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Replying To Oldtourman:  "Ah Benedict give that a break- look at what Cooney, Kelly and Gardiner, all Galway men, did to other counties and I have not even mentioned Mick Curley yet. The fact is every county have suffered form Refs mistakes and Galway have no special Monopoly of that suffering.I could tell you that my county could make a claim that they 'DONE OUT OF' 11 different Senior All Irelands since 1944 and at least one Munster Senior Football Championship- in both a draw and replay, due to poor refereeing decisions.. However. most of those games were lost by the mistakes of our Managements and Players and it was never entirely a refs fault that we lost any of them."
11 !! Wow

TomWex (Wexford) - Posts: 85 - 27/06/2023 12:44:40    2490015

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Replying To Oldtourman:  "Ah Benedict give that a break- look at what Cooney, Kelly and Gardiner, all Galway men, did to other counties and I have not even mentioned Mick Curley yet. The fact is every county have suffered form Refs mistakes and Galway have no special Monopoly of that suffering.I could tell you that my county could make a claim that they 'DONE OUT OF' 11 different Senior All Irelands since 1944 and at least one Munster Senior Football Championship- in both a draw and replay, due to poor refereeing decisions.. However. most of those games were lost by the mistakes of our Managements and Players and it was never entirely a refs fault that we lost any of them."
Cooney's watch was misset. He didn't 'do' anything or anyone deliberately. I'm not talking about genuine mistakes. We've been down this road before, you and i.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3911 - 27/06/2023 12:57:09    2490029

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Replying To Stool Pigeon:  "It would be a bigger issue if they weren't talking about us. Why worry about it.

The referee had a very good game overall the last day, soft frees or not, and had we lost he would have been a long way down the list of reasons.

Look on the bright side, when we win the All Ireland their crying will be the sweetest music ;)"
Sensible observation SP, but of course that is par for the course with You. every county that is going any way wee will get that kind of stick in this country. when we were down for all those years hardly anybody commented us, except in a disgusting pitying way. I even see Donal Cusack, who is usually free with praise for Limerick, will nevertheless always get some dig in about about S and C and Limerick,- duck him and if he has relatives in the good old US of A , double duck them-almost as if skill had nothing to do with their success. The best way to rise them lads up is to win a few cups..

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4471 - 27/06/2023 13:24:30    2490043

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Replying To Oldtourman:  "Sensible observation SP, but of course that is par for the course with You. every county that is going any way wee will get that kind of stick in this country. when we were down for all those years hardly anybody commented us, except in a disgusting pitying way. I even see Donal Cusack, who is usually free with praise for Limerick, will nevertheless always get some dig in about about S and C and Limerick,- duck him and if he has relatives in the good old US of A , double duck them-almost as if skill had nothing to do with their success. The best way to rise them lads up is to win a few cups.."
Daly is the worst one when it comes to Galway hurlers. Listen to him carefully the next time they play and he is commentating - he is ate with bad-mind when they win any game!

tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 27/06/2023 14:32:07    2490085

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "Cooney's watch was misset. He didn't 'do' anything or anyone deliberately. I'm not talking about genuine mistakes. We've been down this road before, you and i."
I doubt anybody does these things deliberately and I did not say anything of that nature, in relation to those Galway refs, but every county has been the victim of bad refereeing decisions. If you asked long term supporters from most counties they would have a similar story to tell like you and I have.It is a very serious allegation to make against any ref. Maybe it is no wonder so few good hurling people put themselves forward for what is such a thankless task.

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4471 - 27/06/2023 14:33:19    2490086

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Replying To Oldtourman:  "I doubt anybody does these things deliberately and I did not say anything of that nature, in relation to those Galway refs, but every county has been the victim of bad refereeing decisions. If you asked long term supporters from most counties they would have a similar story to tell like you and I have.It is a very serious allegation to make against any ref. Maybe it is no wonder so few good hurling people put themselves forward for what is such a thankless task."
Very serious allegation or not, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck & quacks like a duck.......then it just may be a duck.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3911 - 27/06/2023 14:51:43    2490094

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Replying To Jackson88:  "It does though..hence why he was subbed... Big liability"
He was subbed after 55 or 60 minutes of an intense combat. Henry made no subs (or until very late) in Leinster final and we lambasted him for leaving shattered lads on the park. Now he subs them at the right moment and lads are still not happy. Did GMac make 1 mistake? Change nothing. Have a strong bench to spring for last 15. Thatz what Limerick did last year...bench beat us in last 5 mins. Leave GMac alone.

Coolockweigan (Galway) - Posts: 29 - 27/06/2023 15:05:54    2490105

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Up against a limrik team who Waterford should have beaten, Clare did beat them, they couldn't beat Tipp, and Cork gifted them a 1pt win. Looks like Galway will beat "them".

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2481 - 27/06/2023 16:34:06    2490164

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Replying To SixtiesKid:  "The usual nonsense about Munster Hurling.
same 4 semi finalists as last year.
I didn't rate either Cork or Tipp this year at the beginning and this turned out to be right.
Kilkenny easily beat Cork in the league SF
The analysis on Sunday night from Sheedy in particular was ridiculous.
Imagine Tipp being tired as they did a lot of work in Nov-Dec.
maybe they weren't as good as he thought."
Let's home Limerick are "flat" in 2 weeks time too.. ;) and Galway get no credit again leading into the AI final

TomWex (Wexford) - Posts: 85 - 27/06/2023 17:49:51    2490197

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Replying To katser:  "Up against a limrik team who Waterford should have beaten, Clare did beat them, they couldn't beat Tipp, and Cork gifted them a 1pt win. Looks like Galway will beat "them"."
Up against the best team in the country since 2018! 5 Munsters in a row, 3 AIs in a row and 4 out of the last 5 AIs! It wouldn't harm you to go easy on the hyperbole Kats!

baire (Galway) - Posts: 1849 - 27/06/2023 18:48:27    2490226

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "Cooney's watch was misset. He didn't 'do' anything or anyone deliberately. I'm not talking about genuine mistakes. We've been down this road before, you and i."
I doubt anybody does these things deliberately and I did not say anything of that nature, in relation to those Galway refs, but every county has been the victim of bad refereeing decisions. If you asked long term supporters from most counties they would have a similar story to tell like you and I have.It is a very serious allegation to make against any ref. Maybe it is no wonder so few good hurling people put themselves forward for what is such a thankless task.

