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Really wide open now. Tipp and Clare and Tipp Waterford big ones - Tipp can probably finish Clare off there. You would expect Cork and Limerick to come through ok.I couldn't see Clare beating Limerick and would probably say the same for Waterford.

We don't really know where Limerick are as yet though. If they dispatch Waterford with ease this weekend in Walsh park then we can say the battle for the third spot is between Waterford, Tipp and Clare and Clare are now seriously handicapped in the head to head with Waterford.

It's tight either way still

Well done to the hurlers today.  League titles are thin on the ground up here.

They responded well in both halfs when Kildare got their goals, in particular at the start of the second half.

CT was good for the whole game, my motm, no doubt Tom McGrattan is in with a shout and took his goals well will always grab the headlines.

Roll on Div1B.

The hurlers have taken two big beatings so for in the Joe McDonagh and the mood within the camp isn't good by all accounts..

We could well be looking at relegation to the Christy Ring if the whole group don't start pulling together and soon.

The top three in Munster will be Clare and Limerick who will decide the Munster Final. Tipp will be in third place.
The top three in Leinster will be Kilkenny and Dublin who will decide the Leinster Final. Offaly will be in third place.
Kilkenny and Clare to win provincials. Tipp V Clare Semi. Kilkenny V Limerick other Semi. Tipp V KK Final. Tipp to win.

Clare won't make it out of Munster. The big 3 of Tipp, Cork and Limerick will.

It is more certain now that Clare won't even get out of Munster. The worst All Ireland winners since 2013.

 

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The cork fella got away with one too.

In the lead up to the red?

The one John McGrath got in the stomach. It was a bit later in the half.

Ah, must have missed that myself. Think Cork would have won regardless but that's so self inflicted that he can have no complaints and plenty of apologies to his team mates

The lad is only 19 or something so ease up on him FFS..

The GAA do have to come down hard on the dig to the balls.  It's getting all too common.

Except in this case it wasn't a dig to the balls, O'Donoghue milked it for all it was worth. That's getting all too common as well.

Indeed, it's the very same bullshit that Donal O'g called out on Adam Hogan earlier on in the day but from the referee's and officials standpoint, they knew McCarthy had struck and O'Donoghue went down clutching his balls..

The task for referees and officials isn't easy.

Paradise by the dashboard light.
Heaven can wait
You took the words right out of my mouth.

No better man for a power ballad.
He was dung without Steinman and Steinman was dung without meaty.

Well done Liverpool and Slot.

It would have been easy to follow the Klopp tactics but he fine tuned it enough not to burn out the players and won the league pulling up.

Spurs are a really generous opponent it has to be said

The cork fella got away with one too.

In the lead up to the red?

The one John McGrath got in the stomach. It was a bit later in the half.

Ah, must have missed that myself. Think Cork would have won regardless but that's so self inflicted that he can have no complaints and plenty of apologies to his team mates

The lad is only 19 or something so ease up on him FFS..

The GAA do have to come down hard on the dig to the balls.  It's getting all too common.

It's a disgrace that a Wexford ref is allowed to referee Galway two weeks before we play them. He gave Daithi Burke and Micheál Donoghue red cards. Burke is out for that match. Lee Chin will have a field day.

As a general rule, it's a conflict of interest to have a ref from the county of the next fixture.
However, Galway can have no complaints about the red. When the half time whistle blew Burke pulled down on Duignan and broke a hurl over has head/neck/shoulder. It might be acceptable in Galway club hurling, but it's a red all day at inter county.

Open to correction but the half-time whistle hadn't gone, (why Owens didn't blow when the puck-out was in the air, only he will know), and Dathi was competing for the ball legitimately as it dropped.

As I said previously, Clare a very limited outfit who lucked it big time last season.

That last statement is pure, unadulterated bullshite...

Going to be a long day for Tipp no

Being county secretary of any county throws up its problems, you'll never please everyone, with it being a paid job it also (for some reason) gives people a need to criticise them.

Hopefully Frankie enjoys his retirement and good luck to whoever follows him.

Wouldn't be a job I'd put my hand up for

What is going on in Antrim?

I hear Gaelfast is all but defunct, the better coaches have given up and left and now Frankie throws the towel in...

Let them march to féck...

Show the world what an intransigent, bigoted bunch that they are.

Used evergreen 4 in 1 in early March using a dropper spreader.

Huge mistake.
Few burnt spots but I've got those reseeded so that's not my biggest worry.
There are dark green streaks/patches everywhere and I'm pulling my hair out. You can actually see where i ran out around the septic tank etc. Nobody else seems to notice but it's bad looking.
What do I do? Do I let it grow out? Keep it cut short and just wait? How long does it take for this to go away?
I'm afraid of going over the missed bits with more fertiliser incase I make things worse.

