MSHC Round 1

threeball

Two potentially great games today.

Clare have great potential but are hot and cold so difficult to know if they'll kick on from the great displays vs Galway last year. They are the biggest threat to Limerick as they seem to have their number. However, Waterford are on a good run and will be exceptionally hard to beat in Walsh park. The tight confines will suit them perfectly. I think they could win this one.

Cork v tipp is another coin toss. As bad a Tipp were in the league, cork were worse. It's hard to read any form from either team other than poor form. Tipp have a bad record in the Pairc and I think that will probably continue today. I don't think the quick movement and short passing cork game will suit Tipp who would prefer to go man to man against a KK or Galway.

citykat

**** me. That PA is there since the 50s.

namloc1980

Plenty of empty seats at the end of the stand in Walsh Park after all the talk.

Itssoeasy

Clare 1-0 Waterford 0-01 4 minutes gone.

LuckyGent88

Harsh enough call that. No where for conlon to go. We have had a few goal chances already. Keep feeding that line

pajoguy

namloc1980 wrote: »

Plenty of empty seats at the end of the stand in Walsh Park after all the talk.

Los of standing space too. Clare dont travel great but there must be only 7 to 8000 there if 11 is capacity

RMAOK

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Harsh enough call that. No where for conlon to go. We have had a few goal chances already. Keep feeding that line

Thought it was a bit of a harsh call on conlon tbh - Connors fell a bit theatrically imo.

caddy16

RMAOK wrote: »

Thought it was a bit of a harsh call on conlon tbh - Connors fell a bit theatrically imo.

It was a poor decision

RMAOK

Waterford's full back line look a bit exposed

threeball

RMAOK wrote: »

Thought it was a bit of a harsh call on conlon tbh - Connors fell a bit theatrically imo.

Needlessly overly physical from Conlon. If he just stood his ground the effect would have been the same.
SOD looks dangerous

threeball

pajoguy wrote: »

Los of standing space too. Clare dont travel great but there must be only 7 to 8000 there if 11 is capacity

Imagine this in Thurles. The tumbleweed would be rolling through. Small stadia like this is where it's at. The new reality of championship hurling.

namloc1980

threeball wrote: »

Imagine this in Thurles. The tumbleweed would be rolling through. Small stadia like this is where it's at. The new reality of championship hurling.

Not really. There'll be 35k at Cork-Tipp today.

caddy16

threeball wrote: »

Needlessly overly physical from Conlon. If he just stood his ground the effect would have been the same.
SOD looks dangerous

Would you stop

threeball

namloc1980 wrote: »

Not really. There'll be 35k at Cork-Tipp today.

That's an outlier. Most games won't break 20k until the munster and Leinster finals.

LuckyGent88

How in the name does Mahoney not take the frees. He barely misses

threeball

caddy16 wrote: »

Would you stop

There was no need for him to shoulder check the defender. Getting in the way was enough. The shoulder cost them a goal.

RMAOK

Tadhg de búrca seems to be very quiet. Not having the influence he usually has

C__MC

Waterford won’t make it out of Munster, weakest team there

threeball

C__MC wrote: »

Waterford won’t make it out of Munster, weakest team there

They look very poor and Gleeson has to be the most overrated hurler in a very long time. He isnt a patch on Barron

citykat

Did Gleeson just try to dry hump Browne?

Gentleman Off The Pitch

citykat wrote: »

Did Gleeson just try to dry hump Browne?

Up to his usual ****e, just a few minutes after throwing a Clare hurl into the crowd

Itssoeasy

citykat wrote: »

Did Gleeson just try to dry hump Browne?

That’s what it looked like. Also it looked like he was saying something to him.

blackcard

Shane O'Donnell is a very important player for Clare, brave and unselfish

Itssoeasy

I mean it’s obvious that Austin Gleeson is a talented hurler but he seems to do stupid things at times during games I’ve watched. It sounds like he believes his own hype a bit much from Waterford people I’ve talked to about him.

Itssoeasy

Clare could end up leaving Waterford fierce sick.

citykat

Fist pumps galore now.

Itssoeasy

Should never have been that close.

Itssoeasy

Well the pitch looks better compared the plowed field it looked like the last time a game was played there during the league.

threeball

Fcuk me Marty loves his monologues.
He got a slap in the back after the one he did for the all Ireland a few years back and now it's every frigging game.
Shut up Marty, ya dose.

Itssoeasy

**** it.

Itssoeasy

Could be a long day for the cork full back line.

callaway92

Did they not credit Callanan the goal earlier!? What the **** if so.

threeball

Harsh yellow.

Itssoeasy

Ouch.

citykat

Easy free for Kingstons dive there.

citykat

Piss poor penalty

LuckyGent88

Bubbles is flying so far. Looks much fitter. Cracking pace to the game

citykat

Monster free from Hoggie to end the half

LuckyGent88

citykat wrote: »

Monster free from Hoggie to end the half

Some player. Some striker

citykat

Cahalane on. Hes always good for at least one **** up

threeball

Talk about threading the needle. Don't know how that snuck through the two defenders for the goal.

Tipp well on top this half.

LuckyGent88

Bubbles is on fire

citykat

Great finish from Harnedy

threeball

Shefflin made a career of throwing the ball ahead of himself. Duignan had no issue with it then.

citykat

Game over. Corks soft centre all too obvious

LuckyGent88

2 away wins today. That’s pretty big really given how important home advantage is seen.

Mahony0509

Lads that ****er Cleere from Kilkenny should be hopped on the way out. Worst refereeing performance I’ve ever seen.

LuckyGent88

Mahony0509 wrote: »

Lads that ****er Cleere from Kilkenny should be hopped on the way out. Worst refereeing performance I’ve ever seen.

Apart from a few frees he didn’t give cork in the last 10 mins I actually thought he was good. He wasn’t the reason cork lost anyway

munsterlegend

Mahony0509 wrote: »

Lads that ****er Cleere from Kilkenny should be hopped on the way out. Worst refereeing performance I’ve ever seen.

He was awful but not the reason we lost. Our defence and touch was a shambles. Tipp looked good but did we make them look great? I think it was a bit of both to be honest.

Mahony0509

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Apart from a few frees he didn’t give cork in the last 10 mins I actually thought he was good. He wasn’t the reason cork lost anyway

I don’t think you were watching the same game as us. Never said he was the reason cork lost, but his decisions were despicably inexplicable.

RMAOK

Thought cleere missed 2 or 3 frees for cork that, imo, were blatant enough. However, it wasn't the winning or loosing of the game for Cork. Tipp were well the better team and will now be talked about as genuine all-ireland winners. I'd reserve judgement on that theory until they win another match or two.

A lot of their main players today have a lot of miles on the clock and are around the 30 year old mark.in the old championship structure that wouldn't matter as much, but this round robin system is not suited to players with high mileage.

Still, in saying that, tipp did look impressive today and could well take Waterford next weekend.