All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2025 (Munster And Leinster Championships,Liam McCarthy Cup)

given the intensity of games now the skill levels are suffering, I feel our hurling was brutal today at times in Ennis but the comeback might look impressive, the worry is , it's papering over cracks

there looked to be a more sustained level of intensity in year game which probably answers your question, that and 3 or 4 changes to the normal starting lineup

I agree with you but there are so many other counties in the same boat. All is this is irrelevant afterwards if Cork win All Ireland

I disagree with you there. All counties have their fair share of "arrogant" supporters. Part of life. Most of the Cork fan base know where we stand and what we need to do to become successful going forward. Cork fans get labelled as arrogant because of their massive fan base which is unfair imo.

think you are letting one poster tar the rest of us.

We've achieved a lot of unique feats in the GAA all Ireland and league doubles, Teddy Mac and his two all Ireland senior medals in the one year, Brian Murphy the only man to win all Ireland medals in senior, minor and u21 hurling and football, Kevin Hennessy scoring the fastest goal in all Ireland hurling final history etc. We're not an arrogant county imo we're a proud county that has hit a barren spell, but the same thing happened to Tipperary in the years from 1971 to 1987 as well.

In fairness that was mainly one poster on here. Most cork fans have been saying that winning munster or the all ireland will be difficult. I fact it's mostly people from other counties hyping the up, Eg Mullane and daly.

Separately the Indiscipline of the cork and clare players was disappointing, especially the second half. Like immature teenagers. Made refs job very difficult. A lot of needle between the 2. On the other hand tipp and limerick much easier to ref. Players here just got on with it.

Fair dues to young mccarthy. Delighted he got the equaliser after missing a few. Tipp impressed me, played with pace and hunger and are building a nice squad with a good range of young, old and lads somewhere in between.

They'll go to cork in a confident mood after that performance especially with corks struggles yesterday. Cork will be down Barrett and o brien from the league final and probably rob downey. Ciarán Joyce played with a strapped hamstring. So what will cork half back line be? Mellerick, Joyce possibly and Coleman. Dalton or Healy to start instead of Barrett

This sanctimonious crap about diving from Cork fans is hilarious given your own teams tendency to do it over the years.

There is an element of it that has crept in in recent years and yes Clare players have been guilty of it but are by no mean the worst culprits.

The facts are, in the last 2 years Clare have had 2 red cards overturned at u20 both involving Cork players for acting.

Was at the match in Ennis, raucous atmosphere. Cork have great pace and athleticism and always look on the verge of blowing a team away. To get goals they attempt intricate football type overlapping moves to create space but because it is so intricate it can easily break down. Clare got 3 goals from lumping balls down on a big man in front of the goals, simple and way less energy expended. It is impossible for one man to reff an inter county hurling match. The ball is travelling too far, too fast for one man to police the whole pitch. The amount of pulling and dragging and shaping and arsing that went on in the second half of that game yesterday was ridiculous. Fastest game in the world, meh. Most of the second half seemed to be the ref going to his umpires and lines men while the big children in jerseys were pulling and dragging our of each other

Clare and Limerick threw it away yesterday.

Reason: they both conceded the equalising score.

You'd imagine Waterford are happy enough with yesterdays results, four other teams in Munster dropping points. Statistically they should have a better chance of going through now.

True, yesterday’s results definitely worked in Waterford’s favour, but let’s not get carried away. One good weekend doesn’t rewrite years of underperformance. They’ve been the weakest Munster side for a reason , it'll take more than dropped points elsewhere to change that narrative

Sure, the results went their way and they’ve technically more points to play for, but let’s be honest, Waterford having an opportunity and actually doing something with it are two very different things. They’ve made a habit of bottling it in Munster, and I’ve seen nothing to suggest this year will be any different

Where are all these times they have dived?

It's across both codes and you see it at underage level as well. It's a blight on the game but not sure there's anything being done about it. Players and teams will see it as a way of gaining an advantage as long as they get away with it.