Senor McCarthy I Presume?
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But for an accident of birth you could be a Wexford senior hurler or footballer, proud to play for your county. But due to the times we live in your warm weather training break will take place in Waterford rather than Portugal which is where management wanted to go.
Not so if you are part of the Continuity Cork panel, no longer required now that the strike is over for another year. But all is not lost, if you are one of these lucky former-players, you can look forward to a week’s warm weather training in the La Manga club in Spain. Training for what? you may ask dear reader. We know not the answer, but these players complete with Gerald McCarthy and up to ten mentors will spend Holy Week in Spain. Penance at the end of Lent for previous sins perhaps?
However, Cork County Board chairman Jerry O’Sullivan has defended the move to send former boss Gerald McCarthy et al to Spain. He said: “A lot of counties are going down the road of training camps abroad and we have done it in Cork on a number of occasions in the past.
“People have to remember that the strike was only resolved two weeks ago. The lads that are going on the training camp were the league panel until that time.
“These things can’t be organised overnight, or even a few days in advance. A lot of planning has to go into something like this, and it wasn’t possible to change the arrangements at such short notice.”
Anyway, it means that there’s a full squad of almost senior county players ready at a moment’s notice should Denis Walsh forget the sliotars or bring the wrong coloured bibs to training. After Sunday’s abject arse-kicking from Kilkenny in Nowlan Park, don’t rule it out. Cork hurling – don’t you just love it.