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4471 - 27/06/2023 22:09:52    2490259

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "I'd tone down the derision there, CC and GMac owe Galway nothing. Legends both. Do you know something about optimal team selection that Henry Shefflin doesn't know?"
Never said they owed Galway anything, but not living in 2017 either, my comment is based on 2023 and not sentimentality. As for knowing more than Shefflin, never said that either. What I stated was my opinion based on viewing Galway teams over the years, something your holiness is very good at posting here.

BostonGuy (Galway) - Posts: 134 - 28/06/2023 02:40:12    2490296

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Replying To BostonGuy:  "Never said they owed Galway anything, but not living in 2017 either, my comment is based on 2023 and not sentimentality. As for knowing more than Shefflin, never said that either. What I stated was my opinion based on viewing Galway teams over the years, something your holiness is very good at posting here."
No problem BG, we're on the same side.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3911 - 28/06/2023 10:42:19    2490349

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Replying To baire:  "Up against the best team in the country since 2018! 5 Munsters in a row, 3 AIs in a row and 4 out of the last 5 AIs! It wouldn't harm you to go easy on the hyperbole Kats!"
Thanks Baire for a very decent comment. I think ye will take us on Saturday week. If ye do there will be no excuses as ye have been our closest challengers over the past five Seasons and if anyone deserves to replace us at the top it would be fitting that Galway would do so.

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4471 - 28/06/2023 16:29:24    2490474

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Replying To Oldtourman:  "Thanks Baire for a very decent comment. I think ye will take us on Saturday week. If ye do there will be no excuses as ye have been our closest challengers over the past five Seasons and if anyone deserves to replace us at the top it would be fitting that Galway would do so."
For Galway to take Limerick they'd need a complete transformation. If I were to go by what I saw in Croke Park against Dublin and the Cats and last Sunday in the Gaelic Grounds they were no where near the standard required to beat Limerick. The only difference this time is that it's an AISF and they may rise to the occasion but they haven't been able to take their chances, goals or points, and the delivery into the forwards, apart from Cathal Mannion, has been poor. Limerick have had a good break and I imagine they'll come in fresh and raring to go for the 4 in a row.

baire (Galway) - Posts: 1849 - 28/06/2023 16:50:15    2490479

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Replying To katser:  "Up against a limrik team who Waterford should have beaten, Clare did beat them, they couldn't beat Tipp, and Cork gifted them a 1pt win. Looks like Galway will beat "them"."
No excuses then if Galway don't win.

updwell (Limerick) - Posts: 859 - 28/06/2023 17:21:25    2490488

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Replying To Oldtourman:  "Thanks Baire for a very decent comment. I think ye will take us on Saturday week. If ye do there will be no excuses as ye have been our closest challengers over the past five Seasons and if anyone deserves to replace us at the top it would be fitting that Galway would do so."
Now that is music to my ears.....you admitting that ye will lose!

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2481 - 28/06/2023 20:16:09    2490519

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Replying To katser:  "Up against a limrik team who Waterford should have beaten, Clare did beat them, they couldn't beat Tipp, and Cork gifted them a 1pt win. Looks like Galway will beat "them"."
Sure it'll be a doddle so, for Galway. But Limerick has a reliable policy of scoring more than their opponents, a policy which from your previous posts you don't agree with.

Please let us all in on your better policy, where a team does not score more than their opponents but still manages to win. The Kaster-logic bates all our!

foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2119 - 29/06/2023 03:01:49    2490549

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Replying To baire:  "For Galway to take Limerick they'd need a complete transformation. If I were to go by what I saw in Croke Park against Dublin and the Cats and last Sunday in the Gaelic Grounds they were no where near the standard required to beat Limerick. The only difference this time is that it's an AISF and they may rise to the occasion but they haven't been able to take their chances, goals or points, and the delivery into the forwards, apart from Cathal Mannion, has been poor. Limerick have had a good break and I imagine they'll come in fresh and raring to go for the 4 in a row."
I fully endorse that statement as the American presidential candidates would say!

tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 29/06/2023 09:53:48    2490564

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Replying To baire:  "For Galway to take Limerick they'd need a complete transformation. If I were to go by what I saw in Croke Park against Dublin and the Cats and last Sunday in the Gaelic Grounds they were no where near the standard required to beat Limerick. The only difference this time is that it's an AISF and they may rise to the occasion but they haven't been able to take their chances, goals or points, and the delivery into the forwards, apart from Cathal Mannion, has been poor. Limerick have had a good break and I imagine they'll come in fresh and raring to go for the 4 in a row."
A lot of things have to go well for Galway if they're going to upset this Limerick team. We can't have all them wides like we did vs Tipp or play like we did in the 1st half vs Dublin. We played well in the 2nd half vs Dublin and against 2 tough teams in Kilkenny and Tipp. Not perfect at all but they definitely fought hard.

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2282 - 30/06/2023 23:25:43    2490918

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