Cork GAA Discussion Thread

I told you about the referees last week, as charity ring would say he will let you away with ten steps on the ball

In Johnny Murphy's position he seems to let everything go ,it's very hard not to be annoyed with 3 fouls Conor lean avoided especially the Robbie one

Ye deserved it. Ye were hard, tough and the skill for the goals was unreal.

Clare did what Kilkenny, Tipp and Limerick did in past. Take no prisoners.

That 1-4 from Kelly will go down in history..what a genius up there with the greatest.

Cork will win sweet **** all till they toughen up, stop feeling sorry for themselves and actually just become ruthless.

If we don't learn from this twill be another 20 years.

It's the reality at intercounty level and largely driven by TV pundits and a media who expect referees not to "ruin matches" by doing something crazy like applying the rules.

Look at the sh*storm in 2019 when Richie Hogan was rightly sent off for Kilkenny for an elbow straight to the head of the Tipp player. The referee was eviscerated in the media for not showing "common sense" and for "ruining the match". There's massive pressure on referees so they will tend to "let it go".

Of course nobody cares when it's a "great game" like yesterday and the losing team will be seen as moaners. Cork need to learn that there's no prizes for playing nice. Limerick, Kilkenny and Clare have shown that.

of course he could and should’ve. But after a nights sleep, we didn’t do enough on our own puck outs! We should’ve went for the jugular after the first goal! I read Brian Gavin’s article this morning and he’s right the ref had a good game but the 3 most controversial decisions he made went against one team. If only he got one right we’d be gearing up for a replay in a fortnight!

I wonder what was the number of wides and the number of frees given on both sides? I felt that the ref let the game flow more than most other refs would. Apart from the match being a spectacle of the highest order to watch another aspect of the occasion was the packed full house- 80,000 +- and NO REPORT OF ANY VIOLANCE. Long May it continue. And when you consider that a panoramic view showed yellow mixed with red/red mixed with yellow.

Jerry O Malley - played senior football for Roscommon, I. Think- was a top class and consistent footballer but never won anything bar a Railway!? Cup medal or the equivalent in football

If we listen to this we go nowhere. Let's hope not. Time will tell.

It's great for game. End of. Can cork people not be disappointed they lost though? Like every other county when they lose final?

It's all well and good saying that we need to get tough and physical, but if we did some of the things Clare did yesterday the cards wouldn't be long coming out. There's a different set of rules when it comes to Cork so there is.

I would have been happy with the draw tbh. My biggest issue with Cork was the insistence on the long puck outs. After 20 mins it was clear that the Clare half backs were cleaning up - yet we kept at it for the majority of the game.

Too nice.

As far as I'm concerned there's no AI in this team until they toughen up unfortunately.

Great players and gave us a very entertaining season but no guile or ruthlessness to them right now.

Hard to believe Cork have not won one for 20 years.

There is an AI in that Cork team, but you will have to replace Horgan. No disrespect to him, but he is being carried in general play for his free taking. He limits the management options, he can only play Corner or Full forward at this stage. All six Clare forwards yesterday wound up mixing up position and at various times it looked like they were putting a shift in out the field before rotating back.

When Cork beat Limerick one of the positives was that Colm Lyons could not be refereeing. He blows every little challenge, tip of the hurley or contact. Yesterday, the ref allowed the backs to get the hurleys in front and get to the ball from behind. Watch Conor Lean or others not pull, they put the hurley in. I reckon Clare had better homework done on the referee's style of reffing that Cork had.. and we were able to play closer to the edge as a result. I think we actually 'won' very few frees but haven't see the stats.

Yep, Clare played closer to the edge. I think it might be called "playing the ref" but I don't mean that in the negative sense. unfortunately for Cork just a bit too innocent. Which is a bit of a mad turnaround for a team that had two red cards this Championship!

Tony Kelly's goal was super but jaysus the Cork defenders just left him waltz all the way in to score.