Looking forward to the inevitable wailing when the time, dates and venues are announced.
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Assume will be Cork, they love their hurling down there
Itâs great to be straight into the semi final
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Would Galway Tipp not be rising 35k on its own?
Youâd imagine so.
Galway wonât bring a huge crowd Iâd say and Saturday always sees a drop off. The double header last year brought in 35k with Cork who always bring a good crowd
Tipp are back tho
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Iâd say there will be a bumper crowd in Croker if they get over Galway. 65k +
Will do well to pull 50k with Galway in it
OâMoore Park has been cleared of games for next weekend
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An All Ireland Quarter Final should be be played in a stadium with at least two covered stands.
Paying âŹ40 for the privilige of being drenched (aka 2016 munster final) is just not on.
âThe Laoisâ the Kerrysâ the Offalysâ the Westmeathsââ
https://twitter.com/thesundaygame/status/1670197080495882240?s=46&t=6YjbEjmM5b9DQH_NEv7K7A
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He says this kind of stuff a lot but never really offers solutions beyond âserious investmentâ.
Creating new hurling clubs in counties that donât have a massive tradition will take a lot more than just money.
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Tipp are back
Some Offaly lad on their form saying âthere is no shame being the best of the restâ - they fucking lost to Carlow a few weeks ago. Completely delusional.
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Tipp have the lads rattled
The GAA 
I wouldnât know what the solution is either tbh. But investment might seem like a glib answer but itâs probably the long and the short of it. If the GAa funded 100 properly organized GDAs at 40k a pop itâs 4m a year âŚthere is a pool of young inter county hurlers would be mad for it youâd imagineâŚ
That could make a huge differenceâŚthe club my young fella is in has big numbers underageâŚbarely one of them can hold the hurley properlyâŚI would have no clue how to fix that barring a few videos lads posted hereâŚin the 2 seasons heâs been playing there has been no GDA at a session, no coach the coachesâŚfully ran by very well meaning parents of wildly varying history of playing and coaching ability.
No GDA has ever come into his school. I can see he is losing interest in it already because he isnât improving at same rate he is at soccer rugby Gaelic football etc all of which are better organized (and easier to coach)
And thatâs in corkâŚwhat chance is there in counties with only a passing interest
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Clare have 11 conceded also. Kilkenny on 10. Galway on 9.
Limerick only team left who havenât conceded a rake of goals. Yet.
The hack of them at the 20s final spoke volumes.
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Yes, it does stand out. We only finished on +2, yet only conceded two goals. One of which came from a rebound off the post (although a goal is a goal).