Missing 12 players, Cork manager John Cleary rallies squad for Division 2 opener

Cork GAA manager John Cleary highlights squad depth despite injuries, retirements, and absences ahead of Division 2 opener

STAYING POSITIVE: Cork manager John Cleary before the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1 match against Clare. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile.

John Cleary is pushing the positives. As you’d expect.

He tells us that all bar one of the starting team that toppled Donegal last summer is still around. If that wasn’t enough to convince the doubters, he adds that 20 of the 26 who togged the same afternoon are still around.