Cork GAA Discussion Thread

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Fans screaming at refs for frees is hardly solely a Cork thing:rolleyes:

Good point I am sure other counties have issues with refs but I would only be seeing mostly cork games and reading and hearing what the players say especially about hurling as Kearney said in the echo the other night about letting the game flow the tackling and hits to be part of the game, rather than blow for every contac.

A post from last year

]12/01/2014 19:24
thinkstoomuch1
Registered User
Another game in Mallow ,a splendid ptich again.Mallow GAA had asked for the game to be delayed a half hour until the heavy rain abated,but as far as I am aware,Cork refused.
And rightfully so,the ptich was fine,no water retention,bar by the sideline,so just play the game.
Mallow are going a bit over the top,if they want to wrap the ptich in cotton wool .I remember going to Na piarsaigh v Newtown in the league and the match was called of last minute.The ptich was perfectly playable that saturday.
The good news was there was match programmes today .

I watched Ul warm up in the top ptich at the other side of the main one across the road,and even though it was a make shift team ,the intensity of the drills under Kearns and he doesnt do laid back was great to watch,its easy to see why he is a top coach.

I then had a look at our set up. wasnt greatly impressed to be honest,our set up was asking the players to do certain things ,i got the sense than,actually demanding it.Very nicey,nicey ,clap of the stuff.I feared that,as none of the selectors have a real presnce in management.You do not ask at intercounty,you demand and expect.

This game was not as tough as I thought,but as I posted at the start of the game,Ul had a few missing with Dessie moyne,ian burke,Mcnamee,o Connor,neville ,o meare etc out.As I said in the preview ,it was on the basis of Ul fielding a strong side,anything less and it would be a less of a challenge.
At least with Kerry when they name the team,we know that will be the team midweek,and it will be the same team starting at sunday at 2pm.

In the game itself,Sexton and o Sullivan did seem to be vocal which was good to see.
Early yet,but I wasnt inspired by Don davis.Too laid back.Driving home,i heard him being interviewed,and I was not impressed.It was all talk of lets put the shoulder to the wheel,hope for the best and we will see what we can do.That talk is ,uninspiring ,and in common with what normally managers that are unsuccessful say ,hope for the best.Time will tell.

Ken was very good in goal,contary to the myth he has no distance in kickouts ,he showed today he has.I had said he was there to command the backline and he done that,constantly telling them to keep shape.
Mclouhlin good going forward and did not fare badly against o rourke ,but he was suspect at times,and people must remember o rourke is not at home in the corner,he lacks the wizardy of a corner forward.Much more home at half forward.

Clancy done okay ,wasnt tested by o shea,but was immense going forward ,had a goal chance well saved by the keeper,drove forward made one goal,and comfortable on the ball.A real possibilty with others at half back.Wont stay at full,too much football for there.
Noel galvin had the job of marking ,o donoughue,and while he did take time to settle,jesus he did brillant.He was tight,fast ,tenacious and tough.Compare hes display to mcloughin ,and who they marked,it like comparing apples and organes.
Galvin is a leading contender for no4.Superb.

Loughrey very good,held whyte well.
Gould was brillant,balanced attack and defense very well,and got a super point late on,to show the confidence he has playing anywhere bar a forward.

Kevin o driscoll,done good ,but probably a few ahead of him for half back.
Laoire was superb,great work rate,kickpassing,super link play,moves the ball at pace,real football intelligence,and got two great points and a goal,but donnachas ball would have went in anyway.
Butcher,i am a critic of him,but today superb,work rate,won ball,drove forward at times.Deserves a chance against kerry but I do feel,walsh and leary or deane are the more complete package.
Colm o driscoll ,got a nice goal,but did not stand out ,and better options ahead of him,attacking wise.
Sugrue,a great grafter,lovely skill,feet like a ballerina ,is a player for the future.Had a great battle with t6 clancy who was by far and away ul best player at 6,orchestrating attack and defence well,full of poise and delivered some great long range passes.Massive talent.
Kerrigan good and bad.Again super pace,but Must play for a full game.
Goulding two great goalrworked hard,always showed for the ball.
Doc was superb,two games in a row.A real leader,constanly roaring at lads to watch and mark up at kickouts.Any time a cork half back had ,he started he-s run always showing and demanding the ball.
Cork are now playing faster ball in,he is thriving.He reminds of me ,of a big fish in a small tank,in that he was in danger of suffocation,under Counihan,in that slow laboured lateral football,meant he had no space as a forward ,with loads of defenders on him.

Now Cork show a real intent to move the ball at pace ,and he is now big fish in a large ocean in has more space,gliding around and making big waves.He really has the appetite and hunger,not past it by any means,and tormented kerry u21and highely rated ,martin tierney ,that he had to be subbed.

John hayes.Well,certainly not the best til last.Even he's fan club must admit he was woeful today.
He did not even score I think,dropped ball,gave woeful kick passes and as I am sick to the teeth of saying,he goes missing in big games and wont show for or work and make runs of the ball,and today was just ul.Today he played himself of the cork panel ,but cuthbhert will stick pick him.
Hayes playing in hes natural position,a man of he's age and expierence had no excuses today.

Last week the paper,the same paper  that said cussen was the answer for cork ,said  hayes was super against LIT.I mean it was pure pure ,in awe of hayes ,and how he got 1-4 against piss poor defending ,and how he was in similar standard to james o donughe,and hayes would have an indian summer.

Ffs,in all honesty ,LIT,were awful and the goal was a penalty.O donughe is an all star,hayes being compared to him is an insult to the kerry man.At a young age he has an all star,hayes never has or will come within an asses roar of one at 27.
Yes he is a fine club player,in club games,sun on the back ,in he's home comforts but he lacks the edge and mentality for the big stage.He is a gentleman,and a nice lad by all accounts.
My judgement is him purely as an intercounty forward.And he is not up to it.The west cork media,will blow him up.At the end of the day,it is not where you come from,just are you good enough for intercounty.He is not.Mark collins done very well as a sub,John O rourke,paddy kelly if fit,goulding,Donnacha,Hurley,Kerrigan,Vaughan(very good for CIT I hear)sugrue,mac eoin ,etc are all much better options.

Kevin crowley oozed class,when he came on,got a great point and sprayed the ball well .Hes cameo,you just know he is destined for greatness.Barry O driscoll got a good goal,cant read much in to it as the oppoisiton was poor,bv at the same time he showed for the ball ,and done more in he's cameo than Hayes who had way longer in the game.

