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GAA 2014
- Thread starter Stuff the Goat
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Was in Kilkenny earlier this year and looking to see the game v Offaly but it was all over in 10 minutes.
Offaly are an absolute joke. You'd have more luck seeing a competitive game with the Kilkenny footballers.
Limerick and Kilkenny today in the first of this years hurling semi's. Impossible to call, Kilkenny although they aren't as formidable as they were in recent years are still Kilkenny and while Limerick are a classy outfit and definetly have the tools to do it the whole occasion could cause them to go either way, bottle it or it'll fire them up so much that they'll do enough to get over the line. I'll be hoping it's the latter.
KilKenny starting the better but Limerick finding the first point, Still fancy Kilkenny.
Shocking decision towards the end not to award a penalty or show a red card. While the game didn't flow it was till very entertaining and could have gone either way. Cody will be a relieved man tonight.
I thought so too originally re: the penalty but on the replay I thought it was very slightly outside the 14. Obviously nonsense there wasn't a second yellow. Great intense game.
Some game considering the Monsoon like conditions. Kilkenny might not be the force they once were and the gap between them and the rest is definetly not as big these days but the one thing they have is experience and that's what sunk Limerick in the end there today. When Limerick should have been taking their chances and pulling away Kilkenny were delivering right sucker punch scores at vital times and that was when they weren't even firing on all cylinders.
Kilkenny minors had a good win over Waterford as well. The Waterford goalie made one of the best saves I've seen in a while, unfortunately he could do feck all about the 5 or 6 minutes in extra time when Kilkenny went on a scoring spree and buried them.
Kilkenny minors had a good win over Waterford as well. The Waterford goalie made one of the best saves I've seen in a while, unfortunately he could do feck all about the 5 or 6 minutes in extra time when Kilkenny went on a scoring spree and buried them.
Experience in the form of Richie Power, was a great score shortly after coming on.
Great game in great conditions, pure Irish summer. A lot of hurls getting lost and sliotars getting booted. Dowlings (might not have been?) one handed point was classy as well.
Thought there were a few missed cards not even counting that one, A few helmets getting pulled and the such.
Tipperary will win this All-Ireland yet.
Hon our lads!
Hon our lads!
anyone remember his interview with Keith Barr after the Dublin 95 All Ireland win. It was in the hotel party and Barr was rubbered but he made some comment like "Sure you're a hit with all the ladies Marty!" This picture is every ladies dream!
I'm delighted to see the 2 forward 13 backs teams get torn to pieces to be honest. The game was boring me to tears recently but this Dublin team just look class. Pace, power, consistency, accuracy and quality. That said I still feel they have to have an off day in the championship and if that comes against Donegal it could be curtains.
The aul' van, she's going like a clock. I had a late enough one yesterday, I got held up below in Davy Fitz country. A lad I was supposed to meet and take an order from got delayed somewhere and his mother god bless her brought me in to the house for a bit of home made porter cake and a mug of tae while I was waiting for him.
Brack > Porter Cake!The aul' van, she's going like a clock. I had a late enough one yesterday, I got held up below in Davy Fitz country. A lad I was supposed to meet and take an order from got delayed somewhere and his mother god bless her brought me in to the house for a bit of home made porter cake and a mug of tae while I was waiting for him.
Told you we'd win the All-Ireland this year, lads. 
Tore Cork asunder today.
Tore Cork asunder today.
Told you we'd win the All-Ireland this year, lads.
Tore Cork asunder today.
Tore them apart?
Cork were brutal right from the word go and yet it took ye the guts of an hour to start putting them out of sight. I wouldn't start ordering in the extra kegs in Lorrha or Borrisokane for the celebrations yet if I were ye.
They looked brutal because Tipperary never gave them an entrance into the game. Tipp's defence were all over them and suffocated any momentum Cork looked like getting. The midfield battle was a landslide victory for our lads as well, a tussle many "experts" had already awarded Cork before a whistle was blown.
The one big concern I'd have with Tipperary was - again - our forwards' ability to win primary possession (forgive the oft-used cliché). Bar Callinan and Dwyer's brilliance in front of the posts, our other forwards didn't set the world alight (Patrick Maher won a lot of ball but squandered a few chances with poor decisions). Corbett foostered with two or three genuine goal chances and you'd feel you wouldn't get away with that against Kilkenny.
Anyway, it's all set up for a great final and the two best teams of the past six, seven years go head-to-head once more. It should be a corker of a match.
I havent seen the game yet but 2-17 of 2-18 from play and your forwards didnt set the world alight?
Trust me, there's major room for improvement from that forward line.
Hopefully we see it against Kilkenny in three weeks...
