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Quickest way to spot a Mayo person is to ask their thoughts on Galway
ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 112 - 23/06/2026 16:48:41 2681551 Link 0 |
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You could be right but they do have a lot of talent coming through
Tadhg2020 (Limerick) - Posts: 600 - 23/06/2026 17:56:56 2681566 Link 0 |
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Im not going down that rabbit hole. We were beaten fair and square on the day in what appears to have been a career peaking performance by Dublin.
Tadhg2020 (Limerick) - Posts: 600 - 23/06/2026 17:59:48 2681567 Link 0 |
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Its as if you think we dont read what you post on other threads! Football people dont care about hurling. They have a saying here in Roscommon " that they would start a bonfire and burn every Hurl in the parish". Ive been on holiday in football country and they wouldnt have the hurling on the TV in bars and restaurants. Come to think of it you had to ask them to put it on in Dublin when I lived there in the naughties. We are used to it and are probably stronger for it. League of Ireland has taken over from Hurling. By what measurement? Please do tell. The Munster Championship averaged over 27k again this season so it cant be that. Division 1 of the NHL was well up on LOI attendance figures too. TV viewing numbers? Id doubt it. The hurling championship hold up well against football, soccer and rugby so it cant be that either so what metric are you using? Unlike football two years ago, the game of hurling doesnt need root and branch re writing or the rules. Football was in dire straits as a spectacle. The coaches had effectively killed the game. Hurling is nowhere near there. The problem we are facing is similar to the one football had when Dublin did their 6 in a row or whatever it was. The top teams are all in the one province atm and that creates the illusion that something needs to be fixed. You pick any sporting competition out there and this happens. Man City in PL, RM and Barca, Bayern, PSG, Leinster etc etc. Its how team sports work unfortunately. Its the same in Gaa. Kerry and Dublin in football, Tipp, KK and Cork in hurling. The club game the same. Ballina and Castlebar in GF, Tooreen in hurling. Tipp and KK will come back. Cork are already there One of Galway,, Clare, waterford and limerick will rise up when its their time to challenge and they will win what they are good enough to win during that time. Limerick are up there now but its not our first coming in my lifetime. We came in the 80s and won 2 munstrs and 2 leagues. We did the same in the 90s. We won 3 u21s in the naughties but didnt push on. Thecpoint is that not everything is a crisis. In Sports teams rise and fall all the time and the game continues and evolves. Tadhg2020 (Limerick) - Posts: 600 - 23/06/2026 18:21:02 2681576 Link 0 |
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The one sided games in hurling seem to only matter based on who lost. Cork have lost by 16, 16 and 18 points across 5 seasons in this championship decade. If that was any other team there would be talk of dropping down to the Joe McDonagh cup to compete. Novice (Limerick) - Posts: 3 - 23/06/2026 21:13:01 2681598 Link 1 |
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They do for sure, Ive watched alot of their minor and u20 games the last 4 years. Stritch is potentially the next great X factor forward. But wont be a like for like replacement for SOD next year. They are lacking giants coming through though, lads 6'3" plus. And they will be losing the big lads they have one by one over the coming years. I dont think they will be uncompetitive with most counties, but Id imagine they will be a little behind Limerick and Cork next year. Tipp have had some excellent minors and u20s the last few years also, and a good number of them. But as you well remember from the early noughties, when Limerick won 3 u21 AIs in a row, that doesn't guarantee any AIs at Senior. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20047 - 23/06/2026 21:45:47 2681605 Link 0 |