Quote from: imtommygunn on July 27, 2023, 09:58:49 AM
Were they pandering to her or exploiting her for headlines?
One led to the other. Show Biz is ruthless in it's desire to be relevant and to the forefront.
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Were they pandering to her or exploiting her for headlines?
Quote from: AustinPowers on July 26, 2023, 10:29:35 PM
It was probably just a matter of time before we heard this news. Especially moreso after her son died last year.
I always found it very difficult to like her, to be honest. All this religious, ordination stuff, then this Muslim phase ( or whatever she became later) just seemed like constant attempts for her to try and remain relevant
I don't mind her version of Nothing compares to you , but her career never amounted to much other than that. Never really understood the talk of her having an amazing voice. I never thought so , but others did , so each to their own
Sorry , I know threads like these are meant to be about how great someone was , but I don't really have anything positive to say about the woman. God help her children
Quote from: johnnycool on July 26, 2023, 11:01:15 AMQuote from: seafoid on July 24, 2023, 08:50:03 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on July 24, 2023, 08:32:50 PMNone of the other teams are anywhere near Limerick's S&Clevel
I hate to break it to you but Galway have plenty of beasts in there too. They do plenty of strength and conditioning. They just don't do it as well and probably don't have hurlers of the same level.
We don't know how the others would perform hurlingwise because we never had a level s&C.
S&C had very little to do with Peter Casey's 5 points, (barring the shrug off on Mikey Butler), he'd white chalk on his boots for three of them, now from a Galway perspective who could you trust to do the same for them?
Conor Cooney would put over a worldy one minute and then miss an easy chance the next, he'd have put at best two of those over, Niland needs space, Casey was well chaperoned on three of those points and still got them over, Whelan, who I rate highly BTW would also have put at least two of those wide, Cathal O'Neill comes on and puts over one of the best points of the day while being closed in tight to the sideline on the Cusack stand side of the ground.
That is the difference between Limerick and the chasing pack, when the pressure comes on their shooting averages are far higher than anyone else.
Limericks one weakness is in dealing with high ball in on their fullback line, Kilkenny, Galway and Clare got joy from those, but couldn't sustain the effort to get the ball into positions to allow good ball to get in their.
Is TJ done? He's now moreso a playmaker, some of his passes yesterday in the second half would have resulted in good goal chances, one due to a slip and the other to a lad just getting it all wrong after that. It will be interesting if he goes another year, I can't see another Leinster title being enough to satisfy him, but we'll know more when Ballyhale exit the club championship (or win it again)..
Quote from: imtommygunn on July 24, 2023, 06:34:49 PM
Mouview I think you are being a bit harsh on Kilkenny there.
Quote from: marty34 on July 24, 2023, 03:34:59 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on July 24, 2023, 02:28:34 PM
They're exactly like dublin and would beat the best of the rest. Twice in a row now teams think they have sussed them out in the first 25 minutes or so and they have just analysed things, tweaked things and then blew the opposition away.
That's Kinnerk for you. Very astute.
The thing about Limerick is that they don't go for, or even need goals. They'll hit 30 points. Frightening.
Although T.J. didn't score from.play in the final this past two years, you could see he was trying to create a goal chance. He could have hit a handy point of two but knew KK needed goals. I'd say that was their plan. Try and create goal opportunities.
Gillane and Flanagan were poor by their high standards so the defence, espacially Lawlor did a good job. He's turning into a might full-back.
KK needed Fogarty, Donnelly and Keoghan to have the games of their lives, but it never happened. You'd need KK to play Limerick in the first half and then Galway to play them in the second half to make any inroads.
Look at Peter Casey, 5 pts in first half a couple of years ago, then went off with the cruciate (probably would have got MOTM if he wasn't injured), came back last year and then got MOTM yesterday with another 5 pts. What an operator!
Two new players in Finn and Hannon next year - as I say frightening.
Quote from: seafoid on July 24, 2023, 11:28:10 AMQuote from: mouview on July 24, 2023, 11:13:03 AMreminscent of the Galway semiQuote from: imtommygunn on July 24, 2023, 09:12:53 AM
Or when it's close calls can have a major bearing on the outcome
Kilkenny reverted to type a lot too though so while they improved this year in nearly all of their games I kind of felt they regressed a bit yesterday.
Hard to see Limerick's dominance being broken any time soon. Finn to come back in, Lynch to get a good year behind him, Hannon to come back etc. I dunno how they'll fit all those players in if they're all fit.
Hayes right pick for POTY. Beast of a man.
Don't see that Kilkenny improved this year. Got a lot of lucky breaks to reach the final and Reid didn't actually score from play yesterday or in the semi. Four of their forwards were swapped out yesterday, (did Billy Ryan even touch the ball?) and midfield beaten up a stick. If anything, the scoreline flattered Kilkenny yesterday, very mediocre team by their standards. Gave a much better account of themselves in last year's decider.
Quote from: imtommygunn on July 24, 2023, 09:12:53 AM
Or when it's close calls can have a major bearing on the outcome
Kilkenny reverted to type a lot too though so while they improved this year in nearly all of their games I kind of felt they regressed a bit yesterday.
Hard to see Limerick's dominance being broken any time soon. Finn to come back in, Lynch to get a good year behind him, Hannon to come back etc. I dunno how they'll fit all those players in if they're all fit.
Hayes right pick for POTY. Beast of a man.
Quote from: Jonkunlon on July 12, 2023, 11:59:28 PM
Clare would have been 18-17 up ten minutes into the 2nd half only for another poor refereeing decision, that being the disallowed goal.
Clare were on fire for the first 20 minutes of the 2nd half and did take the lead, through their tactics and will to win. They went 2 up, 19-17 and were on top all over the pitch.
The one big mistake Clare made was the conceded goal. Outside of that they did little wrong.
There was one throw ball given the entire game. Who did it go against? Clare!!
Referees circling the wagons is a poor look. Show a little balance in your perspective if you want to be taken seriously.
Quote from: NAG1 on July 06, 2023, 10:26:01 AMQuote from: seafoid on July 06, 2023, 10:13:40 AM
At least he won his all Ireland.
A fabulous player.
No doubt and he definitely is, but it is one of those ones of what could have been.
Such a talent.
Quote from: An Watcher on June 27, 2023, 08:38:33 PM
All of a sudden our premier league numbers have increased with ogbene, oshea and Cullen all in there now
Quote from: seafoid on June 27, 2023, 06:44:22 AM
Limerick have a similar dose to the Galway footballers with key injuries and a loss of form
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2023/06/26/denis-walsh-everyone-left-in-the-hurling-championship-is-racing-against-time/?
Sean Finn is out for the rest of the season, Cian Lynch hasn't been himself for well over a year and Declan Hannon has already been ruled out of the All-Ireland semi-final
Quote from: larryin89 on May 25, 2023, 03:13:52 PM
Pressure is on Galway , lots of write ups over the last few weeks about them , the latest being Peter canavan saying if they met Mayo in a final they'd beat them . All or nothing now for Padraigeen and his band of fancy dans .
Quote from: ClubScene13 on May 25, 2023, 10:31:38 AM
Cork need to build around Ben Cunningham when he progresses. Proven free taker for St Finbarr's and Cork U20's, and a big strapping lad. Their biggest problem the last few years has been forwards not winning their own ball, and not working hard enough. Get this lad in and build around him with the pace of Robbie O'Flynn and Shane Kingston. I expect Limerick to win comfortably enough this weekend, but there has been some decent signs this year for Cork going forward.