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Hard to see how they can have two double headers in Semple tomorrow and Sunday in this case.
On another note the County need a serious reality check. I donât know whatâs going on but the ticket prices are an absolute shambles. Its now 15 euro for a standalone Quarter Final, 15 euro for a double header and 36 for a weekend pass which nobody is going to avail of.
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Iâll be shook after a stag party but hope to be in Semple on Sunday to see Drom take on SARS.
Drom have never beaten SARS in a knockout match in the Stadium in the past 15 years but this isnât the SARS of old and I think it will go down to the wire.
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Is Springer still doing the business for ye?
I hope to be in attendance too.
Did they ever beat SARS in Semple?
By my reckoning victories for SARS in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014 (one of the great games).
Drom beat SARS in the Group Stages in 2018 ensuring we had that epic series of Play Offâs in Templetuohy midweek under lights between Drom/SARS/Upperchurch to see who qualified.
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Beat them last year in group fare.
Ah yes, how could i forget. Hammered them in fact.
But knockout is all that counts.
Sars are better than last year, but Drom should be at the right age profile now with the mix of youth and the Hall of Famers like Callanan/Springer/Collins. Funny how the people of Drom though donât seem to rate their young bucks at all.
True that. Podge Campion is centre back and there are lads who wouldnât have them on the team at all for being to risky and not doing any actual defending and marking.
Callanan is the talisman but Springer is probably the most popular player, especially amongst the more vocal Drom side of the parish. A common thing in a lot of parishes is that county players find it hard to win the approval of club stalwarts who would have little interest in the county scene
In fairness I doubt anyone in Drom would have anything negative to say about Callanan. Heâs always turned up and done it.
Even when he wasnât going great in a County Semi Final v Loughmore back in 2012 and the crowd were kind of getting on his back in the first 45 minutes, he finished strong before taking over completely in Extra Time and ended up scoring something like 2-13. He really silenced any doubters very quickly.
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Would they not take the games out of Thurles for a bit of atmosphere?
Where will the Cork Hurling Quarter Finalâs be played?
You fucking charlatan
They 100% shouldnât be played in Pairc UI Caoimh. Madness to me. Those games should be played in the likes of Midleton and Mallow. They would double the crowd.
Group and qualifier games are grand around a county but once you get to a fixture with âfinalâ attached to it, players want to be in the big house
I disagree. From speaking to players theyâd rather play in more atmospheric ground rather than 1500 in Thurles or Pairc UI Caoimh. Give me Glen v Kanturk in a packed Fermoy tomorrow over 1500 in Pairc UI Caoimh for Barrs and Charleville. If that was a double header in Mallow be well over 5000 at it. Cork county board screaming out for money and losing a fortune with bad planning.
A big issue when you bring âbigâ games outside of Thurles anyway is parking.
It can be absolute chaos with the blatant abandonment of cars around the place. Certainly this weekend where no farmer is going to open his field up with the weather.
Id imagine Nenagh could handle some games for sure
Cork
Its not geographically suitable for a lot of games.
Templemore would be the only alternative venue that might work now that they have sorted their goalmouths.
10 years ago this weekend since it hosted that cracking QF on a balmy September Saturday evening between Nenagh and Drom when Drom were turned over as red-hot favourites. cc @StoneCold
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