Cork GAA Discussion Thread

Ladies football: Cork 0-11 Tipperary 0-10 FT

We have a bigger task at our hands now with the result of the Tipp v Waterford game. Can't see us turning this one around. Cant see us beating Limerick. I am not expecting anything only a loss so can't get myself excited enough to go and watch the game.

would it not be better if he was allowed to operate a transitional period , he after all was the u20 manager for most of them victorys , he looked like a man under pressure over in cusack park in February let alone last week ,

all of this is assuming the limerick game goes away from ye , looking at facts , we probably should have beaten limerick in week 1 , we beat ye in week two narrowly , which was a much improved performance from the previous week on your part, so next week is still all to play for

but if limerick win surly the sensible thing to do is to use the tipp game as the starting point for a transition that will also take place over the Couse of next year , and realistically set a target of 2027 onwards for success , the conveyor belt is still running at underage level too but its no point saying the future is bright if you are not going to properly give players a chance , its exactly what we done in 2011 and 2012 before 2013

For some reason i'm confident enough we'll put in a performance against Limerick next week.

Whether it'll be good enough to win i don't know, but if we are down to our last two games for the year then at least go out with a bang.

Tipp did it in 2019.
The last time Cork got blown away in a match was against Limerick in the first round of 2022. Since then Cork have lost 6 matches, but the biggest losing margin was 3 points. So while very competitive in every game, they’ve struggled to get over the line in tight matches.

Unfortunately Tipp couldn't do us a favour against Waterford. Defeat to Limerick next Saturday and the show is over for 2024, and it will be official that our wait for Liam McCarthy will extend into it's 20th year. And we thought at the time, that 1990 to 1999 was going to be our last lengthy all Ireland drought!

We're all desperate for that all Ireland at this stage, but we may have to wait another couple of years yet. The step up to senior level might be tough but 2025 needs to be all about integrating a fair few of the U20 players into the senior panel.

Beat Limerick though and we live to fight another day. The players need to be ready for this, Limerick are coming down to bury us next Saturday. It's going to take by far our best performance of the year to beat them.

Like I said, Cork would have to play the hurling of their lives and Limerick would want to be so badly under par and referee in our favour to have any hope. I think it's safe to say our championship is over next Sunday. It's a safe bet I think.

That's a stretch, outside chance.

That's good,pm an even money bet please,,,,,

I think we'll have a right cut off Limerick. As to whether it'll be good enough time will tell, but both players and management need to stand up and make a statement on Saturday evening.

Cork lost by 11 in the last championship game in PuC back in 22.

Not saying it means anything for Saturday but 2 of Corks last 3 championship games against Limerick were hammerings.

Coleman for Joyce, O'Flynn not on the panel

Tim O’Mahony wing back 😭

Cork 0-12 Clare 1-9 HT

More than just the goals on the scoreboard being the difference. Cork were stink in fairness.

What was the thoughts on John Meyler getting that Minor job at the time? In hindsight it seems an atrocious appointment but I wouldn’t know what people thought initially.

I agree about Collins. I would have taken him off at half time against Clare. Lehane, I would have taken off at half time in the Waterford game. I don't think Ryan reacts quick enough in games.

It is still possible that we can win though. Being at home with a packed house is an advantage and we need a bit of luck. I feel like we have had no luck at all in our first 2 games. The good thing is that we are finishing games very well and in fairness, it is a trait of Ryans tenure. But us going out in round robin is also a trait too! If we can be close near the end, we can definitely pull off the win but the worry is the usual frailties.

Our win rate in Munster is only 30% in 3 seasons but I see a Tom Kenny article saying we have to stick with Ryan no matter what happens. Surely this is a results business.

I wouldn't agree with Tom Kenny at all there. Cork seem rudderless so far under Pat Ryan. We just need to see some sort of performance against Limerick tomorrow night. I thought we seemed to be making progress last year, but so far 2025 has been a wasted year with no signs of any progress whatsoever. If anything we've actually gone backwards!

As for the footballers that's a tough enough group with Tyrone and either Armagh or Donegal in it. Clare are in our group as well, they did beat us last year and they showed against Kerry that they're no mugs at all. We can't afford to take them for granted. It's probably going to be between ourselves and Clare for third place in the group. Hopefully we can get at least one win from the Armagh and Tyrone games as well.