First big task for new Cork football selectors is improving kickpassing

Carbery Rangers' John Hayes breaks between Ballincollig's Killian Coleman and Ciaran O'Sullivan. The classy forward has joined the Cork senior management. Picture: Eddie O'Hare
McCarthy would certainly be targetting an All-Ireland semi-final in these two years, you’d imagine; more than anything, there’s an opportunity to build a recognisable Cork football team now, to go past the constant firefighting crisis stage and make something more lasting.

There were still strange feelings before the Kerry game: Guessing the Cork starting 15 had all sorts of combinations involving a large group of possible players.
