John Fogarty: What GAA managers said this weekend, and what they really meant to say

While Kieran Kingston publicly insisted his players are better than they showed at Thurles, he must privately be furious over Cork’s lack of aggression against Waterford

MUCH TO PONDER: Kieran Kingston contemplates Cork’s Championship future in the aftermath of Saturday’s Munster SHC semi-final defeat to Waterford. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Tue, 03 Nov, 2020 - 07:00

John Fogarty

John Fogarty is the Irish Examiner’s GAA correspondent, with unique insights into the action on the pitch and in the Gaelic games’ corridors of power.

Kieran Kingston: “We are better than we showed today, no question about that… we can lament and drown our sorrows but we have got to turn this around as quick as we can and see what the draw brings us.”

What Kieran meant to say: “A day after Christy Ring’s 100th birthday and this is all we can muster? It ain’t just him who must be turning in his grave. And all those people telling us we’re only a summer team, we’ve only confirmed their theories with that performance. Where’s our pride?”