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AI Senior Hurling- Liam McCarthy Cup 2018

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  • #2942
    The Talking Bread
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    ConnyMcDavid wrote: »
    source?

    https://twitter.com/RTEgaa/status/1023277051422363650


  • #2943
    The Talking Bread
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    giveitholly wrote: »
    No hawkeye there

    Great for Galway then after all those shocking wides today! Might be given the benefit of the doubt


  • #2944
    [Deleted User]
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    Powerhouse wrote: »
    It's always funny to watch the insecurity of hurling fans. Just on this page alone it's better than the Gaelic Football and has more scores than the premiership (of course you will as it's far easier to score). Why not be secure enough in your own skin to just enjoy the game for its own sake and not be constantly looking around for validation?

    No insecurity. Im safe in the knowledge that it is and always will be better than Gaelic football. id be a fan of Gaelic football too but it is in need of a shakeup big time. ideally you'd want both codes at least trying to outdo each other week in and week out.


  • #2945
    Pussyhands
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    Dirty tactics by clare won them no fans today.

    Hope they get humiliated in the replay.


  • #2946
    ConnyMcDavid
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    awec wrote: »
    GAA twitter.

    Thanks. Will need to swap my shift in work. No way am I missing this replay.


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  • #2947
    titan18
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    They putting the football at 3.30 back then as that's down for TV?


  • #2948
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    Speakerboxx wrote: »
    They will beat Galway.

    If they had only steadied up in that first period of extra time today they would have done it. Shooting from insane angles.


  • #2949
    nice_guy80
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    Pussyhands wrote: »
    Dirty tactics by clare won them no fans today.

    Hope they get humiliated in the replay.

    Go on. What did they do?


  • #2950
    awec
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    nice_guy80 wrote: »
    Go on. What did they do?
    Drew the game.

    Awful Ted.


  • #2951
    mountgomery burns
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    Powerhouse wrote: »
    It's always funny to watch the insecurity of hurling fans. Just on this page alone it's better than the Gaelic Football and has more scores than the premiership (of course you will as it's far easier to score). Why not be secure enough in your own skin to just enjoy the game for its own sake and not be constantly looking around for validation?

    I think all the posts referencing gaelic football were tongue in cheek. It's those defending Gaelic that need to relax.

    Does anyone really want to have that debate after watching the game, can we not just enjoy the entertainment we were given today?


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  • #2952
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    Pussyhands wrote: »
    Dirty tactics by clare won them no fans today.

    Hope they get humiliated in the replay.

    :confused:

    Thought both teams played a good hard physical game to be honest. Im struggling to see where they were dirty. They were up against a physical powerhouse


  • #2953
    The Talking Bread
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    No insecurity. Im safe in the knowledge that it is and always will be better than Gaelic football. id be a fan of Gaelic football too but it is in need of a shakeup big time. ideally you'd want both codes at least trying to outdo each other week in and week out.

    What does "better" mean ?? They are two different sports? Why don't you just list the hundreds of other sports to make yourself feel even more "better"!


  • #2954
    BarryD2
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    Great game to watch, but there should have been a result at the end. What's the point of extra time if you just end up in a replay anyway? Surely needs a free taking shootout if this happens.


  • #2955
    Joe_ Public
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    What's the actual system? Please tell me they wont decide an All Ireland s/f with a free taking contest!


  • #2956
    The Talking Bread
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    Joe_ Public wrote: »
    What's the actual system? Please tell me they wont decide an All Ireland s/f with a free taking contest!

    Same as today but with an additional 5 minutes x 2 after the 10 minutes x 2 extra time.

    Then, still level, another replay!

    Actually, I think it goes to free taking after that, on second glance of rules


  • #2957
    mountgomery burns
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    The Talking Bread wrote: »
    Same as today but with an additional 5 minutes x 2 after the 10 minutes x 2 extra time.

    Then, still level, another replay!

    Was the free taking contest in the league only a trial then?


  • #2958
    Joe_ Public
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    The Talking Bread wrote: »
    Same as today but with an additional 5 minutes x 2 after the 10 minutes x 2 extra time.

    Then, still level, another replay!

    So still an outside possibility of a traditional September All Ireland final then :)


  • #2959
    Pussyhands
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    :confused:

    Thought both teams played a good hard physical game to be honest. Im struggling to see where they were dirty. They were up against a physical powerhouse

    I'm talking about the dirty tactics at half time.

    GAA teams picking up things from the soccer to try and get ahead. No place for it in the game.


  • #2960
    freedominacup
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    Powerhouse wrote: »
    It's always funny to watch the insecurity of hurling fans. Just on this page alone it's better than the Gaelic Football and has more scores than the premiership (of course you will as it's far easier to score). Why not be secure enough in your own skin to just enjoy the game for its own sake and not be constantly looking around for validation?

    I went my first senior football championship match last year, almost certainly my last, and it was abysmal. Only went because my daughter was playing in the mini game at half time and we got a couple of free tickets. 28 players moving slowly from an area between one end line and the 45m line in that half to the area between the other 45m and the other end line. Ball and players occasionally moved laterally. Mind numbing horrendous stuff.

    There's no insecurity maybe a bit of superiority but football will never be anything more than something you use to keep a team fit when there are breaks in the hurling season. Unless and until football is totally revised into something that's vaguely entertaining it shouldn't be allowed back to Croke park again. Possiblity of scoring from greater distance does not mean easier to score.


  • #2961
    The Talking Bread
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    Pussyhands wrote: »
    I'm talking about the dirty tactics at half time.

    GAA teams picking up things from the soccer to try and get ahead. No place for it in the game.

    :D

    :D

    :D

    Here we go................. let's see who bites


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  • #2962
    Joe_ Public
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    Pussyhands wrote: »
    I'm talking about the dirty tactics at half time.

