Official 2011 All Ireland Hurling Championship Thread

[farmerinthecity]

@The All Seeing Eye

:rolleyes:

yet when that beardo weirdo wexican came off the bench & started goading & sledging wheelo the wexicans squeeled with delight

:lol: :lol:

[The_Runt]

I fully expect Limerick to lose against Wexford.

[ClarkeyCat]

@fenwaypark

i will get abuse no doubt for the following opinion but id would be slow to read too much into the championship so far as we are still at the shadow boxing stage.

I would be slow to write teams off till we are at the knockout stages. The intensity will then be increased by the top teams. Dublin to my eye are playing with great intensiity at the moment and it will certainly be interesting to see if they can maintain this as the championship progresses. The hunger and intensity that they are displaying is compensating them from their main weakness, which i see as a lack of real top top players (of the type that kilkenny and tipp possess).

Galway were brutal yesterday but if they had being more clinical with their chances they could have registered an undeserved victory. i wont write them off and still see them as more likely to challenge at the business end than dublin.

It is safe to count Galway out.

[croppy_boy]

@Julio Geordio

At least our star player will be wearing an ash guard this time. <_< *

[size=“1”]*For the next two weeks I will be replacing my well noted respect for all things Wexford with pure contempt. [/size]

Maybe you should line the goal with 12 players this time for 21 yard frees as well. Rumour has it Fitzy has been giving Jim Berry extra tutorials on the art.

[Julio_Geordio]

@croppy_boy

Maybe you should line the goal with 12 players this time for 21 yard frees as well. Rumour has it Fitzy has been giving Jim Berry extra tutorials on the art.

Jim Berry??? :lol: Thats not a real name surely. Does he have a brother named straw? Stupid Wexicans.

[artfoley]

@The All Seeing Eye

:rolleyes:

yet when that beardo weirdo wexican came off the bench & started goading & sledging wheelo the wexicans squeeled with delight

surely you mean twiggo ?

[caoimhaoin]

@fenwaypark

kev,
id be pretty sure that must of the lads on this thread watch plenty of matches. just because some agree with your opinion, does’nt make them all knowlegable and others who disagree with your opinion, clueless.

It has nothing to do with opinions, much of it is bias, copying media opinion and just guesswork. For instance i would read and listen to anything Cluain has to say about hurling, yet i disagree with him on the Leinster Final, no big deal. I disagree with Bandage regularly but still believe he knows the game and reads it well. I get it wrong too fenway, plenty of times. But i say what i think at any point in time and when i have thought it out well i’ll generally take alot of changing on it. I ain’t afraid of being wrong, which quite a few here clearly are afraid of.

There is an amount of bluffers on here Fenway, you can ignore them if you want, but there are some lads constantly making dreadful statements, many of which you can find on any of the weekend newspapers. I’d have far more time for someone like Rocko’s opinion who openly admits to not being a real student of the game, but will throw in his tuppence worth every now and then and will generally be close to the bone. I’m talking about the likes of KIB, MBB and a few others mainly, but there are other so called “hurling” people who are always talking through their arse. But i like them in other ways so i leave it slide.

[Bandage]

Tomás Brady’s knee injury will rule him out for the season - a cruciate ligament injury apparently. David Treacy will miss the Leinster Final with a 4-5 week hamstring injury.

[KIB_man]

@caoimhaoin

It has nothing to do with opinions, much of it is bias, copying media opinion and just guesswork. For instance i would read and listen to anything Cluain has to say about hurling, yet i disagree with him on the Leinster Final, no big deal. I disagree with Bandage regularly but still believe he knows the game and reads it well. I get it wrong too fenway, plenty of times. But i say what i think at any point in time and when i have thought it out well i’ll generally take alot of changing on it. I ain’t afraid of being wrong, which quite a few here clearly are afraid of.

There is an amount of bluffers on here Fenway, you can ignore them if you want, but there are some lads constantly making dreadful statements, many of which you can find on any of the weekend newspapers. I’d have far more time for someone like Rocko’s opinion who openly admits to not being a real student of the game, but will throw in his tuppence worth every now and then and will generally be close to the bone. I’m talking about the likes of KIB, MBB and a few others mainly, but there are other so called “hurling” people who are always talking through their arse. But i like them in other ways so i leave it slide.

