They havent enough clubs to ever be a threat. Carlow have 5 senior clubs i believe. Have Kerry 8? Offaly the best bet but need Birr to start improving underage.
Whereâs the rule that says counties can only have a small number of clubs producing players?
If county boards and clubs were serious about hurling youâd soon find the amount of clubs producing players increasing.
In a county like Kerry the truth is that the county board and the majority of clubs are not serious about hurling and are happy with the situation of being a one code county. To be a dual county would be a hassle and entail extra monetary costs those counties donât want.
Kildare have massive potential to grow as a hurling county.
Offaly too obviously and Antrim. Maybe Laois too if they stopped fighting.
Kerry county board dont care about hurling anyway.
Yes, after 125 years of the GGA, spud hockey will break kildare
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Ultimately I donât think Kildare will want to grow as a hurling county because the big prize in their sights is Sam and hurling would just get in the way of that.
People in Kildare would be happy if they were a regular Joe McDonagh Cup team, say around the level Carlow are at now, and theyâd get patted on the head for making a great effort and all that, but as a county, Kildare want a ceiling of achievement for hurling to be there, and they donât want to go beyond it.
Putting a top class set up in place for one senior inter-county team is costly enough, never mind two.
Carlow have 6 senior clubs as of 2022 but yeah the point still stands on that one. Offaly reaching the minor All-Ireland final is massive. Wexford havenât been in one since the 1985 and the recent upsurge in form was based off 3 Leinster U21 winning teams mainly. If Offaly can bring through another couple of groups like the 2022 minors then theyâll really be in business.
Not bordering Tipp was a huge milestone to overcome in their hurling development.
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They need Birr and Rynaghs to improve underage to stand a chance in my opinion.
Anyone know whatâs wrong with both them clubs compared to the likes of Kilcormac?
I donât mate but Birr seem to be on the slide big time.
Good interview with Babs in the Examiner today. Describes All Ireland Hurling Finals in July as the biggest joke of all time. Finds it hard to credit as well that club hurling in Wexford is over for the year by 14 August.
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Isnt that div 1a/1b thing exactly what the new round robin format for the sam Maguire and tailteann cup will be? Seeded mixed ability groups of 4.
We know what itâs going to be like because weâve had the Super 8s, which were shit.
The format fails on several counts.
It wonât work in terms of evening up competition because three matches a year is not enough to do that. The Divisions 1-4 format in the league is retained and thatâs where the real problem lies. Teams like Limerick, Louth and Clare will be coming into these round robins off the back of inferior Division 2 preparation and theyâll be cannon fodder.
It will serve the bigger counties because the schedule will be very crowded and will suit the counties with the most money and the biggest squads.
The round robins will not be appealing to the public as there will not be much of a competitive edge to them with only one team being eliminated per group. Many or most of the games will likely end up being low energy dirges played in front of sparse crowds.
What the 1A/1B/2A/2B format in the league between 1999 and 2007 did was to prepare smaller counties in a much better way for the real test ahead in summer, while simultaneously not letting the stronger counties gallop too far away into the distance.
Then, in summer, it was on the day - shocks could be created. Thatâs what the championship is supposed to be about - cut throat knockout games.
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Laois are a disgrace.
And Fermanagh. And Kilkenny in hurling!
Some indictment of Meath though, and Dublin in hurling.
Only 720 men hurling in Kilkenny is hard to believeđ Less than Meath. Surely a mistake there. Kilkenny have Junior D donât they?
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Iâd say a lot of those figures are pure bullshit to be fair.
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Sligo were like one of those rural teams that win a county championship,a once in a lifetime panel.They should have bate Armagh in 02.
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