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You have to remember galway clubs have a great advantage by going to straight through to all ireland semi final. No rush in playing county final, more time to prepare between big games etc. I realise you still have to win semi and final but it is a serious advantage Nogoal (Galway) - Posts: 62 - 07/12/2021 18:36:49 2392027 Link 0 |
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Correct. In fact - for the last five years the same four teams have contested the Limerick semifinals. And who is to say this won't continue next year
johnocarroll17 (Limerick) - Posts: 408 - 07/12/2021 21:02:46 2392036 Link 0 |
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It's often stated that the opposite is true, to be idle for more than three weeks, without even the prospect of a challenge match is a huge disadvantage.
baire (Galway) - Posts: 1785 - 08/12/2021 09:41:16 2392046 Link 0 |
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Apart from Cork where the divisional team setup seems to work well, about 4 top teams is all that any county has. Since it happens that we're discussing this on a forum about Galway hurling, I'm sure few Galway hurling people would disagree with me that currently there's only 3-4 teams in the county with a realistic chance of winning the senior club championship. As regards Limerick, isn't it better OTM, to have 4 teams capable of winning it, than having one team dominate, like Ahane once did, winning every title from 1931 to 1948, bar Young Irelands in 1932 , and Croom in '40 and '41. For non-Limerick people (and technically I'm not one either), Ahane was a club side, which in reality was a divisional side; virtually any hurler at the time in East Limerick hurled for Ahane. foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 1903 - 08/12/2021 09:43:46 2392047 Link 1 |
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Galway winners play county teams over the winter break, they never sit idle. I do agree Galway are at an advantage getting into semi finals each year, i wouldnt like for it to change mind just expressing my view
CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 485 - 08/12/2021 10:09:21 2392051 Link 0 |
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No Ahane- Mick Mackey's club, with fifteen county titles in seventeen years, when Limerick hurling was going through another golden era- is by far and away the best club Limerick has ever produced. In the All Ireland winning team of 1940 they had seven starting Paddy Scanlan, Mick Hickey, Timmy Ryan, Mick and John Mackey, Jackie Power and Paddy McMahon (about five of these men were strong candidates to be included in the team of the last Century) and Tony Herbert came on as a sub. Paddy Kelly, Dan Givens and Paddy Mackey were on the subs bench, so 11 All Ireland Medals came to Castleconnell Parish in one day. Lads, Hurling did not start fifty years ago.
Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4316 - 08/12/2021 11:52:32 2392069 Link 1 |
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I wonder how many matches the typical Galway Champions play in comparison to the typical Kilkenny or Cork Champions. Is there that much of a difference? Would playing the Mayo or Roscommon Champions satisfy everyone?
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 08/12/2021 11:54:59 2392071 Link 1 |
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Well as regards 1940, which I mentioned, all of the heavenly 11 were natives of Castleconnell Parish except one, Paddy McMahon. Remember too that Young Irelands, Fedamore and Croom also had fine teams over those years. It was only in the latter days of that run that Ahane started getting any major number of players from outside the parish and they lost Paddy Mackey to a very premature death, Tony Herbert went to Dublin, while still very young, and Scanlan went to Galway, so they lost great players as well.
Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4316 - 08/12/2021 11:59:22 2392072 Link 1 |
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There was some awful hammering given out especially over the final 10 or so years of the Connacht senior club hurling championship so it wasn't really amounting to anything other than a training game and hope there'd be no injuries. Think Joe Rabbitte got an awful injury in Athleague one year. The only thing with Galway going into Leinster is there would be an unbalanced amount of teams for semi final with 3 provinces and one winner would have to go straight to all Ireland final which would probably even more unfair than the Galway champs going to a semi final. Munster produced as many winners as Ulster in the last decade and 00s weren't much better with only 1 winner there as well so you'd imagine even if Galway were in Leinster they'd have done fine with the winners for nearly 30 divided up amongst Galway/Leinster winners and often the case it was only each other beating the other in finals/semi finals
ML89 (Galway) - Posts: 39 - 08/12/2021 12:51:22 2392082 Link 1 |
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Again OTM, I feel healthier (probably many others too) for it when you're drawn out a little bit. You are an in spirit knowledge of Limerick hurling prior to say… 1973. A lot of what you know about has not ever been put down in print, and most likely never will. It's one of the reasons why I really value your posts on this forum. And what I totally like is that your information about the part are factual not opinionated.
foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 1903 - 08/12/2021 14:19:52 2392096 Link 2 |
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Thanks forever- I just happy to be an 'auld' fanatic.
Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4316 - 09/12/2021 11:58:41 2392174 Link 1 |
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If Galway want to win an all Ireland they will have to meet Limerick at some stage.It doesn't matter who ye have managing ye the current bunch aren't an Honest enough group to come within 10 points if the Limerick men..forgot about it.
PatKeyes73 (Limerick) - Posts: 21 - 09/12/2021 19:06:24 2392239 Link 0 |
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Raving.
TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 179 - 10/12/2021 11:59:28 2392285 Link 5 |
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there is a few of them Limerick folk about here TanCanRan, don't rise to it. You're only as good as your last performance as they say, it can all unravel very quickly. Bring on 2022. Gaillimh Abu. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1568 - 10/12/2021 15:26:10 2392321 Link 2 |
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Hope this puts paid to any mad notions of Joe's return. The man did enough, and even more, for Galway hurling in his day. Do ye want see him out there with a walking stick in one hand and a hurl in the other? Let him retire in pace! foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 1903 - 11/12/2021 13:01:42 2392387 Link 2 |
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Good to see you have the good of Galway hurling always on your mind youngeen - not!
tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3314 - 11/12/2021 13:15:28 2392390 Link 2 |
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I'm glad he's staying around the game somewhat. Fair play to him.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 11/12/2021 14:53:16 2392397 Link 1 |
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Indeed, great to see Joe, staying involved. Let him get a few years experience under his belt, and perhaps he'll then drive on at a higher level. More power to Joe!
foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 1903 - 11/12/2021 15:24:54 2392402 Link 1 |
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Delighted with ourselves after winning the connacht title v Easkey. Roll on Croke Park! I have every confidence in the lads that they will be the first Galway team to make the All Ireland! Salthill knocknacarra abu! thecut (Galway) - Posts: 332 - 11/12/2021 16:10:21 2392411 Link 1 |
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Toreen are a fine fine team but surely their recent dominance of the Connacht intermediate championship is another sign of the over inflation of the senior championship with average teams. What good is adding teams who are about 20 points worse than the top teams. Introducing Senior B and swelling the overall championship to 24 teams in madness. When you're going down to your 25th ranked team in Kilkenny, Cork, Limerick, Wexford etc your going down to junior ranks. Which is essentially the standard of intermediate in Galway atm. Looking for an extension on the capping of 16 teams after not even attempting to sort it is the most Galway thing ever. Tipp managed to get there's down to 16 from 32 in a year, madness. All this so teams can say their a senior team...if you're a senior team then prove it. Some clubs win 1 game out about 5 a year and stay up. My own club would probably be one that could go down in the cut but staying the way it is is not good. Intermediate hurling in Galway is at the lowest standard it's ever been, the amount of second teams in it as well is sure sign of that. It's essentially the standard of Junior A 10/15 years ago ML89 (Galway) - Posts: 39 - 12/12/2021 10:30:28 2392511 Link 3 |