The positve today was cuthbhert has credit due,matched hes talk ,and cork have showed a real desire,intent to move the ball at every opportunity at pace and direct.Cork hand pass not just to create an overlap.we in two games have kicked more fast ball than we did in the last two years and while there is lots of work to do ,and execution and accusracy must be improved in time,credit Cuthbhert ,the intent and desire to play fast open ball is there,and that is a welcome start.

The worry ,and time will tell and by the team picked to play a stronger kerry team in Mallow at 2 next sunday ,will reveal ,is have the management learned from the 1st two games,clearly some playes are not at this level.
He has seen them in two games,it gives you an idea.
The ul team were poor and no test really,better than LIT though.
The games from here on,Kerry ,then the league will reveal a lot about the management in have we a plan A and B, and are the right players being picked.
The honeymoon period with LIT,and Ul ,is over,from now on every game gets harder.
Credit cuthbhert for playing fast open football,and giving leary,crowley,sugrue,galvin game time but still questions marks remain over others.
Roll on next Sunday,a dry day please god,so both teams can play fast,open attack minded football.and we can learn more about our defence,and how our attack is against a good team.

]]]]]

A report last year in January 2014

Yes it's that time again the cork football season almost on us, just seven days.

Mcgrath cup second match of the yearlast year I post my post that game here as this day next week is the start of the mcgrath cup and apparently the cork ist team year will be announced in few days possibly maybe tomorrow even.

Imo this post is relevant from the early season last year as I feel that post which some fair point could  deem it as as harsh post, but I'd prefer to see it as a no soft approach post taken in straight up assessment in certain regards and I think anything I criticsed,the passing of time proved I had justification so there will be similar trend of  open honest assessment of every single game starting with next week if needed and I say it now as last year such style got posts criticsed at times as being too harsh when all I was doing was highlighting real real concerns that I saw within the football set up and unfortunately and I genuinely would love to have been so so wrong but I was justified in my fears.

Imo  cork senior management need to be ruthless starting next week then cork football would at very least have a start to work from.
Compared to kerry even in Minor they were ruthless, cork weren't all there was always an excuse imo.

My point is my fears I outlined in just second game of corks new era in some areas  were done in I hoped as season progressesd they would be eliminated and like next week genuinely if my posts seem harsh, there purely on gaa field certain not to offend anyone but purely solely on performance on the field I judge this panel and management and a spade must be called a spade even in these games as if not and people gloss over mistakes in ah not worry its early season etc etc, blow off the cobwebs etc then cork fool no one but themselves in even these games in while you can't rule player in to contention totally in the senior panel, you can certainly rule a guy out on these perefermonces.

I don't think any genuine fan likes to crisise cork men but unless you say things that are wrong, they can't improve. Tough love is my stance, regards cork gaa.

Yes there's games where you can not focus on to a point too much but in Cork case last year crucial positions were never fixed despite warning from day one like I was blue in the face from saying midfield had to be solved after every single game last year.


Look at my first two paragraphs in the post last year even I had huge huge worries regard cork warm up in just the second game of the season.
Liam Kearns with less talent he's warm up ul was top notch he was demanding more.

As I said also here clear as day that game some lads no where near senior elite intercounty yet as we seen in games after that they still got picked as I said I felt they would.

Now you could have a view Ah its early don't get too hung up on one game. However I don't buy that in certain things you still expect of a top class set up. Standards must be maintained.

I believe in most warm up must be intense Of focus etc, you must have a mission of statement
This was a new management team trying to make their mark but I saw no such intent.

You must mark your terrority like when you bring a dog in to a new aera for example, that's he new territory he will mark it in his own animalistic instinctive way by raising he's leg and doing what he does. He's natural instinct is to say my terrority.

I saw no sign cork set up making an instinctive mark so to speak by having imo huge intensity etc to say we have arrived, these are the standards we demand etc

Yes the talk was about cork jersey must mean something and who they represent.
I applaud that but when you see dualism and sub standard displays the talk wears off on me pretty fast. I cried out for a statement of intent from management from the picking of the back room set up from day one.
I have yet to see one imo.

This same lethargic  clapping of the clapp as I called it In that old post asking players do things than demand it, was evident in ul training camp imo in may even at times.
I remember I posted here while intensity was okay at times I expected more.

Do kerry or Cody ask players to perform.??
NO NO NO, They don't.
They DEMAND PERFORMANCE.
You don't ask for a performance, you demand at senior elite intercounty level.

The Don Davis interview,now Don was a great I mean great player one of my heroes playing wise, I said it then after the just second game didn't inspire me to truly believe and with all this set up this year they have imo been very poor in ,I never heard interview once in the year that I felt riveted truly inspired by them.

Looking at assessment of every single player I rated that day what is clear to see even in the second game of the season is the ones I rated and didn't rate in certain position, it actually was the same way season transpired mostly in those were good had good seasons and those I had concerns up I was fully justified as the season showed etc. Gould who I praised was at centre back he's not a midfielder or forward but imo been moved too many times he's not what we require now, I do feel for him as two poor managers tactic wise ruined he's potential. He had have no doubt  he had wonderful talent.

You see my fear management was you start with bad habits very hard to erase them three months on.
Old habits die hard

Next week is a mickey mouse game with greatest respect genuinely to the college ,cork will steam roll Mary I, but you can learn so much from warm up, organisation, Body language etc,team selection,management preparation before and after the game if you look and more importantly be prepared to look at in the game

I have no problem, managers trying out players in these games but once not lads where it's clear have no senior elite potential ot recall lads that have been tried and didn't do it before

I'm firm Believer in you going judge something be honest and open as if you cherry pick why judge at all as it's just a waste of your time and the readers time.

The team should be announced in few days id say tomorrow or Tuesday going by last year in picking team so far ahead which I think was a good idea.
The team picked will have a clear clear indication on the style players management are going for and concept and line of direction picking and clear as day isn't just reflection on players picked but imo management also.

What I want from management in this competition is to actually establish serious midfield options and stick with them and develop them, but not picking Club standard non elite players With the greatest respect to them who are fine club players but not senior elite intercounty level like john mcloughlin and Andrew sullivan as one example Last year cuthbhert took about six or seven etc games to finally realised weren't up to it

Minimum expectation imo is win this competition while trying out players but tippeeary less talent better manager could beat cork
What I mean minimum expectation is I mean is not to get carried away if cork win as talent cork have and been training hard for the last two week should be winning this Game in all honesty.

