Cork GAA Discussion Thread

I agree,

When we played with an aggressive style against Offaly in the U20 final of 2023, that team were accused as bullys and using dirty tactics. There was nothing said about Clare then the last day, they were bullys and using dirty tactics to win the game. See when Horgan was taking a free and Conor Leen stood right on the ball so that Horgan couldn't take a fast one. Dirty tactics. I just can't wait to see them beaten next time we owe it to them going forward.

Dirty tactics/bullys is a stretch.

Clare always play a physical game. There is rarely a game where one of the backs don't get a yellow - but name a game in recent history where a player gets sent off for Clare?

The playing on the edge was mainly fine tuned for their Limerick games. Limerick play a very physical game too.

Cork should have prepped for the physicality that they knew Clare would bring.

Cork played very clever and skilfully against Limerick but they showed their hand and gave Clare opportunity to plan and prepare for that.

I'm saying this about myself as much as anyone else, but ever since the full time whistle blew in the 2006 all Ireland final, we've spent the last eighteen going on nineteen years since giving out and moaning about other teams being too tough and physical for us.

I'd say other counties see us now as a bunch of Walter the softies who don't like it when the going gets tough and dirty. It's up to the players themselves to change these perceptions people have of them.

Obviously refereeing and the application or in last Sunday's case non application of the rules is a serious issue, but when a team wants to wage war with us we need to adapt accordingly. There is times when you quite simply just have to earn the right to play.

For most part I totally agree. We need develop a strong mental attitude.

Camogie semi final v Dublin tomorrow at 1 on RTE

Edit: Intermediate semi final will be on youtube

Great stuff by ladies so far

RTE completely screwed up their coverage of the jubilee of the 1999 team last Sunday. Here is the full presentation of the team to the crowd here.

Intermediate camogie win 2-13 to 0-13, needed a late goal and a couple of points to seal it

Footballers can't catch a break from injuries for some reason

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that jersey pull will still be talked about in 30 years time , and to be fair if it was a replay it would have made for an even more interesting game , clare would have been definitely without conor cleary for that game , and for the two weeks leading up to the replay we would be destroying david Fitzgerald for nearly shooting ten wides in the final

it should have been a free and a replay , everyone agrees on that for sure , the attitude with a lot of clare people though is less forgiving , most will point you in the direction of the 1998 semi final debacle , the 08 munster u21 final , or the munster final last year where tony kelly was fouled in similar circumstances and no free and game over , and say its about time we got a break ….its nothing against cork all the same

I wouldn't agree with you there at all. Of course some people don't like him, but there's no doubting the mans passion for Cork hurling imo.

He was some let down. Was given time and all

Definitely had ambitions to be over the Cork Men's Footballers in his managerial career.

Delighted that error from the GK didn't effect the result.

What an exciting game with a great end. It looked to be drifting away from us until Nelligan came on. She was all action!

They cut her speech. Height of disrespect. Just wait another min!

I see a lot of people on social media saying the ref favoured Cork today.

Probably the same people who told Cork to stop moaning after we didn't get that free at the end of the All-Ireland final (rollseyes).

In all fairness the U20 goal was really really bad. Whatever about the senior final, that one was unforgiveable to me. Two umpires and a ref couldn't see the ball hitting the actual net! It was insanity

We were robbed in matches over the years in both men and women's codes and there wasn't too many tears shed for us i can tell you! Of course it's tough for the losing team but that's sport for you. You have no choice but to suck it up. Well done to a fine Cork team on yet another all Ireland win for them.

the wheel will turn dont worry , i just hope it turns in time for hoggie to win his all ireland

i mentioned before we have a mutual friend in ennis that's a buisness man that he deals with through work , he was very frank with him after the 2022 all ireland 1/4 final and very frank with the media in the league last year , hes a straight talker (like yourself 😂) but very likable because of his talent

he has every right to be aggrieved about the final incident of the game , but even if we did have a var system that day , half of the county of clare was on the pitch celebrating by the time anyone spotted the jersey pull on the replay , it would have created havoc , but if it was middle of the game and it happened , and johnny ryan didnt see it he would have been alerted by his umpires or linesman

i think thats what hoggie is hinting at , a real hurling debate needs to take place though , do we need to let everything go like johnny ryan did , or do we need to call nearly every foul like the few in the media have being pointing out over the last few weeks , i reckon letting it go is the best option and have for years it makes for a far better spectral but its always going to be tougher on the losing team

RIP

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