All Ireland Hurling Championship 2022

[Batigol]

Clare will have Wexford bate by half time

[Thomas_Brady]

They have em bate already

[pulpfiction]

Let’s hope they do it with 15 men on the pitch or Shane Dowling will have to holiday in kerry

[Batigol]

Can’t argue with any of that. Lao Tzu like.

[balbec]

Lao Tzu wouldn’t hurl spuds to ducks

[Batigol]

I’d have loved to be in Derek’s dressing room and seen how he spoke to players.

“Should I hold my position at center back or follow my man Derek?”

“Well, Confucius teaches us about reciprocity…”

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

Since the backdoor came in the beaten Munster finalists have a fairly decent record in the quarter finals.

Tipp lost to Waterford last year, Clare lost to Tipp in 2017 and I think Waterford were beaten by Cork in 2012, Waterford beat Tipp in 2006 and Cork beat Clare in 2008. Galway managed a couple of quarter final wins before joining Leinster v Tipp in 2000 and 2005

Wexford beat Limerick in 2001 - that is the only time a Leinster team has beaten a Munster finalists in the quarter finals in 25 years from what I can recall. A completely useless stat for your Friday afternoon folks

[Watch_The_Break]

@balbec

During their Walsh Cup annihilation by Dublin, I tuned to the genial Liam Spratt and Billy Byrne on South East Radio who both remarked that it was “refreshing” to see Wexford going out playing 15 on 15. I chuckled when their next musing was… “Wexford, currently trailing by 12 points”.

[Bandage]

Some respected TFK hurling men saying Clare will bate us with their caps. I’m not thinking like that. Instead I’m currently drafting a few words for porter laureate Roy Curtis to tweet after we win.

[carryharry]

ROC to do untold

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Big_Dan_Campbell

Since the backdoor came in the beaten Munster finalists have a fairly decent record in the quarter finals.

Tipp lost to Waterford last year, Clare lost to Tipp in 2017 and I think Waterford were beaten by Cork in 2012, Waterford beat Tipp in 2006 and Cork beat Clare in 2008. Galway managed a couple of quarter final wins before joining Leinster v Tipp in 2000 and 2005

Wexford beat Limerick in 2001 - that is the only time a Leinster team has beaten a Munster finalists in the quarter finals in 25 years from what I can recall. A completely useless stat for your Friday afternoon folks

2003 Wexford defeated Munster finalists Waterford in Nowlan Park. With their caps, as it happened.

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

While you are right, I don’t think that was a Q/F but rather a qualifier due to a quirk in the new back door system

[Julio_Geordio]

@balbec

The developed, primed and trained mind often flies in the face of populist opinion. As Lao Tzu observed, “when the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally”.

WTF is that even supposed to mean

[Bandage]

Yeah we nearly lost to Antrim in the subsequent QF.

[iron_mike]

I think derek might be lining up a shot at countdown.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Julio_Geordio

@balbec

The developed, primed and trained mind often flies in the face of populist opinion. As Lao Tzu observed, “when the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally”.

WTF is that even supposed to mean

I see the anti-intellectuals are out in force today.

[Julio_Geordio]

@Fagan_ODowd

I see the anti-intellectuals are out in force today.

Intellectuals are fine, it’s fellas thinking they are clever that are dangerous

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Julio_Geordio

@Fagan_ODowd

I see the anti-intellectuals are out in force today.

Intellectuals are fine, it’s fellas thinking they are clever that are dangerous

There’s a bang of insecurity off a lot of the criticism of Derek for his literary references. The guy is a bit of a jinnet but criticizing him for literary references misses the point.

And it’s fairly obvious what the reference above means.

[balbec]

The klaxon has sounded from Reginald’s tower.

[Fagan_ODowd]

Here’s Balbec now with a blaas are circling comment