But there's certain things you can still demand of cork in a game like this And in the mcgrath cup overall as minimum standard like Roy Keane says you expect your post man deliver your mail, I wouldn't be giving him employee of the year as he's doing he's job if he done it on days that not meant to then absolutely yes as doing above and beyond the minimum requirements.

To regards this as a success more must be achieved to say so, In I want to see good consistent team selection, want good game management , settled half back line with settled midfield primarily with a defined style of play that will work in championship with a blanket system.

I want cork team to play with a direction that they know what their doing,a real identity.
I do not want to see gould at midfield as he won't work v kerry nor do I want to see loughrey, Clancy or Dorman playing corner back,i don't want to see canty at midfield or a forward line of cussen durrant and john hayes, you don't pick these guys even in mickey mouse games with greatest respect to Mary I if they won't do white heat killarney come championship against the all ireland champs who have no doubt will be better than last year , their young lads have confidence now and Gooch and walsh kerry be improved by at least ten per cent plus add five per cent home advantage cork need to make up improvement last year but find imo that extra fifteen per cent on top of the eighty they were off imo kerry last year.

Without peter crowley, moran and the star not starting v cork plus no walsh, Gooch, inexperienced murphy etc they destroyed cork in munster but with all available next year In killarney god help us is all I say unless things change.


I still don't believe some in Cork either know or More importantly in my opinion actually want to accept in cork football how far off we are and how much trouble where in and they imo need to realise it as ccb won't acknowledge the state were in we are in judging by the county board endorsement last year  which truly just imo beyond  belief that cork had success and we're not far off and imo does cork football no good going forward.
The only cork great to speak out was of course Mick slocum ex minor manager who worked with Cuthbert but he praised cuthbhert ,said the fans were too harsh, but imo as a great player he was slocum was a poor manager as seen by he's terms with the barrs and mark my words compare contrast them this year under excellent tony leahy they will be much much better and will beat balloncollig in their ist game I have no doubt as leahy is a proven successful manager ,may not win county but they will go far and he'll get every inch out of the team.

Lookin at the gaa review website year, cork gaa month by month, very good in parts and a good idea and I for one applaud and welcome the idea

I look forward to reading onwards regards cork football how the kerry and Mayo results will be assessed with interest.

In my opinion, just my opinion of course I disagree with way some of the results cork football analysed and in it was great review in parts I was disappointed regards cork senior football. .

Like for example cork beating kerry in the league . Let's not forget kerry had zero interest in that game confirmed to me by any shrewd kerry fan I ask.
Yet it says it was an impressive win.
I'd say kerry are in my opinion intrigued at that, cork think that league win was impressive, yet kerry blew us apart in the championship and look at our performance in games after that
Could you blame kerry if they read that said same old cork.
I certainly could not and I m cork man but I feel the same.

I'd actually wouldn't want to say to any kerry fan cork were impressI've in the league v kerry, i would fear that my view would be questioned after that and id find it hard imo to back it up and I regard kerry as ultimate judge of football at times.

Impressive that win in kerry was it really taking everything in to context, no it was not is my opinion.
I remember posting after that win and saying don't read anything in to it, as kerry had no interest.
It was a false dawns I feared. I was right that it was as results since justify.
If cork kerry league game was A true value then kerry simply wouldn't blown us apart in the pairc or cork struggled in many games after it or all the others problem that occurred wouldn't happened.
I read Donnacha walsh today and he summed up league defeat in usual yerra talk that it was head scratcher they got hammered but the key point he said was cork looked hungrier

That's it exactly it, kerry didn't be hungry as despite he saying they had something to play for, they were already safe at that stage from being relegated at that stage so they had imo nothing to play for Bar outside chance of league semi final in their last league game and imo certainly didn't want to progress to league knock outs when they training camp for Portugal booked from the 17th April to the twenty second so they didn't certainly imo want the distraction of the semi final just five days laterThey came back and that was imo only concern as they had that in  semi league would been twenty seventh of April.
Course kerry correctly so won't admit it though.

You see kerry when they had to focuses on the three or four mid league games, won them and Tyrone game so They got what wanted in the league,twas taper off then afterwards.

Just compare kerrys intensity v Tyrone to the cork game
It was world's apart simply as had beat Tyrone to stay up didn't have to beat cork.
Just look at the match up kerry had incorrectly v cork yet never changed them really despite cork winning them

Are we to truly truly belive fitzmaurice after what he achieved and great cian o neill didn't see the changes needed be made during that game.

Course they saw them but they saw no benefit changing things and showing their hand in a game they didn't want to win

There not renowned for kerry cuteness for nothing.
You can only but admire it tbh and crave cork some day will learn from it.

kerry lacked hunger and cork were made look better than it was and that win by cork judging to this very day the still high lauding of the win in some quarters was actually if we're going to be honest and I apologise if sounds blunt but that win was the worse thing could happened cork that day. The one thing I truly dislike as people know here is a false dawn.



Then in the dissaster of defeat to mayo in mayo where cork were outplayed from start to finish and Late goals put a gloss on it,
Yet no mention of a bad defeat etc etc , it was , instead it said cork lost to mayo their bogey team which imo My perception is like it's was saying ah this result is expected in they beat us before,it always happens

mayo football has in my opinion never become cork bogey team, yes beat us recently few times but cork always had mayo football number.
Imo mayo beat cork recently because when they beat us horan,Buckley and coughlan simply with less resources were better management than Counihan, healy and cuthbhert and nothing to do with being a bogey team.
Thers always a valid reason for any defeat I believe.

The tippeeary win was deemed a shaky start. Imo I'd say cork were haunted to actually win that game.
Dublin league defeat yes they said it was a disappointing loss.
Mosr defeats are disappointing, my reflection of that defeat would be embarrassing loss in Cork were in full control of that game winning wise and a huge turnaround by Dublin and they won pulling up in the end.



I await with interest how the kerry defeat will be portrayed in munster final.
Surely it's fairTo it say worst in nearly thirty years as it was that so I can't see why people can't say it as that. Would it not be better to acknowledge humiliating defeats as that and do everything possible to make sure they don't happen again.

It's bad enough been poor imo but worse again Is the non acceptance of actually how bad some perefermonces were just unlucky breaks etc we played lovely football talk, were close etc etc

Reminds me of Kevin keegan term with Newcastle, they score three we score four no wonder he was a poor manager.
But he preached a good and nice Football philosophy.
Dublin and kerry proved you can do both and actually win Though.

