World Cup Final

Galway will play Dublin in the Walsh Cup Final this Sunday 12:45 before the Portumna vs Dunloy match.

Would like to see the Dubs win a bit of silverware. Either way we are currently the best team in Leinster ...........

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Would like to see the Dubs win a bit of silverware. Either way we are currently the best team in Leinster ...........

Joint best team as yourselves and Galway have to battle it out to see who is the best team in "the new Leinster"

JimWexford wrote:Joint best team as yourselves and Galway have to battle it out to see who is the best team in "the new Leinster"

Jayo ......... [frantically thumbing through atlas] ....... thru Irish geography book ...... Western tourism booklet ......... internet..... quiz books ....... 11811 text a question .......... back of copybook with Glendalough tower .... AA route planner ...... dial-a-mate ........... No no no - sorry Galway still appears to be in Connaught ...

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

JimWexford wrote:Joint best team as yourselves and Galway have to battle it out to see who is the best team in "the new Leinster"

Jayo ......... [frantically thumbing through atlas] ....... thru Irish geography book ...... Western tourism booklet ......... internet..... quiz books ....... 11811 text a question .......... back of copybook with Glendalough tower .... AA route planner ...... dial-a-mate ........... No no no - sorry Galway still appears to be in Connaught ...

I wish they stayed there as well (voted that way along with most of the then Wexford county board). Under section XXX subsection XXX-X part 3 paragraph (c) in the GAA geography book belonging to a certain Nicholas Brennan they are in Leinster

JimWexford wrote:I wish they stayed there as well (voted that way along with most of the then Wexford county board).

Aye Jim but thats democracy. You can't win every vote but at least you got them to open up Croker for soccer and rugby though...

Surely the Portumna - Dunloy should be the curtain raiser before the mighty Dubs?

Dublin walloped Galway in the league last year and maintained their form throughout the year. Can see them winning this on Sunday as well. Might be worth the trip to Donnycarney nonetheless to run the rule of thumb over our overall squad outlook for the year. Niall Healy's slot in the corner is deifinitly up for grabs with Gantly in such good form and young Ritchy Cummins coming through. Bit too soon for Cummins but he should make an appearance at some point on Sunday and is an exciting prospect for the future. Tannion looks like being groomed for the centre forward position this year. Donnellan for all his talent lacks the physical for that position, he's likely to start on the wing however while Smiths busy off with Port winning Tommy Moore cups.
Cahalan has been tried at MF alongside Farragher in this with Hynes at wing back. This is an area Mcyntire has to settle asap, his rant after the Offaly game was predictable enough but he conveniently forgot to mention his own culpability in Offalys late comeback with all his late changes amd switches.
Tony Ogs good form has surprised many but surely to fook he's only 'filling in' and won't be seen nor heard of come June. Surely!? ta fook!? Clash!?? New lads Holland and Barry have shown a bit of dash but been racing a bit green as well, to be expected and shur giving them the run out is what Walsh cups are all about really.
At this stage only Farragher, Gantley, Kavanagh and maybe Callanan could be reasonably confident of making the 1st team once the Portumna lads are back.
Anthony Daly will see this as a great opportunity for Dublin to win some silverware and perhaps their only realistic opportunity of doing so this year and will have drilled this into his team so no surprise to see Dublin pick this up on Sunday.

I'm guessing he is only filling in for John Lee I'd say. Good to see new players given a chance. Richie Murray quitting the panel for business reasons was a big loss as he seemed to be back to his best. I'd say Galway could struggle without the Portumna lads and it should be a good test for them against Dublin and one they are capable of winning.

Dublin are taking this very seriously I believe. No booze for the lads after midnight on Saturday.

Ritchy's best fell a bit short I always thought myself, never really built on the potential shown back in 01 when he bullied KK off the park. Still deserved to go out better than his cameo performance in Tullamore last year.

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

JimWexford wrote:Joint best team as yourselves and Galway have to battle it out to see who is the best team in "the new Leinster"

Jayo ......... [frantically thumbing through atlas] ....... thru Irish geography book ...... Western tourism booklet ......... internet..... quiz books ....... 11811 text a question .......... back of copybook with Glendalough tower .... AA route planner ...... dial-a-mate ........... No no no - sorry Galway still appears to be in Connaught ...

Brillant jayo looks like the tribes are doomed what ever happens..

mullins wrote:

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

JimWexford wrote:Joint best team as yourselves and Galway have to battle it out to see who is the best team in "the new Leinster"

Jayo ......... [frantically thumbing through atlas] ....... thru Irish geography book ...... Western tourism booklet ......... internet..... quiz books ....... 11811 text a question .......... back of copybook with Glendalough tower .... AA route planner ...... dial-a-mate ........... No no no - sorry Galway still appears to be in Connaught ...

Brillant jayo looks like the tribes are doomed what ever happens..

