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Replying To Canuck: "Austin Gleeson and Tadgh DeBurca are named in the subs for tomorrow." Good the see both lads back, de burca is some man to keep coming back Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2228 - 08/03/2025 15:12:24 2595391 Link
kilkenny were shocking nothing coming up either oneshot (Tyrone) - Posts: 14 - 09/03/2025 15:05:35 2595547 Link
Clare getting massacred in Cusack Park, sers up championship game nicely. updwell (Limerick) - Posts: 894 - 09/03/2025 16:28:00 2595568 Link
i taught clare beating limerick last sunday might kick start there season......after todays hammering i dont even see clare getting out of munster. cork will be hard to stop they are a coming team looks like a 2 horse race limerick and cork. whats in leinster arent even worth talking about. munsterchamps (Limerick) - Posts: 1134 - 09/03/2025 18:16:34 2595592 Link
Great to see a proper approach to refereeing hurling today. There's been way too much dragging and hugging and slapping with the 'loose' hand. All are fouls but have crept into the game and have become acceptable for some teams over the past few year. Now we just need to cut out throwing the slioter and diving.. jeeze the diving is killing me.. I can't handle it in hurling.. why isn't there more made of it? Some teams are shocking at it. twbm (Clare) - Posts: 26 - 09/03/2025 18:35:38 2595593 Link
Replying To munsterchamps: "i taught clare beating limerick last sunday might kick start there season......after todays hammering i dont even see clare getting out of munster. cork will be hard to stop they are a coming team looks like a 2 horse race limerick and cork. whats in leinster arent even worth talking about." Certainly looks like that. Tipp going well but Cahill's teams in the past have run out of gas come championship time. Cork will be very hungry 20 years on but Limerick have found a couple of new players and I'd make them favourites to win the All Ireland. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2348 - 09/03/2025 19:34:42 2595615 Link
After watching games today I think there will be huge crack down on any challange above the shoulder,especially after the missed challange in limerick match.. Felt Duggan was was very unlucky..o brien was mistaken identity and o mahony lucky.. Davy fitz can have no complaints..blanchfield and Carey were deserved and when all look back on molloy it was completely mistimed but made contact with the helmet. Tynan made no contact at all,cian Kenny threw himself to the ground,same as he did against cork(avoided a card)..now refs have a lot to deal with but the diving in all games now is brutal,if cards were handed out for this it might help get rid of it.. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2488 - 09/03/2025 21:34:09 2595634 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "After watching games today I think there will be huge crack down on any challange above the shoulder,especially after the missed challange in limerick match.. Felt Duggan was was very unlucky..o brien was mistaken identity and o mahony lucky.. Davy fitz can have no complaints..blanchfield and Carey were deserved and when all look back on molloy it was completely mistimed but made contact with the helmet. Tynan made no contact at all,cian Kenny threw himself to the ground,same as he did against cork(avoided a card)..now refs have a lot to deal with but the diving in all games now is brutal,if cards were handed out for this it might help get rid of it.." Ever since faceguards became compulsory there has been a rise in the careless use of the hurl around the head. Its about time it was cracked down on, there is no excuse for it. The Kenny incident was poor funny how it seems there is more diving in Hurling than Football however that aside that tackle was closer to than head than the shoulder. The idea that you can run ten meters at full steam and still expect to catch the player shoulder to shoulder is a bit dated, the risk is too high of that going wrong and managers will have to question is it something the should be asking their players not to do. Refs don't have a TMO so it's the players who present the picture, in this case both presented a picture that would allow him to show red zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 1935 - 10/03/2025 03:39:11 2595655 Link
Replying To munsterchamps: "i taught clare beating limerick last sunday might kick start there season......after todays hammering i dont even see clare getting out of munster. cork will be hard to stop they are a coming team looks like a 2 horse race limerick and cork. whats in leinster arent even worth talking about." Still time to move the money in Paddy Powers on yesterday's performance we wouldn't win the Christy Ring awful performance Cork & Limerick well ahead at this stage. clooney (Clare) - Posts: 975 - 10/03/2025 08:47:50 2595660 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "After watching games today I think there will be huge crack down on any challange above the shoulder,especially after the missed challange in limerick match.. Felt Duggan was was very unlucky..o brien was mistaken identity and o mahony lucky.. Davy fitz can have no complaints..blanchfield and Carey were deserved and when all look back on molloy it was completely mistimed but made contact with the helmet. Tynan made no contact at all,cian Kenny threw himself to the ground,same as he did against cork(avoided a card)..now refs have a lot to deal with but the diving in all games now is brutal,if cards were handed out for this it might help get rid of it.." Every team is at it, with no exceptions. No county is not at it now. Not yours, not mine. ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1298 - 10/03/2025 09:28:04 2595663 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "After watching games today I think there will be huge crack down on any challange above the shoulder,especially after the missed challange in limerick match.. Felt Duggan was was very unlucky..o brien was mistaken identity and o mahony lucky.. Davy fitz can have no complaints..blanchfield and Carey were deserved and when all look back on molloy it was completely mistimed but made contact with the helmet. Tynan made no contact at all,cian Kenny threw himself to the ground,same as he did against cork(avoided a card)..now refs have a lot to deal with but the diving in all games now is brutal,if cards were handed out for this it might help get rid of it.." There needs to be some punishment for diving or even a retrospective ban. Needs to be cracked down on big time. Far too much of it going on. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2228 - 10/03/2025 09:39:39 2595669 Link
