Gaa 2009

[elroy]

anyone think waterford have a big game in them and might do it against Galway this wkd?

Was at the Cork Galway game last wkd, and although Galway deservedly won, I dont think they are any great shakes, particularly with the loss of Kavanagh at full back. If Cork had more discipline and not given away so many frees I think they wouldve won (not to mention scoring a goal from that Niall Mc chance)

[eamo1]

I was at Thurles today to see my beloved Galway do what thye do best,blow a lead and lose a game they had in the bag.It was "only" 6 pts of a lead they had today,3 times ive seen them have leads of 9 pts at halftime and all 3 times theyve lost.All of those 3 times were quarter finals too,twice to Clare and once to Kilkenny.The midfield just stopped playing and went to pieces with 15 mins left,didnt win one puck out for the rest of the game.If we had got a goal when we were ahead we would have seen it out.Also if the ref had sent off that Waterford player for bringing down Healy as he was the last defender then maybe.Mullane has been watching alot of Ronaldo aswell,got good diving tips from him.

[Den Perry]

I was at Thurles today to see my beloved Galway do what thye do best,blow a lead and lose a game they had in the bag.It was "only" 6 pts of a lead they had today,3 times ive seen them have leads of 9 pts at halftime and all 3 times theyve lost.All of those 3 times were quarter finals too,twice to Clare and once to Kilkenny.The midfield just stopped playing and went to pieces with 15 mins left,didnt win one puck out for the rest of the game.If we had got a goal when we were ahead we would have seen it out.Also if the ref had sent off that Waterford player for bringing down Healy as he was the last defender then maybe.Mullane has been watching alot of Ronaldo aswell,got good diving tips from him.

I was hoping Galway would win it....I have enough of that jersey kissing mob and their rotten little manager....all they did was win their way to another hammering at the hands of Kilkenny

[DeLorean]

Also if the ref had sent off that Waterford player for bringing down Healy as he was the last defender then maybe

Cork fans could say the same about John Lee the week before so what goes around comes around. Bad weekend all round for Galway, had the beating of Donegal too I felt with a bit more intelligence from their half forwards.

Next wkd will be very interesting:

Sat
7pm Meath v Limerick (Portlaoise)

Sun
2pm Cork v Donegal (Croke Park)
4pm Tyrone v Kildare (Croke Park)

Mon
2pm Dublin v Kerry (Croke Park)

[shakermaker1982]

Meath-Limerick is a tough one to call. I'll try and make it over for the following weekend when the winner takes on Mayo.

The remaining Q Finals should make for compelling viewing. Donegal are not a bad side and I'd expect them to run Cork close. I haven't seen much of Kildare this season but I'd expect Tyrone to see them off without too many problems, however I've been hearing good things about this Kildare side so if Tyrone are not on top form you just never know. Kerry-Dublin? Dublin will be favourites but if they don't take their chances in front of the posts they could be in for more disappointment. I was listening to the Kerry-Antrim game on the radio last Sunday and Kerry sounded awful in the first half......they picked up in the last 15 but something seems to be seriously wrong with the Kerry set up this year.

[drummerboy]

Kerry are in the same position Tyrone were in last season. Going into a quarter final after losing in their provence and showing poor form in the qualifiers. Their opponents were an in form Dublin and we all know what happened. Tyrone are now supposedly unbeatable. So as a Dublin supporter, I won't be be putting the mortgage money on the Dubs, but we live in hope.

[paul_oshea]

Kerry are still winning lads. Thats the key, and I no that sound uber-obvious but im you get what im saying, its a cliche but in kerrys case, its most certainly true!

[DeLorean]

Yeah the more I think about it the more I fancy Kerry. The Dubs have it all to prove, they've done nothing of note yet. Meath, Cork, Tyrone, Kerry and Mayo Sat week for me.

[old git]

I was hoping Galway would win it....I have enough of that jersey kissing mob and their rotten little manager....all they did was win their way to another hammering at the hands of Kilkenny

do you have a strong dislike for waterford

[The Betting Man]

Dublin evs to beat Kerry looks a great bet I reckon

[DeLorean]

Dublin evs to beat Kerry looks a great bet I reckon

Limerick are a super price at 2/1 to beat Meath despite my earlier prediction. Wouldn't have expected odds like that after their Munster Final showing. Donegal at 11/4 is quite generous as well I think but I can see the logic behind that price.

The odds on the Dubs is fair I reckon, in fact 11/10 on Kerry might be the way to go.

[joeSoap]

Limerick only county now that can do the double....2141/1 the generous odds....

Footballers still 125/1 to win the football. It's not going to happen, but they've got a great chance of beating Meath at 2/1.

[bennocelt]

Wonder does anyone know why the Meath fella was sent off?

[Superhoops]

Wonder does anyone know why the Meath fella was sent off?

Someone who was there told me there was a bit of jostling between Stephen Bray and Mark O'Riordan, Bray struck O'Riordan in the ribs and he went down like he was shot. Bray's brother David then ran over and tried to pull O'Riordan up off the ground. The Limerick keeper Kiely then got involved at whch point the umpires alerted the referee.

The guy who told me this reckoned that if David Bray hadn't got involved nothing would have happened, buit once the referee had the report from the umpires that Stephen Bray had to go as he threw the punch whereas O'Riordan was only jostling with both Brays.

Don't know if that is right but no reason to doubt what I was told.

[bennocelt]

Someone who was there told me there was a bit of jostling between Stephen Bray and Mark O'Riordan, Bray struck O'Riordan in the ribs and he went down like he was shot. Bray's brother David then ran over and tried to pull O'Riordan up off the ground. The Limerick keeper Kiely then got involved at whch point the umpires ale

thanks, kind of guessed that, too much of this messing in ga nowadays, wouldnt see it in soccer

[drummerboy]

Kerry are in the same position Tyrone were in last season. Going into a quarter final after losing in their provence and showing poor form in the qualifiers. Their opponents were an in form Dublin and we all know what happened. Tyrone are now supposedly unbeatable. So as a Dublin supporter, I won't be be putting the mortgage money on the Dubs, but we live in hope.

God, its gives me no pleasure but I kinda told you so.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Scandalous performance by Limerick against Tipp.

I'm averting my gaze in disgust now and when I look back I expect all management and most of the team involved to have quietly retired.

[old git]

Scandalous performance by Limerick against Tipp.

I'm averting my gaze in disgust now and when I look back I expect all management and most of the team involved to have quietly retired.

just think of it as a marvelous performance from tipp . it might help the pain

[Lionel Ritchie]

just think of it as a marvelous performance from tipp . it might help the pain

Apologies. I should've given credit where due to a Tipp on a thoroughly excellent performance on their part.

But Limerick? FFS like. New York don't ship half a dozen goals per game -and that's just the defense. They couldn't hit a cows @rse with an oar ...a barn from inside the thing ...Ray Charles'd have fewer misses ...whatever.

Incidently, and despite my bile, I couldn't give a tuppeny **** about Limerick GAA. But my very best mates follow this garbage all over the place and deserve way, way better I reckon. I know they're hurting right now and no amount of factoring in a top drawer performance from Tipp will ease it. Sickening carry on.

[shakermaker1982]

Could be worse Lionel - they could be following Mayo!

I didn't sleep right for 2 nights last week after Mayo imploded against Meath when 4 points clear on two different occasions.