Tony Leen: Cleary and Cork can't be listening to happy talk

Cork are trending in the right direction but their ongoing exclusion from Division One football is a serious impediment to sustained progress.

DEJECTED: Conor Corbett leaves the pitch in Killarney. Cork manager John Cleary side are trending in the right direction but their ongoing exclusion from Division One football is a serious impediment to sustained progress. 

AFTERWARDS, John Cleary was asked, ‘are you happy’? Why would the Cork manager be happy? Encouraged to an extent, but happy to lose to their under-cooked sauciest rival despite leading by four with a turbo-charged opening?

No, I’m not, says John.