Agree to take fucking penalties you gobshites
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You’d imagine that would be the best option alright. I think Baltinglass won their quarter and semi by 0-12 to 0-11 so a draw is a distinct possibility too.
Dermot Desmond not wanting to draw attention to himself in the baseball cap.
Boris Johnson predictably not shunning the limelight however.
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Fuck Crokes
Fuck NAP
No opinion on the football so?
I wouldnt be as anti Moycullen as many on here, and Corofin have a sackfull, but I’ll go with Corofin. They just need a new crest.
Just trying to work out what the subsequent weekends will look like on TV. I love this time of the year.
Nov 2nd
Errigal/Trillick v St Eunan’s - 7.15pm
Sun 3rd
Dunshaughlin v St Loman’s - 1.30pm
Doon/Na Piarsaigh v Ballygunner 3.30pm
Sat 9th
Naas/Celbridge v Cuala - 7.15pm
Sun 10th -
Dr. Crokes/Dingle v Castlehaven/Nemo - 1.30pm
Galway Champs v Padraig Pearses - 3.30pm
Sat 16th
Slaughtneil v Cushendall - 7.15pm
Sun 17th
Ballygunner/Doon/Na Piarsaigh v Loughmore - 1.15pm
Sarsfields v Feakle/Sixmilebridge - 3.15pm
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I always thought that when it was Munster club it was home and away, this will be the 3rd year in a row BG will have to travel to TUSGG?
Yes and if Ballygunner win, Loughmore will travel to Waterford which will be the third time the Tipp champions have done it in a row.
There’s no logic to any of it in Munster. Think the Waterford Champions which has always happened to be Ballygunner have been drawn in a Quarter Final 8 years in a row.
A very simple way and fair way would be home/away between the competing counties and alternating quarter finals where possible. Clare and Cork champions were allowed bye to a semi final after reaching all ireland senior hurling final afaik which is fair enough but the first two rules should apply.
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Whats fair about home /away… a draw is a draw… guaranteed semi final spots for competing all ireland finalists. If the champions of a county championship are to be unfairly treated because last years champions had a home draw then the world may just stop
The finale of the Dublin SHC takes place under lights in Parnell Park this Saturday evening. It brings together the two best teams in the current championship as well as the best two teams in it over the past few years.
The teams are well acquainted with each. Kilmacud won the final in 2021 after extra time. In that game Na Fianna snatched a draw from the jaws of victory in normal time letting a nine point lead slip with 10 minutes to go. In 2022 Kilmacud won again by two points in the final after a tense encounter. Na Fianna exacted a sort of revenge in the 2023 QF winning by two points on their way to winning a maiden final. The two teams met in the round robin stages of championship earlier this year and played out a draw.
Both teams are packed with high quality players. I’d be fairly sure that every starting player has at least played inter county underage at least. Crokes earlier in the year had nine players on the Dublin senior hurling panel. They also had three of the best Dublin under 20s this year. Na Fianna are not stocked with as many inter county panelists but have possibly more recognisable names in Donal Burke and Liam Rushe.
Both teams had different semi final experiences. Crokes looked very impressive cruising to a double digit win over Lucan. Na Fianna needed extra time to overcome St Vinvents in a dogged affair. Its a really hard game to call and cases can be made for either team to win. That is backed up by the closeness of their 4 previous championship clashes. It can be said that both teams have much more impressive forward units than the respective defences they will face. The tight confines of Parnell Park and heavy ground will probably negate a shootout, however the defence that can someway stifle the opposition attack will come through.
Na Fianna are down a few bodies from previous years while Crokes have added some young exciting talent. This could be the fine margin that may swing the outcome.
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Errigal up one on Trillick in Omagh.
The Canavan’s turning it on.
The canavans are as classless a pair of tramps ever to grace a football field. They didn’t lift it off the ditch
Errigal get it done by one point.
The curse of back to back continues.
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Poor stuff from Sean Hurson here.
https://twitter.com/CahairOKane1/status/1849903352798191735?t=BexWff4-kK5vcPIZcUpfFA&s=19
No score for the last 15 mins… incredible indeed.
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The game is dead and some lads cheering it on.
Thank fuck they’re ripping it asunder
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https://twitter.com/movementcoachkm/status/1849909949083615370?t=NycPuLTYzWtvEJu0MLuVjQ&s=19
Its not all about scores…