Or watching Tottenham hotspur on good day play lovely attractive football, the odd one off road result but no consistently, but they never actually win trophies, there a big club in name only not success wise..
I'm not a great soccer fan, club wise in the premiership but if I was it certainly would not be a spurs fan or that once great great club but now a minnow in the game Liverpool, or a few others to be honest I'd Certainly would not follow.
Their lack of real desire to succeed imo would conflict greatly with my sporting ethos and beliefs.

In soccer at least I have a choice who I want to support If I was to choose one, so if I was to choose it would be a club with a culture of winning and second best is just second best.

In gaa you don't have that choice, your county is your county.
I'm Totally glad I'm cork but we still under achieve.
But even if you were with a county that couldn't win the holy grail, you could still get pride, joy emotions for simply being the best you simply can be like tipp football, Clare, monaghan, cavan at under twenty one who have done brilliant in ulster the last few years etc have magnificently done good against the odds.
You can't ask any more.
cork with our resources are not the best we can truly be imo though.

Im not a particularly huge fan of pat Spillane pundit, and I'm sure he just revelled In he's sunday article in he's criticism of cork, I'm sure he did but like I said I can't blame him , I'm honest to say I do same in Spillane shoes.
Biggest flop of the year he said was cork v kerry. Hes Exact words were no spirit,No plan  no clue against kerry and he said rightfully so not good enough from brian cuthbhert team v kerry.

Let's address the key faults Spillane mentioned.
As much as cork dislike Spillane they would  be wrong to dismiss he's points when be fair he's actually right as some cork people even think the same

No spirit imo comes from management they instill that.
No clue again imo management at fault as they must shoe direction and leadership

No plan again that's management fault imo
Players don't devise tactics, the manager does.

You see some in Cork reading that probably say Spillane as be unsporting etc etc when if I was anyway involved cork set up I'd look at that article and pin it up on the wall and every single waking minute of every single day I'd be involved In the cork team id look at that and it would drive me to make sure cork football never gives Spillane opportunity to do it again simply by making damn sure performance don't merit such valid criticism.

The really sickening nail on the head for me was when he again correctly so had top two most improved teams of year was tipp and clare both managed by cork men with limited resources.
If cork  want to blow up manager then creedon and kissane deserve it

I remember saying after watching clare football ist session under kissane last year in a bitterly cold limerick, freezing fog the same night but my blood was warmed by I just knew and said here kissane was a top top coach in the making.
All it takes is imo just watch one session, I felt the spark I knew this guy has it. You just know.

I get the distinct feeling in pat Spillane way, just my opinion course he was lauding good cork managers we have not involved with senior, In he mentioned two teams with cork coaches then Morgan, to say look what ye got now, look at what ye missed as he had billy Morgan number three in manager of the year in the Sunday world
He was right though Morgan was real real success blending cork and kerry talent to beat highly fancied full intercounty stars Jordanstown up north.
All three kissane, creedon and Morgan particularly should have roles in Cork. Morgan be ideal in Minor or football director.

Good news is Ian maguire will actually be developed under good coaching by Tony leahy imo as Michael Desmond kill matyra improved immensely under him last year
Maguire has king billy also at ucc.
But we need another partner and it's huge ask for maguire with no expierenced effective partner to take the kerry Tyrone, Dublin, monaghan, Donegal midfield so young in he's career.
Youth is fine in a stable, full of spirit environment, but cork set up imo looks shorn of any real real belief and team spirit and it's a huge ask to expect maguire in this set up to hold he's own with no partner in the four league away games.


Also I'd nearly prefer to see kerrigan not starting as he's just hot and cold at this stage imo
Imo he needs to do less interviews, i said this last year. He doing too much talking instead walking the walk.
He done loads talking off the field last year but wasn't performing when the need was greatest like the great great I mean really Really great players.

Sorry to be harsh now but he's not captain so he should not have a need for media duties and I'm huge fan of he's talent and credited him many games as thought turned corner but he hasn't consistently wise
He came out and endorsed cuthbhert appointment last year, the only player to do so, imo that doesn't mean cuthbhert shouldn't drop him if form is poor.
He has without doubt the Outstanding talent but he must get real real focus and consistency in he's game at a vital point in he's career now.

Mary I are mainly hurling and people must realise this,most club teams cork would beat them handy
Cit hammered them with five goals Last year in their ist year ever game in the competition.

My demand is cork to score a minimum of five goals, yes not one. Not two. Not three, not four. Yes five goals and win by at least ten points and that's being rather generous as this is Mary I second ever game in this competition and with greatest respect are a limited severly limited side and cit beat them by twenty points last year.
They were in the trench cup the second division more or less, letter Kenny beat them in the quater final. Cork junior football and cork under twenty one would beat them that's no exaggeration imo so cork senior team let's have reasonable expectation.

That college team wouldn't have trained much and lot their players probably away over Xmas and they probably won't know their full availability til probably right up to the game also.
Cork training collectively the last two months.

There main danger man is the one and only Dan mceoin who I presume will be with them this year,I'm not hundred per cent sure if so ist real test has cuthbhert and Co learned anything match up wise
If they have then simple you put shields, or cadogan or galvin on Dan as mark him, you have contained their main danger man who got two four v cit last year.

Do not put Liam jennings or conor Dorman on him at full back
If they do then its poor call.
If mac eoin isn't there Mary I have as far as I'm aware no real dangerous forward Of intercounty standard.

The season starts next sunday and huge pressure on management and every game holds such pressure imo, in management must expect such demands as over the dissaster last year any team in any sport would feel the pressure in the year after.
Even in this game should be a minimum standard set, what level are our opponent at???what should be done

You tell players straight out perform in these you line start next game but you don't perform against opposition like this, your not starting next day,simple really you add intensity within as Mary I won't bring it so you bring your own intensity to the table by demanding clear and defined targets are met and your serious risk not making final cut of the panel if you don't perform in these games

You must create a culture of ruthless pursuit glory   only by doing this do you move away from sub standard performance of last year and the poor performances we had last year, just my opinion of course.

Cork must be ruthless on and off the field.
Cork Senior football deserves so so so much more than the serving were getting at the moment just my opinion.

