"Every player hates to be taken off. And I’m no different to
any other player. What happened that day is for another day, but I hate
to be taken off. The pictures in the paper made me look bad, but there was
no intentions there. People took it up the wrong way but there’s nothing
I can do about that only to get out on the field and do my best. But I didn’t
deliberately do that. I wouldn’t do that deliberately to any man."
Dan Shanahan explains that his swerve to avoid Justin McCarthy on
the sideline was all to do with his annoyance at being taken off against
Clare in the Munster SHC, not anything to do with a fall out with his former
manager
"I was walking out of the field after the game on Sunday and happened
to be talking to a fellow and minding my own business. A Tipp supporter
came up and he said: ’I think ye had better go on strike again.’
Horrible comments like that will be kept in the back of the head again.
By God, if we get another chance, hopefully we’ll make people like
that suffer."
Cork’s Ben O’Connor hopes to use jibes aimed at him after
his side’s Munster defeat to Tipp as a source of motivation later in
the year
"I think everyone would acknowledge that it’s a more direct route
and it certainly has stood in good stead to the Leinster and Munster champions
over the last seven years."
Tipperary hurling selector Michael Ryan agrees it is in his county’s
interest to avoid the qualifier route if they have aspirations for glory
in September
"Those players have worked harder than any bunch of players I have
ever worked with. They have worked hard since October and I’m not going
to fault them. They have made a supreme effort. We didn’t play the
way we expected to play and wanted to play. We have six weeks to the qualifiers
and we’ll look at our training schedule. And when it comes to the qualifiers,
we’ll be ready to play again."
Offaly boss Pat Roe can’t find fault with the effort of his players
despite their Leinster championship loss to Westmeath
"I was disappointed to hear Colm Coyle’s reaction to his side’s
defeat. After throwing away a ten point lead with 20 minutes to go, there
is only one place he should be looking, if he wants to know why his side
didn’t overcome Wexford."
Former Laois goalkeeper Fergal Byron feels that Colm Coyle should
not have blamed his fellow county man referee Maurice Deegan for the Royal
County’s capitulation to Wexford in the Leinster SFC
"I think it’s the end of the road for the team. Some of the players
were slipping before and despite how well Sean Og and the others played,
the Cork half backs weren’t the engine of the team that they once were.
I fear for Cork because I’ve watched a lot of minor and under 21 games
over the past couple of years and haven’t seen any prospects coming
through to replace the great players on the current team."
Babs Keating feels that Cork hurling could be on the slide