All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2023 ( Munster And Leinster Championships,Liam McCarthy Cup)

Motivator · 23-07-2023 11:31pm

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By fit do you mean not full of pints? They’ve all had a few drinks but JP is fairly strict on them keeping themselves in check. They’re representing the county and are wearing his pride and joy Adare Manor on their right tits. He’ll look after them if they behave themselves. They went abroad on their team holiday a couple of years back and the rule was no drinking on the flights over but they could do what they wanted when they got there. At all times, they’re representing the county and they’re fairly well reminded of it by all accounts. This thing with Pat Ryan I wouldn’t be surprised if JP made the call to bin him off.

With regards to todays game. It was men against boys for the last 30 minutes. Which is ironic considering Kilkenny are relying on the geriatric Richie Hogan coming in off the bench to try and change the game for them. The man doesn’t even look like an inter county hurler anymore. Lyng should have cut him from the panel the minute he got the job to send out a statement to the rest of them. I can’t remember at what stage he came on today but if he touched the ball once I’d say it was a lot. Kilkenny were their usual dogged selves for the first half but the touch of class took over then when Limerick woke up. Kilkenny were hammered today and it can’t be dressed up any other way. This Limerick team, and I’ve said it a few times in the last couple of years, are chasing history. They’ll do the 5 in a row no problem I don’t see how any other team will improve that much in the next 9 months. They are just an awesome team.

One word on JP McManus. Anyone who has anything negative to say about him has no actual knowledge of the man or what he does or has done or will continue to do. I’ve met him and he’s nicer than he comes across in interviews. A total gent and the unseen work he does in Limerick and across Ireland is something else. A remarkable man.

dirtyden · 23-07-2023 11:34pm

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To say he looks for no publicity is a little bit untrue as everyone seems to know about all his philanthropic acts a lot better than he can explain where his money came from or how much tax he pays.

evolvingtipperary101 · 23-07-2023 11:39pm

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They're all up on his website.

I says · 23-07-2023 11:41pm

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Because it’s the Sunday game. Limerick at the peak of their powers today. KK had no answer in the 2nd half. Horsing long ball into that half back line is not the way to beat ye. It’ll be figured out in about 5yrs time.

JoeA3 · 23-07-2023 11:41pm

The motm award and the whole Joanne Cantwell outside broadcast looked absolutely dreadful. It’s gone from a suited and booted banquet dinner to what looked like the smoking area out the back of a pub. Looked terribly twee and amateurish, exactly what Donal Og was complaining about.

windy shepard henderson · 23-07-2023 11:44pm

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would you ever shut the fcuk up , jeasus , he has his horses runing in the colors of his club team since the 1970s , hiding money ?? he has more mony out into the region then any politician

total and utter nonsense

windy shepard henderson · 23-07-2023 11:47pm

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if your so intrested in wastful taxpayers money walk into any halting site in the country tomorrow morning or any dole office next tuesday and shout out your disproval and see how you get on , them people do nothing for socicaty

windy shepard henderson · 23-07-2023 11:49pm

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dont agree , limerick decided to have it at home , split season is a master stroke by the gaa , only fair weather supporters could be complaining of it

dmakc · 23-07-2023 11:49pm

If I was a player, I'd much more enjoy tonight's chilled affair than being kept in Dublin for a banquet. Let them at it

Bass Reeves · 24-07-2023 12:04am

Donal Og has some chip on his shoulder. He really needs to have a bit more balance. Upset because every paper has not got hurling front and center from last Monday to next Friday

Really gas watching the follow up to the announcement of hurler of the year. Donal Og has hard on for Quaid all year. I say he was upset because he did not get on the RTE team of the year. To add insult to injury he was not in the running for player of the year.

There must have been a bit of an argument before the show between Jackie Tyrell and Donal Og. Joe Canning announced the winner and told them have at it.

Tyrell left Donal Og waffle on and then put him back in his box. He made the point that Kyle Hayes has won every one of his battles this year and scored in a good few games as well and as Jackie said he was having a quite season this year.

