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Get a team in before the 'expert's tonight; my team updwell (Limerick) - Posts: 817 - 18/08/2019 20:37:01 2227221 Link 0 |
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Not a bad line up but maybe bubbles, Kennedy or O Meara but that might be today talking. The semi final 4 were way ahead of the rest this year much more than most years so team of the year has to come from them for me Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 18/08/2019 21:33:18 2227261 Link 0 |
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Exact same as the Sunday Game team of the year.
Kerry15 (Kerry) - Posts: 958 - 18/08/2019 23:40:59 2227319 Link 0 |
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How is Barret ahead of Liam Ryan who has been by far the best full back this year?
Jedobi (Wexford) - Posts: 138 - 18/08/2019 23:45:21 2227321 Link 0 |
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The only semi final team that was way ahead this year is Tipperary. Kilkenny beaten 2 times and a draw. Limerick still could not live with kilkenny in S/F. wexford had a good S/F . Overall a very bad championship. Look at Galway only lost 1 game in the championship and they were out before it really began. Obviously I have my Galway Jersey on but this championship was all the poorer when galway went out so early. My prediction for 2020 S/F between Galway, Tipperary, Cork and Clare
heartbroken (Galway) - Posts: 370 - 19/08/2019 06:45:09 2227327 Link 0 |
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Wexford getting 2 is right and the 2 that got it is probably right too but i still think Liam Ryan was the best full back in the country this year. logger (Wexford) - Posts: 296 - 19/08/2019 08:20:31 2227334 Link 0 |
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No Leinster teams? Such a strange Munster biased towards hurling in general, Leinster championship was a lot better than Munster this year. I actually think it will be the same 4 as this year Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipp and Limerick... This time it will be a Limerick V Wexford final:-)
logger (Wexford) - Posts: 296 - 19/08/2019 08:55:42 2227343 Link 1 |
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i for 1 thought it was a great championship. the leinster drama on that last evening was epic.all 4 were out at some stage. the leinster final was great,laois shocking the dubs,kk roaring back to beat cork. the semis,well what more can you say about them. sure enough the final didnt live up to the billing and maybe its my wexford glasses on but i have not enjoyed a championship like it for a long time. also dont know how liam ryan not on the team of the year.he was head and shoulders the best full back in the country this year,i would have had him on the team of the year ahead of chin perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 19/08/2019 09:02:54 2227344 Link 0 |
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It's not often I agree with the Sunday game panel. These All Stars or teams of the year usually give 6 players to the winners 4 to losing finalists and 2 to the provincial winners if different than the finalists and maybe 1 outstanding performer from non semi-finalists. Look back over previous teams of the year it's generally this formula
updwell (Limerick) - Posts: 817 - 19/08/2019 09:43:49 2227371 Link 0 |
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Yes and Galway masters of their own downfall, however last 2 minutes of kilkenny and wexford shows the hate fulness of the galway challenge. Make no mistake about it both teams settled for a draw once galway result was in. Galway very strong and will be in the last 4 next year and I predict an All Ireland for galway 2020 .
heartbroken (Galway) - Posts: 370 - 19/08/2019 10:07:12 2227380 Link 0 |
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Make no mistake about it both teams settled for a draw once galway result was in. How did this happen? logger (Wexford) - Posts: 296 - 19/08/2019 10:34:11 2227390 Link 0 |
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Fennelly goes no14 or nowhere on it for me. Seamie Callinan far more flexible imo, could play him anywhere in the front 8, and he'd be somewhat effective. Fennelly had an outstanding year in the bigger games, including the club final where he ran riot, but he did the business exclusively in the no14 spot in 2019, and that's the only place I'd name him on this team.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3422 - 19/08/2019 10:49:47 2227400 Link 0 |
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If the 'semi final 4' were 'way ahead of the rest' this year, it's surely quite extraordinary that four teams ended up with 5 points each in the Leinster table after the 10 group games were concluded. I attended Galway's games with Wexford & Kilkenny this year, and I can assure you that no team was 'way ahead' of any other team at those two matchups. This certainly contradicts the logic of your assessment, and would strongly suggest that your view is in fact totally daft.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3422 - 19/08/2019 11:03:49 2227407 Link 0 |
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Jeysus it didnt take the Galway lads long to make this all about them. Tell us seeing as this is an allstar thread how many Galway players should be on the team : ) Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 19/08/2019 13:05:43 2227467 Link 0 |
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Heart broken. I was in Wexford Park that night. I can assure no one there was 'settling for a draw'.
Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4321 - 19/08/2019 13:27:25 2227483 Link 0 |
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Galway is a possible exception and could replace any of the four but I think that is how it will go
Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4321 - 19/08/2019 13:30:00 2227485 Link 0 |
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No Galway players would deserve All star inclusion this year not just because of performances but also because it is common practice for only players who reach the final stages of the championship to be picked... Those who w/off Galway might be a little surprised come next summer though. Beating KK in Nolan park and drawing with Wexford whilst generally off color in both games is nothing to be sneezed at given how those two progressed later in the championship. Roll on 2020! Flaherty (UK) - Posts: 116 - 19/08/2019 14:10:32 2227505 Link 0 |
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I must have been at a different match too, I was absolutely DYING for Wexford to knock KK out of the championship, if both teams were settling for a draw why were our players remonstrating with the referee afterwards, 1 of which ended up missing the final? The timelines were too tight for it to be anything other than a cock-a-hoop story. StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1732 - 19/08/2019 14:39:23 2227516 Link 0 |
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Cathal Mannion should get a nomination. Solid league campaign at midfield. Took the no6 nominee Padraig Walsh for 7 points from play, 6 before HT in the Leinster championship game. Lads have got allstars for less!! You're worrying about Dublin's next game? How about Kilkenny's next 'performance', after beating Limerick? How much glory did KK cover themselves in yesterday? Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3422 - 19/08/2019 14:58:27 2227528 Link 0 |
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The end of Kilkenny Wexford was the same as the 'disgrace of Gijón' 1982 between West Germany & Austria. I don't think poor oul Algeria have been back in a Leinster Final since either. Teams going through the motions to fix an appropriate result that suited both sides, once the Dublin/Galway result was 'in'. As Cyril Farrell would say, 'it's something 'they' need to look at'!!
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3422 - 19/08/2019 15:08:40 2227533 Link 0 |