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    #32
    blue note
    Registered Users Posts: 4,510 ✭✭✭blue note


    savannahkat wrote: »
    One can make a case for anything even a strong case but it still does not make it a fact. Fact= those mentioned would not be fit to lace his boots. Fact you are a jealous bunch down there in Munster

    Are you actually saying that DJ Carey wouldn't be fit to lace Henry Shefflin's boots? An incredible comment from a Kilkenny man!


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    #33
    savannahkat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭savannahkat


    blue note wrote: »
    Are you actually saying that DJ Carey wouldn't be fit to lace Henry Shefflin's boots? An incredible comment from a Kilkenny man!
    Finding it hard are you to quote where I said that but since you need clarification here it is "I am saying that none of the Munster men mentioned would be fit to lace Shefflin's boots or DJ's, for that matter.


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    #34
    zetecescort
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    My Unpopular opinion based on the carry on here at times is "I'm from Cork and we're brilliant!" :)


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    #35
    blue note
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    savannahkat wrote: »
    Finding it hard are you to quote where I said that but since you need clarification here it is "I am saying that none of the Munster men mentioned would be fit to lace Shefflin's boots or DJ's, for that matter.

    I mentioned DJ, Ken McGrath and Seanie McMahon in my original post. You said "fact none of those you mentioned would be fit to lace his boots."

    I'm sorry, I should have realised that you meant no Munster men would be fit to lace his boots. Could a connaught man be as good? Or is it only Leinster men that could contend with him?


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    #36
    Alf Veedersane
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    AugustusMinimus wrote: »
    6. Ground hurling is pretty useless in this day and age and simply doesn't bare fruit in a game where accurate passing into the feet of forwards is the aim of the game. The days of simply aimlessly pucking the ball 80 yards up the pitch are gone.


    Pass and move, it's the Offaly groove.

    BUt you're right.

    hashtagsadface


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    #37
    ultrapercy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭ultrapercy


    killkenny are a disgrace to GAA and sport in general because of their inability or unwillingness to field a football team.


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    #38
    savannahkat
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    blue note wrote: »
    I mentioned DJ, Ken McGrath and Seanie McMahon in my original post. You said "fact none of those you mentioned would be fit to lace his boots."

    I'm sorry, I should have realised that you meant no Munster men would be fit to lace his boots. Could a connaught man be as good? Or is it only Leinster men that could contend with him?

    It is like arguing with the wife. She knows she is wrong, she knows she is being unreasonable but she wont ever admit it. Same with Munster hurling followers they know what they are saying has no bases in logic or reason but they keep on any way, as if to have the last word some how justifies their illogical jealousies.


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    #39
    Alf Veedersane
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    Hamstrings59 wrote: »
    Whelehan was a majestic hurler loved seeing him play, looked permanently bollixed though, tongue out and helmet hanging off his head,, must have been due to the passive fag smoke in the Offaly dressing room or something
    He usually sat next to JOhnny Pilkington...


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    #40
    Prop Joe
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    ultrapercy wrote: »
    killkenny are a disgrace to GAA and sport in general because of their inability or unwillingness to field a football team.

    From the dual county that is Mayo :rolleyes:


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    #41
    adrian522
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    Why are people so upset by Kilkenny's football team? I just don't get it a all. There are more than enough counties fielding football teams.

    It would be more in line to get a lot more counties taking hurling seriously, Hurling is a sport that is really struggling outside of a small few counties but it just seems easier to bash Kilkenny.


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    #42
    ultrapercy
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    Prop Joe wrote: »
    From the dual county that is Mayo :rolleyes:

    Mayo has a hurling team.


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    #43
    Alf Veedersane
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    ultrapercy wrote: »
    Mayo has a hurling team.

    I did not know that until they made the news for not changing their watches and missed the flight home from London the morning the clocks were changed :)


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    #44
    savannahkat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭savannahkat


    ultrapercy wrote: »
    killkenny are a disgrace to GAA and sport in general because of their inability or unwillingness to field a football team.
    Read the papers Kilkenny 3-08 London 1-13 last Sunday. Ain't that the same London that play Limerick in the qualifiers in the next round of the football.


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    #45
    Prop Joe
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    ultrapercy wrote: »
    Mayo has a hurling team.

    And Kilkenny have a football team.

    Mayo are making a bit of progress in the small ball and should be lauded for that.


    Kilkenny get abuse for not having a football team but when was the last time Cavan fielded a hurling team?


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    #46
    Prop Joe
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    savannahkat wrote: »
    Read the papers Kilkenny 3-08 London 1-13 last Sunday. Ain't that the same London that play Limerick in the qualifiers in the next round of the football.

    London Juniors


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    #47
    IrishAlice
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    Lar Corbett is one of the most over rated players I have ever seen. I can feel my blood pressure rising whenever commentators mention "Hurler of the Year 2010 Lar Corbett".

