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Replying To Stool Pigeon: "The weight, or otherwise, of the sliothar hasn't altered much. The ball wasn't pucked far past 70m back in the day because the balls were different but mainly due to the physical profile of players. If you put a player from the '90's into a team playing today, using the same training/diet regimen as back then, he wouldn't last too long, he'd be physically worn down before too long. I'd suggest a better solution would be to make the ball (slightly) bigger, rather than heavier - making it heavier would potentially make it dangerous for goalkeepers. A slightly bigger ball would be more at the mercy of the wind, and certainly in the initial stages there would probably be an amount of dropped catches leading to more 'tussles for the ball' But after a while the players would adapt of course, in reality the typical modern player has few peers in the game's history. The game itself in terms of skill has never been better, though you couldn't necessarily say the same on the entertainment front. Ground hurling is gone, never to return, retaining possession is king. You can rest assured that people lamenting the loss of ground hurling from the game don't want to see their defenders aimlessly pulling on a ball and hitting it straight to an opponent, anywhere from 80 yards out now and that's almost a guaranteed score conceded." Or we could just leave things alone imo, people are using better Hurley's do we change them as well, I'm sure the boots are better and lighter, the pitches are better, their kit is better where do you stop.. Players are fitter, stronger and train and dedicate themselves much more than in the past. Being an inter county hurler dictates how you train, how you condition yourself, how you eat how, you rest etc. it's players dedication to improvement is the main driver that players can now score points from such distance. If you want to stop teams scoring the game is to setup your defence accordingly, not look for changes to the equipment. I think sometimes all the lamenting of the past leads to taking for granted just how much dedication players have put in to get their skills and athleticism to such a high level now. Fitzy01 (Limerick) - Posts: 412 - 12/03/2023 08:21:46 2463458 Link
Heading to Ennis today. I'm looking forward to the game. Galway need to win this to get some momentum going and no better place to go for a battle. I still think some of the forwards are not upto the heat of championship hurling. When they're needed on the big day they disappear. I have to laugh again at some of the posts(the 7 sisters lol). Galway have plenty of camogie players they need hurlers to man up on the big day. Some of your 7 sisters(lol)need to put in a performance on the big day. Please don't start mentioning a 1 point loss here and a ref decision there. Galway have been beaten too many times on the big day. They couldn't win All Irelands when they were straight through to a semi final every year and play Antrim every 3rd year(no disrespect to Antrim). I'm sure they'll win another All Ireland sometime, maybe even this year but just not good enough to compete on the big stage on a regular basis. I'm still looking forward to the game today. Gallimh abu Armchairreporter (Galway) - Posts: 81 - 12/03/2023 08:49:14 2463461 Link
Replying To Armchairreporter: "Heading to Ennis today. I'm looking forward to the game. Galway need to win this to get some momentum going and no better place to go for a battle. I still think some of the forwards are not upto the heat of championship hurling. When they're needed on the big day they disappear. I have to laugh again at some of the posts(the 7 sisters lol). Galway have plenty of camogie players they need hurlers to man up on the big day. Some of your 7 sisters(lol)need to put in a performance on the big day. Please don't start mentioning a 1 point loss here and a ref decision there. Galway have been beaten too many times on the big day. They couldn't win All Irelands when they were straight through to a semi final every year and play Antrim every 3rd year(no disrespect to Antrim). I'm sure they'll win another All Ireland sometime, maybe even this year but just not good enough to compete on the big stage on a regular basis. I'm still looking forward to the game today. Gallimh abu" Funny, I was watching wat/Tipp last night and thought to myself some of the points you've said there. Esp about not showing up. A defeat in the stadium April 22nd and we're on the backburner straight away. Hopefully not similar to the 2019 campaign!! CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 499 - 12/03/2023 12:00:45 2463475 Link
