The drugs will kick in
Is it defo galway Vs Cark next?
If Cork get over Antrim then yes
Mighty
Iād imagine at least one and possibly both of these quarter finals will be on the Sunday as i dont belive there are any football games on that weekend.
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Not sure Iāve seen anyone say that
When is the Kilkenny v Clare semi final on?
It was said on here the other day. I think it was @Aristotle Equally talented, just S&C takes a bit longer apparently.
Like what Tony Kelly was doing today. Thereās no one under 24 with the wristwork to pull off what he can. Pure genius. Even the likes of Peter Duggan/Hannon etc have lovely wrists.
Its all very mechanical for the young lads these days.
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Donāt see anything coming through in KK who is near as talented as Richie Hogan.
I wouldnāt know about Galway but it doesnāt seem obvious
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Maybe Niland is the real deal but theyāve got sweet fuck all from all their recent minor wins. Shefflin seems to have given up on a few of his project players from earlier in the league and reverted back to the old dogs like Daithi/David Burke, GMc, Cooney x2, Coen etc. They are still relying on lads who played in the 2012 All Ireland nearly.
I think of the 30 players starting in Thurles today only 4 were born after 1996. Flanagan, Hayes, CON & Diarmuid Ryan. An absolutely shocking statistic.
The pattern is reflected across nearly every county.
Thatās as ludicrous a statement as youāve made on here. Dugganās own mother wouldnāt call him a wristy stickman, let alone put him beside Hannon
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Jeez i canāt agree with you at all there.
He scored a lovely one handed pull goal against Cork in a Munster final one year. Point from the sideline v Tipp had an unreal flat trajectory in 2018 and of course that wonder point in Croke Park against Galway.
You need wrists to pull all that off.
Hannon has a nicer swing alright.
He showed good wrist action with the butt of the Hurley to SFs head
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Niland wonāt be a major factor at intercounty I feel. Not big enough or quick enough despite the amazing free taking. The younger brother is potentially TK mark 2 though but heās 15. Weāll be waiting a while for him.
I have no issue with Shefflin waiting outside and handshaking every kk player. Heās a Kilkenny man and the way Galway played was truly embarrassing for him. Fahys stamp was out of line and the bit of handbags around it. And it was more petulant as most of them werenāt long throwing in the towel after. Iād say he would give anything to get out of the job after this year and I donāt blame him. We just donāt have the hurlers right now. We are mid to 90s and 00s level, a few class players plenty of filler. Unfortunately the steel that tessio instilled seems to be gone also. Id say canning saw the writing on the wall.
Re Cody, the goat and all that, but is his influence almost counter productive. He only picks battlers and every young lad knows that. Does this stifle magicians like cha and Richie power emerging, even class corner forwards like carter and Brennan havenāt been seen in a while though Cody and Mullan might prove that wrong. He has teams set up to never be physically dominated and beat us and Dublin when it matters but heās a way off an all Ireland team. Or maybe itās just a fallow period.
TK is the best Clare hurler ever by the way.
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KK didnāt play much better
Is it possible Henry and Cody arenāt shaking hands because they know itāll be a massive talking point and avoid the media focusing on how shite their teams are ?
No offense to Antrim or Kerry but assume the Wex v Clare and Galway v Cork quarter finals will be a double header in Thurles?