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Hunger dilemma?

  • 09-09-2010 5:37pm
    #1
    djScarey
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    I'm a young fella U-21 and have been on a team that has just walloped "arguably the greatest hurling team ever." It'll be quite a wait to better that feeling.


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  • #2
    deisedevil
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    Am I missing something? :confused:


  • #3
    Daysha
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    deisedevil wrote: »
    Am I missing something? :confused:

    You and me both.


  • #4
    ANXIOUS
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    Daysha wrote: »
    You and me both.

    I'd say he is talking about tipp u-21's against Galway.


  • #5
    Diabhal Beag
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    ANXIOUS wrote: »
    I'd say he is talking about tipp u-21's against Galway.
    He'd be dillusional if he thought that ;)


  • #6
    djScarey
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    OK, cryptically up my own ar*e a bit. Just imagining the position of the younger Tipperary players with a whole career ahead of them and a peak like beating the greatest ever Kilkenny behind them and stopping the so-called Drive for Five. The only thing that could beat that (as it stands) is for Tipp to win 5 in a row or maybe beat Kilkenny to nil, still quite a while away if either are to happen. It'll be hard for them to stay hungry after last Sunday, I think.


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  • #7
    deise_boi
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    djScarey wrote: »
    It'll be hard for them to stay hungry after last Sunday, I think.

    I really don't think so. Winning a celtic cross is the dream of every hurler. No player needs anymore than that to drive them on.

    I would imagine that for this year's Tipp team, the drive to beat Kilkenny to stop them getting 5 in a row fell second to the drive to beat Kilkenny for an All Ireland medal.


  • #8
    flahavaj
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    djScarey wrote: »
    I'm a young fella U-21 and have been on a team that has just walloped "arguably the greatest hurling team ever." It'll be quite a wait to better that feeling.

    LOL clutching at straws. The KK crowd are well and truly rattled.


  • #9
    yahoo_moe
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    Plus they've got Kelly, Corbett and Cummins (to a lesser extent) who won medals as young lads in 2001 and had to wait 8 years for another final, let alone another win.

    Kelly last week talked about how much more it would mean if they won having known the hardship of the lean years and I'm sure that the young lads on this team won't be allowed to rest on their laurels. Not once did I see him mention that it would be great to be remembered for stopping the 5-in-a-row.

    I think you're doing a huge disservice to a team that came back hungry even after last year's defeat and outperformed my expectations big time last week.


  • #10
    djScarey
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    flahavaj wrote: »
    LOL clutching at straws. The KK crowd are well and truly rattled.

    LOL, we'll be rattled when Cork or Tipp go three or four ahead in the number of All Irelands won. And for some other posters too, the thread is an enquiry-hence the ?- not a statement.


  • #11
    Le King
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    djScarey wrote: »
    LOL, we'll be rattled when Cork or Tipp go three or four ahead in the number of All Irelands won. And for some other posters too, the thread is an enquiry-hence the ?- not a statement.

    For god sake. Absolute rubbish


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  • #12
    Flukey
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    There is always hunger there. Look at this way: Tipperary have never won the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling title, and if they don't win it next year, they never will. There's hunger for you. If they do get to the final next year, as is the case with any team, there will be guys on the team who have never won an All-Ireland medal, so they'll be hungry.

    When the first ball is thrown in for next year's All-Ireland championship, do you think there will be a single inter-county player who won't want to win the All-Ireland? Every player and team are hungry, but only one team will walk away with the Liam McCarthy Cup. This year it was Tipperary, but you know well that the other big contenders were hungry too, and will be again next year, and none can really be said to be less hungry. It is the best team, not the hungriest team, although some will be particularly driven to win, that will come out on top next September.


  • #13
    flahavaj
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    djScarey wrote: »
    LOL, we'll be rattled when Cork or Tipp go three or four ahead in the number of All Irelands won. And for some other posters too, the thread is an enquiry-hence the ?- not a statement.

    KK fans are funny.


  • #14
    scifi77
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    djScarey wrote: »
    LOL, we'll be rattled when Cork or Tipp go three or four ahead in the number of All Irelands won. And for some other posters too, the thread is an enquiry-hence the ?- not a statement.

    Tipp have a bit to go but technically, if you do the Maths, Cork ARE ahead on the number of All-Irelands. Are you forgetting the football? And that's not even mentioning the Ladies Football and Camogie. :pac:


  • #15
    Gerard.C
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    djScarey wrote: »
    LOL, we'll be rattled when Cork or Tipp go three or four ahead in the number of All Irelands won. And for some other posters too, the thread is an enquiry-hence the ?- not a statement.

    Ye were rattled when 1/3 of an U 21 team bet ye off the field last Sunday


  • #16
    flahavaj
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    Gerard.C wrote: »
    Ye were rattled when 1/3 of an U 21 team bet ye off the field last Sunday

    Absolutely excellent point Gerard. Jesus they hammered them.


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
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    Put it like this, Tipp next year will still have Eoin Kelly and Larry Corbett and probably Brendan Cummins too who all won an all Ireland in 2001. All these guys have stated that they thought then that it was the start of things to come and they would have more medals to their name. if you told any of these guys back in 01 that they would win their 2nd 9 years later they would have probably scoffed at such a negative notion.
    Having experienced the reality these are 3 great fellas to have round the panel to keep the younger players feet on the ground.
    Plus the likes of the 3 Mahers, Hennessey Callanan, Mickey Cahill, Gar Ryan, David Young etc will know what its like to win back to back All Ireland's as they did at minor level.


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