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However, Donal \u00d3g Cusack warned that the second half would bring an entirely different challenge.<\/p>\n
What Cork are depending on, and S\u00e9amus showed it really well at the start, is there’s a certain amount of chance you’re depending on when you’re going long,\u201d said Cusack.<\/p>\n
You’re looking for that break of the ball to come off.<\/p>\n
That’s not going to be on now in the second half because Cork aren’t going to be able to get the distance with those puckouts.<\/p>\n
While agreeing there were risks associated with Collins’ approach, Cusack felt the Cork goalkeeper deserved credit for the courage he had shown.<\/p>\n
Having said that, and Liam might be a bit harsh on Patrick Collins, I get your point about him going long, but I think the way he faded those puckouts, he deserves great credit for that.<\/p>\n
And you must be brave.<\/p>\n
He knows when he goes short, if it gets turned over outside that, half the Cork crowd here who haven’t a clue what they’re talking about will be on his case.<\/p>\n
But he must stay being brave and right through the second half, it’s critical that he keeps that bravery.<\/p>\n
Sheedy largely agreed with the principle but felt the numbers suggested Cork needed a rethink.<\/p>\n
The former Tipperary manager pointed to the statistics from the opening 35 minutes, which showed limited success from Collins’ longer restarts.<\/p>\n
I agree with you, but at the same time, in the long puckout stats in that first half, Cork have gone long nine times and have won three.<\/p>\n
Those type of returns, I think Limerick have snuffed them out three times.<\/p>\n
The ball has gone over the sideline twice from the puckout and once from a stand-down three.<\/p>\n
That’s not good enough in terms of what you’re looking for.<\/p>\n
Sheedy felt Cork’s best route forward was to embrace the risk attached to shorter deliveries.<\/p>\n
I agree with the short ones.<\/p>\n
It worked once, but equally he was turned over once.<\/p>\n
And I’m not saying it was Patrick Collins’ fault, but that’s the risk you’ve got to take as the goalie.<\/p>\n
In the end, Cork’s puckout strategy remained a major talking point throughout a Munster final that was eventually won by Limerick by the narrowest of margins.<\/p>\n
SEE ALSO: Anthony Daly Highlights Bizarre Aspect Of Chaotic Munster Final Ending<\/a>
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