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Post by greengold35 on Aug 3, 2015 18:05:39 GMT
This is like something from Monty Python! The parrot is not dead, only resting!! I cannot stop laughing on the one hand at this idiotic statement and on the other hand feel that all Cork true Gaels will be seriously embarrassed by this farcical piece- is it any wonder Donal Og & Sean Og led the strike?
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Post by riverfeale on Aug 3, 2015 18:15:52 GMT
Very sad statement from Cork County Board, real sour grapes , they had plenty of time to recover following Kerry's penalty and even lead in injury time only for Fionn to kick equaliser They had plenty of chances to beat Kerry on the day , Blaming a referee decision is very juvenile approach to why they didn't beat Kerry in drawn game. Not to mention weather conditions in replay, did Kerry also not have to play in atrocious rain in the replay in Killarney Sad day for genuine Cork GAA fans with this statement issued in their name !!!!
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Post by misteallaigh abú on Aug 3, 2015 18:45:46 GMT
I can't believe that they would stoop so low. The only way is up from here I suppose. Beginning to sound like Mayo fans, blaming everyone but themselves.
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 3, 2015 19:46:42 GMT
Its 42 years since 1973 when JBM was a skinny kid scoring a goal in a football final as Cork beat Galway.
Would they have won one since them if it weren't for Tomkins and Fahy in 1989 and 1990 and Christy Cooney on the grassy knoll in 2010?
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Post by beantownfan on Aug 3, 2015 20:13:25 GMT
You stay classy Cork.. It is hard to believe that they would publicly come out like this and put their blame all on the ref, and the conditions - as if they sun was shining for Kerry for the replay. Had Kerry lost the replay, it would have been a massive upset if Kildare beat them.. I know a few Cork lads and all of them are disgusted with how the team performs in general.. Sure they are disappointed in the penalty call, but most sane people know well that they sill got a replay out of that first game and had as much chance as Kerry to go and win the replay.. It is priceless to see them going down this road!
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Post by ballybunion on Aug 3, 2015 22:57:52 GMT
When you think everything is someone else’s fault, you will suffer a lot. Dalai Lama That Cork County Board statement sounds as if it came from a Fr Ted episode.
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Post by wayupnorth on Aug 3, 2015 23:05:27 GMT
When you're in a hole stop digging!
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Post by fitz on Aug 4, 2015 0:37:23 GMT
When you're in a hole stop digging! most Not order more shovels and extend the dig site. Embarrassing. I feel for Colm O'Neill who is real true reflection of I reckon most fans idea of footballer, sportsman and a man a county is proud to have represent them. 3 cruciate injuries and back each time for more. Brilliant in drawn game, only ok in replay but from reports maybe the only Cork player who really stood up against Kildare. We want to be seeing more of this man and his type,ahem, not against us mind not this pitiful drivel the county board is perpetuating. Imagine 8 days to produce such a draft, not a knee jerk to lean on. O'Neill is a model player on the pitch in conduct and attitude, Cork need him cloned and fast. Cork and Kildare football teams are psychologically asphyxiated.
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Post by leesider on Aug 4, 2015 8:23:56 GMT
I can only agree with all of what is said here. I can tell you that Cork people are laughing harder than anyone outside the county. Toe-curlingly embarrassing is how I would describe it.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Aug 4, 2015 10:53:04 GMT
Kerry legend and GAA pundit Pat Spillane has taken a swipe at the Cork County Board for blaming a refereeing decision which cost them a place in this season's All-Ireland semi-finals.
