Cork GAA Discussion Thread

How did ye get done in the hurling, ye were beaten out the gate, team collapsed, not officials fault! In the camoige final I take it that you are referring to the push in the back, obviously that should have been pulled back, but, the ref was awful for both sides, plenty of clear frees weren't given to Galway too, no one complaining about them now as Galway won, but, had we lost, we'd have had plenty of complaints about the referee. I can't see how the officials did ye in the football. Decisions go against every team (Galway have suffered more than most down through the years), when you win, it's not really noticed, when you lose it obviously fustrating. Also remember Cork benefited from a dodgy goal in last years final, ye weren't complaining then!

Oh and well done to Galway as well of course but we've had gentlemen managers like Kieran Kingston and Pat Ryan managing us in recent years, and the knives are still out for us. Pat badly needs some help on the tactics side of things as well if he is staying on as manager.

It seems like everyone in Cork was prepared for the possibility of Tipp deploying the sweeper system, except for the Cork management team themselves! I think there needs to be a few changes to the make up of the panel imo. A lot of those players are mentally shot at this stage.

Put it another way if the referees were doing their jobs right there would be far less complaining wouldn't they?😉 The GAA needs to look at introducing an accessors body to review the performances of referees and officials and then take action accordingly imo.

Managers get fired when they don't produce the results and players get dropped when they don't perform etc. The same should apply to referees, umpires and linesmen as well in the interests of fairness across the board imo.

At least read my post properly before replying ok! The nouveau riche upstarts in Limerick with their complaining yet again.🤣

I thought ye didn't begrudge us our first in 2018. It's only when Limerick won multiple AIl Irelands the jealousy set in. Same as Kilkenny before, it's human nature- I was sick of Kilkenny myself.

Surprised u didnt mention 2021 when ye really got a bad doing from the ref in the 1st half.Was so bad half of ye fucked off at half time,as Johnny Logan said what's anotherr year

Harnedy had the chance to win it. 6 points is very much recoverable in hurling. Clutching at very short straws to blame the ref for losing 2018 semi final.

You are the one complaining you were robbed after only scoring 2 points in a half. It's conspiracy theory stuff to think ye lost 2025 cause of the ref.

My point was all this ref stuff shouldn't be complained about by anyone. Some go for you and some go against you and I say the exact same when Limerick fans complain about 2019 or 1996.

And having autocorrect as your comeback is just a bit sad.

Both Limerick and Cork share 4 Munster borders and are draws in terms of employment so that should shock no one here. And in fairness it was often Kerry men who brought the Limerick footballer on to new levels.

Your first paragraph is nonsense. It was not pucked out before it crossed the bar, not even close in fact. The ball went over the bar, hit the back net, fell from a good height and just about landed on the ground when Collins turned around having received the sliothar from the umpire. That’s a couple of seconds.

I’ve no problem admitting that it was taken too quickly, the umpire should have flown the flag first before handing the sliothar to Collins. Cork definitely benefitted from that decision, as we do plenty of times as well as plenty going against us too same as any other county.

But to say the ball was pucked out before the ball had even gone over the bar is plain wrong no matter how often people like to repeat it.

I don’t think that’s fair either, we all have our biases. I’ve no problem admitting that we’ve got a few favourable decisions as well as some going against us. In the championship matches we’ve lost over the last 2 seasons I dont think any of them can be blamed on referees.

??? Explain