Cork GAA Discussion Thread

o'donnell will probably in the half forward line , hes a great playmaker there is probably too much made of his goal scoring ability but to win a ditry ball a free or set up a score he is better suited out the field

i would be worried about robbie o'flynn on david mcinerney , McInerny shipped something like 1-03 to ger browne last week , a substitute that came on just before half time ,he lacks serious pace and could have a really rough day

"A bag of money isn't the reason a Cork player isn't able to compete for and win a dirty ball to save his life."

That's an interesting one. It does raise the question of what the benefit of big funding actually is then. If it allows access to the best people in strength and conditioning, mental preparation, coaching etc. them maybe it is at least part of the reason a Cork player struggles to win a dirty ball.

It's difficult to assume that serious funding is needed to prop up a top inter-County set up, accept that it is justified (which in fairness you didn't say), and then believe it makes no difference in areas of the game which can be worked on and improved. If this is that case surely even a fairly low-level cost-benefit analysis would recommend against this spending? But most of the time I see it referenced anywhere it's complaints or observations that some counties gave an "advantage".

The same question could be asked of the Limerick poster - if Limerick are winning simply because they have the best players then what is the point of all the funding?

Is funding relevant to success at all then?

Team lined up as people wanted but now it seems nothing on the bench..

I’d argue Collins should be dropped for the next game. Put his brother in. Hitting every pass either out of play or to a Clare player

Kingston and co. can go fcuk themselves after today. At least today is the final nail in the coffin for them. No AI medal for Hoggie now anyway that's for certain.

The sooner Kingston and the rest get out the better. We are clearly not going anywhere with them

25.06.2022 (Sat)

Relegation Play-Off (If required*)

Joe McDonagh Cup Winner v 5th Placed Team Munster group

*If Ciarraí win the Joe McDonagh Cup, they shall playoff against the bottom team in the

Munster Championship 'round-robin' at a neutral Munster venue determined by the CCCC.

The good news for Cork is that Antrim and/or Offaly should prevent Kerry from winning the Joe McDonagh Cup. Otherwise Cork could be heading in the direction of an historic Relegation Play-Off!

Awful performance. After everything that has been said and written in the last 2 weeks about this team and management that is what they come up with to start the game. Given a lifeline with the red card and we let them score 3 handy points in a row. Sickening.

That entire senior setup needs a complete overhaul from top to bottom before we waste all of the talent that is coming through.

Patrick Horgan has been a great servant and free taker for Cork over the years but I really hope he retires now. Taking a handy point near the end when we needed goals and failing to pass to 2 men who were free outside him shortly before that was infuriating. Clearly more interested in his scoring record than winning a game.

Right.. I’m after calming down!

Ger Millerick, Mark Keane, Conor Lehane, Hoggie are just not upto it. Fitzgibbon not good enough today but is better, Coleman isn’t anywhere near where he should be, Tim O Mahony poor, change now or never change in my opinion.

its not trying and failing. It’s a fail all the time!! Keane is a junior standard player. Walsh was duel all the way but yes he didn’t work. Cahalane was looking for an all Ireland and was there due to name only.

i think it’s time we throw cosh into the wind and promote as many u20’s as possible. At least they’ll be hungry and wanting to win! They’ve the winning mentality

Mod Edit

Warning issued.

In ansewr to Straight Talker. I opposed the development of Pairc na nGael about thirty years ago, as I felt we had absolutely no need of a 50,000 in Limerick, when there was three other large Stadiums in the Province. Despite the good U21s teams we had for a few years early in the Century, I feel that up until about 2010 Under age in both codes in Limerick was neglected, on account of the debt incurred building a White Elephant of a pitch(after all if KK can do with a capacity of 30,000 in Nowlan, where were we going). It was not of course totally responsible for our long Famine-there were other factors- but it definitely did not help.