Excuses, excuses.
They lost to a team who will likely pose little threat to Ballyboden in the semi.
A Munster team has not won an AI club since 03 and contested just 3 finals since then. In the recent years, it’s the poor relative of club football.
Considering Nemo, who needed 2 replays and won 4 games by less than 2 point in Cork, your argument is flawed as they hammered the Kerry reps.
Cork championships biggest issue is momentum. The dual thing hurts both codes. You could see Nemo get going once they had a run.
The Nire & Stradbally from Waterford are decent sides. Clonmel, L-C, Moyle etc in Tipp are all handy sides. Kerrys depth is impressive but sinces Crokes dip their best is not what it was.
If Clonmel fail to win in the semi final this year it will be Munster’s sixth year in a row without a win against a side from another province at club level.
That doesn’t make sense.
Gonna be some shock to Ballymun when they realise they’re in an All Ireland semi final.
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But Munster club football is the poor relative here, so what if they found it difficult coming out of Cork.
You don’t even know who is playing, you dimbat.
Clonmel are too young as of now to win the AI. Their age profile and talent pool gives them long term chance of doing so though.
If the Cork changes to championships and dates work out god help ye all.
Stop making excuses you ignorant fool.
The gripes you have about the Cork Championship likely exists in other county championships.
You’re here bigging up the Cork and Kerry championships on a regular basis yet when push comes to shove they are found wanting at a national level.
That’s just a fact.
Well in Nemos case they were in must win games in late april/early may. Nobody else in the competition has that. Being in shit county championships like Armagh and being able to start late is not a luxury Nemo or anyone has.
However the standard has dropped. No doubt about that. And Munster is behind Leinster. Leinster has a bit of depth and quality. Ulster is more about Cross. Take them out and its average over the last 15 years.
I wouldn’t expect you to understand what it takes to compete in adult amateur sport.
The same happened in Tyrone. Errigal Ciaran, Carrickmore and Clonoe were all gone in May after first round exits.
Carrickmore were the 2014 runners up. Clonoe the 2013 champions and Errigal the 2012 champions.
That doesn’t mean anything to the Tyrone championship though. It’s hard to win but I think Omagh are the only club in the county capable of competing for an AI.
Can you square that particular belief off with the one you have of Kerry and Cork having no advantage at county level coming through Munster.
No doubt about Cross have a handy path through Armagh but it’s more a psychological thing at this stage than an ability gap. Cross still have to go and win a very competitive Ulster club championship though, their record in the AI series is better than their record in Ulster though.
But no relegation.
You might elaborate on the relegation part.
Relegation is the huge difference. No relegation in IC football. And considering nobody else gives a fuck about their provincial title it doesn’t make it sensible for ulster counties to target.
Something i now believe Tyrone have copped on to and have adjusted accordingly.
If you lose your first game in Cork you are in the relegation minefield. So everybodies forst game is firstly about ensuring survival. There is no seeding so a relegation group could be very difficult depending on the year. St. Finbarrs got relegated and very competitive leading teams like Douglas, Bishopstown have ended up there. It means you have to start preparing very early. Leagues which also have relegation and are becoming increasingly important start in middle of february.
Thankfully now they are changing things up.
But for instance Austin Stacks, AI semi finalists last season, are now in a relegation battle in Kerry.
Teams are relegated from pretty much every county championship, sometimes it’s a different criteria - league position etc which can be a big issue for teams with county players missing through the year and so on.
This year’s Tyrone champions were intermediate runners up last year. In many ways the Kerry Championship is programmed so they can give their representatives the best possible rattle at winning an AI.
It’s a blatant double standard for you to say Crossmaglen are successful because they have it handy in Armagh and the ease of the Munster Championship has little to do with Kerry and Cork reaching the latter stages of the Championship with regularity.
I don’t think that MacAuley shoulder was nasty. Awful outcome for the chap to get a broken jaw though.
Correct, but not Mayo and Derry clubs.
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Feel sorry for Portlaoise…played lovely football i thought and were better team… Ball into full forward line was class and very difficult for fullback line to cover…actually thought Rodgers caused Boden a lot of problems…thought he was fouled a lot in second half without getting the frees…boden are a dogged team and never give up… yet Another game where they score around 1-12 mark…the older basquel should be back the next day and maybe Dotsy…they have a right chance of winning the whole thing…not a vintage crossmaglen team and Castlebar are from mayo so finals in croke park mightn’t be their thing…