Kev licking the arse of the two moderators - shocker

granted you are an expert on all matters but throwing up armagh as a good bet last week was the biggest example of bluffing I’ve seen on here for a while.

[Fitzy]

@Bandage

Tomás Brady’s knee injury will rule him out for the season - a cruciate ligament injury apparently. David Treacy will miss the Leinster Final with a 4-5 week hamstring injury.

Bad news indeed for them, but Peter Kelly did a sterling job at FB when Brady went off. Ryan ODwyer will more than likely be out through suspension (and rightly so, what was he thinking?), but at least bhis ear will have time to heal.

With these injury problems and having to change things at the back, Dublin will have to guard against Kilkenny doing their traditional early goal hunt. If they can weather the storm for the first 20 mons and not ship goals, they have every chance. Kilkenny get goals early = Leinster Champions.

[Fitzy]

@Julio Geordio

Jim Berry??? :lol: Thats not a real name surely. Does he have a brother named straw? Stupid Wexicans.

You won’t think he’s stupid or imaginary when he’s standing over a sliothar 21 yards from your goal son, he’ll be very real then.

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

1. Dónal Óg Cusack
   Cloyne

2. Stephen McDonnell 3. Eoin Cadogan 4. Brian Murphy
   Glen Rovers Douglas Bride Rovers

3. John Gardiner 6. William Egan 7. Shane O’Neill
   Na Piarsaigh Kilbrin Bishopstown

4. Jerry O’Connor 9. Pa Cronin
   Newtownshandrum Bishopstown

5. Ben O’Connor 11. Cian McCarthy 12. Niall McCarthy
   Newtownshandrum Sarsfields Carrigtwohill

6. Luke O’Farrell 14. Paudie O’Sullivan 15. Patrick Horgan
   Midleton Cloyne Glen Rovers

Captain: Shane O’Neill

Subs:

16. Martin Coleman - Ballinhassig
17. Eoin Dillon - Milford
18. Conor O Sullivan - Sarsfields
19. Ronan Curran - St Finbarr’s
20. James Nagle - Midleton
21. Tom Kenny - Grenagh
22. Cathal Naughton - Newtownshandrum
23. Bill Cooper - Youghal
24. Jamie Coughlan - Newtownshandrum
25. Kieran Murphy - Sarsfields
26. Michael Cussen - Sarsfields

[Turenne]

Jerry and Ben shouldn’t be left that close to each other. We’ll win by eight points plus regardless.

[cluaindiuic]

Have Offaly still a dose of injuries?

[caoimhaoin]

Dangerous game chopping and changing against Offaly. This is an extremely dangerous game IMO, Offaly hurting and defiant is a wicked animal, Cork had is disgracefully easy last week.

Think DW is being shown up here again, no sort of pattern at all. Bill Cooper shows up well last week in his debut and is dropped, but instead of bring in the likes of the O’ Connors (not direct i realise) if he is going to chop and change, he At least could bring in the likes of Jaime Coughlan.

Where is Conor Lehane? Is the LC still going on?

At least Shane O’ Neill is out on the wing.

[Turenne]

Midleton U-21 footballers are playing Saturday night I think.

[KinvarasPassion]

@ClarkeyCat

It is safe to count Galway out.

22/1 available now CC which says it all really.

[KIB_man]

22/1 available now CC which says it all really.

Any chance of players and management pulling together as one now? In Galway they have a habit of blaming the manager only but this was the manager that pushed Tipp to a point last year and won the league. I think he also has the best interests of Galway hurling at heart.

At the end of the day all is not lost for Galway, if the Dublin game has provoked a real war behind the scenes and now everyone is onside then that price is value. With all due respect to Clare, it could be the perfect pick me up for a fully tuned up Galway. They cannot have regressed so much in a year

[Fat_Pox]

Offaly 1-5 Cork 2-2
25 mins gone
Pa cronin sent off

Shock on the cards??

[thedancingbaby]

Full tme - Cork 2-17 Offaly 2-16