I say this as genuinely not in disrespect of any individual's but purely on the field of play, I judge cork football at times where it's criticism simply as I truly truly belive in Cork football talent wise and I belive there's all ireland in them but only if we have management to turn the potential from a little acron in to a magic Tree and when things are poor if you don't accept their poor then you can never change and demand better

I always ask myself maybe I'm being too critical at times.
But then I say what would kerry, Kilkenney, new Zealand rugby,Australia rugby, Germany soccer, munster rugby, cork ladies football, man united, Tony McCoy, ruby walsh, Sonia o Sullivan of this world do in similar circumstances !???
What would their winning attuide demand??
These are all winners and I have studied their attuide to failure many times.
There ruthless in pursuit of glory And don't accept failure so there never down for long.
Its evident in their media, fans. Board level, managers players etc.

I always get the same answer when I ask myself that and think of the above I do it to be honest to my beliefs to make sure I'm not being too negative.

Then I know I'm not just being critical but I am realistic to know when to praise and when to criticse.
I keep using cork ladies football scenario fourteen years ago , I think it deserves be used as there are ireland sports team of the year truth be told. If we can't idolise them who truly can we idolise.

That day a brave brave young cork player just twenty too, Elaine Harte with no real reputation to stand on at that time , criticsed the manager backed by the panel and put friendship aside all as they wanted a better future for cork ladies football.
The gaa women's game I's truly their oyster now.
All because they called a spade a spade.
Emotional as it was and tough in Harte words she done what had to be done.
It clearly and rightfully so was nothing personal, all it ever was about was cork ladies football, nothing more nothing less.

This sensational epic story should never imo be forgotten in sport.
A part of that truly truly wonderful I mean wonderful irish times article a few weeks ago I posted below an extract from it.

It shows how cork went from ladies football having no "entity" In the legend juliet murphy words to now the greatest ever ladies senior gaelic football team ever all because a simple change of attitude and a refusal to no longer accept mediocrity but as the statement Harte read, "demanded" better for cork ladies football.
It simply changed first and foremost by a simple change of attitude within the game



The extract from the irish times interview

[
“I do think we appreciate all the moments. Even this year before the All-Ireland, we were waiting in the car park of the Red Cow getting ready to leave for Croke Park. I was sitting up the front of the bus. There was a bit of a hold-up – some barrier wasn’t working. And this woman in a wheelchair who had cerebral palsy passed in front of us with her dad helping her across the road. I presume it was her dad.
“And I was sitting there in tears, just thinking of how fortunate I was to be able to play first of all and then to be able to play in Croke Park with my friends in an All-Ireland final. I had this total appreciation for what we have and for the good times we’ve had together over the past 10 years and everything we’ve done.
“Jeez, I was very emotional before this year’s All-Ireland!” – Valerie Mulcahy, Cork forward
One
This is how it was. In July 2003, the Cork ladies football team spent one Saturday getting skewered by Waterford and the following one being pipped by Kerry and in the space of seven days their summer was done. This was not unusual. It was the grey sky of life as they knew it.
Second Captains

In the 30 seasons since the Munster championship was founded, Kerry had won 14 titles, Waterford had 10. Tipperary had five, Clare had one. Cork had none. They’d been to seven finals over the years and their average margin of defeat was 13 points. Actually, it was 13.4 but counting the decimals feels like bullying.
Cork were a mess. It often happened that they played Munster championship games where they met for the first time in the dressing room. Mortified, they’d quietly ask a new face for her name and whisper one back and roll their eyes at the shambles of it all. Someone would open a bag of jerseys and only then would they find out if they were playing in red or white.
Juliet Murphy tells the story of a challenge match between them and her club Donoughmore in 2002. Donoughmore turned up with 30 players. Cork couldn’t scare up a 15. The club side had to give the county side a lend of some bodies to fill out the field – Murphy’s sister got her one and only run-out in a Cork jersey as a result. The following week, Waterford beat them 1-20 to 2-8 in the Munster final.
“There was no sense of what could be achieved,” says Murphy. “The vision wasn’t there. There was no sense of Cork ever going to that level. I remember watching All-Irelands on television and never even imagining that I would be there with Cork.
“I never thought it would happen. That was something that people like Sue Ramsbottom did. You played in All-Irelands if you were from Waterford or Mayo. It was just not in our mindset. Because really, what was Cork? We weren’t sure. What was it to play for Cork? There was no entity there.”
Two
The stable at Bethlehem is a bar in Macroom. It’s late in 2003 and the Cork ladies’ football AGM is taking place. Elaine Harte is 22 years old and she’s bricking it. The team goalkeeper, she has been sent along as the players’ rep with a letter signed by the squad demanding a change of management. But all she can think of is what a bad idea this is and what a huge mistake she’s about to make.
She likes the management. A lot of them do. On a personal level, they get along. What the players are about to do – what she’s about to do – is going to hurt some good people. But it has to be done, she knows that too. There hasn’t been a change for seven years and the thing is going nowhere and Harte is sick of it.
She was the first girl in her school to play on the boys’ team. She played underage soccer for Ireland. She won junior and intermediate club All-Irelands with Rockbán. At every step, she has been about getting better. Cork should be about that too. She takes to her feet and starts to read.
At 1am, Juliet Murphy’s phone beeps with a text from Evening Echo reporter Mary White. The meeting was long but the letter did the job. Mary Collins from Rockchapel is the new manager. She aims to appoint a coach early in the new year.

]

We all know who the coach was.
Every time I read it, I'm humbled and awe struck by the bold conviction and honesty within of cork panel in that faithful day where there future changed.
They say life is not about the chances you decide to take, but your destiny is made by the choices you actually choose to make .
Elaine Harte certainly as captain of cork made the right choice that day. And immense credit due.

I have no doubt whatsoever talent is in Cork Senior mens football And have seem lesser resources of teams wins senior all irelands.
And again I say it there's a myth cork lost load leaders from last year yes they did but let's not forget cork had walsh, doc , cadogan   Colm. Kerrigan , shields, kelly all seasoned all ireland winners yet there's a false perception that this cork team can rest on excuses it's a young team.
When you look at the panel that's clearly an incorrect perception.
The facts are clear to see for anyone.

Cork senior football or any anyone associated with any team in Cork could learn so much both on and off the field from our ladies Senior football team and rather as some do look down on them,yes even after winning the award and all they achieved they imo still don't get credit in some quarters , in fact  should aspire truly aspire to be more like them and remember ladies football has more to fight for off field as our men at least have better support resources wise but the ladies continue to be successfull but hopefully ladies game now with the ladies gpa will benefit them the same way the gpa in mens game benefited them.

