Me too. I didnāt do any of the drinking but the ground and the crowd were great. Proper old school NHL game. Plenty of bite in it. Wouldnāt fault the Antrim crowd at all. Getting the blood up should be a part of watching any hurling match. Austin has grown up a bit and is well able for the bit of aggro from the crowd now.
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Ah yeah, certainly had no issue with the crowd. To be fair I think their ire was directed more so at the ref than Austin. Weāve all been there.
Bisected
I hope.
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Galway will win the league and the all Ireland.
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Football and Hurling.
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I watched Galway-Wexford on my iPad while hosting my beloved parents on Sunday so I wasnāt able to give the game my full attention.
Could any Wexford posters and/or knowledgeable hurling men let me know what way we lined up in the absence of Liam Ryan and Conor McDonald?
Was it OāHanlon full back flanked by Donohoe and S Reck? Dunbar seemed to start, did he? Did he play inside or was it ROC and Dwyer in there?
Good to get Shane Reck back fit, he improved beyond all recognition last year and has developed into a very fine, tight-marking corner back. We need that type of player now, if weāre reverting to six backs and a couple of workhorse half forwards rather than 7 set defenders.
Think Galway got 5 in a row to level in the second half so encouraging enough then to kick on again. OāKeeffe seems to be playing very well this season so far. Also great to see Pepper playing without any fear. I know the goal was self-inflicted by Galway but he still had a bit of work to do. A very nice point from him after that too.
Looks like Cork at home in the last round will effectively be a league semi final now. Chinās back in training so might get some game time against Offaly before that.
Galway struggling to compete with full time professionals like lee chin and the entire Limerick panel.
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It had been speculated on here that only the top team from each group would go through to a league final but I am now led to believe that the top 2 from 1A and 1B will advance to semi-finals. Barring a Galway victory over Cork then Wexford should be safely into a semi-final with a game to spare.
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There are semi-finals. At least the GGA website (I actually typed gga.ie into my INTERNET machine there, FFS sake) is planning games between the 1st and 2nd placed teams in Groups A & B anyways.
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Apologies, I think I spread the propaganda about the top side in each group contesting the final.
The dangers of MISINFORMATION laid out once again
Good chance alright
Lads anyone having bother buying tickets on the Gaa website?
No, just bought mine. You have to set up a gaa ticketmaster account.
Yeah I have one, must be some issue with linking my card to my account. Iāll suss it out
Dublin build-up play excellent, finishing very poor so far.
Ger Canning remains awful.
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Iām liking the cut of Mikey Butlerās jib so far. Barret-esque.