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Replying To mr305:  "Absolutely agree. This topic was 18th on the list of forum topics. Yet the AI is 5 days away. No build up or excitement. 2 weeks isn't enough when all of last weekend is football semi finals. The calendar needs to be tweaked next year with 3 weeks between the semi and final and give the hurling 2 weeks after the football semi finals for the build up."
Kilkenny football topic is more attention

Newyorkkat (Kilkenny) - Posts: 165 - 13/07/2022 11:24:57    2431816

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Replying To Newyorkkat:  "Kilkenny football topic is more attention"
The Hurling Cup is going to the Nore, as Lynch has been declared out for the Final- one has it rom the Horses Mouth.

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4512 - 13/07/2022 11:48:43    2431823

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Replying To tiobraid:  "Is the All Ireland on on Sunday? Things are very quiet...
Any rumours around either counties?"
Sometimes better to keep things this calm. There will be plenty room for 'auld' guff there after.

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4512 - 13/07/2022 11:51:10    2431824

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Replying To Rockies:  "As long as we can handle the Limerick forwards as Galway did, we'll cruise home. Hegarty hardly touched a ball against Galway, and 2 points Galway got were reversed by Hawkeye. I think we can win well here, we are on an upward curve. Here's to the beginning of drive for 5."
Kinda reminds me of ballboys booboo all those years ago.

Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1942 - 13/07/2022 12:40:27    2431843

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Replying To Oldtourman:  "Sometimes better to keep things this calm. There will be plenty room for 'auld' guff there after."
Thats for sure but was hoping for more talk here! I think if it was Limerick against Clare, Galway or Wexford for example there'd be lots of talk.
This thread has been very active all year - up to this week!
I have been well wide of the mark in seeing Waterford as Limericks closest challengers, Clare finishing bottom of the Munster group and Clare then beating KK but I'm sticking my neck out again and saying Limerick will more than comfortably beat the 3 point handicap.
The talk of them being one of the greatest teams of all time (which I agree with) wont be justified if they dont win on Sunday. There's no doubt that very few of this Kk team would make it into the KK 4 in a row team - possibly only 1 or 2, so I'm struggling to find logic that this will finsih a close game.

tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 13/07/2022 13:17:34    2431852

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Replying To tiobraid:  "Thats for sure but was hoping for more talk here! I think if it was Limerick against Clare, Galway or Wexford for example there'd be lots of talk.
This thread has been very active all year - up to this week!
I have been well wide of the mark in seeing Waterford as Limericks closest challengers, Clare finishing bottom of the Munster group and Clare then beating KK but I'm sticking my neck out again and saying Limerick will more than comfortably beat the 3 point handicap.
The talk of them being one of the greatest teams of all time (which I agree with) wont be justified if they dont win on Sunday. There's no doubt that very few of this Kk team would make it into the KK 4 in a row team - possibly only 1 or 2, so I'm struggling to find logic that this will finsih a close game."
Very quiet indeed I think it will be a classic final Limerick haven't flowed this year yet done enough each game if Cian lynch is out will be definite loss, but no official line on this yet. Kilkenny despite haven been beaten twice will perform in Croak Park always do.

Both Managers are plain hurling men that don't make excuses so it what was a very good hurling year {mostly anyway} let us finish with a classic final without drama or discussing referees.

I would expect Limerick to shade it, to match there teams of the 30s as they have a lot of options to get match ups right on such players as TJ & Walter Walsh Adrian Mullen huge diversity in there back line.

KK will try to tie up Gillane who is there most potent & constant threat.