JT was correct Hayes was immense in the Munster Round robin and if you consider that Limerick wouldn't be in the final if they got knocked out of Munster this year.

Billy Ocean · 24-07-2023 12:59am

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Total opposite of you so....

Billy Ocean · 24-07-2023 1:04am

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Donal Og's comments about the Tailteann Cup especially considering his involvement in the GPA exposed his true colours.

irishgeo · 24-07-2023 6:17am

Limerick and Kilkenny didn't stay up because there is no hotel accommodation or they wanted huge money.

Citywest where most of the teams used to stay is used to house refugees.

Clare in Exile · 24-07-2023 6:28am

While he may be a decent lad according to many people, Marty Morrissey should not be doing commentary on an All-Ireland Final. He seems out of his depth, has no natural flow and his attempts at painting poetic pictures with words come across as too forced.

I actually texted a friend just prior to throw-in, preparing them for Marty's scripted verbal overflow as the teams paraded. It was truly nauseating, and for some bizarre reason he saw fit to throw in best wishes to the women's soccer team ahead of their next match in the World Cup. At one stage he went off script when he spotted Tony McCoy in the crowd, but immediately returned to his notes.

It's not good enough for a national broadcaster to have such amateurish output on the biggest day for our national sport.

I can still recall Marty's commentary when Limerick won the year that Dolores O'Riordan passed away - in the last few minutes he shoehorned in as many references to The Cranberries songs as he could muster, thinking he was being somewhat clever. It was not, in any way, shape or form, clever.

It sounds like BBC NI hit all the right notes yesterday - I watched their coverage of the Ulster Final and it was a breath of fresh air.

Yesterday Marty Morrissey once again failed on the big occasion...

breezy1985 · 24-07-2023 6:35am

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You need a banquet hall and probably about 50 rooms minimum. That's not easy get in Dublin where as back home it's a lot easier especially when hotels sponsor your team.

If the GAA and RTE want tradition the GAA should book next year's hotel for the players now and not leave it to county boards to put the cash up.

Bass Reeves · 24-07-2023 6:56am

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I cannot understand why the GAA cannot book the hotels for the teams qualifying for the final early in the year. They then hand over the bookings to the qualifying teams.

However there is probably 1-2 issues. Between some team panels ( varying from 25-35 and team management and backroom 20-40) it's might be hard to book a hotel with enough rooms. That before you allow for family members.

dashdoll · 24-07-2023 7:33am

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The Kilkenny team were doing the same and that was also the plan if they had won. No harm to make rte graft a bit. Good for them doing it on their own terms.

Motivator · 24-07-2023 7:44am

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He doesn’t pay tax in Ireland, why should he?

He employs thousands of people and probably tens of thousands indirectly. They pay tax and his businesses pay tax. He’s put friends of mine through college with his scholarships and I’m nowhere near Limerick, and neither are they. Yes he loves Limerick and he pumps money into the county, but his goodwill goes far beyond Limerick.

Rosita · 24-07-2023 8:01am

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He just talks too much. Too many stars about players' careers and jobs in the middle of actual action. No need to react immediately either when someone well known shows up in the crowd. The point about TV is that people can see stuff. No need to have everything commented on.

Rosita · 24-07-2023 8:09am

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Yeah, Kilkenny were annihilated. Dónal Óg Cusack the only one with the guts to call that. It's amazing how many people can sit in TSG studio and never actually make a memorable point. Dónal Óg actually engages intellectually with the game which presumably is why people feel threatened by him.

You are totally correct about Richie Hogan. He was finished a few years back. Doesn't look fit anymore and too small for the modern game.

When I saw Kilkenny bringing on Padraig Walsh, Walter Walsh, Killian Buckley and Hogan in the semi final I realised that they don't have a panel. Men of other days. The final proved how far off the pace they are. They were lucky to get there but I'm glad they did.

