The Covid all Ireland hurling championship 2020/21

Started by seafoid, June 26, 2020, 07:32:45 PM

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sid waddell

That was a very good first half and most importantly it had goals

Galway were the better team for most of it but they go in four points down

I think Tipperary just have the sweetness of execution, an economy, that Galway don't quite have

Tipp had seven or eight minutes of dominance towards the end of the half and boy did they make it count

Milltown Row2

Galway's insistence of a playing a sweeper in the first half might cost them..

Be an interesting second half if Galway change their tactics
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

seafoid

Quote from: johnnycool on November 20, 2020, 09:48:42 AM
Quote from: clonadmad on November 20, 2020, 08:16:31 AM
Limerick lost 3 championship games in 2019

Hardly makes them the best team of 2019

They look to be a different proposition this year and winning the provincial crown gives them and KK an advantage this year which in other years would be a hindrance.

My money is on a Waterford v KK semi-final with Waterford coming out on top on a dry sod in Croke Park.

The other is Galway v Limerick and as TJ Ryan says, that one is like a deaf dog, hard to call but the eventual AI winner comes out of it.


Down in the CR final this weekend, after beating Offaly, they'll be hot favourites and that has never been something a Down team has been used to.

The Joe Mcdonagh final must be the following week, Antrim v either Kerry or Carlow with both duking it out for the chance to play in the final.


28/29 November

All-Ireland SHC semi-final (Leinster champion v 1/4 final winner)
Joe McDonagh Round 5
All-Ireland SHC semi-final (Munster champions v 1/4 final winner)
All-Ireland MFC semi-finals
All-Ireland MHC semi-finals

5/6 December

All-Ireland SFC semi-final (Leinster champion v Ulster champion)
All-Ireland SFC semi-final (Connacht champion v Munster champion)
All-Ireland MFC final
All-Ireland MHC final

13 December
All-Ireland SHC final
Joe McDonagh final

19 December
All-Ireland SFC final
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

sid waddell

There's a subtle but significant breeze favouring Galway now

Three points in a row now and they're looking a lot better than they were three minutes ago


seafoid

Yellow for Barrett - that's two yellows. 

TIPPERARY DOWN TO 14 MEN

"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

imtommygunn

I wondered why the capital letters then realised it was copy paste...

These two always have real tight games.

seafoid

Tipp need to rebuild .

They had a bad 2018, won a lucky all Ireland last year with the cats taking out Limerick and now this.
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

seafoid

The hurling semis are not unlike the football semis. The top 2 play in 1. The final may be uneven.
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

sid waddell

Galway v Tipp is the best rivalry in hurling

Fantastic game for entertainment - but I don't think it was quite at Limerick's level

Galway really kept the head for the goal, just worked it around the houses and found the free man on the far side

Adrian Tuohy did what Eoghan McLaughlin did last week, he had to do it but it's hard to believe that what Cathal Barrett did was more worthy of being put off the field than what Tuohy did

Milltown Row2

If he hadn't took him down that was a goal opportunity. Not guaranteed
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

marty34

Yeah, soft enough yellow. Reaching over the top while his man reaches for the ball unprotected.

In saying that, that's twice have lost a man in big games, last year's semi-final where they got away with it but not this time.  Down to 14, there was a lot of space which Galway exploited well.  They have pace and power.  Long season for the 2 Mc Graths between hurling and football.  Tipp, as you'd expect, battled gamely but the extra man was tough on their aging limbs in the last 15 mins.

Only concern now is they're only a week to get rested up and get recovered.  They'll take that I'm sure.  Shane O'Neill doing a good job - introducing the young lads sparingly but keeping the energy levels up.

seafoid

Quote from: sid waddell on November 21, 2020, 03:13:20 PM
Galway v Tipp is the best rivalry in hurling

Fantastic game for entertainment - but I don't think it was quite at Limerick's level

Galway really kept the head for the goal, just worked it around the houses and found the free man on the far side

Adrian Tuohy did what Eoghan McLaughlin did last week, he had to do it but it's hard to believe that what Cathal Barrett did was more worthy of being put off the field than what Tuohy did

Small margins
That is what hurling has. Football unfortunately does not.
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

Capt Pat

Tony Kelly carrying an injury which might hurt Clare in the end.

gallsman

Have been out all day so didn't get chance to see any of this afternoon's game. The one in a row yet again for Tipp.