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What were the unexpected outcomes of the All-Ireland semi-finals?

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Thomas Niblock 1:20

It is the GAA Social, and we are coming live from Croke Park. Final whistle has just gone about 12 minutes, and I think I'm telling you now, I don't have the first clue where to even begin over this weekend, and not the first clue to start over today. It is just... The more I cover this game... the less I feel I know about it. And I don't know what that means about me or the BBC or any of us, but I am lost for words. It was just unbelievable. Neil, no, help me out here.

Julian Hoenig 1:53

Help a friend. It was chaos, is the truth. And as soon as Claire set up as they did, saying, we're going to go with match-ups all over the field, no matter where they go, all structure was lost from the game and it meant we had this really congested middle which was just attrition in there and like Claire got so so close but you have to just you know give such praise to Limerick because they do not give up they do not give up and nearly the bigger the challenge the better they respond to it and they should be so proud of themselves because that was what a performance that was from Claire as well How are we feeling, Seamus?

Thomas Niblock 2:34

All good. That's a silly question, isn't it? That was a stupid question, wasn't it? How are you feeling? How are you feeling? No, that's good.

Seamus Flanagan 2:43

That's good. Didn't... I suppose, starting off, did not see that game going that way.

Thomas Niblock 2:49

Yeah.

Seamus Flanagan 2:49

And then when we saw that John Conlon was after coming back in, It was the only setup that Clare could have possibly put out that was going to counteract Limerick. If they win zonal, if they set up any other way other than playing a sweeper, it would have been a whitewash. So tactically, Brian Lohan and his manager team nailed it. Absolutely nailed it. But even after half-time, we had spoken at half-time about that purple patch in the third quarter that Limerick are synonymous with. And it was nearly a four-quarter barrage that Limerick had to bring in. Because Clare just stuck in it. Even coming out after half-time, missing the free, a couple of wides on Limerick, you're saying, OK, momentum here now is swinging back to Clare.

Seamus Flanagan 3:27

But just to steal it back six points down with ten minutes to go, and you're saying John Coyley's roaring out to the crowd to lift it in. That affects the players on the pitch as well. You see Gerold, how he spoke about playing it and feeling that as a player. You feel all of that. Good. Yeah, good.

Thomas Niblock 3:43

Good is the word. Good is the word. Good, and good you should be. Jason, well done, fella. First time on live television doing punditry analysis. How did it go for you?

Jason Forde 3:51

Yeah, I really enjoyed it. In fairness, the two guys were walking me through it earlier on.

Thomas Niblock 3:55

Mixed enough reports about you online.

Jason Forde 3:57

Mixed enough reports. Some good, some bad, some of, you know. Don't look at the social media.

Thomas Niblock 4:02

I'm only joking. Well done, fellas. There's something different. Look, Park Tipperary, Park everything last year. Have you enjoyed it? It is something a bit different.

Jason Forde 4:09

Oh, definitely, yeah. Something different. And look what the game we got there today as well. How couldn't you enjoy it, you know? You kind of just found yourself kind of getting into it and looking at different patterns of play developing and stuff. And, no, really enjoyable. Jason Ford, temporary player. Seamus Flanagan, former Limerick player.

Thomas Niblock 4:22

Niamh McManus, former Antrim player. And a general good guy. Lads, these are looking on point. So we're live on iPlayer, but some people are driving on a Monday morning to work and they can't see what you're wearing, but these are looking great. Seamus, give me the look. Don't go there, Tommy. Don't go there again.