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Kildare are dangerous as they have some high quality footballers and nothing to lose against Galway, but at the end of the day it's div 1 against relegated div 2 Galway should be winning by 5-6 in the end.
Hernon at 3 and Daly at 6 looks a strong well balanced spine with mchugh and Kelly in their strongest positions (Imo) as wing backs

Jonnytest (Galway) - Posts: 25 - 23/05/2026 12:57:20    2674756

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Replying To PressureKick:  "An 8 point handicap means a Kildare win, or a Galway win by 7 or less is equally as likely as "Galway by at least 8"

Not just you, but that phrase seems to have become commonplace in gaa circles but it's an incorrect one

The amount of time given over by the bookies to pricing such things is also miniscule to the extreme. It's very far down the priority order"
Understand your point but i think thats what people mean when they say bookies "think" a team will win by x amount. I guess if you want to be technically correct you need to pull back by 1 point and make a statement , like, in this case, that the bookies/punters market believe it is more likely than not that Galway will win by 7 or more. Personally i think it will be a lot closer and not a foregone conclusion by any means.

anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 1076 - 23/05/2026 13:02:12    2674758

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Replying To anotheralias:  "Understand your point but i think thats what people mean when they say bookies "think" a team will win by x amount. I guess if you want to be technically correct you need to pull back by 1 point and make a statement , like, in this case, that the bookies/punters market believe it is more likely than not that Galway will win by 7 or more. Personally i think it will be a lot closer and not a foregone conclusion by any means."
Yes that is technically correct.

Handicap is now 7 I see and the odds on scoring Galway 28 Kildare 21. I also expect the game to be a lot closer than that as Galway do tend to make things more difficult for themselves more often than not.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 855 - 23/05/2026 13:57:25    2674761

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Replying To Triffic:  "Now that John Heslin has returned for Westmeath, will viewership figures there be bigger for their matches or for Ear To The Ground??!!"
Id say in Weatmeath the viewing figures will be very tight with people divided between their love for nature and their respect for a man. Havent got your opinion on Galway.Why is that.

jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1958 - 23/05/2026 16:13:09    2674772

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Galway didn't make it hard for themselves matter of fact all too easy. FT Galway 3-21 Kildare 0-17.

Kildares goose was cooked when they were behind at half time with playing with the wind. One win away from reaching the last 8 now where you want to be.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 855 - 23/05/2026 21:10:30    2674874

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Looks like the Barry mchugh chat will die down for a week or so now

Jonnytest (Galway) - Posts: 25 - 23/05/2026 22:02:25    2674891

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Replying To Jonnytest:  "Looks like the Barry mchugh chat will die down for a week or so now"
Or love island nonsense.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 855 - 23/05/2026 22:22:05    2674895

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Replying To Jonnytest:  "Looks like the Barry mchugh chat will die down for a week or so now"
Until the next time we're struggling to land long range frees. Watching Steven Sherlock put on a kicking display from frees and from play, while not exactly racking up the miles or high speed sprints on the GPS, makes me think there's alway room for a forward like that if he's such a good kicker. Sherlock doesn't look like a top athlete like the rest of the Cork team, but he's their best kicker of a ball by a distance.
The lads did what was needed this evening, but I have to say Kildare were awful. They brought very little intensity and it was a like a training match at times. Compared to what went on in Killarney and even in Cork earlier, it was played at a much more leisurely pace. We had a lot of sloppy turnovers until little pressure. You'll get punished badly for those against a better team.
Whoever we get next will be at a much higher level. Great to see Comer looking very sharp when he came in. Finnerty outstanding. Plenty room for improvement and we'll hopefully continue to see it.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2819 - 23/05/2026 22:51:18    2674904

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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "Galway didn't make it hard for themselves matter of fact all too easy. FT Galway 3-21 Kildare 0-17.

Kildares goose was cooked when they were behind at half time with playing with the wind. One win away from reaching the last 8 now where you want to be."
Turns out 8 wasn't enough, after all the bellyaching about odds and handicaps before the game.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4729 - 24/05/2026 08:21:46    2674944

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Got the job done convincingly which is all you can ask for. Thought it was notable that we were trying to kick ball into our inside forwards a lot more than any previous game this year, mixed up the hard running attacks with some nice passages of kicking.

3 week break now until the next day out, plenty of time to recover and gameplan for whoever we draw.

LárBáire (Galway) - Posts: 83 - 24/05/2026 08:52:18    2674949

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Replying To anotheralias:  "Understand your point but i think thats what people mean when they say bookies "think" a team will win by x amount. I guess if you want to be technically correct you need to pull back by 1 point and make a statement , like, in this case, that the bookies/punters market believe it is more likely than not that Galway will win by 7 or more. Personally i think it will be a lot closer and not a foregone conclusion by any means."
It doesn't mean more likely than not, the aim with a handicap is to present two equally likely options on either side. The flip side of the statement would be to say "the bookies expect Kildare to keep it within 7 at most". That statement is also incorrect but it's essentially the same theme as "Galway expected by at least 8"

Again, not directed at you personally, lots of people are using the phrase but it's just incorrect

PressureKick (UK) - Posts: 371 - 24/05/2026 09:12:33    2674952

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