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Wow what a team Cork under 20's are, number 11 who was a sub (must be injured) outstanding talent ran amok , 13 and 14 brilliant players for Cork, their defense and midfield outstanding. It's rare you see Kerry under age get such a hammering but it's not shame against such a class Cork team. Well done to the rebel's.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 18/07/2019 21:02:51    2212924

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Yes a good hammering. Lost by ten points two years ago when Clifford got 2-08. Obviously he was not there tonight. We have changed our team almost completely too though. Finally, this is something to be really positive about. Hate slaps on back when you lose. We played great football tonight. Well coached. Our scores were top drawer. Blake Murphy was superb when he came on. Paul Ring was brilliant at corner back, big O'Callaghan was outstanding... Thrilled with it.. Hopefully being relegated to Division 3 was the lowest point. Now we can genuinely start to get back up competing again..

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 18/07/2019 21:32:00    2212942

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Incredible performance from cork, they were better from 1-15 and looked like they wanted it more. Some of the points were phenomenal.

I know Kerry were missing Clifford and O'Connor from the corresponding minor team but that does not explain why the others looked like they only met for the first time this evening. They have to be more competitive than that, and Jack did not seem to change or do anything. Time for him to step aside and let somebody at it IMO.

Anyway congratulations to Cork who will have turned a few heads tonight and will surely be one of the favourites now. Great group.

GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2105 - 18/07/2019 21:37:52    2212944

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Replying To clondalkindub:  "Wow what a team Cork under 20's are, number 11 who was a sub (must be injured) outstanding talent ran amok , 13 and 14 brilliant players for Cork, their defense and midfield outstanding. It's rare you see Kerry under age get such a hammering but it's not shame against such a class Cork team. Well done to the rebel's."
That was as good a display of football as you will see
O mahoney at full forward is a classs act the way he took some of those points
In fact its a very impressive team the other forwards are good too
a very well coached team looking good now for cork senior football too

rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 18/07/2019 21:39:13    2212945

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Some of the points they kicked were outstanding And the bench was strong too, the goal Murphy who came on scored was class. I didn't feel we played badly they were just so clinical tonight

reithi (Kerry) - Posts: 52 - 18/07/2019 21:49:56    2212949

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Replying To reithi:  "Some of the points they kicked were outstanding And the bench was strong too, the goal Murphy who came on scored was class. I didn't feel we played badly they were just so clinical tonight"
I was at the game and we played brutal, stuck to the ground and second to nearly every ball, I said earlier on over on our own page that if Cork can shackle Donal o'sullivan We wouldn't score enough, and that's how it transpired.

Well done to Cork and best of luck in the semifinal v Tyrone.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 18/07/2019 22:03:40    2212956

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A fantastic performance by Cork - all the best skills of Gaelic football on display. Difficult to assess Kerry - they certainly got over-run tonight.

neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 18/07/2019 22:05:43    2212959

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Delighted with the result. I really fancied Cork to win tonight, as I said on the u20's chat. Cork are usually competitive at this level and even though the last few years the outstanding Kerry minors were peerless, in a couple of those years, Cork were as close to anybody to beating them. Unfortunately in all those years due to a crazy Munster minor competition set up, they didn't even get a back door game.
Anyway, I won't get carried away, as we all know a couple of outstanding players are missing from that Kerry panel. It was just great to see a Cork team confident and believing they can win against Kerry in a big game again.

BaldyBadger (Cork) - Posts: 311 - 18/07/2019 22:23:01    2212972

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Delighted that the death knell being rung for Cork football a matter of weeks ago has been shown to be instead a clarion call to their revival. I for one am excited as a strong rebel county will put many a snug for on edge. Well done Cork.

ponga (Mayo) - Posts: 647 - 18/07/2019 22:27:47    2212974

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Delighted for Cork. Some good fballers.

TheRock2121 (Donegal) - Posts: 1139 - 18/07/2019 22:35:43    2212978

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Replying To GeniusGerry:  "Incredible performance from cork, they were better from 1-15 and looked like they wanted it more. Some of the points were phenomenal.

I know Kerry were missing Clifford and O'Connor from the corresponding minor team but that does not explain why the others looked like they only met for the first time this evening. They have to be more competitive than that, and Jack did not seem to change or do anything. Time for him to step aside and let somebody at it IMO.

