Cork footballers look for better balance between attack and defence after Monaghan loss

The Rebels shipped three first-half goals on the road. 

WHITE WALL: Cork's Sean Walsh gets the pass away tracked by Monaghan's Conor McCarthy during their side's Allianz League Div2 tie at Grattan Park, Iniskeen. Photograph Moya Nolan

Monaghan 3-16 (3-3-9) Cork 1-15 (1-2-11) 

Division Two of the Allianz Football League may just be the living, breathing embodiment of that tongue-in-cheek line about a pat in the back and a kick in the arse and how only a few inches separates the pair of them.