There was A reference in that article, to the dark days of cork ladies senior football known as the "grey sky of life "
I can't help but feel,and I feel sad saying it as a cork football fan , unfortunately that phrase wouldn't be out of place in Cork senior football in one all ireland every twenty years and the normality going to killarney and being beaten close to the last twenty years in championship is seen as acceptable by some and thers still the belief we should accept kerry will always be better than us and never try imo and truly change our identity just like cork ladies football did. . Truth be told it's an awful statistic,one all ireland in twenty years, when cork football has so much, so much more to offer. It's fair question imo to ask does cork football at senior still with just seven all ireland, have they a real sense of "entity ".
It's very hard imo to fully convince that cork has such an "entity "associated at senior level.
We certainly have it at under twenty one football in munster due to the wonderful john Cleary and of course tony leahy and now Sean hayes and gene o driscoll.

Wouldnt it be great I mean really really great if the grey sky so to speak was transformed in to a wave of bright red, lit up and glowing peacefully and harmonically in the night sky fuelled by glorious all ireland senior football success more regularly in Cork football.
Now wouldn't that be a sight to behold.

Well done TTM great post to get us in the mood for a new season ....we just have to try and be positive but its hard....re Dan McEoin i think he been injured for the past 2 months or so ...might not feature next weekend ...

When will the Cork team be picked for sunday ?

CORKDOUBLE wrote: »

When will the Cork team be picked for sunday ?

I'd say soon enough going by last year

Fair play to Tracy

http://www.gaacork.ie/news/348911/Annual_Review_of_the_Cork_GAA_Year_Continues_Today

Cork minors beat WIT yesterday apparently wit had around nine fresher's team starts so good win I heard. Wit fairly handy in fresher's pushed ucc all the way while back in a league game

It erases fear of the Ag loss as I said it didn't worry me last week.

Busy week cork gaa
Minors likely have game again weekend
Cork senior hurling meant be playing limerick Saturday or Sunday talk was saturday in challenge?!!
Any one confirm????
The under twenty ones meant be lining game also football
Good news pat hartnett taking it like duck to water Im hearing great reports so early
I said it here more than once lads minors going to be flying this year absolutely flying I have no doubt whatsoever.

http://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/burnout-reaches-breaking-point-30865612.html?utm_source=indoshare&utm_medium=socialoremail&utm_campaign=indoshare

Great read, very relevant to cork gaa
It really highlight the problem dualism at clubs cork face even now at under age down to school level and shows again how ridiculous dualism at senior was last year by both cork teams.

Interesting point Anna geary had just 18 week off in four years in 208 weeks, I'd say cork dual like Briege corkery would have less
Very tough now to get the balance but tremendous credit for likes Briege corkery other dual ladies being successful this year

http://m.limerickleader.ie/news/martin-kiely-column-limerick-county-board-won-t-silence-me-1-6486956
It's limerick but we have seen similar in Cork at times and imo immense credit to martin kiely for standing up for himself and advocate free decromatic gaa debate imo.

Totally agree wacko fair play Tracey great idea and I welcome it
However like I said today lot cherry picking cork football review of the season
Look at the July months and August for cork senior football.

I knew twould happen, said it earlier lot cherry picking going on,and said I awaited the kerry game with interest.

Typically when the assessment of cork night mare in munster final it put it with three other cork losses with other teams as just way avoiding the issue and said junior minor and senior lost but yes typically of course had to say loss to mayo was a good performance the defeat and pride was salvaged.
Imo totally inaccurate view.

Im sorry now but pride from a defeat that ed coughlan mayo said they allowed cork back in to the game, after blitzing cork for sixteen minutes in second half to eight points to one, took the gas off and lucky to loose by just a point I don't agree with .
Let's go further   cork got 2-8 from play, mayo got one sixteen from play.
Mayo had from play nine yes nine different scorers from play,cork had just four from play.
Now I could break this down further but there's no point, crystal clear mayo were by far, the better team and cork performance was okay in the ist half,in the second when mayo upped the pace cork just like kerry, just like Dublin couldn't live with them. The difference which is conveniently ignored is mayo hadn't the real forwards like kerry or Dublin marquee wise to actually put cork away.
That simple.
The perception of good imo varies considerably as some have different standards for definition of good.

http://www.herald.ie/sport/gaa/mayo-battle-weariness-not-an-issue-as-coughlan-has-his-players-bang-on-track-30520513.html
Ed coughlan who I belive as he's proven in the game said nothing cork done but mayo let them back in the game. Crucially he also he said mayo were only third gear for that game.
I'd belive that over the other the perception tried to be given just my opinion of course.



If brian o driscoll was there, you said that them, he like he proved on late late show when ryan tubridy insulted he's winning attuide by suggesting you're happy one point loss to world champions greatest team ever the all blacks , he dismissed it as nonsense,wouldn't want it.
Yet cork had pride after loosing to a top four team, imo no no simply I can't agree and id find it hard to belive some cork players felt that way and if there content with moral victory cork have bigger problem than we think.
Moral victory ethos well and truly alive in some in Cork gaa.
Imagine saying that to Cody or fitzmaurice, ye lost but you have pride brian or eammon??
So what did kerry win this year, they won Sam.
Cork no need to worry we salvaged pride.
Difference of attuides by some is clear to see.
When you're all ireland champions you can have pride of greatness imo.


let's with the greatest respect not let cork football become the limerick hurling mindset at senior level where failure is glorified and accepted in moral victory land by some, to be fair not all have that view where defeats are always heart break, the we didn't get the breaks, poor luck, world against us etc where you have the clare, Donegal Tyrone the WExford totally opposite in that just broke traditional values and changed their future.
Look at clare hurling there new group, they expect to win more senior all irelands.
Talk to their fans they demand it.
Loughanne handing out all ireland medals Last year said them must win more cant think settle for what they have
Where's that in Cork, all we hear is transition etc.




There's imo never equal balanced views regards regards cork senior football, wins are lauded yet defeats embarrassing ones just causally passed over in Cork .

Same old same old.
I'm hugely disappointed in it could be brilliant review and was looking forward to reading the end of it.

Paper over the cracks, usual cork stuff.
The hurlers fair play got fair review it said cork were comprehensively beaten by tipp and huge disappointment.
Thats what you want calling it as it is. It's not good but at least it's honest.
You must have honesty within.
Talk any great sport man or team they preach honesty, when to accept failure as failure.


Why doesn't cork kerry night mare record defeat as pat Spillane said biggest flop of the year get same mention??!?
No instead they say cork minors, senior and junior lost in the same season instead.
Side track the issue beautifully.

We need a few martin kiely in Cork prepared to call a spade a spade with he's
Honest. Bold, open views.

