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Bejasus the Kinvara lads are getting very emotional.......its just my opinion that's all, I could be wrong!
They should be two good games with not much in it.
TAD and Eyrecourt to win.

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2480 - 14/10/2024 17:48:14    2574901

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Replying To katser:  "Bejasus the Kinvara lads are getting very emotional.......its just my opinion that's all, I could be wrong!
They should be two good games with not much in it.
TAD and Eyrecourt to win."
Katser I thought you were a Gort man?

Galway456 (Galway) - Posts: 111 - 14/10/2024 19:39:33    2574933

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Replying To katser:  "Bejasus the Kinvara lads are getting very emotional.......its just my opinion that's all, I could be wrong!
They should be two good games with not much in it.
TAD and Eyrecourt to win."
You will be eating your words :) Kinvara by 6+ and Carnmore could sneak it

GalwayJoe123 (Galway) - Posts: 7 - 14/10/2024 22:02:37    2574956

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Replying To katser:  "Just on another note...Castlegar the only Club with 5 Adult teams Senior, Junior A,B,E and F and they still can't win anything with all those hurlers."
Its not quantity its quality, many teams relied on a few families Connollys in Cashel, Burkes in ST, Cooneys in Sars, Cannings in Port. They tended to be big families also I think cashel had 5 Connollys on the team when they won AI, God knows how many Cooneys, Cannings and Burkes there are. Families are smaller these days and once the family generations drop they tend to go into the abyss. The up and coming teams are more balanced like Loughrea, Bridge and possibly Turlough. Once this great ST team is at an end I think the future will be around city and town teams add Athenry, Oranmore to the mix, possibly Mellows and Cashel also as they are prime to have transfers into the club, players do not want to travel huge distances to train 2-3 times a week and play on weekends, I think there will be merging of country clubs to compete which may not be a bad thing either.

BostonGuy (Galway) - Posts: 133 - 14/10/2024 23:36:07    2574962

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My predictions for this weekend

Saturday:

Kinvara - Meelic-Eyrecourt > Kinvara by 2
Carnmore - TAD - TAD by 4

Sunday:

Cappy - St Thomas' > St Thomas' by 3
Clarinbridge - Loughrea > Clarinbridge by 1

Kinvara (Galway) - Posts: 181 - 16/10/2024 10:56:06    2575228

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Replying To Kinvara:  "My predictions for this weekend

Saturday:

Kinvara - Meelic-Eyrecourt > Kinvara by 2
Carnmore - TAD - TAD by 4

Sunday:

Cappy - St Thomas' > St Thomas' by 3
Clarinbridge - Loughrea > Clarinbridge by 1"
Loughrea by 1 (maybe after extra time)
St Thomas by 4

Kinvara by 7
TAD by 5

PaddyBarry (Galway) - Posts: 8 - 16/10/2024 11:37:23    2575251

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Replying To Kinvara:  "My predictions for this weekend

Saturday:

Kinvara - Meelic-Eyrecourt > Kinvara by 2
Carnmore - TAD - TAD by 4

Sunday:

Cappy - St Thomas' > St Thomas' by 3
Clarinbridge - Loughrea > Clarinbridge by 1"
Saturday:

Kinvara - Meelick……………..Kinvara by 1
Carnmore - TAD……………….TAD by 2

Sunday:

Cappy - St Thomas'…………..St Thomas' by 1
Clarinbridge - Loughrea……Loughrea by 1

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2268 - 18/10/2024 00:26:11    2575556

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Replying To PaddyBarry:  "Loughrea by 1 (maybe after extra time)
St Thomas by 4

Kinvara by 7
TAD by 5"
Kinvara by 7? M/E bet kinvara 1-28 - 2.08 last year? I was at it kinvara were embarrassing, im expecting a massive kinvara performance even for them to sneak it but for them to win by 7 is stuipd

Galway456 (Galway) - Posts: 111 - 18/10/2024 02:39:56    2575559

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Replying To Galway456:  "Kinvara by 7? M/E bet kinvara 1-28 - 2.08 last year? I was at it kinvara were embarrassing, im expecting a massive kinvara performance even for them to sneak it but for them to win by 7 is stuipd"
Very different this year, Kinvara are flying it. I am not the only one that thinks it, Greg Lally tipped Kinvara by 6 yesterday on the maroon and white podcast. I think the other games will be tight do, should be a great weekend of hurling.

