All-Ireland SHC Semi-Final Cork v Galway: August 12th, 3.30pm

The_Kew_Tour · 13-08-2012 9:58pm

Just one thing that might not have been mentioned, but if Cork play Galway again can 1 county wear the away Jersey?

At times it took me split second to realise which team had the ball, can only imagine what its like for players.

Jimmy Iovine · 13-08-2012 10:00pm

HelloYoungBoy wrote: »

What are you saying if for? Completely irrelevant. It didnt happen. Right so if the sky fell down tomorrow what would you do?

HelloYoungBoy · 13-08-2012 10:00pm

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Just one thing that might not have been mentioned, but if Cork play Galway again can 1 county wear the away Jersey?

At times it took me split second to realise which team had the ball, can only imagine what its like for players.

Invest in a pair of specs maybe?

Jimmy Iovine · 13-08-2012 10:04pm

HelloYoungBoy wrote: »

Invest in a pair of specs maybe?

Ha ha the big man himself.

The_Kew_Tour · 13-08-2012 10:40pm

HelloYoungBoy wrote: »

Invest in a pair of specs maybe?

Any other Sport and away strip would have been taken

Big Pussy Bonpensiero · 13-08-2012 10:42pm

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

And what makes you think that Galway have gone to another level? The performance against Kilkenny was brilliant. The one against Cork was average imo. If it wasn't for Joe Canning and his 7 points from frees/65s they may well have lost the game against a very poor Cork side. As I said earlier if Cork had someone in the forwards who could score a few points or a goal then they could well have won the game.

If they want to both Kilkenny and Tipperary have the ability to kick onto a level that makes them unbeatable. From what I've seen Galway don't have that luxury.

So many ifs, pack it in lad. Galway were the better team, end of. Even the wide tally suggest this.

Jimmy Iovine · 13-08-2012 10:48pm

THFC wrote: »

So many ifs, pack it in lad. Galway were the better team, end of. Even the wide tally suggest this.

Ok. You have me convinced

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Big Pussy Bonpensiero · 13-08-2012 11:00pm

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Ok. You have me convinced .

Well jaysis, your stance is as weak as your opinion:pac:

Jimmy Iovine · 13-08-2012 11:26pm

THFC wrote: »

Well jaysis, your stance is as weak as your opinion:pac:

I was being slightly sarcastic. I would never be swayed that easily :P.

Galway were the better team, but you can't take away the fact that Cork were very poor. I know it's hypothetical and easy to say but a better team could well have bet them.

Cronin should have scored the goal in the 56th minute to level the game. And Cork had a few more chances. That free that Nash hit wide should have been put into the square but he made a mess of it.

Galway deserved to win it but they would definitely not win with that performance against either of the two others semi-finalists. They will have to perform better than they did in the Leinster final in my opinion if they are to win.

MfMan · 14-08-2012 12:31am

Junior D wrote: »

As a Kilkenny man, I was really hoping Galway would win, so that IF we are to beat Tipp, we'd get another shot at 'em!
It's very hard to take what happened and let em get away with it without a (hopeful) backlash

Howled on dare; '05 cancelled out '04 and '12 cancelled out '10 if you like. What about '06, '07 and '09? There's a bit of reckoning to be sorted out yet I can tell youse!!!

cgpg5 · 14-08-2012 12:33am

An interesting note, every one of our 11 listed original subs on sunday is under 21 (the only change being Regan started instead of Donnellan).

Have a semi saturday week interesting to see if anyone puts up their hands for selection.

Lapin · 14-08-2012 2:23am

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

hypothetical

Cronin should have And Cork had a few more chances.......................

That free that Nash hit wide should have been put into the square...............

if.................................

Words I often see whenever Cork get hammered.

Lapin · 14-08-2012 2:29am

HelloYoungBoy wrote: »

Galway were very lucky to win, some mind boggling refeering decisions cost Cork

You Are either

1, Trolling
2, Joking
3, Drunk
4, Stoned
5, Plain mad in the head.

ShamoBuc · 14-08-2012 10:31am

Lapin wrote: »

Words I often see whenever Cork get hammered.

What game were you watching?

Amprodude · 14-08-2012 10:49am

Lapin wrote: »

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

hypothetical

Cronin should have And Cork had a few more chances.......................

That free that Nash hit wide should have been put into the square...............

if.................................

Words I often see whenever Cork get hammered.

In fairness i dont think Cork were hammered. If anything Galway struggled to put them away until the 50th min. It was even close at the 65 min and you could be never sure who were going to win.

liammur · 14-08-2012 12:07pm

Amprodude wrote: »

In fairness i dont think Cork were hammered. If anything Galway struggled to put them away until the 50th min. It was even close at the 65 min and you could be never sure who were going to win.

Cork weren't hammered. But they were shown to be a very limited team.

Amprodude · 14-08-2012 1:03pm

liammur wrote: »

Amprodude wrote: »

In fairness i dont think Cork were hammered. If anything Galway struggled to put them away until the 50th min. It was even close at the 65 min and you could be never sure who were going to win.

Cork weren't hammered. But they were shown to be a very limited team.

limited is right but i reckon inexperience was also a factor. For JBM, i think he needs to find a few more good players and i think some of the players in the panel arent physical enough. A bit of gym work wont go a stray IMO.