Had that problem myself last year there were a few big black streaks through the grass. Luckily it was out the back though so I won't be touching the 4 in 1 again I've just used moss remover last week and will do a separate fertiliser run in the next few weeks.

How long did the streaks last? Mine are dark green as opposed to black. Its turned parts into a jungle and other parts still pale green/yellow.
Dropper going straight into the skip.

That's the problem with fertiliser. I put it on years ago followed by warm wet weather and it got that thick I couldn't cut the bloody stuff. I've Moss Master to drop next week and it has feed in it so dreading the outcome of that!

Do you scarify after using the moss killer?

Tipp's rather unexpected draw with Limerick was a great start for them. I still fancy Cork to prevail on Sunday but Tipp' should have enough at home over Waterford and then face a very winnable (probable) decider in Ennis. Big weekend for the Deise, who've picked a fairly strong-looking side; Austin Gleeson returns I notice. Clare were at times useless, at times admirable last weekend, but Cork really shot themselves in the foot by not holding out. In spite of a lot of results to the contrary, I still think Clare are grossly in excess of the sum of their parts, ( a back-handed compliment I'd say) and I would nearly expect a home win for Waterford on Sunday.

Waterford are the unknowns for me, yes they're expected to be the bottom of the 5 in Munster and very well may be, that doesn't mean to say they don't have the capabilities and players to pull off a win along the way.

I don't think they've a game plan or pattern of play figured out though that will get the most out of the individuals available to them.
Where you believe Clare are better than the sum of their parts is valid and down to good management and character within the team, Waterford are the exact opposite, the sum of their parts should be better than what they produce as a team. Has Queally the wherewithal to make the difference we'll find out soon enough.

It's still Clare for me but only just

I'll go for Cork in the other Munster game and we'll see how the Tipp public get behind their team on Sunday as well after a decent start to the campaign.

In Leinster I think the big game is the Dubs V Wexford, I'm kinda slightly favouring Wexford, for no particular reason other than seeing the strawberry pickers going well and getting to the knock out phases would be good for hurling.

Kilkenny will have too much for Antrim, that's no disrespect to Antrim, but when Davy Fitz is running after big Nugent to come back and him the size of two men doesn't suggest he's much confidence in his current panel.


Offaly v Galway could be interesting with Daithi Burke back in at full back, probably for his aerial prowess on Duignan Jnr. Still see Galway winning that one now they've Kilkenny out of the way.

The top three in Munster will be Clare and Limerick who will decide the Munster Final. Tipp will be in third place.
The top three in Leinster will be Kilkenny and Dublin who will decide the Leinster Final. Offaly will be in third place.
Kilkenny and Clare to win provincials. Tipp V Clare Semi. Kilkenny V Limerick other Semi. Tipp V KK Final. Tipp to win.

Clare won't make it out of Munster. The big 3 of Tipp, Cork and Limerick will.

One swallow doesn't make a summer, there are signs of something about Tipp that they'll be in the mix and putting Limerick to the pin  of their collar is a good start. They'll need to lay to rest the demons of their last trip down to Leeside pretty quickly to face a Cork team looking to answer the questions they weren't able to answer against little old Clare.

Tipp will either win by one or two or get beat by ten to twelve points and they'll need a real good start to put a bit of the jitters up Cork.

The hay won't be saved until the first Saturday in June either way.

The top three in Munster will be Clare and Limerick who will decide the Munster Final. Tipp will be in third place.
The top three in Leinster will be Kilkenny and Dublin who will decide the Leinster Final. Offaly will be in third place.
Kilkenny and Clare to win provincials. Tipp V Clare Semi. Kilkenny V Limerick other Semi. Tipp V KK Final. Tipp to win.

No Cark? You not buying the hype G@@?

Tipp winning the AI? That's a huge leap even PremierView would struggle to justify...

Still think Leinsters battle is for the 3rd spot. It's between Galway, Wexford and Offaly.

Dubs have the odd poor performance in them as well to make the 2nd spot interesting.

I think #2 spot in Leinster is up for grabs. Dublin haven't done anything to suggest they are favourites. Offaly are untested at this level. Lee Chin on his own isn't enough for Wexford.

Dublins inability to get out of Div1B would suggest they're still a bit off the highest levels and will do well to beat both Wexford and Galway, I think they'll drop points in one of these games but still have enough to hold onto the second spot.

Offaly won't beat either Galway or Wexford.