The board issued a statement yesterday defending the record of former football manager Brian Cuthbert who stepped down during the week after his side's eight-point loss to Kildare. The board claim Cuthbert has continued to be subjected to "regular unjustified and personalised abusive criticism from certain elements of the media" since he stepped down. The statement describes referee Padraig Hughes' decision to award Kerry a penalty after James O'Donoghue and Mark Collins collided as "totally wrong". While that can't be argued with, a county board would rarely record such a sentiment in this fashion. They also claimed that the call cost the Rebels a place in the last four of the All-Ireland series as they would have faced minnow Fermanagh in the last eight. Speaking on RTÉ 2fm’s Game On yesterday evening, Sunday World columnist Spillane slammed the statement. “The whole statement is a complete joke, really,” he said. “It’s laughable. “First of all, blaming the referee for possibly costing them a place in an All-Ireland semi-final — I would agree that it probably wasn’t a penalty but let’s deal with facts, it was awarded with 20 minutes to go in the drawn match, it made the game a draw. “After that, Cork had two great chances from frees and they failed, so that argument doesn’t hold water. “In the replay, the weather conditions were the same for both teams and Kerry won because they learned more from the drawn game. People will say that a seven-day turnaround was difficult but Kildare, who were humiliated by Dublin in the Leinster championship, had a six-day turnaround to play Longford and they won it, so I don’t accept that. “Yes, Brian Cuthbert is a gentleman, but I think that statement serves no purpose at all. Releasing a statement blaming a referee for costing them a place in an All-Ireland semi-final —come off it.” Spillane feels that Cork could benefit from getting a manager in from outside the county. “Brian was unlucky in that a lot of senior players retired,” he said, “but the county has had a lot of U21 success and the potential is there, I wonder if it might be time for Cork to look outside the county. “The bigger problem is that, in the successful counties, Kilkenny in hurling, Kerry in football and even Donegal in recent years, nobody knows who the chairman or secretary is. The manager is given greater control and they are the better for it.”
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Post by aranteorainn on Aug 4, 2015 11:08:01 GMT
Hard to know which is more embarrassing for us , Kildare or this, but at least Kildare was a football game. Something amiss at CCB level.
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Post by kerrygold on Aug 4, 2015 11:11:59 GMT
Unbelievable response from Cork, it lends real credence to claims made by Donal Og on TSG last weekend.
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Post by fitz on Aug 4, 2015 11:49:09 GMT
I feel for Padraig Hughes, he made a mistake and then Brolly drags him through the mire and continuous bad publicity. It's quite unfair.
To be honest he's probably got more press than Sluddser, who ignored a chance to rectify the decision, the worst fcuk up in possibly the history of refereeing. Hughes error has been magnified beyond any reasonable debate.
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Post by Joxer on Aug 4, 2015 13:07:02 GMT
But Leesider & Aranteorainn, is there anyone going to take on the CCB on this from within Cork Gaa? The statement would seem to indicate they live in a different planet than most Cork Gaa supporters of my acquantance at least but they seem to be happy there, and nobody disturbs them. I think it was Barry O'Shea said that if the KCB came out with a statement like that, they would have to resign en-masse and that's not too far off the mark. Ridiculous stuff of itself but if they believe it and that all problems would have been avoided if Padraig Hughes had not given that penalty, then the future for Cork ain't going to be so good...unless somebody has the b**ls to take these people on. Not only would Cork have won the Munster final, they would have beaten whoever was put in front of them in the semi-final! Not our problem of course and cause of much humour around the country but for genuine Cork Gaa people, this is surely the last straw?
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Post by Hicser on Aug 4, 2015 13:13:10 GMT
Absolute madness by Cork GAA, I hear they could be in trouble with Croke park for those comments. Their Magic 8 ball must have the answers to all life questions,
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Post by jackiel on Aug 4, 2015 13:16:11 GMT
Am I the only one who thinks we should just move on , we've another match played since and a semi final coming up. Let Cork at it, mistakes happen as we know to our cost but there's no point wasting energy moaning about their moaning. Onwards & upwards I say.
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Post by animal on Aug 4, 2015 13:18:30 GMT
When I first heard about the statement I was sure it was a wind-up, Waterford Whispers stuff. I'd love to know who signed off on this or did someone do a solo run? Hugely embarrassing and entirely unnecessary.
