Former Limerick hurler Seamus Flanagan has described as \u201cpoor\u201d Cork\u2019s in-game management in Sunday\u2019s Division 1 final.<\/p>\n
Flanagan was at a loss to understand why they didn\u2019t attempt to protect the full-back line as Aaron Gillane scored 1-7, 1-4 from play.<\/p>\n
In a six-point win over Cork, Gillane was crowned man of the match in Limerick\u2019s fourth league title under John Kiely.<\/p>\n
Flanagan suggested Cork may have different ideas for the counties\u2019 Munster SHC Round 2 game on April 26 but he was struck by how offensive they played.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt that Cork were really na\u00efve in terms of going man-to-man and I suppose their lack of in-game management,\u201d he told The View on the GAA+ YouTube channel.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the full 70 minutes, they did a full court press on Limerick. I would say after 20 minutes of that game, it should have been on the sideline for Cork to say, \u2018Okay, this isn\u2019t working. Let\u2019s sit back, let\u2019s put our half-forward line back, let\u2019s put our midfield back and let\u2019s just protect that inside line\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just thought from the sideline, it was quite slow and again does it tie back into the point that maybe Cork are planning for it down the line. Okay, two losses in the league, is that going to be the be-all and end-all? Probably not.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan they plan for that first round of championship and a kind of an ambush down in P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh? I just thought the in-game management was quite poor yesterday. Seeing what was going on inside there with Gillane and it being one-on-one, I thought it was poor.\u201d Flanagan also suggested the rotational policy adopted by Ben O\u2019Connor during the league proper may have caught up with them in Sunday\u2019s decider. \u201cIt looked like it wasn\u2019t aligning for Cork. They didn\u2019t know exactly what they were looking to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cPatrick Collins\u2019 puck-outs, how many times has he hit to that half-forward line throughout the league? Once, twice max and at different stages maybe over a half.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, in terms of knowing that, understand the way players play, what runs they\u2019re going to make, I think Cork struggled with that throughout the league. It\u2019s a trade-off because you\u2019re trying to uncover new players, develop players in the panel.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, ahead of the counties\u2019 Munster SHC opener on Sunday week, former Cork star D\u00f3nal \u00d3g Cusack has said no team falls faster in inter-county hurling than Tipperary.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Allianz League Sunday on RT\u00c9, the current Cork U20 coach said: “I think of Tipperary as All-Ireland champions and nobody rising or falling as fast in my experience of being a hurling person. Their battle cry very much now is that they want to get back-to-back (for the first time since 1965). Will they be able for that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cusack also rejected the idea they have had a quiet build-up to the game. “I don’t understand how Tipp are coming underneath the radar. With all their victories over the last number of years, with documentaries, which is great to see, about their victory last year. But it\u2019s a big story, that they haven\u2019t won back-to-back since the 60s.”<\/p>\n
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