Replying To Armchairreporter: "Heading to Ennis today. I'm looking forward to the game. Galway need to win this to get some momentum going and no better place to go for a battle. I still think some of the forwards are not upto the heat of championship hurling. When they're needed on the big day they disappear. I have to laugh again at some of the posts(the 7 sisters lol). Galway have plenty of camogie players they need hurlers to man up on the big day. Some of your 7 sisters(lol)need to put in a performance on the big day. Please don't start mentioning a 1 point loss here and a ref decision there. Galway have been beaten too many times on the big day. They couldn't win All Irelands when they were straight through to a semi final every year and play Antrim every 3rd year(no disrespect to Antrim). I'm sure they'll win another All Ireland sometime, maybe even this year but just not good enough to compete on the big stage on a regular basis. I'm still looking forward to the game today. Gallimh abu" I don't think anyone can deny Galways horrible record in All Ireland SENIOR Hurling Finals but they do great at all other levels. It's frustrating that the obvious young hurling talent in the county doesn't translate into more SENIOR Titles. Sigh. Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2281 - 12/03/2023 13:19:10 2463488 Link
9 minutes and the game looks over. I'm glad I didn't go(clash with the rugby).. I don't even think I can watch anymore of this. We're beyond hopeless. Shefflin has brought absolutely nothing so far, we were rather fortunate Cork didn't trim us last year. I can't remember a team ever missing as many scores in a half, they left about 15 easy point behind in the first half. A gallant semi final loss is nothing to be proud of. Gilberto_Eire (Galway) - Posts: 78 - 12/03/2023 13:57:47 2463502 Link
Replying To Gilberto_Eire: "9 minutes and the game looks over. I'm glad I didn't go(clash with the rugby).. I don't even think I can watch anymore of this. We're beyond hopeless. Shefflin has brought absolutely nothing so far, we were rather fortunate Cork didn't trim us last year. I can't remember a team ever missing as many scores in a half, they left about 15 easy point behind in the first half. A gallant semi final loss is nothing to be proud of." They finally woke up and only trail 9-8 right now. They came out flat and put no pressure on Clare at all so Clare dominated until Galway woke up. Nice lively match now. Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2281 - 12/03/2023 14:12:44 2463510 Link
Replying To Gilberto_Eire: "9 minutes and the game looks over. I'm glad I didn't go(clash with the rugby).. I don't even think I can watch anymore of this. We're beyond hopeless. Shefflin has brought absolutely nothing so far, we were rather fortunate Cork didn't trim us last year. I can't remember a team ever missing as many scores in a half, they left about 15 easy point behind in the first half. A gallant semi final loss is nothing to be proud of." Judging a performance after 9 minutes? Shefflin has Galway playing a lovely brand of cross cross hurling, and working like dogs today. Similar to his own Ballyhale. I'd say stick to the rugby, your knowledge of hurling is poor. Past hurler (None) - Posts: 842 - 12/03/2023 15:05:09 2463524 Link
Nice win in Ennis especially after such a flat start. Westmeath up next. Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2281 - 12/03/2023 15:21:32 2463526 Link
Replying To Past hurler: "Judging a performance after 9 minutes? Shefflin has Galway playing a lovely brand of cross cross hurling, and working like dogs today. Similar to his own Ballyhale. I'd say stick to the rugby, your knowledge of hurling is poor." I love how people like you come along after the fact to give your opinion on something. It's very easy to do that. The first 15mins was terrible and it wasn't a one off. Shefflin doesn't have us playing a lovely brand of hurling, we're playing hurling from twenty years ago.. win your own ball and playing off the cuff. I'd stick to some other sport if I was you if that's your opinion as you're clueless. Gilberto_Eire (Galway) - Posts: 78 - 12/03/2023 15:23:06 2463527 Link
Good result for Galway today, poor start but once we settled the win always looked Galways! Great spread of individual scores, C Cooney, Monaghan, Niland and Daithi Burke very good. Not happy with our Corner Backs......Grelish and Brennan look out of their depth!!!! katser (Galway) - Posts: 2481 - 12/03/2023 15:28:44 2463529 Link
Brian Concannon is really struggling at the minute, for a guy who established himself as the second best forward he's not really performing so far. Fair play to Conor Cooney, he's been good so far this year. He should have been dropped last year as he never gave one good performance but in fairness he's performing at present. Kevin Cooney is coming along nicely in his second season. Gilberto_Eire (Galway) - Posts: 78 - 12/03/2023 15:31:42 2463530 Link
