Tompkins: Rebels can turn corner in the west

SEVEN years in the job now and despite a string of bad recent results, Larry Tompkins still remains convinced the Cork senior football squad is good enough to win the Sam Maguire Cup.

“What’s the point in being involved if you don’t have the belief and conviction that your team is capable of winning the All-Ireland title,” he says.

Cork travel to Dr Hyde Park this afternoon to face Roscommon in the All-Ireland Qualifiers and while Tompkins won’t discuss his future should they lose, but he knows he may have no say in the matter anyway, as his term in charge will end if Cork are beaten.