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Replying To WoodlawnPat: "Galway better get a very big lead as I would imagine that late in the game Limerick will be the faster fresher team." Yeah Limericks speed and youth worry me. Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2124 - 06/08/2018 22:23:57 2130232 Link
Replying To Barnowl94: "He sure did.Burke was indeed lucky to only get a yellow for that incident which occurred in the 75th minute and had no bearing on the result unlike most of the other bad calls. Still hurting after Newbridge are you?" You can debate calls until the cows come home. If the ref had to be as lenient with Conor Glesson's little flick back last year ye may not have won the All-Ireland . However he was not and Galway went on to be the deserved champions which ye may have anyway. Who knows? Austin Gleeson was lucky to play in last years final. However the posse chasing him on these pages last year went beyond belief. Don't worry we have no intention of doing that to Burke and wish the young man the best in the final. Galway will win the final if you are better than Limerick but please give up the whining. Ye are above that. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2660 - 06/08/2018 23:50:19 2130268 Link
Replying To LohansRedHelmet: "Congratulations to Galway. I am bitterly disappointed as I thought we had ye in the closing stages but lady luck turned against us with the Shanagher rebound hitting the post and Duggan failing to clear the defender from the free. Well done and congratulations from your neighbours. We will be back next year you can be sure about that." Not sure if you can put it down to luck. It was a poor effort from Shanaghar. How could he not tap it in on his right side? instead he came across to his left side towards the centre of the goal and the goalie. poor composure/skill set. Duggans missed free was very poor too, nothing unlucky about bad execution. blackspot91 (Limerick) - Posts: 1055 - 07/08/2018 06:37:45 2130289 Link
Replying To MiAmigaVERONICA: "By the skin of your teeth, lads, by the skin of your teeth. Bit disappointed now but well done, on reaching another final. Hats off to both teams but especially so proud of all associated with the Clare set-up. A lot of sound Galway lads posting here, but to the ones who are not - looks like you are not as good as you think you are. The way I see it, Limerick will prove themselves to be a great team in time but this final will depend on how fragile the Galway mindset is after this reality call." Galway were blessed in the end, but one has to admire their guts and determination to get there in the end, as there is no doubt that previous Galway teams would have collapsed when faced with that Clare onslaught. Clare are a serious outift, and there is no doubt that they are more than good enough to win another All Ireland with this team? However the landscape of hurling is changing and it is going to get tougher and tougher to win an All Ireland in the future, look at Galway about to play their ninth game so far in this championship, and they're barely hanging on at this stage. As to the final, you feel that it almost written in the stars that it's LImerick's year, there is a certain destiny about them this year, and while I would never begrudge Limerick an All Ireland, I'll be somewhat greedy and hope that it doesn't happen this year. gilly0512 (Galway) - Posts: 1176 - 07/08/2018 09:11:11 2130300 Link
Replying To perfect10: "did you ever referee yourself?" Sure it doesn't matter.....id say the majority of people commenting on here have never play county either but how does that stop them commenting on a hurling post? The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 708 - 07/08/2018 09:38:34 2130313 Link
Replying To Canuck: "You can debate calls until the cows come home. If the ref had to be as lenient with Conor Glesson's little flick back last year ye may not have won the All-Ireland . However he was not and Galway went on to be the deserved champions which ye may have anyway. Who knows? Austin Gleeson was lucky to play in last years final. However the posse chasing him on these pages last year went beyond belief. Don't worry we have no intention of doing that to Burke and wish the young man the best in the final. Galway will win the final if you are better than Limerick but please give up the whining. Ye are above that." The whole what if's and who might have been available are irrelevant. You roll with that you have and make no excuses. Otherwise that point of view can be never ending... what if DJ Carey's parent had moved to Waterford because the father got an amazing job haha! Look, if Galway had lost yesterday it was because they collectively weren't good enough on the day, not because GMac was injured. The narrative was the same after our 2016, we lost (even according to Tipp people like Tommy Dunne) because Canning and Tuohy went off injured. Tipp went on and won the AI very convincingly, that's all that matters. Miami305 (Galway) - Posts: 147 - 07/08/2018 10:22:16 2130334 Link
