The bould juice has left us so it's up to me I suppose. I think Chris is a Protestant or a Muslim or something so he won't bothering us.
Great, if fortunate win for Kilkenny (my county) yesterday. Richie Hogan proved again why he must play.
The Munster final is much closer than paddy power and pals predicted.
Baile Átha Cliath abú!
I've the hurling on the laptop and the football on TV. One is a sport I've little affinity with, the other drives me to despair.
Didn't watch any of today's hurling but did watch Tipp v Cork yesterday. Cork stayed in it til the end and could have nicked it but the scoreline flattered the rebels as Tipp had about 20 wides which shows the level of chances they created as much as it highlights the inaccuracy of their shooting.
Quote from: Emphyrio on November 15, 2020, 05:25:45 PM
I've the hurling on the laptop and the football on TV. One is a sport I've little affinity with, the other drives me to despair.
Very similar to my own situation.
Hurlers used to look like men. They look like little cunts trying to buy yokes these days.
I see Dublin just about scraped past Laois. I doubt Meath will cause them too many problems next weekend.
Will this finally be the year Mayo bring Sam Maguire home:) They'll need to improve a lot just to beat Cork (assuming they beat Tipperary) in the semi- final.
Re Mayo I actually think they can win this year. Hurling looks to be Limerick but as the weather gets worse it might favour Galway I think.
Kilkenny too.
Incredible results today!
Same 4 provincial winners as 1920 in football.
I still think Galway can take Limerick and Waterford should beat Kilkenny.
20 bar that Kilkenny will win
€20?
Delighted for Cavan but thought Donegal would give Dublin a go giving us (Mayo) a handier final. Cavan womt be a rollover for Dublin anyway. And Mayo won't rollover Tipp but I still see us going through. If it's a Dublin Mayo final and as it's 2020 anything goes. If Mayo win the lockdown can go fuck itself, put a wall around the county and see ye next summer.
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The crazy results in the football tie nicely into my theory that sport without spectators is influencing outcomes more than I would have thought. Also funny to see how everybody in Tipp suddenly loves the football.
Up the white and green I say
Quote from: astfgyl on November 23, 2020, 11:32:19 PM
The crazy results in the football tie nicely into my theory that sport without spectators is influencing outcomes more than I would have thought. Also funny to see how everybody in Tipp suddenly loves the football.
Oh it is 100% a factor. I have no doubt that Celtic wouldn't be as poor in the soccer if there was crowds at the games.
Yes it has been well proven that home advantage influences referees enough to make an overall difference.
No shtopping Luimneach, no contest really today.
They are a massive team. I actually think defenders need to be a step ahead of them to have any chance.
They were totally dominant. If it wasn't for the lash of frees they gave away in the first half, it would have been like 2008 for Waterford.
Some of the scores from Gillane and Flanagan were unbelievable.
I fear the Dubs will make it 6 on Saturday. I hope I'm proved wrong, but the way they've swatted away all comers this year at a canter, it'll be very tough for Mayo. You could argue they are evenly matched in the forwards, but conceding 3-13 against Tipp tells its own story.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on December 14, 2020, 07:46:17 AM
They were totally dominant. If it wasn't for the lash of frees they gave away in the first half, it would have been like 2008 for Waterford.
Some of the scores from Gillane and Flanagan were unbelievable.
I fear the Dubs will make it 6 on Saturday. I hope I'm proved wrong, but the way they've swatted away all comers this year at a canter, it'll be very tough for Mayo. You could argue they are evenly matched in the forwards, but conceding 3-13 against Tipp tells its own story.
A mayo win would really epitomise what 2020 has been as a whole and I think nearly everyone would like to see it . Unfortunately there is absolutely no chance of it happening - Mayos year to win it was 2017 and they fucked it. They must be up there as the team that has lost the most finals in any code in the world.
Quote from: Bogmetaller on December 14, 2020, 08:19:59 AM
A mayo win would really epitomise what 2020 has been as a whole and I think nearly everyone would like to see it . Unfortunately there is absolutely no chance of it happening - Mayos year to win it was 2017 and they fucked it. They must be up there as the team that has lost the most finals in any code in the world.
Yeah 2017 was fucked. I don't agree though that Mayo have no chance. We've ran Dublin close in most finals. Both teams are capable of putting up huge scores. I believe it will be close again on Saturday.
They might do it because their fans aren't there thus year. I always feel their fans lose the head when they go ahead especially in the semis or finals I've been to and it affects the players on the pitch. Could be the year.
Limerick are beginning to look like Kilkenny when they were dominant. Is it true they use some of the same personnel(back room staff) as Munster do.
As for Mayo's chances next weekend. Dublin have had it far too easy. Mayo have a midfield now that is athletic and mobile, they are capable of giving Fenton a hard time. Dublin will probably win it, but i think it will be a close game.
Yeah Dublin are definite favourites, but stranger things have happened. The Mayo forwards were busting a gut and swashbuckling all over the place against Tipp, mighty stuff. Please Jaysus, I could t stomach six in a row but it's likely to have to be swallowed.
I agree about the Limerick - Kilkenny comparisons. They didn't look like losing for a single minute yesterday evening. I had the Limerick FM commentary on, it was so amazing. A mucker and Ciarán Carey (sounded like he'd had a few scoops), some of their huff was class -'Hegarty is ice cold, cool as a breeze...to the left and wide' :)
Quote from: Caomhaoin on December 14, 2020, 04:36:27 PM
Yeah Dublin are definite favourites, but stranger things have happened. The Mayo forwards were busting a gut and swashbuckling all over the place against Tipp, mighty stuff. Please Jaysus, I could t stomach six in a row but it's likely to have to be swallowed.
