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Post by thebluepanther on Jun 9, 2018 8:41:42 GMT
I have had a bit of grá for Donegal albeit they were relegated, during the League A few young guns along with Murphy will make them somewhat dangerous under Bonner. They are in with a decent shout now to become Ulster Champs. Prob needs another thread BUT!! if Cork scrape passed us in PUC is there a chance if we qualify for the S8s that we could have the Dubs in Cill Airne? Come on all you Mathematicians :-) I think Kerry will easily beat Cork, if they don't they would possibly be a group with Dublin and Donegal and one of Monaghon/Tyrone /Mayo. 3rd match in that group series could see the Dubs down in Killarney or first Match could see Dublin v Kerry in Crokepark. Having said that currently If Dublin and Kerry keep winning they can't meet till All Ireland Final.
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Post by dc84 on Jun 9, 2018 9:30:39 GMT
Its on the gaa website wall planner if we win the mf its
1.croke park v connacht champs 2. Away v leinster runners up/qual 3.home v ulster runners up/qual
If we lose (and win r4 qual) 1.croke park connacht runners up/qual 2.home v dublin 3.away v ulster winners
The direct route is definitely the easier one depending on how the quals go its likely though that one of mayo tyrone monaghan ros/galway will be gone by then. We can only meet dublin in killarney in the super 8s unless dublin lose leinster...
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Post by Jigz84 on Jun 9, 2018 14:00:13 GMT
Waterford 8 points up v Wexford ... almost over.
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Post by Jigz84 on Jun 9, 2018 14:09:16 GMT
Full Time Waterford: 3-14(23) Wexford: 1-18(21)
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Post by southward on Jun 9, 2018 14:25:03 GMT
Full Time Waterford: 3-14(23) Wexford: 1-18(21) That's a dreadful result for Wexford. Weren't they AI semi-finalists in recent years? Fair play to Waterford though. First championship win in 7 years.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jun 9, 2018 14:58:44 GMT
Waterford are a dual county now.
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Post by royalkerryfan on Jun 9, 2018 15:11:34 GMT
Leinster football is atrocious at at the minute, Lads I'm planning on staying in Cork after the game, Any recommendations for a pint after the game I normally just hit the road but back up to Meath after 8/9 is not appealing.
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Post by Jigz84 on Jun 9, 2018 17:37:19 GMT
Extra time in Navan. Awful wides by Tyrone.
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Post by royalkerryfan on Jun 9, 2018 18:13:12 GMT
Extra time in Navan. Awful wides by Tyrone. Meath had them beaten too... slipping away from them.
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Post by royalkerryfan on Jun 9, 2018 20:23:04 GMT
Ref should be embarrassed by that performance, Meath can feel very aggrieved.
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Post by buck02 on Jun 10, 2018 7:51:59 GMT
Ref should be embarrassed by that performance, Meath can feel very aggrieved. Agreed. Tyrone were very lucky to get out of Navan with a win. The ref played on until Tyrone got the equaliser in normal time and waved away a blatant free which would have given Meath a chance to take it to another two periods of ET. Looked like he didn't fancy having to run around for another 12 or 13 minutes.
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Post by kerryexile on Jun 10, 2018 9:32:05 GMT
I heard most of the Kildare Donegal game. The commentators said Kildare were much bigger, more physically developed,faster and more accurate. They looked like winning from early on.
