Hurling 2024

[Blowitupref]

Offaly look as far off the top teams in Div 1 as ever with today's home defeat to Cork.  0-16 to 5-28.

[Milltown Row2]

Offaly look as far off the top teams in Div 1 as ever with today's home defeat to Cork.  0-16 to 5-28.

Thought the -10 evens was a free one by the bookies..

This match is a war of attrition! Some fielding in tough conditions..

Hopefully Wexford hold on, Waterford have been wasteful with shots selections. But 3 in it with 5 to go

[seafoid]

Great win for Wexford. They were very impressive

I wasn't expecting Kilkenny to lose. Cody will be on DEFCON 1

[Wildweasel74]

Offaly took some hammering from Cork. Some games as lopsided as football, looks bad when u think Offaly actually won  few all Irelands 30yrs ago.They fell badly away.

[imtommygunn]

The 1a and 1b should help that. You've effectively division 1 and 2 mixed together. They have a long way to come back though. Antrim against Galway was probably no better the other week and Westmeath have had similar hammerings.

SF the difference is Galway should be so much better than they are. KK aren't fantastic at the minute but are really making the most out of themselves. They are beating everyone bar Limerick. Having a team that should so much better than they are is harder to stomach.

[seafoid]

The 1a and 1b should help that. You've effectively division 1 and 2 mixed together. They have a long way to come back though. Antrim against Galway was probably no better the other week and Westmeath have had similar hammerings.

SF the difference is Galway should be so much better than they are. KK aren't fantastic at the minute but are really making the most out of themselves. They are beating everyone bar Limerick. Having a team that should so much better than they are is harder to stomach.

The results are the same. What is the point of winning Leinster anyway? From a Galway pov it is better to have KK making a show of themselves in the All Ireland final.    Galway have lost enough of them. If Galway are really good enough they will beat Limerick in the semifinal. 

Whichever team finds a way to score goals against them might be able to beat them.

[seafoid]

3 galway players sent off yesterday so Daithi burke and Conor whelan are unavailable for the match against Limerick next weekend

[johnnycool]

3 galway players sent off yesterday so Daithi burke and Conor whelan are unavailable for the match against Limerick next weekend

I don't think either have cause for complaint all the same.

Davy Fitz's Waterford bate again and relegated. He had to stop himself from throwing some players under the bus in the interview after the game.

Will he still be in a job in a few months time?

 

[seafoid]

3 galway players sent off yesterday so Daithi burke and Conor whelan are unavailable for the match against Limerick next weekend

I don't think either have cause for complaint all the same.

Davy Fitz's Waterford bate again and relegated. He had to stop himself from throwing some players under the bus in the interview after the game.

Will he still be in a job in a few months time?

 

I think the league has been devalued. Nobody seems to be interested.
Every time I hear Craig Morgan mentioned in Tipp games it reminds me of Dillon Quirke.

Waterford will be back after one season anyway.

[imtommygunn]

Yeah tbh I don't go out of my way at all to watch hurling matches at the minute as they feel more like friendlies. Football has far more at stake it seems. Division 1 in hurling is a procession this year. Probably nice for wexford to get one over on davy and clare on kilkenny but still doesn't mean that much.

[johnnycool]

Yeah tbh I don't go out of my way at all to watch hurling matches at the minute as they feel more like friendlies. Football has far more at stake it seems. Division 1 in hurling is a procession this year. Probably nice for wexford to get one over on davy and clare on kilkenny but still doesn't mean that much.

It is indeed all a bit "friendly" at this stage with some counties proving to be more successful at building up a panel for the impending championship round robins but hey, that's what the tier 1 counties wanted.

[imtommygunn]

They never should have done away with the way 1a was. The lower divisions are way more interesting.

[seafoid]

Yeah tbh I don't go out of my way at all to watch hurling matches at the minute as they feel more like friendlies. Football has far more at stake it seems. Division 1 in hurling is a procession this year. Probably nice for wexford to get one over on davy and clare on kilkenny but still doesn't mean that much.

Football division 2 has jeopardy because of Sam Maguire. Hurling top tier doesn't.
It is interesting to watch but not compelling.

[Captain Obvious]

Yeah tbh I don't go out of my way at all to watch hurling matches at the minute as they feel more like friendlies. Football has far more at stake it seems. Division 1 in hurling is a procession this year. Probably nice for wexford to get one over on davy and clare on kilkenny but still doesn't mean that much.

Hurling league is probably their group format in the Leinster,Munster championship. Matches at the moment are mainly warm ups before that.

[imtommygunn]

Yeah I don't think the championship format has helped and it is far too compressed too but I guess they all are at the minute.