Anyway congratulations to Cork who will have turned a few heads tonight and will surely be one of the favourites now. Great group."
I might be wrong but is this not the Kerry side that was beaten by Roscommon in the u17 grade semi final? Tyrone won that competition so maybe this was not a surprise? There was also an u 18 minor final that year, won by Kerry.

catchturnscore (Longford) - Posts: 149 - 18/07/2019 22:54:44    2212988

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Hopefully Jack will be shown the door, filtering away all that minor talent at this stage under him :(

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 18/07/2019 22:57:00    2212990

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A serious hiding of note!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8585 - 18/07/2019 23:31:58    2213000

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Replying To TheHermit:  "Hopefully Jack will be shown the door, filtering away all that minor talent at this stage under him :("
Is he??

Remember he's missing some of those minors, like Clifford and O'Shea because they're stars of the senior team.

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 18/07/2019 23:59:12    2213002

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Replying To catchturnscore:  "I might be wrong but is this not the Kerry side that was beaten by Roscommon in the u17 grade semi final? Tyrone won that competition so maybe this was not a surprise? There was also an u 18 minor final that year, won by Kerry."
No, the team that played tonight had a lot of the same players that won the last minor (u18) championship in 2017. Two notable exceptions of course were David Clifford and Diarmuid O'Connor who are now with the Kerry seniors and are therefore not available to Jack at U20 level.

GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2105 - 19/07/2019 00:48:16    2213006

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Replying To catchturnscore:  "I might be wrong but is this not the Kerry side that was beaten by Roscommon in the u17 grade semi final? Tyrone won that competition so maybe this was not a surprise? There was also an u 18 minor final that year, won by Kerry."
No I don't think it is. David Clifford is still eligible if he wasn't senior. He did not lose at that grade.

BaldyBadger (Cork) - Posts: 311 - 19/07/2019 01:23:31    2213009

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Replying To catchturnscore:  "I might be wrong but is this not the Kerry side that was beaten by Roscommon in the u17 grade semi final? Tyrone won that competition so maybe this was not a surprise? There was also an u 18 minor final that year, won by Kerry."
That U17 Semi Final win by Roscommon over Kerry was 2 years ago so it wouldn't be the same team now at U20 level.

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2154 - 19/07/2019 02:03:48    2213014

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Replying To TheHermit:  "Hopefully Jack will be shown the door, filtering away all that minor talent at this stage under him :("
Seriously....TheHermit.
Filtering away talent? he has coached AI winning teams across 3 decades from underage to senior and back to underage.
The 3 year u20 stint didnt go great largely due to being without the star players from those AI winning teams.

Mark o Connor, David Clifford and Sean o Se were the 3 outstanding minor players from the winning teams and he had to do without them over the years.

Cork and Kerry were around the same level with all players available at minor level , kerry without the star players were not half the team.

It was an awful performance last night anyway. To me it looks like some lads, minor were their prime and havent developed in the same way the Cork lads have. They bullied us and kicked some unbelievable scores.
Jack and his team deserve to be criticized for the performance last night, it was total crap.

But seems like there is going to be a cohort in Kerry happy to see the back of jack , who would be our best senior manager since Micko and has done a lot for kerry underage talent.

Cant see Jack and his management staying on ,no harm in other guys getting a go but seems like an "Et tu Brute" moment where Jack's achievements are easily forgotten.

See another county's gain after this though.

woops (Kerry) - Posts: 2073 - 19/07/2019 08:47:13    2213033

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Replying To catchturnscore:  "I might be wrong but is this not the Kerry side that was beaten by Roscommon in the u17 grade semi final? Tyrone won that competition so maybe this was not a surprise? There was also an u 18 minor final that year, won by Kerry."
No, it's the team that won the last U18 minor championship, hammering Derry in the final. Clifford is a huge loss from that team in fairness, and to a lesser extent Diarmuid O'Connor.
However, as has been said, Cork were much stronger all over the pitch and have some seriously classy footballers.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that this grade has proven to be the most competitive of any over the last 20 years, and this seems to be continuing. It provides some brilliant games.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2034 - 19/07/2019 09:20:24    2213038

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How wrong is it that county players like Clifford are not allowed play at this level? Ridiculous stuff, Kerry with Clifford probably win that game but now it's low morale for Kerry football and if their seniors don't win Sam it's a bad year for Kerry football , where as if Clifford plays and they win the all Ireland its a great moral boost for the county.

Why is this rule in place? Kerry are being done over big time by this rule more than any other county I can't see how this is a fair rule.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 19/07/2019 09:52:05    2213049

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