All Ireland Hurling Final 2012

by John Cregan Sun 09 Sep 2012, 10:50 am

First topic message reminder :

Here we go.................My Prediction, Kilkenny by between 6 and 10.............

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:49 pm

Ah Blue, that'll be the swear filter. It's better to say Shoite.

by Thomond Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:50 pm

Swear filter. That was a stunning save, why do teams change their tactics when they're winning and the style of play is successful, stop sitting back Galway or you will lose this game

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:50 pm

Good man Joe...sends Galway one ahead again...

2-11 to 0-17 after 63 minutes.

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:51 pm

Where would KK be without Henry? Seriously...the man's on his own sometimes.

by bluemoda Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:52 pm

Galway take your points.

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:52 pm

Gwaaaan Joe!

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:54 pm

Squeaky orse time...even stephens...and four minutes to go....

by bluemoda Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:55 pm

That's it. Penalty. Frak.

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:55 pm

OH NO A STUPID PENALTY!!! Galway could've just thrown this away...

by bluemoda Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:56 pm

That's the kind of stuff the over the last three years, refs were letting go.

by Thomond Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:56 pm

Balls, but I think they deserved a penalty earlier on after that save. That's it, changing your tactics has cost you Galway only yourselves to blame.

Takes his point

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:56 pm

Mercifully, Henry goes for the point. One in it now, come on Galway...

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:58 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Big miss for Joe. Feck! The one time you don't want a wide!

by Thomond Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:59 pm

Feck me, lads, you change your winning tactcis and still have a chance and blow it twice.

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:59 pm

Two minutes of added time.

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 4:59 pm

If galway ever needed a goal, NOW!

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:00 pm

Managers having a row... Rolling Eyes

Free for Galway. Could it be a replay?

by bluemoda Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:00 pm

Blow the whistle.

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:01 pm

Another replay. Just like the minor's final funnily enough. What a match though!

by Thomond Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:01 pm

We're going to a replay, they will lose next week I think. Galway blew this.

GAA get their cash, blew up early.......

Cody showing a lack of class here as is the Galway manager. I like Cody which is a bit disappointing

by bluemoda Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:02 pm

When is the replay? It's ladies day next week, followed by the football final, then the women again.

It will have to be a Saturday night.

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:02 pm

But then again Thom, they could watch that back and hopefully learn from their mistakes...

by bluemoda Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:03 pm

Thomond wrote:We're going to a replay, they will lose next week I think. Galway blew this.

GAA get their cash, blew up early.......

Cody showing a lack of class here as is the Galway manager. I like Cody which is a bit disappointing

In fairness, Galway will be very dissappointed. Too many wides.

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:03 pm

Personally I don't see why they should have replays. Why not go into more extra time and penalties like other sports?

by bluemoda Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:04 pm

Replay 30th September at CP.

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:04 pm

Hmmm time for both teams to work on tactics then...i hope the football doesn't go to a rematch too!

by Thomond Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:05 pm

30th Septmeber ages away, Galway need to learn fro mtheir mistakers as that game was there for the taking and they blew it.

by Feckless Rogue Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:07 pm

Cari wrote:Personally I don't see why they should have replays. Why not go into more extra time and penalties like other sports?

Spoiler:

by Thomond Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:08 pm

Not the only reason for replays but yes a big one. GAA love a pay day and the number of semis involving the Dubs where they got a dodgy free to save their backsides and level it up is not a coincidence.

by Feckless Rogue Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:16 pm

Brilliant game though. We're being spoiled with great finals in recent years.

What's even better though is that there are a few up and coming teams. Clare have a decent young side. Limerick have an even better one. The Dubs have joined the ranks of competitive hurling counties in the last few years. Then there's Cork, Waterford and Galway.

I was worried in the last few years that nobody could touch Kilkenny or Tipperary. It wasn't good for the game that there was such a gap.

by Thomond Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:19 pm

Cork are a while away from beating KK. They can beat Tipp, probably not Galway. If we get the 3 footballers we are supposed to be getting then we could be decent. Cork won't be great at anything until Frank goes and even then he will still have his puppets.

Galway need to win this for the good of hurling. 3 teams better than 2 competing. Cork are better than Limerick or Clare but in a few years the munster Championship could be better than the latter stages.

by Dave. Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:21 pm

First replay in 53 years.

How would a gaelic shootout work though? Just pure goals?

by Thomond Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:22 pm

There is no shootout in Gaelic football or hurling. It goes to a replay when extra time ends in the qualifiers I'm pretty sure.

