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Replying To rea#1487:  "Have a guess. They have the most players from a single in the squad"
Hon the 'bridge

TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 337 - 03/06/2026 14:39:57    2677628

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Replying To conordee:  "We have played 13 times in Croke Park since the 2017 win. We have won just one of those matches. So our form there is not good and we will need to improve a lot on our last 4 round robin games. Dublin have beaten us and Kilkenny during that time. Saturday really is a massive test and I'm not confident."
How many draws? How many lost to Limerick? How many lost to KK? How many other losses?

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4782 - 03/06/2026 15:03:31    2677642

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Replying To conordee:  "We have played 13 times in Croke Park since the 2017 win. We have won just one of those matches. So our form there is not good and we will need to improve a lot on our last 4 round robin games. Dublin have beaten us and Kilkenny during that time. Saturday really is a massive test and I'm not confident."
How many draws? How many lost to Limerick? How many lost to KK? How many other losses? The win was a covid one v Wexford?

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4782 - 03/06/2026 15:06:15    2677643

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Replying To rea#1487:  "Have a guess. They have the most players from a single in the squad"
What a load of nonsense. Who are the undeserving players from Clarinbridge? People complain when TJ Brennan is nowhere to be seen, I suppose they forgot the Clarinbridge bias with that decision

A load of bluster without naming the specific players you don't think should be getting any game time, of which there are 3 realistically

Kinvara (Galway) - Posts: 216 - 03/06/2026 15:30:36    2677651

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Replying To PoolSturgeon:  "Well I'll be attending too but in a different frame of mind, with a strong hope of us winning. Granted if we play like we did in the first half against Kildare and Wexford we have no chance, but Im confident that wont happen again. I cannot agree with you about our full forward line. Whelan , Rabbitte, Aaron Niland. On paper it's the strongest line we have. Cannot agree either regarding physicality...we are every bit as strong as them and that wont be the winning or losing of it imo. Galway by 3 points."
Oh wow what's that......there was me thinking 100% you would travel to support Galway but back Dublin in the bookies!!

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2855 - 03/06/2026 15:30:45    2677652

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2025 Leinster Final Kilkenny Lost 1-20 to 3-22
2023 Leinster Final Kilkenny Lost 2-26 to 4-21
2023 All-Ireland Semi-Final Limerick Lost 1-18 to 2-24
2023 Leinster Round Robin Dublin Drew 1-25 to 2-22
2022 Leinster Final Kilkenny Lost 0-17 to 0-22
2022 All-Ireland Semi-Final Limerick Lost 1-21 to 0-27
2020 Leinster Final Kilkenny Lost 2-20 to 0-24
2020 All-Ireland Semi-Final Limerick Lost 0-24 to 0-27
2018 All-Ireland Final Limerick Lost 2-18 to 3-16
2018 All IreladndSemi Final Clare Drew 2018 Leinster Final Kilkenny Drew 0-18 to 1-15

Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 136 - 03/06/2026 15:31:41    2677653

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "Will Galway tog next Saturday Katser?

You never took me up on the offer of a bottle of stout out of my winnings in Gills."
Dublin have two hopes of winning......Bob Hope and No hope.
It's a great Leinster Final for Galway.....my only concern is that no Galway player gets injured by Dublin because We will need everyone fit for the All Ireland Semi Final that's the big game for us.

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2855 - 03/06/2026 15:37:08    2677660

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Replying To Overdahill:  "My main concern for this weekend, becasue it is a long term one, is that since 2017, we have tended to play worse when we got to croke park. 2018 we bet Clare and KK outside of Croke Park after drawing, then never showed up in the final. Fell flat in the 2020 2022 and 2025 leinster finals. 2023 AI semi final bet out the gate. 23 against Dublin we were brutal as well. Only decent performances in croker since 2017 are probably 2023 leinster final and 2022 All ireland semi final?

Maybe the 2020 semi final but not really counting Covid times as it wasn't a proper croker atmosphere.

We might be guilty in Galway sometimes of thinking croke Park might bring more out of some of our lads but it hasn't been true in a long time"
On the other hand, it's hardly a Croke Park issue that Owens reffed the 2018 Clare draw, or a Thurles one, that Clare missed a sitter goal off a post, and fired a number of very late long range wides, to let us off the hook with a 1pt scrape win.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4782 - 03/06/2026 15:46:14    2677662

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Replying To katser:  "Dublin have two hopes of winning......Bob Hope and No hope.
It's a great Leinster Final for Galway.....my only concern is that no Galway player gets injured by Dublin because We will need everyone fit for the All Ireland Semi Final that's the big game for us."
Good man. Be no chance of your boys getting injured if they stand off tackles the way they did in Salthill :-)

