Cork GAA Discussion Thread

zetecescort

Well done to all involved. Great display from Corbett, played a captains part

SeaFields

Brilliant win. And underage football in Cork in a good place it seems.

The_Kew_Tour

All done boys. That was some performance in extra time.

Better team won

Mahony0509

Football crisis my hole.

The White Feather

The White Feather wrote: »

Good luck to the Minors today!

This will actually be Corks 20th All Ireland Minor football final. We have won 10 and lost 9 so far.
Unfortunately we have lost 3 to Galway in 1960,1976 and 1986. We have yet to beat them in a final so maybe today is the day!!

Come on Cork!!

In case people didn't see my post before the game, we finally beat them in the minor football final.

Incredible game. We rode our luck at times but Conor Corbett in particular was immense

Seadin

The White Feather wrote: »

In case people didn't see my post before the game, we finally beat them in the minor football final.

Incredible game. We rode our luck at times but Conor Corbett in particular was immense

Great for Cork football. We are doing something right underage it seems.

The_Kew_Tour

2 things that pleased me about the 2 wins underage at minor and u20

1. The fight and heart in the sides
2. The style of football. None of this kicking backwards crap. Always looking forward.

Refreshing.

Seadin

Mahony0509 wrote: »

Football crisis my hole.

We just need to translate that to senior now.

Vinnie222

Seadin wrote: »

We just need to translate that to senior now.

Different ball game unfortunately . Great win all the same

ShamoBuc

Fantastic win for the young fellas, great to see them do the double.

zetecescort

Seadin wrote: »

We just need to translate that to senior now.

has been our problem for 130 years unfortunately. our under age record every bit as good if not better than Kerry and Dublin

Seadin

Vinnie222 wrote: »

Different ball game unfortunately . Great win all the same

It has to start somewhere. A winning mentality is important going forward. Thats what our hurlers have lacked underage for the last 2 decades.

Seadin

zetecescort wrote: »

has been our problem for 130 years unfortunately. our under age record every bit as good if not better than Kerry and Dublin

Thats true. We are right up there underage with the kerrys and dublins but it goes wrong somewhere in senior for some reason or the other.

Water John

It's all about structures and coaching. Two Irish lads won world silver in heavy weight schulls rowing today. Two years ago they were club rowers. Picked out and given focussed coaching.
Well done to Robbie ODwyer's lads today.

The_Kew_Tour

19 years since we won a minor. It does not guarantee success but it can help. It sure as hell cant make it worse.


What did Kerry beat us by back in May?18 points or something?



Funny isn't it......if somebody had said you were watching the AI champions that day that have all said different team.

Seadin

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

19 years since we won a minor. It does not guarantee success but it can help. It sure as hell cant make it worse.


What did Kerry beat us by back in May?18 points or something?



Funny isn't it......if somebody had said you were watching the AI champions that day that have all said different team.

Was it 18 points? I thought it was closer than that? no?

The_Kew_Tour

Seadin wrote: »

Was it 18 points? I thought it was closer than that? no?

Ya you're right. 16 points 3-19 to 1-9 just checked

lukin

Has any county won the minor and U-21 (U-20 as it is called now) in the same year in football?

zetecescort

looking at wikipedia we did it in 1981

Ompala

lukin wrote: »

Has any county won the minor and U-21 (U-20 as it is called now) in the same year in football?

Dublin 2012 is one.

Seadin

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Ya you're right. 16 points 3-19 to 1-9 just checked

Christ. They gave us some toasting. We wouldnt have won if kerry were there today. We just never beat them even if we had the better footballers.

lukin

zetecescort wrote: »

looking at wikipedia we did it in 1981

We didn't win a senior All-Ireland after that until 1989 though.
So it doesn't follow that underage success leads to senior All-Ireland's.
The way some Cork football supporters are talking online this evening you'd think we are certain to win Sam within the next few years.

The White Feather

I don't think anyone is getting carried away. We are just happy to get All Irelands at minor and U20 so hopefully we can bring them on as we try to get back into the top division of the league and go further in the Championship.

Of course a lot of work needs to be done yet but we need a conveyor belt for the senior team and winning is a habit rather than the losing one which we seemed to have for the last while.

These wins are vital to get the belief going again but I know what you mean as well that it doesn't guarantee anything at Senior level. The minor manager said the team was lifted by the U20 win so every little helps

Straight Talker

lukin wrote: »

We didn't win a senior All-Ireland after that until 1989 though.
So it doesn't follow that underage success leads to senior All-Ireland's.
The way some Cork football supporters are talking online this evening you'd think we are certain to win Sam within the next few years.

We won a minor and u20 all Ireland this year.After all the doom gloom, and depression about Cork football just enjoy it.I think most of us are not going to get carried away.The players im sure won't get carried away.But Cork football is in a good place right now.That was some come back from the dead.Galway thought they had it won.Only for us to get a goal seconds after, and then win decisively in extra time.It's just a great day to be a Cork fan.:)

The_Kew_Tour

Galway were better team for 40 minutes no doubt about it, but they played a blanket defense for that time, once they went little higher and game became more open cork were on top and in extra time Cork won it at canter.

What 1-6 to no score in u20 final after 10 minutes and then conceded goal with 20 seconds to go today and still go up other end and get one ourselves.

We have been slated so many times, I myself have slated Cork football throughout league campaign. But **** me it's great to see bit of pride, bit of belief, a never say die attitude and playing it with a positive attacking attitude. Its what we have lacked for years

Today means little from senior point of view. But it gives us some hope. These lads know the winning feeling and hopefully will rub off in coming years.

Pos087

Any homecoming??

Brown Podzol

Pos087 wrote: »

Any homecoming??

Mourneabbey tonight at 8 30.

westcork67

Super game to be at - agree that once Galway let their blanket defense slip we started to open them up - when Galway got that goal in injury time I lost belief but fair play to the lads they didn't and went for it - Corbett was outstanding all through

I thought it was interesting the spread of clubs represented - some small clubs getting their chance which is a critical development we need in Cork - we have the population FFS lets use it

Seadin

That no. 22 for the Cork minors yesterday O donovan i think won the game for Cork in extra time. He was unbelievable. Great prospect for the future along with Corbett.

The_Kew_Tour

Many of them underage next year would anyone know?