Corkonian1
Full Member
I think Pat Ryan has a tough job! Damien Cahalane has had a long career and his good days outnumber his bad ones. I remember Pat McDonnell getting a runaround from Babs Keating, and Martin Doherty getting destroyed by Joe McKenna and Tony Doran. Barrs greats Tony Maher and Peter Doolan were destroyed by Ray Cummins in club hurling. They are still regarded as fine players. Picking apart a guy like Cahalane over a 10 year Cork career is unfair and unwarranted!
Cork have had 3 top class full-backs in five decades Pat McDonnell, Martin O'Doherty and Diarmuid O'Sullivan, although they all had their off days DC doesn't compare to any of them so mentioning them in the same light is also unfair and unwarranted.
Martin O'Doherty got the better of Tony Doran in the 1977 All-Ireland final but it was a fascinating contest. When did Doran and McKenna destroy O'Doherty as you state in your above post? Christy Heffernan roasted O'Doherty in the 1982 AI Final after O'Doherty flew back from Chicago without the adequate preparation to play in such a game. Joe McKenna stated Martin O'Doherty was a supreme hurler.