John Allen: Brian Corcoran decision was gamble
Allen made the decision to substitute Corcoran, replacing him with Neil Ronan, as well as replacing Ronan Curran at centre-back, where John Gardiner filled in with aplomb. The decisions helped turn the tide in Cork’s favour before they went on to beat Galway in the final.
“With 15 minutes to go, Clare were leading and playing much better than us,” Allen says on his Laochra Gael show on TG4 this Sunday. “I was there on the sideline, in my first year as manager thinking, ‘Janey, what do I do?’ I was mortified at the thought of losing a semi-final. We were in deep trouble all over the field.
