Talking point...

LOUTH’S goal shyness may not be their only Achilles heel at this level, but it’s certainly costing them dearly and on Sunday it proved particularly costly. The Reds have yet to find the net in three outings and Ryan Burns, Conor Early and Ciaran Downey were all thwarted by the ‘keeper in the opening half. After the break Ger McSorley hit the underside of the crossbar and William Woods was denied by a last-gasp block. Even one goal would have made for a very different finale, or at the very least it would have tested Cork’s nerves on a day when the Rebels largely played within themselves.