Qualifier - Cork v Laois

[AZOffaly]

Fuckity f**k f**k. We need a win against one of the top teams. We've pushed the likes of Waterford, Galway, Tipperary, Dublin and now Cork all the way in the last 3 or 4 years, but no wins.

Great effort by the lads today, but that's all she wrote for another year, one that's going to be opened in Division 2.

[Reillers]

Lucky, very lucky. Deserved it in the end. Yes when you consider we were against the wind in the first half and with 14 men for 50 mins it wasn't a bad result. But still not good enough in the end. A better team would have put us away. Donal Og made a really important save, we looked comfortable with 15 to go but they got a goal out of know where.

[Bud Wiser]

What is the point in Cork having to Play the likes of Laois?
Cork will win by at least 25 points and Laois hurling will be further down in the doldrums.
If the G.A.A. are serious about promoting hurling in the weaker counties surly this would be considered a miss match if this was boxing the game would not be even let yake place.
I would like to see an All Ireland B Championship with the top two teams Qualify for the quarter finals of the All Ireland proper.

The match with Galway and Cork last night was some mismatch.  At least in Laois they are not delusional enough to think that they are in the elite group of top counties when they clearly know they are not.

[deiseach]

Huh. When Laois shipped ten goals against Cork I thought 'thank God we'll never be that bad again'. Talk about bad karma

[AZOffaly]

Huh. When Laois shipped ten goals against Cork I thought 'thank God we'll never be that bad again'. Talk about bad karma

But sure ye weren't. Ye only conceded 7. And we lost by more to Kilkenny back in 2005 or whatever it was. 6-28 they scored that day.

[deiseach]

Huh. When Laois shipped ten goals against Cork I thought 'thank God we'll never be that bad again'. Talk about bad karma

But sure ye weren't. Ye only conceded 7. And we lost by more to Kilkenny back in 2005 or whatever it was. 6-28 they scored that day.

You're clearly a glass-half-full kinda guy, AZ

[AZOffaly]

I'm telling you, when you are standing on Hill 16, and looking down at the Canal End where the scoreboard and the time of day clock are side by side, your perspective can change when the team you are playing against (Kilkenny) is drawing with the time, 6-28 to 5-31. At least at 5-30 yesterday, the time was still winning

[AQMP]

Lads, in Antrim we've been there several times and in fact were there again over the weekend (even if observers thought 19 points flattered Limerick a wee bit).  Some of the scorelines from the late 40s early 50s were scary.  I think Wexford scored something ridiculous like 12-17 against us about 1954/55.  Nicky Rackard scored 7-7 (when they stopped counting)

[laoislad]

Huh. When Laois shipped ten goals against Cork I thought 'thank God we'll never be that bad again'. Talk about bad karma

But sure ye weren't. Ye only conceded 7. And we lost by more to Kilkenny back in 2005 or whatever it was. 6-28 they scored that day.

Tipp eased up against Waterford,they could easily have gotten a few more goals,Cork didn't ease up against Laois.

[Blowitupref]

Huh. When Laois shipped ten goals against Cork I thought 'thank God we'll never be that bad again'. Talk about bad karma

But sure ye weren't. Ye only conceded 7. And we lost by more to Kilkenny back in 2005 or whatever it was. 6-28 they scored that day.

Tipp eased up against Waterford,they could easily have gotten a few more goals,Cork didn't ease up against Laois.

Where you at the game Laoislad?

[stickman2011]

lads,people need to stop blaming the system and look at the different training methods teams have.dublin are obviously doing big weights cos theyre just bullying teams off da ball!!!donal o grady spends 20 mins in training with limerick doing hooks and blocks (10mins hooks,10mins blocks) and i was at a galway training last tuesday (they were goin a bit lighter than usual after da game agenst cork)but they do about an hour practising match situations....look at their last 2 matches,its working for them

[heffo]

lads,people need to stop blaming the system and look at the different training methods teams have.dublin are obviously doing big weights cos theyre just bullying teams off da ball!

Really? How would you rate their stick work and first touch - given they don't work on this in training at all?

[heffo]

Look at these two fellas, as Babs Keating once said if you asked them to shorten a hurl the'd cut the wrong end!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73bA-2LSdBE