‘Totally unfair' – Cork camogie boss slams keyboard warriors who abused Pat Ryan's hurlers after All-Ireland letdown

The Irish Sun

2 days ago

CORK camogie manager Ger Manley has blasted the keyboard warriors who targeted Pat Ryan and his players after their All-Ireland final heartache.
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The Cork bubble was burst 3-27 to 1-18 by Tipperary
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Manley referred to Ryan having endured a tough enough 2025 as it was with the tragic death of his younger brother Ray
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Manley will be hoping the team in red get the opposite outcome on August 10
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His team beat Waterford by 10 points on July 26 to ensure they'd be back in another final
Afterwards Ryan
They were always going to ship criticism for freezing up on the big stage but plenty of comments
Manley
But he spoke up for his counterpart Ryan and the wider men's panel while speaking to
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He vented: 'The criticism is totally unfair. We're out five nights a week, the lads must be out seven. The pressure they're put under, but it is just the way life is now.
'Anything they do, they're told you should have done this or you should have done that.
'I was very disappointed for Pat (Ryan). We'd be in the Páirc on a Tuesday night and I know the work they put in. The criticism goes over the top.
"You do take notice if it is coming to the stage where it affects your family and Pat had a tough year himself. It is tough on all of them being pinpointed, it is not a nice part of sport.
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'It could be us next week so we just have to safeguard against it. There was no complacency with the Cork hurlers, I just thought Tipp got on a flow and it is very hard to stop a train when it keeps coming that fast.
'I think the media were quite fair to Cork. But that's social media. We'd be telling the girls to stay off of it, they don't be on it that much anyway.
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"As management we do things in the best faith and a lot of it is done on instinct.
'You saw Jack O'Connor and the stuff being written about him in Kerry and here he is the most successful Kerry manager bar Mick O'Dwyer.'
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The Rebelettes are aiming to retain their crown in
The Tribe booked their spot in it by
TRIBAL FAITH
In the aftermath of the win,
O'Reilly is in pursuit of a fourth All-Ireland medal, having scored a goal in the 2013 decider, two in 2019 and slotted a couple of points in 2021.
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The four-time All-Star from Oranmore/Maree got four points last time out.
Her pass to Niamh Mallon sent the Portaferry native away for a brilliant 39th-minute goal that gave the Tribeswomen the breathing space to see it out.
Black said: 'She's my clubmate. I see her true colours every year.
Everyone underestimates Ailish O'Reilly but she has a good 13 years' work with Galway camogie.
"Every year she turns up, probably one of the most consistent players Galway's ever had and was unbelievable today as always.'
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