Replying To zinny: "Ever since faceguards became compulsory there has been a rise in the careless use of the hurl around the head. Its about time it was cracked down on, there is no excuse for it. The Kenny incident was poor funny how it seems there is more diving in Hurling than Football however that aside that tackle was closer to than head than the shoulder. The idea that you can run ten meters at full steam and still expect to catch the player shoulder to shoulder is a bit dated, the risk is too high of that going wrong and managers will have to question is it something the should be asking their players not to do. Refs don't have a TMO so it's the players who present the picture, in this case both presented a picture that would allow him to show red" Totally agree, it's pure idiocy charging fully at a lad to get in a big hit, why not simply shadow him, make him turn back, force him to overcarry. Tynan was unlucky yesterday but his tackle was going to hit the player in the chest at best, definite yellow card, Kilkenny have learned nothing from Richie Hogan's red card in final and the fact Tyrrell and co defended Hogan in aftermath came back to haunt them yesterday. Their last red card was an embarrassing attempt to hook a player, no one hooks like that. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2093 - 10/03/2025 09:40:45 2595670 Link
I'd normally have great respect for Brian Lohan but his post match comments yesterday were way off Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2093 - 10/03/2025 09:41:59 2595671 Link
Replying To clooney: "Still time to move the money in Paddy Powers on yesterday's performance we wouldn't win the Christy Ring awful performance Cork & Limerick well ahead at this stage." The league means very little when it comes to championship though. It's real purpose always is to find new players, it is not a target at the start of the year. Yes it's better if you're going well, but all it takes is to win the first championship round and the league form will be forgotten. county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1130 - 10/03/2025 09:51:38 2595672 Link
Replying To ExiledInWex: "Every team is at it, with no exceptions. No county is not at it now. Not yours, not mine." Agree. There should be retrospective action taken to deter players from doing it though. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15275 - 10/03/2025 10:30:38 2595685 Link
Replying To county man: "The league means very little when it comes to championship though. It's real purpose always is to find new players, it is not a target at the start of the year. Yes it's better if you're going well, but all it takes is to win the first championship round and the league form will be forgotten." Exactly, how many times have we seen teams who are flying in the league flop when it comes to the first round. I've no doubt Clares form will build and then continue to build as they go through the matches. Ideally building form through the championship is the best way to win an all Ireland rather than coming in fully cooked for the start and not being able to maintain that standard. The huge risk doing this is that you might not get out of Munster, Limerick almost got caught out a few times with this trying to save their peak form for Croker. Fitzy01 (Limerick) - Posts: 424 - 10/03/2025 12:39:49 2595742 Link
Shane O'Donnell loss is massive for Clare, they have lost their marquee forward. They will be up against it to get out of Munster but 6 weeks can change a lot. ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1298 - 10/03/2025 13:54:33 2595764 Link
Must be a big worry for Clare Of course it's not Championship, and Clare will improve but to lose to one of your biggest rivals, at home, by 15 points, concede six goals. Cork were niggly and aggressive. They wanted it. Clare were there for a run out Which would have been fine if they were playing Kilkenny or Galway but not Cork who were hurting after the All Ireland Cork are the one team that if they get a run at you can embarrass any other team. That's what they did yesterday If Cork are smart they will realize they won't get it that easy against anybody Clare are effectively relegated, have lost the player of the year, some key men are aging. Not looking good Limerick and Cork are both moving well, Tipp finally seem to be have their act together. I'd say Lohan today would take third place in Munster Yadse (Limerick) - Posts: 87 - 10/03/2025 14:19:45 2595767 Link
Replying To Yadse: "Must be a big worry for Clare Of course it's not Championship, and Clare will improve but to lose to one of your biggest rivals, at home, by 15 points, concede six goals. Cork were niggly and aggressive. They wanted it. Clare were there for a run out Which would have been fine if they were playing Kilkenny or Galway but not Cork who were hurting after the All Ireland Cork are the one team that if they get a run at you can embarrass any other team. That's what they did yesterday If Cork are smart they will realize they won't get it that easy against anybody Clare are effectively relegated, have lost the player of the year, some key men are aging. Not looking good Limerick and Cork are both moving well, Tipp finally seem to be have their act together. I'd say Lohan today would take third place in Munster" He Probably would seemed to be gearing up for Munster Final win but right now we seem a long way off that still 14 of that team including SOD were nominated for All Stars we have been decimated by injuries only time will tell how well we have recovered. We have developed a few replacements Cork wanted to win more yesterday and they Bullied Clare right now its Cork/limerick and Tipperary that look most likely for honours this year. clooney (Clare) - Posts: 975 - 10/03/2025 15:23:11 2595784 Link
Clare tried to bully Cork physically on their home patch and it backfired spectacularly. Cork stood up to them and they had no answer to Cork's power and pace Cork effectively relegated Clare yesterday who were practically at full strength. It's a bad sign when a manager like Lohan complains about refereeing decisions. Of course it's early in the season but Cork will take massive confidence from this performance CORK ABU CorkLiamMcCarthy24 (Cork) - Posts: 137 - 10/03/2025 15:37:57 2595789 Link