Not sure if there is a thread for this yet.
Hald thinking of taking a spin down to Nowlan Park for this game, will you be able to pay in @ the gate or is it all ticket & if so am I too late to get a ticket? Its only a thought that I might go, club Football Championship on in Mayo this weekend too, so might yet stick in the West.
Ca'nt see any problem getting into Nowlan Park, as I would expect a small enough crowd at this game. There is very little pre match talk about any of the hurling matches this week end and I fear that the crowds will be poor at all venues.
wexford lads are very wary of Dublin.
They are afraid that there is a real chance of losing.
Could be a good game.
think if o reilly and c affrey were playing we'd have a real chance without them though i think we'll lose by 5/6.
Even though i think wexford are giving us achance with doc o connor at centre forward -i'd fancy fallon to clean him out. Surprised to see malachy tavers playing considering eh now plays for boden -none of the wexford people from work rate him and think he's a weak link.
I know from talking to wexford people that if the two lads were available to dublin -it could go eitehr way but without them wexford fancy themselves by 5/6 and it's apoint of view i tend to agree with.
Wexford on their day are capable of matching most of the teams bar kilkenny but there are also days when they are equally shite like aginst clare in the past couple of years hopefully sat will be another -but i think dublin will fall short. Still i'll be travelling in hope.
The standard might not to be the highest but I expect it to be a good close game. The Dubs are not likely to be over-awed at all. Whether Wexford play like they did against Galway or against Kilkenny remains to be seen (as usual). There's much head-scratching over the selection of DOC at 11. Yes, he's a big man who should be a presence under the puckout, but that could have been tried in the league. The Dubs will probably use it as a motivational tool (as in do Wexford consider this game an opportunity to experiment???). Anyway, we'll reserve judgement on the big fella until tomorrow.
Don't expect much more than a puck or two in it. Very strange to see Nigel Higgins getting the start. Surely sends out all the wrong signals, just like with his clubmate last year.
I think September will be safe enough for bookin the holidays ..........
Quote from: Model Hammer on June 08, 2007, 04:03:21 PM
The standard might not to be the highest but I expect it to be a good close game. The Dubs are not likely to be over-awed at all. Whether Wexford play like they did against Galway or against Kilkenny remains to be seen (as usual). There's much head-scratching over the selection of DOC at 11. Yes, he's a big man who should be a presence under the puckout, but that could have been tried in the league. The Dubs will probably use it as a motivational tool (as in do Wexford consider this game an opportunity to experiment???). Anyway, we'll reserve judgement on the big fella until tomorrow.
Don't expect much more than a puck or two in it. Very strange to see Nigel Higgins getting the start. Surely sends out all the wrong signals, just like with his clubmate last year.
I think September will be safe enough for bookin the holidays ..........
Model hammer
whats your opinion on what I have heard about Shemaliers becomming a 'powerhouse' hurling club in Wex.
I beleive they are in recent years continually producing a converyor belt of players and successful underage sides and these are starting to blossom in the senior ranks - although they are all apparantly ooma loompa size (must be something in the water round there).
Is what I am hearing have any grain of truth ?
Also What price are Duffry rovers for the football c'ship this season? Heard it could be their year
Is this one on TV? I hope Dublin make a real game of it. Their performances during the NHL show what they are capable of but its the championship that counts. Good luck to them any how.
Change of plan not able to go to match.
Want to wish Dublin all the best for the game this evening. Especially to Joey Boland, I hope he makes it for the next few years in the Dublin jersey.
how did it finish
Teams level 2 mins of injury time left
Free to Wexford...81 yds out...near sideline...over the bar Barry Lambert..Wexford win by one point
Listened to the whole game, you have to feel for Dublin, after clawing their way back into the game to lose to such a fantastic free right at the death got to be tough. They surely will take heart from the game, should be further proof of the progress they are making. Would be great to see them make the break through
Fair dues to the Dubs, great display, which will only fortify their renaissance despite the narrowest of defeats.
They may cause an upset in the group stage. Well done but I wish they had won.
Hard luck on the Dubs,a victory would have giving them a great boost in moral,chin up lads nothing to be ashamed off. :-[
Quote from: hardstation on June 09, 2007, 08:57:26 PM
Why the new character Lecale? Hard luck to the Dubs. Soon we will be hearing talk of an All Ireland double.
Not me. Some clown messing about.
hard luck to the dubs i'd love to see them progress in hurling. a successfull dublin team is the best way to promote the game..
or unsuccessful Cork, Kilkenny and Tipperary teams!
Pity Dublin lost alright. Anyone care to shed any light on who played well for them?
Was at the game.
Really enjoyable evening.
Fantastic pitch and two teams leaving it all on the pitch. Wexford did just seem to have the better hurlers on display, and the seventeen wides tel ltheir own story, mind you i'm convinced their seocnd goal was a square ball (but you win some and you lose some) and only for a duffed sideline puck the game was a draw.
For the dubs, I thought O'Driscoll and Kelly were causing Wexford full back line all sorts of trouble. Fallon was solid, Hiney and O'Meara were sometimes inspirational.
Well done to Wexford though, they were in a dogfight and came out of it the other side. My only hope is that Dublin do one of the bigger sides in the qualifiers.
would echo the sentiments above from a dublin perspective.
My only gripe is that the last free was an absolute disgrace- i didn't have agood view of it last night but after seeing it on the sunday game again. that was a scandalous decision.
I think Dublin are better off in the qualifiers. With due respect Kilkenny would destroy them in the final and set them back years and thats last thing Dublin hurling needs now. They will be in a leinster final in the next few years and will be better for it by playing as many top teams as possible. Group b in the qualifiers could be intersting this year and if they are good enough they will qulalify. All said a good weekend for hurling in genaral and a glimmer of hope for the future of leinster hurling.
Quote from: INDIANA on June 10, 2007, 11:29:54 PM
would echo the sentiments above from a dublin perspective.
My only gripe is that the last free was an absolute disgrace- i didn't have agood view of it last night but after seeing it on the sunday game again. that was a scandalous decision.
I only saw 'The Sunday Game' and I'm not sure that I could see any foul on Rory Mac at the end. Certainly nothing that would usually earn you a free in injury time of a draw match ...
Quote from: didlyi on June 10, 2007, 11:46:21 PM
I think Dublin are better off in the qualifiers. With due respect Kilkenny would destroy them in the final and set them back years and thats last thing Dublin hurling needs now. They will be in a leinster final in the next few years and will be better for it by playing as many top teams as possible. Group b in the qualifiers could be intersting this year and if they are good enough they will qulalify. All said a good weekend for hurling in genaral and a glimmer of hope for the future of leinster hurling.
I agree,While a Leinster Final would have been great for the Dubs it might have been a bit soon for them,It was same with Laois when they played Offaly i had thought we were in with a chance of beating them(i was wrong) but what was the prize if we had beat Offaly? Kilkenny!!
I think the Dubs are way ahead of Laois now too,they were fairly level for past decade but even with all the effort being put in,in Laois we just don't have the players
I think the Dubs could upset a few in the qualifiers
hopefully- for us to get that close to wexford missing 5 of our best players was huge. Five years ago wexford would have put 20 points on us. Wexford were the better team on the night and will be disapointed by the wide count- but i honestlly believe had we a full complement we would ahve taken them. But we may be better off - in fairness to wexford they are the one team who will raise their game against kilkenny.
Thought their fans gave their team some awful abuse during the game- could have been just where i was sitting. I don't like Meyler though an arrogant bollox if i ever met one- had the misfortune of running into him in my fitzgibbon days- a complete p***k.