We have some full forward line now with O'Shea, Cillian and Tommy Conroy. Its Conroy coming into the team that has had the most effect as it's taking the pressure of Cillian O'Connor. Hopefully ta fuck we do it this year. If not I'm still hopeful for the future as Horan is blooding a lot of youth, and this time they are actually good.
The nearly annual losing day is here again. It's the fucking hope that kills ya. HON MAYO!!!
Would you take another four years of Trump for Sam?
Quote from: Caomhaoin on December 19, 2020, 12:51:19 PM
Would you take another four years of Trump for Sam?
Yes. A million times over. Tbh there's hardly anything I wouldn't take to get Sam.
If the Dubs play as well as they can it'll be a slaughter I reckon.
Quote from: Pedrito on December 19, 2020, 03:55:48 PM
If the Dubs play as well as they can it'll be a slaughter I reckon.
Great game so far. Mayo will have to get at least 2 goals in the second half to have any chance. First 10 mins of the second half is key. Can't let them blow us out like last year.
Should be level. Two sitters missed by Mayo.
My heart can't take this.
Ya Dublin experience and game management won that game. Mayo need to be able to perform for 70 minutes and not just the first half. Not despondent though. Lots of good young players coming through so hope for the future.
6 in a row. As much as I hate to say it, this is the best team in the history of the game. Mayo were stiffer opposition by far than any of the other cakewalks they've had this year, but not stiff enough.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on December 19, 2020, 06:55:33 PM
6 in a row. As much as I hate to say it, this is the best team in the history of the game. Mayo were stiffer opposition by far than any of the other cakewalks they've had this year, but not stiff enough.
They are the best team ever. There's no doubt about it.
Well certainly the best financed etc etc
They're just a brilliant team. Better skill levels, a brilliant group, coached well, and most importantly they know how to win. Money and investment is definitely a factor but you cannot buy success. Mayo have been there numerous times and should probably have won at least a couple of titles, but they don't know how to. They lose the rag, fall to pieces etc. All that said, it won't last forever. Kilkenny were the exact same in hurling in the not too distant past. An amazing run of success but it has its time too.
Mayo population 130,000
Dublin population 1.4 Million.
That alone gives them a massive advantage over all other teams and it's just as well they aren't mad about the hurling too. Doesn't make them any less a great team but they have a large head start.
Kilkenny has a much smaller population that Cork and have won more hurling all Ireland's, and Cork is a huge small ball county. It's all about how the sport is perceived and developed. Carlow, Laois, Wexford and others have comparable populations and almost zero success, so I think sheer numbers of breathing humans has little to do with it, Dublin have been financed and organised on a quasi-professional platform over the last 10 years, and that's the principal reason they have no viable rivals, not even Kerry.
Population numbers is nonsense. Kerry has almost the same population as Mayo. They have a golden generation and made it pay. Mayo had a golden generation and fell on their faces. Tyrone has a larger population but I'm sure there's a fair heap of protestants there that never kicked a ball in their lives. So, it has something to do but it's not the full story.
I said it didn't mean they weren't a great team but saying that they have such a large pool to choose from and it doesn't give them a head start isn't right either. Of course the culture and coaching has to be right too and that's what I was getting at with the hurling part of the comment
That was the craziest game I think I've ever watched. Finally got over the line against the Dubs. Our bench was sensational. Horans best game in charge. Now to not fuck up in the final.
We shared a few words about it in the simple pleasures thread. Man, it was fuckin wild. Glad I watched it at home so didn't miss a bit of it.
I have Kerry roots but you couldn't but shout for Mayo in the final. They are the Waterford of football, there or thereabouts for 15 years (more even) and constant disappointment.
Enjoy the evening Treaty boys, total destruction of the rebels:)
There was no stopping them.
3-28 from play in an all Ireland final is an outrageous tally. Highest ever score in a final to boot, and it's not like they played a bunch of frightened kittens like Kilkenny did in 2008.
They could do 3,4, god help us, 5.
Men against boys. Cork could have a great team in 2 to 3 years with their young bucks coming through but nothing is going to stop this Limerick team for a few years. They were sensational today.
I can only imagine what the fear has in store for Emphyrio tomorrow :)
It's a case of coincidental drunkenness. As a city boy I don't have the same grá as ye parochial fuckers for the Gah, but ya, it was men against boys from a fair weather fan's perspective. And yes, I will still be in a heap tomorrow.
Limerick were outstanding today, class act to watch, every pass was clinical while Cork had to battle throughout the pitch to maintain any sort of possession, they are a few steps behind but as others said, give them 2-3 years.
Quote from: Ollkiller on August 15, 2021, 10:46:13 PM
That was the craziest game I think I've ever watched. Finally got over the line against the Dubs. Our bench was sensational. Horans best game in charge. Now to not fuck up in the final.
The most obnoxious play from Dublin in the 2nd half, this game management shite needs to feck off, few years ago Dublin kept going at teams, more brawn than brains on the team now with no bench impact. Discipline issues too that Dessie needs to correct. Glad they went out with a whimper than a bang as things need to be re-shaped and hopefully other teams start to enter the fray to excite the more neutral fans again. Hope Mayo go on to win it now.
Ya, had they been winning they would've dragged the game into a fuckin painfully shit experience and when they couldn't do that they just turned into knackers.
In relation to today, Limerick played a near perfect game. Everything landing and as Kev said that score from play is incredible.