    The pack haven't caught up to Kilkenny, Kilkenny have fallen back to the pack.


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    #48
    ultrapercy
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    Prop Joe wrote: »
    And Kilkenny have a football team.

    Mayo are making a bit of progress in the small ball and should be lauded for that.


    Kilkenny get abuse for not having a football team but when was the last time Cavan fielded a hurling team?

    Not entering a team in competition is the same as not having a team.


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    #49
    Santa Cruz
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    IrishAlice wrote: »
    Lar Corbett is one of the most over rated players I have ever seen. I can feel my blood pressure rising whenever commentators mention "Hurler of the Year 2010 Lar Corbett".

    The pack haven't caught up to Kilkenny, Kilkenny have fallen back to the pack.

    We'll tolerate Lar after the failure of the "Drive for Five"


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    #50
    savannahkat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭savannahkat


    Prop Joe wrote: »
    London Juniors

    Was it not a Kilkenny team made up of Kilkenny men representing Kilkenny in Gaelic football.


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    #51
    savannahkat
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    Santa Cruz wrote: »
    We'll tolerate Lar after the failure of the "Drive for Five"

    Was that the Kilkenny drive for 5 or the Tipp drive for 2


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    #52
    Gambas
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    a) Henry Shefflin might be the best player of his generation by common consensus, but because he is so clinical, it's a bit like watching a golfer.

    b) IMO Tommy Walsh is the best hurler of the past 25 years.


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    #53
    nice_guy80
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    Prop Joe wrote: »
    And Kilkenny have a football team.

    Mayo are making a bit of progress in the small ball and should be lauded for that.


    Kilkenny get abuse for not having a football team but when was the last time Cavan fielded a hurling team?

    Cavan are building nicely in hurling

    fielding in minor and under 21 this year


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    #54
    savannahkat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭savannahkat


    Gambas wrote: »
    Henry Shefflin might be the best player of his generation, but because he is so clinical, it's a bit like watching a golfer.

    Might. Mount Everest might be the highest mountain in the world, the North Pole might be cold, The Pacific ocean might be the largest body of water on the earth and the moon might fall out of the sky.


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    #55
    Gambas
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    savannahkat wrote: »
    Might. Mount Everest might be the highest mountain in the world, the North Pole might be cold, The Pacific ocean might be the largest body of water on the earth and the moon might fall out of the sky.

    Mount Everest might be the highest, but it ain't the biggest :)


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    #56
    IrishAlice
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    Gambas wrote: »
    a) Henry Shefflin might be the best player of his generation by common consensus, but because he is so clinical, it's a bit like watching a golfer.

    b) IMO Tommy Walsh is the best hurler of the past 25 years.

    Nice to see someone say something nice about Tommy for a change :D

    Personally he's one of my favorites.

    I also rate Anthony Nash very highly.


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    #57
    Martin567
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    ultrapercy wrote: »
    Not entering a team in competition is the same as not having a team.

    18 counties don't compete for the Liam McCarthy Cup including counties with large populations such as Donegal, Mayo, Meath, Kildare & Kerry. You should try comparing like with like.


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    #58
    Corcaigh84
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    ultrapercy wrote: »
    killkenny are a disgrace to GAA and sport in general because of their inability or unwillingness to field a football team.

    As a Cork hurling fan I think this post is absolutely ridiculous.

    As much as I can't stand the sight of the black & amber this is one point I regularly use in arguments to explain how KK put themselves in a postion to excel at the sport.

    If you want my unpopular opinion, Cork should follow KK's lead and forget about playing that inferior sport at senior level altogether (7 AI's notwithstanding), and concentrate 100% on hurling.


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    #59
    ultrapercy
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    Martin567 wrote: »
    18 counties don't compete for the Liam McCarthy Cup including counties with large populations such as Donegal, Mayo, Meath, Kildare & Kerry. You should try comparing like with like.

    All those counties have teams that compete in the League. Hurling is a game where tradition counts for a lot more than it does in football and is harder to coach and harder to reach a level of competitiveness. Killenny would rather bask in the glory and adulation of a game almost nobody knows about, even in the country where its the national sport, than put any effort into development of anything other than hurling. Its called indoctrination.


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    #60
    Alf Veedersane
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    IrishAlice wrote: »
    Nice to see someone say something nice about Tommy for a change :D.

    Many's a time I cursed him for being a dirty *insert insulting adjective* but I never actually thought he was. Hard, yes. Dirty, no.


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    #61
    Lemlin
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    Prop Joe wrote: »
    And Kilkenny have a football team.

    Mayo are making a bit of progress in the small ball and should be lauded for that.


    Kilkenny get abuse for not having a football team but when was the last time Cavan fielded a hurling team?

    Cavan are working at underage level to try and kickstart hurling in the county.

    I raised this on here before - certain counties just don't have the population to support two sports. Here's a link to Irish counties by population:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_population

    It's not surprising to see that those with the lowest populations struggle to support two codes.


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