Replying To LohansRedHelmet: "Congratulations to Galway. I am bitterly disappointed as I thought we had ye in the closing stages but lady luck turned against us with the Shanagher rebound hitting the post and Duggan failing to clear the defender from the free. Well done and congratulations from your neighbours. We will be back next year you can be sure about that." What's the relationship between 'lady luck', and failing to clear a defender with a pressure free? Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3423 - 07/08/2018 11:08:23 2130351 Link
Replying To Canuck: "You can debate calls until the cows come home. If the ref had to be as lenient with Conor Glesson's little flick back last year ye may not have won the All-Ireland . However he was not and Galway went on to be the deserved champions which ye may have anyway. Who knows? Austin Gleeson was lucky to play in last years final. However the posse chasing him on these pages last year went beyond belief. Don't worry we have no intention of doing that to Burke and wish the young man the best in the final. Galway will win the final if you are better than Limerick but please give up the whining. Ye are above that." Little flick? Has to be the understatement of the year. Barnowl94 (Galway) - Posts: 3150 - 07/08/2018 11:27:47 2130357 Link
Replying To Trump2020: "Yeah Limericks speed and youth worry me." This is an aging Galway team alright. Been around 4or5 years some of them. The average NFL (american football) career is 3.3 years, so this Galway team is definitely over the hill, and it showed there after 20mins v Clare. Galway were awarded six frees in this game! In the first half, you mean? No, I mean in the entire game, Galway got six frees, and Clare got double that number. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3423 - 07/08/2018 12:12:08 2130381 Link
In 2 weeks time we will find out if Galway are a team in decline. Maybe we are not given Clare credit for been outstanding this year and in that regard Galway would be more outstanding. This all Ireland champions has shown that their is only a puck of a ball and a will to win between teams now heartbroken (Galway) - Posts: 370 - 07/08/2018 12:31:41 2130392 Link
Lots of interesting narratives on here. The two are generally Galway were lucky to make the final, air of invincibility has gone etc. And on the other hand that Limerick are a great new team, with young players and a super bench. Lets have some perspective, Galway aren't putting together complete 70 min performances yet remain unbeaten. Limerick are evidently have a top team well able of beating Galway if they perform to a high standard. The stories can be spun whatever way someone's needs it to go - Limerick hammered in Ennis, Limerick 6 points down to cork and out of the championship but for a Nicky Quaid save, Galway unable to keep a lead, Galway tiring in games, Galway leaking too many goals. One thing is for certain, that both teams will relish playing each other, and both will genuinely believe they can win the game and its there for the taking. Miami305 (Galway) - Posts: 147 - 07/08/2018 13:16:03 2130417 Link
Who is saying that Galway are an ageing team, etc? Its almost as if Galway are expecting everybody to bow down to them as All-Ireland champions and Canning's interview hinted at the same. I don't ever recall Kilkenny/Cody/Shefflin in their pomp going on with that sort of nonsense. Between this nonsense, and the endless pages of moaning about referees, Thurles, etc, you are not showing yourselves in a good light lads! StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1733 - 07/08/2018 13:20:11 2130422 Link
Replying To heartbroken: "In 2 weeks time we will find out if Galway are a team in decline. Maybe we are not given Clare credit for been outstanding this year and in that regard Galway would be more outstanding. This all Ireland champions has shown that their is only a puck of a ball and a will to win between teams now" so if galway loose the final it means they are in decline.......or could if have anything to do with beaten by a good team. my honest opinion about galway is they are a good very good team but on a par with most of the other top counties....last year they just about beat a tipp team by a point in the semi that havnt been going well since 2016 ...and beat waterford by 4 in the final in a game that was in the balance until 8 or 9 minutes to go. so people saying that galway are not going as good at last year is a bit mind boggling. there is nothing between the top 5 or 6 counties. munsterchamps (Limerick) - Posts: 1098 - 07/08/2018 13:23:19 2130424 Link
Replying To gilly2308: "Galway were blessed in the end, but one has to admire their guts and determination to get there in the end, as there is no doubt that previous Galway teams would have collapsed when faced with that Clare onslaught. Clare are a serious outift, and there is no doubt that they are more than good enough to win another All Ireland with this team? However the landscape of hurling is changing and it is going to get tougher and tougher to win an All Ireland in the future, look at Galway about to play their ninth game so far in this championship, and they're barely hanging on at this stage. As to the final, you feel that it almost written in the stars that it's LImerick's year, there is a certain destiny about them this year, and while I would never begrudge Limerick an All Ireland, I'll be somewhat greedy and hope that it doesn't happen this year." Don't think it's written in the stars that it's Limerick's year.It's hard for a young team to win the first All-Ireland final in which they play.There are tensions and pressures unique to All-Ireland Final day.The great Galway team of the 80s lost 2 Finals before they went on to win 2 finals.Galway for me on August 19 and the wait to go on for Limerick. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2166 - 07/08/2018 13:29:18 2130427 Link
