Cork Footballers

[CORK1990]

Maybe some day and its the hope that kills us but a forward line of David Buckley, Conor Corbett, Hugh O Connor and Cathail O Mahony i would love to see all fit and healthy...add Fionn herlihy, Damien Gore, Blake Murphy etc...will we ever.

 

[Imataloss]

Have we only two midfield players in the whole county. Every game, no fault of theirs but christ, experiment a little, god forbid one gets injured.

 

[CORK4SAM]

If I was Gore, Buckley, Walsh , Powter and Sherlock, I’d take my chances and go away and enjoy my summer. And come back next year when cleary is gone

 

[Cranky Corner Forwar]

Have we only two midfield players in the whole county. Every game, no fault of theirs but christ, experiment a little, god forbid one gets injured.

Well looking at last year's Co. Championships from Premier Senior all the way down to Divisional Junior A I cant think of any outstanding midfielders in the county right now that could make the step up to IC level...alot of teams dont really kick out to midfield anymore so that type of player isn't being developed anymore really...I've said the same thing about Maguire and O Callaghan, one or both of them will get injured soon and then we're in huge trouble

 

[CORK1990]

Outstanding young midfielders Daniel O Connell, Brian Hartnett, Jack Lawton, Brian Hayes, Eanna O Hanlon, Diarmuid Phelan ....all underage Munster and All -Ireland medal winners not involved because of other commitments and serious injury .....O Connell and Lawton for me had great potential but sadly serious injurys have curtailed there development.

 

[Dday]

I am sorry to see Blake Murphy leave the panel. It is hard to blame him though. I cannot understand why he got such little game time. Himself and Conor Corbett have been our best underage forwards of the last 10 years. He should have been nourished and developed into a top class senior intercounty player by now. It is 5 years since he won an All Ireland Under 20 title and 4 years since he was the best player on the field v Kerry in the U20 in 2020. I hope this isn't the last we see of him in a red jersey. It is now looking more likely that we will see a change in management next year or at least the year after. We need a manager to come in and put trust in him and the other good young footballers in our county. He needs to be coaxed and reassured that he will get plenty of chances. He is too good a talent just to dismiss and forget about. To be honest, he should be coaxed back this year but I wouldn't blame him for sitting out the rest of the year even if he is asked back.

Time for some common sense here.

While I don't blame him for leaving the panel, I don't agree with you about his talent. I think we are putting Blake Murphy on a pedastal and I think there is a slight overreaction here.

It must be very frustrating for him and others especially when the management are selecting workers over forwards.

A very good player no doubt but he has been around the senior panel for a nice few years without making the breakthrough. There must be various factors in that, other than just not getting enough minutes.

Cathail O'Mahony has been our best underage talent imo in that period you mention and of that U20 team, Gore, Cronin and O'Mahony were more important, that's my opinion of course.

 

[Bronxrebel]

I can’t stand the lack of change in the team selection but with regard to Powter isn’t it possible they are trying to avoid injury? The guy played at lot last year, I don’t think Cleary suddenly doesn’t rate him. I would think we’ll see him play a lot come Championship.

 

[Banofie Magpie]

Era for ffs lads we could have the same discussion in the hurling thrend regarding East Cork and to be honest I think the real heart of football in Cork is in West Duhallow and West Muskerry it hits more there being on the borders with Kerry, low populations and playing in grades miles above themselves.

KnM
Uibh Laoire
Kocknagree
Kiskeam
Beal Atha
Naomh Aban
Rockchapel

West Cork is full of hippies. It is not the heart of Cork football. Somewhere like Clon woupd have a population bigger than all the clubs listed above combined.

Very committed to the football in those areas no doubt about it and they have produced many excellent players. I don’t agree that these clubs are the epicenter of Cork football though. I think there are individual clubs that have contributed more alone to Cork inter county football.
That’s not taking away from the brilliant clubs along the county bounds and the players thry produce. It will be interesting to see how many players from those clubs make the 2024 Cork minor football team and how Rebel og has helped to develop football in the area.

 

[Banofie Magpie]

I can’t stand the lack of change in the team selection but with regard to Powter isn’t it possible they are trying to avoid injury? The guy played at lot last year, I don’t think Cleary suddenly doesn’t rate him. I would think we’ll see him play a lot come Championship.

No changes doesn’t inspire confidence that the team can develop over the league campaign as we all wanted them to.
Because of the awful displays and results, Cork management find themselves backed in a corner and it’s survival mode instead, with they needing to grind out results to stay in Div 2.
Even if they do grind and survive it comes with huge panel development and player progression costs in my opinion.

 

[Imataloss]

I can’t stand the lack of change in the team selection but with regard to Powter isn’t it possible they are trying to avoid injury? The guy played at lot last year, I don’t think Cleary suddenly doesn’t rate him. I would think we’ll see him play a lot come Championship.

Playing him too much doesn't help him. Playing him too little has the same effect. He has to be able to manage the demands of the game. I thought he'd be used more and more as the league went on. If he is injured he shouldn't be named on panel.