Sheep breeder · 24-07-2023 8:10am

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Have to agree what you’re saying, at the end of the day gaa is two games hurling and football, and the same for the ladies. Should never be one game over the other. The Tailteann Cup was a great result for football to see the standard being improved and games for players that don’t reach the knockout stages, hurling had a great year with Carlow improving and Westmeath win, don’t agree about his elitism **** of Munster hurling, hurling is played in every county for the good of the game.

Rosita · 24-07-2023 8:19am

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Kyle Hayes might not have been in Limerick's top five players this year. It was acknowledged even when they were picking him in the team of the year that it wasn't his greatest year. Barry Nash was far better and wasn't on the team of the year. Laughable. A joke to have five Kilkenny players on that team. TJ Reid was marginal at best yesterday but still on that team ahead of Cian Lynch whose semi final and final performances alone were miles ahead of any aggregate of Reid's contribution all year.

Tyrrell has no credibility after he was so wrong about Conor Whelan. But it looks like he big-mouthed his way to have quite an influence on that team. The All Stars tend to follow TSG team very closely. Hopefully they will have minds of their own this year. Limerick and teams that actually gave them a game should have greater representation.

Rosita · 24-07-2023 8:21am

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Yeah, when people look back on the hurling year it'll be all about Carlow and Westmeath definitely.

Rosita · 24-07-2023 8:21am

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Yeah, when people look back on the hurling year it'll be all about Carlow and Westmeath definitely.

Bass Reeves · 24-07-2023 8:48am

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A team and player of the year are exactly that ''of the year'' not just of the semi final and final. Cian Lynch played two games this year. Ya Finals and semi finals are important. The nearest Limerick came to losing the four in a row was probably in the Munster championship. They are deserving champions but they just about got out of Munster his year.

Hayes, Byrne's, O'Donoghue, Donovan, the two Morrisory's and Barry Nash carried them through the early phases. Now not all are entitled to be on TOTY or entitled to All-Stars but Cian Lynch's performance in the final and SF was only because if there graft.

It was not his greatest year but it was still good enough for him to be the most influential player they had this year. His performances against Cork and Clare were immense a d especially his decision making in defence

In Rugby parlance the Limerick half back midfield lines wins matches the rest of the team decide by how much

Rosita · 24-07-2023 8:56am

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Yeah, no doubt Limerick's biggest challenge is in Munster. The rest is easy. But made easier because of how Cian Lynch pulls the strings. He's so far ahead of Reid it's not funny.

Rosita · 24-07-2023 8:59am

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Great that he doesn't pay tax in Ireland. If he did it'd be lost in some bribe to the rich part of the electorate by Varadker where everyone gets a tenner but nobody gets anything meaningful.

Bass Reeves · 24-07-2023 9:00am

As an aside with Hannon injured Will O'Donohue was moved to CB. Hayes has played a lot of hurling in that position underages. Because they did not want to mo e him or Byrnes from the WB positions and with O'Donoghue new to the position he may have been instructed to not go forward as much as he normally would this probably diminished his influence in the SF and AIF

Bass Reeves · 24-07-2023 9:00am

As an aside with Hannon injured Will O'Donohue was moved to CB. Hayes has played a lot of hurling in that position underages. Because they did not want to mo e him or Byrnes from the WB positions and with O'Donoghue new to the position he may have been instructed to not go forward as much as he normally would this probably diminished his influence in the SF and AIF

The_Kew_Tour · 24-07-2023 9:00am

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I'm probably in the minority who actually thought the last two weeks in August was ideal.

It seems you are either in July or September camp for most people.

I thought finals in August last two weeks gave good balance plus kids were off school and could enjoy celebrations after.

Of the people I do know who play or involved in clubs not one said it made a difference really.

Now of course the club player needs be treated with the most respect too but even speaking to kerry club lads they say it's made little difference anyway.

Just my 2c. I can appreciate other arguments too.

Bobby_Bolivia · 24-07-2023 9:02am

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They lost 3 games in 2019. This rubbish narrative needs to die.