You may not agree with he's views all the time but I have huge huge respect and admiration I for him.
Hopefully cork will have good seasons this year but imo if they don't I still fear a lot of cherry picking with results, wins over poor teams be blown up, losses won't be criticsed at all but more excuse after excuse.
No real honesty exists like cork ladies football have within just my opinion.


With those minors from kerry though, Mary I should still be beaten handy, as these boys just out of minor,but cork have been training hard the last two months approximately

You often find in college team, always late changes also and as I said this team is not a sigerson team but trench cup, only ever second generation ever in this competition.
If cork don't beat this team scoring goals and winning by ten points there's something seriously wrong.
Now it won't happen, I hope not but if the unthinkable happened cork lost then its a sackable on the spot in my opinion.


People have this naive and foolish view as it's ameautear game you can't drop players or sack managers


I'm sorry now but game has gone almost professional so much st stake so much sacrifice you can and people say ah but a lad devoted this time etc very harsh to drop him.
They seem to forget that the lad on the bench or not on the panel with better talent is sacrificing as much and he's talent deserves a chance like Michael laoire for example and Sean dinneen yet it's totally unfair they never get a chance yet likes gould and sullivan get game after game after game

Is that nor harsh???? Or totally unfair

Like wise if a manager is poor, it's okay to sack him as it's unfair to likes john Cleary ned English etc who have done much much more in the game would have equal amount of passion and commitment but never get a chance at the elite level
We never hear how unfair it's on the guys good enough that never get a chance
Cleary and English would loved coach cork and their talents deserved it??
We never hear really how unfair it's on them but yet you criticsed manager after poor year for below minimum expectation purely on results it's deemed unfair and the dare not criticism motto is spoken
The irony of it imo Begs belief.
No wonder cork senior football is the way it is.



Managers know these days and players at elite level know they must perform, simple as that
Westmeath had sacked Bealin purely and correctly on results.
Nothing at all at all wrong sacking a manager if results are awful and we'll below the minimum standard.


Just watch with interest the great waterford chairman paddy ryan who won't tolerate sub standard average performance with waterford hurling and my opinion is waterford will have new manager if not this year certainly next year.
In fact the next few week are very interesting for cork opponents as they have Kilkenney away, tippeeary and clare away in challenge matches then limerick in the league in gaelic grounds
At a glance those four games look daunting, possibly clare may be easiest win in Davy probably have clare training the day before or that morning in probably will want clare to have wake up call before their league opener to Galway, but three other games look very tough
If waterford who are yet to record a win so far new season against WExford, Galway, and clare lost those four games that's a loss seven straight defeats, then I'd not be surprised if a review of waterford season was done even that early.
Paddy ryan loves waterford hurling too much not to act fast if he's ship is loosing water

If that happens he's fully justifiable based on results,.
Cork football must do the same if we get a bad run of results a serious review must happen.
But that won't happen in Cork,be excuses like we'll we lost ronan Mccarthy, two dual players, lost ciaran sheehan Last year lost others etc, all that stuff be used etc.
Unfortunately there's never a real dawn of reality in Cork football and yet some wonder why it's still unfortunately the poor relation it is.
All you got to do is look at the attuide to the current failure of this season and the non acceptance of any valid question or criticism of it to see its all down to attuide
Cork ladies football changed their attuide at all level, cork senior football refuses to, simple as that unfortunately.
There's never a breaking point in Cork football results wise imo.

I'd agree with parts of what you said seven, lot valid points but this set up I's different in any lad not on panel Lad ahead him as equal claims


The only team in munster beat cork is tipp
Look at clare in harty cup their school have been poor, flannans be good next year yes and caoimhe were solid but both cork teams beat them so clare with aron shanagher will be okay but the likes of griffin and rourke held him well they won't be anything to fear
Clare new minor manager is meant be average
Waterford could be okay, talk is manager okay but school teams poor harty and I wouldnt fear them



I watched limerick the last year three years inside out upside down so to speak but that's as I saw them huge threat cork but I won't be watching them as much as I don't fear them at all now.
In few week I'll watch tippeeary as there imo only danger to cork if I get a chance.
And it be interesting to compare cork to them


Daly fine manager but not coach anyone I talked to in clare Dublin etc say him


Fine manager but you have limerick two managers no coach
Don't underestimate the loss of all Wallis to them, huge huge loss and lot limerick gaa fans unhappy worries he gone


Daly changing mid season will hinder them
Ard scoil have lot limerick lads and playing superb and going for eight semi final in a row harty cup.
But look at coaching staff.
No surprise, crowe, cork man fergal lyons, niall moran, young hennesy kilmallock, then clare captain under twenty one Paul flangan who works on touch etc that set up back room better limerick minors set up management wise better balance


Who is the tactical king in limerick minors set up now??
I'm unconvinced


Seventh I over Xmas talked some one who has links minor and told me minors didn't really have intensity in play v Ag.
I find it hard to belive Ag improved so much few days after loss in callaghan cup final or cork minors dropped so much.
Cork minors I don't hunger was there and hartnett was changing few things also



Wit are strong enough not in ucc or ul standard but there good enough.
Gunning isn't only goal threat in Cork
Kingston goaled magnificent last year v limerick super super talent , halloran can goal, o mahony being doing for fun in under twenty one, club, school games and senior


Looney done in dean ryan cup and harty this year

Gunning exceptional but if he's held cork have five other forwards to score
I have studied cork minors last seven years and this year they will do very well
The harty cup and dean ryan show cork lads have power and substance and even midelton lost looney, smith Mccarthy etc all done it in harty against their opponents.
Tim o mahony on young charville team poor at times in games yet he stood out in most games and had a great season.
Current cork minors have proved in munster competition well able to beat direct opponent in matches.
Hardest thing for cork is picking the best fifteen which like school fan said is talent in it self in the really great managers.




Tippeeary will be a huge ask but cork should and will get munster final
Remember midelton only for poor coaching would be in harty cup quater final.
Limerick in the dean ryan cup were okay, harty cup just two teams, they won the under sixteen d munster yes with crescent but only brian ryan who was captain will be on limerick minors and he's terrific prospect yes but he's no barry nash etc
I done post on limerick thread before Xmas regards limerick minors etc and Wallis effect I'll post it here I ger chance
I done do optimistic enthusiastic confidence with out justification that's clearly way I judge any team and I wouldnt be judging cork minors unless I thought had logic and I gave seen nothing or heard anything to worry me now
My worry was landers leaving but Wallis going and hartnett joining has really negated any such fears
Cork will have tough game v limerick maybes two but there winnable.

http://www.southernstar.ie/Sport/Briege-Corkery-A-natural-born-winner-30122014.htm


Inspirational

I admire the line small heads small arses by ryan
See the way no egos in the group and honesty within is spoken.
That all comes from eammon ryan.

