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

No, good defending is still there its just Cork are hopeless at it when it does go bad.

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

Will changing the rule really lead to less bad decisions. I think it will lead to equal or more bad decisions.

I believe the GAA should change how championship games are reffed. The showpiece of the hurling year was ruined by the worst refereeing performance I have witnessed ever in an AI final.

Murphy’s incompetent performance needs to be looked at and changes made to avoid such a shitshow reoccurring.

I would propose two refs - the speed of the game is too much for a middle aged man. The knock Murphy took plus extra time may have been factors in his performance. Who decides if the ref is too injured or tired to continue? The ref himself?

Also, his team of umpires and linesmen did him no favours. The 65 missed and the pulled jersey missed should have been spotted by the nearby umpires also. It’s unfathomable that the whole team of officials could not see what was happening so close to them.

Umpires and linesmen must be chosen from the inter county referees panel.

Improvements must be made because last Sunday was not good enough.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

It is my opinion that his poor decision making (on the day) clearly affected the result of the game. This is not a position you want your AI ref to be in.

Looking forward, we wouldn’t like next year’s ref to make as many errors would we?

Murphy got three stonewall decisions wrong.

The 65 not given, the 2nd card not given to McInerney, the jersey pull at the end.

He made plenty of other mistakes in my opinion - but these were not as clear cut as those listed above so we won’t dwell on them.

If Murphy had got some of the stonewall decisions correct then Cork would’ve got at least a draw.

2024 is over now - can we make improvements to help referees to get more decisions right in the future? Or maybe we should be happy with the same ol’ shite?

Happy with the same ol’ shite so 👍

The free that Cork got directly leading to the McInerney incident when Shanagher caught the ball, did you think that was a free for Cork?

I only saw one replay of that incident and I think it could’ve gone either way.

I’m not talking about the countless decisions that were 50/50. I’m talking about stonewall decisions.

If there was a VAR in hurling would the result have been different? I think so

Obviously the spectacle is more important for some people, like you, than the correct outcome.

For others, we would like correct decisions to be made by the officials.

And you would make zero changes going forward?

It wasn't a 50/50 decision in my eyes - Shanagher won the ball despite being fouled and the free was given the other way.

Your opinion of stonewall, my opinion and the refs might all be different - that doesn't make your opinion correct.

None of the Cork players looked for a free at the end and they were standing equally as close as the referee, as numerous people have pointed out in real time it's not that easy to see everything.

Zero. I a big soccer fan, travel to London to follow spurs quite a bit. Since VAR came in my love of the game has dwindled. The passion in the crowds has gone. You cant celebrate a goal or decision. And still its not 100% right. Look at Hawk eye in Thurles, it takes ages for the point decision. Croke ad is pretty quick thou. Mistakes are part of life, players managers and refs, its part of sport and they tend to even out. You win some you lose some but i think everyone has the accept that refs will make mistakes as will players. Its the best game in the world, no tinkering needed

I thought Murphy did a fair job reffing the game. Missed one or two calls but that’s sport. The jersey pull on o Flynn is so so he lost no momentum from it and got his shot off and I doubt Murphy had the correct angle to see it. Umpires aren’t going to make a big call because the crowd will lash them out of it. Look at the wide/65 in the Waterford game. Linesmen are refs and they’re not going to make a colleague look good, I’m referring back to a Barry Kelly interview years ago.
And as for Cork whinging about the 65 not given all I can say is what comes around goes around. Karma for the one Galway didn’t get in the 1990 final against Cork.

He got some crucial decisions wrong which were the winning or losing of that game. He made too many errors that cost Cork an All Ireland. Cork scored 34 points. 35 scores in total. Clare got 29 points and 32 scores in total. Goals win games and Clare got more than Cork but the result could have easily gone to Cork as well. The free in the end on O Flynn, the chop down on Fitzgibbon, the yellow card that wasn't given, the 65 not given and the foul on Horgan all blatantly obvious misses and that referee should never again ref an intercounty game full stop. He was also unfit and overweight. If he is ever involved in a Cork game again the players and manager should simply refuse to have him there and object.