Depressing to be a Corkman today. Defense cut open for the goals. Hats off to Limerick for the display though. We had a good run to get to Croke Park anyways so building on this is key.
Cork scooped up all the underage honours so that bodes well enough, although a penny for every time I heard that from my brother in law from Galway.
Yer man on the radio yesterday saying 'they should have locked the gates and made them suffer' was gas.
Match of the championship? Tyrone dug in deep there for that win and they have the bench that could prove vital in a potentially brilliant final.
To win just fucking once. Will be a tight game I think. HON Mayo.
Have the rayjoe on and a cup of tae brewing.
Slightly underwhelmed that it's Darragh Maloney in commentary but shurlookitbegrand.
Shit buzz if you're a Mayo fan.
Christmas come early if you're a red hand man...a month ago they were going to roll over for Kerry and not bother playing at all! Unbelievable.
Standard trip to the final.
Tyrone well deserved that - much better forwards/bench/movement. Mayo crumbled in that second half, first goal killed them, confidence was drained out of them quick enough. Aidan O'Shea had an absolute mare - just not at that level anymore.
The Tyrone defence was great. Fair play to them.
Mayo were awful. So many players failed to turn up. And we had 4 good goal chances and couldn't convert any of them.
Quote from: The Butcher on September 11, 2021, 08:07:15 PM
Tyrone well deserved that - much better forwards/bench/movement. Mayo crumbled in that second half, first goal killed them, confidence was drained out of them quick enough. Aidan O'Shea had an absolute mare - just not at that level anymore.
Has he ever been at that level? Has he scored in any of the six All Ireland Finals he has been in? No use being good against weaker opposition.
Get back in your box Shefflin :)😺😺😺😺😺😺
Pure Classic of a Munster Final. Clare lost their composure in extra time but they are still probably the closest to Limerick from what we've seen in the championship. It remains to be seen if Waterford can come back from two fairly harrowing beatings next year. Tipp have a long road back.
Cork maybe, Kilkenny look too lightweight. Wexford and Galway would need a minor miracle, although you never know with the Tribesmen.
Is there a better individual hurler than Tony Kelly at the moment? That last minute point from a sideline cut. The balls, the skill and the composure to do that it after 73' in Thurles. Bravo bai.
Fine game of hurling. Proper battle.
That last gasp sideline point was great yeah.
McDonagh final was frenetic stuff too, pure manic hurling. Level is light years away from the top tier and both Antrim and Kerry are going to receive severe beatings in the qualifiers but sure lookit.
Kerry would have to win three all Ireland's in a row to be let into the Munster championship.
Some swedge there at the end between Galway and Armagh! Extra time should be tasty :)
The Irish commentary on RTÉ News will save any of ye who can't take any more of Darragh Moloney btw.
Some game. Penalties are bullshit. Should have gone to a replay. Fair enough penalties in a replay I could live with but not today.
Galway deserved to lose for giving that second goal away, stupid behaviour on the part of the keeper. On the other hand, the Armagh carry on at full time was scandalous and there should have been serious on-the-pitch consequences. A red for each side was a pathetic call.
Yep, penalties in GAA, no thanks. Replays have given us so many great memories over the years in both codes, I dont understand why they have to copy fuckin' soccer and piss away the revenue of another day out. The championship goes by in the blink of an eye, give us a few more matches ye cunts.
Yeah replays all the way. What a game though! Both deserved another crack at it. Dublin won against Cork without impressing. Kerry did the same against Mayo today.
What are we predicting in the hurling today and tomorrow? I have a feeling Clare might take it in theirs.
Heart says Kilkenny, but I can't see anything but a Clare win.
If Limerick are beaten tomorrow it'll be a genuine shock.
Clare I reckon.
Quote from: Emphyrio on July 02, 2022, 04:53:07 PM
Clare I reckon.
Might avoid a prediction for tomorrow at this point.
Kilkenny have been good but what are Clare at? Young lads wouldn't make some of the mistakes going on here.
Nevertheless, enjoyable auld game after the wincing I was going at the rugby this morning.
Yeah glad I wasn't alone with that prediction. So many wides from the Banner.
Mighty battle today, I didn't think Galway would get that close, fair play to them. Shefflin was losing his rag altogether in the closing stages.
The Irish commentary is great, yer man goes pure wild for the 'cúlíní gleoite' :)
Nervy game from start to finish. Fair play to Galway, put in a proper performance.
Yeah, I had hope that they'd pull it off at the end but Limerick were always the team to beat. Should be a good final, though I can't see Kilkenny beating Limerick.
Ah sure anything's possible if you wish hard enough :)
I called Limerick to win it before it started and I see nothing to change my mind, but then anything can happen on the day. Hopefully the final is decent
Quote from: Caomhaoin on July 03, 2022, 06:07:08 PM
Ah sure anything’s possible if you wish hard enough :)
We still have the football and Camogie on the go, you never know...
Kilkenny will win it. Limerick stuttering all year.
The Dubs are like the Germans in soccer...you can never write the fuckers off!
This is the worst game of volleyball I've seen in a long time.
Derry v Galway was much worse.
What a score from O'Sé to win it.
First half of Derry v. Galway was appalling alright, second half livened up a bit. Kerry's title anyway, Galway haven't a hope against them if they play like they did yestersay.
The difference in quality between the two games was stark to put it mildly. Kerry's to lose alright, but sure I'm sure lads on the 1982 equivalent of this forum laughed off Offaly's chances too.
