AI Senior Hurling- Liam McCarthy Cup 2018

zetecescort

well done to Limerick. beat Tipp, Kilkenny, Cork and then the defending champions is doing it the hard way

smelly sock

2 goals for limerick today should have been frees out. 3rd goal to many steps taken and the first a clear shoulder in the back. Thats 6 points.

OldMrBrennan83

smelly sock wrote: »

2 goals for limerick today should have been frees out. 3rd goal to many steps taken and the first a clear shoulder in the back. Thats 6 points.

If you go back and overturn every goal that may have been a free out then it's a completely different championship and never gets to today at all.

keeponhurling

smelly sock wrote: »

2 goals for limerick today should have been frees out. 3rd goal to many steps taken and the first a clear shoulder in the back. Thats 6 points.

But also limerick probably shoukd have had a free in, before Whelan's goal, that's a 4-point swing.

Anyways, the ref was poor overall for both teams. You could see clearly the frustration for the players.

OldMrBrennan83

At least Joe Canning can safely continue to deliver yellow currys in the coming week now.

smelly sock

Patww79 wrote: »

If you go back and overturn every goal that may have been a free out then it's a completely different championship and never gets to today at all.

Strange logic.

Bonniedog

golfball37 wrote: »

Happy for the genuine long suffering limerick fans. Thought Owens was shocking and would have had serious questions to answer had it finished level. I’m talking about the clear free for Casey which resulted in Whelan’s goal at other end. Galway just off the pace today and hard put back to back but they were excellent champions.

As an aside RTÉ are just embarrassingly amateur. Marty constantly referencing Delores O Riordain had no place today. Lyster called Declan Hannon Seamus after he lifted the trophy. Hurling deserves better.

The Dolores Riordan references were embarrassing, No harm to her but what connection does she have with hurling!

Be like someone mentioning Bono in commentary on Dublin match.

OldMrBrennan83

smelly sock wrote: »

Strange logic.

Can't start enforcing everything to the strict letter for one game a year.

smelly sock

Patww79 wrote: »

Can't start enforcing everything to the strict letter for one game a year.

Ah stop. Im talking about obvious fouls lad. Obvious. The shoulder through the back was obvious. Maybe not the steps for the 3rd goal but the shoulder was to be fair.

Bass Reeves

The Talking Bread wrote: »

On paper Canning logically deserves it but sentiment will edge it Hannon's and it would be hard to begrudge him

Peter Duggan from Clare was my player of the season. Bewtween Galway and Limerick players Canning was near enough the pick. But Kyle Hayes was MOTM today.

smelly sock

Id say Duggan will get poty. Closely pushed by Canning Hannon and Shane odonnell.

Deiselurker

It was an exciting finish to game and my heart was thumping near the end after Galway got the 2 goals but I'm glad for Limerick. They were the better team overall. They only got 1-1 after their 2nd goal in almost 20 minutes of play but did enough to hang on. Too many wides from both teams means it won't go down as a great final but Limerick won't care. Hopefully Waterford will be next team to end a long wait for the Liam McCarthy Cup.

Ultimate Seduction

On the RTE Radio One coverage, the commentators or anylists used the lord Jesus's name in vien 5 times in just 80 minutes.

Sterling Archer

Exciting finish the a fairly ok Game, a crazy amount of wides for an All Ireland Final, a few strange calls by the Ref (But that's normal)
Limerick well deserved winners, but it was a little Flat as a final for me, but to the people of Limerick they won't give a fk, they're champions beat Nearly every team they came up against this year

Bass Reeves

smelly sock wrote: »

2 goals for limerick today should have been frees out. 3rd goal to many steps taken and the first a clear shoulder in the back. Thats 6 points.

Ref had a poor game but did not influence the result. There was a free given to Canning when Hayes won the ball cleanly going for it. He got higher than Canning and Canning came off worse. There was a few more like them the free again Casey that was not given. There was a yellow card given to young Morrisey that Canning scored. Galway got the value of those six points back from Owens

smelly sock

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Ref had a poor game but did not influence the result. There was a free given to Canning when Hayes won the ball cleanly going for it. He got higher than Canning and Canning came off worse. There was a few more like them the free again Casey that was not given. There was a yellow card given to young Morrisey that Canning scored. Galway got the value of those six points back from Owens

True that.

dirtyden

smelly sock wrote: »

2 goals for limerick today should have been frees out. 3rd goal to many steps taken and the first a clear shoulder in the back. Thats 6 points.

