LuckyGent88 wrote: » Bridge v cratloe Ballyea v Newmarket Clonlara v Tulla Eire og v Clooney Quin That first tie should be very good. Clonlara should come through tulla and the other two are even enough.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » The problem ocurrys have is . There were 4 teams left in the draw. Milltown and corofin in one pot and themselves and Eire og in the other Because corofin had played Eire og earlier in the championship they can't meet again which only left one outcome and that's corofin v curry s Milltown v Eire og Nobody at the time spotted the mistake until it was too late . The fixtures should be changed around . The real joke here is the fixtures are down for the weekend . The complaints went in last Tuesday and its only been delt with now
Bonniedog wrote: » I see Anthony has jacked in the Limerick job. Any speculation on him taking over your boys? Some rumours that he might want to come back to Dublin.
danganabu wrote: » Clare are hardly going to dispense with the two boys after one year? Any management team needs at least two and imo three years to get a team playing their way. Clare had a very defined style before the boys took over and that can take quite a while to alter. I don't think they were helped by Ballyhea's extended run either in their first year. Daly is a nice bloke and I have met him a few times, but he's a bit of a chancer to be fair, a reputation built on very little substance and I'm fcuked if I know, or anyone in Limerick that I have talked to, what exactly he was supposed to be doing in Limerick, the term money for old rope comes to mind.
Boots234 wrote: » Anything resolved with this last night?
windy shepard henderson wrote: dont think he will go back to dublin , he has said a number of times that he even struggled to get a balanced set of results with them or consistency on a year to year basis
Figerty wrote: » Bridge Newmarket Clonlara Clooney Quin
Tell me how wrote: » I was only saying it to my auld fella at the weekend. If Dublin concentrated their efforts on the hurlers, they'd do the All-Ireland double (hurling and football) within 5 years. Maybe timescale is off but they're certainly capable.
LuckyGent88 wrote: » One of the clarecastle lads a team work said Dalo has been drafted back to save them from relegation. I think they need more than dalo's return to save them.
Figerty wrote: » Maybe he will tog out,, and ring the Sparrow...
windy shepard henderson wrote: » the cuala manager should get the job in my opinion , if they had stability in the camp there is no reason they cant win one , they have the makings of a serious team
danganabu wrote: » I don't think they will ever win an AI in hurling to be honest, for the same reason that Tipp will never win a senior football AI, simple fact is that the first choice of any player in Dublin will be football and in affect what you have on the hurling panel are lads that weren't good enough to play football for Dublin, same problem in Tipp only vice versa (thankfully). There is a glass ceiling there that they wont break through as long as that mentality remains and obviously football will always be number one, hurling an after thought - Conal Keaney a perfect example.
Sweet Science wrote: » Tomas Brady , Dotsy , Jonny Cooper , Ciaran Kilkenny, Cormac Costello, Eric Lowndes, Emmet O'Conghaille, Conor McHugh, Diarmuid Connolly, Con O'Callaghan the list is endless
Tell me how wrote: » That's what I meant about Dublin concentrating their efforts on the hurling. If the county board made winning an AI in hurling a greater priority than it is and picked the right 5-8 guys in their early 20's and told them that the panel was going to be built around them for the next 5 yrs and that they'd get the same support as the footballers are getting, (background staff etc) with a view to getting that AI then I'd think they'd do it. Subject to maintaining commitment from both sides of course.
danganabu wrote: » I was simply listing the player who switched to hurling as an after thought! And you left out the best hurler of the lot of them Shane Ryan was one of the best centre backs I have seen in the last 20 years and would have walked onto any county team, and I mean any.
buck65 wrote: » I agree, Shane Ryan wouldn't make most county teams. Conal Keaney was class though. Remember Clare played the Dubs in Parnell park in 2002 he was the outstanding player on the pitch.
Sweet Science wrote: » Thats a bit of a hyperbole now
Sweet Science wrote: » He was the best young hurler in the country at the time then jumped ship
danganabu wrote: » Now who's exaggerating! Keaney was a fine hurler but he's 34/35 now so you are saying he was better than Eoin Kelly, Lar Corbett, Seatnta O'Hailpin, Tommy Walsh, Jackie Tyrell etc . who are all in the same age bracket, in fact Eoin Kelly received YHOTY in both 2001 and 2002.
Sweet Science wrote: » The joys of breaking into a top team . Obviously wouldnt of won them if he broke onto the Dublin team from that time
danganabu wrote: » He was that top team, and continued to be for another 10 years - are you really in all honestly telling me that Conal Keaney was a better young hurler than Eoin Kelly??
Sweet Science wrote: » They won the AI in 2001 when he won young hurler of the year and made the breakthrough . How was he that team ?
danganabu wrote: » It was an extremely ordinary team in the greater scheme of things. And he was and proved to be the standout player of that team and probably the last 40 years for Tipp.
Sweet Science wrote: » Then won an All Ireland . Compared to Dublin who couldnt beat Laois/Offaly/Wexford etc . Worlds apart . I'm not doubting Kelly by the way
danganabu wrote: » You are though, you said that Conal Keaney was a better hurler than him in 2002!