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Post by Jo90 on Aug 4, 2015 13:30:39 GMT
The GAA have just announced a €5 million loan to the Cork county board on condition that they remove their recent statement from the Cork GAA website. The loan doesn't need to be paid off if Cork fail to make it to a highly sought after semi-final spot in 2016.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 14:26:27 GMT
Cork have nobody to them only themselves for not beating Kerry.Kildare hammered them no excuse for that.Cuthbert was never good enough.Sore Losers
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Post by Joxer on Aug 4, 2015 15:19:09 GMT
To be fair nacrocaigh, that's a bit of nonsense to say 'Cuthbert was never good enough'...statements like the above from CCB if nothing else shows what type of people he was dealing with in the CCB. Cuthbert took Cork to two NFL finals and within seconds of winning a Munster title. Margins can be tight between winning and losing but if the structures and supports are wrong, no matter how good someone is as a coach, they will ultimately fail. I don't honestly know how good or otherwise Cuthbert is as a coach but saying he 'was never good enough' is unfair to the man. It would be interesting to see him turn up in another county..Tipp maybe?
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Post by glengael on Aug 4, 2015 16:27:55 GMT
The GAA have just announced a €5 million loan to the Cork county board on condition that they remove their recent statement from the Cork GAA website. The loan doesn't need to be paid off if Cork fail to make it to a highly sought after semi-final spot in 2016. I knew twas John Delaney I spotted on the train to Cork the other day!!! Fair play to him for sharing his expertise.
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Post by ballynamona on Aug 4, 2015 18:35:20 GMT
Remember that line from American Beauty "I refuse to be a victim". Frank and the boys should watch it.
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Post by baurtregaum on Aug 4, 2015 19:04:58 GMT
Am I the only one who thinks we should just move on , we've another match played since and a semi final coming up. Let Cork at it, mistakes happen as we know to our cost but there's no point wasting energy moaning about their moaning. Onwards & upwards I say. 100% Let them off sure
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Post by southward on Aug 4, 2015 20:40:41 GMT
No harm if Spillane kept his oar out and all.
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Post by Jigz84 on Aug 19, 2015 9:18:27 GMT
www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/cork-delegates-blast-county-board-that-statement-you-wouldnt-see-it-in-father-ted-691701.htmlCork delegates blast County Board: ‘That statement, you wouldn’t see it in Father Ted’ Delegates at a meeting of Cork County Board last night made the most of their opportunity to express dissatisfaction at the recent statement regarding outgoing Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert. The Cork Board were strongly criticised for the reference they made to Padraig Hughes in the statement, saying: “It is quite probable that but for a totally wrong refereeing decision in that game, Cork would now be in an All-Ireland semi-final.” Hughes had awarded Kerry a contentious penalty in the drawn Munster SFC final to level the match midway through the second half, and the Kingdom went on to win the replay. The Irish Examiner reports that last night delegates delivered some scathing assessments of the statement. “I know you made an apology,” said Shamrocks delegate Patrick Andrews. “But, at the time, that statement was an embarrassment to Cork GAA, you wouldn’t see it in Father Ted.” “All of you on the executive must realise it was an appalling blunder, there was no other way of describing it,” Frank McCarthy of Ballincollig said. “It was eight days later, it wasn’t compiled overnight, no reporter put a microphone in front of anybody unexpectedly. “You have embarrassed the county, you let us down deplorably, and no apology this late will excuse what you did.” Last week the County Board wrote to Hughes to clarify their statement. Cork PRO Edmond Forrest said: “It was unfortunate that part of the statement issued in support of the retired manager Brian Cuthbert was interpreted as criticism of the referee. That was never our intention.” This did nothing to calm the anger of the club delegates, who compared Cork’s statement unfavourably with Tipperary’s tribute to their outgoing hurling manager Eamon O’Shea. Tipperary made a statement thanking Eamon O’Shea and it was classy, there was nothing like in our one,” Andrews said. Former Cork goalkeeper Donal Og Cusack, who disparaged the structures in Cork on The Sunday Game, also came in for condemnation from the delegates. “I had a problem with the Sunday Game, an analyst paid by the taxpayer, calling the likes of ourselves names,” said Lyre delegate Patrick Murphy. “I have never been a yes-man and, if people like them or not, that’s it.” During the meeting a committee was formed to find the new county football manager. Former Cork All-Ireland SFC medallists John Coleman, John O’Driscoll and Nicholas Murphy will search for a successor to Cuthbert. The appointments of new minor hurling and football managers were delayed, and it was confirmed that the senior hurling manager position is not vacant, as Jimmy Barry Murphy remains in place at this time.