Smith614 wrote: »

TTM.. Adrian Gilligan was part of Quiltys back room team. He was strength/conditioning/physical trainer with Ballyhea 2014.

Thanks smith where he from???
Any news cork limerick challenge sat or Sunday

Lads just a word of caution i dont think we should be building up the Minors too much ...young fellas read these forums ....it just worrys me a bit ....you neaver read Kilkenny or Kerry building there players up ...they always play the poor mouth !! Look at what happened Dublin in 2014 they were on hiding to nothing ......just my opinion...

CORKDOUBLE wrote: »

Lads just a word of caution i dont think we should be building up the Minors too much ...young fellas read these forums ....it just worrys me a bit ....you neaver read Kilkenny or Kerry building there players up ...they always play the poor mouth !! Look at what happened Dublin in 2014 they were on hiding to nothing ......just my opinion...

Very well said. Keep the young lads under the radar. It would be nice to get a run at minor level. But not to load pressure on young shoulders.

thinkstoomuch1 wrote: »

It's great point but look I think it's fair to say the way the game is now most counties know opposition inside our and upside down in terms talent players and especially from the munster school competition where key players are known


Limerick knew cork minors inside out last year with Wallis in charge have no doubt he did
Like wise cork would done same him
Days coming in under radar long gone
Fergal lyons cork man in limerick Ard scoil, longergan Cashel Richestown, fahy with them from oola etc there so many inter county inter connection between counties good players always known


Declan Fitzgerald for example knows limerick inside out coaching there ul fresher's he's cork development squad just imagine if he's with minors ever cork he know limerick scence very well player wise

Dave boylan midelton limerick ex doctor son could be limerick panelist would know cork scene well so common now that most know whatcounties are doing

Have no mistake Denis ring from being principles blackwater knows waterford under age scene well

Days coming under radar long gone

I know that. But my point is these are kids and as cork double said some of them would read these forums. Let's keep pressure off them. Happy New Year to all. Rebels Abu.

Ring won't be able to poach players at intercounty level like he does at colleges level though

It's valid point and thers a fine line for example limerick leader had huge huge I mean huge supplements in pre all ireland final last year which imo was way over the top but I feel huge pressure stems from not most fans as geuine fans know the balance to keep, problem I feel is from starvation of success that was allowed become from neglect under age at minor and under twenty one , in no minors all ireland in thirteen years and no under twenty one in seventeen cork teams so unfortunately next cork team gets to a final either code will have huge expectation as cork haven't won in ages and imo that's unfair and I feel for lads and longer cork don't win greater it becomes
A preview and all ireland final imo should be preview in give it attention it deserves but imo my limerick leader with right idea yes ,,,, went over drive last year for minor team when some supplements senior team wouldn't do it


But that over drive imo stems from lack success in Minor I'n twenty years for limerick so when this chance arise it went overboard.
If limerick gets all ireland every few years it won't be as bad so way you take pressure off is preventing large gaps imo of success like ten twenty years etc
As I said though limerick imo handled the pressure very well, young lads deserve immense credit for doing so, it was what on lead up and tactical selection cost that brilliant limerick team the all ireland imo.




Look at kerry, huge pressure this year getting final this year in hadn't won in twenty years so this minor group had shoulder huge expectation all because kerry under age was neglected.

When teams win regularly not same level pressure, but when famine very hard for team that has make break through that final win
Good management can help lads etc though



The key imo is keep success sustainable at under age in that no one team feel it carry the can so to speak

Obviously take dean ryan next year there's level of entilment naturally creep in in Cork after winning last two cups expect win a third and that adds expectation but imo different kind of pressure in that's good keep standard up like Ard scoil eight out eight knock out appearance year on year but huge pressure on team break expectation is different imo tougher pressure


The pressure will be taken off cork lads in be away gaelic grounds or walsh park if waterford or limerick in semi if get there so won't be too bad
And key Is every one knows is cork will have to perform v limerick away from home which is good itself and fact limerick have been kings under age cork lads won't get carried away but based on talent available they should play with respect absolutely of limerick but not fear and last year imo cork understanding so, I had myself fear of limerick has that was imo a sensational limerick team at minor


Cork under twenty football I's brilliant role model in they have dominated munster but never get carried away but still each year confident victory.
Cork have at minor every reason be confident which is what I would be, wouldn't be saying cork can just turn up, as cork management second year, and harty cup performance justify so far where limerick are with new management and lots limerick lads missing last year are not just awesome hurlers but we're leaders in cian and ronan lynch , nash, la touche cosgrave, lyons , etc.
That's very hard to replace for limerick this year
Unfortunately every year cork minors fail to get to croke park there will be added pressure on the next promising group to get to a semi final etc but that stems not from fans imo it's the famine of success creates that culture
Kerry minors be hugely improved next year even without lads last year is pressure off after their famine and kerry will thrive under that

Good thing Is cork minors with rochestown, Ag , youghal etc. Midelton , have won big games in their careers and halloran would been member rockies under twenty one win county team as o mahony newton has senior Club expierence so it will help them hopefully

I agree with parts your post common sense but everything in context
Gunning age is irrelevant in he's case temperament means he'll be fine

Classic example my point is where is most important position hurling field probably full back
Don't forget paddy loighln limerick was playing full back at just sixteen last year and Wallis had no problem starting him there in he's temperament and talent meant he was fine
Some players need to develop others are fine even if young and be terrible naive to rule on gunning out just on age

Let's not forget brian cocsran just fifteen when he graced cork minors
Forwards I agree, huge task get balance right



Valid very valid point regards griffin but cahill and add in o brien one code and do job
One point though griffin is proven at this level in he held shanagher of clare minor inter county last two years In harty cup and has performed v o mahony where they had epic battle In harty cup for a period time but carriglaline v Newtown in under twenty one that carriglaline won griffin was outstanding and actually one best players v rockies in county under twenty one final
Imo he's proven he's credentials.


Half backs no problem
Chris o leary be just fine. Cashman etc be same
Conor cahalane talk was while trial for football would go hurling alone



Management is king, people should assessment both limerick and cork and cork imo have jumped ahead over changes last two week