It's a Cork Sort of Thing, but It Must Be Put Down [Eire Region]

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REMEMBER that episode of Father Ted, where the parish priest and his sidekick Fr Dougal stood outside the cinema in Craggy Island in protest at a mucky movie being shown inside, carrying placards proclaiming: 'Down with that sort of thing.'? Well, it flashed before me again when I read the self-serving statement from the Cork players last week as they attempted to justify their position for holding a gun to hurling's head one more time.

Last year, they were out in support because their footballers didn't want to play under Teddy Holland; this year they are out because they don't want to play under Gerald McCarthy. Their reason? Apparently, they do not believe that McCarthy's coaching methods are up to the mark. I say 'apparently' because though this would appear to be the core issue in their 3,000-word-plus statement, I didn't see any specific references to exactly where coaching-wise McCarthy had fallen down.

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It's a Cork Sort of Thing, but It Must Be Put Down [Eire Region]

If the Cork players do not want to be perceived as a 'rent a picket', then they should at least take the time out to explain in clear practical terms how McCar...

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