The_Kew_Tour · 24-07-2023 9:07am

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That's cause Kiely was taking his foot of munster and not going for it. It nearly cost them till they hammered Tipp in final. They were too cocky in semi. Has not happened since.

Bobby_Bolivia · 24-07-2023 9:11am

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I don't care what your justification for it is (which is nonsense).

No team that loses 3 games in the same Hurling Championship season "should have" won the All Ireland. It's total bollocks.

The_Kew_Tour · 24-07-2023 9:15am

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OK..........

If it helps your blood pressure.

Billy Ocean · 24-07-2023 9:23am

~~Mod~~ Edit

Warning issued.

hurlaway · 24-07-2023 9:25am

Mod Edit

Warning issued.

lbunnae · 24-07-2023 9:44am

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He's a greedy git if he doesn't pay his tax in Ireland. He's Irish no? Lives in Ireland for half the year? Hasn't paid tax in Ireland since the mid 90s. Greedy git. Only the commoners pay tax sure.

evolvingtipperary101 · 24-07-2023 9:48am

Another new account to attack a poster and not engage the topic is as low as it gets on boards.

evolvingtipperary101 · 24-07-2023 9:54am

Joe Canning:

“When Limerick played Tipperary and they weren’t to wear the sponsor jersey, that for me would have been my moment of the year. And it is in a way that Limerick and Tipp, they still wore their (Dillon Quirke Foundation) training gear for warm-ups.

“We said it at the day, it was a bit of a disgrace that the GAA did not allow them to support because Dillon Quirke gave his life to the GAA.

“That for me was a wrong thing by the GAA this year, and it should it should be highlighted here tonight and even further afield again.

“That young fella lost his life on the hurling pitch, on that pitch in Thurles, and what they done to the foundation, the family, the disrespect they showed by not allowing that . . . and in fairness to both Limerick and Tipperary, they done themselves proud that night.”

High bike · 24-07-2023 9:56am

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What an ignorant idiotic comment

cosatron · 24-07-2023 10:00am

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he got fed up trolling on the rory McIllroy thread so he said he would try the gaa thread, its a wonder his aloud on the computer so long during his/she school holidays.

lbunnae · 24-07-2023 10:02am

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How so?? You can be damn sure his donations are a lot less than what his tax liability would be. But no he gets to donate to his preferred projects like some prince swanning in.

lbunnae · 24-07-2023 10:03am

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Saying I don't think Rory will win another major is an opinion, it isn't trolling - I've certainly got no warnings for any of my comments. Sorry I offended the fanboys. If the thread is just meant to be a love in then I won't bother posting in it anymore.

High bike · 24-07-2023 10:05am

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This is a hurling forum in case u hadn't noticed,and u know absolutely fcuk all about the man

namloc1980 · 24-07-2023 10:05am

Limerick are odds on to win again next year. Don't think anyone will stop them.

lbunnae · 24-07-2023 10:07am

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Oh sorry are you his pal?? Weren't able to respond to my post though were you? His donations in no way would total his tax bill here , but yet he gets to play robin hood and be lauded for it. I didn't bring up his tax status so take it up with the poster who brought it up regarding it being a hurling forum.

lbunnae · 24-07-2023 10:08am

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I think they'll finish on 6 in a row , nobody looks close to them at the moment.

Rosita · 24-07-2023 10:09am

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Not sure what three losses has got to do with anything. Only one of them counted and that came about as a result of an umpiring error.

Rosita · 24-07-2023 10:13am

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They're only "troll" comments because you are so embedded in group speak. And celebrating at 11am on a Monday morning? That's be a small but much for me.

But I'll call out the fact that Reid scored nothing from play in the semi final and final at any time of the day. Cian Lynch ran the show in the semi final and final and should've been on the team of the year.

breezy1985 · 24-07-2023 10:17am

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Tipperary were the best team that season. What Limerick done to them in a none knockout match means nothing as Limerick fans were more than happy to say to Clare people this year.

All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2023 ( Munster And Leinster Championships,Liam McCarthy Cup)

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