All Ireland Senior Hurling (Liam Mccarthy Cup) 2019

Limerick not as unbeatable as we all thought they certainly showed weaknesses today. Amazing week in hurling last week cork were finished this week they're one of the favorites for the all Ireland.

PTH2009 wrote: »

The calendar needs to be looked at and maybe put back a few weeks

Some counties will have no intercoutny action after the 2nd weekend in bloody June.

Imo this new calendar is killing the GAA. The Championships are competing with the ends of the Soccer, rugby seasons and other things like festivals, comunnions/confirmations etc.

Far from killing the GAA but how do you change it unless you completely overhaul the whole structure of inter county season and way league is ran. Putting things back few weeks has big impact later in the year and impacts clubs even more so.
There is festivals all summer so that is no excuse for competition.

Bonniedog wrote: »

I was glad the Communion got me out of going after what happened!

Compressing the season is massive marketing fail. Good crowd in Cork and even that was down on sell outs that were the norm for Tipp/cork games, but other venues obviously hit by all the other stuff going on.

The usual borefest of the EPL ended in a bit of excitement, which could not be foreseen, but a bit disturbing that so many people prefer watching that cr@p on the TV instead of their own neighbours playing hurling or football, or soccer for that matter.

I wouldnt call it a marketing fail though if you feel it is then what do you change it to as going back to the traditional/"old" format cant be the way forward.

nice_guy80 wrote: »

there are clearly people making decisions in HQ that don't have a clue about the natural rythym of country GAA supporters

But that natural rhythm needs to change for GAA to really compete against other sports in long term

PTH2009 wrote: »

This BS early championship calendar is working out for the GAA as they are attracting younger top standard players over too the US/Canada/Australia etc too play with clubs for the summer when there IC teams are out of the all Ireland and there clubs agree too hold off fixtures

Croke Park needs to be harsher on counties who do that as clubs shouldnt be able to push back fixtures and allowing people go over to States during summer isnt what should be good for GAA.

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

Two Munster games on TV today. Would it really cost RTE that much to stream one of the other games on the player? Useless shower

Because they cant?

https://www.buzz.ie/video/watch-disgraceful-video-shows-gaa-fans-fighting-stadium-327058

Not a good advertisement for the Munster Championship

Motivator wrote: »

Young Tipperary fans with terrible haircuts and skintight jeans fighting amongst themselves. They’ve been at it for years, nothing to see there to be honest. I remember being at the 2008 Munster Final and they were at the same carry but on a much larger scale. A couple of older Clare fans that somehow got mixed up with them got a few belts that day. Sadly this kind of behaviour has become synonymous with Tipperary over the years, I wouldn’t expect any different from them.

Every county has idiots supporting them at games. Its not synonymous with Tipp at all. Ridiculous to say it is

Motivator wrote: »

A few of them made shît of a pub on the road out of cork a few years ago after they played in Pairc Ui Caoimh. Same carry on as that today fighting amongst themselves and I’ve seen it in the Blackrock End over the years. Not a ridiculous thing to say as I’ve seen it with my own eyes.

You are tarring an entire county by actions of a minority but point is every county has idiots including your's(which is??) and you cant just criticise one

lab man wrote: »

When da drink goes in the true colours come out ... simple

But point is you cant typecast thousands and thousands of fans by the actions of a small minority

In fairness there are idiots following every county.

Something similar happened at the Tipp Clare game last year

Powerhouse wrote: »

So their loss to Cork only affected their degree of unbeatability? I am amused by the "shock" people in the media are feeling at the result in Limerick. Limerick drew with Cork and lost to Clare in Munster last year and failed to reach the Munster Final. They beat Kilkenny by two points, beat Cork after extra-time, and Galway by a point clinging on by their fingertips having led by 1-15 to 0-10 with 25 minutes to go. All worthy wins but no signs of unbeatability.

Yeah, but its the same thing every year in both codes. The media builds up this idea that a dynasty is starting rather than just appreciating the effort it took to get to that level in the first place. We've seen it with Tipp and Galway this decade too. Both fine teams, but there wasn't exactly a lot of daylight between them and the rest when they won.

Motivator wrote: »

Young Tipperary fans with terrible haircuts and skintight jeans fighting amongst themselves. They’ve been at it for years, nothing to see there to be honest. I remember being at the 2008 Munster Final and they were at the same carry but on a much larger scale. A couple of older Clare fans that somehow got mixed up with them got a few belts that day. Sadly this kind of behaviour has become synonymous with Tipperary over the years, I wouldn’t expect any different from them.

Sadly these kind of sweeping statements have become synonymous with bitter Waterford fans over the years, I wouldn't expect any different from them.

ArielAtom wrote: »

https://www.buzz.ie/video/watch-disgraceful-video-shows-gaa-fans-fighting-stadium-327058

Not a good advertisement for the Munster Championship

A fair old brawl there. Some right belts thrown. Can't say I'm surprised though.

Just wondering whether Wexford may have set something of a record at the weekend.

Shane Reck was a late substitute, making his first championship appearance. He is an older brother of Damien that has been a regular for two years now. I can't recall an instance where a younger brother made a senior championship debut ahead of his older brother (certainly not for Wexford), and even if it has been done before, it must be rare.

I know there are loads of wise heads on here that can give a definitive answer

castletownman wrote: »

Just wondering whether Wexford may have set something of a record at the weekend.

Shane Reck was a late substitute, making his first championship appearance. He is an older brother of Damien that has been a regular for two years now. I can't recall an instance where a younger brother made a senior championship debut ahead of his older brother (certainly not for Wexford), and even if it has been done before, it must be rare.

I know there are loads of wise heads on here that can give a definitive answer

Kieran Bennett's two younger brothers (Stephen and Shane) both made their championship debuts for Waterford before he did

liogairmhordain wrote: »

Kieran Bennett's two younger brothers (Stephen and Shane) both made their championship debuts for Waterford before he did

KevIRL wrote: »

Think Shane Bennett made his championship debut before older brothers Stephen and Kieran

PTH2009 wrote: »

Think Stephen Bennett debuted first. He came on as a sub in the 2014 Wexford qualifier game

Priceless

Thanks for the clarification lads. Still appears to be a rare enough occurrence.

As for the weekend, the optimist in me is hopeful of a close game in Salthill. I see a clamour in Wexford quarters for Davy to set up more traditionally, and that may indeed catch Galway unawares, but I don't think he will change his set-up this far down the line. There may be a couple of positional tweaks for man-marking purposes, but with Galway down a couple of big hitters by all accounts, the individual battles become all the more important. Wexford may well be steeled by NOT losing last week, even if the goal was a sucker-punch at the time.

IF the half-back line don't get exposed for pace (they are all well able to take a score), IF we fare better under our own long puck-outs, and IF we get a tune out of all five forwards, Wexford could well do a job.

My team would be: Fanning; D.Reck, Ryan, D.Byrne; K.Foley; P.Foley, O'Hanlon, Murphy; O'Keeffe, Nolan; R.O'Connor, Chin, Dunbar; McGovern, McDonald. Plenty of scope for scores there with an improved showing from ROC, and Dunbar's pace. Ryan, Byrne (despite being a championship debutant) and Murphy on designated marking duty.

Looking forward to the game now. Hon the yellabellys.