DON'T GIVE A PUCK!

IT'S just over 12 months since Cork were facing Championship elimination and, for many, Patrick Collins was the fall guy.

- BY PAT NOLAN

They had lost their opening two games to Waterford and Clare and, while the concession of five goals in the course of doing so was less than ideal, Collins’ restarts were more where the problem lay.

The management team hadn't been slow to make changes to the side after the Waterford loss, but having kept faith with Collins, there were calls for him to be shipped out for the pivotal visit of Limerick.

“I'd be good at keeping the outside noise out,” says the Ballinhassig man. “I wouldn't take much heed to what people are saying or what is being said about what way we are playing or what way the puck-outs are going.

“I know myself what way they are going.

“Again, it’s just to work on the different bits at training as best you can and improve each time you go out.

“They are not going to be perfect every day, but you are always trying to get better, you are always trying to make some sort of tweaks here and there.