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Replying To Rockies:  "Galway footballers back in all Ireland final. Congratulations! Comer was outstanding.Need to examine Hawkeye… how many mistakes have been made especially in hurling!"
Absolutely well done Galway. We can't blame Hawlkeye for last week because we lost it ourselves

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2647 - 09/07/2022 19:14:23    2430773

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Comer's second goal might put a stop to this latest fad of goalkeeper's sauntering outfield. Seen it especially with Derry,Armagh and Tyrone. Creeping into hurling too… it's a dicey practice!

Rockies (Cork) - Posts: 947 - 09/07/2022 19:25:33    2430787

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Replying To katser:  "Absolutely well done Galway. We can't blame Hawlkeye for last week because we lost it ourselves"
Might request all games involving Hawkeye be replayed, especially those where a point or 2 difference involved. Am joking of course but it is hilarious! Hawkeye has been around a few years

Rockies (Cork) - Posts: 947 - 09/07/2022 19:59:29    2430819

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Replying To Rockies:  "Comer's second goal might put a stop to this latest fad of goalkeeper's sauntering outfield. Seen it especially with Derry,Armagh and Tyrone. Creeping into hurling too… it's a dicey practice!"
So much of it seems so pointless too, keeper jogging long side the guy carrying the ball just for the sake of it.

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2413 - 09/07/2022 20:01:43    2430820

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Get rid of Hawkeye for both finals and have 3 umpires one standing directly behind the goal.

Newyorkkat (Kilkenny) - Posts: 165 - 09/07/2022 20:29:37    2430862

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Replying To Newyorkkat:  "Get rid of Hawkeye for both finals and have 3 umpires one standing directly behind the goal."
TBH with you there is a problem with that. In their eagerness to grab all, the GAA has allowed very little space behind the for even the existing Umpires behind the posts to get a good view of the ball flight.

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4512 - 09/07/2022 21:11:18    2430888

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Replying To Rockies:  "Galway footballers back in all Ireland final. Congratulations! Comer was outstanding.Need to examine Hawkeye… how many mistakes have been made especially in hurling!"
Well they probably cost Limerick a Minor in '15 and an Under 21 All Ireland this year, although of course we will never know. But certainly two young teams should not have been treated so badly.

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4512 - 09/07/2022 21:16:07    2430891

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Replying To Oldtourman:  "Well they probably cost Limerick a Minor in '15 and an Under 21 All Ireland this year, although of course we will never know. But certainly two young teams should not have been treated so badly."
7 years later you would think the technology would have evolved further and those type of mistakes all confined to bygone days, but alas no.
Amateur hour continues.

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2413 - 09/07/2022 21:24:27    2430897

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Replying To Oldtourman:  "Well they probably cost Limerick a Minor in '15 and an Under 21 All Ireland this year, although of course we will never know. But certainly two young teams should not have been treated so badly."
I knew Lehane couldn't have hit all those frees wide against Galway! Ha ha .. Maybe we can toss a coin if a score is disputed? It's so bad it's actually funny, but like any scientific test, once it's shown as flawed, it's useless. The trust is gone!

Rockies (Cork) - Posts: 947 - 09/07/2022 21:35:05    2430906

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Replying To katser:  "Absolutely well done Galway. We can't blame Hawlkeye for last week because we lost it ourselves"
Look Katser, every team that was even beaten by a narrow margin could look back and see chances that might have been taken and were not. BTW, Limerick only hit a few wides less than ye, but they still won and that is all matters.
Sincere Congratulations on todays win and I hope ye go on and win it out now.

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4512 - 09/07/2022 21:43:34    2430913

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Replying To Bon:  "So much of it seems so pointless too, keeper jogging long side the guy carrying the ball just for the sake of it."
I think the goalies get cold and bored in goal, and want to get more involved. The Armagh goalie was a former outfield player!I never liked it especially in hurling. Patrick Collins was continually caught out in possession. Hopefully this will stop it!

Rockies (Cork) - Posts: 947 - 09/07/2022 21:49:09    2430916

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Replying To Oldtourman:  "Look Katser, every team that was even beaten by a narrow margin could look back and see chances that might have been taken and were not. BTW, Limerick only hit a few wides less than ye, but they still won and that is all matters.
Sincere Congratulations on todays win and I hope ye go on and win it out now."
First Galway all Ireland final in football since 2001. I often heard people jest in the last 10 years,that Galway will win all Ireland before Mayo. Galway will take some beating and won't fear Kerry or Dublin! Roll on!

