Cork GAA Discussion Thread

Stinicker wrote: »

Is Micheal Martin the Cork Football Goalkeeper the son of Micheal Martin, the leader of Fianna Fail? I heard a lot of lads commenting about it over the weekend.

yes he is

Bonniedog wrote: »

Those first six words may come back to you in the future!

Dillon, Trollier, is perhaps not yet a great hurler, but he has the makings of one. He has great pace and a nose for goal and is thriving under GC whereas he was as you correctly say, a bit player up to now (although his goal in Wexford off the bench in 2013 saved Dublin the year they won Leinster!). You can be certain he will be starter in the Summer.

I was going on what I've seen of Dillon to date. Not being good enough to start for the dubs. I'm not taking from his performance on Sat which I praised. I do expect an experienced corner back and captain for cork to deal with him tho. If Dillon goes on to become a great player in the future fair play to the lad. He would of clearly improved on last seasons.

In fairness, while the hurlers played bad, their first field session was last Thursday down in Pairc Ui Rinn.

Regarding the footballers. Colm O'Neill is starting to turn into Colin Corkery. He needs to lose at least a half a stone. Peadar Healy told him as much a few weeks ago.

DuffleBag wrote: »

In fairness, while the hurlers played bad, their first field session was last Thursday down in Pairc Ui Rinn.

Yes, they had a hurling session in PUR last week. But they have been having hurling sessions in Mallow for several weeks now so we can't offer that one up as an excuse.

Ellis broke his arm v the dubs. Out for the remainder of league maybe the tip game. Another blow to an already struggling team. Let's hope he recovers quickly. You'd feel for Kingston he's had no luck so far.

Who sits in the CB position now? They will prob put Egan there and he will be roasted. Walsh maybe when he recovers from the broken nose. I say the confidence going into the kk game wl be at an all-time low.

The Cork U-21 Football team to play Clare has been announced as follows

1. Anthony Casey (Kiskeam)

2. Dylan Quinn (St Finbarrs)

3. John Mullins (Eire Og)

4. Michael McSweeney (Newcestown)

5. Kevin Flahive (Douglas)

6. Stephen Cronin (Nemo Rangers) Captain

7. Kieran Histon (Cobh)

8, Sean White (Clonakilty)

9. Ronan O Toole (Eire Og)

10. Don O Driscoll (Clann na Gael)

11. Sean O Donoghue (Inniscarra)

12. Ryan Harkin (Mallow)

13. Brian Coakley (Carrigaline)

14. Peter Kelleher (Kilmichael)

15. Michael Hurley (Castlehaven)



16. Ross Donovan (Nemo Rangers)

17. Kevin Cremin (Boherbue)

18. Eoin Lavers (Dohenys)

19. Cian Kiely (Ballincollig)

20. Sean O Leary (Bantry Blues)

21. Stephen Sherlock (St Finbarrs)

22. Mick Dineen (Naomh Aban)

23. Sean O Donovan (Ilen Rovers)

24. Cian Dorgan (Ballincollig)

Corcaigh Abu1 wrote: »

where did u hear this? i find it hard to believe that going into the 3rd league game after under performing in the previous two that last thurs was their first field session.

Players father. First field session of the year.

malascoile wrote: »

Any truth to the rumor Niall Mac is back on the panel?

We need players of nialls quality as non of the current panel are good enough to carry his medals. This will be viewed as a step backwards but I think his passion and drive could wear off on the group we have. I hope they bring through some young players with him. It's time to weed out some of the current lot.

Niall McC. will be 36 this year I don't think the lion hearted player will be asked back at all....

Blue jersey for the weekend. I'm told these will be for sale to the public as well.

God forbid the county board would have a proper presentation with Sportsfile invited down, instead of a dark training pitch at night

Corcaigh Abu1 wrote: »

Sometimes I think Cork look like they're still playing with those old hurleys!!

Suppose they couldn't do too much worse with them at the moment...

and the board think 1 pitch down the marina will cater for all grades in both codes:rolleyes:

N20 wrote:

Best of luck to 21 footballers tonight !

Interesting to see coaches comments where a lack of a center of excellence ie no pitch proved a stumbling block in preparations

Training mostly on artificial surfaces

zetecescort wrote:

and the board think 1 pitch down the marina will cater for all grades in both codes

So that's the senior footballers, U21 footballers and senior hurlers that have been scratching around looking for pitches to train on at various stages this year already. The hurlers had to go to Tractor a few weeks back for a session apparently.

A sad state of affairs really. And the really sad part is there is no light at the end of the tunnel. A proper centre of excellence isn't even a pipe dream given that the monument must be built.

Lads,

A Monaghan mate of mine is heading to the match on Sunday. He's travelling by train and wanted to know what is the best way to get to ground. I was saying taxi as I think it would be to far to walk (he's elderly enough) what do ye think?

DellyBelly wrote: »

Lads,

A Monaghan mate of mine is heading to the match on Sunday. He's travelling by train and wanted to know what is the best way to get to ground. I was saying taxi as I think it would be to far to walk (he's elderly enough) what do ye think?

Definitely would have to be a taxi.

Fyi - I doubt he'll be able to get a taxi after the match. The best bet would be to walk to the Silver Quay (it's the nearest pub) and ask for a taxi there, I'm thinking.

To get to the Silver Quay pub you walk away from the City as you come out of the stadium, past Cork Con, keep going straight past Cork Con (across a road) and he'll come to it. There will be a good few heading that way if he needs directions as it's the way back to Blackrock and Douglas for people that walked to the match.

Enjoy and don't beat us by too much.