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Its all done for reasons of easing wounded pride for some of the former elite who couldn't countenance relegation! True story ... BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3427 - 07/02/2025 09:05:31 2589841 Link 0 |
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Absolutely. And then they'd say it's only the League. The last AI we won we hurled in div2. And it was called div2. As it should be now.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14833 - 07/02/2025 10:30:48 2589853 Link 0 |
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I call where we play now division 2 because that is what it is.
Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2949 - 07/02/2025 14:20:26 2589896 Link 0 |
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If we are playing in it next year I'll be calling it that too Canuck.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14833 - 07/02/2025 15:40:56 2589914 Link 0 |
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RTE showing two one sided games. Kilkenny hammering Wexford and Galway will do similar to Clare later. CorkLiamMcCarthy24 (Cork) - Posts: 98 - 08/02/2025 17:51:23 2590085 Link 0 |
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Wexford much better second half. Bit of fight. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3427 - 08/02/2025 18:55:06 2590097 Link 0 |
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Wil Galway hammer Clare??. If they do Wil it really matter. The Banner will still be reigning All Ireland Champions this evening.
Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4479 - 09/02/2025 07:46:03 2590172 Link 0 |
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We couldn't have been any worse than that 1st half. Very young team in the 2nd half, average age of the outfield players between 21 and 22 by the end.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14833 - 09/02/2025 10:32:44 2590186 Link 0 |
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Offaly lads well able to dish out but fall like a bag of spuds tackled. Antrim poor getting very little from referee where he can't wait to give ofaly the free. CorkLiamMcCarthy24 (Cork) - Posts: 98 - 09/02/2025 15:19:53 2590256 Link 0 |
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Pathetic again by Antrm. Nothing ever changes. They are physically and mentally brittle away from home. It's no good bringing in outside managers and that's nothing against Davy Fitz or anyone else from another county. Change must come from within. Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9796 - 09/02/2025 15:30:59 2590257 Link 2 |
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You wete sold a pup Ive seen Dublin playing Antrim for nearly 50 years. Three weeks ago was sad. Not a Hurley broket BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3427 - 09/02/2025 21:16:39 2590308 Link 1 |
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Good to see Westmeath give Galway old timet Glennon a run. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3427 - 09/02/2025 22:10:29 2590313 Link 0 |
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McManus was laughing at Dublin this time last year. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3427 - 10/02/2025 00:20:13 2590325 Link 0 |
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From the current league positions Down and Meath would be taking on Clare and Wexford in 1B next year. London and Wicklow would be taking on Westmeath and Laois in Division 2. Long way to go yet. After years of very little movement between divisions, more counties will be getting the toughest games in a long long time. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8535 - 10/02/2025 06:36:41 2590332 Link 1 |
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That's the way it should have been the last 20 years. It's the way it was in the 90s.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14833 - 10/02/2025 08:52:45 2590342 Link 0 |
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Agreed. The glass ceiling protection went way over the top for a few years. Lower league winners and lower championship tier winners having to enter a promotion/relegation playoff took the biscuit.
legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8535 - 10/02/2025 10:47:27 2590371 Link 0 |
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Promoting the game needs more than just a catchy phrase or 2. The current League structure should definitely help.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14833 - 10/02/2025 15:19:36 2590448 Link 0 |
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I think it is a good system and hopefully they will stick with it. Promotion ought to be difficult to attain as there is a large gulf in class. Dublin did very poorly last year and were deservedly relegated, Probably a timely one as being in the weaker section has allowed Ó Ceallacháin the scope to put out experimental teams with a good sprinkling of new lads. That would be recipe for multiple hidings most likely in the top tier. Which does not really teach you anything and I for one never found them to be other than demoralising when at the end of one! No point in inflicting that on likes of Down or Meath or whoever comes up from the third tier. Current 1b is a nice mix. A couple of hidings perhaps but a chance to stay up against the weaker sides. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3427 - 10/02/2025 17:34:54 2590480 Link 0 |
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is it just me or is the story of the league so far that of cavan hurling team? led London by 6 points at halftime on sunday?! dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 807 - 10/02/2025 23:44:54 2590521 Link 0 |
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It was the oddest game I've seen in a good while. London scored first and the team traded points to 0-4 0-4. Then a few minutes later Cavan were 0-4 to 0-10 up! A few points each, and a Cavan goal just before the break made it 0-7 to 1-10. London shot 12 wides during the first half, on a day that was breezy at worst. Second half London found their range and chipped away, chipped away, got within a goal, drew level, took the lead, got some daylight ahead, and finally scored a goal with practically the last puck of the game. And Cavan never scored a point in the half! The pitch didn't help the state of the game, but that's the same for both teams and London seemed more confused by it than the visitors, regularly over running through balls etc. One sent off for each team mid-way through the second half for a goal mouth set to (probably needed to be the same sanction for both players, but you've seen worse get two yellows), and another Cavan player off 5 minutes from time. Londonish (UK) - Posts: 34 - 11/02/2025 10:39:09 2590553 Link 0 |