Say Your Number wrote: » Donal Og "they turned wine into water" :pac:
Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: » RTE/Des are after making a big deal about Brian Cody being booed.:rolleyes:
Boom__Boom wrote: » In fairness he is spot on with the state of the Cork County board and PUC Did like his line about propaganda being put out in the Echo on a Monday, especially given the link between the Echo and Examiner in Cork with Donal Og writing for d'Examiner.
dirtyden wrote: » That was ridiculous. It was obviously a bit of craic which is exactly how Cody took it. Cahill trying to make out it was disrespectful, when it was obviously a joke.
dirtyden wrote: » He has a point in some of what he said but he also has an axe to grind which makes it hard to take what he is saying at face value. His analysis of the games themselves is excellent. Seamus Hickey was a good addition tonight too.
ProudDUB wrote: » I am well aware of what sides Chairman Frank and Donal Og were on during the strikes. But I think that he did a good job of deflecting attention away from the personal aspect of it, by bringing up the stats of Corks lack of underage success. You can't really argue with those, no matter what side of StrikeGate you were on. Re Cody and the booing. I was in Croke Park today. Just before they showed Cody on the big screen, stewards and Guards removed Cork fans from the Hill, as they were setting off flares/smoke bombs. The crowd booed that. Then they showed Cody on the screen, so I don't think that all of the boos were for him. Just as many people laughed when they saw Cody on the screen (especially when they saw the big grin on his face) as they booed. You just couldn't hear/see that on the telly.
dirtyden wrote: » I think the fact that he called it a monument, was not too subtle a dig at someone in particular. A lot of what he said was reasonable and sensible but he is far from impartial. PUC badly needed a revamp, and I don't know what the plans for the centre of excellence are but they are hardly as basic as he is making out.
ProudDUB wrote: » Isn't there limited space down the Pairc, because of its proximity to the marina and private houses? Once the new stadium goes up, there will be only a small patch of land to be dedicated to a Centre of Excellence. Two pitches is not a lot, if you want to base the ongoing training of the seniors, the minors & the U21's there, especially when there are two different codes, as well as the ladies to consider.
Fireball07 wrote: » Out of interest, I thought CIT had excellent facilities out there? Do the Cork teams use those at all? I don't know much about it all tbh, but I know that Limerick's underage teams all train out in UL most of the time. There's no specific "centre of excellence" as far as I am aware, but there is a lot of money being put into coaching... there are some excellent coaches involved, they have development officers going around to the schools, to the clubs, they invite the best player to big academy training sessions at U-14/U-15 level. I don't know how much the County Board pay to use UL facilities, but they do some training out in places like Rathkeale too and it seems to be working. But I imagine it's down to personnel rather than the pitches. In fairness, a centralised centre of excellence does sound great in theory... it would make things a lot handier, I imagine the treatment of players, etc. would raise another notch. But do any county actually have one? Maybe one day it will be the norm, and teams will be falling behind if they don't have one, but I don't know if anyone does have anything along those lines- I imagine they just use whatever they can. I could be wrong.
Mountainlad wrote: » I know this is a Sunday game thread an not a Cork underage crisis thread, but what exactly was the point in Mallow if that is not the center of excellence?
rebel girl 15 wrote: » Mallow club had two pitches, one up the north side of town in Carookeel, which was bought by a developer, who then built the complex as part of the deal. Now it was badly needed, as both pitches and facilities needed major updating. Castlelands, the developers company built it on very beneficial terms for the local club
Rightwing wrote: » It's a fantastic centre in Mallow. Would be a disgrace if it's not getting use.
Rightwing wrote: » The hurling analysts are top class. Cusack was right, his analysis is top notch, but he could also have added in it's costing the taxpayer €30m. What a waste of money.
