Ulster sacrcasm, Offside_Rule?

lol - yeah most definitely. It's not just teams from Limerick who have lads playing for the College or Uni in competitions.

Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 16/03/2016 15:34:38    1835415

Sure hasn't St Liam spoken:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-35817959

Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 16/03/2016 19:19:53    1835477

Well, that seems to be that! Blistering start from Na Piarsaigh: can't see any way back for Cushendall.

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 17/03/2016 14:50:41    1835596

no connection to Na P at all, but its fantastic to finally see a Limerick side do the goods at Croke pk..this will be a great lift for Limerick hurling!

skillet (Limerick) - Posts: 1063 - 17/03/2016 15:21:01    1835601

Cushendall just not up to the required standard today, they are a better team than that but unfortunately, as can be the case, on these occasions a lot of big players just did'nt turn up. Congrats to Na P

thetallgypsy (Antrim) - Posts: 97 - 17/03/2016 18:28:29    1835649

Pity it was such a one sided affair, congrats to Na Piarsaigh , great team display.

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1911 - 17/03/2016 18:59:22    1835655

Its been a long time now since we had a good club final, that said todays game was one of the better ones.Congrats to NaP.

Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 17/03/2016 19:56:24    1835673

Yeah NP settled the quicker and Cushendall never really got going but not easy when you are up against a quality side. If it was not going to be an Antrim team I am happy to see a Limerick team get it. The county has been closer to the top on a consistent basis than their trophy haul suggests so well done and enjoy.

Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 18/03/2016 08:18:08    1835695

NaPiarsaigh v oulart was the real final,it is a pity it was not on paddy's day.
but congratulations to NaP.limerick on an upward curve......

perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 18/03/2016 11:18:09    1835748

great performance from Nap sadly my team didnt turn up but still very proud of them. was told when i arrived that most of the team had come down with a sickness bug and a few were kept away from the rest of the players including my cousin who travelled from his bed that morning, all the players apologised for their performance to the supporters but things like this happens. Nap are a outstanding team and just blew us away with their quality all over the pitch, only shane and our keeper played anything like they could. hopefully next year we can come back only without neil and aaron who are both taking a deserved break, once again congrats to Nap.

exref (Antrim) - Posts: 63 - 18/03/2016 12:28:49    1835763

Na Piarsaigh showed that they are a class team and would give many top County sides a tough game. They have come on a lot in the last three or four years since they first arrived and it will take a top club team to depose them.

clonjon (Dublin) - Posts: 665 - 19/03/2016 14:22:44    1835932

Fair play to nap.
Nice to see a city club reach the top of the pile.

joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 19/03/2016 17:10:30    1835964

A work colleague with Loughgiel connections was literally dancing for joy at Cushendall's defeat, he hates them with a passion. That tells you all you need to know about Antrim hurling.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9703 - 20/03/2016 14:21:27    1836085

First of all Ulsterman I don't believe a word of it, but it was nice of you to mention it. I think the fact that you did gives us some idea of what you think of people with Loughgiel connections

thetallgypsy (Antrim) - Posts: 97 - 20/03/2016 20:31:25    1836223

Ulsterman I would say is not far off the money on this one - I know a number of people from Loughgiel, in the lead up to the game they were clear that they were supporting NP and after they were not hiding their happiness at the outcome. But look it cuts both ways - I also know Cushendall folk who were loathed to see Loughgiel win it a few years ago. I actually do not know an awful lot of people from either place but that was pretty much the sentiment from everyone I spoke to on both sides regarding both championships. How are Antrim as a county supposed to function when the two best teams over the last number of years cannot genuinely wish each other well at All-Ireland level. Throw our other top sides i.e. Dunloy or even Ballycastle into the mix and I would say the sentiment may be similar from certain quarters. Then you have the city sideswho are not loved at all by their country neighbours. It is not much wonder we are falling further and further behind at County level.

But regardless the main story from last week is that a very fine Na Piarsaigh side are deserved All Ireland Club Champions and nothing can take away from that.

Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 21/03/2016 08:10:30    1836258

A work colleague with Loughgiel connections was literally dancing for joy at Cushendall's defeat, he hates them with a passion. That tells you all you need to know about Antrim hurling.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts:7747 - 20/03/2016 14:21:27 1

That says more about how sad your work colleague is than any great insight into Antrim hurling.

On another note, I see Duignan looking at an overhaul of the AI club series structure after Thursdays game. He's saying that its lopsided and that the Antrim (I presume he meant Ulster) and Galway champs enter into the Leinster club championship.

I can only image the emphatic nature of Na Pairsigh's victory has brought this on. BUT I wonder why he didn't mention it in 2012 when Loughgeil hammered Coolderry out the gate in 2012, another final that was realistically over after 20 minutes!!

Next we'll be hearing nonsense like "Team Ulster" resurrected by someone from a hurling heartland bemoaning the demise of hurling in Antrim/Ulster yet god forbid asking those involved in hurling in Antrim/Ulster about what they could do to help!!

bricktop (Down) - Posts: 2503 - 21/03/2016 09:27:08    1836276

Duignan can take those proposals and shove them - pure elitism - for me the football final was even more one sided as a 10 pt margin in football is probably the equivalent of a 20 pt margin in hurling. We have already saw this a county level in the hurling yet there is no allowance made for the strength of Ulster football. As you say no mention a few years ago. I do though think that the All Ireland series is a bit problematic as it comes at a time of the year that only a few club teams have competitive games on the horizon i.e. the semi-finalists and finalists and as such there is a question as to whether teams are going full tilt by St Patricks day.

Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 21/03/2016 11:32:14    1836335

I was in Croker on Paddys Day.

The difference between Na Piarsaigh and Cushendall was the physicality,speed and accuracy of Na Piarsaigh compared to Cushendall.

And,importantly,Na Piarsaigh settled quicker.

Plus,Na Piarsaigh have c.7 senior Co.Limerick panellists.

As far as skill is concerned,Cushendall can hurl with the best of them and their hooking,blocking and all round tackling from start to finish was absolutely brilliant.

And some of their scores were out of the top drawer (as were many of Na Piarsaigh's scores).

I do believe that if nerves hadn't got to Cushendall and they hadn't those 6/7 poor wides in the first half it would've been a closer game though in the end Na Piarsaigh would still have won,they were rightly favourites for this one.

Muilleann (Tipperary) - Posts: 114 - 21/03/2016 12:32:33    1836360

Congrats to a very slick Na Piarsaigh who laid their stall out in first five minutes.It kind of went how i felt it would.I called a comfortable 7+ victory for the Limerick men and put my money where my mouth was.Cushendall fought gallantly until the final whistle but Na Piarsaigh are worthy All Ireland champions.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 21/03/2016 13:44:17    1836404

god lads you paint a depressing picture,all bar 2 clubs in wexford were behind oulart this year.
but the reality is that antrim and galway clubs should be in the leinster just like they should be at every level.
come off it,its not the 1950's.
we have had too many dead rubber finals,i didnt go to the finals this year as i felt the hurling would be over by half time and so it transpired.
imagine oulart v na piarsaigh in that final,extra time,what a spectacle that game was and it would have been a fitting final.

perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 21/03/2016 19:00:05    1836525