ok, but hes a strong lad and he has played center back! Has Barrett ever played in the full back line before this year? Not blaming him at all, he done his best but physically he couldnt get near O’Connor
ok, but hes a strong lad and he has played center back! Has Barrett ever played in the full back line before this year? Not blaming him at all, he done his best but physically he couldnt get near O’ConnorNo. He's not that tall and has never played in the full-back line ever.
Noonan was in the minor full-back line 2 years ago so he was an option. Was surprised Liam Kelleher, minor captain 2 years ago, wasn't in the squad. He would've been another option. The Rockies lad wouldn't be good enough tbh.ok, but hes a strong lad and he has played center back! Has Barrett ever played in the full back line before this year? Not blaming him at all, he done his best but physically he couldnt get near O’Connor
yeah we were very naive to be honestNoonan was in the minor full-back line 2 years ago so he was an option. Was surprised Liam Kelleher, minor captain 2 years ago, wasn't in the squad. He would've been another option. The Rockies lad wouldn't be good enough tbh.
Not sure why we just didn't put somebody in front of him. It's practically impossible to out jump a hurley in front of you when you have another fella hanging out of you.
Think Rian O Riordan worth a try on the night but definitely agree re Liam Kelleher. Class actNoonan was in the minor full-back line 2 years ago so he was an option. Was surprised Liam Kelleher, minor captain 2 years ago, wasn't in the squad. He would've been another option. The Rockies lad wouldn't be good enough tbh.
Not sure why we just didn't put somebody in front of him. It's practically impossible to out jump a hurley in front of you when you have another fella hanging out of you.
Badly missed Cillian O Callaghan through injuryThink Rian O Riordan worth a try on the night but definitely agree re Liam Kelleher. Class act
I was there and I'm amazingBeaten by much better team
Where were our amazing support tonight.?
Deserved it after winning an all Ireland minor with one of the best minor teams we ever had. Sure Hugh O Connor didn’t even play minor and went off playing football and the best player of that age group supposedly went off playing soccer. They still walked the all Ireland and based off that he should be the U20 manager. Cusaks own club mate showed great heart down in Waterford in bad conditions without our best player and was dropped. These people are toxic. People are fed up of Cusak on RTE and these young fellas heads must be wrecked from having to listen to him a few times a week. The guy shouldn’t be left near any cork dressing room . End ofGreat game. Both teams showed a lot of heart but also a lack of composure at times, which is to be expected as this level. I guess the big difference was that when Clare lost composure, there was usually still plenty of cover in their defence. We sort of did the usual Cork thing in a close game of committing a load of players into the opposition's half and leaving our defence wide open. Not sure there was any real reason to take such a big risk, and commit so many players into the opposition's half, when the game was so close.
I think Furlong deserved the U20 gig based on coaching a Cork team to an All-Ireland minor title, and he has gotten a lot of work rate out of this team. But they’ve also shown a real inability to react to what’s happening on the pitch, and that should rule them out of the senior job for the moment. I still can’t believe they could watch O’Connor being so on top for two games in a row and not make a single change.
Fair play to Clare. They were the better team and had clearly worked on their weaknesses more than we had on ours.'They brought their half-forward line much deeper, which made it easier for their defenders to work possession out. A lot of those Clare players will go on to play for their seniors, I’d imagine. O'Connor is exactly the type of player their senior team needs, and all of their defenders are highly rated. On the Cork side, O'Flynn, Johnny Murphy, and Ben Walsh look like guys worth investing in along with Barry Walsh obviously.
