I donât think they would have to be honest, then again Galway have always shit themselves in finals v Cork
No I donât tbh; but look thatâs irrelevant tbh because they didnât beat us. And you can say they had a lead or whatever but a match is played over 70 minutes not 60.
A fully fit harnedy and theyâd have been in the final in 2018. Whoâs to say they wouldnât have won.
I think the distance they were away is being exaggerated.
I donât think theyâre an AI contender this year, they have some weaknesses. But despite those theyâve consistently been a top four team. Yet theyâre viewed as flakey. I think theyâre the opposite.
It is relevant. Youâre saying theyâre miles away. The facts donât bear that out.
They havenât won an All Ireland for 15 years, havenât been in a final for 7 years, last U21 success over 20 years ago, last minor success almost 20 years ago, facts.
The reason theyâre viewed as flaky is because of a final 10/15-minute collapse against Waterford in 2017, against Limerick in 2018 and a complete capitulation in the second half against Kilkenny.
Maybe flaky is unfair but those things all happened in knockout matches.
But Iâm not talking about flakiness or softness or anything like that; I just donât think they are currently good enough, plain and simple. They should be looking to Kearney back for next year imo. I think they need to find an athletic half-forward who will work & can score; whether thatâs Sean Twomey or Shane Barrett or Brian Roche, I donât know; I donât know which of them are up to that level. They also need probably 2 more backs. The likes of Ger Millerick & Billy Hennessey have been talked-up a lot too in terms of defenders.
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Limerick got to a semi-final in 2013 & 2014. Maybe they could have won an All-Ireland but they were a bit off what was required even though they were involved in close matches. And by 2015, they were very poor.
Actually winning All-Irelands is quite hard.
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They bombed out as Munster champs as well in a semi a few seasons before that
Tipp annihilated them in 2014
Tipp and Kk were ahead of every in 2013 and 2014. 2013 was a freak
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I think this year is made for Cork or Tipp.
Teams havenât had a lot of time together and they are two of the teams with the most natural hurlers in the 15 which could override the lack of time teams have had. Good sharp hurling will be very important.
If Limerick are as loose against Tipp as they were for 35 minutes against Clare it will be embarrassing
Cork by 8
Lot of people saying Connery was going to start alright. Donât rate OâLeary-Hayes,
What a day for Connery
Are Waterford any good? I canât remember anything about them
With Monaghan-Cavan gone to ET, it wouldnât surprise me if Sky messed up live coverage of the hurling like with Kilkenny-Wexford in 2018 when Meath-Tyrone went to ET. Hopefully the Cork-Waterford game is on from the start!
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Cork by tennish
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