Replying To Gilberto_Eire: "Brian Concannon is really struggling at the minute, for a guy who established himself as the second best forward he's not really performing so far. Fair play to Conor Cooney, he's been good so far this year. He should have been dropped last year as he never gave one good performance but in fairness he's performing at present. Kevin Cooney is coming along nicely in his second season." Maybe Concannon is better off coming off the bench rather than starting. Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2281 - 12/03/2023 16:08:41 2463535 Link
Replying To Gilberto_Eire: "I love how people like you come along after the fact to give your opinion on something. It's very easy to do that. The first 15mins was terrible and it wasn't a one off. Shefflin doesn't have us playing a lovely brand of hurling, we're playing hurling from twenty years ago.. win your own ball and playing off the cuff. I'd stick to some other sport if I was you if that's your opinion as you're clueless." I can come on here anytime I want sunshine and post my opinion especially in response to a hurler on the ditch like yourself. Cutting the team down after 9 minutes is the easiest thing in the world to do, but you wouldn't have the brains to wait and see how the pattern of the game turns out. So it's not your fault really. Past hurler (None) - Posts: 842 - 12/03/2023 16:56:13 2463543 Link
Replying To katser: "Good result for Galway today, poor start but once we settled the win always looked Galways! Great spread of individual scores, C Cooney, Monaghan, Niland and Daithi Burke very good. Not happy with our Corner Backs......Grelish and Brennan look out of their depth!!!!" Kevin Cooney too. Took some very good scores, especially when the game was in the melting pot. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2223 - 12/03/2023 17:15:58 2463546 Link
Typical Wexford leading for 70mins then choked ( it was pivotal for us that they beat Cork) unless they can do us a favour next week and bate limrik our League hopes are doomed and gone for 2023!! katser (Galway) - Posts: 2481 - 12/03/2023 17:51:44 2463560 Link
Replying To Gilberto_Eire: "9 minutes and the game looks over. I'm glad I didn't go(clash with the rugby).. I don't even think I can watch anymore of this. We're beyond hopeless. Shefflin has brought absolutely nothing so far, we were rather fortunate Cork didn't trim us last year. I can't remember a team ever missing as many scores in a half, they left about 15 easy point behind in the first half. A gallant semi final loss is nothing to be proud of." You didn't call it, after 9mins. Take til HT next time, and there'll be less chance of making an embarrassingly inaccurate projection of events. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3911 - 12/03/2023 18:24:11 2463567 Link
Replying To katser: "Good result for Galway today, poor start but once we settled the win always looked Galways! Great spread of individual scores, C Cooney, Monaghan, Niland and Daithi Burke very good. Not happy with our Corner Backs......Grelish and Brennan look out of their depth!!!!" Darren Morrissey is the answer............. I'm sure you'll be chomping at the bit to see the Sarsfields man brought back in...... In all fairness after a very rocky start Grealish and especially Brennan had solid games. SamandLiamSoon (Galway) - Posts: 622 - 12/03/2023 18:54:29 2463576 Link
Replying To katser: "Typical Wexford leading for 70mins then choked ( it was pivotal for us that they beat Cork) unless they can do us a favour next week and bate limrik our League hopes are doomed and gone for 2023!!" What a load of rubbish, obviously didn't watch the Cork Wexford match to post this crap goreyll (Wexford) - Posts: 124 - 12/03/2023 19:03:52 2463581 Link
Replying To SamandLiamSoon: "Darren Morrissey is the answer............. I'm sure you'll be chomping at the bit to see the Sarsfields man brought back in...... In all fairness after a very rocky start Grealish and especially Brennan had solid games." In all fairness..... was thinking maybe F Burke and Killeen! Solid games........anytime the ball went into the Corners both of them were 2nd best. The period from first 15mins and last 10mins when Clare scored approximately 14pts was when Clare worked the ball into the corner....Reidy got 5pts. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2481 - 12/03/2023 19:24:06 2463586 Link
Very impressive performance from Gaillimh today. Plenty of guts and fighting spirt and great skill. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2585 - 12/03/2023 19:28:46 2463587 Link