Prioritising the development of the panel’s younger members means Cork football has been able to deal with the loss of so many experienced players over the past seven months, manager Ronan McCarthy has said. Paul Kerrigan was first to depart, followed reluctantly by Tomás Clancy who, similar to Sheehan, has been plagued by injury in recent times. In between their respective injury-dictated retirements was that of James Loughrey, who signed off in April. McCarthy said management’s “far-sighted” approach has meant the aforementioned losses haven’t been felt to the extent they might have been in years past. McCarthy, for his part, declared himself long aware of the progress being made by Billy Lee’s side.

Source: Irish Examiner July 06, 2021 06:00 UTC