Picture: Eddie O'HareDual efforts take from Cork's ability to fulfil their potential on the football frontWHEN the Waterford minor football management team walked out a couple of weeks back, detailing a crib with an agreed training schedule for dual players in the county not being followed, a few items of interest jumped out. Footballers in Ulster or say Mayo or Kildare generally will have the same advantage of time being given to becoming better footballers along with all the traditions that come also from being a football county. Not when you see huge hordes of fans arrive after the Cork football opener of a double-header at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Or when county players and management wonder openly and privately if they receive the same focus and encouragement to play football for Cork as hurlers do. Cork will, and should, try to make themselves the best they can in hurling and football, but it’s becoming more difficult.

Source: Evening echo December 07, 2018 12:45 UTC