u/bluepilt10

Yet another year where Cork don’t win Liam McCarthy and now it’s going to be at least 22 years which is a poor statistic given a county with their history. The same thing arose as did with the all Ireland last year, they didn’t show up in the second half and they’re under new management and have new players so is a pattern of them falling flat in second halves really down to the set up? As far as next year goes, even getting out of Munster is something you might be doubtful of as this could set them back a lot, but this could bring down the hype to although you would have expected last year to do that. They’re not the only ones in this situation either look at KK they need a complete rebuild, again you’d imagine they should win All Ireland’s again to but unlike Cork, they haven’t gotten to finals where they were outright favourites to win or fallen off the wagon in second halves. The question is, where can Cork go from here? As for Galway, it’s great for them to be back in an AI, it’s been a long time now and who knows, maybe they could go all the way depending on whether they get Clare or Limerick.

Had a feeling this was coming after his emotional post match interview against Dublin. Realistically thought what does this do for Kilkenny because the manager isn’t the issue, as Lyng said Kilkenny haven’t produced winning teams in the underage for years. On paper, Eddie Brennan seems like a good replacement but can he get them back to all Ireland success if they don’t have young players coming on. You look at Cork and they have got the players, but they still haven’t won an AI, most likely a contest between them and Limerick this year and they’ve got a manger with a good track record to but they have still yet to end the famine, perhaps it’s a similar situation that Kilkenny find themselves in now