Cork GAA Discussion Thread

Amprodude · 03-04-2022 11:34pm

I watched the Sunday game tonight again and had a look at the goals conceded. Cork have learned nothing from the mauling Limerick gave us last August. We have to sort the defensive issues. Far too open like we are taking boats out to the Atlantic ocean. How is defense this bad? We aren't going to be winning silverware until we tighten up the backline and get players in specifically doing that job. No point having Timmy O Mahony and Mark Coleman running up the pitch attacking with the ball when they are next to useless in their defensive roles. We are actually doing alright on the scoreboard but we are conceding too much on the other hand. Can we fix this for Limerick?probably not but Cork deserve every criticism they get now and call them bottlers etc until they put things right and get enough motivation to go out and at least try to beat Limerick in few weeks time.

awaywithyou · 03-04-2022 11:34pm

A couple of questions for Cork posters...

why have successive cork managements over the past 5 or 6 years selected Cahalane at 3? Is it because he is a Cahalane?

when are they going to realise mark coleman is not a 6..

Why is there so much of this short passing going on around the middle of the field... are they trying to ape what Limerick are doing...

Cork when they last won the all Ireland.. they had some very strong personality’s... donal og Sean og the Rock Ronan Curran and of course the mighty John Gardiner... the present Cork team lack guys with strong personality’s... take mark Coleman.... a great hurler but not a strong personality.... are there any strong personality’s in cork hurling?

jimmythesulk · 04-04-2022 12:27am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118875742#Comment_118875742

Surely Kerry with the most of any county, 38 senior all ireland titles in both hurling and football are at present the greatest.

Straight Talker · 04-04-2022 2:54am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118876788#Comment_118876788

Cork have Teddy McCarthy though, the only man who'll ever win two all Ireland senior medals in the same year. I have no problems with Kilkenny, i have great respect for the Cats. I actually dislike Tipp more to be honest! However i have little time for yourself and Grats sour grapes and bitterness. Charlie 69 is a Kilkenny poster who conducts himself, with a bit more class and decency than you two!

jimmythesulk · 04-04-2022 4:25am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118876948#Comment_118876948

Attack the post not the poster.

Kerry have more all irelands than Cork. That's a fact. I don't know why you are telling lies.

TITANIUM. · 04-04-2022 8:04am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118875742#Comment_118875742

Not true! Ye have 30 hurling + 7 football. Kerry are 1 ahead with 37 football and 1 very important hurling all ireland ;)

The_Kew_Tour · 04-04-2022 11:29am

What about all the u21s minors, intermediate, junior and ladies medals.

Kerry only play football too. Nothing else

sportsfan90 · 04-04-2022 11:52am

Does anyone know when tickets for Munster championship games are going on general sale?

I had it in my head it was from tomorrow morning but can’t find anything online to confirm.

callaway92 · 04-04-2022 12:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118877984#Comment_118877984

Yes it's tomorrow

Mac_Lad71 · 04-04-2022 1:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118877144#Comment_118877144

conveniently forgetting our u-21/20 and minor hurling and football AI's which gives us a grand total of 92..which no other county comes near. Add another 28 senior camogie titles...you'll find we are the greatest GAA county...FACT

Mac_Lad71 · 04-04-2022 1:39pm

We are not going to win an AI under this management. It's too easy to blame the full-back line or individual players when the amount of space in front of them is impossible to defend without adequate protection. We saw it in last years AI final. Against KK in the league SF it was Daire O Leary who got the blame, last Sat. night it was Cahalane's fault. Very unfair on these players when the problem originates further out the field.

Mark Coleman is not a centre-back, he's a midfielder/half forward..same goes for Tim O' Mahony. When these guys bomb forward from defense they leave gaping holes behind them that are too easy to exploit...every opposition manager knows it but our management continually ignore it.

Put Joyce in at centre back alongside Millerick and Downey with O'Mahony as the holding midfielder. That releases Fitzgibbon and Coleman to bomb forward. Harnedy and Hoggy at this stage are impact subs..start Kingston and use our best asset..pace.

We have the scoring power..but without a solid defensive plan we are continually outscored in big games.

I know its controversial and will never happen but I'd like Davy Fitz to be given the manager's role...he'd rock a few boats but he'd organise us defensively and fire up the young fellas.

The talent is there as our minors and u-20s have proven..they're not being utilised properly.

TITANIUM. · 04-04-2022 1:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118878354#Comment_118878354

🤣 Priceless, I've a hundred tiddlywinks all irelands aswell. :):):);)

Straight Talker · 04-04-2022 4:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118877144#Comment_118877144

They never did the double though.😁 This thread is attracting a lot of non Cork wums lately. You're going on ignore buddy. Life is too short, to be getting worked up by trolls.