Good second half. Kerry are favourites alright. Comer and Ward have to play the game of their lives in the final to have a chance.
Damian Comer is a lad you'd have on any team. Looks like he's just a horse who'd go through a brick wall, but he's a great finisher. The ball just sticks to him.
Walsh is a good footballer but he's not great when the screw is getting turned. He nearly gave it away to Armagh in the semi with that spasticated pass near the end of normal time.
Anyway, the real All Ireland final in a weeks time :)
You must have had a free gaff the weekend with all the sports you were allowed watch.
Ha ha yeah, nailed it :)
As a Corkman, Limerick will have to do today.
Any Limerick GAA people I know wouldn't shout for Cork in a fit!
Sure it sticks in the craw that ye have 7 and 8 times our population and Cork hurling doesn't quite measure up to the Noreside Spartans😅
G'wan the Cats to fuck!
Quote from: Caomhaoin on July 17, 2022, 12:12:04 PM
Any Limerick GAA people I know wouldn't shout for Cork in a fit!
Sure it sticks in the craw that ye have 7 and 8 times our population and Cork hurling doesn't quite measure up to the Noreside Spartans😅
G'wan the Cats to fuck!
No, and it's a hard one to say, especially after last year. But I'm more thinking of the 36 titles versus our 30. But that's likely delusional..
I spent four happy years at UCC, and Cork people are gas ('heor, grungy grungy mosh mosh! Nirvana killed himself!😂) but that red jersey brings me out in fuckin' hives!
I've a feeling that Kilkenny are going to come out like a bat out o' hell and take an early lead that Limerick won't get near 'til the second half. Limerick's title to lose but if they're caught on the hop...
Edit: Of course I could be wrong...
Some game so far.
Limerick deserved it overall but a good show, especially the last 5 minutes.
Savage game. KK upped the ante in the second half.
Ya they have better players, the spirit from
KK was mighty though.
Some of those Limerick points though, especially from Hegarty.
Both sides were landing beautiful points and the 3 goals were crackers.
Hegarty was outstanding, and my heart sank every time Flanagan caught the high ball. A monster.
Brian Cody has stepped down. The greatest ever manager in the history of Hurling.
He was my teacher in national school, 2nd and 6th class. My abiding memory, apart from hurling only in PE, was if he saw a lad wearing a cap (ironic considering he has had one glued to his head since 1998), he'd order him to 'decapitate' :)
We had one like that in secondary school - your rubbish went in the "has bin" and if he wanted you to stand up he'd say "be upstanding".
I was surprised that he stood down, despite the hints during the week, I'd have thought theat he'd die on the sideline.
Yeah I felt the same, it was a good performance in the final and it could have built on, 25th year, try to stop Limerick winning 4 in a row etc.
Probably Derek Lyng or Eddie Brennan to come in, unless Shefflin can be pooched, which is doubtful at this stage.
Thought he'd do what Alex Ferguson did and win one last one before giving up the ghost. As a Tipp man I have to say the old nemesis will be missed, he was a real pain in the hole for many years.
Fair play to Kerry, they dug it out. David Clifford is a mighty player, but you have to feel for Shane Walsh. Can't say I approve of that daft fringe but he gave everything, as did Galway. They lost their composure in the last 10 minutes.
Enjoyable match but would've liked to see Galway win it. Same as their hurling semi, they went tit for tat til the last few minutes.
Galway's stamina waned in the last fifteen minutes. That really was their undoing in the end. Clifford and Walsh showed why they are the best two players in the country at the moment. Some excellent scores by both.
Galway left it on the pitch in the last 10-15 mins., once Kerry brought the subs on it was theirs. Heartbreaking to get so close but I suppose the ¼ Kerry blood in me will take it.
DJ Carey seems to be in serious bother over fraud allegations. Not a million miles away from his mad sister. My absolute hero growing up, absolutely shocking.
There is a KK hurler mentioned and you're probably correct. Up to 1m in fraud, claiming he was getting cancer treatment abroad and tapping up friends and business acquaintances. Shocking stuff and if true completely taints legacy
And here was me thinking Lar Corbett was some sort of deviant for selling Aldi spirits in his pub along with large bottles of Guinness from the north...
Bad form Carey
Quote from: astfgyl on February 15, 2023, 11:48:04 AMAnd here was me thinking Lar Corbett was some sort of deviant for selling Aldi spirits in his pub along with large bottles of Guinness from the north...
Bad form Carey
https://twitter.com/thelittlegreen6/status/1627697997923459073?t=PH1j7M-rTIu46tNP0bbH-A&s=19
Despite my whinging about GAA gimpery, but that was an epic. Tipp should have won, but great grit from the rebels.
One of Tipp, Cork, Clare or Limerick will be out in a few short weeks, impossible to call. I'm a Kilkenny man but there is nothing like the Munster championship. If any cunt could watch it on telly of course.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on May 06, 2023, 08:40:57 PMDespite my whinging about GAA gimpery, but that was an epic. Tipp should have won, but great grit from the rebels.
One of Tipp, Cork, Clare or Limerick will be out in a few short weeks, impossible to call. I'm a Kilkenny man but there is nothing like the Munster championship. If any cunt could watch it on telly of course.
That cork v Tipp yesterday was a fucking brilliant game. The draw was fair in the end I don't think either deserved to lose that. Watched it in a pub in fermoy as the only cunt shouting for Tipp it was great craic
Another draw for Tipp and can't complain. Limerick could've snatched it in the end but it was a cracking game all the way through. Munster championships are looking lively enough this year
2 great games this afternoon, Clare v Cork just coming out on top for me. None of those teams deserved to lose today.