    GAA teams picking up things from the soccer to try and get ahead. No place for it in the game.

    Bit cheeky from Clare alright, wouldnt condone it, but Galway did a fairly good job of wasting actual game time, so I wouldnt be claiming any high moral ground whichever team i was supporting today.


  • #2963
    The Talking Bread
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    freedominacup wrote: »
    I went my first senior football championship match last year, almost certainly my last, and it was abysmal. Only went because my daughter was playing in the mini game at half time and we got a couple of free tickets. 28 players moving slowly from an area between one end line and the 45m line in that half to the area between the other 45m and the other end line. Ball and players occasionally moved laterally. Mind numbing horrendous stuff.

    There's no insecurity maybe a bit of superiority but football will never be anything more than something you use to keep a team fit when there are breaks in the hurling season. Unless and until football is totally revised into something that's vaguely entertaining it shouldn't be allowed back to Croke park again. Possiblity of scoring from greater distance does not mean easier to score.

    I reckon, and it is only an inkling, that the fact that you have zero interest or have probably never even played the sport had an influence on this outlook. The fact that you only went to see your daughter playing because you got free tickets indicates that you went there reluctantly with no interest in trying to embrace the sport.

    "something you use to keep a team fit when there are breaks in the hurling season."

    Christ.



    I actually think this post is a skit designed to get a reaction.


  • #2964
    RhubarbCrumble
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    Christ, that was tense! Galway neighbour on one side and Clare neighbour on the other. I was leaning towards Galway because I don't like the Clare neighbour!
    We're all in Limerick. Pretty sure Cork will kick our arse tomorrow.


  • #2965
    Powerhouse
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    No insecurity. Im safe in the knowledge that it is and always will be better than Gaelic football.


    But the insecurity is in your need to say it at all. Can you imagine a soccer fan leaving a good game at any level having to turn around and point out how much better than (whatever named sport) it is. They'd never need to do so


  • #2966
    Powerhouse
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    mountgomery burns wrote: »
    I think all the posts referencing gaelic football were tongue in cheek. It's those defending Gaelic that need to relax.

    Does anyone really want to have that debate after watching the game, can we not just enjoy the entertainment we were given today?


    I utterly disagree with your first point as (a) I don't believe they were tongue in cheek and (b) I wasn't defending Gaelic, I was questioning the need for hurling fans to be so dismissive of everything else. But your second one is the very one I am making myself except I'd go further and ask what is the value of that "debate" at all. Each to their own sport. Some people prefer cricket to basketball but it means jack sh*t so no need to keep saying it. I think hurling is better than football too but it isn't my go-to reference point at the end of every half-decent hurling match.


  • #2967
    Powerhouse
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    BarryD2 wrote: »
    Great game to watch, but there should have been a result at the end. What's the point of extra time if you just end up in a replay anyway? Surely needs a free taking shootout if this happens.


    The point of extra time is presumably to try to break the deadlock. Nobody said it was guaranteed. Why do you think there should have been a result at the end? Why is a replay a bad thing?


  • #2968
    Pussyhands
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    Powerhouse wrote: »
    The point of extra time is presumably to try to break the deadlock. Nobody said it was guaranteed. Why do you think there should have been a result at the end? Why is a replay a bad thing?

    Ultimately the point of a game is to have a winner. Feels like a bit of a waste of time really when it finishes. There shouldn't be any second opportunities. Finish it on the day, even with a free contest.


  • #2969
    Powerhouse
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    freedominacup wrote: »
    I went my first senior football championship match last year, almost certainly my last, and it was abysmal. Only went because my daughter was playing in the mini game at half time and we got a couple of free tickets. 28 players moving slowly from an area between one end line and the 45m line in that half to the area between the other 45m and the other end line. Ball and players occasionally moved laterally. Mind numbing horrendous stuff.

    There's no insecurity maybe a bit of superiority but football will never be anything more than something you use to keep a team fit when there are breaks in the hurling season. Unless and until football is totally revised into something that's vaguely entertaining it shouldn't be allowed back to Croke park again. Possiblity of scoring from greater distance does not mean easier to score.


    I made a point about the repugnance of hurling supporters' attitude to other sports generally. The cannot seem to enjoy their sport without talking bolloxology about "the Gods" and all that nonsense. That is insecurity. They could feel superior and shut up about it. That's all I said. With respect I couldn't care less about where your life story fits into things.


  • #2970
    castletownman
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    Pussyhands wrote: »
    Ultimately the point of a game is to have a winner. Feels like a bit of a waste of time really when it finishes. There shouldn't be any second opportunities. Finish it on the day, even with a free contest.

    Yeah and then you'll see the 'traditionalists' coming out of the woodwork, many after years of keeping a low profile in the media, saying how scandalous how a team could be denied a place in the All Ireland final for losing a free-taking contest.

    Inseperable after 90 mins. Go again


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  • #2971
    Powerhouse
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    Pussyhands wrote: »
    Ultimately the point of a game is to have a winner. Feels like a bit of a waste of time really when it finishes. There shouldn't be any second opportunities. Finish it on the day, even with a free contest.

    Actually I was hoping a free-taking contest was going to happen as it would cause proper reflection on the hurling championship format instead of having everyone going around blathering about "humdingers", "crackers", and "epics".

    But I fail to see your objection to a replay considering the point of that too is to produce a winner. There is nothing about a fixture which potentially begets a replay if the scores are level at the end which prevents a winner emerging. That is guaranteed to happen. About 27% of English premier league soccer games end in draws (albeit catered for in the points system) and it's an incredibly popular sporting product so I am not sure that you view that the point of a game is to have winner really stands up.


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