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Replying To TanCanRan:  "The neutral won't give a damn. It's a made up competition to pacify a old-timers."
I know for a fact Clubs don't care what neutrals think, it's all about keeping the youth playing hurling and not drifting off to other sports

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2193 - 11/10/2022 16:54:02    2443606

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Replying To TanCanRan:  "Haha. Will ya stop."
In the words of the Great Damien Howe "No Way are We accepting this"!!!

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2193 - 11/10/2022 16:56:09    2443608

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Replying To CillTormoir:  "assuming 2 games saturday & 2 sunday with both being streamed?"
The excitement is unbelievable for Sundays Intermediate Final........nothing but Blue and White and Black and Amber flags all around the East!!

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2193 - 11/10/2022 16:58:24    2443609

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Replying To katser:  "Preliminary Quarter Finals
Portumna v Craughwell.............................Portumna
Cappataggle v Moycullen..........................Cappy
Clarinbridge v Ardrahan............................'Bridge
Turloughmore v Oranmore-Maree...........Turlough"
Portumna v Craughwell……………..Craughwell
Cappataggle v Moycullen..............Cappy
Clarenbridge v Ardrahan...............Bridge
Turlough v Oranmore-Maree..…..Turlough

***Should be some great matches. The County Champs could come out of this bunch though I still favor St Thomas's.

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 11/10/2022 17:22:40    2443610

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Replying To katser:  "The excitement is unbelievable for Sundays Intermediate Final........nothing but Blue and White and Black and Amber flags all around the East!!"
what club are you affiliated to Katser

CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 485 - 11/10/2022 17:23:30    2443611

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Replying To tiobraid:  "Preliminary Quarter Finals
Portumna v Craughwell.............................Craughwell
Cappataggle v Moycullen..........................Cappataggle
Clarinbridge v Ardrahan............................Clarinbridge
Turloughmore v Oranmore-Maree...........Oranmore-Maree to cause a shock

should be two good days of hurling"
I agreed with all your picks except the Turloughmore match. Portumna have made a fool of me all year. They win every time I pick against them! I agree 2 good days of hurling ahead! (Do you like any hurling club in Tipp to go far?)

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 11/10/2022 17:26:28    2443612

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Replying To CillTormoir:  "what club are you affiliated to Katser"
Gort!

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2193 - 11/10/2022 18:06:26    2443619

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Replying To katser:  "I know for a fact Clubs don't care what neutrals think, it's all about keeping the youth playing hurling and not drifting off to other sports"
They're drifting away anyway, you're nuts if you think hurling is going to stop a young fella from living his life these days.

TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 180 - 11/10/2022 21:27:41    2443653

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Replying To Trump2020:  "Portumna v Craughwell……………..Craughwell
Cappataggle v Moycullen..............Cappy
Clarenbridge v Ardrahan...............Bridge
Turlough v Oranmore-Maree..…..Turlough

***Should be some great matches. The County Champs could come out of this bunch though I still favor St Thomas's."
Im still saying Loughrea as my dark horses! St Thomas's as my safe bet, Loughrea to maybe catch them on a wet day ;)

CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 485 - 12/10/2022 09:14:00    2443666

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Replying To Trump2020:  "I agreed with all your picks except the Turloughmore match. Portumna have made a fool of me all year. They win every time I pick against them! I agree 2 good days of hurling ahead! (Do you like any hurling club in Tipp to go far?)"
Will try get to some of these games if I can. Double headrer in Kenny Park is always a good day out. There's something about the way the pitch is below the stand/terrace.
No, I think the level has dropped this year in Tipp after a couple of really good championships. Kilruane is a massive surprise in the final especially after losing Craig Morgan to an ACL a couple of months ago. Kildanagan havent performed well this year which is a testament to how far they have come as a club to reach the final again - they'll be warm favourites. The winners play Ballngunner anyway which I really cant see either coming anyway close to them.

tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 12/10/2022 09:18:17    2443669

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Replying To CillTormoir:  "Im still saying Loughrea as my dark horses! St Thomas's as my safe bet, Loughrea to maybe catch them on a wet day ;)"
Who are you backing to win the Intermediate Final Meelick-Eyrecourt v Killimor?

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2193 - 12/10/2022 11:08:38    2443702

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Replying To Trump2020:  "Portumna v Craughwell……………..Craughwell
Cappataggle v Moycullen..............Cappy
Clarenbridge v Ardrahan...............Bridge
Turlough v Oranmore-Maree..…..Turlough

***Should be some great matches. The County Champs could come out of this bunch though I still favor St Thomas's."
I never believed in Preliminary Quarter Finals, real Championship starts at the Quarter Finals....so I'll wait till this weekends mickey mouse games are over and the Quarter Finals draw is Made!
Expecting Cappy,Turlough, 'Bridge, Loughrea and Thomas' to make for cracking Quarter Finals!

