Cork Hurlers - Part 2

[Twiceasnice97]

Enjoy the victory m8.

But let's not pretend that a dreadful ref wasn't a huge part of it.

Cork lost so every call hurts.
Murphy made some ludicrous calls in your favour as well.

Firstly his calls on frees kept cork in the game in the second half.
The free out when Shanagher caught the ball was absolutely nuts.
If you watch hurling until you are 150 you will never again see a free like it.
Shanagher was chopped down by Downey as well minutes before Murphy gave a free out for the same offence when he committed it.

Those decisions are not relevant now because we won.

That's the reality.

It's tough but there you go.
The Liam Gordon call in last years Munster final was worse because Gordon actually saw it and didn't give it.

Murphy gave the free v Shan in normal time, he would have given that if he saw it.
Leen is on the wrong side for Murphy to see it and it was a split second

 

[JJMac]

The ref screwed us and if he didn't we may well have won. However, we also screwed ourselves through bad tactics, bad prep and some people not being 100%. You cannot control the first point but you can control the second. This is where energy should be. We were screwed out of a win 2013 too by ref. Why do people refuse to learn lessons and be so naive? For a county like Cork you have to win by margins that the ref can't get you. Once it was a close match like that we were doomed. I'm as angry as anyone else but have learnt through experience that it is wasted energy. That said, I would like our county board to really kick up a fuss behind the scenes. Management, players and fans should move on, but the board should demand so kind of redress and accountability. In terms of our own failings, the biggest disappointment was the failure to stop goals. My biggest white pill going into match was that at least we had some physicality and spine unlike 2013 and clare wouldn't waltz through us again. How wrong I was, it was like deja vu. I can get over the half forward line being cleaned out. Things will go wrong. The failure of management to re adjust is a worry. So lack of steel in defence and slow management response.

 

[rebel without a caus]

Called it a month or two back, and calling it again. Joyce to go to full-back line.
We need to stop the goals.
FB line next year please of Joyce, Downey and one of NOL or Conor O'Callghan.
Plenty of options in HB and MF to allow Joyce move back a line.

 

[TonyCork80]

But will be 36 next year, Do you think he will stay playing now that he has his second medal?

If he’s enjoying it why wouldn’t he I suppose?He’s still a class player.

 

[TonyCork80]

While I’m over the refereeing thing at this stage hearing limerick people tell Cork to get over it when they are still crying about a (far less blatant than Harnedy’s) 65 they missed out on 5 years ago is fucking priceless in its hilarity.

They were bringing motions to congress and all the following winter over it.

 

[Rebel CNC]

I am still massively disappointed after losing on Sunday.

However the fact remains that the future looks brighter for Cork than any other county.

Last Sunday there were ten players under 25 on the pitch at different times, nine under 24.
I felt also that Paudie Power should have been brought on.

Clare are a much older, much more experienced team are it was the older players in Cleary,Conon,Kelly and O Donnell who were key for them, all over thirty.

The young lads from Cork should learn from this experience and in a few weeks when this is behind them they will refocus on next year.

Hopefully as well we will see Cunningham, Mullins and possibly even Healy have an impact next year also.

There are no guarantees in sport but there can be no doubt the future looks bright

Very true - . Cunningham excellent from placed balls too too - remember seeing him knocking over 65s and long range frees as a minor 4-5 years ago in Thurles. Buckley another potential addition to the panel albeit probably needs to bulk up a bit more over coming year. Kevin Lyons also a guy that could provide cover for full back line next year.

 

[Cocoroy]

Cork lost so every call hurts.
Murphy made some ludicrous calls in your favour as well.

Firstly his calls on frees kept cork in the game in the second half.
The free out when Shanagher caught the ball was absolutely nuts.
If you watch hurling until you are 150 you will never again see a free like it.
Shanagher was chopped down by Downey as well minutes before Murphy gave a free out for the same offence when he committed it.

Those decisions are not relevant now because we won.

That's the reality.

It's tough but there you go.
The Liam Gordon call in last years Munster final was worse because Gordon actually saw it and didn't give it.

Murphy gave the free v Shan in normal time, he would have given that if he saw it.
Leen is on the wrong side for Murphy to see it and it was a split second

A sore loser is one thing; a sore winner is the pits.

Nobody is suggesting that Murphy gave Clare every decision. But when you see Duignan and Galvin calling out a string of bizarre decisions pro-Clare, even Marty Morrissey for feck sake. None of whom have a soft spot for Cork.

You can't even acknowledge that even though ye were the better team for most of the game ye still needed a bad decision to get over the line at the very end.

 

[Barry K O Bama]

We must give huge credit to Clares players, management and Supporters (definitely very decent people)

Apart from some wayward shooting, they got everything spot on.

We blitzed 'em in the opening 15 mins but they held their nerve and actually got into the lead b4 HT.

They did foul a lot and Conlon did some nasty strokes (thats my only criticism)

We could have played the ref too.

We will learn a huge amount and be better for this

 

[Twiceasnice97]

'The Drive for Five'.

Lol

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[Thehighroad]

Johnny Murphy is a hero in south Limerick since Sunday. He is living in an area where a cork victory would be a nite mare too close to cork border. We always knew it would be the Johnny show.