Anyone who thought we might get past an exhilarating game like Sunday's All

Anyone who thought we might get past an exhilarating game like Sunday’s All Ireland senior hurling final without controversy was sadly mistaken.

Fans are deeply divided – and certainly angry – about whether or not Kerry should have been awarded a penalty in the opening few minutes of Sunday’s All Ireland senior football semi final. Apart from that incident, opinion is united that it was a remarkably poor game to watch.

Fans are deeply divided – and certainly angry – about whether or not Kerry should have been awarded a penalty in the opening few minutes of Sunday’s All Ireland senior football semi final.

Fans in other counties may be angry about one thing or another, but this week

Fans in other counties may be angry about one thing or another, but this week in Cork everyone seems to be deliriously happy following their senior footballers’ defeat of All Ireland champions Tyrone.

Inevitably, after a one-sided hammering like Sunday’s All Ireland senior hurling semi final, fans of the defeated county feel a range of emotions. Anger is undoubtedly one of them. Shell shock is another. That’s the way Limerick fans have reacted, with harsh comments directed at their Bainisteoir, Just-In McCarthy, their county board and even their hapless players.

Inevitably, after a one-sided hammering like Sunday's All Ireland senior hurling

Hurling fans are concerned about the state of the re-laid Croke Park pitch. They're not angry yet, but they will be, if a slip in front of goal at a vital time decides the outcome of next Sunday's big game between Waterford and Kilkenny.

Hurling fans are concerned about the state of the re-laid Croke Park pitch.

There’s a veritable tsunami of criticism of the standard of umpiring during both senior hurling quarter finals at Semple Stadium at the weekend. The fans’ wrath is palpable and – to be honest – understandable

There’s a veritable tsunami of criticism of the standard of umpiring during both senior hurling quarter finals at Semple Stadium at the weekend.

Saturday night’s events in Semple Stadium have left Cork hurling fans not so much angry – though they are a bit of that – as fretful and worried about the future and they are trotting out various remedies to get back on the winning trail.

The List of Shame of poorly managed venues, currently headed by Páirc Uí Chaoimh, has been joined by not one, but two Cusack Parks – the one in Ennis and the other one in Mullingar – plus Wexford Park.  Once again, fans are angry about badly organised stewarding, crazy starting times and ticketing arrangements.   What a way to honour Cusack’s name in the 125th year of the Association he helped to found?

There are two recurring targets for fans’ anger, week in, week out – ‘The Sunday Game’ and the conditions at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. There is praise for the quality of RTÉ’s preview of the Munster hurling final but disappointment at its scheduling. Things are reported to have improved at the Stadium of Lee, but there’s still a long way to go.

There are two recurring targets for fans’ anger, week in, week out – ‘The Sunday Game’ and the conditions at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

More and more angry fans are complaining about television coverage of big games. This could also be down to more fans staying away from the games and preferring to watch them in the – cost-free – comfort of their own homes or their local pub. Anyway, this week again, there’s praise and criticism in equal measure again for RTÉ and TV3.

More and more angry fans are complaining about television coverage of big games.

Despite some great hurling games at the weekend, many fans are still in a touchy mood – even with their own counties!

Despite some great hurling games at the weekend, many fans are still in a touchy mood – even with their own counties!

Maybe it was the soaking to the skin so many of them got on Sunday in Semple Stadium, followed by the awful hurling inflicted on that hallowed sod, or maybe it’s because of yet another dreary Leinster football tie – this time, between Wicklow and Westmeath - or Donegal’s unexpected collapse against Ulster whipping boys Antrim... but, boy, the fans are really angry with everyone this week.

Maybe it was the soaking to the skin so many of them got on Sunday in Semple Stadium, followed by the awful hurling inflicted on that hallowed sod, or maybe it’s because of yet another dreary Leinster football tie – this time, between Wicklow and Westmeath - or Donegal’s unexpected collapse against Ulster whipping boys Antrim... but, boy, the fans are really angry with everyone this week.

In the wake of Sunday’s All-Ireland final, the fans have mixed feelings.

Angry fans pick up on some unusual aspects of Sunday’s Munster final. Like the train that “missed” Thurles station and the way the Munster Council are “skirting” – or should that be “kilting” – the issue of the choice of band at the game.

Another good, if maybe not the greatest, game of Munster hurling between Limerick and Tipp underlines that this could yet be ‘The Year of the Hurley’ in the GAA calendar.

Fuming at the referee? Out of the championship? Who’ll win the All-Irelands? It’s your shout every Tuesday.

A thrilling Meath v Dubs ‘derby’ before a sell-out attendance in Croke Park really ignited the Bank of Ireland football championship and Graham Geraghty was in the thick of it – in more ways than one.