Hurling Championship 2020 - The Year Limerick Blitzed

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Galway have basically been a top team for a decade and Joe Canning played full forward for about half of that. Whatever about his merits at full forward in his younger days, as @maroonandwhite says he has had a lot of injuries and I don’t think he has the explosiveness to be effective there now bar throwing him in for a few high balls when a few points down.

You can’t just stand a lad there on the 14 and lamp ball down on him anymore. Daithi Burke for example would ate Joe Canning if they marked each other in a hypothetical

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The commentator was talking about something else altogether while that was happening. Basically mentioned it as an aside that Maher had fetched it from the sky and knocked him like a skittle

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Look who’s typing :joy:

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This could take a while

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Canning had a decent turn of pace circa 2009 to 2015 . The goal is 2012 final was an example .

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You could play him anywhere

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Conor whelan is the standout candidate for that full forward role…he has all the attributes

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Would Joe Canning have been more effective than Burke in there today lads?

I think so

If they need goals throw him in there

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Are people forgetting that in his prime Joe Canning was playing in average Galway teams.

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And nearly getting them there

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Whelan is a bear.A hard cunt to stop when he gets goin.

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Probably but would he have been more effective than he was on the half forward line? More questionable

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When? They’ve basically been a top team for 10 years

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Exactly, on his own.Hes being compared to decent hurlers who were surrounded by great team mates

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One goal would have won the game. He’d still pop over the frees.

Effectiveness is subjective. We wouldn’t be having this conversation if they won

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2012 Galway team was hardly average

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My understanding is different, presuming Limerick win tomorrow. Kilkenny would not automatically get winners of a Clare-Waterford quarter final. If the two other semi finalists were Clare and Tipperary, Limerick would get Clare (for playing them before playing Tipperary) and Kilkenny would therefore get Tipperary.

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A friend texted to say Jake Morris’s aunt had passed away last night. Even more poignant for him scoring the goal tonight

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ALL Ireland wins would suggest otherwise

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Well exactly but I thought he had a very good game as it was