National Forum

Galway Hurling thread

(Oldest Posts First) - Go To The Latest Post


Replying To Viking66:  "Barney, console yourself with the thought that Galway are very good at beating themselves ;-)"
We've gotten pretty good at beating wexford the last 20 years as well ;)

Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 139 - 04/06/2026 15:33:10    2677916

Link

Replying To Overdahill:  "We've gotten pretty good at beating wexford the last 20 years as well ;)"
Last 5 years you have won 3, drawn 1 and lost one.
In the Round Robin overall its you have won 4, drawn 2 lost 1.
So you have been better than us in recent years. But in the last 5 years, probably the most relevant stat, Dublin have won 4 and drawn once against us.
So they have the better record than you do.
And if you want to go head to head, its won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2. So exactly even.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19929 - 04/06/2026 16:27:31    2677936

Link

Replying To Viking66:  "Barney, console yourself with the thought that Galway are very good at beating themselves ;-)"
Accentuate the positive! Galway were the last team from the Leinster championship to win an All Ireland and came within a whisker of a draw with Limerick the following year. :)

Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 346 - 04/06/2026 16:29:27    2677937

Link

I know, they're not always right a lot of the time and some outlets have their bias, however listening to the GAA on the build-up to Saturday evening it's almost as if they've written us off.

Yes Dublin are in good form and always have the players to trouble us and of course have already beaten us this season along with the fact of their Kilkenny game this season and the game last year against Limerick being massive results.

However they seem to think that over the past 2 or 3 weeks that Galway could only have stayed the same or gotten worse.

I don't see it myself and probably shouldn't pay too much attention, but are we ever going to be taken serious as a contender?

ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 86 - 04/06/2026 20:55:23    2677984

Link

Replying To Crashingwaves:  "Accentuate the positive! Galway were the last team from the Leinster championship to win an All Ireland and came within a whisker of a draw with Limerick the following year. :)"
Shouldve won in 2018. Be nice to see yourselves or one of the 2 Leinster counties win it now, but its a huge ask.....

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19929 - 04/06/2026 22:48:12    2678010

Link

Replying To ColmFlaherty:  "I know, they're not always right a lot of the time and some outlets have their bias, however listening to the GAA on the build-up to Saturday evening it's almost as if they've written us off.

Yes Dublin are in good form and always have the players to trouble us and of course have already beaten us this season along with the fact of their Kilkenny game this season and the game last year against Limerick being massive results.

However they seem to think that over the past 2 or 3 weeks that Galway could only have stayed the same or gotten worse.

I don't see it myself and probably shouldn't pay too much attention, but are we ever going to be taken serious as a contender?"
That's probably good listening for the Galway hurling fanbase, who tend to bring an overconfident air into most clashes with Dublin, since we entered Leinster in 2009. They've beaten us more than we've beaten them 2009-2026, so we've nothing to be overconfident about really. We also were emphatically beaten in the only Leinster Final to date between the sides, in 2013.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4784 - 05/06/2026 08:46:17    2678036

Link

Replying To Viking66:  "Last 5 years you have won 3, drawn 1 and lost one.
In the Round Robin overall its you have won 4, drawn 2 lost 1.
So you have been better than us in recent years. But in the last 5 years, probably the most relevant stat, Dublin have won 4 and drawn once against us.
So they have the better record than you do.
And if you want to go head to head, its won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2. So exactly even."
I said last 20 years for a reason, I had a feeling one of our resident wexfordians would come back with somethign like this. :D By my calculations the last 20 years its won 10, drawn 2, lost 1. That counts as pretty good at beating Wexford. I never mentioned dublin

Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 139 - 05/06/2026 09:29:16    2678041

Link

Replying To Viking66:  "Last 5 years you have won 3, drawn 1 and lost one.
In the Round Robin overall its you have won 4, drawn 2 lost 1.
So you have been better than us in recent years. But in the last 5 years, probably the most relevant stat, Dublin have won 4 and drawn once against us.
So they have the better record than you do.
And if you want to go head to head, its won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2. So exactly even."
Dublin are very good at beating Wexford

Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 139 - 05/06/2026 09:30:10    2678042

Link

Replying To ColmFlaherty:  "I know, they're not always right a lot of the time and some outlets have their bias, however listening to the GAA on the build-up to Saturday evening it's almost as if they've written us off.

Yes Dublin are in good form and always have the players to trouble us and of course have already beaten us this season along with the fact of their Kilkenny game this season and the game last year against Limerick being massive results.

However they seem to think that over the past 2 or 3 weeks that Galway could only have stayed the same or gotten worse.

I don't see it myself and probably shouldn't pay too much attention, but are we ever going to be taken serious as a contender?"
I think we were taken serious as a contender when we deserved to be. We haven't done anything yet with this team to be called an All ireladn contender.

Most of what I've heard this week has been fair to be honest. Dublin are more consistent and have more of a track record given this is such a young galway team.

I do, however, expect the narrative to be different next week ;)

Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 139 - 05/06/2026 09:35:30    2678043

Link