thats exactly it. People think a pitch plays bigger in a stadium set back from the pitch. Its more the optics than the actual measurements. Cusack Park is known as one of the biggest pitches in the country, albeit looks smaller due to the stands around it. Walsh Park is smaller, significantly.
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You can measure each on Google maps and come back to us
I wouldnât be interested at all but I suspect Waterford will be much improved this week and Clare away from a tight closed field will be much easier beat.
Youâre not interested but your last 10 posts here have discussed the dimensions?
No Iâm just about to get off the train to head to leopardstown for the evening. I donât even no howâd you measure a field on google maps.
The news that you donât know how to measure a field will be very interesting to ambitious farmers in West Limerick
Lads.
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The sidelines in Walsh Park were brought in a couple of yards at the behest of the health and safety crowd in case one of the players clattered into the wall.
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Apparently, the sideline on the Mackey side in Limerick has been moved outwards (weâre talking a foot maybe) but the sideline on the uncovered side hasnât. Now for ye! According to a very very very well placed source
Fuck sake lads youâve started Gman off about pitches, you deserve what ye get now
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Anyone who has ever hurled knows that Cusack Park is a fine big and wide pitch.
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In fairness mate, the vast majority of people who have hurled wonât know that
It is the biggest county ground in the country afaik. Joint biggest anyway.
I do think optics can have a part to play on how things pan out too, but obviously thatâs hard to prove one way or the other.
Just from my own experience, some pitches appear more open than they are and youâd be more inclined to play a ball into space than those that look tight.
Itâs one of the widest pitches in country. Itâs at least 8m wider than Welsh Park according to woolly last week
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Why do I get the feeling weâve been here before?
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The worst thing about Cusack Park being a big field is the annual discussion around it, with fellas advising on the dimensions in a hushed knowing tone as if it was a state secret.
Thereâs always some new pleidhc here
Unfortunately it actually happens in real life also.
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Iâm doing a spot of weeding and sweeping and starting to get a little bit excited about our first championship game tomorrow now.
Could my fellow Wexicans please comment on the team?
Is Darren Byrne injured? Has Ian Byrne failed to make the panel or is he injured? Good to see some of the injured / younger players at least back in contention from the bench like Firman and J OâConnor.
Do I have a point in wanting to see Dunbar or someone with more of a scoring threat on from the start or is he right to go for strength/physicality in the middle area from the start?
It just seems too reactive and focused on negating the opposition, even though I accept Dublin are good at home.
Will we try to use the overlap created by 7 defenders to work short puck outs and move the ball through the lines and then bypass their strong half back line? Or will they send a man upfield to mark our extra man on puck outs to force us to go long?
Iâd say Jack OâConnor and Chris Crummey will flake into each other at some stage.
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