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Replying To OpenStand:  "It's only really in the public domain for 3 months in terms of sizeable interest attendance wise or PR wise leaving 9 months solid of soccer or rugby which those organisations are delighted with . July & August & early September were two & half months the GAA had a complete free window to capture young minds in particular . Now a lot of matchs are lost with so many matchs each weekend along with the latter stages of rugby & soccer competitions. Leinsters URC final Saturday will really water down attention on weekends Gaelic matchs ."
When do you propose playing club games then?

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16185 - 09/06/2025 11:19:14    2616039

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Replying To Viking66:  "When do you propose playing club games then?"
Have club breaks. Give supporters and players a breather and the bank balance time to recover. I know a Dublin player who said he loves a week away from the bubble back with his club when he can.
If there was a couple of 3 week breaks where club games took over mid-season, it would give the clubs life in the first half of the year. If the AI finals are played in October, what about it.

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1374 - 09/06/2025 13:16:38    2616098

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Replying To Viking66:  "It was a fantastic game to watch, thrills and spills, and huge effort. Great atmosphere too. So what if there were pickups missed and misplaced passes, and resulting turnovers? It all added to the excitement for supporters.
And better again It made the Championship more interesting. I'm sure Tipp, Kilkenny and the rest will be telling themselves that both teams are very beatable if the right attitude is brought on the day. Neither team looked miles ahead in terms of hurling."
rewatched it last night.
After watching Leinster
Night and day
Sure there were a lot of mistakes in the Munster game but the pace and intensity it was played at simply breathtaking
Everything was faster than the Leinster final, where the mistakes that were made were often down to players having too much time.

And I think the light touch refereeing contributed also contributed to that
Like most here, I usually prefer the less fussy ref who let more go than not. But I think Walsh might have gotten the balance wrong and let too much go, especially early on. And it was too late then to reassert control in the second half.
It impacted both sides
I have said this before though, top level hurling today is nigh on impossible to ref, the rules (especially the tackle) are too vague, the game is too fast.

I think Kilkenny could on their day match Cork or Limerick but the current format doesn't help them as they go into an AI semi undercooked. I think Galway are quite a bit behind TBH and probably behind Tipp also

Yadse (Limerick) - Posts: 135 - 09/06/2025 13:23:06    2616101

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Replying To ExiledInWex:  "Have club breaks. Give supporters and players a breather and the bank balance time to recover. I know a Dublin player who said he loves a week away from the bubble back with his club when he can.
If there was a couple of 3 week breaks where club games took over mid-season, it would give the clubs life in the first half of the year. If the AI finals are played in October, what about it."
So club players will have to stay training from the beginning of the year just to get club games here and there? Not sure how that would work. And intercoynty managers definitely wouldn't want their lads going away for 3 weeks at a time.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16185 - 09/06/2025 14:19:51    2616126

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Replying To Viking66:  "So club players will have to stay training from the beginning of the year just to get club games here and there? Not sure how that would work. And intercoynty managers definitely wouldn't want their lads going away for 3 weeks at a time."
Club player should be active from Match to October Vikings with good games through the year not just from July to October in a total rush.
Who cares what inter county manager thinks, who made them the arbiter of everything?

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1374 - 09/06/2025 15:07:07    2616141

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