After Conor Whelan, Jason Flynn would be the second name on my set of forwards. For most of that game yesterday, we had a half forward line who can neither catch a high ball nor win it on the ground. Whelan flanked by Mannion and Flynn would be my starting HF line the next day, Whelan is a leader and is increasingly so with each game. Once again he put a few of his senior colleagues to shame yesterday with his work rate on and off the ball.
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Donoghue should drive down to Shannon or wherever that cunt is and break his nose. After his first big game where he had them playing well and 5 up after half an hour, fair enough it fell apart but he might learn, there’s a class difference not helped when arguably the joint best hurler in the country joins the other one on the field at half time.
loughnane was able to get nothing out of them and knows he will be remembered in part for that. Our worst manager ever. If only people knew the inside story of how much he was paid cash in hand by Pat McDonagh for zero return, naming a team on the pitch to help out his fellow buffoon considine. The sad truth though is there’s a few of them that love to be mollycoddled, and that’s no use. The best management team we had in that regards contained arguably as big a reason for Clare’s 90s success than loughnane, Mike Mac, but him and Noel Lane were thrown aside to make way for another spoofer. They didn’t bother with the mollycoddling.
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He did, but he’s 19. I’d stick jc at centre forward. As a sweeper like. He can catch his own ball. We need big Johnny back. Big big loss.
Joe Canning should have been subbed yesterday. Cooney could have taken the frees if needed.
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Just wondering, was Joe Connolly’s speech the only one ever As Gaeilge?
Johnny should be sent a pair of white boots and encouraged to develop a mullet. Son of Mac and himself would be some combo along the left flank.
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He bounced that fat fucker wally walshes best effort back on its arse yesterday did young Mac.
As an aside, loth though I am to say it, Walter Walsh has come on a bundle. He got a couple of lovely scores yesterday and is a great ball winner. He had a fine game.
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We need to forget about Joe and start building around Whelan
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Kilkenny are simply awesome. The greatest team i’ve ever seen in any sport
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Off topic but are they putting the LUAS on Gardiner street now?
This is the thing. They were absolutely brilliant in the second half yesterday, brilliant.
In my opinion, only Tipp hurling at their best can match them playing well.
There was no shame in Galways performance yesterday, not a single player didn’t try their hardest.
Getting closer to them in that at least you don’t fear a fifteen point massacre as much.
Also, o donoghue is liked by nearly everyone, and is an astute man. He should be left in charge for a few years. Galway did nothing wrong yesterday. Kk just upped it, and had two of the best hurlers to ever play at the top of their game, and a forward unit on fire. It’s their fucking half back line that launches everything though. They cleaned us out, due, in part to the aimless launching of the ball downfield, due in turn to the relentless harrying of their forwards, and the referees having as bandage says given up on steps, spare arm dragging, hurley holding, grappling, and throwing the ball.
I don’t know. Kilkenny were hungrier, fitter and better. Our lads wilted as per usual when the going got tough, their not suited to the hard stuff to be honest. Hard to feel proud of a side that drops their heads so willingly.
Ritchy Hogan > Henry Shefflin
Ritchy Power > Joe Canning
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They drifted a bit, but the whole atmosphere did. Kk got the goal, but what they then did was tack on quick points afterward. They killed us. Some of the Galway subs were either old or rusty which didn’t really help.
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Is Callinan getting off scot free for the goal btw? I know he was expecting a belter but it was still a shocking one to concede and ultimately it turned the game on it’s head
Daithi Regan says Anthony Daly would bring Galway an All Ireland. I’m not sure I want one that badly
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Regan would badly want a lash of an ash plant.
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He is getting a Buffon pass. Has saved us plenty in the past so it’s hard to beat up on him. It was a poor goal to concede though.
Well he (Daly) does meet the cunt criteria.
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