Great afternoons small ball, all four teams pure savage. Limerick v Cork will be extra tasty next day out, winner takes all :)
Congratulations to any Westmeathonians on the board, that was the most incredible comeback I can remember seeing in hurling. Wexford shat the bed a bit, but for, on paper, probably the weakest county in tier one hurling to come back from 17 points down, it just doesn't happen. JKONTHERADIO doing the commentary for the highlights too :)
Carlow into Leinster next year. Offaly are such a peculiar GAA county. Involved in and winning some of the most memorable All Ireland finals in both codes, and now in the wilderness. The first hurling match I ever saw was Offaly battering Kilkenny in the late eighties Leinster championship. Very sad to see how far they've fallen. A lad I went to school with, Brian Carroll was a mainstay for them for years, and he won Scottish Football Assiciation (figure it out).
Tomorrow will be very very tasty. I couldn't in good faith bring myself to cheer for Cork (love Cork people and the county but the pure arrogance and entitlement of their GAA-heads is ludicrous), but on the other hand, you can't have Limerick winning another one. If Cork go into 2026 without an AI, that'll be twenty years. I'd like that and Limerick getting back into their box and being the plucky underdog again. And Kilkenny being back in their rightful place. Might be a bit much to ask for :)
People around here seem to be universally accepting of the fact that Tipp will do Waterford today. I wouldn't be so sure and I reckon Waterford will throw caution to the wind and go for it, having nothing to lose. Cork and Limerick will surely be decent as well
They've one won in the last three round-robins and are in disarray. De Burca out, shoddy defence, if Waterford do Tipp today it will be a major surprise. Granted, you never know on a GAA field, look what Westmeath did last week.
Limerick will be favourites today but you just know the whole of Cork is out for their blood. If you're not from the big three, Cork will always feel confident against you, even if Limerick gave them that horrendous hiding in 2021.
On paper I think you're right about Waterford but there's a certain cockiness about the Tipp support that almost deserves a surprise. Obviously I hope not and I might even go up to the game ta fuck (went up to the last one and got in for nothing by asking at the gate lol high security!) but there's a niggling there about this one for me. Got in with a juvenile ticket another day as well. 5 euro instead of 20, master job
Limerick v cork is the one to watch today really though, should be pretty spicy. Hopefully they're both on it.
I wonder did anyone tell the Galway team that they had a game today? Woeful.
Looks very grim for Wexford.
Edit - Whisht, Antrim shitting the bed on cue.
Need revenge for the All Ireland final few years back in Limerick today. Will be some game regardless.
See what I mean, these Cork boys take it personally when another county has the cheek to beat them 😂😂
Last All Ireland win was football in 2010 but I've never met anyone from Cork City who gave a shit about football.
:laugh:
In fairness, when Limerick battered us they wholly deserved their win. Haven't met much who would disagree down here.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on May 28, 2023, 02:50:03 PMSee what I mean, these Cork boys take it personally when another county has the cheek to beat them 😂😂
Last All Ireland win was football in 2010 but I've never met anyone from Cork City who gave a shit about football.
Me own lad plays football for Tipp and sweet Jesus the level of support is bleak. It's no wonder most of em don't bother. Cork I think is like that as well unless it's West cork, who seem to like a bit of the football as they beat the fuck out of the Tipp academy the other week and it was men v boys stuff to watch.
The entitled cunts are still fucked in the hurling though! :laugh:
What did I say about Waterford?
You called it, some performance.
Another 1 point difference. Tbf Cork hardly got going second half but a tight ending. Waterford did well too.
Couldn't fault Waterford at all I ended up heading up to it in the end but Tipp were beaten after 5 minutes being honest about it.
Now for the mad part: so it's card only to get into semple stadium, but wait for this; once you get in the turnstile, it's fucking cash only at the bar! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I was like a fuckin dog
Iffy last few seconds in the Munster final but Limerick as usual very hard to beat.
Should have been a free in to go to extra time, more than one foul in that scramble at the death.
Hoping Galway will do it now, they've been on form lately.
Edit: Fuck.
I'm hoping Limerick will be tired with the lack of a break. Other than that it's hard to see past Tipp
Munster winner for sure, probably Limerick. Better on the field today, had a few decisions against them early on but the last minute (lack of) decision for them won it for them in the end. Still the team to beat.
Ah yeah I'm only codding about Tipp I don't think they'll quite do it this year. I do know a lad who has 50 on Tipp at 16/1. Their odds have shortened a lot since then for some reason
Well they just about scraped through against Offaly today. :laugh: Yer mate might be onto something yet. As a Galway man, I'm hoping the form isn't as good when they meet.
7-38! Scary score to put up against any team that isn't Wicklow, Leitrim or Warwickshire.
It's not like Offaly were sitting on their hands either, 3-18 scored.
The logic of Cork being eliminated (don't get me wrong, it's funny etc) and Carlow and Offaly going into the series is difficult to understand. Carlow played well but ultimately promotion and winning a trophy is reward enough.
Offaly v Tipp these days is like lambs to the slaughter. Pointless.
To think Tipp conceded 3-18 to these bums is concerning
Yeah will have to be looked at. Better off losers Munster final play 3rd place leister and vise verse in quarter final and ditch the prelims.
Jaysus this could be any score for Clare. If it was anyone but the Dubs (or Cork) you'd feel sorry for the saps on the receiving end of this.
Ya, serious trouncing for the Dubs.