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Post by kerrygold on Aug 19, 2015 10:16:58 GMT
It certainly must be one of the most flawed statements from a county board in the history of the association.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Aug 19, 2015 10:28:54 GMT
Was talking about it this morning with some club mates of the Carrigaline man and nobody in Carrigaline believes Nicholas and Frank will agree on anything but their last names. They could have literally picked any 3 random people in Cork for the committee as it is clear who will make the final decision. I wonder though why these 3 men were chosen. Coleman has a minor and senior medal (Cork's 70's revival and also played rugby with Munster), O'Driscoll has two medals (Cork's 1989 and 1990) and Murphy has 1 (2010), but apart from that I fail to see what qualifies them to choose the next manager. Have they just gone through a list of former all Ireland medal winners and chose one from each epoch of Cork success? And if they do come up with a manager that isn't acceptable to Mr. Frank Murphy will they be able to make the final decision? In reality Frank is looking for a new manager and these 3 are allowed to confirm it and explain why they made the right choice.
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 23, 2015 21:36:48 GMT
Kerry V Cork replay. I say fair dues to the Kerry full back line but they have a big worry with Kealy in goal. Most times when he goes to hick out the ball they can expect him to have some type of miss kick, be it over the side-line or screwing it along the ground. It is very hard for a full back line to always play so well again when there cannot be confidence in their keeper in doing the basics. I thought Kelly was better and there is always Ryan from Rathmore. Next to Killian Young. Simple message, DO NOT show your weak points. If you cannot solo, do not solo and stop bringing the ball into the tackle. He is a very good player but .... Johnny Buckley. Don't think he has the speed for the wing and of course he cannot tackle or disposes a player. Bryan Sheehan must play because of his free taking ability. Donnacha Walsh does not impress me. I thought his effort to score a goal from Colm Cooper's free kick was poor. Luckily it fell to the vigilant Paul Geaney. Some contributors want Barry John Keane on the starting team. I don't think that he is a team player in that he does not appear to follow team tactics. But he is a very good impact sub. Players not mentioned, some players played well and at least 6 played very well. Two ridiculous incidents were (1) Cian O'Neill appearing to tell Colm Cooper what to do when he was about to come on as a sub. I think at this stage Colm knows more than most what to do on the field. (2) The second item was Man Of The Match. The 2 bad foot passes alone should have ruled him out. Is there something incorrect in the coaching in Dr Crokes set-up. There must be very little defending coaching done in that it appears that Fitzgerald, Buckley and O'Leary are incapable to either tackle or disposes an opponent with the ball. I suppose we cannot complain as Crokes gave us Colm Cooper - the most skilful player playing Gaelic football. Most people would disagree with you brigid after today
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on Aug 24, 2015 8:55:05 GMT
The battle that Kerry had to come through in the Munster Final stood to them so well yesterday. Once again, Tomás O'Sé is due alot of credit for finding a way to get Cork to produce one performance.............
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Post by wayupnorth on Aug 24, 2015 9:32:13 GMT
The battle that Kerry had to come through in the Munster Final stood to them so well yesterday. Once again, Tomás O'Sé is due alot of credit for finding a way to get Cork to produce one performance............. "The rain falls equally on the just and the unjust"...but yes the replay did stand to us both in terms of the extra competitive match and the knowledge that we would thrive in those conditions. I don't think Tomas is enough of a prophet to have been able to foresee that!
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