Jimmy Iovine · 14-08-2012 3:18pm

Lapin wrote: »

Words I often see whenever Cork get hammered.

They weren't hammered. I'm not from Cork anyway so I don't care about them at all.

Cork were limited on the day and Galway really failed to put them away until late on in the game. Not a thoroughly convincing performance imo.

cgpg5 · 14-08-2012 3:25pm

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

They weren't hammered. I'm not from Cork anyway so I don't care about them at all.

Cork were limited on the day and Galway really failed to put them away until late on in the game. Not a thoroughly convincing performance imo.

Agreed. The fact of the matter is had one of those speculative balls from Nash into the square fell kindly to a Cork forward in the last ten minutes it could well have been (undeservedly) a different outcome.

We did what we had to do really. Weren't our best but still won. If we could up a gear in the final who knows what will happen but we will rightly be going in as underdogs.

If you'd told me after that 20-something point demolition to Kilkenny in March we'd be in an AI final I'd have taken it every day of the week!

Jimmy Iovine · 14-08-2012 3:33pm

cgpg5 wrote: »

Agreed. The fact of the matter is had one of those speculative balls from Nash into the square fell kindly to a Cork forward in the last ten minutes it could well have been (undeservedly) a different outcome.

We did what we had to do really. Weren't our best but still won. If we could up a gear in the final who knows what will happen but we will rightly be going in as underdogs.

If you'd told me after that 20-something point demolition to Kilkenny in March we'd be in an AI final I'd have taken it every day of the week!

One of those balls did fall to a forward. It fell to Cronin and he blasted over. More composure and that was a certain goal. You just can't look past that point.

Ye did alright but I'd be worried that the Leinster final was a one-off performance. Everyone will have to be on song for the next match.

If Kilkenny get through they'll have all the big lads back. Hogan is back training this week I think and Michael Fennelly is around again. He is the best midfielder in the country in my opinion.

It may well suit Galway going in as underdogs. I remember a good few years ago when Kilkenny were underdogs and it suited us in many ways. That was obviously before any of the recent wins. Even last year some people reckoned they were underdogs and that worked out perfectly.

cson · 14-08-2012 5:39pm

The bitching and sniping in here is laughable. Really does show the worst elements of partisan support when some posters are attempting to take comfort in the assertion that Galway will get hammered by Tipperary or Kilkenny. Semi Finals are there to be won and by and large the one on Sunday was won well with the minimum of fuss.

One more thing; Brian Gavin had a nightmare match for both teams and I hope the standard of officiating on 9th September is markedly better.

Lapin · 14-08-2012 6:41pm

As far as I'm concerned a 2 point victory over Cork is a hammering.

Take it as a compliment.

adrian522 · 14-08-2012 6:49pm

Lapin wrote: »

As far as I'm concerned a 2 point victory over Cork is a hammering.

Really? That's laughable. You're not a hurling fan obviously.

Lapin · 14-08-2012 6:51pm

adrian522 wrote: »

Really? That's laughable. You're not a hurling fan obviously.

Take a joke FFS. :rolleyes:

adrian522 · 14-08-2012 6:57pm

Lapin wrote: »

adrian522 wrote: »

Really? That's laughable. You're not a hurling fan obviously.

Take a joke FFS. :rolleyes:

As I said, laughable.

premierstone · 14-08-2012 7:15pm

cson wrote: »

One more thing; Brian Gavin had a nightmare match for both teams and I hope the standard of officiating on 9th September is markedly better.

If the rumours are to be believed then I'm afraid it will be worse, Barry Kelly :mad:

HelloYoungBoy · 14-08-2012 7:23pm

Lapin wrote: »

As far as I'm concerned a 2 point victory over Cork is a hammering.

Take it as a compliment.

adrian522 wrote: »

Really? That's laughable. You're not a hurling fan obviously.

Lapin wrote: »

Take a joke FFS. :rolleyes:

adrian522 wrote: »

As I said, laughable.

And they call me a troll :pac:

adrian522 · 14-08-2012 7:29pm

Who's a troll? he called a 2 point win a hammering and then tried to dismiss it as a joke..

HelloYoungBoy · 14-08-2012 7:30pm

adrian522 wrote: »

Who's a troll? he called a 2 point win a hammering and then tried to dismiss it as a joke..

Somebodys a bit of a moody Michael

InchicoreDude · 14-08-2012 7:53pm

If it wasn't for Joe Canning and his 7 points from frees/65s they may well have lost the game against a very poor Cork side. As I said earlier if Cork had someone in the forwards who could score a few points or a goal then they could well have won the game.

What kind of bananas upside down logic is this??? Galway have Joe Canning. So there is little point saying "if Galway didnt have him".

We can all say things like "If Kilkenny didnt have Henry Shefflin for the last ten years...." Or "If Offaly had better backs...." Or "If Clare had better forwards".

Of course if Cork had better forwards, they would have probably beaten Galway.

If Pa Cronin was a better player, Cork may well have scored a goal and Cork may well have gone on to win a fairly close game.

Of course if Kilkenny had played better in the leinster final, they could have beaten Galway.

But deal with actuals, not ifs!!!!

All-Ireland SHC Semi-Final Cork v Galway: August 12th, 3.30pm

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