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2193 - 12/10/2022 11:17:07    2443708

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Replying To katser:  "I never believed in Preliminary Quarter Finals, real Championship starts at the Quarter Finals....so I'll wait till this weekends mickey mouse games are over and the Quarter Finals draw is Made!
Expecting Cappy,Turlough, 'Bridge, Loughrea and Thomas' to make for cracking Quarter Finals!"
Mickey mouse? Makes no sense, knockout is knockout,getting knocked out in the preliminary is just the same result as getting knocked out in the quarters...just ask Turloughmore about last year.

Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin (Wexford) - Posts: 258 - 12/10/2022 12:15:02    2443721

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Replying To katser:  "I never believed in Preliminary Quarter Finals, real Championship starts at the Quarter Finals....so I'll wait till this weekends mickey mouse games are over and the Quarter Finals draw is Made!
Expecting Cappy,Turlough, 'Bridge, Loughrea and Thomas' to make for cracking Quarter Finals!"
And Sarsfields too. I'm sure you unintentionally neglected to list them. ;)
They were impressive in a very competitive group and have a batch of very promising U20s coming through as well.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2037 - 12/10/2022 12:31:55    2443724

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Replying To Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin:  "Mickey mouse? Makes no sense, knockout is knockout,getting knocked out in the preliminary is just the same result as getting knocked out in the quarters...just ask Turloughmore about last year."
Thank god next year We don't have to worry about mickey mouse Preliminary Quarters or play offs in order to get down to the Quarter Finals. Remember back in the day We were always told....sneek out of the Group, get a handy Quarter Finals and your only one big match away from getting to the Co Final!!

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2193 - 12/10/2022 12:58:42    2443729

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "And Sarsfields too. I'm sure you unintentionally neglected to list them. ;)
They were impressive in a very competitive group and have a batch of very promising U20s coming through as well."
Ha yeah right! Hmmmm so my predictions for the Quarter Finals are 5 East Galway, 2 South Galway and 1 North Galway Clubs. Galway City/West represents Oranmore-Maree and Moycullen have it all to do, but Moycullen playing Cappataggle in Pearce Stadium gives Moycullen an advantage!!

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2193 - 12/10/2022 13:10:31    2443733

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Replying To katser:  "Ha yeah right! Hmmmm so my predictions for the Quarter Finals are 5 East Galway, 2 South Galway and 1 North Galway Clubs. Galway City/West represents Oranmore-Maree and Moycullen have it all to do, but Moycullen playing Cappataggle in Pearce Stadium gives Moycullen an advantage!!"
You could do with a geography lesson...
craughwell - south
cappy - East
bridge - south
turlock - North
sars - south
town - south
toms - south
tommy larkins - south
that leaves 5 out of 8 inside the geographical Hurling circle between Gort Loughrea and Athenry. Cappy just about outside it. Larkins and Turlock representing the county bounds. Yet again there will be no visit from Tom Callanan this winter in East Galway.

clare_sparrow (Galway) - Posts: 425 - 12/10/2022 16:44:52    2443770

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Replying To clare_sparrow:  "You could do with a geography lesson...
craughwell - south
cappy - East
bridge - south
turlock - North
sars - south
town - south
toms - south
tommy larkins - south
that leaves 5 out of 8 inside the geographical Hurling circle between Gort Loughrea and Athenry. Cappy just about outside it. Larkins and Turlock representing the county bounds. Yet again there will be no visit from Tom Callanan this winter in East Galway."
Portumna.............East
Cappy....................East
Bridge....................South
Turlough................North
sars.........................East
Loughrea................East
Thomas'..................South
Larkins.....................East

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2193 - 12/10/2022 17:37:32    2443777

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Replying To clare_sparrow:  "You could do with a geography lesson...
craughwell - south
cappy - East
bridge - south
turlock - North
sars - south
town - south
toms - south
tommy larkins - south
that leaves 5 out of 8 inside the geographical Hurling circle between Gort Loughrea and Athenry. Cappy just about outside it. Larkins and Turlock representing the county bounds. Yet again there will be no visit from Tom Callanan this winter in East Galway."
All Ireland Club Titles
East Galway 7
North Galway 3
South Galway 2
Galway City/West 1

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2193 - 12/10/2022 17:41:57    2443778

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Clarinbridge and Turloughmore will sail through this round. Moycullen will probably be competitive against Cappy for a while but you would expect the talent that Cappataggle have to get them through in the end. The only Senior B team that i can see with a chance is Portumna. Craughwell are very limited scoring wise, relying heavily on Tom Monaghan from frees. I'd fancy the Portumna forward line with McLoughlin, Fogarty and O'Meara to do some damage against them.

galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 672 - 13/10/2022 09:35:19    2443800

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