Ya Cork went ape over it, but it was correct call
Have Cork apologised for their shameful behaviour yesterday? Theyâve set camogie back 6 or 7 years.
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Just heard about that now, fucking despicable carry on, whoâs being credited with that stupid idea?
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To 1958.
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Ann Downey said on the Six One news that Cork have been known to do it before. A member of Corkâs backroom team last year was on TFK posting about Kilkenny being very skilful but brittle mentally heretofore so Iâd say Cork hatched a plan to try to intimidate them from the get go. They got sent home with their tea in a flask though.
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What happened?
Isnât there a couple if those cork âladiesâ laying blocks for a living? Christ you can imagine the big rough hands on them and they using their size and bullish strength to physically intimidate their much smaller prettier and more feminine opponent. Rotten bitches. They got it up the arse tho tbank God.
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Butt of the hurl surely?
They didnât, at least not management, no way. i suspect there was some internal player chatter (more than a plan) and it got out of hand with a couple of younger/immature players. There was one point where one particular older player had a cut off AT for mouthing.
KK were determined not to be bullied and kept their eye on the prize. Clearly (goes with without saying really) that KK won the mental battle. All sports have a mental battle element, but if you let it become a big deal you are fucked. Cork had their ey taken off the prize.
its camogie mate, there is no prize
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The England rugby team engaged in similar mind games nonsense before the 2003 Grand Slam game against Ireland and proceeded to completely demolish their opponents.
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True dat.
They were significantly superior rugby players and team. Not compareable.
You canât compare camogie with rugby football.
Those Kilkenny girls were âfemmes formidablesâ.
You sure?
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England had lost their previous three Grand Slam deciders and had a history of failing in big games - there were serious mental question marks about them up to that point.
The Cork camogie team were proven All-Ireland winners.
England engaged in exactly the sort of bullshit mind games you were going on about and won easily.
The 1984 and 2006 All-Ireland semi-finals saw Tyrone and Mayo respectively take the Hill 16 end for the warm up and on both occasions Dublin went to the same end with the same predictable handbags occurring.
In 1984 Dublin won well and were seen in the media as having asserted their authority by not conceding the Hill 16 end. In 2006 Dublin lost and a narrative was constructed that they showed mental weakness by not going to the Canal End instead.
In 2003 Tommy Lyons held his players back on the pitch at half-time to allow Armagh go into the tunnel alone, so as to prevent any incident. Dublin led 0-8 to 0-4. Armagh destroyed Dublin in the second half and Lyons was rounded on in the media for âshowing Armagh that Dublin were afraid of themâ.
In the All-Ireland final the same year Mickey Harte held the Tyrone players back on the pitch at half-time to allow Armagh go into the tunnel alone, so as to prevent any incident. Tyrone led 0-8 to 0-4. Tyrone closed out the game to win the All-Ireland and Harte was roundly praised by the media for what he had done at half-time as âdisplaying sensible management in order to avoid a confrontationâ.
All narratives constructed backwards from the result, and all bullshit.
What happened before the throw in in the camogie had fuck all effect on the result.
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I only read first and last lines.
Agree with last one. Won & lost way before that. That was just a rare insight into the mental preperation of some of the players. Nothing more.
The rest makes you look like a lunatic.
Really. Do please expand on why.
The match wasnât won and lost well before that. It was won and lost over the following 60 minutes.