Cork GAA Discussion Thread

Tom Thumbless

Does anyone know what stand season tickets are allocated in Pairc ui chaoimh. I have a Limerick season ticket but the Cork brother in law will be home for the 1st round. Want to make sure we are in the same stand to travel together at least

zetecescort

now that the leagues are finishing this weekend tickets for rounds 1 to 4 of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and the Munster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Finals will go on sale on Tuesday April 5th at 11am.

Tickets for minor and u20 hurling on sale now

Munster GAA Tickets - Munster GAA

zetecescort

looks like the footballers are off to Kilarney.

Brendan Bendar

Serves them right.

What clown arranged the fixtures for those dates with the two biggest stadia in the county unable to host the game.

Cant have your cake and eat it.

lawrencesummers

#Flowerlodgeornowhere

Straight Talker

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40841885.html

Personally myself my attitude would be to just get on with it, and just go down to Killarney and beat the feckers!

Amprodude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118863897#Comment_118863897

Never going to beat Kerry on their home patch. Fact. Whatever slim chance Cork have of beating Kerry would involve the game playing at home.

DDC1990

Heard Keith Rickens talk on a podcast with Oisín McConville a few weeks back and they chatted at length about Dundalk IT pulling out of the Trench Cup final.

Rickens talked about how sad it was to see issues like this aired in public and that Dundalk should have found a way to play the match. Now he also said that he admired the courage of the players to make a hard decision and stick with it.

Funny to see this happening in Cork just weeks after, though Dundalk pulled out on Player Welfare grounds. Not sure what these lads are threatening to pull out over.

I was against the Gaa moving the Kildare v Mayo game a few years back and the Antrim v Cavan game this year.

However Cork weren't "drawn" at home, but assumed to be at home under the agreement between the counties to play alternative years in Fitzgerald Stadium and Páirc Uí Chaoimh. When Páirc Uí Chaoimh has been unavailable in the past they have played in Killarney and banked the games. Precedent has been set for this change of venue.

If the lads decide not to play, so be it but I don't think they have a leg to stand on now that the Munster Council have decided.

zetecescort

100% a problem of Corks causing but how can the Munster council be happy with up to 20k missing out on the Waterford v Cork game in Walsh Park yet 5 to 10k missing out on the football is an issue?

lawrencesummers

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118864175#Comment_118864175

Maybe the players that were affected should have been consulted before the fixture change was made public.

Maybe rickets is a manager of an autonomous group of players who can have a voice for themselves and he is able to see that home advantage is exactly that.

When his tenure is examined the venue of games isnt taken into consideration, just if they won the games or not, and his beat option for beating kerry is keeping the game in Cork.

ATR72

Too many people not reading into this issue and attacking the Cork footballers. The county board are at fault here but the footballers have every right to challenge this. This is their home game and it shouldn't matter if it is played at Pairc Ui Rinn. Kerry and the Munster council can accept the reduced capacity. Cavan tried this in Ulster with Antrim and the Ulster council saw sense.

Poor_old_gill

A permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace

MayoSalmon

Cork county board talking about the decision isn't in line with the values of the GAA!

The values of the GAA changed ALONG time ago...wake up and smell the coffee already!

Brendan Bendar

What is the logic in spending huge eurons on a stadium and then you can’t use it.

Yes I have no problem maximizing the revenue with concerts but not at the expense of our own games.

This is complete and utter bolloxology from Cork, their management set up the concert and on their heads is the fallout.

There is one ‘major ‘ football match in Munster each year and the fuhherke it up.

Amprodude

If the lads decide not to play, so be it but I don't think they have a leg to stand on now that the Munster Council have decided.

Cork players won't be playing if the game is not in PUR. The GAA will lose not Cork players as no profits will be made from the game.

Straight Talker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118867168#Comment_118867168

This is a problem of the county boards makings, but i still say just go down there and get on with it! We have drawn a lot of games in Killarney since 1995, so we have been close to victory at times there.

