In the Club Hurling Championship just gone, the Munster Final was played on 18 November 2018 and the Ulster Final was played on 11 November 2018. A three month wait then for the All Ireland semi final on 9 February 2019 and another five weeks for the final on 17 March 2019. It would hardly be that much of an organisational feat to have the Leinster Hurling Final played by 18 November or even 25 November. Semi finals on 2 December, final the week after or even two weeks later by 16 December.
Iâve read it. Tommy is slight better with the keyboard than his brother was with boots on.
A terrific cohort of lads whoâll be forever remembered.
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Whatever happens itâs a fantastic year for wexford hurling. At the end of it the roll of who they bettered will make great reading for davey backers
- A tired carlow team
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Ammmm. But have you heard about the money he brings in?
It will take decades for a joe mac team to be competitive, dublin have a huge population and it still took millions upon millions and years to manufacture a competitive team there.
Tipp will play Cork or Limerick in this years AI final
He was calling Greg to come in and help mark Joe
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Interestingly (for some), this would have resulted in Kilkenny, Dublin, Galway all finishing on seven points, with Wexford on six.
But maybe that was what you were getting at.
Glynn went in full forward but I donât remeber one ball going in to him.
Amazing how narratives come into play. It was level after 68 minutes, dublin were hurling out of their skins, Galway were well below par especially in the backs but it took crummys goal to decide it. Daithi conceded a free in the first half for nothing, a real head scratcher where he dived in and dispossessed rushed I think. It bothered him way too much. Dublin were blessed also not to concede an early penalty where Nolan came out and took tuohy out, almost like he was happy to concede a penalty but there was no whistle. Galway got some soft frees, I couldnât figure what a few decisions were for. Inconsistent as fuck. But Dublin won more individual scraps for the ball and were the better team, just. Whelanâs value seen now. We made a hero out of Sean Moran landing ball on him but heâs a good player, a ball player, needed at centre back. Looks like a badly managed year all round, mixed with tiredness. similar to tipp last year in many respects.
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Sounded like Moran cleaned up from commentary on the radio . Typical Galway to leave their best back loose. Weâre as well out.
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Galway screwed up bringing back Cooney from Australia and glynn who doesnât even play with an Irish club from America. Lots of panel members well pissed off apparently. Would you blame them.
You are talking a load of rubbish. Scrap the provincial series says he after they waltzing in the back door last year.
You couldnât make this up.
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If they were worth a fuck theyâd be starting before them. Glynn played well in the last two games.
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Everyone seems to be seething bar Kilkenny, Tipp and Cork fans.
Iâd expect two of those teams in the AI Final
Understandable the Galway lads would be upset. Hard to know whats up the Limerick and Wexicans holes though, their wound up something rotten for some reason
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Clare would have hammered Galway both days last year but for Johnny Glynn. Heâs more than worth his place in that Galway team
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Which team was unbeaten?
I think you canât improve the current format to negate dead rubbers, it will never be possible with some teams struggling.
I still think the original Back Door System was the fairest one ( Iâd be quite happy for Championship to be Straight Knock Out ) and didnât mean a team could lose 3 games and proceed.
Itâs comical that itâs actually possible but if LK for example lose & Munster Final but go on to win the AI well fair fucks really.
You play the system to the best means possible but itâs shite all the same.
All the clowns shouting for the Provincial Championships to be scraped are gas, they fail to remember this is an amateur sport where Silverware is hard won and to be cherished when placed in the Cabinet.
They day we start aping Soccer formats is the day this game is actually gone.
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hurling is broken, but how can it be fixed?
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Kill the bandwagoners?
I thought the backdoor system that operated from 2002-17 was a reasonably good system. All the top tier teams were pretty much guaranteed a minimum of three matches, there were more cross provincial match ups and there was typically three weeks for most teams between most matches.
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Mullen, Holden, Murphy, Lawlor, Fennelly? Any more?
They badly need some pace up front, a couple of times they got in behind but just didnât have the pace to open them up.
Mullen was good, reminds me a bit of Eoin Larkin.