Cork GAA Discussion Thread

slegs

Lot of disrespect for Limerick here masquerading as sarcasm. It will be a tight match. Limerick aren’t favorites but I don’t see Cork winning by much if they do win.

rebelyell99

Anyone saying cork will win this game comfortably is deluded.Limerick will have huge confidence and you have to say its warranted ,they have some fantastic hurlers and play with great belief.Defensive matchups will be key for cork

BloodyBill

50/50 game. I think Cork will be fantastic and will be very hard to beat. They seem like men on a mission this year. Limerick have got great 'joie de vivre' and their size and strength will give Cork Problems

ShamoBuc

slegs wrote: »

Lot of disrespect for Limerick here masquerading as sarcasm. It will be a tight match. Limerick aren’t favorites but I don’t see Cork winning by much if they do win.

The sarcasm I see is as a result of this blantantly ridiculous post, hardly disrespect to Limerick!

Speakerboxx wrote: »

Will Cork win next weekend in the hurling or will Limerick have too much? momentum is with Limerick and they will fancy their chances against Cork. Corks failure to get out of this stage of the championship for the last few years must be on their minds. Pressure on Cork to deliver.

Any knowledgeable poster, of which there are many in this thread, know how good Limerick are and are expecting a tough game.

That said, I hope and expect a Cork win by a 3 or 4 points.

You don't get soft All Ireland semi finals.

Fixture

Very little between Cork and Limerick this year as the form lines show. However Cork are unbeaten whereas Lmk were well beaten by Clare (who Cork have beaten twice). Ennis was certainly a factor in that one.

For Cork, they know they were lucky to avoid defeat against Lmk this season, having made numerous errors in defense. The extra man seemed to lead to complacency.

At U-21 level this Lmk group have had the upper hand over Cork.

The occasion and Croke Park might be a challenge for Lmk - it won’t be for Cork in my view.

Cork need to get full back position sorted or Lmk goals will happen.

Lehane has been misfiring at times this year but hopefully Croke Park could get his spark back.

Dean Brosnan at 11 was a weak link last time Cork played Lmk - Luke Meade or Robbie O Flynn will definitely have more to offer on Sunday.

rebelyell99

Who do we think Meyler will go with Ellis or Cadogan? I would go with Ellis as he has more hurling and is capable in the air.I could see Cadogan getting sent off or something ,and thats something we certainly dont want as we found out last year.

slegs

ShamoBuc wrote: »

slegs wrote: »

Lot of disrespect for Limerick here masquerading as sarcasm. It will be a tight match. Limerick aren’t favorites but I don’t see Cork winning by much if they do win.

The sarcasm I see is as a result of this blantantly ridiculous post, hardly disrespect to Limerick!

Speakerboxx wrote: »

Will Cork win next weekend in the hurling or will Limerick have too much? momentum is with Limerick and they will fancy their chances against Cork. Corks failure to get out of this stage of the championship for the last few years must be on their minds. Pressure on Cork to deliver.

Any knowledgeable poster, of which there are many in this thread, know how good Limerick are and are expecting a tough game.

That said, I hope and expect a Cork win by a 3 or 4 points.

You don't get soft All Ireland semi finals.

Quite clearly a troll. Doubt he is even from Limerick

slegs

Fixture wrote: »

Very little between Cork and Limerick this year as the form lines show. However Cork are unbeaten whereas Lmk were well beaten by Clare (who Cork have beaten twice). Ennis was certainly a factor in that one.

For Cork, they know they were lucky to avoid defeat against Lmk this season, having made numerous errors in defense. The extra man seemed to lead to complacency.

At U-21 level this Lmk group have had the upper hand over Cork.

The occasion and Croke Park might be a challenge for Lmk - it won’t be for Cork in my view.

Cork need to get full back position sorted or Lmk goals will happen.

Lehane has been misfiring at times this year but hopefully Croke Park could get his spark back.

Dean Brosnan at 11 was a weak link last time Cork played Lmk - Luke Meade or Robbie O Flynn will definitely have more to offer on Sunday.

