Very well said duckula.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 19/08/2015 15:32:53    1772616

It's one of the best skills, to be able to hit a genuinely long ball while under pressure. I wish Dublin had a few defenders who could, we'd be a lot closer to the top table. Obviously, its theoretically easier to get a clearance away in gah, but maybe theyre just too weak to do it

flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 19/08/2015 16:10:21    1772652

If Dublin got to an All Ireland hurling final would it generate much excitement in the capital? I can see Dublin city full of young lads walking the streets weaving hurling sticks, playing hurling in alley ways. Downside would be lots of broken windows and angry shopkeepers lol

crikey (Australia) - Posts: 355 - 21/08/2015 09:14:12    1773617

The long clearance thingy changed a long time ago. I played on a reasonably successful football team at a reasonably low grade some 22 years ago and as a back, never kicked the ball. That was because we had a coach who realised the strengths & weaknesses of his team and who took me aside after training one day & said to me gently 'now Slayer, you have a kick like a donkey but the clearances are going to the other team giving them the ball, exposing your love of spuds, fat arse and no pace on the counter attack. My advice to you is to get it, look up, hand pass it, short kick it, anything just give it to a good player and we keep it'.

Immediately I thought:
1 - I'm not a good player
2 - this man knows his stuff

He must have had the same conversation with a lot of lads.

By contrast when I was playing the hurling the same manager would speak differently. The gameplan was to angle the ball all the time. Right corner back dropping it to the left wing forward.

No talk of hit & hope.

slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 21/08/2015 09:47:56    1773638

Aswell as "ref ya f¤ck$ng bol@*x",the three most popular words used by the vociferous lower Hogan stand crowd where i was sitting were "whip","pull" and "drive it".Not many budding Brian Codys to be fair.When in the white heat of battle,hurling man will resort to his primeval instincts & all fancy Derek McGrath new age tactics go out the window.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 21/08/2015 10:38:12    1773667

Mixed messages lads.

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12122 - 21/08/2015 10:58:30    1773690

Hank_Scorpio
County: Meath
Posts: 60

1771049 Biggest difference is in the tone of the coverage they receive.

Sean Cavanagh drags down Conor McManus preventing a goal; causes a moral crisis in football and even rule changes.

John Hanbury does the same to Callinan today; barely gets mentioned afterwards and pundits rightly focus on the game itself instead of pontificating.

Wrong. Hanbury's tackle was a deeply cynical, highly dangerous tackle. Callanan could have been seriously injured and is lucky he wasn't. The analysts ignored this aspect of the tackle. This tackle is the latest in a line of deeply cynical acts in hurling. Your post effectively condones this type of play. Hurling analysts are dishonest in their analysis of the game.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 21/08/2015 15:16:49    1773931

Hank_Scorpio
County: Meath
Posts: 60

1771049 Biggest difference is in the tone of the coverage they receive.

Sean Cavanagh drags down Conor McManus preventing a goal; causes a moral crisis in football and even rule changes.

John Hanbury does the same to Callinan today; barely gets mentioned afterwards and pundits rightly focus on the game itself instead of pontificating.

Wrong. Hanbury's tackle was a deeply cynical, highly dangerous tackle. Callanan could have been seriously injured and is lucky he wasn't. The analysts ignored this aspect of the tackle. This tackle is the latest in a line of deeply cynical acts in hurling. Your post effectively condones this type of play. Hurling analysts are dishonest in their analysis of the game.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 21/08/2015 15:36:20    1773951

Hank_Scorpio
County: Meath
Posts: 60

1771049 Biggest difference is in the tone of the coverage they receive.

Sean Cavanagh drags down Conor McManus preventing a goal; causes a moral crisis in football and even rule changes.

John Hanbury does the same to Callinan today; barely gets mentioned afterwards and pundits rightly focus on the game itself instead of pontificating.

Wrong. Hanbury's tackle was a deeply cynical, highly dangerous tackle. Callanan could have been seriously injured and is lucky he wasn't. The analysts ignored this aspect of the tackle. This tackle is the latest in a line of deeply cynical acts in hurling. Your post effectively condones this type of play. Hurling analysts are dishonest in their analysis of the game.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 21/08/2015 15:55:35    1773963

Jaysus, the same post up three times. Admin must be asleep at the wheel. Sorry boys.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 21/08/2015 16:42:00    1774000

http://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/steeped-in-irish-tradition-hurling-in-croke-park-makes-lonely-planet-top-10-local-sports-list-31479280.html

Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 26/08/2015 15:16:19    1776621