Kildare v Galway. Super 8s Round 2. 22 July 2pm #newbridgeornowhere

Dinny Breen · July 16, 2018, 10:05:41 AM

I hope it's sunny.

seafoid · July 16, 2018, 11:35:34 AM

Kildare still have it all to play for. Looking forward to a good match.

Dinny Breen · July 16, 2018, 11:46:52 AM

Tickets on sale online currently.

The Kildare support seems to be disappointed with Sunday but crucially not despondent. Game should sell out and hopefully our lads learn from the Monaghan game, whose set-up was similar to Galway. Galway have better movement but less accuracy. Awful record against Galway, haven't beaten them since 1926

league or championship so really up against form and history.

Just hope we die with our boots on.

An Fhairche Abu · July 16, 2018, 12:21:28 PM

Don't think it's that long (maybe it's that long in the championship), I'd have to look at the league programme again but I think a Larry Tompkins led Kildare beat Galway in the league in the 80's, that was the last success league or championship though.
As we saw yesterday for both Galway and Limerick, long standing "hoodoos" can bite the dust easily enough if the current team is simply better than the opposition on the day, although hopefully from a Galway perspective our good run against Kildare continues.

How the vagaries of the Super 8s pan out for week 2 will be interesting, Kildare picking themselves up after a loss, Galway trying to refocus straight into another match from the high of breaking both the Kerry and Croke Park jinx.
With Conroy now out for the year and Duggan already unavailable for the foreseeable, the starting midfielders have to go very well for Galway now as the cover is non existent.

Need a decent Galway crowd show up to Newbridge, tickets are easily available at the moment for it.

GaillimhIarthair · July 16, 2018, 12:59:35 PM

Got tickets online there for myself and junior - looking forward to seeing a good Galway crowd in Newbridge, no excuses for anything less at this stage. We are on a nice little run now between the football and hurling so hopefully we will get another 6 weeks or so out of it!

Dinny Breen · July 16, 2018, 01:48:20 PM

Whats the story with all the Galway Gingers? Haven't seen so many soulless on a team before, have you struck a deal with the Devil?

Jinxy · July 16, 2018, 02:00:02 PM

How come Kildare have no bald lads playing anymore?

Dinny Breen · July 16, 2018, 02:03:30 PM

I miss Davy Dalton.

GalwayBayBoy · July 16, 2018, 02:10:02 PM

Quote from: Dinny Breen on July 16, 2018, 01:48:20 PM
Whats the story with all the Galway Gingers? Haven't seen so many soulless on a team before, have you struck a deal with the Devil?

There's a few more gingers coming through the pipeline on the underage teams too.

Dinny Breen · July 16, 2018, 02:10:59 PM

Quote from: GalwayBayBoy on July 16, 2018, 02:10:02 PM
Quote from: Dinny Breen on July 16, 2018, 01:48:20 PM
Whats the story with all the Galway Gingers? Haven't seen so many soulless on a team before, have you struck a deal with the Devil?

There's a few more gingers coming through the pipeline on the underage teams too.

An ounce of breeding is worth a ton of feeding.

mup · July 16, 2018, 02:56:37 PM

Quote from: Jinxy on July 16, 2018, 02:00:02 PM
How come Kildare have no bald lads playing anymore?

We were probably the baldiest team in Ireland in Geezers time.

#newbridgeornohair

Jinxy · July 16, 2018, 03:16:15 PM

Dinny Breen · July 16, 2018, 03:54:31 PM

1st set of online tickets sold out. Good sign, would be a pity if this game didn't sell out.

Dinny Breen · July 16, 2018, 04:58:17 PM

Sean Hurson Tyrone will take charge of Kildare v Galway on Sunday. It will be his 3rd time to referee Kildare & the 1st time in championship. Previous games were Kildare v Galway NFL Tuam 2015 & Derry NFL in Celtic Park 2017

Dinny Breen · July 16, 2018, 05:06:38 PM

Quote from: An Fhairche Abu on July 16, 2018, 12:21:28 PM
Don't think it's that long (maybe it's that long in the championship), I'd have to look at the league programme again but I think a Larry Tompkins led Kildare beat Galway in the league in the 80's, that was the last success league or championship though.
As we saw yesterday for both Galway and Limerick, long standing "hoodoos" can bite the dust easily enough if the current team is simply better than the opposition on the day, although hopefully from a Galway perspective our good run against Kildare continues.

How the vagaries of the Super 8s pan out for week 2 will be interesting, Kildare picking themselves up after a loss, Galway trying to refocus straight into another match from the high of breaking both the Kerry and Croke Park jinx.
With Conroy now out for the year and Duggan already unavailable for the foreseeable, the starting midfielders have to go very well for Galway now as the cover is non existent.

Need a decent Galway crowd show up to Newbridge, tickets are easily available at the moment for it.

You are right, Feb 1985 in the NFL. Just the 33 years.