Iāve said it since I saw him at "U21 level, Jack Browne is not up to that level, heāll be taken to the cleaners this summer. Itās just a pity heāll be gone by the Limerick game
Cusack park has gone up to 19,000 apparently.
There must have been a lot of work done to it.
Gas cunts.
I always rated Pat OāConnor, has his form dipped? Iād take OāConnor ahead of Browne any day. Wing back is the only possible spot for Browne.
Are ye Gina back to Kelly and Galvin in midfield? What will the forwards look like?
Duggan-Malone-Reidy
OāDonnell-Conlon-Mcgrath
With Duggan, Conlon and OāDonnell somewhat interchangeable.
Tidy. Duggan looks a different player this year, he seems to have developed massively.
19,000. I find that hard to believe. The facilities there are the worst in Ireland.
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Ha, youāve had a very sheltered GAA life if you think Ennis is the worst in Ireland.
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I meant it in the context of hosting a munster championship game. Irelandās most elite sporting competition
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Lk v Ce in Ennis will be great if there is something at stake for both teams . Real atmosphere etc .
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Backtrack. Be more careful in future.
Ennis will be rocking. Some great pubs spitting distance from the grounds and a great atmosphere. It mightnt have much on facilities but the pitch is excellent and it will have a proper atmosphere
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Where is worse with a similar capacity and is the main ground for a county team? Newbridge, Carlow, Wicklow, Louth perhaps?
I wouldnāt even compare Walsh Park
There is a possibility it could be dead rubber obviously. Has anyone worked out the scenarios for this to happen? Assume it would mean something like limerick and clare to have lost all 3 games before the fourth round or Limerick to have won all 3 and clare to have lost all 3? Given 3 go through I am my thinking it is unlikely we will go into the final round wit a complete dead rubber? You probably will have a scenario where one team is guaranteed to be through but the other needs to win.
It will be interesting but some games wonāt have that usual championship edge I reckon
Walsh Park
Conleths
Drogheda
Antrim
Ballybofey
Pearse Park Longford
Navan
The Hyde
Off the top of my head
Newbridge is probably the worst county ground Iāve been to. An absolute kip. The worst of the worst.
Come to think of it the Louth county ground in Drogheda was fairly brutal too.
Maybe Iāve become immune to it but I donāt mind Ennis these days. For even a middling crowd there tends to be a cracking atmosphere. Probably be a better buzz at the u-21 match on Monday week than some of the senior provincial games in Munster this summer.
In all honesty practically all GAA county grounds are dives. Visually all four sides of the ground tend to be out of kilter with facilities non existent for the most part. You look at clubs in the lower leagues in the UK who have smart 10/15/20/25k all seater stadiums and wonder why something similar canāt be applied over here.
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Yeah I actually like Ennis too and the covered terrace. I have often said here that usually the bigger the kip, the better the atmosphere. No idea where theyāll fit the 19,000 though
I got to a Brentford game midweek randomly a few years ago. Total kip but it oozed a proper English football vibe
I can exclusively reveal to the forum that Seamus callanan wonāt be playing hurling for tipp this year.
I heard similar. Heās not happy with the way mgmt handled the controversy involving him last year. I donāt blame him to be honest.