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2015 Leinster Senior Hurling Final: Galway v. Kilkenny ; Croke Park; 5th July @16:00

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    #62
    Mountainlad
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    corny wrote: »
    Richie Hogan dropping back is a master stroke. He's sweeping up everything.

    It's not new though. Hard one to combat but he's doing this since last year so shouldn't be a surprise. You'd have thought there'd be some plan of action.


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    #63
    wp_rathead
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    The White Feather wrote: »
    Ref seems to be really helping Kilkenny along

    They do not need help
    Kk are just better than us


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    #64
    nice_guy80
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    Galway haven't hit one cross field ball today or created any space for their forwards to get one on one

    Everything is straight down the field

    Plus, every sideline has to be hit long from Galway. Not one short sideline worked to retain possession


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    #65
    basillarkin
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    If WW could score he would be a great player. His striking is very poor for inter county level


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    #66
    zetecescort
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    Galways touch has been very poor at times.


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    #67
    BQQ
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    Magic from Larkin


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    #68
    The White Feather
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    wp_rathead wrote: »
    They do not need help
    Kk are just better than us

    Thats what I meant. KK are better but they were helped along here and there


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    #69
    Roquentin
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    kilkenny players on a different level. glynn, harte, glennon useless. tipp are the only team that can stop kilkenny


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    #70
    windy shepard henderson
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    nice_guy80 wrote: »
    Galway haven't hit one cross field ball today or created any space for their forwards to get one on one

    Everything is straight down the field

    Plus, every sideline has to be hit long from Galway. Not one short sideline worked to retain possession

    the same against dublin the first day 3 maybe 4 crossfield passes into the full forward line all resulted in scores and just reverted back to shooting hopefull long balls down the field afterwards


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    #71
    Mountainlad
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    FairPlay Kilkenny. Too good through out, never looked like losing. Going to be very hard to beat once again this year.


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    #72
    Very Bored
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    Serious performance by Kilkenny, work rate was top notch. Eoin Larkin and Richie Hogan contributed greatly, so did Padraig Walsh. I would be a bit concerned about the number of wides the team hit, Walter Walsh in particular. Was a very enjoyable match and Galway put up good opposition but just didn't have enough in the end though its still evident that the rest of their forward line isn't up to the same level as Joe.


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    #73
    Mountainlad
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    Cyril Donnellan contributed more than Canning today I thought.


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    #74
    Very Bored
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    The White Feather wrote: »
    Ref seems to be really helping Kilkenny along

    That's a silly statement after Padraig Mannion got a yellow for a straight red offence. The difference was in the quality of the two teams, not in the referee's performance.


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    #75
    Mantis Toboggan
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    How many points did Galway score from play?

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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    #76
    Utopia Parkway
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    Roquentin wrote: »
    kilkenny players on a different level. glynn, harte, glennon useless. tipp are the only team that can stop kilkenny

    Thought Glynn did alright. Won a lot of ball. The other two alright were pretty anonymous.


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    #77
    STIG83
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    Jaysus no excitement for winning a trophy by Kk, if it Galway or another team that win a trophy they be great excitement.
    Next weekend if Tipp or Waterford win Munster they be more excitement than the wake earlier


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    #78
    Roquentin
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    Utopia Parkway wrote: »
    Thought Glynn did alright. Won a lot of ball. The other two alright were pretty anonymous.

    doesnt have the hurling. mannion got devoured by the kilkenny backs. david burke too was not good. galway dont have the hurlers simple as. and they wont win anything for the foreseeable future.

    it was so simple for kilkenny to win primary possession and to score. the only other team that can do it as good as them is tipp.


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    #79
    Very Bored
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    STIG83 wrote: »
    Jaysus no excitement for winning a trophy by Kk, if it Galway or another team that win a trophy they be great excitement.
    Next weekend if Tipp or Waterford win Munster they be more excitement than the wake earlier

    None of those teams have dominated their province like Kilkenny have in recent years so the excitement, or lack of, is natural.


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    #80
    Roquentin
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    winning leinster means nothing to kilkenny.


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    #81
    fed up sick and tired
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    Bambi wrote: »
    Pulls a galway player up for dubious steps but ignores kilkenny lads milling around in the tackle with the ball glued to their hand.

    Another cody-certified "let it flow (but only for one team)" ref

    Yet post 19 tells us that KK were being penalised for infringement.