Replying To heartbroken: "In 2 weeks time we will find out if Galway are a team in decline. Maybe we are not given Clare credit for been outstanding this year and in that regard Galway would be more outstanding. This all Ireland champions has shown that their is only a puck of a ball and a will to win between teams now" I make it 14/28 games were 3 points or less and 13/28 - 2 points or less and 6 draws.. The most competitive and entertaining Championship ever? tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 07/08/2018 13:36:13 2130429 Link
Replying To Barnowl94: "Little flick? Has to be the understatement of the year." Not even close to what Glynn did in the final before the ball was thrown in and got away with it. He should have been off before a ball was struck. No one but you thinks Conor Gleeson did anymore that gave a flick back in reaction to a stick buried in his guts. Yes a sendable off offence and that is why there is no value in trying to be subjective on refs calls. We were glad that it was Galway who beat us last year and avoided using any crutches for our loss take from y'ere win. However that good will is running out because you have done nothing only whining this year. Even when ye are winning. God help us if Limerick win. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2660 - 07/08/2018 13:40:05 2130430 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "This is an aging Galway team alright. Been around 4or5 years some of them. The average NFL (american football) career is 3.3 years, so this Galway team is definitely over the hill, and it showed there after 20mins v Clare. Galway were awarded six frees in this game! In the first half, you mean? No, I mean in the entire game, Galway got six frees, and Clare got double that number." Pope Ive argued with you before on referees etc. but I;; agree with you on this one. Fergal Horgan gave one of the worst performances of refereeing I've ever seen. Hanbury getting a yellow for mouthing after Horgan made a hames of a call just typified the type of day he had. Theres a clip going around of P Mannion coming out with the ball and he's fouled about 5 or 6 times, 3 of which the instigator derived a lest a talking to, and nothing was done....nothing! The ball went up the field and then Clare got a soft free in front of the posts! CRAZY! I will admit that Davy Burke was also a very lucky man not to get a red. The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 708 - 07/08/2018 15:36:33 2130472 Link
Replying To The_DOC: "Pope Ive argued with you before on referees etc. but I;; agree with you on this one. Fergal Horgan gave one of the worst performances of refereeing I've ever seen. Hanbury getting a yellow for mouthing after Horgan made a hames of a call just typified the type of day he had. Theres a clip going around of P Mannion coming out with the ball and he's fouled about 5 or 6 times, 3 of which the instigator derived a lest a talking to, and nothing was done....nothing! The ball went up the field and then Clare got a soft free in front of the posts! CRAZY! I will admit that Davy Burke was also a very lucky man not to get a red." Was the call you are referring to not a line ball - which is the primary job of a linesman? tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 07/08/2018 16:12:12 2130496 Link
Replying To Canuck: "Not even close to what Glynn did in the final before the ball was thrown in and got away with it. He should have been off before a ball was struck. No one but you thinks Conor Gleeson did anymore that gave a flick back in reaction to a stick buried in his guts. Yes a sendable off offence and that is why there is no value in trying to be subjective on refs calls. We were glad that it was Galway who beat us last year and avoided using any crutches for our loss take from y'ere win. However that good will is running out because you have done nothing only whining this year. Even when ye are winning. God help us if Limerick win." Flick? Are you joking? He hit the Cork player across the leg with some force.Flick my eye. Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 07/08/2018 16:52:53 2130514 Link
Replying To Condorman: "Flick? Are you joking? He hit the Cork player across the leg with some force.Flick my eye." Ya you definitely have some sort of an eye problem. Your opinion is yours. My is mine. I have all ready said it was a sendable off offence. The original point was a comparison with what Burke did and Gleeson did. Would not make that comparison only because the honor of playing in a final at stake. Not interested in keep the conversation going because it would suggest I wanted him suspended which is not true. Lets keep all the great players on the field. Hopefully they will exercise good sense themselves. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2660 - 07/08/2018 17:43:26 2130533 Link