Ryan won't play games with lineup

PAT Ryan has never picked dummy teams. And he’s not about to start.

- Stephen BARRY

The Cork chief revealed in his All-Ireland semi-final media briefing that Cormac O’Brien has emerged as a fresh doubt due to a quad issue.

Séamus Harnedy has already been ruled out with a hamstring injury. Declan Dalton has recovered from the same injury, while Ger Millerick’s prognosis has improved after taking a full part in training on Monday night.

When asked if he'd ever considered sending out a dummy team, Ryan (above) smiled: “You can’t keep anything in in Cork. So I'd be telling you lies. Ye'd know better than I would!”

Strokes

He adds: “I don’t believe in pulling strokes. We'll turn up, we'll man up, we'll go at you, and leave the other opposition do the same to us.

“I think it'd be a disservice to myself, the selectors, and our coach, who’s brilliant, Donal O’Rourke, if we can't decide 45 minutes before the game, they're bringing in this fella, he’s going in centre-forward, how is this going to work?