Lads with plasters over their eyebrow studs.
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The refs need a little Ryanair-esque measuring frame that they can easily carry around with them.
If the hurl donât fit, you must re-kit.
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Under 12âs. Do me a favour.
I see where youâre coming from on this. Which is why I stated above that the dropping the hurley rule would have to be amended.
For no particular reason.
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Most club championships wonât start until mid August still mate under new system.
This. 100%
What does free-flowing mean?
I think some people would consider it to mean the ball being moved quickly from one end of the pitch to the other (potentially without a hand being laid on a player) which will lead to scores in a very short space of time.
Others might say that it means the ball being in play for longer; end-to-end hurling so to speak. But this most likely means lots of ruck and congestion which are one of the so-called âblightsâ.
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I think people are referring to the length of time over a free as a fella inside corner forward jogs out 80 yards to hit a free⌠the Dow was masterful at this.
If you reduce the length a fella can strike it and accuracy of strike then it will lead to more congestion and slow the game down, more frees and more throw ins when a ruck isnât won clean. Look at football - very hard to kick an accurate long pass so short handpasses are used with lots of men around the man in possession. This is what hurling would essentially become as coaches will not move away from a possession based game to a whack it long 50/50 approach, that isnât going to happen.
Hurling as it is now is the best spectator sport in the World. Constant action, the pace is mind blowing, the skill is unmatched. Perfection is unattainable. The game is grand.
Suits in Croke Park trying to justify their salaries will fuck the game up if theyâre let
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I agree that from 24 years of age and over, players are as skilled as ever but below that thereâs a major problem. Iâm not saying hurling was better twenty years ago at all.
And its as direct result of policy changes at underage level by the GAA in the last 5 years.
Thereâs a Championship about to start in three weeks and thereâs hardly 7 players under 22 likely to feature? Morris, Daly, Cody, Mullen, Morrissey and Rodgers? Anyone else? Some of these wont even start.
Compared to 5 years ago thereâd have been about 30 lads under 22 starting in the Senior Championship.
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Are goalkeepers allowed a larger bas? Or is that just something that was always assumed? That was one of the issues when bringing in the nash penalty rule
A go/nogo gauge. Youâll have difference in sizes between o Neilâs and cummans all stars gauges 
Iâd argue that that is more a result of the size and bulk needed to grapple with the teams such as Limerick who mullock their way to victory. It takes lads a few more years to bulk up enough to compete.
if you introduce a standardized hurley but goalies are exempt then all thatâll happen is teams will let the goalie wallop the frees from 80 yards and pretty much make a mockery of the rule
Except he wouldnât be allowed use the goalkeeping one for frees
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itâs getting silly now.
Good point, I wasnât sure if a rule exists or not. I agree that all players should have a standard size
And thatâs a big problem.
Youâll have 18-21 year olds running the show for their countries at the Euroâs over the next few weeks.
Galway set the bar in 2017 with their conditioning.
Most keepers used to puc the ball out with a different hurl to the frying pan.