Well that's the end of Tipp for the year. Thought when they got the goal they were going to bring it to extra time but to be fair to Galway they were much better all over the pitch
Galway were class today. Play like that against the gippos and they have a chance.
Clare v Kilkenny impossible to call.
Not a bad semis line up all the same and hard to call either game. Think Tipp had as good a run as could be expected but they'll do well next year with the bit of experience which was, I think the difference between the sides today.
In fairness to Galway they were ironclad today. They didn't give an inch. And I hate Galway. And Tipp. And every other county that isn't KK(K)😂
Fuckin hate Galway meself after today they're after shortening the summer
Just watched that game now, home from Maiden. It could have gone either way, given the amount of wides. Each team fell apart for a while in the second half, before recovering.
OK Clare were good but we're sloppy as fuck in the first 10 minutes and we're struggling to get going. Goals came and the Dubs capitulated. Still think Kilkenny will win All Ireland unfortunately
Limerick again...
Some second half in fairness, they deserve it.
If they win their fifth in a row next year, surely the best team of all time.
This is one of the most boring games of football I've ever seen. Terrible standard for a final.
Edit: Better second half, to be fair.
Clifford wilted a bit under the pressure, if he was on form, Kerry would have surely come through.
Hard fought battle, for neutrals not a great game to watch as it was very defensive. Clifford got rattled a good bit, took pot shots instead of continuing the run in and potential for a free from a foul.
Cluxton at 41 surely is one of the oldest to ever win an All-Ireland?
Hardly, they used to play to a good age back in the day.
Kerry lost the game by their wides, a lot compared to Dublin.
Yep, and a horrible goal opportunity fumbled in the first half.
Cork made some comeback but ultimately not enough. Second goal for Waterford was huge for them.
Clare next week.
Tipp and Cork should be a good one today. Be some whimper for tipp to go out on should they do so. I know a few young lads who have a ladder into the back of the terrace I'm half thinking of hopping in for it with them
Waterford will be kicking themselves. Fierce gutsy performance but two of the goals they conceded were poor. Fair play to Rodgers at the end, a lesser man might have wilted.
Jaysus that was some awful doing for tipp. Ended up going to it as well which made it feel worse again. They are fucking miles off the pace for a hurling County
We battered em, some scoreline.
Quote from: CorkonianHunger on May 19, 2024, 08:53:01 PMWe battered em, some scoreline.
Absolutely and well deserved. Tipp pretty much gave up well before the end. Between that and the limerick game and indeed the Waterford one, they have serious work to do. I suppose you'll have this every few years but tipp look like it'll be a few again before they get out of it
The Wexford boys getting nippy now.
Finally got to see the semifinal after being out all day, some game of hurling. Two results I didn't see coming this weekend.
Cork were massive second half. Up the Rebels.
Missed it myself I'll have to catch the highlights this evening. Good to see a bit of a shakeup for the final anyway well done to both semi final winners.
Bought good games with Cork Limerick being a beast of a yoke. Great to see a shake up for the final. Same with the football semis, although Kerry are usually up there.
Huge atmosphere last few days in Cork, especially today. On the eastern border and some serious show. So much so that herself (Clare native) had to head home. Big day tomorrow.
Galway in both football finals now. Looking forward to two weekends of despair.
Some game of hurling, best I've seen for years. Absolutely nothing between them.
Tis a smashing game so far indeed
Hard luck to Cork , they will be a bit sad about not getting the free for the jersey pull at the death there. A draw would have been fair enough. Class game anyway
Yeah, definite free there and the best result would have been a draw. Still, mighty game and fair play to Clare.
You have to say fair play to O'Donnell and Kelly there, and both teams were brilliant, but I can't not say we weren't robbed of two frees at the end there. Any other point in the match thats a free. Converted point and done, fair result a replay. Don't mind losing to Clare in that fashion and in that game, but serious shame about that decision at the end.
Some match allright, like ye said, a draw would have been the fairest result.
Tony Kelly is going to go down as one of the greatest of all time with the stuff he's doing, outrageous.
I hope Hoggy has another year in him and has another go at it, what a legend.
Horgan had some tournament.
Brilliant game, thought Cork deserved a draw and another crack at it. Thought some ref decisions were jarring to say the least, not a fan of getting a ref that's from a county so close to the 2.
Incredible game. Thought it was gonna be Cork going into it but was rooting for Clare.
Ref let the game flow, he did well, yes he missed the jersey tug but so it seems did the Cork players as no one looked for a free.
Clare were that little bit better and always looked the more likely winners but missed a few easy chances to go a few points up.
Credit to Cork, but Fitzgibbon, Dalton, O Farrell were restricted to very fee possessions.
First thing to look at there was his reaction to missing the point, not a sniff of interest in the jersey pull. He knew he should have scored it. As a neutral I'd have loved seeing the replay but fuck it I think Clare did shade it after watching the highlights again. Hope the Football is decent this weekend as well now as we were a little bit spoilt with the quality of the hurling final
As a Galway man I'm hoping we can get at least one of the three titles we're still in the running for, probably have the best shot at the camogie. The most successful Galway team of the past 20+ years and that despite being treated like shite. Fair play and good luck to them in Saturday's semi.
The football will have a hard job living up to the excitement of the semis and the final of the hurling but hopefully it's a good match. Hoping for a Galway win. Without Mayo winning, having two west coast wins will do nicely.
Quote from: Carnage on July 25, 2024, 08:16:04 PMAs a Galway man I'm hoping we can get at least one of the three titles we're still in the running for, probably have the best shot at the camogie. The most successful Galway team of the past 20+ years and that despite being treated like shite. Fair play and good luck to them in Saturday's semi.
