Cadogan: Cork woes can’t be put down to dual commitments

It’s with a sigh that Eoin Cadogan greets each of the inevitable questions about dual players and criticism of the Cork County Board.

In both cases, his friend Dónal Óg Cusack has let his feelings be known. On last weekend’s The Sunday Game, in the wake of Cork’s 10-point loss to Tipperary, Cusack addressed the dual playing issue for a fourth show this summer, when he said the romance of it was now dead.

In relation to Aidan Walsh, Cusack said: “An incredible credit due to the man to take on two such demanding sports, but I think after today — and I’ve said a lot of times, and it doesn’t give me pleasure saying it — you can’t be playing at the highest level in one sport whilst you’re only giving a maximum of maybe 70% or 80% of your time to it.” He’s never mentioned Cadogan but what Cusack uttered on TV, the former Cork goalkeeper has said to his face. The pair have had “plenty of arguments” on the matter, according to the Douglas man, speaking at yesterday’s adidas Predator Incurza Kicking Masterclass.