Straight Talker

I think it's really important that the hurlers win the league. 1998 is too long since we last won it. As well as that post 2006, Corks record national finals is appalling to be honest. 2010 2012 and 2015 league finals, and the 2013 and 2021 all Ireland finals. With the exception of the 2013 all Ireland final, the rest of those finals were lost in a very dismal manner. We need to put that right. Winning the league, would be a great confidence boost ahead of the championship as well.

Brendan Bendar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118867168#Comment_118867168

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118867168#Comment_118867168

Well they are fools if they adopt that attitude.

Your management caused the problem, get on with it.

Amprodude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118867293#Comment_118867293

That was with decent Cork teams. Since we dropped down from division 1 we havent been anywhere close to winning in Killarney. That won't change anytime soon because of the gulf in class between the two sides.

thesultan

Most of the arrogant types haven't a clue about the game..had a good conversation with a genuine Cork man today about the game rather than the casual soccer fan 30 all Ireland's.

Amprodude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118867318#Comment_118867318

Donald Og Cusack has tipped Waterford to win.

Amprodude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118867453#Comment_118867453

Your management caused the problem, get on with it.

Nothing to do with Cork team management or players. They had no say in the running of events.

This was the doing of the Cork County board who fcuked up big time and caused a messy unnecessary situation for everyone.

Straight Talker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118867462#Comment_118867462

Limerick would be the only team i would fear. It should be a good game of hurling anyway. Cork hurling has it's highs and it's lows, but we are a county built on a powerful tradition of winning and achieving success.

Amprodude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118867582#Comment_118867582

Not since 2005.

zetecescort

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118867479#Comment_118867479

yes, the county board are at fault but Pairc Ui Rinn was deemed ok the host the match up to a few days ago. Why have the Munster council an issue with it all of a sudden? How can they be happy to see 20k miss out on Waterford v Cork in Walsh park but 5 or 10k missing the football is suddenly a financial issue?

Plenty blame to go around and the Munster council not getting half enough of it

Amprodude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118867642#Comment_118867642

Plenty blame to go around and the Munster council not getting half enough of it

I agree with you there and for that reason Cork team management and players were 100% correct not to go with this.

ShamoBuc

The match should have gotten the go ahead for Pairc Uí Rinn. I was looking forward to seeing the game there with a full capacity.

Cork had no issue with that. Kerry had no issue with that. Up steps the Munster Council with their size 15's and upset the whole situation.

They are squarley to blame for the situation.

Some might say the County Board are but the Páirc has to be paid for - we all know that - He's booked to play there since last September/October!! Páirc Uí Rinn is a home venue and it shuold have been played there.

I would prefer for it to be down the Páirc but for a one off game with Kerry, it would have been nice to fill it.

After the intervention, we could have given up Home advantage - but why should we? Because the Munster Council want more money?? That's not a good enough reason for me. Kerry are over whelming favourites no matter where we play them - that's not going to change anyway - but it's the Munster Councils insistance to get a bigger payday that we must give up Home advantage doesn't fly with me at all.

I have Zero problem with the stance we are taking.

Brendan Bendar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118867479#Comment_118867479

Apologies, I should have been clearer, I know the team management and players had nothing to do with the cock up.

The County Board are the administrative managers of Cork GAA and from what I can deduce, they should be kicked out for this total fcukkery.

keeponhurling

Walsh Park is Waterford’s home ground. So hardly the same. If they can’t play there then they’d never have a hone game.

Cork rent out PuC to increase revenue (at the expense of their county teams)

But want to play in PuR despite lost revenue to support county team? Seems inconsistent.

its not like Cork lose anything, they’ll get an extra home game (presumably in PuC) in lieu of playing away this time.

keeponhurling

On PuC, I’m fine with getting revenue from concerts or other source - but surely not in the height of Munster championship season ?

the hurlers also denied a home game v Clare, which was switched to Thurles