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4379 - 03/06/2026 15:49:10    2677665

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Replying To Overdahill:  "2025 Leinster Final Kilkenny Lost 1-20 to 3-22
2023 Leinster Final Kilkenny Lost 2-26 to 4-21
2023 All-Ireland Semi-Final Limerick Lost 1-18 to 2-24
2023 Leinster Round Robin Dublin Drew 1-25 to 2-22
2022 Leinster Final Kilkenny Lost 0-17 to 0-22
2022 All-Ireland Semi-Final Limerick Lost 1-21 to 0-27
2020 Leinster Final Kilkenny Lost 2-20 to 0-24
2020 All-Ireland Semi-Final Limerick Lost 0-24 to 0-27
2018 All-Ireland Final Limerick Lost 2-18 to 3-16
2018 All IreladndSemi Final Clare Drew 2018 Leinster Final Kilkenny Drew 0-18 to 1-15"
Most of those games were very close though. Nearly all of them.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19923 - 03/06/2026 15:57:08    2677676

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Replying To conordee:  "We have played 13 times in Croke Park since the 2017 win. We have won just one of those matches. So our form there is not good and we will need to improve a lot on our last 4 round robin games. Dublin have beaten us and Kilkenny during that time. Saturday really is a massive test and I'm not confident."
8 of those losses to Limerick 4 and KK 4. Respectable opposition, to put it mildly in Limerick's case. The remaining 5 outings composed of 3 draws, 1 win over Wexford, and the covid loss to Dublin in 2021 in Shane O'Neills second season.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4782 - 03/06/2026 16:29:45    2677691

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Replying To rea#1487:  "kinda sounds like ya are!!
A lot more than the Loughrea lads didn't do themselves justice but they are young guys and will bounce back

FOr what its worth I dont think there is a bias against Loughrea lads in the senior team. Its the bias towards a certain club i would have issues with.
They have been afforded opportunities way beyond other hurlers in the sqaud"
I wasn't.

It was a response to a post last week claiming Loughrea were basically being discriminated against or something, I cba to check.

None of the Loughrea players were particularly good last Sunday but they weren't lacking for company on that front either

Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 1020 - 03/06/2026 17:40:53    2677721

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Replying To Kinvara:  "Lot of doom and gloom for Galway supporters in this thread.

Must remember that Galway were level with Dublin heading for the finish a couple of weeks ago, despite playing very badly and having 6 times the number of wides.

I would expect Galway to win on Saturday by 5 points. Should be a good game!"
Agreed, you'd think we'd have the final with the way how Kilkenny played going by the thread.

ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 84 - 03/06/2026 18:46:40    2677731

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Game on Saturday could go either way. Not sure what to expect. Forecast looks terrible. Walsh Cup weather.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4379 - 04/06/2026 10:52:29    2677797

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "Game on Saturday could go either way. Not sure what to expect. Forecast looks terrible. Walsh Cup weather."
It will only go one way and I know what to expect......a comfortable Galway win.
The only thing that will beat Galway is themselves.
I would ideally like to see Galway play more fast direct hurling rather than this tipy tapy through the lines tactics.

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2855 - 04/06/2026 11:09:44    2677802

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Replying To katser:  "It will only go one way and I know what to expect......a comfortable Galway win.
The only thing that will beat Galway is themselves.
I would ideally like to see Galway play more fast direct hurling rather than this tipy tapy through the lines tactics."
You try to be nice ... :-)

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4379 - 04/06/2026 12:44:16    2677847

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "You try to be nice ... :-)"
I'm just thinking of the bigger picture..... Galway v Cork and Clare v Limerick All Ireland Semi Finals.
Two absolute Croke Park sell outs and two humdingers of games!

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2855 - 04/06/2026 13:31:29    2677865

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "You try to be nice ... :-)"
If only we could all live in optimistic bliss like Kaiser. He seems to have the ability to wipe all previous failings from his mind instantly. The Jim Gavin mantra of forgetting the last mistake and focusing on the next ball.
It'd be a nice trait to have as a Galway supporter.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2860 - 04/06/2026 13:40:10    2677871

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "You try to be nice ... :-)"
Barney, console yourself with the thought that Galway are very good at beating themselves ;-)

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19923 - 04/06/2026 13:43:29    2677876

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "If only we could all live in optimistic bliss like Kaiser. He seems to have the ability to wipe all previous failings from his mind instantly. The Jim Gavin mantra of forgetting the last mistake and focusing on the next ball.
It'd be a nice trait to have as a Galway supporter."
There will be 40,000 people there with more nueroses than a Woody Allen movie :-)

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4379 - 04/06/2026 15:02:39    2677905

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