Galway goal should have been a free into limerick. Mcinerney lucky not to be sent off etc etc. Decisions for both sides could have gone another way. Everyone wants hurling refs to use a light touch but they then get destroyed for doing it because supporters only see the 50:50s that went against their team.

Owens did fine, got some decisions wrong but he was relatively consistent in how he reffed it.

colmahon

fairly ok Game, .....mmmm ,

Bass Reeves

Shane_ef wrote: »

Exciting finish the a fairly ok Game, a crazy amount of wides for an All Ireland Final, a few strange calls by the Ref (But that's normal)
Limerick well deserved winners, but it was a little Flat as a final for me, but to the people of Limerick they won't give a fk, they're champions beat Nearly every team they came up against this year

Any team that beats Galways twice in the one year, Kilkenny, Cork, Waterford and Tipperary deserve there All Ireland. They had a great season. Best thing that happened to them was the defeat at Cusack Park against Clare. Allowed them away from the hype of a Munster final and about a months rest in the middle of the season. As well it dampened the hype in Limerick until the final week I imagine. They looked very fresh all year.

mickmackey1

Galway put in their worst performance in recent memory but we'll take it. If they don't go off the rails, this Limerick team can improve further and realistically aim for back-to-back. Fantastic credit to the work done behind the scenes, and what a massive championship overall, where small details had huge consequences.

colmahon

Best thing that happened to them was the defeat at Cusack Park against Clare. .....thanks clare ,was peed off at the time but the more i think of it :D:D

Bass Reeves

dirtyden wrote: »

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Owens did fine, got some decisions wrong but he was relatively consistent in how he reffed it.

I think that is the big point. As long as refs are consistent normally they do not influence results. It is where they make a mistake and then try to make up for it like the ref in the Waterford/Tipperary game this year that they make a mess of games.

Roger Hassenforder

Well done Limerick.
Delighted for ye.

From all in Cork

puzl

Very deserving champions. A draw would have been cruel today. Congrats and enjoy the celebrations.

Sprinter Sacre

smelly sock wrote: »

Id say Duggan will get poty. Closely pushed by Canning Hannon and Shane odonnell.

Shane O Donnell? Ah here come off it. Shane O Donnell will be lucky to get an All Star never mind be nominated for POTY.

Duggan is a decent pick for a non finalist, although largely a free taking merchant he has chipped in with some beautiful points and goals. At 20/1 I hope you'll throw a tenner at him anyway.

Personally I think it should be Canning, Mannion and [insert Limerick player here e.g. Mulcahy or Hayes] and one of the Galway lads winning with based on the individual but wouldn't begrudge the Limerick choice at all.

Someone will have to remind me of Declan Hannon's performances from this year because I recall him relying on Morrissey and Byrnes a lot of the time as well as solid full back line and O Donovan doing trojan mileage. Hats off he did well today on the best player in the country but I'm sure I was not alone in thinking there were times this year you'd think of swapping himself and Kyle Hayes' positions.

Keano

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Galway put in their worst performance in recent memory but we'll take it. If they don't go off the rails, this Limerick team can improve further and realistically aim for back-to-back. Fantastic credit to the work done behind the scenes, and what a massive championship overall, where small details had huge consequences.

Back to back is a massive challenge as with a win comes expectations. This year Limerick were expected to go close but had the lost it was still a great year. Next year though they will not be the underdogs and the team everyone wants to beat.

deaddonkey15

colmahon wrote: »

Best thing that happened to them was the defeat at Cusack Park against Clare. .....thanks clare ,was peed off at the time but the more i think of it :D:D

Don't mention it. We'd have been more than happy to have given ye another trimming in the final if we had gotten past Galway. Maybe next year!

Noveight

Congrats to our neighbours across the Shannon, well deserved winners both today and throughout the campaign. Commiserations to our neighbours across Galway bay.

A very memorable championship that'll probably go down in the record books as a "classic" of sorts, especially given the heat wave that went with it :P A good few nail-biting finishes and Limerick finally ending the drought.

Mac_Lad71

SeaFields wrote: »

Marty was particularly insufferable today. If I'd sky I would have switched over but instead had to suffer through his cliche ridden shi!te spouting

I switched to sky after about two mins much prefer their commentary.
It’s high time Morrissey and Canning were put out to pasture.

crusier

Well done to Limerick from a Galway man , better team on the day.