Cork Hurlers - Part 2

[Matlock]

Yeah, but they know you smoked dope back in the day so they probably think they'll have more leeway with you

How would they know that?

 

[The Dagda]

How would they know that?

My brother in law told his kids.
Prick.

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

How would they know that?

Soundy’s m8 from the pub told them

 

[Matlock]

Soundy’s m8 from the pub told them

Ah, of course!

;-)

 

[North Cork]

Nope , it's a hurling opinion based on evidence.
I was very impressed with Ryan's decision to pick lads like the Roches as underage manager.
I believed that the penny was dropping. When he backed him last year I thought, here we go, a cork manager who is picking a team with varied parts.
Then I went to see the munster league game with Lehane playing and thought this fella has lost his nerve.

Cork supporters and pundits only value lads like timmy mccarthy pa cronin and bill Cooper after they are gone.

Roche and O Connell should be in the Cork team in my view, I am glad they are not.
If you want to see why watch the clare players chase Joyce and Barrett leading to the missed goal compared to the Cork players chasing Ryan before o donnells goal.
Those kind of lads set a tone that others then tend to follow.

The post was never meant for hysterical spanners like yourself waving your little corky flag ?

I think that is a sensible post.
I posted on here a couple of days ago that I could accept defeat easier if I could see a plan to build a team from scratch based on the younger players. I don't really see a clear plan for this.
There are exceptions but generally it takes a number of years to establish a settled team. The average age of the starting Clare team last Sunday was 28.2 with seven players aged thirty this year or older.

Cork was a full two years younger on average with only two aged over thirty and if you removed Harnedy and Horgan and replaced them with two 23 year olds the average age drops to 23.

We need to see a team being developed and I agree with you we need to see the team being coached on defending as a unit which does not seem to be happening just now.

I just had a quick look at the Cork 26 for last Sunday. 8 of the 11 subs were not from the winning under 20 teams which sounds high to me.

I think offensively Cork are a threat to every team.

 

[SoundMan]

How would they know that?

Did you not openly admit here to doing it?

 

[Matlock]

Did you not openly admit here to doing it?

You think my teenage nieces and nephews read the proc?

Look, clearly this was just an attempt at a dig by you. As pointless as all the other ones. I have no interest in dragging this shit into the sports forum too, so forget it.

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

I think that is a sensible post.
I posted on here a couple of days ago that I could accept defeat easier if I could see a plan to build a team from scratch based on the younger players. I don't really see a clear plan for this.
There are exceptions but generally it takes a number of years to establish a settled team. The average age of the starting Clare team last Sunday was 28.2 with seven players aged thirty this year or older.

Cork was a full two years younger on average with only two aged over thirty and if you removed Harnedy and Horgan and replaced them with two 23 year olds the average age drops to 23.

We need to see a team being developed and I agree with you we need to see the team being coached on defending as a unit which does not seem to be happening just now.

I think offensively Cork are a threat to every team.

I get what you are saying, I think PR is finding it difficult to get balance right with youth and experience. I doubt he wants to do what Chubby did with the footballers and have a cull.

 

[red&blue]

Nope , it's a hurling opinion based on evidence.
I was very impressed with Ryan's decision to pick lads like the Roches as underage manager.
I believed that the penny was dropping. When he backed him last year I thought, here we go, a cork manager who is picking a team with varied parts.
Then I went to see the munster league game with Lehane playing and thought this fella has lost his nerve.

Cork supporters and pundits only value lads like timmy mccarthy pa cronin and bill Cooper after they are gone.

Roche and O Connell should be in the Cork team in my view, I am glad they are not.
If you want to see why watch the clare players chase Joyce and Barrett leading to the missed goal compared to the Cork players chasing Ryan before o donnells goal.
Those kind of lads set a tone that others then tend to follow.

The post was never meant for hysterical spanners like yourself waving your little corky flag ?

I totally agree tan, we have a snobbery when it comes to our hurling, we love the stylish fast player who does something spectacular 2 or 3 times a game, we have zero gra for the guys that burst a gut and play with the physicality and aggression that is, and always was needed, at the very top of hurling

But we are Cork, we don’t do hard work, physicality or aggression well

That is where I am very dissapointed with Pat Ryan, I truly believed he would instil that in our lads

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

You think my teenage nieces and nephews read the proc?

Look, clearly this was just an attempt at a dig by you. As pointless as all the other ones. I have no interest in dragging this shit into the sports forum too, so forget it.

That’s how he rolls, just ignore the fool.