Club Championships 2023/24

Glen deserved the win overall Crokes should have had a player sent off but also thought there was time for another play .

That's the beauty of the club championship, a great club can emerge in any country.

We had teams from Clare, Antrim, Laois, Westmeath and others in finals. And going way back even that great Eire Og Carlow team.

(but in fairness, Derry and Roscommon are both Div 1 countries, right?)

Yes, even in beating Corofin and Castlehaven comfortably, it still feels like they haven't needed to reach top gear.

I'm fascinated to see how they play in the final.

Couldnt really fault the goalie for that goal?

The defender dropped it. Every keeper now is coming off his line to support working the ball out of defence.

Although maybe he passed it to a defender under a bit of pressure, but he still should have held the pass.

That was a farce today. No way in a million years should that game taken place in thise conditions. GAA don't give a damn about their players. All week there was huge build up to this game and I was looking forward to watching it. Who in their right mind thought that should go ahead. Players were even saying afterwards they couldn't see the ball.

How? Genuinely?

Probably not as bad at it as looking at it on TV

Playing an AI semi on the first Sunday in January is utter madness. The inter county championship was done in July, and even earlier for most counties.

But the IC AI was played in late September. All of this should be wrapped up by early December at latest. Can’t see why takes so long. Forget about dual players. It’s their choice to play two different sports at an elite level.

That's not true at all. Visibility far better at pitch level and the glare from the floodlights made it significantly worse of a spectacle on TV. Pretty easy to work out - players could see what was happening without major issue, despite anything Shane Walsh says, when on TV you could literally only see the near side of the field. Still don't think it should have gone ahead though.

Glen the far superior team throughout and it would have been an absolute travesty if they'd manage it to lose it. That said, they'd have been the architects of their own stupid downfall as they decided to sit back after about 35 minutes, deciding they'd done enough. That let Rory O'Carroll, who was getting absolutely roasted and should have been black carded, come out to the middle and start to have an influence on things. Mannion and Walsh more than happy to rise to the challenge and kicked some wonderful scores. The Walsh pass for the goal was incredible. They could have won it but wouldn't have deserved it at all. Glen **** the togs and a freak play aside, Crokes looked very poor throughout, save two or three players. A lot of miles on their clock.

Should have been a red all day long. Lane completely bottled it. There wasn't anything "late" about it in the slightest. If you're early or even on time, you're not allowed lead with the forearm. He raised his elbow to smack him in the face and succeeded.

More sports need to start looking at the way rugby applies its laws/rules and how consequences of foul play, accidental or otherwise, are factored into punishment.

Glen will start, deservedly, as firm favourites but if they take their foot off the gas and think they have it wrapped up early enough the way they did today, St. Brigid's are more than good enough to take advantage.