If you’ve watched this particular Limerick team you would know that this is not likely to happen

Rebelbrowser

slegs wrote: »

If you’ve watched this particular Limerick team you would know that this is not likely to happen

You don't know til they tog out in Croke Park. They have underage experience but many of this Cork team have played in 3 AI semis and 2 AI Finals (inc replay) - albeit I grant you their record is poor on those occasions.

slegs

Rebelbrowser wrote: »

slegs wrote: »

If you’ve watched this particular Limerick team you would know that this is not likely to happen

You don't know til they tog out in Croke Park. They have underage experience but many of this Cork team have played in 3 AI semis and 2 AI Finals (inc replay) - albeit I grant you their record is poor on those occasions.

Maybe but I’d be pretty sure that it won’t be a factor. They are a very confident bunch maybe even a little cocky. Not likely to be phased by any occasion. It will be more about the performance of key players from both sides in what I expect to be an open shoot out

lim4ev

Fixture wrote: »

Very little between Cork and Limerick this year as the form lines show. However Cork are unbeaten whereas Lmk were well beaten by Clare (who Cork have beaten twice). Ennis was certainly a factor in that one.

For Cork, they know they were lucky to avoid defeat against Lmk this season, having made numerous errors in defense. The extra man seemed to lead to complacency.

At U-21 level this Lmk group have had the upper hand over Cork.

The occasion and Croke Park might be a challenge for Lmk - it won’t be for Cork in my view.

Cork need to get full back position sorted or Lmk goals will happen.

Lehane has been misfiring at times this year but hopefully Croke Park could get his spark back.

Dean Brosnan at 11 was a weak link last time Cork played Lmk - Luke Meade or Robbie O Flynn will definitely have more to offer on Sunday.

Good point re brosnan it could be countered though that we lost hannon v early on and brought in william o donoghue who never played at half back before plus we pushed morrissey to 6 so we had to really alter one of our most important lines.
As a limerick man I'd be nervous of yer past experiences in semis but that brings its own pressures too all we have to go on is recent matches v each other the latest being in june in cork if the semi is anything like our most recent match it'll be a toss of a coin for me

Deiseen

If rumours are to be believed, then it seems Pat Ryan is now the manager of the Waterford Senior Hurling team.

Whats everyone's thoughts on Pat. I've heard he is highly regarded within Cork, so want to get everyone's opinion here.

KrustyUCC

Yes very highly regarded

Lots of people wanted him to take the top job over Meyler this year but apprently he had work commitments

Think ye are getting a good one

Fixture

lim4ev wrote: »

Good point re brosnan it could be countered though that we lost hannon v early on and brought in william o donoghue who never played at half back before plus we pushed morrissey to 6 so we had to really alter one of our most important lines.
As a limerick man I'd be nervous of yer past experiences in semis but that brings its own pressures too all we have to go on is recent matches v each other the latest being in june in cork if the semi is anything like our most recent match it'll be a toss of a coin for me

Yes Hannon was gone from very early in the game.

Forecast suggests a possible wet day - doubt anyone can accurately predict which side that would favour. I recall getting soaked the day ye should have beaten KK...

pakie ed

What a PR disaster with pairc u c with the Liam Miller family fundraiser . Cork hurling would go to Dublin on Sunday under a clowd of gloom. Will uncle Frank get his head out of the past.

ShamoBuc

I'm confident there will be no cloud of gloom over the hurlers going to Dublin or the tens of thousands of fans.

KrustyUCC

Thankfully the Miller story has nothing to do with the hurlers who have been keeping the head down and preparing for a very tough semi final Sunday

Cork fans will travel in huge numbers and get behind the team as usual

No cloud of gloom for any Cork supporters I have spoke to

Seperate issues should be treated as seperate issues

Blue Magic

Team for Sunday??

Nash
O'Donoghue, Cahalane, Spillane
Joyce, Ellis, Coleman
Kearney, Cooper
Fitzgibbon, Lehane, Harnedy
Meade, Kingston, Horgan

Meyler may go with Cadogan in half back line as well. All about match ups these days. That's what will dictate it.

