This weekends senior fixtures
Out of interest what way does the Kilkenny championship work. Do they incorporate a league into it ?
That's the thing, that re-fixture would be very straight forward so can't understand why they didn't make the call early this morning.
It's the Thomas fans travelling back to Galway in midst of a ted warning in the county that you have to call into question.Putting fans in a difficult position where asking them to travel across the country in treacherous weather conditions. I'm based in Galway here and you wouldn't put the dog out in the conditions we have here today. Call it off and play double header in croker next Saturday 3 and 5 clock and Dubs monaghan game can be played after. With that it's not competing with the numerous league matches that being played and televised on Sunday.
Don't think anyone has a concern about the conditions in Croke Park, it's more the safety of people travelling to the match.
Some of you guys really shouldn't be living in an island in the middle of the North Atlantic. It's wet, it's windy... so what? I've been to games in March and April that were held in wet and windy days, it's pat for the course! The GAA of course is an easy target to have a pop at when you're sitting by the fire looking out the windows for something to complain about....
That said, the conditions will have a bearing on the games today, and how the teams adapt will be critical. Wind and rain will probably suit a bigger, physical Glen team I'd imagine, will probably tilt the scales in their favour.
Wonder if many will decide it's not worth chancing and just stay at home
GAA asleep at the wheel here, families likely leaving already for Dublin.
The only good decision can be to cancel at this point surely. Glen supporters would have a similarly dangerous trek home during high level orange conditions.
Also Bridgid fans travelling from Roscommon.
Wonder if the red weather warning will affect things..( considering a St Thomas are in the final). Fans would be traveling back during the time of the warning.
Same as 2013
In fact putting them back a week (had they done so yesterday) could have led to a much bigger attendance as with the forecast there will be very very few neutrals there today.
St Brigid's and St Thomas to win
Wouldn't call it greed as putting them back a week wouldn't have any financial impact, its just a lack of common sense more than anything.
Crazy going ahead with this match tomorrow, Gaa greed ,folks will make their way up ,alot with children, but have a slim chance of getting home without massive delays on the roads, and if their on the train, tree's will be down everywhere in the Midlands to the west.
The biblical snow in 2018 was actually in March...
Also playing a provincial final in December, an All Ireland semi 2 months later and final 5 weeks later was the high of madness looking back on it, and talking to former players who played Paddy's day finals they confirmed this to me.
As for the games narrow wins for the Derry and Galway men.
Glen for the Football
Hurling is a hard one to choose, would like St Thomas too win but O Loughlin Gaels getting all the luck this season. Gaels by 4
Way less of a chance of a named storm belting in on St.Patrick's Day. Just saying....
I was wondering the same 50+kph winds around match time.
This game going ahead tomorrow?
Congrats to the winners in the Junior and Intermediate All Ireland Finals this weekend
All-Ireland Club IHC final
Castlelyons (Cork) 0-13 Thomastown (Kilkenny) 2-23, Croke Park - FT
All-Ireland Club JHC final
St Catherine's (Cork) 1-13 Tullogher Rosbercon (Kilkenny) 2-21, Croke Park - FT
All-Ireland Club IFC final
Cullyhanna (Armagh) 1-8 Cill na Martra (Cork) 0-7, Croke Park - FT
All-Ireland Club JFC final
Listowel Emmets (Kerry) 0-10 Arva (Cavan) 0-13, Croke Park - FT
Glen are not very new on the scene at all. They might only have won their first title in 2021 but the team has been coming for years now.
They won an absolutely ludicrous four Ulster Minor club titles on the spin from 2011 on which has generated this outstanding squad.
Where is the information coming from about the Derry panel? Mickey Harte should be looking far and wide for talent, like he did in Louth.
"Mickey Harte used 63 players from 24 clubs and gave out 34 debuts in three years as Louth manager".
Glen are very new on the scene in Derry, so I don't think their recent success should overly influence the county panel. Derry were also no hopers in Ulster up until a couple of years ago. I think their recent upsurge and that of Glen are just a coincidence. Rory in charge of the county, and Malachy in charge of Glen were probably the biggest factors at play.
It will be interesting to see if some of the Glen players like Tallon and Ethan Doherty's brother join the Derry team if they win the final. Apparently some don't want to. The reality of the situation is that winning club All Ireland's won't make you a house hold name of the sport. Of course you will be a legend in your parish but not anywhere else in Ireland. The next step for them is to reply to Mickey Harte's voicemails
Some boy to be playing minor at 9 yrs old
He is 26. I think his brother is in the subs, he was Derry minor goalkeeper when they got to the final in 2007.
Actually I see on Google that he is 30.
Who did Crokes buy? Have one outsider in panel about 32. If look at clubs across the country plenty have outsiders. Moycullen had 3 outsiders playing this year. Salthill and Nemo Rangers had plenty of outsiders over the years too.
Oh ok. I thought he seemed younger. Maybe just that I am pushing on, and anyone playing these days seems like a youngster to me.
You are correct castlebar. Typical Dub getting anywhere outside Dublin mixed up.
It was back in 2012 match abandoned due to Fog with the score Dublin 0-8-Mayo - 0-5
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Shane Walsh is a funny sort of player can go missing games, then all of a sudden bang he clicks.
Warnock is 31. Hardly a pup.
I know. What I meant was any season ticket holder that wasn't going to use their ticket.
I doubt a Dublin:Mayo match would be held in Westport. Castlebar, maybe yes.
I didn't find it unwatchable at all. The only parts we couldn't really see were when the ball was in the corners of the pitch which were furthest from the cameras. Other than that, it was easy to follow.
Very exciting match, and some great long-distance scores. Some pass by Shane Walsh for the goal. I thought he was anonymous for most of the game, but he can then do a Clifford, and produce the sublime.
Bit off topic from the match, but the corner back who got man of the match spoke exceptionally well in his presentation acceptance speech. He seemed so composed for a young fellow after winning such a significant game.
