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Replying To Eire89: "The Gort game is huge for them and they will fancy chances if they can get the players mentioned above back but tyey would not fear a castlegar or in a relegation battle if they lose to Gort. The gap is massive between the top side Thoams`s Loughrea Clareinbridge & Turlough but as a poster said its time for Turlough & The Bridge to get over the line they "have been up & coming" and tipped many a time over the last decade. I do think Clareinbridge look priomed to deliver but again would question their battling qualities in a tight semi or final against a Loughrea or Thomas`s." Castlegar are safe because they beat ardrahan..
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Latest outright odds:
Loughrea 9/4
St Thomas' 11/4
Clarinbridge 4/1
Turloughmore 4/1
Oranmore 15/2
Not sure who in the name of god would be backing Oranmore at that price. The top four are miles clear and I'd be pretty sure Oranmore aren't even the next best team. Also wouldn't have St Thomas' ahead of Bridge or Turlough. Wouldn't fancy Thomas' against either of those teams without Fintan Burke and Cian Mahoney.
galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 978 - 27/08/2025 12:23:36
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Replying To galway19: "Latest outright odds:
Loughrea 9/4
St Thomas' 11/4
Clarinbridge 4/1
Turloughmore 4/1
Oranmore 15/2
Not sure who in the name of god would be backing Oranmore at that price. The top four are miles clear and I'd be pretty sure Oranmore aren't even the next best team. Also wouldn't have St Thomas' ahead of Bridge or Turlough. Wouldn't fancy Thomas' against either of those teams without Fintan Burke and Cian Mahoney." The bit that you're not weighing in perhaps is the difference between teams that get it done, and teams that don't get it done.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4383 - 27/08/2025 13:48:25
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Replying To Pope_Benedict: "The bit that you're not weighing in perhaps is the difference between teams that get it done, and teams that don't get it done." Well said. Until Bridge and Tourlough do it on a regular basis they will be an afterthought compared to St Thomas's.
SouthGalway (Galway) - Posts: 5 - 27/08/2025 14:36:53
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Replying To Pope_Benedict: "The bit that you're not weighing in perhaps is the difference between teams that get it done, and teams that don't get it done." Thomas' won't get it done this year without Fintan, for all their undoubted experience and never say die attitude. I don't really get this whole thing of Clarinbridge bottling it or "not getting it done". In Clarinbridge's case, the main reason I see for them winning it this year is having Aaron Niland, Sean Murphy and Darragh Counihan in their starting team and the emergence of Josh Ryan coming off a year with the county panel. Niland didn't really play at all last year and it's pretty much a completely new setup for them this year in terms of how the team lines out. These young lads have only been hurling senior for one year so they can't really be tarred with saying they just don't get it done.
You could have said Loughrea were doing nothing at Senior for the last 15 years but now after winning one title beating Capptaggle (doesn't read that well now with this year's Cappy form), and now all of a sudden people are saying Loughrea are in the St Thomas' bracket for being trusted in a knockout game? They were in danger in that second half of the quarter final last year of losing to Castlegar for god's sake!
galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 978 - 27/08/2025 14:43:34
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Replying To galway19: "Latest outright odds:
Loughrea 9/4
St Thomas' 11/4
Clarinbridge 4/1
Turloughmore 4/1
Oranmore 15/2
Not sure who in the name of god would be backing Oranmore at that price. The top four are miles clear and I'd be pretty sure Oranmore aren't even the next best team. Also wouldn't have St Thomas' ahead of Bridge or Turlough. Wouldn't fancy Thomas' against either of those teams without Fintan Burke and Cian Mahoney." Put ur house on the bridge
Armchairreporter (Galway) - Posts: 125 - 27/08/2025 16:45:37
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Replying To galway19: "Thomas' won't get it done this year without Fintan, for all their undoubted experience and never say die attitude. I don't really get this whole thing of Clarinbridge bottling it or "not getting it done". In Clarinbridge's case, the main reason I see for them winning it this year is having Aaron Niland, Sean Murphy and Darragh Counihan in their starting team and the emergence of Josh Ryan coming off a year with the county panel. Niland didn't really play at all last year and it's pretty much a completely new setup for them this year in terms of how the team lines out. These young lads have only been hurling senior for one year so they can't really be tarred with saying they just don't get it done.
You could have said Loughrea were doing nothing at Senior for the last 15 years but now after winning one title beating Capptaggle (doesn't read that well now with this year's Cappy form), and now all of a sudden people are saying Loughrea are in the St Thomas' bracket for being trusted in a knockout game? They were in danger in that second half of the quarter final last year of losing to Castlegar for god's sake!" If you've conviction about value in the odds, hit the bookies and fill your boots. A smarter move than whinging about the odds, i would have thought.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4383 - 27/08/2025 19:23:13
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Replying To Armchairreporter: "Put ur house on the bridge" lol. I'll put your house not mine! : )
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Replying To Pope_Benedict: "If you've conviction about value in the odds, hit the bookies and fill your boots. A smarter move than whinging about the odds, i would have thought." Toms are outstanding value at 11/4 I reckon and I'm getting stuck into that
Wouldn't fancy anyone beating them in a final
Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 957 - 27/08/2025 22:43:36
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Replying To galway19: "Thomas' won't get it done this year without Fintan, for all their undoubted experience and never say die attitude. I don't really get this whole thing of Clarinbridge bottling it or "not getting it done". In Clarinbridge's case, the main reason I see for them winning it this year is having Aaron Niland, Sean Murphy and Darragh Counihan in their starting team and the emergence of Josh Ryan coming off a year with the county panel. Niland didn't really play at all last year and it's pretty much a completely new setup for them this year in terms of how the team lines out. These young lads have only been hurling senior for one year so they can't really be tarred with saying they just don't get it done.