This would go to extra time if it happened and another replay after that.

by bluemoda Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:34 pm

Thomond wrote:Cork are a while away from beating KK. They can beat Tipp, probably not Galway. If we get the 3 footballers we are supposed to be getting then we could be decent. Cork won't be great at anything until Frank goes and even then he will still have his puppets.

Galway need to win this for the good of hurling. 3 teams better than 2 competing. Cork are better than Limerick or Clare but in a few years the munster Championship could be better than the latter stages.

What ya talking about, Cork beat Tipp, my ass. They couldn't beat Tipp with 14 men in the Munster championship. Would you get away.

by John Cregan Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:38 pm

What a game..............all this talk of Shefflin though and he bottled the penalty and hit 2 wides after it........................

He was pretty god apart from that i suppose................

Thomond, No evidence this year to say Cork better than Limerick or Clare

by bluemoda Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:42 pm

Thomond wrote:Not the only reason for replays but yes a big one. GAA love a pay day and the number of semis involving the Dubs where they got a dodgy free to save their backsides and level it up is not a coincidence.

I don't have a problem with replays. The players are amateurs afterall and deserve a second chance. Funny Liam O'Neill, president of the GAA, predicted a draw last night.

by Feckless Rogue Sun 09 Sep 2012, 5:43 pm

I'd actually abolish the provincial championships in hurling (sacrilege for Munster men I know), and have four seeded groups of four.

This would give weaker counties in the bottom two seeded positions regular Championship games against the stronger teams from the top two seeded positions, who are far better than everyone else.

It's such a brilliant sport. There has to be an effort from the GAA to raise the standards of the weaker counties. And financial investment.

Run

by Cari Sun 09 Sep 2012, 6:51 pm

Ha fair enough Feckless. Very Happy

The GAA needs the money I suppose. I just wondered why they never bothered with more time and penalties. Must be a bit of a mare organising the fixtures sometimes....how exciting though. Wish I was there on the 30th!

by John Cregan Sun 09 Sep 2012, 8:20 pm

Feckless,

It's not a bad point at all......................GAA not reknowned for speed of change though!

by Dave. Sun 09 Sep 2012, 9:21 pm

Is there any reason hurling final replays are rarer than football replays?

by John Cregan Sun 09 Sep 2012, 9:32 pm

Dave wrote:Is there any reason hurling final replays are rarer than football replays?

Not as many scores in football, less goals especially...........................therefore higher probability of being level?

by Feckless Rogue Sun 09 Sep 2012, 9:33 pm

I dunno. There are normally more scores, so it's less probable that both teams will have the same score at the end?

by Feckless Rogue Sun 09 Sep 2012, 9:33 pm

Beat me to it.

by Dave. Sun 09 Sep 2012, 9:40 pm

Thanks for the answer guys.

by Thomond Mon 10 Sep 2012, 9:06 pm

bluemoda wrote:
Thomond wrote:Cork are a while away from beating KK. They can beat Tipp, probably not Galway. If we get the 3 footballers we are supposed to be getting then we could be decent. Cork won't be great at anything until Frank goes and even then he will still have his puppets.

Galway need to win this for the good of hurling. 3 teams better than 2 competing. Cork are better than Limerick or Clare but in a few years the munster Championship could be better than the latter stages.

What ya talking about, Cork beat Tipp, my ass. They couldn't beat Tipp with 14 men in the Munster championship. Would you get away.

The important word there is think. Could we absolutely, should we have beaten Tipp earlier on in the year, yep. I have siad before that the mjority of gaa players and probably coaches are idiots. They don't know how to play the extra man, they think they should always use that man in the backs instead of pushing on and using it to add impetus to the forwards. Cork sat back and Tipp did what they do well and bate us out the gate.

John would the fact that we got to a semi final not suggest we are better than Clare or Limerick? Yeah we had an easy enough route but we beat Waterford who got to the Musnter final like

by John Cregan Tue 11 Sep 2012, 11:43 am

I think this champ'ship has shown that there is 2 o/s teams in Galway & KK and a second tier of Cork, Tipp, Waterford, Limerick, Dublin & Clare..................

If you look at the Ch'ship matches between these teams in 2012 you will see why:

Tipp bt Cork 1 pt.............even game
Cork bt waterford by couple of pts..............even game
Tipp bt Waterford by about 6..............not overly dominant
Tipp bt Limerick with a late rally..............close game
Waterford bt Clare...........1 point
Clare bt Dublin............point or 2
Limerick beat Clare............3 or 4 points..............very even game

All in all, perhaps Tipp, as the only unbeaten team above could consider themselves as genuine No.3's, but given their performance in the semi, im not so sure............

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