Counihan: job well done

AFTER negotiating provincial and qualifier minefields, teams reach Croke Park in August armed with the attitude their football needs to hit full speed.

Conor Counihan approached Croke Park yesterday with that mindset. The Cork boss declared before this game, his side needed to undergo improvements from their Munster campaign and warned of Donegal’s propensity to be sticky opponents.

Yet prospects of a tense afternoon on the sideline never materialised, as Counihan had a pleasurable experience, seeing his charges soundly thrash Donegal. It was the most one-sided match of the Aghada man’s tenure at the helm and by half-time Cork could already consider upcoming battles as they held a 0-13 to 0-3 advantage.