The Tipperary GAA (Club and Intercounty) Thread

Pissing rain it will make a difference.

Orange ball maybe give hawkeye a better view of it in hogans hand and not crossing the crossbar, seeing in pl that hawkeye can **** up.

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Winter hurling is all about dogs and kilkenny have plenty of them! Dogs and a excellent free taker will get you along way. I'd make them strong contenders.

I finding it hard to get excited about this year's hurling all seems very distant.

dogs will keep a game a close for 50 minutes after that its over, keep tj reid quiet and kilkenny are bet.

iebamm2580 wrote: »

dogs will keep a game a close for 50 minutes after that its over, keep tj reid quiet and kilkenny are bet.

Think you're being a little harsh they've plenty of ability to go with those dogs.
Remember TJ didn't score from play in the semi final win over Limerick.

Kk the masters of hard dogs for the road and with cody........ Tj though 33 later this yr and Tipp of course have a few at wrong side of 30 some will say winter hurling might suit old legs I disagree anyway as already said croker at any time will be close to ideal

iebamm2580 wrote: »

kk havent won since 2015 and i dont see that changing anytime in next few years, the great kk team is gone and comparisons with the new crop cannot be justified. My point about winter hurling was the chances of it pissing down are likely and this will suit the more skillful hurlers irregardless of the pitch. Wet day will not suit limericks short running game where accuracy and first touch are key either.

There's no doubt kk are nowhere near as good as they were but from a limerick point of view I think we're better (leaving last July aside) they're still formidable opposition for us especially in croke park would we have gotten over the line in 2018 had that qf been on in croke park instead of thurles? Im not so sure. I think we can alter our game for winter hurling we have size on our side plus twud be no harm to have a plan b the running game wasn't much good to us last yr v kk was it? I think this yrs winners will come from us Tipp and wexford I discount kk cos I don't see them beating Tipp and I think if you've to win it you'll have to beat them for us if we're to win it we'll have to beat ye possibly twice same for Tipp with us. Cork Galway Waterford and Clare can't be discounted either but if I was forced to pick 3 thats who I'd go for

iebamm2580 wrote: »

fair enough as i said earlier i think its us lim or galway, can see wexford going far but ultimately they dont have high scoring forwards when needed.

Would you think Galway have?

iebamm2580 wrote: »

This winter hurling could suit our lads, best stick players in the country and should slow down some of the other teams as we are not blessed with pace, cork are screwed, limericks short running game could be difficult to pull off and wexford and kilkenny dont have the forwards to put up scores in difficult weather. between us lim and galway i reckon.

time of year wouldnt really matter in croke park though will it. Ground will still be maintained by pro groundsmen and not really going to be that much of a factor.

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Winter hurling is all about dogs and kilkenny have plenty of them! Dogs and a excellent free taker will get you along way. I'd make them strong contenders.

I finding it hard to get excited about this year's hurling all seems very distant.

that bit cliched no? Going on about dogs..
Kilkenny would be strong contenders regardless.

lim4ev wrote: »

Am thinking the exact same on all points you raised here. i can see problems for these matches to even take place what if someone gets the virus? Fixing these games whack bang in the middle of the next flu season defies comprehension to me but i haven't heard many say the same surely these could have been started in September thats giving the clubs july and August i know there'll be time needed to prepare/train etc but anything is better than the way they are going with.

Re the hurling we (limerick) got the short stick plus Clare of course but would rather our draw than Tipps at least if we beat Clare we'll have a game under our belts but ahhh I can't get too excited yet cos I just fear unless they change dates this might not even happen. I hope to God it does though snow or no snow

not really. If covid19 has dropped even more then what's the issue. It's not as if numbers from abroad attending games would be high.
Clubs need more time than just two months and this will only be a short competition

iebamm2580 wrote: »

Conor whelan can be deadly and a guy called joe aint bad either, throw in young concannon and mannion and jason flynn, galway always trouble us so i would be wary of them.

Yes I rate Whelan v highly and Joe no need to go on

Only the all ireland final and semis will be Croker, all other games will be in Provincial grounds which can be affected by bad weather.

dont know how people think rain and wind wont affect hurling, its the weather not the grounds im talking about. Tommy walsh was on about a while back how it will suit some teams.

iebamm2580 wrote: »

kk havent won since 2015 and i dont see that changing anytime in next few years, the great kk team is gone and comparisons with the new crop cannot be justified. My point about winter hurling was the chances of it pissing down are likely and this will suit the more skillful hurlers irregardless of the pitch. Wet day will not suit limericks short running game where accuracy and first touch are key either.

My feeling is that Limerick will bring more of a Plan B this year. While their running game in full flow is awesome, it can be quite one dimensional and can play into the hands of certain teams e.g. the likes of KK who will always bring the dogs of war and will relish a short game battle in the middle third, even in the first game against Cork when Cork packed the middle third a longer game might have yielded better results against a fairly weak Cork full back line.


Tipp don't have as effective a short game as Limerick and don't have the pace and power to execute it with the same impact as Limerick, but they mix it up a bit and are not afraid to cough up possession with long diagonal balls into their forwards which can be hugeful effective, as well as accurate long balls picking out their forwards in space.

Great to see Tipperary GAA letting their season ticket holders watch the games online for free. Only wish my own county would do the same for their season ticket holders

Some good games in the Senior A yesterday, the highlight was seeing Billy McCarthy score a point whilst on his knees. What a way to announce his return.

Could anyone tell me so I can tell my father, he needs to know, why during the nenagh v holycross game today did the commentator say the ball went left and wide when it was actually right and said right when it was left? Hope I'm making sense, I didn't see the game but my father has been on the phone to me asking me to find out!!??