Tweaks to system and some patience: how Cork football can bounce back

'If you are constantly fighting Muhammed Ali, it is hard to be taken seriously sometimes,' Rebel County minor boss Keith Ricken says. 

EXPERIENCE: Cork manager Keith Ricken on the sideline during the game against Kerry in the Electric Ireland Munster MFC quarter-final at Páirc Uí Rinn. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

It’s beating for 9pm on Monday evening.

Keith Ricken has just seen his Cork minor team beaten by 10 points by Kerry in a no-jeopardy Munster quarter-final, has spoken to his players in a large huddle post-match, and is now fielding questions in the middle of the Páirc Uí Rinn field.