Michael Shields: Unbalanced Cork are still suffering from conflict of styles

Shields reckons the Cork team, as well as having to undergo an overhaul, have not moved like other teams who can transition between defence and attack

Michael Shields in his playing days for Cork. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

Cork have been struggling for years to strike a balance between defensive and attacking football, says two-time All-Star Michael Shields.

The 2010 All-Ireland SFC winner lamented the team’s failure to perform “when the pressure was on” in the first half against Kerry as they fell short in last year’s Munster final defeat to Tipperary.