The defeat to Carlow may have been their option to get into get into the qualifiers. The are probably the 2nd best in Leinster and were on a "Groundhog Day" path. They are very likely to be in the Super 8s.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jun 10, 2018 11:01:20 GMT
I heard most of the Kildare Donegal game. The commentators said Kildare were much bigger, more physically developed,faster and more accurate. They looked like winning from early on. The defeat to Carlow may have been their option to get into get into the qualifiers. The are probably the 2nd best in Leinster and were on a "Groundhog Day" path. They are very likely to be in the Super 8s. Yeah but maybe Derry are pants.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jun 10, 2018 11:21:11 GMT
I heard most of the Kildare Donegal game. The commentators said Kildare were much bigger, more physically developed,faster and more accurate. They looked like winning from early on. The defeat to Carlow may have been their option to get into get into the qualifiers. The are probably the 2nd best in Leinster and were on a "Groundhog Day" path. They are very likely to be in the Super 8s. I can believe most of that- but more accurate? Jeez Derry must be brutal so cos Kildare are a poor kicking team. Same old story with them for years- pick and produce big specimens who can run in straight lines but cant kick the ball- Carlow just sat deep and forced them to kick from further than 25 yards out and they couldnt, Westmeath did the same a few years ago to them.
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Post by kerrygold on Jun 10, 2018 14:46:00 GMT
Congrats to John Sugrue on reaching the Leinster final with Laois.
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Post by Mickmack on Jun 10, 2018 15:33:45 GMT
I see RTE are catering for the sadists in our community by showing Dublin v Longford.
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Post by Attacking Wing Back on Jun 10, 2018 15:36:39 GMT
If it was anyone else other than Cluxton would the Longford man have got a red?
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jun 10, 2018 16:15:05 GMT
If it was anyone else other than Cluxton would the Longford man have got a red? Absolutely- it was a stupidly dangerous challenge. Red card whether the foul was committed on cluxton, rudolf Hess or the queen
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Post by Mickmack on Jun 10, 2018 16:32:04 GMT
A player is very exposed in such situations as Cluxton was in. . Lee Keegan got done in a similar vulnerable situation v Tyrone. Of course if a Dublin player did it to a Longford player it would have been a yellow card. I think we can all agree on that.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jun 10, 2018 17:04:56 GMT
If it was anyone else other than Cluxton would the Longford man have got a red? If a Dub did that to the Kerry goalkeeper I'd be baying for a red card. I mean, that "tackle" is a red in rugby.
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Post by Mickmack on Jun 10, 2018 17:24:18 GMT
That type of challenge in rugby is a big no no
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jun 10, 2018 17:52:16 GMT
Waterford are a dual county now. Sorry it seems they are single code. Football.
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Post by kerryexile on Jun 10, 2018 18:36:41 GMT
If it was anyone else other than Cluxton would the Longford man have got a red? The ironical thing is that over the last 3 or 4 years Dublin have perfected the art of wrecklessly throwing in their bodies to disorient the player in possession. It was expertly executed today by Cooper. He was on a yellow card and another yellow would have seen him walk. The referee didn't have the testicular fortitude to do what should be done. He only had to deem it a yellow card offence. What effort did Cooper make to get a hand on the ball? It also happened in the final last year. I've mentioned last years league final before. I watched the game to see what game plans Dublin might be working on. There was none - each played their own game and that was going to be enough. It is interesting to watch the way players play when they have to think for themselves. Some of these gods are very human. I hope Eamonn watches the video from that point of view.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jun 10, 2018 19:06:26 GMT
If it was anyone else other than Cluxton would the Longford man have got a red? The ironical thing is that over the last 3 or 4 years Dublin have perfected the art of wrecklessly throwing in their bodies to disorient the player in possession. It was expertly executed today by Cooper. He was on a yellow card and another yellow would have seen him walk. The referee didn't have the testicular fortitude to do what should be done. He only had to deem it a yellow card offence. What effort did Cooper make to get a hand on the ball? It also happened in the final last year. I've mentioned last years league final before. I watched the game to see what game plans Dublin might be working on. There was none - each played their own game and that was going to be enough. It is interesting to watch the way players play when they have to think for themselves. Some of these gods are very human. I hope Eamonn watches the video from that point of view. Agreed on the first point- watch Michael Darragh- every game he dives in just a fraction late and leaves a bit on someone- several times and nothing is said
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Post by baurtregaum on Jun 10, 2018 19:16:33 GMT
Donegal in a different class against Down. I felt they were very unlucky to be relegated from Division 1. A few games they lost could have gone the other way. They will fancy themselves against Fermanagh.