Wont know what to look forward to after game AI is over will have to take up Golf

clooney (Clare) - Posts: 994 - 13/07/2022 14:10:21    2431874

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Replying To Cockney_Cat:  "Not guilty."
Didn't think you were Cockney_Cat

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1412 - 13/07/2022 15:13:09    2431894

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It is quiet because modern GAA has shut everybody up. Players no longer seem to have a tongue, managers only give cliched answers to anything.
It has zilch to do with the football being on Sunday just gone, the hype only builds the week of the match ever. In my passive Dublin football supporting experience anyway.
But above all, it is up to teams and managers to talk to the media, I know not 1 thing about hardly any of the players hurling on Sunday. What they look like, what they do for a living, I bet there are plenty of interesting stories and things but it has been coached out of them to talk about their lives.
The best educated and cleverest era in Irish history and we think 20-30 year old men can't do an interview for a newspaper. A shame.

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1412 - 13/07/2022 15:17:45    2431895

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Wont know what to look forward to after game AI is over will have to take up Golf
clooney (Clare) - Posts: 753 - 13/07/2022 14:10:21 2431874

Have you no club clooney? Are Clooney-Quin still going? Weeks and weeks of club action in my adopted Wexford anyway.

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1412 - 13/07/2022 15:18:56    2431896

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Replying To ExiledInWex:  "Wont know what to look forward to after game AI is over will have to take up Golf
clooney (Clare) - Posts: 753 - 13/07/2022 14:10:21 2431874

Have you no club clooney? Are Clooney-Quin still going? Weeks and weeks of club action in my adopted Wexford anyway."
Yeah will be lot of Club certainly maybe Clooney will land a Club title its been 80 Years lots of good talent in Senior Under 20 & u17

clooney (Clare) - Posts: 994 - 13/07/2022 15:57:58    2431909

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Replying To ExiledInWex:  "It is quiet because modern GAA has shut everybody up. Players no longer seem to have a tongue, managers only give cliched answers to anything.
It has zilch to do with the football being on Sunday just gone, the hype only builds the week of the match ever. In my passive Dublin football supporting experience anyway.
But above all, it is up to teams and managers to talk to the media, I know not 1 thing about hardly any of the players hurling on Sunday. What they look like, what they do for a living, I bet there are plenty of interesting stories and things but it has been coached out of them to talk about their lives.
The best educated and cleverest era in Irish history and we think 20-30 year old men can't do an interview for a newspaper. A shame."
No sure I would want to spend an hour with Marty Party either he appeared to be complaing that no one was talking to him, wonder why

clooney (Clare) - Posts: 994 - 13/07/2022 15:59:56    2431910

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Replying To tiobraid:  "Thats for sure but was hoping for more talk here! I think if it was Limerick against Clare, Galway or Wexford for example there'd be lots of talk.
This thread has been very active all year - up to this week!
I have been well wide of the mark in seeing Waterford as Limericks closest challengers, Clare finishing bottom of the Munster group and Clare then beating KK but I'm sticking my neck out again and saying Limerick will more than comfortably beat the 3 point handicap.
The talk of them being one of the greatest teams of all time (which I agree with) wont be justified if they dont win on Sunday. There's no doubt that very few of this Kk team would make it into the KK 4 in a row team - possibly only 1 or 2, so I'm struggling to find logic that this will finsih a close game."
They can lose this 1 and win the next couple they will still be 1 of the GOATS. Even if they don't do that 3 out of the last 4 is still pretty great.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16479 - 13/07/2022 16:34:31    2431916

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Seems like Lynch is fully out with ankle injury. Real shame if true.

blackspot91 (Limerick) - Posts: 1055 - 13/07/2022 17:44:12    2431927

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Replying To blackspot91:  "Seems like Lynch is fully out with ankle injury. Real shame if true."
Heard that, leg in a boot, very tough on him after battling back for 10 weeks. Hopefully its only a precautionary wearing of the boot, but it doesn't look good.

