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2 days in a row you could have left with 15 mins to go but what a great sport we now have.
Last years semi finals and final were much better sporting contests.
Now Kerry and Donegal were excellent but these one sided contests are poor to watch.

People really confuse high scoring with high quality. It's just field basketball not

Had to turn BBC off in the first half, niblock very hard to listen to. Seems a good fella but not a commentator in a million years

He's also curious as to why us Nordies get offended with the bonfires

Let's be honest, do any northern nationalist/ republicanas really give an eff what they put on their bonfires? They are on the way out, to be pitied more than anything. Nobody I know honestly cares what they do

Are there decent hurling podcasts as the GAA social is definitely miss titled

The only one was the Jonny Glynn as far as I can remember

I think football has benefitted from a lot of the recent rule changes. The games are more free flowing, high scoring and watchable.

What changes would be useful in hurling?
- The hooter would be good.
- Maybe keep 4 up in the opposition half too?
- Get rid of short puck outs.

Tap and go frees and 2 pointers aren't needed in hurling though.

what would the hooter add to hurling? we dont need it, id argue its brutal in football aswell. why would we need the 4 up rule? hurling doesnt have a problem with teams dropping players back given that players can score from their own half so it would be pretty stupid thing for a coach to do. short puc outs are perfectly fine given that we have plenty of long ones as well.

Hurling is perfectly fine as it is, id be more inclined to tidy the rules around tackling and hand passing than anything else

Monaghan's shooting is a disgrace for a county team. They deserve everything they get here, fair play to Donegal great comeback kept chipping away

[BTW I've tried to listen to their music, still crap]

Surely theres precedent to ignoring that particular law given the amount of loyalist flags you'll see over the next few weeks and have been seeing for years..

Yes, the UDA UVF LVF and so on proscribed organisations flegs, anyone putting them up will they get the same attention?

I doubt it very much and there will be no call out against it by even the nationalist or republican political parties..

BTW I've tried to listen to their music, still crap  

thats it, if the charges were crimes against music he'd be gonna do life! but this whole thing is a complete sham and just sums up where the UK is as a country. im sure from a personal point of view its not nice having it hang over your head but from a career and exposure pov its been sensational for them!

Penalties in hurling?  They might still be taking them Monday!

I don't know why the GAA is so mentally challenged that they can't make a championship schedule which allows time for replays.

Hold that thought

Is it me or is this game not that high of quality?

Seriously intense and physical which may be the reason why though.

Hasn't been a classic so far.

Ah come on lads it's been cracking, we've been brainwashed to think high scoring is what it's all about, this has been class intensity and all go. Can't take your eyes off it

Great watch but alot of mistakes is what I'm saying.

Very intense and physical

I actually prefer watching this than just a score every 30 secs, I love the intensity and physicality. Though ref has missed a lot I actually think it's adding to it

Is it me or is this game not that high of quality?

Seriously intense and physical which may be the reason why though.

Hasn't been a classic so far.

Ah come on lads it's been cracking, we've been brainwashed to think high scoring is what it's all about, this has been class intensity and all go. Can't take your eyes off it

ive come to terms with most of the rules, still think the 2pt and the sickout rules arent really needed. the 2pt is actually so frustrating watching teams hit aimless shots from distance. the solo and go, 3 up and keeper not being able to take the ball in his own half are the ones that have really sped it up.

Monaghan boss slams New York semi-final inclusion as an 'absolute disgrace'
https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2025/0522/1514368-monaghan-boss-slams-new-york-inclusion-as-a-disgrace/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKdApNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHkQRbk6fP9qm5QkE1f2E3PNJpnZDFN1qWoaTvz7aAMR1ZWbdSwRh9CnCp_qY_aem_vP5tGN6MSzEUig--O4PVWw



Monaghan hurling manager Arthur Hughes has labelled the decision to hand New York a Lory Meagher semi-final spot without playing a game "an absolute disgrace" ahead of their clash in Mullingar on Saturday.

At Congress in February, a proposal from the Central Council and the CCCC passed allowing Richie Hartnett's side into the latter stages of the competition.

However, speaking in Gaelic Life, Hughes took aim at officials and felt it was another blow for the five counties, which didn't include Monaghan, who were close to being excluded from the National League following a GAA suggestion two years ago.

"I think it's an absolute disgrace. It's not that long ago the GAA were trying to get rid of five counties in Ireland from playing in the National League, and now the next thing they've done is bringing in New York.


"It's an absolute joke in my opinion – you don't know what you're coming up against, what level they're at, and it's completely unfair to just fly a team into the semi-finals. If you're going to participate in a competition, you should be there from the start."

Monaghan came through the group stages with one loss in five games and a late fightback against Longford last time out securing the draw needed to progress to the semi-finals with Cavan awaiting the winner.

New York come into the game with a number of notable names in their panel, not least former Galway player Johnny Glynn, and won the Connacht League for the first time in January 2024 after defeating Mayo in the final.

The New York footballers are also once again included in this season's Tailteann Cup where, as has been the case since 2023, they will enter at the preliminary quarter-final stage having been handed a quarter-final spot in the initial knock-out tournament in 2022.

In defence, now former Fermanagh manager Joe Baldwin, who won the Lory Meagher Cup last year, expressed sympathy for how the change in format has impacted Monaghan but said it was hard to see how else New York could be accommodated.

 "New York have a right, Gaels have a right, to play in it," Baldwin told RTÉ Sport.

"I suppose it's the only way to do it really. It's an amateur organisation and travelling back and forth to New York, it's not feasible.


Johnny Glynn is a key man for New York
"From a Monaghan point of view, it, it gets them another game, and maybe the game could be good for them, maybe the rest could be good for them. Only time will tell.

"But if New York are as strong as people are saying, it's going to be really disappointing for Monaghan.

"We knew about it at the start of the year. So it's one of those things you just have to get on with.

"But I'm hoping that Monaghan can get a result this weekend and we get a Cavan-Monaghan final."

This is essentially the type of game I'd like to see football move towards again, kick-passing, man-marking, forward movement, less recycling of possession backwards.

At the time this wasn't even considered a great match or contested by 2 brilliant teams. But if a game like this was played today I think people would be raving about it.

Those were the days.

Look, there are positives and negatives with all the rules, anyone saying they are a huge success is going a bit over the top..

I've ref'd plenty and I've noticed nothing massively different to previous years.

Some levels of scoring is similar.

As a ref, the best is the dissent rule which had nullified the crap ya get

Well that's one positive but I still think there's better ways of achieving that.

I'm not sure there is if I'm being honest.. I'm zero tolerance to it even way before the 50m rule came in and it never stopped it, I'd go further to include the supporters lol..

Although I love a bitta banter I'm bored of the, they always foul us and we never win a free..

I also hate a player telling me that's a card, sorry, that'll be a hop ball now

10 meters and a yellow card, not too many do it then. I just think it really cheapens the worth of scores when the ball is being brought up 50m. It really annoys me when a player catches a kick out comes down runs into someone and ball moved 50m its not good.

I've said before, keep the 3 up and solo and go and the game would have been much better, i was against the 3 up at the start but it does open the game up. By having it you really don't need the 2pt, the 40m arc is just encouraging players to play round it and try get 2pt. I'd rather with that space they try work goals more but why would you when the shot from 40m (which has been shown any county and most club players can do with ease) gets you 2/3rds the point value.

the advanced mark is honestly terrible, only really seen It last night for the first time. plater caught the ball laid it off and fella hit a shot keeper made a class save and it gets brought back for a tap over free because someone caught a ball clean? come on thats not football