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Good win by Galway. I honestly thought Kilkenny would win today. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1735 - 09/06/2019 22:22:44 2192468 Link
Replying To thelongridge: "Good win by Galway. I honestly thought Kilkenny would win today." I thought Kilkenny would win too. Thought the team was shaping up nicely albeit with too much reliance on TJ Reid but the team's deficiencies were shown up today despite the entertaining game and tight finish. The forward units of the big 3 in Munster would destroy that Kilkenny backline. ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 09/06/2019 22:35:34 2192478 Link
It was a cracking game, thought TJ Reid was sublime, Galway just shaded it, ref was poor, left Kilkenny short with a bad call and time keeping is obviously not his forte either. But still Galway just about the better of the two teams. But a cracking game. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4895 - 09/06/2019 22:41:01 2192486 Link
Replying To cats34: "Galway were deserved winners but the refereeing was a joke." Galway deserved their win but in the 70 minute a Kilkenny player was fouled it took nearly two minutes for the ref to sort out who to book and then blew exactly on 4 minutes injury time there should of been at least another minute to be played imo, that doesn't mean Kilkenny would of scored an equalizer but the game shouldn't have been blown exactly on 74 imo. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 09/06/2019 22:54:47 2192500 Link
What I took from today's game: Tj Reid is the best hurler in the country. Kilkenny missed Walter Walsh big time. Galways reliance on Joe Canning is glaring from placed balls and play. Neither team will win this all Ireland. Hurling rules are subjective to each ref and/or each team dakid (Australia) - Posts: 284 - 09/06/2019 23:13:02 2192510 Link
Replying To thelongridge: "Good win by Galway. I honestly thought Kilkenny would win today." I picked KK to win too. I'm glad to be wrong in this instance. Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 09/06/2019 23:19:27 2192519 Link
Replying To thelongridge: "Good win by Galway. I honestly thought Kilkenny would win today." You and me both. The lads left it late but crikey, they didn't half turn it on when they needed it. Need to see this consistency from them now; God forbid we go back to the "depends on which Galway turns up" days! festinog (Galway) - Posts: 3097 - 10/06/2019 01:24:13 2192551 Link
Replying To bloodyban: "Well deserved win for Galway but my God they made hard work of it. I think collectively they are the dumbest team in Hurling. They have no idea how to play with an extra man. The decision making was shocking in their backs today. Their goalie with two free men goes long...they gave away the stupidest frees to keep Kilkenny in the game yet after saying all that they won. They played fantastic off the cuff hurling at times that Killed Kilkenny. They just cant live with that type of pace or interplay any more. If Galway could play the percentages and just manage a game better they'd win a few All Irelands in a row but they wont ever learn." Bang on the money . It's time their management learned to enable the team to think on their feet . Given that they had an extra man for nearly half the match the puck out strategy was ludicrous . The other thing Galway haven't done for a considerable period of time is play for a full seventy minutes . Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 10/06/2019 01:33:20 2192552 Link
Replying To WanPintWin: "We're not through yet. If Dublin beat us and Wexford draw with KK we're knocked out on scoring difference. There would actually be 4 teams on 5 points in that scenario." If Dublin win then Galway won't make the final . Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 10/06/2019 01:40:32 2192553 Link
Replying To Dubsfan28: "Now there's a proper hurling match today." Agreed what a match! It had everything brilliant teams, atmosphere was amazing and the pitch was excellent. It was a pleasure to be in attendance. ecad123 (Galway) - Posts: 272 - 10/06/2019 09:45:46 2192612 Link
Replying To dakid: "What I took from today's game: Tj Reid is the best hurler in the country. Kilkenny missed Walter Walsh big time. Galways reliance on Joe Canning is glaring from placed balls and play. Neither team will win this all Ireland. Hurling rules are subjective to each ref and/or each team" Yeah agree TJ best hurler, he has everything except height and yet uses what he has to great effect. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4895 - 10/06/2019 10:01:07 2192634 Link
