Club Championships 2019-20

seligehgit · 19-01-2020 4:11pm

Squeaky bum time.

Two in it!

Joe_ Public · 19-01-2020 4:17pm

All over, well done ballyhale. Did what they had to do, clinical when they needed to be.

Fair play borris too, sure we all know they should have had 5 red cards minimum, but battled hard and were better team for stretches. Will rue the chances they missed.

seligehgit · 19-01-2020 4:17pm

Brave effort by Borris but Ballyhale are worthy winners.

Mantis Toboggan · 19-01-2020 4:18pm

Surely Jerry Kelly should be man of the match.

BoroMan32 · 19-01-2020 4:20pm

How can you give TJ Reid the Man of the Match there? Jerry Kelly was outstanding, and Reid was quiet enough.

Martin567 · 19-01-2020 4:20pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

All over, well done ballyhale. Did what they had to do, clinical when they needed to be.

Fair play borris too, sure we all know they should have had 5 red cards minimum, but battled hard and were better team for stretches. Will rue the chances they missed.

Nobody said that. But they certainly should have had one and couldn't have had too many arguments if they had received two.

Joe_ Public · 19-01-2020 4:23pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Surely Jerry Kelly should be man of the match.

Incredible display of point taking today, but always easy to overlook when on losing side.

BoroMan32 · 19-01-2020 4:24pm

Brendan Maher's shoulder wasn't a red card in a million years. Dan McCormack couldn't have had any arguments if he'd got a red.

Shamrocks very complacent in the second half, Borris were limited but tried hard.

Mantis Toboggan · 19-01-2020 4:28pm

Ballyhale are a serious outfit would beat alot of County teams. Savage effort from Borris considering where they have come from. 3 County titles for kk clubs this weekend, shows how strong their clubs are and it won't be long before they're back winning all Irelands at intercounty level.

PTH2009 · 19-01-2020 4:28pm

Amazing Ballyhale for such a small town to have hurlers like that. Tough year for the community out there the same with Borrislleigh who tried there best

Corofin to win easy

castletownman · 19-01-2020 4:30pm

Jerry Kelly put in one of the best performances ever seen by a player on a losing team. Great player to watch. Throwback to the old days in terms of physique.

I agree that he should have got MOTM, although TJ did pop up with a crucial score near the end, won a late free and set up more besides.

Big dog daly · 19-01-2020 4:31pm

Absolutely crazy decision to give tj Reid motm, Jerry Kelly was head and shoulders above everyone today, 6 from play and a sideline. Someone needs their head examined picking that

Frozen Veg · 19-01-2020 4:32pm

Puck outs killed Borrisoleigh in the first half only winning 3/14 of their own.

Every puck out long down on top of the sweeper.

Big Ears · 19-01-2020 4:34pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Ballyhale are a serious outfit would beat alot of County teams. Savage effort from Borris considering where they have come from. 3 County titles for kk clubs this weekend, shows how strong their clubs are and it won't be long before they're back winning all Irelands at intercounty level.

They would beat a lot of County teams, but none in the Liam McCarthy !

There's something seriously underwhelming about them. Obviously the best club team in the country, but when you name the players at their disposal and see their performance, it seems to be less than the sum of it's parts.
Worthy winners today though.

Dayor Knight · 19-01-2020 4:35pm

Fair play to Borris, they never gave up. Will rue a few misses but hard to argue with the result overall. A good competitive game with the result not certain until the very end.

corner back 2 · 19-01-2020 4:40pm

Big Ears wrote: »

They would beat a lot of County teams, but none in the Liam McCarthy !

There's something seriously underwhelming about them. Obviously the best club team in the country, but when you name the players at their disposal and see their performance, it seems to be less than the sum of it's parts.
Worthy winners today though.

The All Ireland club champions two years in a row are seriously underwhelming!! What would you like them to do to prove themselves to you?

Swamp_Cat · 19-01-2020 4:47pm

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Anyone else watching on gaago? Had a "skybox will shut down due to inactivity" warning for about five minutes and then it actually did shut down. 160 quid a year. Fooking amateur hour.

I've had worse although today was frustrating. last year missed the 1st 39 minutes of a game I paid to see when the football I'm forced to pay for ran long. The refused even a partial refund or subscription installment discount. Also, they use their own 'media player' which is some pathetic attempt at reinventing the wheel. Been a subscriber from the beginning and they have not improved at all unfortunately. No other options though, so ...better than the alternative.
but no, you weren't alone today.
Great final today! Congrats Shamrocks!

castletownman · 19-01-2020 5:01pm

Can't profess to be fluent with the native tongue, but is Coman Goggins suggesting that Kilcoo were cynical (ag cinacúl) vs Ballyboden?

He mustn't have watched MDMA play then. Ballyboden are no saints themselves.

Rasputin11 · 19-01-2020 5:02pm

BoroMan32 wrote: »

Brendan Maher's shoulder wasn't a red card in a million years. Dan McCormack couldn't have had any arguments if he'd got a red.

Shamrocks very complacent in the second half, Borris were limited but tried hard.

Three excellent points, I think Ballyhale played within themselves and had another gear in them if it was needed. Borris competed very strongly and their conditioning is exceptional. 8 club All Ireland's is a fantastic achievement for a country club.

Big Ears · 19-01-2020 5:04pm

corner back 2 wrote: »

The All Ireland club champions two years in a row are seriously underwhelming!! What would you like them to do to prove themselves to you?

More so because they've won the last 2 All-Ireland's (3 of the last 6) and have players like TJ Reid, Adrian Mullen, Colin Fennelly, Michael Fennelly, Joey Holden among others.

I know they're playing with better players when playing Intercounty, but I don't think most of those men hit the same standard as when they do when hurling with Kilkenny.

They also let Borrisoleigh back into the game when it should have been over and done with (although credit to Borrisoleigh for that), where as you would expect a team as experienced and as successful as Ballyhale to drive on, as they did in last years final and finish the job.