Stop digging bronxy
Stop digging bronxyHow dare you point out the obvious! You are a terrible human being.
Flahive did well today made some big plays
Great to see the young boys step up COC CC TW
powter will add a lot more speed when he’s playing the full matchI
By comparison with most counties (especially the top ones), there was very little cynical tactical stop-the-run-at-source fouling throughout the field by Kildare - quite amazing considering it was with a ref who had been so slow to apply the rules to it in last year's Cork-Kerry match and the AI final. There wasn't too much of it from Cork either. Lots of contest yesterday. Any ball in the direction of Daniel Flynn was terrifying. Cork's pace-with-intent on the breakout was equally as thrilling for Cork supporters as it was terrifying for Kildare supporters. Speed, fast ball, great deeds, big mistakes - it had it all.Did we create a record yesterday by winning the game and all scores from play.
Very true and valid points PL.By comparison with most counties (especially the top ones), there was very little cynical tactical stop-the-run-at-source fouling throughout the field by Kildare - quite amazing considering it was with a ref who had been so slow to apply the rules to it in last year's Cork-Kerry match and the AI final. There wasn't too much of it from Cork either. Lots of contest yesterday. Any ball in the direction of Daniel Flynn was terrifying. Cork's pace-with-intent on the breakout was equally as thrilling for Cork supporters as it was terrifying for Kildare supporters. Speed, fast ball, great deeds, big mistakes - it had it all.
One can certainly argue the point that these are two teams in the lower half of division 2, but in general: what a game we'd have in this sport if the only change made was that the punishments for those kinds of cynical fouls were adequate and applied to deter them in most matches.
Strict consistent enforcement of the rules of the game is what is required. If that initially involves a lot of involvement of refs in the game then so be it. It'd spoil some games for awhile, but if the refs and authorities hold their nerve in spite of the inevitable backlash then managers and players would adjust and then the involvement of the refs would be back down to what it had been (or lower hopefully).I’d like to see as little involvement of referees in the game as possible though.
Although the football thread, I agree with you. Shinty is becoming more attractive by comparison. To remain true to the game of hurling, I personally believe the steps with ball-in-hand needs to be radically reduced in hurling (e.g. to say 2 steps rather than 4). This would mean that the balance of benefit in terms of taking a swing on the incoming ball rather than gathering possession would change so that players would swing more and gather less. As a result hurleys (which have become almost paddles) would get longer and narrower again (to optimize for non possession rather than possession). Faster game, more contests.In general the contested ball is gone from the game of hurling and it has become a possession game and a lot of it is a glorified free taking exhibition.
If out the next day would like to see a full back line of 2. Walsh 3. flahive 4. Meehan/shanley and half back line of 7. Matty 6. Dan o mahony and 5. fahy/cashman. Think it has a better balance compared to maguire at CB. Hope it’s not a bad injury all the same, will be an important player this year like lastAny word on Rory Maguire’s injury? The amount of hamstring injuries this team has suffered is nothing short of ridiculous. Surely has to be an S&C issue at this stage?
