CORK manager Conor Counihan has insisted he will not be drawn into any quick decision about his future position after the disappointment of Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final replay to Kerry.

HARD to believe this was the same Mayo who almost kicked away the All-Ireland MFC semi-final a week ago.

KEVIN KEEGAN has bemoaned Newcastle’s finishing this season, but his saviour could be close at hand.

WHEN Pat McEnaney blew his whistle for the last time yesterday afternoon, Jason Ryan called his panel into a huddle on the Croke Park pitch determined to put his own punctuation mark to the end of Wexford’s season.

SUNDAY was not, for the most part, pretty. In fact it was pretty frustrating to watch and there was much moaning around me from supporters who had expected the dazzling display of last week to continue.

IF ever there was an opportunity for the GAA to say ‘thank you’ to one of its finest group of supporters, it’s now.

LONG AFTER the invading orange masses had departed the St Tiernach’s Park pitch Armagh manager Peter McDonnell stood alone and surveyed the battleground, puffing on a cigar he’d saved for victory.

IN THE aftermath of another heart-stopping victory, Cork boss Gerald McCarthy was sipping a cold drink, putting the swirl of events into some kind of order.

IT NOW seems garlic and a wooden stake will be necessary to finish Cork. The men in red overcame a nine-point deficit to reel in Clare in yesterday’s All-Ireland quarter-final, a stunning turnaround which looked out of the question at half-time.

MANAGER Mick Deegan is banking on his Dublin side’s All-Ireland JFC title success to inspire the county’s senior team to similar glory in September.

SOME houses look their size, and shout their wares. Others are more subtle, and this Waterfall, Co Cork home fits that low-key description.

THIS COLUMN bows to no man in its admiration for all things Tipperary. Clonmel Chardonnay. Liberty Square. Horse and Jockey. The list goes on and on, and is now joined by The Book.

MARTIN BOWEN’S confidence in Cork beating Galway in Sunday’s All-Ireland qualifier was well founded, but the Cork selector sounded a note of warning ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Clare.

With regard to dwindling attendances at GAA championship matches — especially the earlier rounds this year— is it not a distinct possibility that the new drink driving laws are more than partly to blame?

MANAGERS are at the centre of much of this week’s anger. There’s criticism of Ger Loughnane’s handling of the Galway hurlers and what fans call ‘the cult of the Manager in the GAA’.

CROATIA coach Slaven Bilic believes Turkey’s two stunning comeback victories during the group shows both the strengths and the weaknesses of their quarter-final opponents.

Kerry 1-14, Clare 0-5

Glen Rovers 1-13 Na Piarsaigh 0-11

Dublin 0-19 Wexford 2-13

THE foreign press swirled around the wounded prey — they scented Brian Cowen’s political blood.