PaddyBarry (Galway) - Posts: 8 - 18/10/2024 09:21:46    2575575

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With a storm promised for Sunday and people advised not to travel.....are the hurling board going to play the Co Senior Hurling Semi Finals!
As I said before 4 weeks lost due to playing unnecessary Preliminary QF would catch ya!

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2480 - 18/10/2024 09:48:35    2575583

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Replying To Trump2020:  "Saturday:

Kinvara - Meelick……………..Kinvara by 1
Carnmore - TAD……………….TAD by 2

Sunday:

Cappy - St Thomas'…………..St Thomas' by 1
Clarinbridge - Loughrea……Loughrea by 1"
TAD and Eyrecourt to win Intermediate Semi Finals

But the Senior Semi Finals "IF" they go ahead (storm expected for Sunday) are very difficult to call....possible two draws!

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2480 - 18/10/2024 11:11:06    2575609

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Replying To katser:  "With a storm promised for Sunday and people advised not to travel.....are the hurling board going to play the Co Senior Hurling Semi Finals!
As I said before 4 weeks lost due to playing unnecessary Preliminary QF would catch ya!"
No connacht hurling so plenty of time for hurling to finish off.

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 369 - 18/10/2024 11:27:47    2575615

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Replying To katser:  "TAD and Eyrecourt to win Intermediate Semi Finals

But the Senior Semi Finals "IF" they go ahead (storm expected for Sunday) are very difficult to call....possible two draws!"
The bookies must have taken note of your heroic track record of tipping, as they've installed Kinvara as 8/13 favourites with M/E the outsiders at 6/4. I'm surprised by that tbh but there's a reason you don't see these folks on bicycles I suppose.

Mind you that could be on the basis that the blue and white togs are routinely filled at this stage no matter who they come up against

Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 905 - 18/10/2024 18:09:34    2575717

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Replying To katser:  "TAD and Eyrecourt to win Intermediate Semi Finals

But the Senior Semi Finals "IF" they go ahead (storm expected for Sunday) are very difficult to call....possible two draws!"
You will either win comfortably or you will lose, is how I would see it.

Hard to look past TAD to win it outright either way

Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 905 - 18/10/2024 18:11:01    2575718

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Congratulations to Kinvara. Great win in a hard fought match.

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2268 - 19/10/2024 14:40:03    2575818

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Replying To Stool Pigeon:  "You will either win comfortably or you will lose, is how I would see it.

Hard to look past TAD to win it outright either way"
TAD pushed to the pin of their collar by Carnmore.Carnmore lack bit of experience but they are improving year on year.

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 369 - 19/10/2024 16:36:21    2575833

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Congratulations Kinvara, Eyrecourt can have no quams.
The Final between TAD and Kinvara should be another good game.

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2480 - 19/10/2024 17:57:47    2575842

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Replying To katser:  "Congratulations Kinvara, Eyrecourt can have no quams.
The Final between TAD and Kinvara should be another good game."
The Kinvara youth proved their worth, whelan and young martyn had great games, M/E backs were useless only for downey and the 2 flemings eyrecourt had nothing, you know mattie kenny was shitting it when he brought on paraic shiels in the last 10 mins they were all over the place but deserved their win in the end

Galway456 (Galway) - Posts: 111 - 19/10/2024 18:17:00    2575848

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Replying To katser:  "Congratulations Kinvara, Eyrecourt can have no quams.
The Final between TAD and Kinvara should be another good game."
Thank you Katser, M/E contributed hugely to an excellent game and as they say, lost nothing in defeat bar the match itself.

Semi finals are for winning though, I suppose. When the game was there to be won coming down the stretch the better team grabbed the nettle. Same as in the other SF, TAD will deservedly be warm favourites in the final but we will make them earn it all the same

Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 905 - 19/10/2024 18:50:16    2575853

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So realistically the Intermediate Championship is a 4 horse race, whoever wins the Final between TAD and Kinvara will be replaced by Beagh next year.
Next year Meelick-Eyrecourt, Carnmore, Beagh and loser between TAD and Kinvara.

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2480 - 19/10/2024 20:04:45    2575867

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