The Hurling Thread

[Hank Scorpio]

Again not taking anything away from his unparalleled success but Cork fellas saying they hoped he 'went out on top'?
Give me a break.




The running game as played by O'Grady/Allen did just fine as we dismantled them in 04.

Cody talked up his 'manly game' shite in 06 and a hopelessly inept ref in Kelly in let them foul with impunity.

The fawning over Kilkenny and Cody from supposed Cork fans is nauseating to behold.

Glad he's gone, took hurling into the gutter.

 

[Hurlywurly]

I think the inability to see excellence and acknowledge it in a sporting enemy is sour grapes.

I don't particularly like Cody as a character, and it's certainly focking painful that his reign overlapped with the most barren time in Cork hurling but I can't ignore what I saw and the results he achieved.

 

[Gregory_Mike]

For the peak Cody years, most teams were intimidated, bullied and beaten before throw in, Cork included.

Hugely successful winning machines are rarely liked but always admired and respected. Cody is a prime example of this.

 

[jimmym]

Again not taking anything away from his unparalleled success but Cork fellas saying they hoped he 'went out on top'?
Give me a break.




The running game as played by O'Grady/Allen did just fine as we dismantled them in 04.

Cody talked up his 'manly game' shite in 06 and a hopelessly inept ref in Kelly in let them foul with impunity.

The fawning over Kilkenny and Cody from supposed Cork fans is nauseating to behold.

Glad he's gone, took hurling into the gutter.

In 2005 was cody expected to say...ah well we cant compete with corks running game, we wont bother trying to come up with a plan to counter act it,

 

[Hank Scorpio]

In 2005 was cody expected to say...ah well we cant compete with corks running game, we wont bother trying to come up with a plan to counter act it,

Again you're replying to something that was never said.

Why anyone would applaud a manager who introduced systematic fouling as the norm is beyond me.

 

[Gregory_Mike]

In 2005 was cody expected to say...ah well we cant compete with corks running game, we wont bother trying to come up with a plan to counter act it,

Exactly. Winning is the name of the game. Now that Limerick are dominating, fellas are asking for all sorts of rule changes, even changing the sliotar. Funny that!

 

[Gregory_Mike]

Again you're replying to something that was never said.

Why anyone would applaud a manager who introduced systematic fouling as the norm is beyond me.

That's in your opinion btw. The ref's ref the game not anyone else. If you felt so strongly about it, you should have become a ref and sorted out KK/Cody.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

O yeah winning is what its all about, no question.

Was he good for the game? Not a focking chance.

The strategy for players like Canning was to cripple them rather than emulate them. Kiely is more of the same.

It was a muck year for hurling. Attendances reflected this.

 

[Vladimir The Bear]

Cannot wait for next year's inter county season already. Even the league will be brilliant I feel. New mangers in Cork, Tipp, Kilkenny, Waterford and Dublin. Going to be fascinating watching all of it unfold. The year is going to be a complete unknown.

Will probably end with Limerick doing their 4 in a row but how the other teams go about bridging the gap will be most interesting.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Again not taking anything away from his unparalleled success but Cork fellas saying they hoped he 'went out on top'?
Give me a break.




The running game as played by O'Grady/Allen did just fine as we dismantled them in 04.

Cody talked up his 'manly game' shite in 06 and a hopelessly inept ref in Kelly in let them foul with impunity.

The fawning over Kilkenny and Cody from supposed Cork fans is nauseating to behold.

Glad he's gone, took hurling into the gutter.

In 2006 The Cats as typical felines, were very happy to wait in the long grass.
Cody's teams used to "cross the line" between hard and dirty/dangerous far too often due to weak referees.
However, Cody seems to come across as quite gentlemanly in any interviews that I've seen.