League Final: KK V Tipp

[Rebelred]

A good chance to see where Tipp are with 4 weeks to go to the big one. Live ar TG4, Offaly V Wexford at 2pm.

[norvackxx]

It doesn't appear to be online on TG4 though. What's the story with that like? Anyone know of any dodgy websites that it's being shown on?

[eire_sai]

Never figured id be so happy to see Tipp get a goal. Delighted!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

[Lapsy Pa]

Tipp 2-1 kk 0-2

Tipp are tearing into them

[KolaKubes]

Tipp showing us how to deal with KK here.

Fighting fire with fire, ripping into their backs, hitting sliotar, hurley and man with anything and everything. KK suddenly hitting wides.

Personally I think we'd have been all a lot better off just refereeing the game properly but the "real men" that like to see a bit of "physicality" in the game prefer this shit.

Fella getting ticked here for pulling across a guy off Fogarty off the ball now.:rolleyes:

[Action Man]

Tipp showing us how to deal with KK here.

Fighting fire with fire, ripping into their backs, hitting sliotar, hurley and man with anything and everything. KK suddenly hitting wides.

Personally I think we'd have been all a lot better off just refereeing the game properly but the "real men" that like to see a bit of "physicality" in the game prefer this shit.

Fella getting ticked here for pulling across a guy off Fogarty off the ball now.:rolleyes:

Just saw the pull with the hurley. Fucking scumbag should have been sent off.

[Mick Lyons]

The Cats are rattled.

[eire_sai]

Tipp showing us how to deal with KK here.

Fighting fire with fire, ripping into their backs, hitting sliotar, hurley and man with anything and everything. KK suddenly hitting wides.

Personally I think we'd have been all a lot better off just refereeing the game properly but the "real men" that like to see a bit of "physicality" in the game prefer this shit.

Fella getting ticked here for pulling across a guy off Fogarty off the ball now.:rolleyes:

Exactley, you dont fight fair when your opponent is a scumbag.

[Mick Lyons]

How is Eddie Brennan still on the field?

[eire_sai]

How is Eddie Brennan still on the field?

I dont know how he got away with that one. Great save from Cummins.

[CORKBHOY]

Just got the last 5 mins of the 1st half. Seems a cracker. Some save by Cummins at the end.

[Rebelred]

Tipp giving it everything and running Kilkenny all over the field.
Filthy shoulder into the head there in the closing stages, should have been a yellow at least

[Mick Lyons]

It doesn't matter what rules system we have.
If the ref can't see that a shoulder/elbow straight into the face is a yellow card offence AT LEAST what hope is there.

[Rebelred]

It doesn't matter what rules system we have.
If the ref can't see that a shoulder/elbow straight into the face is a yellow card offence AT LEAST what hope is there.
blatant like, Kilkenny are rattled and it's showing.
Tipp 7/4 on Paddy power!!!

[KolaKubes]

Exactley, you dont fight fair when your opponent is a scumbag.

The shame is that they're fine hurlers and would win All-Irelands without this sub-Loughnane shite.

I just think it's amazing that they've gotten away with this thing of playing the man before the ball lands with four years now.

It's so obvious and refs do nothing about it.

I was just laughing there to myself that the last game of hurling I played, I took in Cork AUL standards, tore around the place hitting everything that moved with the shoulder and (rightly probably) was being blown up for it. With the way they ref it at a higher level though, I was half way to being an IC forward! LOL.

Tipp's first goal, the KK defender was shouldered after he'd been chopped and lost the ball - just in case he recovered presumably.

Eddie Brennan's shoulder to your man's face there as well like.

Shefflin smacking your man in the face with the hurley and pulling the jersey at the same time.

C'mon the bar stool warriors. Explain to me how this shit is a worthy aspect of the game of hurling.

[Mick Lyons]

Callinan is a serious player.
Tipp are winding the Cats up big-time.
Could boil over.

[Mick Lyons]

Cody losing the head now!

[CORKBHOY]

KK will sneak it. . .

[Mick Lyons]

The ref is a joke.
KK getting away with murder.

[CORKBHOY]

That's a sham. Tommy Walsh threw the hurley at your man, should of got a yellow for that. Dirty fuckers.

[donkeyford]

That's a sham. Tommy Walsh threw the hurley at your man, should of got a yellow for that. Dirty fuckers.



thats actually a red card offence..

