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I reckon itll be a cracker. A real war and i cant wait. Fair play to these two counties for being so good. i only wish the other teams would be able to get it together to match them. joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 20/08/2016 15:33:22 1903565 Link 0 |
Tips beat Galway by a point. Kilkenny beat Waterford in a replay by 2 points. It could just as easily be a Galway V Wateford final. So less of the admiration for KK & Tipp for their 'being so good' please. Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 20/08/2016 16:02:04 1903574 Link 1 |
What do you want me to say?Ah sure theyre okay like? Something like that? Id have loved to see a waterford v galway final but these two are undoubtedly the best in the country. joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 20/08/2016 16:48:03 1903594 Link 0 |
Brian Gavin the man in the middle. Joe_Bloggs (Tipperary) - Posts: 186 - 24/08/2016 13:17:50 1905309 Link 3 |
Advantage Kilkenny all right. If Tipp are to win, they will have to do it convincingly.
thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1743 - 24/08/2016 13:51:07 1905329 Link 0 |
Doesn't stack in our favour when Gavin has been the ref but look we need to go out and put in a 2010 like performance where the longer game went on the longer it looked like we were going to win. Sow the seeds of doubt early. I can only see it going 3 ways. Tipp stroll to victory. Tight game KK will win. Or KK will beat us handy. WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 24/08/2016 15:15:10 1905374 Link 0 |
Ive always questioned whether Gavin should be put in charge of Kilkenny matches. joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 24/08/2016 15:42:18 1905390 Link 4 |
Nasty little nip on the nose he got him with too
Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1911 - 24/08/2016 16:53:51 1905436 Link 1 |
Tannions pull on tj reid 2012 paudi maher pull on rice 2012 two bad injuries not a word about them but the ref gets a tipp on the nose in the middle of a melee and lads have no problem picking out or mouthing off about the kilkenny player bitter begrudging people on here always something when kilkenny are playing not a word about the ref trying to do them in the replay against waterford blinded by hate northerncat (Kilkenny) - Posts: 30 - 24/08/2016 21:23:41 1905539 Link 1 |
On the P.Maher incident against Rice he went for the ball and Michael was unlucky he got a belt which put him out of the game. As the nature of the pull was with one hand yes wild but not intentional. We've had that discussion over and over here already countless times. When your champions more often than not you will be scrutinized at every opportunity. Kilkenny do get a fair share of negativity thrown their way but for me I see it's all got to do with Cody and his antics plus comments after a game which irk some people and they will fire anything negative in KK direction. Kilkenny were seen or perceived to be getting away with over the top or playing on the edge for years and that didn't sit well with a lot of people in the hurling strongholds but it made the game what it is now. Fitness and Physicality were not really important 25 years ago in hurling yes an element of it was there but hurling won most games. Now you need those skill sets plus a lot more and Kilkenny have them in abundance. Tipp have always fronted up to KK but sometimes I feel we're better off hurling and not getting into the physical stakes. Man for man we can match Kilkenny we just have to figure out how to beat them since 2010. WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 24/08/2016 23:08:06 1905577 Link 2 |
He pulled dangerously with one hand Michael Rice hurling career ended that day , explain his pull on Tj Reid in the second half of the same match if the same two incidents happened with a Kilkenny player ye would be still writing about it .
johnwhite12 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 306 - 25/08/2016 00:12:08 1905592 Link 0 |
Have tickets to this as a neutral , want a close game not like last years final. Couldn't put my finger on who I think will win.Michael Fennelly could be a deciding factor so I might just throw a few on Tipp . GameOfTyrones (Tyrone) - Posts: 469 - 25/08/2016 11:49:42 1905707 Link 0 |
Taken in isolation Maher's pull on Rice could be dismissed as just being wild and reckless. Taken in context of his behaviour on the day and the numerous other incidents he was involved both before and after that incident, there's no doubt in my mind that Maher went to do Rice. Did he mean to shatter his hand, probably not, but he was fully aware, as any hurler would be in the same position, that Rice was in a defenceless position attempting to rise the ball. He should have got a straight red for that but then he shouldn't have even been on the pitch at that stage. To think that there wasn't even a free awarded for that! Scandalous Heftydickonem (Kilkenny) - Posts: 175 - 25/08/2016 12:42:37 1905743 Link 0 |
What about Jackie Tyrells shoulder into the chest of Callanan early in the game? No free given there either. Joe_Bloggs (Tipperary) - Posts: 186 - 25/08/2016 13:17:32 1905777 Link 1 |
Did Tannion get sent off for the pull on Tj Reid 2012 NO, Reid was was out for a year with the injury he got . Whinging last year about the ref in the all Ireland the Galway corner back should have been gone before half time.
johnwhite12 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 306 - 25/08/2016 18:26:11 1905984 Link 0 |
You should go back have a look about the shoulder in the chest his name was taken and a free given .
johnwhite12 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 306 - 25/08/2016 18:39:26 1905994 Link 0 |
I find it funny a Tipperary man coming out with a statment physicality was not really important twenty five years ago you must never have heard of hells kitchen,
johnwhite12 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 306 - 25/08/2016 20:08:21 1906038 Link 0 |
Hell's Kitchen were back in the 60s. 25 years ago was 1991.
therealtmo (Tipperary) - Posts: 1292 - 25/08/2016 21:30:42 1906090 Link 0 |
Why are you asking me to explain his pull on TJ Reid? My reply was on the Rice incident. First your harping on about Rice and now Reid? Do you see any forums up here about Kilkenny players being dirty etc? I don't. If you want to ruin a thread talking about incidents from 5 years ago work I'm not taking part in that. Those incidents were dealt with at the time. Open a new thread to bring up those incidents if you want. I have many Kilkenny friends and we all agree both teams have went OTT at times in games with many incidents going un punished. Yer no angels in Kilkenny. WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 25/08/2016 22:16:25 1906119 Link 0 |
Not in 2009 a throw ball was given I believe.
WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 25/08/2016 22:17:36 1906120 Link 0 |