Mullins that is what we mean about education referencing all those old and outdated books and out of date websites her still hasn't found this new Ireland- kind of like the other 4.5 million of us minus 166 or should i say 165 now

JimWexford wrote:

mullins wrote:

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

JimWexford wrote:Joint best team as yourselves and Galway have to battle it out to see who is the best team in "the new Leinster"

Jayo ......... [frantically thumbing through atlas] ....... thru Irish geography book ...... Western tourism booklet ......... internet..... quiz books ....... 11811 text a question .......... back of copybook with Glendalough tower .... AA route planner ...... dial-a-mate ........... No no no - sorry Galway still appears to be in Connaught ...

Brillant jayo looks like the tribes are doomed what ever happens..

Mullins that is what we mean about education referencing all those old and outdated books and out of date websites her still hasn't found this new Ireland- kind of like the other 4.5 million of us minus 166 or should i say 165 now

They'd be no need to check the Atlas's lads if only the like of Wexico and Fingal could have made even a half decent contest of Leinster in the first place

mossbags wrote:

JimWexford wrote:

mullins wrote:

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

JimWexford wrote:Joint best team as yourselves and Galway have to battle it out to see who is the best team in "the new Leinster"

Jayo ......... [frantically thumbing through atlas] ....... thru Irish geography book ...... Western tourism booklet ......... internet..... quiz books ....... 11811 text a question .......... back of copybook with Glendalough tower .... AA route planner ...... dial-a-mate ........... No no no - sorry Galway still appears to be in Connaught ...

Brillant jayo looks like the tribes are doomed what ever happens..

Mullins that is what we mean about education referencing all those old and outdated books and out of date websites her still hasn't found this new Ireland- kind of like the other 4.5 million of us minus 166 or should i say 165 now

They'd be no need to check the Atlas's lads if only the like of Wexico and Fingal could have made even a half decent contest of Leinster in the first place

What about the rest of connacht or how come ye have to come over and annoy us, thought there was a reason cromwell sent ye lot west of the Shannon

Dublin are so good at hurling these days that they have two teams, one playing the Walsh Final on Sunday and the other playing Tipp in a challenge on Sat night.

Dublin (Walsh Cup final v Galway) - Gary Maguire; Seán O'Sullivan,
Niall Corcoran, Ruairí Trainor; Stephen Hiney, Ronan Fallon, Maurice
OBrien; Johnny McCaffrey, Simon Lambert; David Curtin, Shane Ryan, John
Kelly; Peadar Carton, Kevin Flynn, Alan McCrabbe.

Subs - Alan
Nolan, Colm Hennebry, Dave Byrne, Michael Carton, Derek O'Reilly, Ger
O'Meara, Shane Durkin, Michael May, Aodhán McEnerney, Kevin O'Loughlin,
Ronan Walsh.

Dublin (Senior challenge v Tipperary) - Finn
McGarry; Tomás Brady, Colm Hennebry, Oisín Gough; Dave Byrne, Michael
Carton, Derek O'Reilly; Michael May, Joseph Boland; Peter Kelly, Liam
Rushe, Shane Durkin; David O'Callaghan, David Treacy, Paul Ryan.

Was thinking Dubs might beat us in Parnell but with the likes of Brady, Rushe and Dotsy playing on the Saturday you'd have to fancy Galway

Jim - I presume you are up for the Leinster county here? Gas to think that as well as having to let them in to the Leinster C'ship they had to get into the Walsh now too.

If (when) Portumna win the club I think we can hail it as a Leinster victory!

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Jim - I presume you are up for the Leinster county here? Gas to think that as well as having to let them in to the Leinster C'ship they had to get into the Walsh now too.

If (when) Portumna win the club I think we can hail it as a Leinster victory!

I will be cheering on the winning Leinster county.
A bit unfair that we might have two Leinster teams in the AI Senior club champ final and who said hurling was in trouble in Leinster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

True Jim.

I think we should just re-route the Shannon altogether. We can do it cleverly and leave places like Ballinasloe and Ahascragh on the other side....

Jayo Cluxton wrote:True Jim.

I think we should just re-route the Shannon altogether. We can do it cleverly and leave places like Ballinasloe and Ahascragh on the other side....

Or make them nice big resevoirs!!!!

JimWexford wrote:

Jayo Cluxton wrote:True Jim.

I think we should just re-route the Shannon altogether. We can do it cleverly and leave places like Ballinasloe and Ahascragh on the other side....

Or make them nice big resevoirs!!!!

clash-of-da-ash wrote:

JimWexford wrote:

Jayo Cluxton wrote:True Jim.

I think we should just re-route the Shannon altogether. We can do it cleverly and leave places like Ballinasloe and Ahascragh on the other side....

Or make them nice big resevoirs!!!!

well it might stop further flooding!!!

I have renamed this thread ............. C'mon Leinster!

In conjunction with this soccerball fest, why don't we hold a sort of referendum amongst ourselves, to quantify whom, from the qualified nations, is the most repugnent person living or dead, that these mucksavages have produced....

Oh! I love contests, but the climax of the soccerball/fest could be swamped by the GAATipster International Gobshite poll...

Kushdie.....

they're playing a different team against Tipp because a lot of the players are cup-tied after playing for their universities in the Walsh Cup.