What will capacity be for the final?
That Franciscan Well place down on the Quays would probably have a screen?
They havenât announced it yet but itâll surely be one of these test events. Iâd imagine the GAA have already lobbied/lobbyed Minister Chambersâ office this morning to hike up the permitted attendance.
Mind you, theyâll probably only increase it to a pitiful 5,000 or something.
Another useless fucking referee.
Theyâll probably give it outside the province to the likes of Sean Cleere
On the penalty yesterday one question is why young McCarthy felt he needed to take out Morris ???
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To prevent a goal scoring opportunity?
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It was 100% frustration. It wasnât cynical.
He was after losing the ball when he had a good bit of time. He just lunged in .
Personally I think bottling out of sending off Barrett for hauling Tony Kelly to the ground, when he was already booked, was even a worse decision than the penalty.
Barrettâs play acting probably saved him but it was weak, weak refereeing.
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It was a total lunge and gave the ref a decision to make . He was very silly or else âŚ
To me it was total frustration with himself that he had given the ball away. He hardly had time to think and make calculations.
Iâd say the Tipp lads were as shocked as anyone when he pointed to the spot* for a pen.
Terribly rash from McCarthy. Dived in recklessly and gave Owens a decision to make which is never likely to end well.
*outstretched his arms
In fairness to Owens if Morris gets by the tackle from McCarthy, everyone in the ground would be saying âgoal on hereâ so you can definitely see why he gave it, but its a stupid rule.
He made a âcalculationâ to do Morris
That tackle by McCarthy was dangerous. It seems like going for the legs is fair game in hurling, especially as weâve seen from goalkeepers over the past few years
No real different to Barrettâs knee lunge into Galvin after his flick for the second goal really. Both knew they had minimal chance of winning the ball and were playing the man.
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Sure it wasnât McCarthy who gave the ball away, he had passed it back into Flanagans hand. When he saw Morris get free on a run towards goal he knew he had to do something.
Liam Rushe went in with a two footed lunge early on in the Galway game, think it was the second early goal chance. Luckily for him he was too slow and the Galway man side stepped it but if he had caught him he would have done damage
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I donât think so. he wasnât far off getting the ball. His momentum just carried him through**.
** I reserve the right to copy and paste this argument for when a Limerick hurler actually decapitates an opponent as the Cork lads thought they were trying to do on Saturday
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I think he knew the first booking against Barrett was wrong and was making up for that; Brendan Maher had given away a number of frees and should have been yellow carded sooner. He booked Barrett for persistent fouling for the first yellow, despite the fact that he hadnât conceded a free before that. Just goes to further highlight Owenâs incompetence really.
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He had fumbled the puck up after making 40 yards or so to get the hook on Morris and then got bottle up just before handpassing to Flanagan.
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