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Originally posted by Voice of P ui C:
(1)JBM's youth policy has been a success,he has unearthed some genuine talent ,and there is more in the county, which I daresay he has his eye on

Originally posted by About a Bicycle:
Pa can win it alright, but he can't do anything with it.

Originally posted by Rebel CNC:
In fairness to D Walsh and to the much maligned under age managers, I don't think any diamonds had gone unnoticed until JBM came onto the scene to "discover" them.

Originally posted by Turenne:
The likes of Stephen Moylan, Darren McCarthy and Daniel Kearney were around, and ignored, when DW was in charge.

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Originally posted by Turenne:
The likes of Stephen Moylan, Darren McCarthy and Daniel Kearney were around, and ignored, when DW was in charge.

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Originally posted by Turenne:
...sweet jaysus...

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Originally posted by Voice of P ui C:
NEGATIVES----(1) Unable, to select a settled team for successive games,partly due to a lack of marquee players for key positions.
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(2)Have a word with the powers that be with regards to the refereeing standards in our local games. Our current players can't cope with the physical (not dirty) nature of the game being played in other counties.

Originally posted by About a Bicycle:

If you were Anthony Cunningham on Sunday, would Pa Cronin been the top of your worry list?

Originally posted by NYcat:
I am a cat but my father(RIP) was from Cork and we both loved skillful hurlers.I think JBM and Cork achieved a lot this year and I expect Cork to win an AI in the next 2 or 3 years.The only missing ingredients are a stronger work ethic especially in the front 8, better mental concentration for the entire 70 minutes, a willingness to take the physical punishment and a more united Board, team and supporters.JBM has created greater competition for places which is key. I liked Kearney and Sweetnam a lot and the forwards are skillful. If JBM takes a leaf out of Cody's book he will motivate the skillful players to compete physically. On the Kilkenny team, Power, Ritchie Hogan, Brian Hogan, Rice and TJ Reid took a while before they could stand up to the punishment. It was players like Lyng, Comerford and Taggy who were the real leaders; always got stuck in from the beginning and worked harder than their more skillful colleagues.Vs Galway,the Cork forwards properly challenged the Galway backs in the first half - the first time I have seen this in years - but provided no resistance in the 2nd half. I would put the 2nd half down to the natural mental tiredness of going through the qualifiers. There were only 1 and 2 week intervals between 4 games; even Kilkenny needed the 3 weeks after Dublin. In fact, I was impressed at how Cork coped with the 1 week rests for offaly and Wexford.Remember that Dublin hammered Galway in June of last year. It was that humiliation which led to their revival this year. In fact Dublin played a key role in reviving Kilkenny in 2011 with the League final hammering. A lot of the same Galway players are plaing at a much higher tempo in 2012. There is no reason why Horgan, O'Sullivan, Lehane, Coughlin, Kearney, Sweetnam, Cahillane and the others to be found can't similarly raise their game.Th Waterford game was a good strategy and was reminiscent of JBM in 1999 - outpoint them in the last 10 minutes.

Originally posted by NYcat:
I am a cat but my father(RIP) was from Cork and we both loved skillful hurlers.I think JBM and Cork achieved a lot this year and I expect Cork to win an AI in the next 2 or 3 years.The only missing ingredients are a stronger work ethic especially in the front 8, better mental concentration for the entire 70 minutes, a willingness to take the physical punishment and a more united Board, team and supporters.JBM has created greater competition for places which is key. I liked Kearney and Sweetnam a lot and the forwards are skillful. If JBM takes a leaf out of Cody's book he will motivate the skillful players to compete physically. On the Kilkenny team, Power, Ritchie Hogan, Brian Hogan, Rice and TJ Reid took a while before they could stand up to the punishment. It was players like Lyng, Comerford and Taggy who were the real leaders; always got stuck in from the beginning and worked harder than their more skillful colleagues.Vs Galway,the Cork forwards properly challenged the Galway backs in the first half - the first time I have seen this in years - but provided no resistance in the 2nd half. I would put the 2nd half down to the natural mental tiredness of going through the qualifiers. There were only 1 and 2 week intervals between 4 games; even Kilkenny needed the 3 weeks after Dublin. In fact, I was impressed at how Cork coped with the 1 week rests for offaly and Wexford.Remember that Dublin hammered Galway in June of last year. It was that humiliation which led to their revival this year. In fact Dublin played a key role in reviving Kilkenny in 2011 with the League final hammering. A lot of the same Galway players are plaing at a much higher tempo in 2012. There is no reason why Horgan, O'Sullivan, Lehane, Coughlin, Kearney, Sweetnam, Cahillane and the others to be found can't similarly raise their game.Th Waterford game was a good strategy and was reminiscent of JBM in 1999 - outpoint them in the last 10 minutes.

Originally posted by Frankel:
.... The minor's this year looked poor Clare murdered them, there surely are better players in Cork coming up.

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