    And the Cody-certified ref gave a yellow card to a GY player for an offence that is a straight red.

    What can it mean ?


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    #82
    STIG83
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    Roquentin wrote: »
    winning leinster means nothing to kilkenny.

    Scrap it then if that's the attitude.
    Munster championship is way better, means a lot to teams too.

    No harm to try an open championship maybe?


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    #83
    Roquentin
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    STIG83 wrote: »
    Scrap it then if that's the attitude.
    Munster championship is way better, means a lot to teams too.

    No harm to try an open championship maybe?

    the whole thing is a farce tbh. kilkenny to win the top prize in hurling only play three serious games (leinster final, SF and Final). when they were dominating a few years ago they only played two games. it was a joke. i wouldnt rate what cody has done at all. its tailor made for them to succeed in.

    its very easy to psyche yourself up for two games. it would be a lot harder if you had to play 30 games over a season, to psyche yourself up for each game.

    Now the negative is that if they were to make a league out of it, the games would lose their intensity. But if a team really wants to win on merit they have to A) play more games ( at least ten in my books) and B) each team must play the same number of games)

    a team from munster to win the all ireland may have to play five hard games, whereas kilkenny would only have to play two. the system is a joke and set up for them to succeed and it is so easy for kilkenny to dominate because they only play 2/3 matches. if this were a competition wherein you play 10 games each, they wouldnt dominate because psychological wise they wouldnt be able to psyche themselves up for each game.


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    #84
    fed up sick and tired
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    Roquentin wrote: »
    the whole thing is a farce tbh. kilkenny to win the top prize in hurling only play three serious games (leinster final, SF and Final). when they were dominating a few years ago they only played two games. it was a joke. i wouldnt rate what cody has done at all. its tailor made for them to succeed in.

    its very easy to psyche yourself up for two games. it would be a lot harder if you had to play 30 games over a season, to psyche yourself up for each game.

    Now the negative is that if they were to make a league out of it, the games would lose their intensity. But if a team really wants to win on merit they have to A) play more games ( at least ten in my books) and B) each team must play the same number of games)

    a team from munster to win the all ireland may have to play five hard games, whereas kilkenny would only have to play two. the system is a joke and set up for them to succeed and it is so easy for kilkenny to dominate because they only play 2/3 matches. if this were a competition wherein you play 10 games each, they wouldnt dominate because psychological wise they wouldnt be able to psyche themselves up for each game.

    Making a fool of yourself.


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    #85
    Roquentin
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    fed up sick and tired wrote: »
    Making a fool of yourself.

    you are talking to a computer screen


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    #86
    fed up sick and tired
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    Roquentin wrote: »
    you are talking to a computer screen

    Yeah, yours.


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    #87
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    fed up sick and tired wrote: »
    Yeah, yours.

    am i a man or a woman?


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    #88
    wfdrun
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    Well done Kilkenny


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    #89
    savannahkat
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    Roquentin wrote: »
    am i a man or a woman?

    either way you are fair sour


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    #90
    WallyGUFC
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    Brian Cody is the greatest manager in the history of the GAA. It's not his problem if Kilkenny have it easy. It's up to teams like Galway and Dublin to get up to Kilkenny's level, which we did in 2012. But it's the same old Galway problem of lacking consistency in performance and probably not great management.


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    #91
    Mountainlad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭Mountainlad


    Roquentin wrote: »
    the whole thing is a farce tbh. kilkenny to win the top prize in hurling only play three serious games (leinster final, SF and Final). when they were dominating a few years ago they only played two games. it was a joke. i wouldnt rate what cody has done at all. its tailor made for them to succeed in.

    its very easy to psyche yourself up for two games. it would be a lot harder if you had to play 30 games over a season, to psyche yourself up for each game.

    Now the negative is that if they were to make a league out of it, the games would lose their intensity. But if a team really wants to win on merit they have to A) play more games ( at least ten in my books) and B) each team must play the same number of games)

    a team from munster to win the all ireland may have to play five hard games, whereas kilkenny would only have to play two. the system is a joke and set up for them to succeed and it is so easy for kilkenny to dominate because they only play 2/3 matches. if this were a competition wherein you play 10 games each, they wouldnt dominate because psychological wise they wouldnt be able to psyche themselves up for each game.

    That line about not rating what Cody has done is the most stupid thing I've read in 6 years posting on this forum.


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