Camogie? You must be joking.
Japes aside, tis grand to have a bit of interest at this stage even if it's only that thing lol
Oh don't get me wrong, I can't wait for Sunday and the football, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up. But we must destroy you on Saturday. This is the way.
Edit: I fucking hate it when people talk about teams they support in the first person, and now I'm fucking doing it. Go go gadget self-loathing.
Quote from: Carnage on July 26, 2024, 01:29:46 AMOh don't get me wrong, I can't wait for Sunday and the football, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up. But we must destroy you on Saturday. This is the way.
Edit: I fucking hate it when people talk about teams they support in the first person, and now I'm fucking doing it. Go go gadget self-loathing.
Hang on man, I'm from Tipp..
It's over for us here.
Actually it's a bit funny that I was left in a room with half the Tipp Minors the other day and I had to ask one of them to not steal my bike anymore without asking
That actually happened
Quote from: astfgyl on July 26, 2024, 01:35:02 AMQuote from: Carnage on July 26, 2024, 01:29:46 AMOh don't get me wrong, I can't wait for Sunday and the football, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up. But we must destroy you on Saturday. This is the way.
Edit: I fucking hate it when people talk about teams they support in the first person, and now I'm fucking doing it. Go go gadget self-loathing.
Hang on man, I'm from Tipp..
It's over for us here.
Actually it's a bit funny that I was left in a room with half the Tipp Minors the other day and I had to ask one of them to not steal my bike anymore without asking
That actually happened
:laugh:
Galway v Tipp on Saturday, are Tipp not a camogie county? They're in the junior final though. I confess, I don't really follow it.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and admit that I just can't bring myself to care about camogie under any circumstances
I was at the Clare v Kilkenny semi, Dubs camogie had a great win in the curtain raiser. I always watch the final.
Pretty turgid football All Ireland. Echoes of the semi finals, people said they were good games but not to these eyes.
I think it's wishful thinking tbh.
Well done Armagh, happy to see a county starved of titles to get one
Galway have now equalled the unenviable statistic of having lost the same amount of football finals as Mayo (15), which is only important on a parochial level I suppose but is still shite. It was an awful game, the first half in particular. The better (or less shite) team won on the day, but if Galway had spent more time attacking instead of playing pass the parcel in the dying minutes, the result might have been different and extra time would have told the tale.
Ah well, on to the women this week.
There must be something that can be done about the football. It's really bad most of the time. Limit the number of passes before it has to be forward or something, I dunno. I regularly watch underage games and they're far better and faster. The game isn't as bad as the tactics make it look if only teams would have a go
Quote from: astfgyl on July 30, 2024, 06:47:40 PMThere must be something that can be done about the football. It's really bad most of the time. Limit the number of passes before it has to be forward or something, I dunno. I regularly watch underage games and they're far better and faster. The game isn't as bad as the tactics make it look if only teams would have a go
2 or 3 forwards have to remain in the opposing half at all times. Obviously marked by 2 or 3 defenders. Will stop this blanket defence borefest where teams have to pass side to side for ages to fashion an opportunity. The blanket defence just ruins games.
They have it turned into a kinda soccer match and If there's one thing I hate It's fucking soccer.
I'm a Galway man myself but I wouldn't begrudge Armagh at all, fair play to them.
Walsh bottled it again.
Quote from: Ollkiller on July 30, 2024, 07:58:48 PMQuote from: astfgyl on July 30, 2024, 06:47:40 PMThere must be something that can be done about the football. It's really bad most of the time. Limit the number of passes before it has to be forward or something, I dunno. I regularly watch underage games and they're far better and faster. The game isn't as bad as the tactics make it look if only teams would have a go
2 or 3 forwards have to remain in the opposing half at all times. Obviously marked by 2 or 3 defenders. Will stop this blanket defence borefest where teams have to pass side to side for ages to fashion an opportunity. The blanket defence just ruins games.
Honestly something like that has to be done. I actually like the football but this is ridiculous. Now to be fair I reckon that the solution will be likely even more ridiculous than anything I might think of and I'll surely end up complaining about it but anything would be better than nothing
And Morrigan, I love soccer but I don't want the football to be anything like it. They're not the same sport after all
This auld handpassing over and back across the 45 with 14 opposing team players between the 45 and the goal is unbearable.
Get a free kick and turn around and kick it fucking backwards, Jaysus.
I played left full back in both hurling and football up to u21s and I never ventured past the 21 yard line let alone score a point, that was the forwards job, my job was to stop my man scoring and get the ball to mid field.
I'd agree with Ollkiller above but I'd go farther and say they have to stay inside their own 45 and make room out the field to play football.
The art of tackling and shouldering has been all but lost, "marking territory", bollox, mark your man.
Quote from: son of the Morrigan on July 30, 2024, 09:40:54 PMThey have it turned into a kinda soccer match and If there's one thing I hate It's fucking soccer.
I'm a Galway man myself but I wouldn't begrudge Armagh at all, fair play to them.
Walsh bottled it again.
Harsh on Walsh was obviously not 100%, has been struggling with injuries all year.
Quote from: Don Gately on July 31, 2024, 08:41:43 AMQuote from: son of the Morrigan on July 30, 2024, 09:40:54 PMThey have it turned into a kinda soccer match and If there's one thing I hate It's fucking soccer.
I'm a Galway man myself but I wouldn't begrudge Armagh at all, fair play to them.
Walsh bottled it again.
