Cork GAA Discussion Thread

Was having palpitations watching the 5 point lead slip!

Well earned win in the end given the missed chances.

Hard to believe that’s more or less the same team from Clare a couple of months ago. Deserve to play in Croker after the recovery since then.

That's a fantastic win for Cork. We are in bonus territory now and what a place to be. Cork really need to get up in division 1 in the league asap. We are massive underdogs for next week. Suit us nicely.

I was first to criticise the footballers this year and I'm delighted to have been proven some bit wrong.

To get this far is a achievement. I just hope this is the start of something rather than false dawn but think Cleary has proven he was right man for job long time ago.

Roscommon are a division one team, and they drew with Dublin. While Dublin are a team on the slide, that was still an impressive result. This was always going to be a tough game, but we backed up the Mayo win here. We proved that it wasn't a fluke. We're in the quarter finals now, and anything after that will be bonus territory.

Either one of Kerry, Dublin, Armagh and Derry will be a tough game, but i reckon we can have a right cut off whoever we get in the quarter finals. That Clare game in Ennis sure feels like a time ago now. We've really turned the corner since then in fairness.

If John Cleary got the job in winter 2013, then we wouldn't have spent the last decade in the wilderness imo. We finally have the right management teams in place in both senior codes thankfully. Whenever Pat Ryan finishes his tenure as senior hurling manager, then we'll have Ben O'Connor ready to step in. I think the future really is looking good for both Cork hurling and football thankfully!

If it's Kerry we won't go any further, we will find a way to lose. Because its KERRY and we can't beat them when it matters. So hope we don't draw them.

Well we should have beaten them the last day, although we've had some tough days against Kerry in croke park back in the 00's. That 2009 all Ireland final and the 2008 all Ireland semi final replay, where the two croke park games that we could've won against them though.

But yeah i'd rather we avoid Kerry in the draw as well! Hopefully it will be one of Derry and Armagh. Both of those games will still be tough, but they would be better draws than either Kerry or Dublin, and it would be interesting to see how we fare against a battle hardened Ulster team imo.

that was a fine cork team that time that never got over the line , a lot of that team had changed from 1990 , there was a gap in the market with kerry in a slump that time , the boys up north pounced in that era , but in truth nearly every football final in the early 90s was tarnished in some way by bad referees , lets hope jerome henry dosnt get near this years one 🙄😂

the word pressure springs to mind , cork was the center of the sporting universe at the time , the soccer team was on the cusp of champions league football , pity they didnt make it because they had the greatest jerseys of all time , the guinness ones, cork con won the AIL, the hurlers and footballers were after doing the double in an era of knockout football and hurling

the franks were being supported by radiohead in leeds and reading , both hurling and football were top class at the time but too much talk of another double , its easy get carried away if you look back at things

Great posts. It's funny I could tell you all corks results from in football and hurling from 1986 to 2005 (well who won I get score lines in about 40%).

Can I ask though why you think we were robbed v Derry in 93? Seen it mentioned before on other forums. Was it the ref?

I was only 8 or 9 that year in the Canal. Derry fans were immense sports people. Had a soft spot for them for years although Joe Brolly has decreased that quiet bit over the years.

My dad is still bitter about 88. Everytime I hear that surname he is first person I think off. Although my father used call him something nice before his surname.

That 70s team, the team from 88-95 and team from 08-12 should have all won least another all ireland.

Cork football has been full of what's ifs

Who would ye like to get tomorrow in the draw? There are no bad teams from here on.

when cork was cork !!!!! the speach was excellent great scenes before and after the game, different era