Cork flaky under pressure, claims former Laois captain Chris Conway

Sean Meehan of Cork in action against Shane O'Sullivan of Kildare during the Allianz Football League Division 2 South game last weekend. Picture: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

The perception around this Cork football team is that they don’t deal well with pressure and are underachieving, former Laois forward Chris Conway has said.

Conway’s unsparing assessment of Ronan McCarthy’s charges comes ahead of the the county’s must-win League fixture in Portlaoise, a second successive defeat on the road all but certain to end Cork’s promotion bid and, in the process, condemn the county to a relegation play-off at the beginning of next month.