Cork had a dreadful semi final. When I played I hated winning semi finals easy; it sets a bad tone for the final and let's a kinda malaise set in.

The goal from Collins mistake was the killer blow. To many Cork players went hiding after that.

Horgan hasn't an all Ireland medal because he hasn't dominated a final like Gillane, Tony Kelly have done when needed. Classy player, great servant and role model but never able to grab a final by the scruff of the neck and decide it.

Cork were league champions and Munster champions going into the game so we were entitled to be somewhat confident.

No one inside or outside Cork was expecting as big a collapse as that from Cork in the second half.

They were but got completely dismantled by Limerick in round robin. It was like 2021 final in how thorough it was. Those kind of defeats damage confidence.

They came back and won Munster but I'm not sure they recovered from it, and when Tipp put it up to them yesterday those doubts resurfaced and they imploded.

That @Bobby_Bolivia person is not worth the time engaging with folks. He made a rather nasty and classless dig at Hoggie in another post. I have no issues with people outside the county criticising the performance of the Cork team, but less of these self righteous, sanctimonious and holier than thou speeches please.

I think the classless thing was a veteran player laughing in the face of an opposition player after a goal had been scored and that player rightly deserves savage criticism for it.

I make absolutely no apologies for it.

This has to hurt losing hurts but the manner is difficult to take.

Thinking of the players and management this morning they gave so much all year.

Cork now have to soul search but I've no doubt they will be back next year.

Munster will be even more competitive. Clare and Lmk hunger, Cork hurt, Tipp champions and Waterford trying to break out.

In fairness to Horgan we don't know what Shelly had been doing or more likely the corner back.

Cork lost two AI finals in a row in 1982 and 1983. They won it in 1984 but they were playing Offaly who would not really be considered a traditional hurling county so it was a bit easier for them. If Cork get back to the final next year (and that's a big ask), they will probably be playing one of the traditional hurling counties (Tipp, KK or possibly Limerick). I couldn't see us beating one of them.

Would ya yeah?

Can blame management all you want but where was the leadership on the pitch when things were going against ye? Didn't see one incident where player even went down injured to try and stop playing or put in a hit or do anything to try and stem the tide. Can't put it down to inexperience either as plenty lads there on pitch who have experience of the big day. I wonder if that free that Horgan missed at start of 2nd half went over would cork have settled differently in 2nd half. Could see the fear even before the goal after tipp had hit 5 points in a row on 45 mins.

Not a great comparison because Galway didn't have to play a provincial championship before the All-Ireland series. No qualifier system back then either.