The Highway Man
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Here young fella, will you give up sport there for 2 years and head off on a J1 and shur leave all those Dregs behind and come to Cosmopolitan Clon, my name is the Fox, meet my pet Sheep Sandy.
Here young fella, will you give up sport there for 2 years and head off on a J1 and shur leave all those Dregs behind and come to Cosmopolitan Clon, my name is the Fox, meet my pet Sheep Sandy.
You are some pain in the hole. Would you ever STFU about clonakilty. Setup another thread if you must.
ah come on now, I’ve been called some awful things on here by guys who dislike Clon but to call me a Barryroe man is just despicable, Timoleague would have been bad, but Barryroe!!?
I understand peoples unease with the idea of a young lad leaving a small club to play senior football. To be honest, I doesn’t really sit all that well with me either but in this case it makes sense. No offence to Barryroe but it’s highly unlikely they’ll ever leave the junior A grade. A guy like ODonovan needs exposure to senior football, and more than the half arsed championship games the Carbery footballers usually play.
... keep it going , it’s a 
day , I needed a good laugh...I’ve a contact in the Comedy Club on McCurtain Street , I could get u a gig lampooning Barry from Blackrock or Deano from Douglas...you’re Con from Clon is priceless in fairness.....There’s more talent in Timoleague no doubt. There’s a few nice young footballers in Barryroe along with Robbie Kiely but there’s not enough older guys to get out of west cork, never mind a county.
This is very good stuffThere’s more talent in Timoleague no doubt. There’s a few nice young footballers in Barryroe along with Robbie Kiely but there’s not enough older guys to get out of west cork, never mind a county.
You could make an argument for Barryroe being a long term project but I don’t see it. They’re a hurling club, no great interest or tradition of football. Must be frustrating for the likes of ODonovan to go from playing in the upper grades with Ibane to being very much out of sight/mind with Barryroe once they finish with Ibane.
Hence why a move in the road to one of the most fertile production grounds of Cork footballers in recent years mightn’t be a bad move for him…
Talk about an all merciful stretch.This is very good stuff
I would disagree though....There is good talent coming through in Barryroe. Maybe not enough to get out of junior anytime soon, but they are going to be seriously competitive over the next few years. That U21 Ibane team was very much dominated by Barryroe rather than Timoleague.
Back to O'Donovan, I'd get him into the Cork setup ASAP and let him be adapting to the step up. He's done it at U20 level and is doing it at Sigerson level. You wont find too many forwards in the county as talented or as two footed as him. His ceiling is VERY high in my opinion.
If he's left stagnate at junior level for the next few years, it will be seismic loss to Cork football...
How did the move out the road end up working out for a certain Ballinscarthy player ?There’s more talent in Timoleague no doubt. There’s a few nice young footballers in Barryroe along with Robbie Kiely but there’s not enough older guys to get out of west cork, never mind a county.
You could make an argument for Barryroe being a long term project but I don’t see it. They’re a hurling club, no great interest or tradition of football. Must be frustrating for the likes of ODonovan to go from playing in the upper grades with Ibane to being very much out of sight/mind with Barryroe once they finish with Ibane.
Hence why a move in the road to one of the most fertile production grounds of Cork footballers in recent years mightn’t be a bad move for him…
