NASH: I’D SHAKE UP LEESIDE ATTACK
GIVING Patrick Horgan a new role can help save Cork’s season, insists Anthony Nash. The Rebels will crash out of the Liam MacCarthy Cup if they lose to Waterford in Sunday’s crunch Munster showdown. Horgan only needs a point to pass out Joe Canning as the hurling Championship’s all-time top scorer. And Nash believes that if Cork boss Kieran Kingston moves Horgan from the full-forward line to centre-forward, it could transform the Rebels’ season. ‘I’d play Hoggy at 11 and bring Tim O’Mahony into midfield,’ said Nash. ‘They have to do something different, create a bit of excitement in that dressing room again. ‘With Glen Rovers, Hoggy pulls the strings from centreforward. Let off this whole GPS thing, basing it on movement. At the end of the day, when you have hands like his, you need to get him on the ball. ‘I think centre-forward would free him up a bit and he’d enjoy it more because he’s not getting much ball inside with this game plan. The last day against Clare, again I thought he was very good. He looked dangerous. Just try it, give it a go,’ suggested Nash. Cork’s tactics have become the focus for intense criticism after successive Munster SHC losses to Limerick and Clare. But Nash has defended Cork’s style, insisting they must play to their strengths. ‘Cork aren’t as big and physical as Waterford, we don’t want to go in to Walsh Park and ask them to come into tussles on the ground. We want to move the ball around at speed and move around them, so that’s more of what I’d like to see at the weekend rather than going in and hitting and thumping fellas.’ Meanwhile, suspended Clare hurler Ian Galvin is to have his Central Hearings Committee meeting rescheduled after allegations that members of the body were canvassed ahead of Monday’s meeting. The allegations have been referred to the GAA’s Management Committee.