Cork Hurlers - Part 2

[Twiceasnice97]

I said the night Cork beat Limerick in the pairc that Kiely would have been fuming, Cork were the team he feard most down the line and two minutes
of madness late on kept Cork alive,

Feared?
Really.

 

[jimmym]

Feared?
Really.

yep feared

 

[Twiceasnice97]

yep feared

thats absolutely insane

 

[Gregory_Mike]

Next year's Munster will be intriguing as always. Limerick still clearly the team to beat though, both provincially and for the AI imho.

 

[Corkonian1]

thats absolutely insane

Worried or concerned rather than 'feared' should be the choice of word by jimmym but there's a lot of truth in what he's stating and it's a far cry from insanity. Although from a previous post he seems to forget Cork's minutes of madness when Sean O'Donoghue called for 2 puck-outs to let Limerick into the game in Pairc Ui Chaoimh. One period cannot be mentioned without the other as they go hand in hand.

 

[North Cork]

the evidence would support that.
I would give us a chance since we have been very consistent v limerick for 3 years but we couldn't get it done in 3 munster finals so the sensible prediction would be limerick

I do believe that in 2025 Clare with the All Ireland title in the bag will be a more difficult opponent for Limerick.
I think that win will help remove some of the doubts that existed in Clare minds when playing Limerick.

That said, I don't think Clare are good enough to get back to back titles.

 

[StoneHouse]

how were Limerick caught on the hop?
I think it was more a stubborn refusal to adapt.
It didnt work ve Clare because our defenders followed thir opponents while limerick try to stay in position and fill the spaces with structure.
Corks puck outs and 3 inside got them into the spaces between the structure and limericks lack of pace did the rest.

Clares starting 15 is marginally faster than corks despite the lack of conversation about it and the endless shiteing on about corks pace in the build up so when it was man for man and footraces cork had problems.

Cork are not slow, far from it but Clare have one of the fastest squads in the game and that was important in the final

Here he goes again on about Cork's pace. What a bore you are.

 

[North Cork]

how were Limerick caught on the hop?
I think it was more a stubborn refusal to adapt.
It didnt work ve Clare because our defenders followed thir opponents while limerick try to stay in position and fill the spaces with structure.
Corks puck outs and 3 inside got them into the spaces between the structure and limericks lack of pace did the rest.

Clares starting 15 is marginally faster than corks despite the lack of conversation about it and the endless shiteing on about corks pace in the build up so when it was man for man and footraces cork had problems.

Cork are not slow, far from it but Clare have one of the fastest squads in the game and that was important in the final

I think our management also have questions to answer , areas to improve.
For instance I would like to know their thinking on how Patrick Horgan was used in the final. A player that was carrying an injury and still stayed on the pitch long after some younger players even though his contribution was minimal.

Regarding pace then I think the pace of O Mahony, Fitzgibbon, Barrett, Connolly and Hayes is the match of any other set of midfielders and forwards and that doesn't even include O'Connor and Power.

Clare are a much older and far more experienced team than Cork. Clare have a record of losing important games in recent years that would be hard to match. They will have learned a lot from these defeats over recent years. They have a team starting eight players over thirty compared to two for Cork.

Cork will learn from defeat but it is how they react next season is what we must all wait and see.

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

I think our management also have questions to answer , areas to improve.
For instance I would like to know their thinking on how Patrick Horgan was used in the final. A player that was carrying an injury and still stayed on the pitch long after some younger players even though his contribution was minimal.

And why JOC was the second perma sub on when he had done nothing all year.

 

[knockfiarna]

From an outside point of view,cannot for the life of me understand why lehane wasn't used in final as sub unless he wasn't fully fit then again some were supposedly on the field from start not fully fit.