2019 All Ireland Football Qualifiers

[Laois Rising]

Huge positivism back in Cork football. In challenge games leading up to Munster final were playing well and brought that form into Munster Final. With getting Laois in draw their tails will be up. Ruairi Deane is probably one of the quickest centre forwards in country and not afraid to run directly at goal. Interesting to see if Laois drop a permanent sweeper in front of full back line to try counter act these runs. Collins Connolly Hurley will cause problems for full back line. Cork midfield competed well with Kerry so huge challenge ahead of Lillis and O'Loughlin- I think our midfield partnership performance has been consistently good this year and hopefully that will ring true again next weekend. Where we have a chance is if our forwards click. They have improved with each championship game-the Kingstons, Murphy and Carroll all capable of scoring heavily when on song. If they do there won't be too much between the sides come the final whistle.   

[Helix.]

Huge positivism back in Cork football. In challenge games leading up to Munster final were playing well and brought that form into Munster Final. With getting Laois in draw their tails will be up. Ruairi Deane is probably one of the quickest centre forwards in country and not afraid to run directly at goal. Interesting to see if Laois drop a permanent sweeper in front of full back line to try counter act these runs. Collins Connolly Hurley will cause problems for full back line. Cork midfield competed well with Kerry so huge challenge ahead of Lillis and O'Loughlin- I think our midfield partnership performance has been consistently good this year and hopefully that will ring true again next weekend. Where we have a chance is if our forwards click. They have improved with each championship game-the Kingstons, Murphy and Carroll all capable of scoring heavily when on song. If they do there won't be too much between the sides come the final whistle.   

Didn't laois play Cork in challenge before Westmeath match? At least they'd have some knowledge of Cork beforehand. Won't be much in the final score hopefully 👍🏻

[oneflewoverthecuckoonest]

in the draw this morning, I was hoping for Galway, Cork , Cavan in that order.
Most Laois people seemed to want Cavan, I did not because they had in the bank rock solid wins over Monaghan and Armagh and might be a step ahead of Laois.
I would have taken Galway first because the word is that Walsh has lost the dressing room and they would be vulnerable if you kept with them for 50 mins.

Cork is a so-so outfit..........forget about the challenge games  and the freakish win against Limerick, 3-3 in 5 minutes ended that game.  Overall Cork have the same professional losers in this team that have been knocking about for the last 3 or 4 years.

They done OK against Kerry, but I believe Kerry always fancied they would do enough to win and did not go gungho like in 2018. One fact is that after 58 minutes of the Munster final, the game was a draw and in the remaining 12 minutes plus stoppage time, Kerry, also down a man, won that period by 3 points and when all is said and done Cork only scored 13 times in that game.

Stripped back I think this is still the same moderate Cork team of recent years, confidence could be brittle and if Laois are up for the battle, we might have the appetite to see it out and wrestle a win.

[Leixlad]

Thurles Saturday 5pm, bring it on 

[Don Draper]

Thurles Saturday 5pm, bring it on 

Revenge for the U21 Final defeat.

[The PRO]

Thurles Saturday 5pm, bring it on 

Revenge for the U21 Final defeat.

Did you have to bring that up? Still have nightmares about that one. We were so much the better team.and chucked it away.

[Don Draper]

Thurles Saturday 5pm, bring it on 

Revenge for the U21 Final defeat.

Did you have to bring that up? Still have nightmares about that one. We were so much the better team.and chucked it away.

Revenge for Sean Ban Breathnach?

[on the hop]

Thurles Saturday 5pm, bring it on 

Revenge for the U21 Final defeat.

Did you have to bring that up? Still have nightmares about that one. We were so much the better team.and chucked it away.

Revenge for Sean Ban Breathnach?

never forgotten

[Silkyskillssunshinee]

I'd like to see O'Carroll back in the team against Cork. Munnelly did decent, but O'Carroll on form is a potential game winner.

I'd also like to see Sean Byrne in from the start. He was excellent when he came on against Derry.

[SCFC]

Totally depends which Cork team turn up.

The way they played against an admittedly lethargic Kerry team in the Munster final would be a cause for concern but they can be absolutely terrible at times.

They'll definitely be delighted with the draw themselves and a shot at the Super 8's.

On our team, it would be great if Begley or Timmons became available. I think Scully must start and Evan might edge Ross out next day. Where was Boyle Saturday? Went from starting v Derry to outside the 26. Injured?

[Heshs Umpire]

We'll probably need a minimum of two goals to beat Cork. Would be great to see Donie closer to the goal for that purpose alone. Or maybe the brother can repeat the feat of last year against Westmeath!

[Unlaoised]

Not the draw I wanted I fear the pace of Cork big time .
Still never going to be easy no matter who .

I know it couldn't have happened but I'd have loved another wrap at Meath
I think Clare will beat them

[Tony]

I think it's the perfect draw, in the sense that, Cork are ahead of us on paper, yet they're not in the very top 6 counties in the country. What I mean by that, is, they're a good test to see if we're at that level, yet. If we beat them, we deserve to be in the Super 8's. If we don't beat them, then it means we're not on that level yet, and we work on ourselves for 2020. As Sugrue likes to say, it's a test to measure ourselves against better opposition and see where we're at. It really is bonus territory, now, in my opinion. But it'd be some achievement to get to the Super 8's, no matter what happens. If we beat Cork, then we certainly deserve to be there. My prediction is a 4 to 6 point victory for Cork - I think they'll have too much for us currently, but let's see how we measure up on Saturday.

[Jellyfish]

Does anybody know how the injuries are coming along or if Timmons, Begley or Boyle are fit enough for game time at the weekend?

[Don Draper]

Does anybody know how the injuries are coming along or if Timmons, Begley or Boyle are fit enough for game time at the weekend?

Timmons - No
Other two will be marginal calls on the day.