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Best of luck to both teams. Hopefully we get a good game. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3142 - 09/06/2024 13:56:02 2550311 Link 0 |
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Congratulations to Limerick.What a team.6 in a row is a massive achievement.Commiserations to Clare but Limerick deserving winners today. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3844 - 09/06/2024 18:09:21 2550379 Link 1 |
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Congratulations to Limerick. The best team I ever saw play the game. Hard luck to Clare. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13862 - 09/06/2024 18:26:45 2550381 Link 0 |
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Great to get the win not playing well. LimerickForLiam24 (Limerick) - Posts: 143 - 09/06/2024 18:28:22 2550384 Link 0 |
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Tough on Clare but Limerick are awesome at grinding through difficult periods. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3142 - 09/06/2024 19:16:59 2550394 Link 0 |
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Great win again today and it's something I thought I'd never see..after 2018 I was happy to have seen 1 all Ireland that I could remember,now we are 2 matches away from all time Gaa hurling history..these are days that will live forever with me..thank you very much all involved.. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2378 - 09/06/2024 19:40:20 2550402 Link 0 |
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No question but the greatest team ever. So many weapons in their arsenal it's unreal. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2866 - 09/06/2024 20:15:18 2550409 Link 1 |
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Congratulations Limerick on your historic achievement. What an unbelievable team and hard luck Clare. You needed McCarthy nailing all the frees and Better ball distribution to the forwards to have any chance. I've no doubt Clare will dust themselves down and go again, bloodandbandage (Cork) - Posts: 349 - 10/06/2024 08:37:20 2550464 Link 0 |
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They are significantly better
LohansRedHelmet (Clare) - Posts: 2679 - 10/06/2024 10:56:03 2550500 Link 0 |
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That one will be argued over for generations. For now Kilkenny have the stats in their favour but hurling was a different game then and the championship structure was significantly different. What Limerick can claim after yesterday is to be the most dominant team in the history of the Munster Championship. Westfester (Limerick) - Posts: 976 - 10/06/2024 11:20:52 2550510 Link 0 |
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It's difficult to compare different eras. The game has probably moved on more in the last decade than in the previous 5 decades combined. My argument was I think Kilkenny faced tougher opposition. Tipp are off the ball altogether, Galway not great, Waterford struggling, Kilkenny poor by their own high standards, Cork disappeared for a few years. Kilkenny had to contend with some brilliant teams and dominated them all. To be fair to Limerick they can only beat what's in front of them, but it's not a great era for hurling in general. I don't think it matters. To meet it looks like Limerick just aren't making any mistakes. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3142 - 10/06/2024 11:56:32 2550531 Link 0 |
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Kilkenny day dreamed into semi finals back in the day. They beat average Waterford and Limerick sides in two of their 4 in a row. That Kilkenny team were class but to do what this Limerick team are doing is truly impressive, especially considering the modern championship format. Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1466 - 10/06/2024 12:49:26 2550543 Link 1 |
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Yes I don't think anyone honestly could disagree with that.
Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2866 - 10/06/2024 20:30:45 2550682 Link 0 |
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Would you have called that an average Waterford team? Aging maybe.... But in any other era they'd have won an all Ireland. Brown, McGrath, brick, mullane, shanahan... Best Waterford team I ever saw. Very harsh to call them average. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3142 - 10/06/2024 22:22:20 2550697 Link 0 |
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That Waterford team were past their best when they reached the All Ireland final in 2008. They should have reached the final earlier and they'd have given a better account of themselves than the hammering against Kilkenny.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2300 - 10/06/2024 23:12:50 2550702 Link 0 |
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Individually that great Kilkenny team had legends that are some of the greatest players I've ever seen. Like Tommy Walsh, JJ Delaney, Henry Shefflin etc. but as a collective Limerick are clear. Their movement, scoring averages, turnover rate, fitness, creativity, skill levels from one to 15 are superior imo.
Fitzy01 (Limerick) - Posts: 411 - 10/06/2024 23:59:07 2550706 Link 0 |
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That Limerick team were backboned by lads who won 3 All Ireland u21 titles in a row in the early noughties. In any other era they would have won Senior AIs. The current Limerick team won 2 u21 AIs in 3 years.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13862 - 11/06/2024 06:23:29 2550713 Link 0 |
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But at senior level, that Limerick team were average, as per their results. I think Offaly knocked out Limerick in 2010. No disrespect to Offaly, a great hurling County, but they were far from contending anything around that time. Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1466 - 11/06/2024 08:28:10 2550723 Link 0 |
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They were beaten by 23 points in the final!
Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1466 - 11/06/2024 08:30:13 2550724 Link 0 |
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This Limerick team are the best ever seen. They have talent in bucketsloads. The power off the bench is frightening. Kilkenny of the 00s a mighty team but this current Limerick team are leaps and bounds ahead…..Tactically outstanding
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