All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2024 (Munster And Leinster Championships,Liam McCarthy Cup)

I think we often had those wides and missed chances but the difference was Galway were not good enough to punish us whereas Cork sent every mistake over the bar.

One of the best games I can remember.

Cork V Dublin in 2013 was phenomenal too, until Ryan Dwyer got sent off. 2013 was a funny season, I always felt that Dublin team could have beaten Cork and that Galvin robbed Cork by playing for the draw. No questions about the replay though, Clare won it well.

They hit a load of wides in the 2018 final also. Kept Galway in it when they should have been out of sight.

Your right yes 👍

S+C was there well before that. Kilkenny were the early adopters and Tipp followed suit leading to the classic in 2009.

Interestingly the Clare game in the Pairc was a 'must win' and yet Clare came out on top in a thriller!

Now, I know the red card had a huge impact but there is no doubt that Clare have the players to hurt Cork!

I'm hoping that Cork can bring the same pace and savage intensity that they did on Sunday and I think it'll be too much for Clare.

Oh I don't think every time Cork needs to "bring it" they actually do but I definitely think limp wins against much weaker teams makes them an "up and down team".

Technically though the game against Clare wasn't must win because they lost and survived.

The Waterford game is the only one where you would really question their performance.

Not so much another gear but they have to play for longer the way they have played to date in certain games. Whether they can or not will decide the final I think. It will be very hard to see cork play as well as they did against Limerick again but, unless Clare play at their higher level for longer, then Cork won't need to hit the same heights as the last day. The inconsistency of this Clare team is what drives us, as supporters, mad but equally it's what makes them so exciting to watch when they do turn it on!

Based on that inconsistency and Cork having beaten Limerick twice this year I think it's fair that Cork are the bookies favourites. That will count for nothing on the day though. It has the ingredients to be another great final like the drawn game in 2013 was.

They had 10 wides in the first half against Clare in Ennis, and the opening exchanges against Tipp this year was marked by poor wides.

Been a theme all year for them.

It's a free flowing team against a team who make it a real battle so it could be fun.

Will probably be very close with the only variable I can see changing that is with two teams who are not used to finals the likelihood of one choking goes up.

Too many years of being a Limerick fan means I'm never confident. Was expecting to get out of Munster but surprised to win it again.

I certainly believed we were favourites to win the All Ireland and thought it would be just as hard as the last two seasons where people forget were were only a few points from gone both years.

Don't think so, Cork beat them twice this season, and with the monkey off their back and better youngsters coming through, they'll be even better. Limerick simply don't have the players coming through. Limerick "doubling down" simply won't be enough.

It was only a matter of time before Cork figured them out, and could play around them and nullify their physical advantage. We're at the point now, Limerick are clearly struggling with the pace and speed of the Cork running game, and as their over sized players get older, Cork will start to burn them all over the field regularly. Limerick simply don't have that speed in their locker.

As I said a few years ago, this was coming down the road, everyone laughed. Everyone has adopted the KK/Limerick approach, now the question for most counties is how will they deal with the pace, speed and technical interplay of the Cork game, as they go from strenght to strenght. Most counties are lightyears behind Cork as "stickmen", including Kilkenny, and Cork will go on to dominate for a period. For how long, who knows? But they've a conveyour belt of silky technical hurlers coming through at the minute, with no other county coming close in player production.

I've said this for a few years, most here could at least vouch for that, it was only a matter of time before this bouyant Cork team broke through. And they will hammer Clare, make no mistake about it! Hurlings heavyweights are about to re-emerge from their slumber! And it's about time too

Exactly , could not agree more with you , Cork can do it for 70 minutes now

While thinking we very well could beat Cork I knew last Sunday could have been anyone's game, Cork are quality to be fair. Every other Limerick fan I spoke to and myself included was worried about having to play Cork again once you could see the lay out of the All Ireland series after the provincials.

I genuinely love these crystal ball takes 🤣