AI Hurling Championship 2024

seafoid · May 12, 2024, 01:07:35 PM

Quote from: Saffrongael on May 11, 2024, 11:28:12 PM
Quote from: square_ball on May 11, 2024, 10:46:10 PMHow many go out of the group stages?

Bottom team in Leinster relegated, top 2 in each province in final, third plays a prelim QF V Joe McDonagh finalists

Neil McManus was asked what needs to change on TSG yesterday and he said stop relegating teams. Make the hurling pool bigger.

burdizzo · May 12, 2024, 01:21:56 PM

Quote from: seafoid on May 12, 2024, 01:07:35 PM
Quote from: Saffrongael on May 11, 2024, 11:28:12 PM
Quote from: square_ball on May 11, 2024, 10:46:10 PMHow many go out of the group stages?

Bottom team in Leinster relegated, top 2 in each province in final, third plays a prelim QF V Joe McDonagh finalists
Neil McManus was asked what needs to change on TSG yesterday and he said stop relegating teams. Make the hurling pool bigger.

We know that won't work.

johnnycool · May 12, 2024, 01:38:07 PM

Some game in the pairc last night..
Fair play to Cork, they went straight down the throat of the Limerick defence with long ball and broke it off for the runners coming in late from deep. They created some great goals and left some behind them as well which you thought might cost them in the end.
The Limerick onslaught arrived at the start of the second half with Cork struggling to get scores and once Limerick took the lead the general feeling was that was Cork gone for the year, but fair play to them, they showed a good bit of fight and were hanging on with a few scores of their own to keep it a one score game and got their reward with the penalty which you knew Horgan was going to finish off in style.

Limerick have let teams get leads on them once too often and got caught out last night.
Their full back line now looks a bit light, Lynch was very quiet throughout. Flanagan turned up as did Guillane, but some of the others didn't and that will be a concern for Kiely and Co.

A special mention to both referees in Carlow and Cork, they had the bottle to make the right decisions no matter what, Stack was entirely right to award the penalty right at the death when Hayes rugby tackled the Cork lad bearing down on goal. In hindsight he'd have been better off letting him get his shot off under pressure and at an angle rather than the penalty.
He also took no shit from the Cork keeper and his bollocking about.
Credit where its due.

Even if Cork beat Tipp, they could still go out on head to head as both Clare and Waterford have beaten them.
Still a lot to be decided yet in both provinces.

gallsman · May 12, 2024, 02:07:26 PM

Lynch has generally been quiet since the injury. Understandable given the severity of it, but surprised he's kept his place this long while being so far off his exceptional standards.

Kyle Hayes finally on the receiving end of a bit of discipline. If the judiciary can't do it, the refs will have to step up!

NAG1 · May 13, 2024, 10:18:08 AM

Quote from: gallsman on May 12, 2024, 02:07:26 PMLynch has generally been quiet since the injury. Understandable given the severity of it, but surprised he's kept his place this long while being so far off his exceptional standards.

Kyle Hayes finally on the receiving end of a bit of discipline. If the judiciary can't do it, the refs will have to step up!

Lynch getting caught on the ball more and more, maybe it has been lack of game time or whether the injuries have caught up with him a bit.

He is a huge cog in the machine and if teams can get to him then they can get a foothold in the games.

Milltown Row2 · May 13, 2024, 10:53:37 AM

Stopping the Limerick powerhorses through the tackle is bring results, reducing the ~~throws~~ handpasses have brought results too, thought Cork for most parts brought that to the game..

Easier said than done considering the size of these lads, and they have a fair bit of skill too.

Not sure if Aaron Gillane scored from play, and that is a huge ask also, so a few things went well for Cork on the day..

The only time though to beat Limerick is in Knockout

johnnycool · May 13, 2024, 12:30:57 PM

Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 13, 2024, 10:53:37 AMStopping the Limerick powerhorses through the tackle is bring results, reducing the ~~throws~~ handpasses have brought results too, thought Cork for most parts brought that to the game..

Easier said than done considering the size of these lads, and they have a fair bit of skill too.

Not sure if Aaron Gillane scored from play, and that is a huge ask also, so a few things went well for Cork on the day..

The only time though to beat Limerick is in Knockout

It is, but Cork had no choice as their own championship life depended on getting the win, they were full blooded in that regard, but the question is, were Limerick?

Even with this defeat they're still favourites for the Munster final with Waterford left in their sights in two weeks time.

Clare beat Waterford and there's the Munster final pairings sorted.

Tipp need to beat Cork or they're out also.

Both are on RTE so that'll please everyone including Donal Óg and any OAP's who've no internet up a mountain somewhere who'd never been able to see the game anyway before GAAGO.