Cork V Tyrone NFL

[cusack]

Masters likes to be handed the ball. Neither having the physique or the speed to win his own ball. When he gets it, if he is given an inch on his left he can swing it over from the right hand corner flag. Can not kick with the right. Entrusted with the free taking, he can have good days but 45s are outside his range.

james did take a nice point from play, off his right.

yes this was one cork had to win, with relegation looming and all that.  plus after the bollicking they got in the dressing room following the kerry game, each one of them was out to prove a point.

with all the talk of tyrone being down in numbers, missing brian mcguigan, brian dooher, ryan mcmeniman, &Co......there's no mention that cork are in a similar boat.  no nicholas murphy (MF - flu), graham canty (FB - not yet back from cruciate), alan quirke (G - still on crutches after keyhole surgery)........all all-star nominees last year, with nicholas obviously getting the midfield spot.........pearse o'neill (CF/MF - broke bone in hand in last outing v kerry), add to that, the injured pair of fintan gould and john hayes, and david niblock away in the states, and you've a fair chunk of last years starting 15 missing!

[Kerry Mike]

Jaysus 2 weeks ago Cork could only kick 2 points against us, some turn around yesterday kicking 15 of them agin Tyrone. Where did this improvement come from?

I think Tyrone after a recent string of easy wins went into this game a little too cocky and were caught by the langers on a good day.

But then Cork always have a least one good game in them per year, maybe Billy has them peaking very early this year  

[timmykelleher]

Hiya Cusack,
As you say I seem to have got it wrong that Masters could not kick with his right. 
I also doubted Kevin O'Sullivan and Dermot Hurley, both of whom were mentioned in the Tribune as playing really well.
Not only that but I wasn't giving Cork much chance of winning, not too mention handing out a hiding.

What chance Hurley and O'Sullivan making the chamnpionship team?

[cusack]

kerry mike, cork may only have scored 2 points that day, but we still only lost by 3, so it doesnt say much for ye either, does it?

re. your question timmy:

dermot hurley showed on saturday that he is definately worth his inclusion in the panel.  will surely lose out to the midfield pairing of nicholas and derek kavanagh, come championship though.  i would've faulted him previously for poor distribution, but i can't recall any of his kick passes going astray the other night.  i was impressed with how he glued himself to Sean Cavanagh.  Remember him at one stage when the ball was breaking around midfield, how when a tyrone fella eventually won posession, and Dermot straight away turned, found sean cavanagh, and sprinted around 50 yards to be at his side.  (all the lazy cork yokes, living 10 minutes from pairc ui rinn, watching on tele, wouldn't have seen any of that)  He tracked goal side of Sean all the time, not allowing him make his trade mark bursts forward, setting up play.

Kevin O'Sullivan, if he plays consistently, couldn't be far off it.  lost his place last year after an off day v limerick.

[sam03/05]

I think Cork could be dark horses for an all ireland this year.
In my opinion they have 6 of the best defenders in Ireland - when you count in Canty