Hurling 2022

[johnnycool]

Fantastic.

I was reading a few interesting threads on twitter wrt Tony Kelly. Some have him down as borderline the greatest ever and then there are some who have him down as not a team player and how dare he go for that sideline cut at the end with so much at stake. The minority are the not a team player ones. I know he scores a lot himself but I would have thought he was fine in terms of being a team player.

Certainly he was accused of that in years gone by, including not tracking back etc etc, but the wonder point he scored had him hooking Hegarty on his own 65 before carrying it up the field to score off the hurl dispels that myth for me.

Lohan wouldn't tolerate passengers on his team and Kelly knows that.

Love him as a hurler, skill, speed, balance, jinky, accurate, what more can you ask?

Key thing is, for all the power and muscle nowadays, there's always room for a TK or Shane O'Donnell etc.

One of the reasons I like Kelly although the free reign he's got with Clare makes him harder to manhandle, O'Donnell struggled with the liberal refereeing on Sunday and was getting visibly frustrated.

[johnnycool]

2022 All-Ireland senior hurling fixtures

11-12 June – Preliminary quarter-finals

Antrim v Cork
Kerry v Wexford
18 June – Quarter-finals

Galway v Antrim/Cork
Clare v Kerry/Wexford
2-3 July – Semi-finals

Kilkenny and Limerick both through.
17 July – Final

Struggling with the Cork v Galway quarter-final.

I'm expecting a kick from Galway to see how genuine this Cork change of performance is with Waterford downing tools and Tipp also not at this level, it might be a false dawn for Cork, but Galway need to show up which they didn't do vrs Kilkenny


Fancy Clare to be too strong for Wexford who need to produce that type of performance they did against Kilkenny to have a chance. Was that performance the exception rather than the rule?

[Milltown Row2]

Both the Antrim and Kerry games on paper look like a hammering session.. the bookies have it 13 points...

Hoping Kerry start better next day out, though Wexford will be looking to restart their campaign while Cork can be hit and miss, hopefully the latter.

[general_lee]

Antrim giving Cork everything they want so far. Level going into ht.

[blasmere]

Antrim giving Cork everything they want so far. Level going into ht.

They're actually up by 1.

[general_lee]

Missed the last free... will they have the legs to keep up in the second half though?

[gallsman]

Good effort. Cork with just a little bit more class about the place. Scores much easier to come by for likes of Lehane and O'Flynn. Meanwhile Antrim struggled to get likes of McManus or Nugent into it really at all.

[Saffrongael]

Good effort. Cork with just a little bit more class about the place. Scores much easier to come by for likes of Lehane and O'Flynn. Meanwhile Antrim struggled to get likes of McManus or Nugent into it really at all.

Unfortunately Nugent isn't up to it, no mobility at all

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

Good effort. Cork with just a little bit more class about the place. Scores much easier to come by for likes of Lehane and O'Flynn. Meanwhile Antrim struggled to get likes of McManus or Nugent into it really at all.

Unfortunately Nugent isn't up to it, no mobility at all

It's always been his issue , made big efforts to lose bulk but not naturally built for hurling at this level.

[gallsman]

Aye but if using him you've at least to try and play to his strengths and put a few balls in on him.

[johnnycool]

Hayes and Duggan of Clare looking at a one match ban and Fahy of Galway looking at a two game ban after retrospective review of the games (on the Sunday Game    ) 

Where will it all end?

[keep her low this half]

Hayes and Duggan of Clare looking at a one match ban and Fahy of Galway looking at a two game ban after retrospective review of the games (on the Sunday Game    ) 

Where will it all end?

At the CCCC midweek probably, with Feargal Logan getting a phone call

[Milltown Row2]

Hayes and Duggan of Clare looking at a one match ban and Fahy of Galway looking at a two game ban after retrospective review of the games (on the Sunday Game    ) 

Where will it all end?

Honestly the GAA should rid themselves of listening to the pundits on the Sunday game, they have their own review panel and CCC. It just makes them look stupid when these things are overturned

[marty34]

Hayes and Duggan of Clare looking at a one match ban and Fahy of Galway looking at a two game ban after retrospective review of the games (on the Sunday Game    ) 

Where will it all end?

All this brought up by the Cork man on TSG I think...now it's coming into 'law'. Not sure how they can do it.

How many incidents can they review? Can they go back over everything?

[johnnycool]

Hayes and Duggan of Clare looking at a one match ban and Fahy of Galway looking at a two game ban after retrospective review of the games (on the Sunday Game    ) 

Where will it all end?

All this brought up by the Cork man on TSG I think...now it's coming into 'law'. Not sure how they can do it.

How many incidents can they review? Can they go back over everything?

Cork man? It was a Limerick man and a Tipp man plus there was footage of Seamus Flanagan putting one of the Clare lads in a headlock and throwing him to the ground off the ball which wasn't aired that has a little stink of hypocrisy about it.