Magee deservedly sent off early. Pure stupidity but he has from.
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Post by jackiel on Jun 10, 2018 19:43:06 GMT
It was a long hot day in Croke Park today. the first match was absolute muck, Laois were just marginally less crap than Carlow who were totally clueless. Playing the ball back and across when you are behind and running out of time seems like suicide to me. One comment I have to make is that the referee made a lot of questionable decisions, I would be concerned that on a big day some of these fellas could totally f**k up a team's chances with their ineptitude. Just look at Meath last night, that's not the first poor performance from Neilan. I'm not a fan of Andy Mc Entee but I could understand his frustration.
The second match was over so early that you just wanted it to finish. Longford were never going to threaten. Cluxton's injury came in a match where it didn't really matter if he was there or not. I am quite happy to be missing the Leinster final due to holidays.
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Post by Kingdomson on Jun 10, 2018 20:32:57 GMT
Dublin are a great team and ahead of everybody else in lot of areas and this includes bending the game rules. The amount of steps Dublin players get away with game after game is simply phenomenal! Nobody seems to mention this infraction either. It's not Dublin's fault of course for taking enormous liberties with this rule but the officials who either can't keep pace, can't count, and for whatever reason are reluctant to enforce in Croke Park. Intimidated by the reaction of the home crowd? Michael Darragh Macauley who likes to take a big hop or borderline long distance throw of the ball in front of him because he clearly isn’t comfortable at soloing then takes often 8-9 steps before playing the ball again, look at the build up to this afternoons first goal scored by Rock – how many steps did Michael Darragh take before playing the ball? Ciaran Kilkenny is the same when moving at tremendous pace but with lot of extra steps thrown in. Good luck to Dublin for getting away with this infraction continually but either we have a rule or we don’t because right now it’s a joke.
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Post by glengael on Jun 11, 2018 6:51:00 GMT
Delighted for the Dublin sub goalkeeper. He was probably still in pre-school when Cluxton starting playing so it's nice for him to play in Croke Park, if only for 1 day.
Have to fancy Donegal to win out in Ulster, Rory Gallagher meeting his former charges a little earlier than he might have thought...
I see Cillian O'Connor is poised (as Ger Canning would say) to overtake Gooch at the top of the scoring leader board by summer's end.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jun 11, 2018 7:34:13 GMT
Delighted for the Dublin sub goalkeeper. He was probably still in pre-school when Cluxton starting playing so it's nice for him to play in Croke Park, if only for 1 day. Have to fancy Donegal to win out in Ulster, Rory Gallagher meeting his former charges a little earlier than he might have thought... I see Cillian O'Connor is poised (as Ger Canning would say) to overtake Gooch at the top of the scoring leader board by summer's end. It'll be for more than one day and day 2 will be the 2018 Leinster final, day 3 will be the super 8's, etc. See what I'm getting at??
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Post by thebluepanther on Jun 11, 2018 7:35:45 GMT
If it was anyone else other than Cluxton would the Longford man have got a red? Absolutely- it was a stupidly dangerous challenge. Red card whether the foul was committed on cluxton, rudolf Hess or the queen It was a very dangerous tackle and deserved red, although at the time I didn't want Longford to go down to 14 men. Johnny was lucky and could easily have got a second yelliw. Some Dublin players play on the edge id admit that, but the truth is with the attention some get if we didn't we wouldn't have 3 All Ireland's in a row. Obviously i will have Blue tinted glasses on when watching some incidents. But a lot of off the ball stuff can be instigated by opposition to get the lads wound up also. Con came in for a bit of treatment of the ball as did Kilkenny yesterday. Fenton got a few thumps in the back when the ball wasn't near him. As for the game , happy with the performance and looking at Basquel , Howard and Scully to keep improving. Good also to see Jack, Cian and Flynner on the pitch. Kerry look flying at the moment and if they put in a good performance against Cork as I expect them to do it could be some game if we ever do get to meet.
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