[wayne gayle]

That's a sham. Tommy Walsh threw the hurley at your man, should of got a yellow for that. Dirty fuckers.

Remember they did that in the AI final in 2003 as well. See Cody screaming abuse at the linesman when he wouldn't let him put on a sub? Nice guy my arse.

[Mick Lyons]

Tipp need to get the next score I think..

[CORKBHOY]

It's anyones now with 2 mins injurytime...

[eire_sai]

Lar Corbett bottled it. For fuck sake.

[Mick Lyons]

I hope they don't lose because Callinan missed that free.
He played very well.

[Mick Lyons]

Oh fuck!
Pressure now.

[eire_sai]

I hope they don't lose because Callinan missed that free.
He played very well.

Actually your right. It was Callinan.

[Youghal Exile]

Those dirty cats are beatable.The 4 in a row is not a formality.

[Youghal Exile]

Kilkenny really are a shower of dirty tramps.

[Poison]

I am angry watching this game.I hope to christ Tipp win this.If i read one more column or hear one more person descibe these Killkenny louts as the greatest team in the history of the sport i will fucking hit them.I have never seen a player throw a hurley at another player during play like that.They are the most cynical fouling team i have ever seen in this sport.Sickening.Abso lutely fecking sickening..

[Mick Lyons]

Tipp and to a lesser extent Dublin have shown the way against KK.
The starting point has to be to work like dogs and get stuck into them physically.
And not in a Davy Fitz/Waterford type of way.
Tipp were hitting lads with shoulders as they were coming out of defence.
That's what you have to do.
Don't give them time to pick out passes.

[Rebelred]

its great stuff though, cant take your eye off it

[Mick Lyons]

I think KK will win but several of their players should be sitting on the line.

[Youghal Exile]

Brian Cody is not a nice guy and his team are a bunch of thugs.

[Rebelred]

Tipp and to a lesser extent Dublin have shown the way against KK.
The starting point has to be to work like dogs and get stuck into them physically.
And not in a Davy Fitz/Waterford type of way.
Tipp were hitting lads with shoulders as they were coming out of defence.
That's what you have to do.
Don't give them time to pick out passes.

correct, you have to beat them at their own game. KK starting to pick off a few points in space now, if Tipp tire any bit they'll be in trouble. They have 5 subs again, shouldn't be afraid to use them

[Rebelred]

Kavanagh gone... Walsh off the line, close

[vanderburke]

I am angry watching this game.I hope to christ Tipp win this.If i read one more column or hear one more person descibe these Killkenny louts as the greatest team in the history of the sport i will fucking hit them.I have never seen a player throw a hurley at another player during play like that.They are the most cynical fouling team i have ever seen in this sport.Sickening.Abso lutely fecking sickening..

All the better for us though Poison...referees will be watching out more for their antics in the summer

If they come through this the media will be saying that they can adapt to any challange etc etc..let them believe their own hype and than 'do a munster'!!

[eire_sai]

Yes, delighted for them. Tipp needed that as several of their player have cramp.

[Peanuts]

Getting interesting now. What happens if it is a draw after extra time?

[eire_sai]

Replay next week id say. Not sure.

[jojo1804]

Real heart and determination vs. brute ignorant force.

The wrong team won today. Looking forward to Semple at the end of the month...

[smugcat]

Ha Ha Ha

A bunch of bitter fuckers on here

Enjoy it lads. You are waching the best team you will ever see in any sports discipline in your life so just enjoy it!

:D

[Lapsy Pa]

From a Cork point of view I think we are a long way from replicating tipps' performance.

If that was Cork playing kk today they wouldn't be able to match that physicality or intensity. Pa Cronin is At least 6 inches taller and probably about 2 stone heavier than tommy walsh yet he's afraid of his life of him.

At least we know how difficult the road ahead of us is, as if we didn't know already.

[eire_sai]

Tipp had everything today except they lacked a little fitness as extra time went
on. KK are all hype and were so dirty that ive no idea how they finished with 15
on the pitch.

[jojo1804]

Smug....So rattled you reactivated your posting account after 8 months just to pretend you're not rattled.

Wow.

[smugcat]

Smug....So rattled you reactivated your posting account after 8 months just to pretend you're not rattled.

