Hurling Championship 2017

Started by seafoid, May 19, 2017, 10:02:07 AM

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manfromdelmonte

Quote from: Farrandeelin on May 25, 2017, 12:14:03 PM
It's a wonder how Ros hurling has slipped 'below' Mayo in the pecking order in Connacht. Ros, as Owenmore says has a hurling hinterland, whereas Mayo has only 2 clubs that are any good.
A lot more clubs and population?

South Westmeath did have a strong hurling tradition
Kilbeggan won a few county junior titles as did Moate as well back in the day

Franko

Quote from: AZOffaly on May 25, 2017, 10:49:45 AM
Actually that Corner of Westmeath and Offaly would be fairly bereft of hurling. It's amazing the way it transitions. If you go from Ferbane into Ballycumber, Doon, Pullagh, Tubber, Shannonbridge there is very little hurling. Ferbane is an outpost with the Belmont club, and most of the others used to hurl with clubs like Belmont or Rynaghs. John Ryan played football with Shannonbridge and hurled with Rynaghs and played with Offaly in both. There is a couple of new amalgamations springing up to help with that. Then the west/south of Ferbane/Belmont sees the hurling really take off with Rynaghs, Birr, Kilcormac, and all the south Offaly clubs. North of Ferbane and Doon is into Westmeath, and that's the Moates, Mount Temples, Castledaly, Athlone.

A heatmap of hurling I think would be a fascinating subject, at County and Intercounty. It's in multiple pockets but is contained, and then dissipates as the football takes over.

East Galway, West/South Offaly, North Tipp, East Clare is one massive pocket. East/North Westmeath into north Meath. The Glens of Antrim and the Ards Peninsula, North Kerry, North Cork, bordering Limerick, where ironically the West of Limerick would be a football stronghold as it borders North Kerry. The south east with Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford and Mid/South Tipp. (Although South Tipp would be the strongest Football area of Tipp, you still have Mullinahone, Killenaule etc).

Would be brilliant.  You'd think with all these 'task forces' and 'focus groups' in Croke Park working towards promotion of hurling that this sort of a chart would exist somewhere to identify target areas.

manfromdelmonte

Quote from: Franko on May 26, 2017, 11:28:14 AM
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 25, 2017, 10:49:45 AM
Actually that Corner of Westmeath and Offaly would be fairly bereft of hurling. It's amazing the way it transitions. If you go from Ferbane into Ballycumber, Doon, Pullagh, Tubber, Shannonbridge there is very little hurling. Ferbane is an outpost with the Belmont club, and most of the others used to hurl with clubs like Belmont or Rynaghs. John Ryan played football with Shannonbridge and hurled with Rynaghs and played with Offaly in both. There is a couple of new amalgamations springing up to help with that. Then the west/south of Ferbane/Belmont sees the hurling really take off with Rynaghs, Birr, Kilcormac, and all the south Offaly clubs. North of Ferbane and Doon is into Westmeath, and that's the Moates, Mount Temples, Castledaly, Athlone.

A heatmap of hurling I think would be a fascinating subject, at County and Intercounty. It's in multiple pockets but is contained, and then dissipates as the football takes over.

East Galway, West/South Offaly, North Tipp, East Clare is one massive pocket. East/North Westmeath into north Meath. The Glens of Antrim and the Ards Peninsula, North Kerry, North Cork, bordering Limerick, where ironically the West of Limerick would be a football stronghold as it borders North Kerry. The south east with Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford and Mid/South Tipp. (Although South Tipp would be the strongest Football area of Tipp, you still have Mullinahone, Killenaule etc).

Would be brilliant.  You'd think with all these 'task forces' and 'focus groups' in Croke Park working towards promotion of hurling that this sort of a chart would exist somewhere to identify target areas.
What task forces?
I think you're overestimating the top brass there

redsetanta

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AZOffaly

Sure if that crowd bate us we might as well give it up.


What a muppet.

seafoid

Joe Canning is playing well. All 6 Galway forwards have scored after 23 minutes
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

seafoid

Cian O'Callaghan sent off for the Dubs

1-15 to 1-08
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

manfromdelmonte

Quote from: seafoid on May 28, 2017, 05:00:55 PM
Cian O'Callaghan sent off for the Dubs

1-15 to 1-08
Would a kilkenny player have got a yellow card for that?
It was very soft

Then a Dub clearly fouled by McInerney inside the area and a free out is given

straightred

Quote from: manfromdelmonte on May 28, 2017, 05:14:15 PM
Quote from: seafoid on May 28, 2017, 05:00:55 PM
Cian O'Callaghan sent off for the Dubs

1-15 to 1-08
Would a kilkenny player have got a yellow card for that?
It was very soft

Then a Dub clearly fouled by McInerney inside the area and a free out is given

yeah - v harsh on o'callaghan.

manfromdelmonte

And now the soft frees for Dublin

Barry Kelly having a mare

From the Bunker

Luckily there is never a bad game of Hurling.

Buttofthehill

Joe should've been sent off.

Galway never got out of 3rd gear.

Dublin will have some good players in a couple of years...can't wait to see them play football :-\

stiffler

Is hurling final fixed for thurles?
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seafoid

Quote from: From the Bunker on May 28, 2017, 05:46:25 PM
Luckily there is never a bad game of Hurling.
Hurling has 2 advantages.  It is fast and harder to strangle with a blanket. And it is ruthlessly promoted by all of its pundits. The way they rhapsodise about the Munster championship .. Poor football has nothing to compare with that. 

https://youtu.be/XpA0oPR_EOQ
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

Kilkevan

Quote from: Buttofthehill on May 28, 2017, 06:16:38 PM
Joe should've been sent off.

Galway never got out of 3rd gear.

Dublin will have some good players in a couple of years...can't wait to see them play football :-\

It was impossible to judge Galway yesterday because of this. They never really needed to up the ante at any stage. It could be to their detriment that they have a handy route through to the Leinster final. Whoever wins between Kilkenny and Wexford will have come through a scrap in that match and be more battle ready I would think.