All Ireland semi finals hurling 2017

[carryharry]

[the_man_himself]

The Galway boys are shitting themselves already

[Sidney]

@mikehunt

You forget Kilkenny won’t be in this year. There will be a shortage this year.

Yeah right. I ambled up to Gill’s at 4:50pm for the Clare v Cork replay in 2013 and had a ticket in my hand within two minutes.

[mikehunt]

@Sidney

Yeah right. I ambled up to Gill’s at 4:50pm for the Clare v Cork replay in 2013 and had a ticket in my hand within two minutes.

Did you do the same for the drawn match?

[Sidney]

@mikehunt

Did you do the same for the drawn match?

I didn’t bother attending the drawn match and watched it on television.

However, if it helps you, I sourced a face value ticket for the 2010 All-Ireland football final between Cork and Down within three minutes of arriving on Dorset Street and I imagine demand for tickets for that was superior than for the Clare-Cork drawn hurling final in 2013.

[PhattPike]

I would say 70k for Cork - Waherfud is somewhat ambitious.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Sidney

That was a tremendous draw segment on Morning Ireland which really showcased the truly amateur ethos of the GAA.

Only one ball was drawn out of each bowl and a fair amount of audible unwrapping of each paper slip with each team name had to be done. Once Cork v Waterford was drawn, it was a case of “ah, shure, look it, there’sh no point drawing the second tie out of the bowls.”

For all anybody knew, the other balls could also have contained the names of Cork and Waterford.

Then David Treacy was brought in for “analysis” and tried ever so hard to not offend anybody by praising all the teams. David clearly hates Waterford’s system but wouldn’t say so. “People moight criticise their stoyle, but it’s a good fit for them, and it produced two classics, last year, so who’s to say it’s not a good stoyle.”

It was an awkward moment for David when Darren Frehill asked him about Ger Cunningham. “I want to go on record to thank him for ll he’s done.” Then he awkwardly and self-consciously fumbled around in a Ciaran Kilkenny-esque manner to try and find some more words to not criticise Cunningham, pausing regularly to breathe in deeply in the process, before repeating his earlier quoted phrase.

“Thanks Diarmuid”, said Frehill, when Treacy had finally used up his alotted time.

The first game drawn was Galway v Tipp.

[mikehunt]

@Sidney

I didn’t bother attending the drawn match and watched it on television.

However, if it helps you, I sourced a face value ticket for the 2010 All-Ireland football final between Cork and Down within three minutes of arriving on Dorset Street and I imagine demand for tickets for that was superior than for the Clare-Cork drawn hurling final in 2013.

Any reason why you didn’t wander down and source a ticket for the drawn match?

[Sidney]

@Fagan_ODowd

The first game drawn was Galway v Tipp.

That’s reassuring to hear.

I turned on my radio at the exact moment when the Cork ball was being drawn out of the bowl.

Darren Frehill sounded very confused as to which team would be drawn to play them, which makes it even better.

[Joe_Player]

Will ye beat cork chief

[Sidney]

@mikehunt

Any reason why you didn’t wander down and source a ticket for the drawn match?

Is this the hurling inquisition?

It’s about a 45-50 minute journey via public transport/walking from where I was living to the vicinity of Croke Park, and I didn’t feel bothered enough to make that journey on that particular day and was happy enough to watch on the television.

[Elvis_Brandenberg_Kr]

Galway and Cork to win their respective semi-finals.

[mikehunt]

Ok so it was easier to get there on a Saturday afternoon than a Sunday morning? Gotcha.

[Sidney]

@mikehunt

Ok so it was easier to get there on a Saturday afternoon than a Sunday morning? Gotcha.

It possibly is slightly easier to travel via public transport on a Saturday afternoon than it is on a Sunday morning, but then again the drawn final was on a Sunday afternoon, rather than a Sunday morning, and it’s pretty much equidifficult, or equieasy, if you prefer, to get to Croke Park on a Sunday afternoon as it is on a Saturday afternoon.

[gaillimhmick]

[Bandage]

Where are you going with this cross examination, mate?

[glasagusban]

Ah feck it now you’ve ruined his train of thought.

[tazdedub]

The galway boys are bulking up on Supermacs as we speak. They will hammer into the Tipp cunts.

[mikehunt]

@Bandage

Where are you going with this cross examination, mate?

I have found it difficult enough to get a ticket for any All-Ireland final Galway have been in that didn’t include Kilkenny. I imagined it would be the same for any other county. @Sidney y attempted to disprove this by using anectdotal evidence of getting a ticket for a replay. I was just wondering why he toddled down for the replay but not the drawn match.

[mikehunt]

@glasagusban

Ah feck it now you’ve ruined his train of thought.

This is a discussion about your county being involved in an All-Ireland final. As usual you don’t know what you’re talking about so run along please.