McCarthy admits he does not have backing of Cork hurlers

[Lecale2]

I'm sure his presence on the bench was the difference for Cork U21's on monday.

Sean Og's presence certainly didn't help us!

[anglocelt39]

Think it might be a firm of management consultants you are getting legal opinions from there passedit, because clearly they are telling you what you want to hear, particularly if you were serious in some of your dark mutterings about slander, defamation etc. earlier on.

[DuffleKing]

The worrying thing is that you actually think he is consulting anyone, you dingbat

[anglocelt39]

The worrying thing is that you actually think he is consulting anyone, you dingbat

good god and there I was labouring under the Illusion that Passedit actually, literally, employs a legal affairs department which he consults in putting his postings on here. Thanks for disabusing me of such a silly notion Duffleking. And welcome on board by the way, clearly the future is bright with you coming on board

[stephenite]

Diarmuid O'Sullivan retired also

[longrunsthefox]

...and on they go... 

13 May 2009

Graham Canty insists that the Cork footballers would have carried out their threat to go on strike if the hurling dispute in the county hadn't been resolved.

Canty and his team-mates supported their hurling counterparts during the stand-off, and had promised to join them on strike if Gerald McCarthy hadn't decided to step down.

"We decided as a panel that we weren't going to play championship because we just felt we would be living a lie if we did," the Cork football captain said at the launch of a Bord Gais schools photography competition.

[heffo]

...and on they go... 

13 May 2009

Graham Canty insists that the Cork footballers would have carried out their threat to go on strike if the hurling dispute in the county hadn't been resolved.

Canty and his team-mates supported their hurling counterparts during the stand-off, and had promised to join them on strike if Gerald McCarthy hadn't decided to step down.

"We decided as a panel that we weren't going to play championship because we just felt we would be living a lie if we did," the Cork football captain said at the launch of a Bord Gais schools photography competition.

So aside from the blackguarding of a Cork legend, what's changed?

[longrunsthefox]

...was a schools photography competition and going on about the strike. Is that how Cork GAA is now defined? Could he not have looked forward to the championship?

[Zulu]

Do you think he might have been asked a question about it and answered? There's fellas around here who went on and on and on about the strike long after it had ended or they had anything interesting to say. The words pot, kettle, black spring to mind.

[longrunsthefox]

He could have said we prefer to look forward to the championship but jumped on it like a dog on a bone.

[Zulu]

As did you.

[longrunsthefox]

... well I am a member of the dog family 

[AZOffaly]

Do you think he might have been asked a question about it and answered? There's fellas around here who went on and on and on about the strike long after it had ended or they had anything interesting to say. The words pot, kettle, black spring to mind.

Agree Zulu, that's harsh. We'd be giving out if they refused to answer questions. It might be more politic to say 'We'd prefer not to dwell on the past etc etc', but this bunch of Cork players, football and hurling, seem to be very open in revealing their thoughts. They might be better served not to, but it's harsh to criticise them for answering a question.

[SLIGONIAN]

Is this the most successful thread ever in terms of nr of posts and time its up?

[Bud Wiser]

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