Cork v Waterford - All Ireland Hurling Semi-Final 2'17

Leave him off mate, heā€™s clueless about hurling.
Cork will walk this.

Iā€™ve said it once, and Iā€™ll say it again - Fitzgibbon is the most important player on that Cork team. Meade also has considerable ability.

If we reach an All-Ireland final with defence and bench it will be a miracle.

They wereā€™nt KK of old but they wereā€™nt as bad as this year either mate - At least the likes of Hogan, Aylward, Fennelly etc were performing last year. And they still beat Galway pulling up in the Leinster finalā€¦

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Fitzgibbon is an absolute topper and his form this year suggests theyā€™d struggle a little without him, Meade is a fine player but not a gamechanger by any means
I donā€™t think that defence will have any problem reaching an All Ireland Final but winning it might be a stretch.

Without him? Huh?

Meade is the best distributor on the team.

Conditional tense mate, implies that he is of massive importance to the team, and remains a little underrated.

Christ, an English teacher love in.

Corkies love the English, so they do.

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Donā€™t forget your ā€˜ifā€™ in future mate, cheers.

Canā€™t understand neutrals shouting for Waterford for this one, Iā€™d love to see them lift one at some stage but playing like they do these days would ruin the final, whereas Galway Cork has the potential to be a final for the ages. I think theyā€™ll be found out again this weekend, even if TDB gets off. Had them tipped for an AI at the start of the season but Iā€™ll be shocked if they even get to the final having watched them throughout this championship. Wexford put in their worst performance of the year by a long chalk and Waterford still couldnā€™t put them away. KK before that too should have been easily dispatched. Waterford management trying to be too clever at times and the team is just not good enough, disappointingly.

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Theyā€™d covers that Iā€™d say

No neutral in their right mind would shout for Cork, ever.

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Thatā€™s how everybody wants it mate

I assume all neatrals are shouting for waterford on Sunday and hoping galway hockey the fuck out of them then in the final.

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This one will be close, but I donā€™t see how either team beat Galway.

I canā€™t see Corkā€™s backs being able to handle Galway. Maybe there is a bit of vulnerability in the Galway defence, and Cork do have a lot of pace but Galway would really need to shit their pants.

And Waterford, they wonā€™t beat Galway with 4 forwardsā€¦ Theyā€™d make All-Stars of the entire Galway full-back line if they carry on as they did against Wexford. And Galway are well able to bang over points from out the field, they havenā€™t been too worried about goals so far.

Itā€™s only Galway ffs. We created this monster when Derek instructed Maurice to hit those frees wide in the league quarter final and we will finish ithis monster in September.

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Its hardly that difficult to understand. Cork donā€™t attract a lot of neutral support. In fact youā€™re possibly the first neutral Iā€™ve ever heard of cheering for Cork.

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Heā€™s not a neutral - Heā€™s a norrie, itā€™s there in his nameā€¦

And thats why they should go toe-to-toe with Cork.

If they did i think Warerford would win.

But they wonā€™t

I think Waterford are primed to turn it on in Croke Park, will get an early lead of six to eight points, and will hang on to win by 3 points.

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