Cork Footballers

[cooldude]

Great post RHB. I'd worry that we'd revert to handpassing and running when championship arrives. Hope I'm wrong of course.
I did read somewhere that Powter is taking time out for his studies. He might be sick of all his 'pillar to post' positioning by Cleary and Co. He's been 2, 5, 10, 12 and even 15 this past year. Can't be good for his confidence.

 

[Mr.Mustard]

I doubt Powter togged out in the middle of December if he wasn't committing for next year.

 

[Mr.Mustard]

Mark Collins can 100% hold his head up with regard his contributionto Cork football. Awesome player that gave great commitment.
That point he scored on Sunday in extra time. Wow. I think up there with one of the greatest points i've ever seen.

Class act on & off the pitch.

 

[Keeks]

He's been 2, 5, 10, 12 and even 15 this past year.

The Number on Jersey don't mean that's the position they play anymore......

 

[Corkonian1]

Did you watch any Cork games during that time? If you did you're no judge of a good footballer, that's for sure.

Watched practically most of those games as I have been watching Cork football and hurling since the early 1970's and as a forward I would rate Colm O'Neill, Donnacha O'Connor, the Hurley's, Powter, Kerrigan and Deane all ahead of Mark Collins but then again none of those played wing-back for their club in championship which I credited Mark Collins for as well as the Castlehaven management for making the switch. You are welcome to put him on a pedestal over those Cork forwards in that select period if you wish but I disagree.

A lot of posters getting carried away with Castlehaven's win last Sunday from a Cork perspective and insinuating some players as technically great when what we saw was a team of very good resilience having a plan and good execution in a penalty shoot-out.

 

[Bonbon12]

Watched practically most of those games as I have been watching Cork football and hurling since the early 1970's and as a forward I would rate Colm O'Neill, Donnacha O'Connor, the Hurley's, Powter, Kerrigan and Deane all ahead of Mark Collins but then again none of those played wing-back for their club in championship which I credited Mark Collins for as well as the Castlehaven management for making the switch. You are welcome to put him on a pedestal over those Cork forwards in that select period if you wish but I disagree.

A lot of posters getting carried away with Castlehaven's win last Sunday from a Cork perspective and insinuating some players as technically great when what we saw was a team of very good resilience having a plan and good execution in a penalty shoot-out.

. You said he didn't come up to the mark as an inter Co. forward, absolute rubbish. You compound it then by suggesting that he wasn't a better forward than. Michael hurley. I know who most Cork people would opt for.

 

[junior footballer]

Is powter available next year, thought he was taking time out for studies?

From one poster who so continuously wrong

 

[junior footballer]

The red tinted revisionism here is unreal, Collins is a fine player, an excellent club player at inter county he was fine but not at the standard being recalled today by some here. Deserved his day yesterday as did Castlehaven as they showed a degree of resilience that was laudable

 

[rebel without a caus]

Watched practically most of those games as I have been watching Cork football and hurling since the early 1970's and as a forward I would rate Colm O'Neill, Donnacha O'Connor, the Hurley's, Powter, Kerrigan and Deane all ahead of Mark Collins but then again none of those played wing-back for their club in championship which I credited Mark Collins for as well as the Castlehaven management for making the switch. You are welcome to put him on a pedestal over those Cork forwards in that select period if you wish but I disagree.

A lot of posters getting carried away with Castlehaven's win last Sunday from a Cork perspective and insinuating some players as technically great when what we saw was a team of very good resilience having a plan and good execution in a penalty shoot-out.

These are/were all fantastic servants to Cork. Can be very proud of their contribution. As can Mark.
Would love to have seen a few more of them win an AI or even a Munster medal. Would have been the absolute minimum they deserved.
Badly let down by Cork board, weak support structure provided to these players down through the years, and some very below-par management tickets assigned to them during the same period.

 

[RightHalfBack]

Great post RHB. I'd worry that we'd revert to handpassing and running when championship arrives. Hope I'm wrong of course.
I did read somewhere that Powter is taking time out for his studies. He might be sick of all his 'pillar to post' positioning by Cleary and Co. He's been 2, 5, 10, 12 and even 15 this past year. Can't be good for his confidence.

he was playing at 7 on Sat Cooldude and while he carried the ball well and broke tackles his football was rusty and he coughed up possession a few times with poor kicks. He is a fantastic player and he possibly falls between two stools as regards positioning but I think his best position could actually be at corner back and sweeping across the full back line or else perhaps at 6 but he may be a little small for 6 and I really liked Clancy there on Sat with his all round football ability. Powter's style of play is more head down and running with the ball but he does read the game very well and a lot will depend on what style Cleary decides to go with. If we had foot passing half back line then Powter could cause damage at 11 with his straight line running but the ball would need to be let into him quickly otherwise he wouldn't be effective as a forward.

I had picked a potential team below off the top of my head but then I suddenly realized some of the serious talent I hadn't even included like D. O' Mahony, K O' Donovan, T. Walsh ( who was brilliant this year ) Corkery, Fahy, Cashman ( who I think will be an absolute gem of a wing back in time ), Ian Maguire ( who I'm sure Cleary will start ), Liam O' Donovan, Cathail O' Mahony, M. Hurley, Blake Murphy, David Buckley, Herlihy, Jones, Mark Cronin, O' Rourke, Gore etc etc


Martin
Powter Shanley Flahive
Maguire Clancy Taylor
P, Walsh O' Callaghan
Dineen MacSweeney O' Driscoll
B. Hurley Sherlock Corbett

I think it is great to see the best footballers in the county now committing to Cork and we have plenty football talent - of that there is no doubt so very optimistic that Cork will go well this year and be very competitive