You could have said Loughrea were doing nothing at Senior for the last 15 years but now after winning one title beating Capptaggle (doesn't read that well now with this year's Cappy form), and now all of a sudden people are saying Loughrea are in the St Thomas' bracket for being trusted in a knockout game? They were in danger in that second half of the quarter final last year of losing to Castlegar for god's sake!" Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row.
BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 180 - 28/08/2025 08:41:58
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Replying To BigBàsMan: "Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row." Unfortunately you could say three same thing about the Mayo football team and unlucky to be up against the great Dublin team
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Replying To BigBàsMan: "Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row." Most consistent club in Galway last 30 years with 2 Co titles?
Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 394 - 28/08/2025 14:16:38
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Turlough back on the horse and again the beating by Clarinbridge can be the making of us.
As the ground gets wet and heavy,St Thomases will be rubbing their hands.
Such a pity the Semi Finals & Final are played in such conditions.
Would Liam McCarthy be won by Tipp if it was played in October/November?
The referees need to let the hurlers hurl in November rather than the pulling and holding winning (rugby)
Hurling is the fastest game in the world but not in Galway in November playing Tom's and lesser so Loughrea..Fact
Black&White26 (Galway) - Posts: 14 - 28/08/2025 14:50:37
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Replying To Black&White26: "Turlough back on the horse and again the beating by Clarinbridge can be the making of us.
As the ground gets wet and heavy,St Thomases will be rubbing their hands.
Such a pity the Semi Finals & Final are played in such conditions.
Would Liam McCarthy be won by Tipp if it was played in October/November?
The referees need to let the hurlers hurl in November rather than the pulling and holding winning (rugby)
Hurling is the fastest game in the world but not in Galway in November playing Tom's and lesser so Loughrea..Fact" Turlough making excuses already sure put a motion to Co board and Croke park to have the co final played in Madrid at end of August? I am sure they will accomodate.
Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 394 - 28/08/2025 15:14:52
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Replying To Black&White26: "Turlough back on the horse and again the beating by Clarinbridge can be the making of us.
As the ground gets wet and heavy,St Thomases will be rubbing their hands.
Such a pity the Semi Finals & Final are played in such conditions.
Would Liam McCarthy be won by Tipp if it was played in October/November?
The referees need to let the hurlers hurl in November rather than the pulling and holding winning (rugby)
Hurling is the fastest game in the world but not in Galway in November playing Tom's and lesser so Loughrea..Fact" Maybe try and keep 15 on the field now and ye might have a chance.
Very disrespectful to Thomas considering they have six of the last seven county titles and an All-Ireland Turlough have zilch. They were out on their feet last year and Turlough still couldn't get the job done.
TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 286 - 28/08/2025 16:44:32
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Replying To BigBàsMan: "Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row." Depends what you define consistency as. I'd say it's more important to be consistently winning things than just reaching the knockouts. You could flip it the other way and say Loughrea have consistently lacked the mettle to get over the line when it matter.
The first county title Loughrea and Joe happened and last year, ye didn't take out the olders.
TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 286 - 28/08/2025 16:46:47
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Replying To TanCanRan: "Depends what you define consistency as. I'd say it's more important to be consistently winning things than just reaching the knockouts. You could flip it the other way and say Loughrea have consistently lacked the mettle to get over the line when it matter.
The first county title Loughrea and Joe happened and last year, ye didn't take out the olders." "holders
TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 286 - 28/08/2025 16:51:13
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Replying To TanCanRan: "Depends what you define consistency as. I'd say it's more important to be consistently winning things than just reaching the knockouts. You could flip it the other way and say Loughrea have consistently lacked the mettle to get over the line when it matter.
The first county title Loughrea and Joe happened and last year, ye didn't take out the olders." Consistency in behaviour is defined as "the quality of achieving a level of performance which does not vary greatly in quality over time"... Doesn't necessarily mean winning. Can you name any other club in Ireland that could beat portumna at their peak? Or Thomas' for that matter. Loughrea were robbed in the first final Vs Thomas' in 2022 btw but that's a different storey.
BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 180 - 28/08/2025 18:16:47
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Replying To BigBàsMan: "Loughrea would have atleast 6 county titles won only for portumna. Loughrea are the most consistent club in Galway over the last 30 years, making atleast a quarter final for the last 26 years in a row." I would agree that making the Galway hurling quarter-finals for 26 years on the bounce is an absolutely fantastic record of consistent performance. It's possibly even more impressive, when one considers that Portumna or St Thomas (most of the time) were clearly superior forces to Loughrea, and were likely always going to thwart 'the town" from winning the title in that era........until last year anyway. The 2006 'win' was achieved against a substantially superior Portumna side, and I'm sure many still haven't figured out how that 2006 result actually happened, especially in the context of Portumna's record and level of play 2003-2009.
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