Hurling 2024

[Capt Pat]

Galway down to 14 men against the Dubs. It has really changed the course of the game with Dublin coming back into it.

Plus they'll be against the wind in 2nd half.

A red card for me. Reckless when ball was gone.

Thought red was severe... yellow for me

You might be right. Me I am not sure about it. The thing about it is though Burke didn't have to make the hit. He deliberately laid the man out and left the ref with a decision to make. The ref didn't have the benefit of slow motion replays and after consulting with the linesman Burke was gone.

It cost Galway the game and possibly Henry his job

[galwayman]

Galway down to 14 men against the Dubs. It has really changed the course of the game with Dublin coming back into it.

Plus they'll be against the wind in 2nd half.

A red card for me. Reckless when ball was gone.

Thought red was severe... yellow for me

You might be right. Me I am not sure about it. The thing about it is though Burke didn't have to make the hit. He deliberately laid the man out and left the ref with a decision to make. The ref didn't have the benefit of slow motion replays and after consulting with the linesman Burke was gone.

It cost Galway the game and possibly Henry his job

Not so sure it cost them the game - they had a strong Salthill wind  behind them in the first half.
And let's face it they've been sh*te all year. Were not going to be contenders one way or another

[AustinPowers]

What was up with the Nowlan  park pitch today? Looked like a ploughed field

[marty34]

What was up with the Nowlan  park pitch today? Looked like a ploughed field

Bruce was in town recently.

[marty34]

Galway down to 14 men against the Dubs. It has really changed the course of the game with Dublin coming back into it.

Plus they'll be against the wind in 2nd half.

A red card for me. Reckless when ball was gone.

Thought red was severe... yellow for me

You might be right. Me I am not sure about it. The thing about it is though Burke didn't have to make the hit. He deliberately laid the man out and left the ref with a decision to make. The ref didn't have the benefit of slow motion replays and after consulting with the linesman Burke was gone.

It cost Galway the game and possibly Henry his job

It was a needless challenge, silly even, especially when the ball was gone. Some will say a red, others will say  yellow but it's not the reason they lost.

They were very poor V Antrim. Antrim's sending-off made Galway look good at the start of the 2nd half.  Wexford beat them and then the earlier draw with Kilkenny.

Consistently inconsistent!

Ironically it was M'OD that put them to the sword today. He was the last manager to get a tune out of that Galway squad. When you see big Johnny Glynn coming off the bench, it's not saying much for their bench/squad.

Henry's career has stalled a bit because of this period.  I'm sure they looked an attractive proposition from the outside but he hasn't progressed them, for whatever reason. I think they need a clear out and a rebuild is needed.

Whether it's him or not, time will tell.

[Cyril Farrell fan]

A lot of Galway people were sickened yesterday to see one of our own put the final knife into Galway.
There is no way Shefflin will be allowed stay on.

The search for a new man starts again.

[burdizzo]

Not sorry to see Henry beat. Is enough great men bout Galway without going to him. Henry probly be Kilkenny manager now if he'd not gone to one of their greatest rivals.

Looks like Kilkenny are lucky he wasn't their manager!

[imtommygunn]

I would say he's burned a lot of bridges in kk and this is a blot on his cv. Dunno if he will ever manage kk.

[mouview]

I would say he's burned a lot of bridges in kk and this is a blot on his cv. Dunno if he will ever manage kk.

That sounds rather harsh. E.g. I would take MOD back over Galway again in the future, regardless of yesterday, and I've a feeling it may happen too. I've said so often, Shefflin may not have realised that Galway were in (need of) more transition when he took over than he thought they were.

Galway weren't playing well all year, yet looked sharp enough in the early stages yesterday. I do think the sending off cost them the game because they looked like they would have built up a substantial lead by half-time otherwise.

[burdizzo]

I would be amazed if he managed Kilkenny.

[clonadmad]

A lot of Galway people were sickened yesterday to see one of our own put the final knife into Galway.
There is no way Shefflin will be allowed stay on.

The search for a new man starts again.

Revenge is a dish best served cold

Fair play to Micheal Donoghue after the treatment he got near the end of his tenure with Galway

[Truthsayer]

A lot of Galway people were sickened yesterday to see one of our own put the final knife into Galway.
There is no way Shefflin will be allowed stay on.

The search for a new man starts again.

Revenge is a dish best served cold

Fair play to Micheal Donoghue after the treatment he got near the end of his tenure with Galway

When you're pleading to get a player from your own county that you once managed sent off, you definitely are on a revenge mission. Shameful.

[johnnycool]

Galway down to 14 men against the Dubs. It has really changed the course of the game with Dublin coming back into it.

Plus they'll be against the wind in 2nd half.

A red card for me. Reckless when ball was gone.

Thought red was severe... yellow for me

You might be right. Me I am not sure about it. The thing about it is though Burke didn't have to make the hit. He deliberately laid the man out and left the ref with a decision to make. The ref didn't have the benefit of slow motion replays and after consulting with the linesman Burke was gone.

It cost Galway the game and possibly Henry his job

Not so sure it cost them the game - they had a strong Salthill wind  behind them in the first half.
And let's face it they've been sh*te all year. Were not going to be contenders one way or another

Galway have indeed been shíte this year, a team on the wane and needing fresh legs to carry the fight which was sadly lacking on Sunday, and in Wexford and in the game against a Kilkenny team shorn of a lot of it's scoring threat.

Burke had no need to do what he did, the ball was gone and whilst I think he did pull out of it a bit himself he can't be surprised that a red was shown considering the directive on head hits that referees are rightly enforcing except I might add the one on John Conlon in Thurles, which to my mind was worse, as Conlan had no chance to brace himself. Ref consults with the Linesman, yellow!

[mouview]

Galway down to 14 men against the Dubs. It has really changed the course of the game with Dublin coming back into it.

Plus they'll be against the wind in 2nd half.

A red card for me. Reckless when ball was gone.

Thought red was severe... yellow for me

You might be right. Me I am not sure about it. The thing about it is though Burke didn't have to make the hit. He deliberately laid the man out and left the ref with a decision to make. The ref didn't have the benefit of slow motion replays and after consulting with the linesman Burke was gone.

It cost Galway the game and possibly Henry his job

Not so sure it cost them the game - they had a strong Salthill wind  behind them in the first half.
And let's face it they've been sh*te all year. Were not going to be contenders one way or another

Galway have indeed been shíte this year, a team on the wane and needing fresh legs to carry the fight which was sadly lacking on Sunday, and in Wexford and in the game against a Kilkenny team shorn of a lot of it's scoring threat.

Burke had no need to do what he did, the ball was gone and whilst I think he did pull out of it a bit himself he can't be surprised that a red was shown considering the directive on head hits that referees are rightly enforcing except I might add the one on John Conlon in Thurles, which to my mind was worse, as Conlan had no chance to brace himself. Ref consults with the Linesman, yellow!

Burke's problem was that at normal speed, it looked bad. Slow it down in a replay however, and you'll see it was chest-to-chest at most, not head-high. Burke himself nearly came off as bad, had he the guile to go down like Whitely he might have gotten away with it.

[Milltown Row2]

Watched it a couple of times and its a 50/50 call at intercounty level refereeing and a yellow at club level... If that makes any sense