Cork camogie manager hits out at 'keyboard warriors' criticism of Rebels' senior hurlers
Speaking at Wednesday's night's media event for the Cork senior camogie team, the manager said it was over the top.
'The criticism is totally unfair,' he said. '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.
'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.
"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.'
Manley hopes to have a full hand to choose from for the final against Galway after attacker Clodagh Finn survived an injury scare.
'She missed the semi-final but she should be back for the final,' he said. 'She got a scan on her knee and while we feared the worst, she should be back training Tuesday of next week.
'We'd already lost Lucy Kelly, Izzy O'Regan and Gráinne Cahalane - those three girls were major parts of our setup and were three backs.
'There were a couple of the girls under the weather before the semi-final with flu symptoms, a bit of sickness in the camp, but they should be alright again.'
Meanwhile, the referees for the finals on Sunday week have been announced with Justin Heffernan of Wexford the man in the middle for the senior final between Cork and Galway. Heffernan officiated at the Galway/Tipperary semi-final last Saturday.
Donnacha O'Callaghan (Limerick) takes charge of the intermediate final between Kerry and Offaly, while Galway's Enda Loughnane will oversee the Premier junior final involving Armagh and Laois.
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