All-Ireland Hurling Championship 2019***

[Sidney]

@iron_mike

Galway rotated between the Leinster and Munster champions every second year

They used to get straight into the All-Ireland final every third year

Splendid achievement in fairness

[anon32894817]

2017 was the softest all ireland in living memory. Galway won Leinster without even beating Kilkenny. Waterford who they played in the final have not won one of their next 8 championship games. They beat tipp in the semi and the winning score came from a johnny coen throw ball. Tipp themselves were a rabble in 2017. Very soft. Any ireland where you don’t knock Kilkenny out of the championship is very soft.

[anon78624367]

anytime your county wins an all Ireland it was hard won. Lives were lost, people will never be the same again from the hardship.

anytime any other county wins an all Ireland it was soft, asterix beside it. No blood spilled sure everyone else was useless

That’s how it works. Similar to analyzing refereeing performance. If ye win he was grand. If ye lose he’s a cunt and so’s all belonging to him

[mikehunt]

I disagree.

The football in’98 was handy but would still place it ahead of 01. While the 01 was harder won, an asterix will have to go beside it cos we lost a game to Roscommon in Connaught.

[anon78624367]

All football All Irelands are soft for fuck sake.

*except for the very first one as they figured out what the rules were.

[iron_mike]

@anon78624367

That’s how it works. Similar to analyzing refereeing performance. If ye win he was grand. If ye lose he’s a cunt and so’s all belonging to him

With the exception of James Owens. He was a cunt to us last August and a cunt to us again on Sunday

[mikehunt]

Yeah but I’d still place a soft All-Ireland ahead of one with an asterix.

[cluaindiuic]

@anon32894817

Any ireland where you don’t knock Kilkenny out of the championship is very soft.

Ergo every Kilkenny AI is soft.
Useless bastards can’t even knock themselves out.

[anon78624367]

they’d a good go at it on Sunday

[anon78624367]

that’s cos you’ve a horn for categories and lists.

[mikehunt]

@mikehunt

Yeah but I’d still place a soft All-Ireland ahead of one with an asterix.

…to clarify, an asterix would be placed after losing a game on the way to winning an All-Ireland.

[mikehunt]

@anon78624367

that’s cos you’ve a horn for categories and lists.

Yes I rely on facts when forming an opinion.

[Batigol]

Why exactly?

[anon61878697]

You’ve never had a daycent opinion - and that’s a fact.

[mikehunt]

The '01 All-Ireland win for the Galway footballers is diminished because they were beaten by Roscommon. They kind of made up for it by beating Roscommon in the1/4 finlas the same year. While the 98 win was soft, they won all their games. “Soft” is subjective which is why it will always trump the one with the asterix after it (losing a game).

[carryharry]

@anon32894817

2017 was the softest all ireland in living memory.

Were Galway not unbeaten through League & Championship?

[mikehunt]

@anon61878697

You’ve never had a daycent opinion - and that’s a fact.

You’re a top top poster chocco.

[Esso_Oil]

@carryharry

Were Galway not unbeaten through League & Championship?

Yeah no asterix just soft apparently…

[anon61878697]

Has anyone ever had a soft asterix ?

[carryharry]

Can we throw up a Roll of Honor there to be sure.