Rockies (Cork) - Posts: 947 - 09/07/2022 22:02:56    2430924

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Replying To Rockies:  "Might request all games involving Hawkeye be replayed, especially those where a point or 2 difference involved. Am joking of course but it is hilarious! Hawkeye has been around a few years"
Hawkeye denied Galway two points in Croke Park the last day...they'll have to change the name to Bateye!

baire (Galway) - Posts: 1849 - 10/07/2022 07:44:46    2430928

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Replying To Viking66:  "I agree that the initial deal was totally unfair. I've posted my agreement on this subject numerous times.
At the same time can you not see its equally unfair for someone who isn't even from Leinster to tell my kids who were born and raised here in Wexford that the Leinster Championship shouldn't be called the Leinster Championship even though that's what it was always called. Generations of kids grew up here aspiring to win it preferably beating Kilkenny along the way. Its not our fault hurling wasn't preserved or didn't develop in the other Connacht counties.
Yes your presence in it has certainly improved it but at the end of the day you being a proud Connacht man doesn't give you the right to tell all the proud Leinster men whose Championship you have only lately joined what their Championship should be called. Or worse again imply it should be scrapped altogether. It's up to the clubs in Leinster to elect the County Boards in Leinster. Then it's up to these to elect Leinster officials. And it's up to all of us whether we run a Championship or not and what we call it. Noone from down here ever interfered with the way anything was run in Connacht."
I understand what you're saying. It's not Galway's fault that the other Connacht counties are football counties or Wexford's fault that 75% of the Leinster counties are not hurling counties. The provincial system does not work in either football or hurling but it was always lopsided in hurling. Eventually I imagine the GAA will grow up and devise a fairer system. It could scrap the league, no more than the railway cup it has had its day and introduce a league based championship. Get rid of the smaller competitions, e.g The Walsh Cup and have your traditional Leinster and Munster knockout championships instead. Above all promote and develop the game at grassroots level, without the clubs there won't be any hurling worth talking about.

baire (Galway) - Posts: 1849 - 10/07/2022 08:29:07    2430937

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Replying To updwell:  "Woulda, shoulda, coulda you were beaten by us again....up Derry."
I can understand how you'd like the Derry system of play, possession and short hand passing!

baire (Galway) - Posts: 1849 - 10/07/2022 09:11:34    2430947

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Replying To baire:  "I understand what you're saying. It's not Galway's fault that the other Connacht counties are football counties or Wexford's fault that 75% of the Leinster counties are not hurling counties. The provincial system does not work in either football or hurling but it was always lopsided in hurling. Eventually I imagine the GAA will grow up and devise a fairer system. It could scrap the league, no more than the railway cup it has had its day and introduce a league based championship. Get rid of the smaller competitions, e.g The Walsh Cup and have your traditional Leinster and Munster knockout championships instead. Above all promote and develop the game at grassroots level, without the clubs there won't be any hurling worth talking about."
Problem is that local rivalries play a big role in the GAA and the provincial system guarantees regular matches between these rivals.
I agree that the system is lopsided but rearranging it means that some of these could end up kind of fizzling out, but then again maybe new ones could form?

Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1942 - 10/07/2022 09:12:21    2430948

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Replying To baire:  "I understand what you're saying. It's not Galway's fault that the other Connacht counties are football counties or Wexford's fault that 75% of the Leinster counties are not hurling counties. The provincial system does not work in either football or hurling but it was always lopsided in hurling. Eventually I imagine the GAA will grow up and devise a fairer system. It could scrap the league, no more than the railway cup it has had its day and introduce a league based championship. Get rid of the smaller competitions, e.g The Walsh Cup and have your traditional Leinster and Munster knockout championships instead. Above all promote and develop the game at grassroots level, without the clubs there won't be any hurling worth talking about."
Agree 100%. Promoting the game at grassroots level is the most important thing. It was only a few weeks ago I was talking to a Cavan lad who was on holiday down here who loved hurling and played up until u12 with his club but then had to give up as the club had no more coaches to coach the older age groups.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16460 - 10/07/2022 10:55:58    2430976

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Looking forward to hurling next week. Received 2 tickets from the club this morning.

F4 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 47 - 10/07/2022 11:06:42    2430984

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Replying To Viking66:  "Agree 100%. Promoting the game at grassroots level is the most important thing. It was only a few weeks ago I was talking to a Cavan lad who was on holiday down here who loved hurling and played up until u12 with his club but then had to give up as the club had no more coaches to coach the older age groups."
If Cavan folk can ate their dinner out of a drawer, they can certainly hurl.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4288 - 10/07/2022 11:07:58    2430985

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Replying To Galway9801:  "Problem is that local rivalries play a big role in the GAA and the provincial system guarantees regular matches between these rivals.
I agree that the system is lopsided but rearranging it means that some of these could end up kind of fizzling out, but then again maybe new ones could form?"
I have suggested replacing the smaller competitions with the traditional Leinster and Munster championships. The biggest 'local rivalries' were and will always be in the club championship.

baire (Galway) - Posts: 1849 - 10/07/2022 11:33:58    2430992

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