McCarthy: ‘Only the league’ when it suits pundits'

Cork football manager Ronan McCarthy has described as strange the manner in which the media place massive stock on league results during the spring, only to disregard them come summertime. Having managed only one win from their opening six league games, Cork were sent packing to Division 3, but the manager knows full well a sustained championship run would see the setbacks endured throughout February and March quickly forgotten.

The correlation between league and championship form isn’t as strong as it once was, according to McCarthy, who is firm in his opinion that there is an inconsistency in how the media value the GAA’s secondary competition.