Dual managers are the best solution. Albeit that often means an outside manager and it takes a good manager to have strong expertise in both codes. The one thing youâd miss is matches within training as generally thereâs not enough time to squeeze one in when you want to run a few drills in both hurling and football.
What about Kieran O Callaghan , on the line wearing a pair of jeans with the gear on underneath , Ballylanders wearing white kit and he was wearing a yellow Ballylanders jersey , Turned it inside out and ploughed on .
Kicked a handy free and then a monster from play from 50 yards . They love him in Bally .
Could be a heavy pour in Ballylanders tonight .
Defo the best O Callaghan on show today , The man in the middle not so good
Would Ballylanders have been dicing with relegation for a few years now or how would the year be perceived overall? We need context so that we can judge Kevâs year as a whole.
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3rd final in a row I think
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What age would Calla be now?
Ref did fine I thought. If you were from Ballylanders maybe you wouldnât have thought so because their crowd gave out stink about every decision, whether it was blatant or not. A really hateful crowd.
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How did the last fellas who kept them up go?
They were in the county final in 2020 during the first Covid season. Got hammered by Adare in the end. Probably would have been seen as a bit of a surprise for them to get that far, NCW ended up playing Adare in a quarter-final. Ballylanders beat Ballysteen in a semi-final which was a fiery enough encounter.
In 2021, they ended up in a relegation semi-final (a format which only existed during the two Covid seasons).
But yeah, now theyâve had 3 relegation finals in a row: beat Galbally in 2022, beat Claughaun last year and now Ballysteen.
Galbally got to county 1/4 final last year , Claughan into county semi final this year . Galbally also in semi final this year .
Very little between top 4 intermediate and bottom 4 senior
38 or 39 Iâd imagine
So it would appear after two previous relegation finals they brought in spoofer Kev this year who once again brought them to a relegation final.
If Calas condition is a reflection of their S&C team it wouldnât say much for them 
Fair play to Ballylanders, made it a battle the horrible cunts. Rain suited them down to the ground. Took Danny Neville out of it eventually after 3 or 4 attempts.
Hit us for 2-2 against the breeze in the space of 5 mins at the start of the game and while we got back level that headstart against the wind fucked us.
They kicked some great scores in fairness. Their radar was locked in
Went down swinging but wasnât to be. A raucous atmosphere on and off the field.
Disappointing for our lads, but if you lose every game in the championship you canât have much complaint. If we can bounce back it might be a blessing in disguise, but thatâs a big if.
Hurlers in relegation next weekend. Could be an
annus horribilis all round.
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They called for Cala like you would special teams in American Football. Some boot on him
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I think the only senior games heâs played the last 2 years has been relegation finals!! He did similar last year, being fit doesnât put the ball over the bar.
Some wand on him.
Thatâs grand in the likes of Wexford but itâs a different ball game trying to crack the top four in Limerick who are only one code teams. Iâm not sure theyâve one player between the four of them whoâs playing football before the hurling is over anyway.
They more time to train and play practice games. Nearly all the teams in and around the top four are dual code teams bar ballybrown.
Itâs very very difficult to succeed in hurling unless
Youâre hurling 3 or 4 nights.
Iâm not sure on football but Iâd presume adare / Newcastle west have little crossover. Fr Caseyâs the same. I dunno do they have lads hurling with other clubs.
Adare I think had a rule for a while you could only play one and it fucked both teams.
Cratloe were a dual code club with success in Clare. Interesting there three county hurlers podge Collins, Conor Ryan and Conor McGrath were all finished at inter county level fairly young.
I agree thatâs how you handle it but itâs still very very tough when coming up against the single code clubs.
Ncw have at least 8, adare would have about 5 the Connollys Joe sweeney!! Caseyâs have a few hurling with Glantine⌠football clubs are prob more lenient as they have to be but the hurling superpowers would have 0 duals
Adare have only 3 or 4 I think but by all accounts Newcastle have 11 or 12 starting for both codes. When youâre in the PIHC with just the 7 group games that becomes messy.
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