Wow.

Nah, Just coming back into the serious business again.

Had a look on here to see how much actual facepalm there would be.

Quite a lot as it transpired

[stevetharlear]

Nah, Just coming back into the serious business again.

Had a look on here to see how much actual facepalm there would be.

Quite a lot as it transpired
Were you at the game at all lad?

Hurlers on the keyboard wha?

[KolaKubes]

Ha Ha Ha

A bunch of bitter fuckers on here

Enjoy it lads. You are waching the best team you will ever see in any sports discipline in your life so just enjoy it!

:D

It's going to be a summer of attrition for you boys. Sheedy has shown the way and the refs are getting wise to ye.


Incidentally, I thought Tipp showed that booting the ball was a good way to get 30 yards of a clearance when you have two ginger, inbred mongs hanging off your neck.

Fair play to Cody, he responded well. KK were missing tackles left right and centre in the first half and Leinster's physicality at the rucks was sensational second half. Special credit to Kavanagh for that second effort at putting O'Brien's eye out with the back of the hurley. Shefflin showed all the class you'd expect of one of Ireland's greatest living sportsmen with two fine slaps across players' heads nowhere near the ball. Nice one.


Oh, and Richie Hogan was fantastic.

See, ye can actually hurl magnificently, why don't ye play the game and quit turning hurling into Ulster football?

From a Cork point of view I think we are a long way from replicating tipps' performance.

If that was Cork playing kk today they wouldn't be able to match that physicality or intensity. Pa Cronin is At least 6 inches taller and probably about 2 stone heavier than tommy walsh yet he's afraid of his life of him.

At least we know how difficult the road ahead of us is, as if we didn't know already.

Here's where it's time to draw a line under the players vs CB argument in one respect.

While KK are one extreme, Cork may be the other.

For me, there's a lot of Cork IC hurlers over-protected and indulged at club level and it does no good when it comes to the IC. I remember when Carrig robbed Ballymartle two years ago. Niall Mc went about for a 10 minute spell where he should have had about two red cards. Got Carrig back into it like. Name protected him. Noone gives a fuck about Niall Mc at IC level. He tried similar shit up in Ennis and saw the line.

In Cronin's case, same as any other young up and coming star in Cork, rather than being asked to step up and deal with some tough markers, they're under zero pressure and soon as they are, ref blows for a free straight away. His touch is poor. He's not used to the pace.

I watched Blackrock minors last year (cousin was playing for them) sure, twas too pedestrian and polite altogether. Fellas standing around loose ball afraid of hitting someone. Unreal like. Can't imagine that's how it is up in KK. At least when we went up there for a few challenge matches (Shamrocks?), we got a drop. Within five minutes, they were tearing strips off us, nothing friendly about it at all!

[Poison]

Nah, Just coming back into the serious business again.

Had a look on here to see how much actual facepalm there would be.

Quite a lot as it transpired



Better duck in case you throw a hurley at us..

Oh i forgot you only do that on the field of play..

[jojo1804]

Nah, Just coming back into the serious business again.

Had a look on here to see how much actual facepalm there would be.

Quite a lot as it transpired

Wow, a fair weather WUM.

I can't decide if the concept is better or worse that a fair weather fan.

:roll:

[Youghal Exile]

Did anyone see eddie brennan shouldering someone in the face.

[Youghal Exile]

We now know tipp are ready for the championship.

[eire_sai]

Did anyone see eddie brennan shouldering someone in the face.

I'll never understand how he wasnt sent off for that.

[Rebelred]

Did anyone see eddie brennan shouldering someone in the face.

everyone did Youghal-Y, everyone did.

What I noticed yesterday is that when the Tipp lads were going in with the shoulders, the immediate KK reaction was to stick the butt of the hurley into the face. Walsh, Kavanagh, Brennan, they were all at it. They don't need to resort to that shit, they have enough strength and skill to take almost everything thrown at them.

[Youghal Exile]

It goes to show that if you take the fight to kilkenny you will always have a chance.The cats were rattled good.

[smugcat]

Were you at the game at all lad?

Hurlers on the keyboard wha?


Nah, Didnt bother going. I'll wait for the big games to part with my cash

[frankeechops]

Nah, Didnt bother going. I'll wait for the big games to part with my cash

WUMtastic my good man. Must try harder.