Harsh on Walsh was obviously not 100%, has been struggling with injuries all year.
I know its harsh and I take no pleasure in It, I don't like singling out a lad for blame.
He's an outstanding footballer, one of the best in the country, and he actually played really well outfield I thought.
Its the missed frees man, frees well within his scope usually, that were a killer.
I think Comer was under-utilised as well.
I'm only sobering up now.
UP THE ORCHARD
Same here Up the Banner!
Another good win for Cork in the hurling. League has been decent so far.
Cork look like they'll dominate the next decade.
Ye have to win this year though, otherwise...
Quote from: Caomhaoin on March 04, 2025, 05:07:16 PMCork look like they'll dominate the next decade.
Ye have to win this year though, otherwise...
Totally agree with having to win this year. I would hope they dominate but it's always stiff competiton.
I was on Erasmus in 2004, and the pub was choc-a-bloc with cork fans for the final. They way they bounced out of the tunnel, I knew ye'd win.
I was the only Kilkenny man in the place and they were gracious enough but that one hurt boy.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on March 04, 2025, 05:32:32 PMI was on Erasmus in 2004, and the pub was choc-a-bloc with cork fans for the final. They way they bounced out of the tunnel, I knew ye'd win.
I was the only Kilkenny man in the place and they were gracious enough but that one hurt boy.
I was the only tipp supporter a couple of years back v cork when I decided to watch the match in a pub in fermoy. Jaysus I was giving it all this and that until Cork fuckin done us at the death. The Cork boys are decent craic whatever way it's going and fair play to em they're looking good again this year
Some amount of diving in the Limerick- Galway match at the weekend, sickening to see. Football was ruined by it long ago but now it's creeping into hurling, embarrassing in the extreme.
Another good win for Cork last night. So dominant and didn't seem to be in 5th gear. Forward line is so potent.
Noo Yawk aren't sitting on their hands, they're not letting Galway get away from them.
Edit: Different story in the second half, they hammered them well. Hopefully Maher's injury isn't too bad.
Cork dominant again today. Our best team in years, favourites no doubt but need to keep up the clean sheets and goals.
Any suggestions on where in Schligo to watch the hurling final?
Quote from: Crystal_Logic on July 18, 2025, 10:29:43 AMAny suggestions on where in Schligo to watch the hurling final?
Have no experience watching sport out on town at all, but Gracie's seem to have a shit-load of TVs that show sport, and are very "we're an Irish pub", so they might be worth a gawk.
Edit - Connelly's also have TVs and some description of sports on. As do Swagman.
Can't predict this final at all. Most seem to think Cork will do it but neither team are goal shy.
Really looking forward to it and hoping it's somewhere near as good as last year's final, which was an absolutely amazing game of hurling
Hard to top last year alright. Should be a good one anyway.
Really wanted a replay last year but could it have been as good a game again, I dunno. Cork will be hungry after it anyway
Jesus what a second half by Tipp. Ould lad is from Tipp so delighted. Did Cork come out from the dressing room after half time?
Thwre must have been some bollocking in the Tipp changing room at half time, that was an impressive turnaround. Lovely hurlin'.
Conversely, they must have opened the champagne in the Cork dressing room at half time.
Tipp had an extra man in defense first 20 mins. Let Cork first half go gung ho but dont concede goals early on. Apart obviously from the one just before half time. Then off the leash second half as Cork maxed out first half. Insane carry on
Welcome to Maigh Eo's All Ireland finals. Unreal from Tipp.
Lads that was just a spectacular second half of hurling and I don't think anyone saw it coming.
Pity for Cork that they had to be on the end of it but they were like demoralized ten minutes into the second half.
Brilliant from Tipp
Also the whole county are going to be fair fucking sorry in work tomorrow if the crowds out are anything to go by
You'd want to see the craic in Thurles here it's just brilliant
Quote from: Ollkiller on July 20, 2025, 08:16:32 PMTipp had an extra man in defense first 20 mins. Let Cork first half go gung ho but dont concede goals early on. Apart obviously from the one just before half time. Then off the leash second half as Cork maxed out first half. Insane carry on
That was it exactly. Keep Cork out of the goal for the first half and then start playing but I'm still as surprised as the Cork boys with how it went
Tipp could have had it in the first half if not for all the wides, 9 I think? But they played all the hurling and their work rate in the second half was devastating. Once they slotted the first goal in it was theirs, it was blow after blow, mentally as well as in terms of the scoreline. Attack, attack, attack. Corner backs scoring long points. Cork hit the woodwork 4 times, penalty and goal chance saved, the sending off... They were just worn down as the game went on. Savage stuff.
My old man got more points driving home after the match than Cork did in the second half.
Crazy, like a switch flipped at half time.
I see Cork cancelled the homecoming. Bit bummy that
One of the most depressing 30 minutes I've ever experienced.
Ah sure I suppose one man's meat is another man's poison :-X
Quote from: astfgyl on July 21, 2025, 05:13:47 PMI see Cork cancelled the homecoming. Bit bummy that
I heard they were going to show up for the start but then disappear early.
Ooh la la :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Have to say I'm getting a great kick out of the memes
Could've gone in random thoughts either, but been seeing loads of young lads and lasses, kids and teenagers, in GAA geansaithe last couple of days home, even starting at the airport in Bordeaux.
Seems to be popular with the kids again, my niblings (6 and 10) are both playing hurling and football, which is great to see.
Yeah definitely!
Galway in the camogie final (sorry astfgyl), finally we made it to one this year. Looking like a repeat of last year's final unless Waterford come back.