Replying To clondalkindub: "Galway deserved their win but in the 70 minute a Kilkenny player was fouled it took nearly two minutes for the ref to sort out who to book and then blew exactly on 4 minutes injury time there should of been at least another minute to be played imo, that doesn't mean Kilkenny would of scored an equalizer but the game shouldn't have been blown exactly on 74 imo." And to rub salt into the wound he blows full-time on the Kilkenny puck-out. Couldn't blow it up fast enough. Stop clock needs to come into hurling and football asap. The referee's raised arm and three-whistle blast may offer a more dramatic denouement to big matches than an ugly foghorn, but fair and transparent timekeeping is more important than the whims of individual referees. ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 10/06/2019 10:08:53 2192642 Link
Replying To bloodyban: "Well deserved win for Galway but my God they made hard work of it. I think collectively they are the dumbest team in Hurling. They have no idea how to play with an extra man. The decision making was shocking in their backs today. Their goalie with two free men goes long...they gave away the stupidest frees to keep Kilkenny in the game yet after saying all that they won. They played fantastic off the cuff hurling at times that Killed Kilkenny. They just cant live with that type of pace or interplay any more. If Galway could play the percentages and just manage a game better they'd win a few All Irelands in a row but they wont ever learn." Have to agree with some of this, it was very frustrating watching TJ go unmarked especially when we had the extra man. Also, ref. did blow the game a bit early but I have seen Galway at the wrong end of that often. The Galway fielding was the highlight for me, but my word the sideline needs to study their mistakes. Galway did deserve the win and might just sneak into the playoffs this Summer but its tight in Leinster. suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1667 - 10/06/2019 10:38:12 2192676 Link
Replying To arock: "Yeah agree TJ best hurler, he has everything except height and yet uses what he has to great effect." He's 6' 2''. ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 10/06/2019 11:50:47 2192754 Link
14 cards given 3 men put off not a dirty game by any means, time miss managed, referee was terrible for both teams Galway were the better team but couldn't put Kilkenny away. Hopefully those 2 minutes at the end do not cost Kilkenny a summer of hurling. gatha (Kilkenny) - Posts: 318 - 10/06/2019 11:56:41 2192759 Link
Replying To arock: "Yeah agree TJ best hurler, he has everything except height and yet uses what he has to great effect." Small fella alright......incredible hurler and was heroic yesterday. conordee (Galway) - Posts: 440 - 10/06/2019 11:57:36 2192760 Link
Only for TJ Reid having the game of his life they'd have been well beat. Kilkenny won 9 contested balls in the air, TJ won 7 of them. He kept them in the game. Galway were still very rusty and gifted Kilkenny so many soft scores with poor passing and a poor touch. JDF (Galway) - Posts: 322 - 10/06/2019 11:58:38 2192762 Link
Replying To gatha: "14 cards given 3 men put off not a dirty game by any means, time miss managed, referee was terrible for both teams Galway were the better team but couldn't put Kilkenny away. Hopefully those 2 minutes at the end do not cost Kilkenny a summer of hurling." All 3 reds were justified. Murphy was on a deserved yellow and he had fouled a few times previously before the block, which was probably a yellow anyway. Did you notice the ref put up 5 fingers to him? I presume he was indicating multiple fouls. Hansbury, initially i thought was just a yellow but when i saw it again the tackle was head high. No complaints. Awlward, I can't remember his first but the wrestling around etc was definitely a booking. To be fair he was tripped so I agree he was provoked but he instigated the wrestling. Lots of cynical fouling in the game on both sides. Needs to be addressed. I am a strong believer in sin bins for yellow cards. 10 minutes in the bin ends all the nonsense. The only thing the makes me wary is the amount of times the ref books both players rather the apportion blame. Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1826 - 10/06/2019 13:32:24 2192870 Link
Replying To ballydalane: "I thought Kilkenny would win too. Thought the team was shaping up nicely albeit with too much reliance on TJ Reid but the team's deficiencies were shown up today despite the entertaining game and tight finish. The forward units of the big 3 in Munster would destroy that Kilkenny backline." Tipp or Limerick maybe, don't think Cork would destroy that KK backline. Barnowl94 (Galway) - Posts: 3150 - 10/06/2019 13:49:10 2192894 Link
Replying To Greengrass: "If Dublin win then Galway won't make the final ." Correct, but we'd still go through in 3rd place if there's a winner in the other game. Only if there's a draw in that game and we lose, are we out completely. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2037 - 10/06/2019 13:58:33 2192909 Link