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**paudie** · 09/08/2008, 6:32 PM

Well done Wexford as well.

This proves standard in Ulster has fallen a lot. Good sign for Dublin before they play Tyrone next week.

**passinginterest** · 09/08/2008, 6:45 PM

Great for Wexford. Missed it all as I was out playing ball myself. Hopefully Tyrone in the semi. The Northie teams really seem to suit them. When you consider the disaster against the Dubs it makes it an even bigger achievement.

**Jinxy** · 09/08/2008, 9:32 PM

Originally Posted by passinginterest

Great for Wexford. Missed it all as I was out playing ball myself. Hopefully Tyrone in the semi. The Nothie teams really seem to suit them. When you consider the disaster against the Dubs it makes it an even bigger achievement.

Wexford v the Dubs Take II would be a completely different game to the leinster final. Not saying Wexford would win it but they would be itching to set things straight. It's never nice for a team to have to play someone they've already beaten handily. Complacency is hard to avoid. I think Jason Ryan will secretly be hoping the Dubs take care of Tyrone. At this stage, there are no handy games. However there are only two teams left that could beat Kerry and thats Dublin & Cork.

**geysir** · 10/08/2008, 12:09 PM

Galway Kerry was a marvelous game in the atrocious conditions.
Kerry were fitter mentally and physically in the last 1/4 and bossed Galway around then in all areas.

However there are only two teams left that could beat Kerry and thats Dublin & Cork.

If Cork get past Kildare they won't get another sniff against Kerry. Most of the problems, that Kerry had, have been ironed out.

Wexford had their homework done.
Even if I had expected them to win this one, their performance was still a surprise.
Getting to semi final these days is bigger deal than it use to be.

**passinginterest** · 16/08/2008, 6:20 PM

Well, well, well, I have to say seeing the Dubs fans leaving with 20 minutes left brought a little smile to my face, the abuse they gave the Wexford fans that ducked out early at the Leinster final was unreal, that's what I call karma.

Wexford won't be intimidated by Tyrone, I think we might nick it and lose to Kerry by 10 points in the final. Tyrone do look like they found so me serious form though.

**superfrank** · 16/08/2008, 7:33 PM

Delighted to see the Dubs knocked out b ut I was surprised by how big the gap was. One of my Dub friends text me to say he was going home to cry.

**NeilMcD** · 16/08/2008, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by passinginterest

Well, well, well, I have to say seeing the Dubs fans leaving with 20 minutes left brought a little smile to my face, the abuse they gave the Wexford fans that ducked out early at the Leinster final was unreal, that's what I call karma.

Wexford won't be intimidated by Tyrone, I think we might nick it and lose to Kerry by 10 points in the final. Tyrone do look like they found so me serious form though.

Its called banter and slagging but most culchies do not get it.

**MariborKev** · 17/08/2008, 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

Its called banter and slagging but most culchies do not get it.

And most Dubs, given the bandwagon nature of the support, can give it but can't take it.

**Ringo** · 17/08/2008, 5:52 AM

Originally Posted by superfrank

Delighted to see the Dubs knocked out b ut I was surprised by how big the gap was. One of my Dub friends text me to say he was going home to cry.

As a dubliner, Your very disloyal to your county

**geysir** · 17/08/2008, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by Maribor

And most Dubs, given the bandwagon nature of the support, can give it but can't take it.

Nonsense.
Most Dubs who follow the Championship and League campaign are good winners and good losers. When they get beat they are the first to congratulate you. GAA fans all over the country will testify to that.
The base to the Dublin support comes from about a 100 senior clubs.

Brian Dooher coming off the pitch yesterday was roundly applauded by Dub fans. Unless one is a d�ckhead, rival fans in Hill 16 on match day have good experiences whether the Dubs win or cruelly lose.
Cruel

Nobody who leaves early like to be noticed do they? and not by those drink fueled soccer blow ins

**geysir** · 17/08/2008, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by passinginterest

Wexford won't be intimidated by Tyrone, I think we might nick it and lose to Kerry by 10 points in the final. Tyrone do look like they found so me serious form though.

It's a big day for Wexford football but it has been coming and it's fully deserved. Probably better that they don't have to meet Dublin so soon but another Ulster team.

Tyrone are the most disciplined team in the country.
Their football was perfect yesterday but won't be perfect the next day and Wexford I presume won't buckle like the Dubs.

Many Tyrone fans will already be looking ahead to the AI Final but Mickey Harte won't.

**shakermaker1982** · 17/08/2008, 11:50 AM

Does it get any better than watching Dublin getting their a$$ handed to them once again?!

**geysir** · 17/08/2008, 2:42 PM

Of course it can get better, if it is your county doing the kicking

But surely yesterday was cruel and degrading punishment that not even the Dubs deserved. We should have more sympathy for a team that is so over burdened with carrying the weight of all that hype and expectations that they collapse in a heap.
Culchies would not gloat on such a spectacle would they?

**paul_oshea** · 19/08/2008, 10:30 AM

i think they woudl, but i also think that most culchies ( at least those that lived their at one/some point ) secrectly like the Dubs and want them to do well. I know I do at least.

I called it that tyrone would beat them though, and I can see wexford beating tyrone now. Ryan has the experience from doing the 3-in-a-row with St Marys so he has a winning mentality, even if he has a big funny head with big funny ears on him. Would be great to see them in a final. But wouldn't want them keeling over like they did against the DUbs though, much like waterford v kilkenny. These sorta teams can produce one huge game and then be crap the next one.

**Soko** · 21/08/2008, 4:41 AM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

i think they woudl, but i also think that most culchies ( at least those that lived their at one/some point ) secrectly like the Dubs and want them to do well. I know I do at least.

Not in the slightest. I do like seeing them win Leinster though as it sets them up for a bigger fall. Till next year boys

**Pauro 76** · 24/08/2008, 10:05 AM

Secretly like the Dubs? No chance. Lived there for a while and always had a healthy dislike for them. And all the hype from Evening Herald too about the 'Mighty Dubs' every day really used to annoy me too.

**superfrank** · 24/08/2008, 5:07 PM

How did Kerry though that away?

**shakermaker1982** · 24/08/2008, 7:01 PM

I hope O'Mahony gets a 12 month suspension. What a *****. Grow some nuts. The Gooch is no better, you'd think he had been snipered by some Russian soldier.

**paudie** · 24/08/2008, 8:09 PM

Cork played in the second half like they hadn't a brain between them.

How Kerry didn't win by 6 or 7 points is a mystery. Thank you Messers Brosnan and O'Sullivan.

**Jinxy** · 25/08/2008, 9:58 AM

Fair play to Hayes for tucking it away. Penalties are hard enough to score at the best of times in gaelic football. When you effectively have the last kick of the game to decide whether you live to fight another day, to stick it in the corner like that takes some b*lls.