Clubgaa (Limerick) - Posts: 879 - 13/07/2022 18:29:21    2431933

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Replying To ExiledInWex:  "It is quiet because modern GAA has shut everybody up. Players no longer seem to have a tongue, managers only give cliched answers to anything.
It has zilch to do with the football being on Sunday just gone, the hype only builds the week of the match ever. In my passive Dublin football supporting experience anyway.
But above all, it is up to teams and managers to talk to the media, I know not 1 thing about hardly any of the players hurling on Sunday. What they look like, what they do for a living, I bet there are plenty of interesting stories and things but it has been coached out of them to talk about their lives.
The best educated and cleverest era in Irish history and we think 20-30 year old men can't do an interview for a newspaper. A shame."
There's always up for the match on Saturday night to look forward to!! ;-)

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2413 - 13/07/2022 18:41:32    2431935

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Replying To ExiledInWex:  "It is quiet because modern GAA has shut everybody up. Players no longer seem to have a tongue, managers only give cliched answers to anything.
It has zilch to do with the football being on Sunday just gone, the hype only builds the week of the match ever. In my passive Dublin football supporting experience anyway.
But above all, it is up to teams and managers to talk to the media, I know not 1 thing about hardly any of the players hurling on Sunday. What they look like, what they do for a living, I bet there are plenty of interesting stories and things but it has been coached out of them to talk about their lives.
The best educated and cleverest era in Irish history and we think 20-30 year old men can't do an interview for a newspaper. A shame."
Joe canning had a very interesting article a few weeks back and it gives you a great insight into why modern country players don't do media he did an interview early in 2017 but it wasn't published until the eve of 2017 semifinal v tipperary if galway had lost that game he reckons he would have been blamed for the loss courting publicity and not concentrating on the match and also the journalists involved didn't let him know it was being published on that Saturday

minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 281 - 13/07/2022 19:26:48    2431943

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Replying To Viking66:  "They can lose this 1 and win the next couple they will still be 1 of the GOATS. Even if they don't do that 3 out of the last 4 is still pretty great."
Yes they will and already are one of the greatest but if they are to surpass the KK 4 in a row team then they should be beating this KK team comfortably - I'm not judging them on whether they also get 3, 4 or 5 in a row but will be judging them (if they dont win comfrotably) on the fact that this KK team is nowhere near that previous KK team.

tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 14/07/2022 08:22:51    2431965

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Replying To minor77:  "Joe canning had a very interesting article a few weeks back and it gives you a great insight into why modern country players don't do media he did an interview early in 2017 but it wasn't published until the eve of 2017 semifinal v tipperary if galway had lost that game he reckons he would have been blamed for the loss courting publicity and not concentrating on the match and also the journalists involved didn't let him know it was being published on that Saturday"
Well if people blame a player for doing an interview as costing them a match then more the fool the person blaming them.
Are people really so stupid as to think an interview in the paper affects performance? Really? Performance at that level is hit and miss for all players and of the 30 players on the field on Sunday, 10 will have a mare of a day. Talking to the media or not.
If a player doesn't want to talk, that's another thing. But promote the biggest game of the year and let those comfortable with talking do it.

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1412 - 14/07/2022 09:40:25    2431973

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Replying To tiobraid:  "Yes they will and already are one of the greatest but if they are to surpass the KK 4 in a row team then they should be beating this KK team comfortably - I'm not judging them on whether they also get 3, 4 or 5 in a row but will be judging them (if they dont win comfrotably) on the fact that this KK team is nowhere near that previous KK team."
Considering how they've grinded out results this year it's highly unlikely, if they were to win, that it would be by a decent margin. Certainly if it was last year i think it would be a different story. So i don't really accept that if they don't win comfortably that it puts them in a poor light. To be honest, they look like a jaded team. Thank god Gillane and Byrnes have been been keeping the scoreboard ticking over

Shocs07 (Limerick) - Posts: 374 - 14/07/2022 10:00:58    2431986

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This Limerick team are already one of the truly great GAA teams. Win lose or draw on Sunday.
Winning 1 All-Ireland makes you a great team, winning multiple makes you a truly great team and this Limerick team already right up there with the great Kilkenny team.
If I am picking the greatest, I am still picking the cats.

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1412 - 14/07/2022 10:09:14    2431989

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