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I was thinking they'd hammer Clare. They shouldn't be afraid of Cork or anyone else either. At least not until late august... 

You can'ay good riddance to the Rock. Any man that can set the stadium in thurles humming on the back of one rousing clearance will be missed.

The Rock was cleaned out several times last year if I remember correctly. So the helmet isn't the only reason. I remember reading a great story in a Gaelsport annual from 1980 where the hero played on despite a head wound and won the county final at the price of being scarred for life but things have changed in the meantime.

I think it would be more meaningful to insist on making bank shareholders responsible for the performance of their boards. 

Sadly the traditional Offaly second half fade out arrived again to make the scoreboard look ugly.

Offaly hurling sides need to cope better with setbacks.
A major bugbear of mine is that in this decade Offaly team seems to completely go out of games and concede a string of easy scores once they fall more than 5 or 6 points behind.

So what's going on in Offaly? Is it the golf or too much suburban executive style housing? In the days of Pat Carroll and Padraig Horan or even the Pilntons there was no such thing as a traditional Offaly second half fade out. Or is the county just biding its time lulling everyone into a false sense of security? 

Jesus - Armagh are out before the parade season has even started.

If they are good enough let them win it. I don't think Galway are going to make many waves this year. But once we get a decent team going again...

seeing as cork and tyrone are in the other side of the connaght Draw in athe AI semis i would be not atall suprised to see mayo in another AI final. and would gfancy us taking tyrone in the final less so than cork. not that tyrone are worse than cork jsut horses for courses.
Yes mayo very worried after the derry games and belive me we were throwing up at half time in the donegal game but since then mayo have found form shape and a few new players.where as galway have gone seriously backward, maybe in an elaborate plot to fool mayo but , last sunday they looked old and tired, maybe not a happy camp? so why would mayo people not have a lot more confidence now,
that For me is studying the form not being fickle.

Mayo optimism godhelpus. It comes around with the midges. And disappears as the evenings start to draw in.

I read Christy O'Connor's goalkeepers book a few years ago. Donal Og came across as a narrow minded obsessive who would be one of the worst people to sit beside at any wedding or similar social occasion. A bore.  It is an awful pity that Ring died so young. Cloyne has produced far better ambassadors for the game than Cusack.

The numbers from the IMF are truly shocking. Budget deficit in excess of 10% of GNP. Unemployment to head north of 15%.
Banks will probably have to be nationalised in addition to the NAMA job, 13.5% economic contraction. Every day there is more news of ineptitude and greed on a colossal scale. Today it was an article in the Irish Times about gullible punters who lost money to unscrupulous estate agents selling flats in places like Bulgaria. Yesterday was people who lost all of their deposits to a builder collapsing being told to look on the bright side because the prices of houses had fallen in the meantime. the day before was Setanta. And that's only 3 days' worth.   

If GAA wallas can't see the writing on the wall they should look around. GAA grants were a nice idea in the overheated economy but the country is virtually bankrupt today and just can't afford fripperies. 

Whatever came of Kerril Wade or Conor Kavanagh or Alan Leech?

Apparently there were only 6 of the 2007 team that played Kilkenny starting last Saturday. I don't know when was the last time a Galway hurling fan could reel off the names of the half back line without thinking. There hasn't been any patience to stick with teams over any length of time.   The team that got to the AIF in 2005 was dismantled shortly afterwards. Managers came through a revolving door. You can't win all-Irelands with that sort of set-up.   

a couple of wins in tight matches against half decent opposition would bring Galway on a long way. the more matches, the better.  The county has underperformed for most of this decade apart from 2 matches in 2001 and 2005. The franchise is worth a lot if the players give it bhfaca tu. I would be very disappointed if they lost to Clare. It wouldn't be as desperate as nominating Sammy Wilson minister for finance but still..

 Re: Galway v Kilkenny
« Reply #186 on: Today at 03:00:24 PM »

Who analyses games like that ? It must be something to do with brain wiring.
I used to think there weren't enough hurling journalists and what it would be like to have more- I thought you'd have more Kevin Cashman stuff. Instead it's the opta index. So much for progress.

Kilkenny are great stickmen but I'm sick looking at them. It was the same for me with Liverpool in the 80s.
And Shamrock Rovers. I miss the romance of the Pilntons. KK are too serious. And Cody is too intense.

Quote from: Reillers on Today at 02:03:11 AM

I think what Hardstation is getting at is you are loathe to give Kilkenny any credit

It's impossible to get credit anywhere these days anawez. 

Maybe post Setanta RTÉ will cop on and allow these vital parts of the national
heritage to be watched thar saile. 

3 goals against KK is very juicy.

It says 2-10 Galway to 2-08 KK on aertel. The web match is island of ireland only. I suppose the other rights belong
to Setanta's creditors.
Fair play to Galway so far.