The likes of Conor Sull, E Cadogan, McLoughlin, O'Flynn, Brosnan, maybe A Cadogan, M Cahalane all options off the bench...

rebelyell99

Blue Magic wrote: »

Team for Sunday??

Nash
O'Donoghue, Cahalane, Spillane
Joyce, Ellis, Coleman
Kearney, Cooper
Fitzgibbon, Lehane, Harnedy
Meade, Kingston, Horgan

Meyler may go with Cadogan in half back line as well. All about match ups these days. That's what will dictate it.

The likes of Conor Sull, E Cadogan, McLoughlin, O'Flynn, Brosnan, maybe A Cadogan, M Cahalane all options off the bench...

I think the team will be unchanged,although id prefer Ellis to start.What should they do with cahalane? Flanagan will fancy his chances against him.

Blue Magic

rebelyell99 wrote: »

I think the team will be unchanged,although id prefer Ellis to start.What should they do with cahalane? Flanagan will fancy his chances against him.

I dunno. I think he generally does okay on bigger lads. Flanagan is the biggest of the Limerick inside line, so he'll be put on him. The only other possibility is he'd be put on Hegarty and they start Cadogan in full back line... Hard to know

rebelyell99

I could see Meyler springing a suprise to keep limerick guessing.Tim o Mahonys name has been floating around,I think he wud be worth a shot on the edge of the square,Mike Casey isnt the biggest and may be thrown by o Mahonys physicality.Limerick will be prepared for our diagonal balls into space,we need to throw something else at them.

Fixture

rebelyell99 wrote: »

I could see Meyler springing a suprise to keep limerick guessing.Tim o Mahonys name has been floating around,I think he wud be worth a shot on the edge of the square,Mike Casey isnt the biggest and may be thrown by o Mahonys physicality.Limerick will be prepared for our diagonal balls into space,we need to throw something else at them.

I don’t see it happening.
Ellis ahead of Cadogan in pecking order I expect.

Cadogan in for Cahalane would be a really big call to make in an All Ire semi

I presume Alan Cadogan won’t see action this year?

BloodyBill

Cahalane is a liability and I'd play Cadogan ahead if him all day long. That's a very good Cork fullback line if Cadogan shored it up. Otherwise I see Limerick getting some joy there.

thesultan

Fixture wrote: »

rebelyell99 wrote: »

I could see Meyler springing a suprise to keep limerick guessing.Tim o Mahonys name has been floating around,I think he wud be worth a shot on the edge of the square,Mike Casey isnt the biggest and may be thrown by o Mahonys physicality.Limerick will be prepared for our diagonal balls into space,we need to throw something else at them.

I don’t see it happening.
Ellis ahead of Cadogan in pecking order I expect.

Cadogan in for Cahalane would be a really big call to make in an All Ire semi

I presume Alan Cadogan won’t see action this year?

He'll come on on Sunday

rebelyell99

I just think cahalane is a bit wild ,hes a bit careless on the ball,but he gets a lot of stick from the media at times.We could see a backlash from him on sunday

BloodyBill

rebelyell99 wrote: »

I just think cahalane is a bit wild ,hes a bit careless on the ball,but he gets a lot of stick from the media at times.We could see a backlash from him on sunday

Well I'd be worried if Cahalane was looking to prove something Sunday. If he sticks to his task he might survive but if he lets Flanagan have the run of the Pitch then it's fire fighting time.

zetecescort

the problem is not Cahalane as such but more the players out the field not putting the Limerick players under pressure when they're playing in the ball. Cadogan didn't exactly set the world alight at full back during his previous time with the hurlers

rebelyell99

Report on the radio earlier that Harnedy is doubtful with a hamstring injury,if he cant play we dont have much chance.

Fixture

rebelyell99 wrote: »

Report on the radio earlier that Harnedy is doubtful with a hamstring injury,if he cant play we dont have much chance.

Slight exaggeration to say that we’d have no chance ...but he’d be a huge loss if that was true

ShamoBuc

rebelyell99 wrote: »

Report on the radio earlier that Harnedy is doubtful with a hamstring injury,if he cant play we dont have much chance.

...if he can't play it will be more difficult, yes.