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Replying To Viking66: "St James beat St Mullins by 10 points in a challenge game recently. A nearly totally different St Mullins team were within a point or few of Doon and Loughmore. Challenge games are only challenge games, lads are trying not to get injured, and managements are giving players a run who likely won't get one in championship." The form stood up there… Redzer99 (Waterford) - Posts: 84 - 16/11/2024 21:19:01 2579903 Link
Slaughtneil were excellent tonight and they'll win the Ulster final. However they need to prove they can take their Ulster form and belief on to an All Ireland stage and so far they haven't. They must bridge that gap. Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9787 - 16/11/2024 21:32:33 2579906 Link
Shaping up to be interesting championship. Only Ballygunner have real pedigree at this level. Leinster games tomorrow be interesting. Going for Thomastown, Martins, Kilcormac and Na Fianna to prevail. With bit in hand maybe. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3187 - 16/11/2024 22:01:00 2579912 Link
Replying To Redzer99: "The form stood up there…" Slaughtneil have been 1 of the best club sides in Ireland the last 5 years. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14008 - 16/11/2024 22:50:42 2579919 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Shaping up to be interesting championship. Only Ballygunner have real pedigree at this level. Leinster games tomorrow be interesting. Going for Thomastown, Martins, Kilcormac and Na Fianna to prevail. With bit in hand maybe." They are the only former winners left in it. Of the rest only KK and Loughrea have even reached the final before. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14008 - 17/11/2024 02:24:25 2579929 Link
Replying To Viking66: "They are the only former winners left in it. Of the rest only KK and Loughrea have even reached the final before." Might have a few Euro on Martins today. Wexford final was good and although Naas are decent and experienced team Martins have advantage of a much tougher county championship and one of best inter county forwards in the game. Surprised at the price to be honest. Saw Naas last year and were nowhere close to Na Fianna. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3187 - 17/11/2024 09:56:26 2579944 Link
A surprisingly dominant win for castletown Goeghan today over Thomastown. The championship is surely wide open now! 35OLT (USA) - Posts: 99 - 17/11/2024 15:10:21 2579978 Link
Ctg will love having a crack off kilcormac and it could be very close..the other semi is very interesting..I'd give martins a great chance..have they got it in Wexford park??iif so could make huge difference..very hard to see ballygunner being beaten in Munster.. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2394 - 17/11/2024 16:39:33 2579994 Link
I honestly think the winners will come from the winner of the Munster v Ulster semi. It's looking like a Ballygunnar v Slaughtneil match up and they both have looked the stand out teams this year. If Slaughtneil can match their performance against Cushendall then it will be tight. The other semi I think Na Fianna will come out of that half, doesn't look anywhere as competitive. exref (Antrim) - Posts: 69 - 17/11/2024 16:59:46 2579999 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Shaping up to be interesting championship. Only Ballygunner have real pedigree at this level. Leinster games tomorrow be interesting. Going for Thomastown, Martins, Kilcormac and Na Fianna to prevail. With bit in hand maybe." Ballygunge's few frees were hard earned.? Their yellow cards were soft.? supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3074 - 17/11/2024 17:32:57 2580003 Link
Replying To katser: "From a Galway point of view I don't give Loughrea much hope of winning the All Ireland apart from Gort and sarsfields (2015) they are probably one of the weakest ambassadors to represent Galway at the All Ireland Club stage in the last 20yrs." Will you ever get a life katser. You would be lickin' the thomas' and portumna arses if they were there today. Support any Galway club that's champions. BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 40 - 17/11/2024 17:40:26 2580004 Link
Loughrea will put it up to any team that comes out of Leinster. They've lost 2 games in the last 4 yrs in the Galway championship (2022 replay Vs thomas' which they were robbed of and last year Vs turloughmore) they won every game they played this year and they have a very balanced team. It's wide open this year BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 40 - 17/11/2024 17:42:51 2580006 Link
Replying To Viking66: "They are the only former winners left in it. Of the rest only KK and Loughrea have even reached the final before." Loughrea reached the final in 2006 BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 40 - 17/11/2024 17:43:15 2580007 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "Ctg will love having a crack off kilcormac and it could be very close..the other semi is very interesting..I'd give martins a great chance..have they got it in Wexford park??iif so could make huge difference..very hard to see ballygunner being beaten in Munster.." Can't see St Martins beating Na Fianna myself. Martins found it hard to shake off a poor effort from Naas today. Na Fianna very unlucky to lose Leinster final to OLG last year in Croker. Past hurler (None) - Posts: 823 - 17/11/2024 18:05:16 2580011 Link
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Loughrea reached the final in 2006" Yes. That's why I said of the rest only KK and Loughrea have even reached a final. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14008 - 17/11/2024 18:27:55 2580012 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Might have a few Euro on Martins today. Wexford final was good and although Naas are decent and experienced team Martins have advantage of a much tougher county championship and one of best inter county forwards in the game. Surprised at the price to be honest. Saw Naas last year and were nowhere close to Na Fianna." Just back from it. A poor game tbh I was expecting more from Naas. Hard to know what way they will go against Na Fianna. I wouldn't write them off though, they have some excellent players. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14008 - 17/11/2024 18:30:40 2580015 Link
Replying To exref: "I honestly think the winners will come from the winner of the Munster v Ulster semi. It's looking like a Ballygunnar v Slaughtneil match up and they both have looked the stand out teams this year. If Slaughtneil can match their performance against Cushendall then it will be tight. The other semi I think Na Fianna will come out of that half, doesn't look anywhere as competitive." Portaferry might have something to say about that. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14008 - 17/11/2024 18:31:05 2580016 Link
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Loughrea will put it up to any team that comes out of Leinster. They've lost 2 games in the last 4 yrs in the Galway championship (2022 replay Vs thomas' which they were robbed of and last year Vs turloughmore) they won every game they played this year and they have a very balanced team. It's wide open this year" It's wide open, although I'd have Ballygunner as favourites. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14008 - 17/11/2024 18:32:00 2580017 Link
Martins covered my weekend:-) Na Fianna eventually impressive. Good that Dublin teams well able for "tradional Laois hurling." Martins be big test. Wide open still. Congratulations Westmeath lads. First ever id say? BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3187 - 17/11/2024 19:14:16 2580028 Link
Hard to see past Ballygunner this year. Fine team, they have been playing together so long their combinations are superb. With a nice stream of young talent coming up keeping it fresh every year They will feel they have not won enough at AI level so no overconfidence With the experience they have it will be very hard for any of the others Yadse (Limerick) - Posts: 59 - 18/11/2024 06:48:56 2580079 Link