Easy there. One of the smallest populations in the country and split half and half between hurling and football and were very competitive in both for forty years winning three football and four hurling All-Irelands. We're in the doldrums at the minute due to a number of factors, but as a GAA county we're far from a joke. Punched above our weight in both codes for decades.
I recorded it so I'll have a look this evening and see what I think. I put off watching it because it was so one sided.
Do and you'll see the Cork lads who according to nahealai weren't given an entrance into the game racking up wides like there was no tomorrow in the first quarter of an hour or so. I went out to the kitchen and made a mug of tae for myself after the 9th went up towards Barrys.
Even though I think they are going to have to up it again for the final Tipp were on the ball last Sunday there's no doubting that but Cork were terrible and there is no way that Tipp playing the way they did last Sunday would have beaten the Cork team that came within a puck of the sliotar of winning the All-Ireland 12 months ago. Last Sunday was definetly more of a 'what the fck happened Cork' than Tipp being the better team or tactically out doing them etc.
Typical Tipp to hype themselves up though and let them at it that's what I say!
cmon the Cats!!
Hoping for yet another All-Ireland senior hurling trophy for Kilkenny. They've been gone way too long
Hoping for yet another All-Ireland senior hurling trophy for Kilkenny. They've been gone way too long
cmon the Cats!!
Hoping for yet another All-Ireland senior hurling trophy for Kilkenny. They've been gone way too long
You're a Corkman, no?
I am indeed but my Ma is from Kilkenny. Made for fun times back in the late 70s/early 80s when it was Cork vs Kilkenny in the final.
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Hopefully it will be a good final. My ma's from Tipp so I'd like to see them win it.
Must be a sister of hers that's married beyont in Kilchreest so.
I'd like Kilkenny to win it anyways, just think it would be nice to see Cody winning his 10th All-Ireland, thats all.
No bitterness towards that aul' Tipp crowd at all with me.
I'd like Kilkenny to win it anyways, just think it would be nice to see Cody winning his 10th All-Ireland, thats all.
No bitterness towards that aul' Tipp crowd at all with me.
Off to Croker today, reckon a draw will be a good bet. If we can keep O'Donoghue semi quiet, I reckon we'll win by 4 or 5 points, but Kerry are Kerry and will be hard to put away. Draw for me.
Love this time of year.
Love this time of year.
I hope you made that bet!!
Aiden O'Shea was unreal today. I thought the sending off was very harsh too, it was a harmless enough kick-out after getting roughed up a bit. Some match though.
There seems to be a few giving out or not happy at the decision to hold the replay in Limerick next Saturday evening but I think it was a great decision especially given the location and the Gaelic Grounds is lovely spot when it's packed out. I'd imagine the atmosphere and the tension will be unreal altogether under the lights too next Saturday.
There seems to be a few giving out or not happy at the decision to hold the replay in Limerick next Saturday evening but I think it was a great decision especially given the location and the Gaelic Grounds is lovely spot when it's packed out. I'd imagine the atmosphere and the tension will be unreal altogether under the lights too next Saturday.
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I did indeed, had a fiver on at 15/2 so not huge, but not bad either.
Great fecking game though, took a full hour for the heart to calm down after!
I'm missing the replay of it now as have a ticket for the weekend for Electric Picnic, pretty sickened about it now. Will be finding a tv or a radio or something next Saturday, hopefully see it out now next week.
Good call. Sending off was brutal. Thought the ref favoured Kerry for most judgement calls.
Watched it on TV and Tommy Carr was co-commentating. Haven't heard such an annoying c*nt on a match, especially from a failed-c*nt of a manager. He would not shut the f*ck up.
Mayo for the replay.
Mayo asked for the game to be moved to Saturday week in Croker, what do we think the chances of this are? I'd much prefer that tbh, at least that way I can go to the game no bother.
Some second half yesterday though. Was convinced O'Donoghue was gonna win it at the end there. Would've been an absolute disaster for Mayo if it had've went over.
Some second half yesterday though. Was convinced O'Donoghue was gonna win it at the end there. Would've been an absolute disaster for Mayo if it had've went over.
4 down 4 up and then almost beat. Thought O'Donoghue shat it a bit at the end, rushed it trying to grab the headlines.
He's in some form though.
He's in some form though.
Yeah it took a while to start up but that second half was class. I would fancy Mayo for the replay as the sending off was a joke. Ref didnt give anything to O'Shea but fair play to him he was outstanding and any run he made he was fouled but ref only gave him a few because he was so strong and able to keep hold of the ball.
Ref was asolutely abysmal yesterday for both teams, abysmal. Can't see us losing the replay down in Limerick, Mayos chance gone imo.
Apparently the reason the replay can't be held Saturday week in Croker is because it'll be needed for the replay if Donegal and Dublin draw. Understandable enough, it wouldn't be right to have the poor aul' jackeens having to play a match outside of Dublin.