+1. Itâs usually the evening of the day after when vanquished INTERNETTERS explode with rage. In fairness, the bland âbest team won, congrats Limerick, savour it like we did last yearâ posts from the Galway lads have been a noble effort at keeping it together and most of them have disappeared after offering the token platitude.
But theyâll have spoken to family and friends at more length now, built up a few imagined grievances and the seethe will be building nicely as the day develops. So far on TFK any lashing out has strangely been reserved for a few posters from yesterdayâs non competing counties, with poor @Appendage and @Fagan_ODowd taking the brunt of it.
Having said all that , the Limerick formumites refused to let themselves get drawn into vile exchanges for the last three weeks and have acted with a great degree of decorum for the last 3 weeks.
Every congratulation to Limerick hurling and all its supporters. Well deserved winners on the day and emphatically deserving winners after a campaign that featured a win over Tipperary, Kilkenny and Cork before ultimate victory over the reigning All Ireland Champions. Speaks for itself, that contour.
For those Shannonsiders with a taste for whiskey, can I suggest a large Green Spot?
Commiserations to Galway. The players lost the game but not their dignity. They went right to the end. A pity some of their supporters bailed out before the end.
On to 2019. Who could confidently pick a winner as of now?
All comes crashing down at the thoughts of the Blizzards playing at the homecoming.
Plenty of Limerick bands that could have been put on instead of a member of the Tipp backroom team who can hack around on a guitar