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Rightwing · 07-07-2013 6:06pm

I must say I was impressed with Dublin, I have them down as serious All Irl contenders now.

Rightwing · 07-07-2013 6:09pm

jordainius wrote: »

Dublin are Leinster champions, championship is wide open!

Dubs after playing 5 weekends in a row, I can't help but think of those Waterford fans who are adamant that the only reason we beat them in the 2007 semi final was because they played the previous two weekends, maybe now they'll finally realise the better team won on the day.

I always said that was a pile of poo.

They were the better team, but we caught them on the day ,, it had nothing to do with 2 matches as you rightly point out.

Hidalgo · 07-07-2013 6:10pm

As ye're hosting it, anyone know who won the Div 1 Feile today??

Fireball07 · 07-07-2013 6:11pm

jordainius wrote: »

Dublin are Leinster champions, championship is wide open!

It's not as wide open as it would be if KK had been knocked out last night.

I can just see them growing stronger and stronger, and by the time they hit Croke Park, they'll be at their peak... not sure any of the other teams can match a full-strength Kilkenny. Maybe Waterford will do everyone a favour and produce a massive shock.

Fireball07 · 07-07-2013 6:12pm

Hidalgo wrote: »

As ye're hosting it, anyone know who won the Div 1 Feile today??

Ballyboden St. Enda's afaik....good day for Dublin hurling all-round.

Copper_pipe · 07-07-2013 6:13pm

Twitter says Ballyboden St Endas

Hidalgo · 07-07-2013 7:01pm

Fireball07 wrote: »

Ballyboden St. Enda's afaik....good day for Dublin hurling all-round.

Saw them yesterday in some of the group games at Monaleen. Very strong and powerful team for U14. Plenty lads that wouldn't be out of place at U16.
Caps off a great day for the Dubs.

Rightwing · 07-07-2013 7:02pm

Hidalgo wrote: »

As ye're hosting it, anyone know who won the Div 1 Feile today??

Was that the sh*te that caused all the traffic chaos on fri night ?

Thinkstoomuch · 07-07-2013 7:05pm

Browney7 wrote: »

Absolutely vital we beat Cork. If we win on Sunday wed play Galway or Clare (assuming Kk beat Waterford) in an AI semi (also assuming provincial finals can't be repeated but provincial semis could ie dub Kk rater than Dub Galway)

I think you are wrong there.If Limerick win them and Dublin are on one side.

Clare should beat wexford.But if Clare beat Galway and Kilkenny were to beat Cork in a q final then kilkenny could not play Dublin again so it would be Kilkenny v limerick.
If galway won then it would be galway and KK in a draw against Dublin or limerick as both KK and galway have already played the dubs.

If Clare win their side of the draw they will be playing dubs more than likely even though a lot of hurling before its decided.

Hidalgo · 07-07-2013 7:23pm

Rightwing wrote: »

Was that the sh*te that caused all the traffic chaos on fri night ?

There was a parade involving all clubs taking part on Fri evening alright,

and its far from s*ite. Great competition

Browney7 · 07-07-2013 7:37pm

Thinkstoomuch wrote: »

I think you are wrong there.If Limerick win them and Dublin are on one side.

Clare should beat wexford.But if Clare beat Galway and Kilkenny were to beat Cork in a q final then kilkenny could not play Dublin again so it would be Kilkenny v limerick.
If galway won then it would be galway and KK in a draw against Dublin or limerick as both KK and galway have already played the dubs.

If Clare win their side of the draw they will be playing dubs more than likely even though a lot of hurling before its decided.

Not sure if they'd have a draw to be honest. I'd imagine they'd repeat a provincial semi final before a provincial final. Maybe it would be a draw though who knows. Realistically Clare and Kk will get through next weekend but there's a lot of hurling to be played between now and August. It will be a great July of hurling

billyhead · 07-07-2013 8:17pm

Are there any terrace tickets still available for Sundays game preferably in with the Limerick supporters?

bennyl10 · 07-07-2013 8:26pm

billyhead wrote: »

Are there any terrace tickets still available for Sundays game preferably in with the Limerick supporters?

Clare end all thats online. Therell be a few of in there though.

jordainius · 07-07-2013 10:47pm

Assuming that there are no upsets in the next round of qualifiers, Kilkenny and Clare should make it to the quarter finals.

So, if we lose next weekend, All-Ireland quarter finals will be;

Galway -v- (Clare or Kilkenny)
Limerick -v- (Clare or Kilkenny)
Open draw, a 50:50 chance of meeting a Kilkenny team with the momentum of two good wins over Tipp and Waterford behind them; regardless of who we face in the quarter final, if we win Dublin will await us in the semi final.

And, if we win next weekend, All-Ireland quarter finals will be;
Galway -v- Clare
Cork -v- Kilkenny

Hard to call who would meet us in the semi final, Cork are the only team we can be kept apart from.
It would all hinge on the Cork/Kilkenny game, a Cork win and we meet Clare or Galway.
A Kilkenny win, two scenarios;
1) If Galway win, semi finals are (DUB v KLK) and (LIM v GAL)
*(In this case, Dublin have already played both Kilkenny and Galway, provincial finalists are kept apart in this case meaning Dublin would meet Kilkenny, and not Galway who they defeated in the Leinster final)
2) If Clare win, semi finals are (DUB v CLA) and (LIM v KLK)

So as you can see above, many permutations, far from straight forward yet!

Rightwing · 07-07-2013 11:50pm

jordainius wrote: »

Assuming that there are no upsets in the next round of qualifiers, Kilkenny and Clare should make it to the quarter finals.

So, if we lose next weekend, All-Ireland quarter finals will be;

Galway -v- (Clare or Kilkenny)
Limerick -v- (Clare or Kilkenny)
Open draw, a 50:50 chance of meeting a Kilkenny team with the momentum of two good wins over Tipp and Waterford behind them; regardless of who we face in the quarter final, if we win Dublin will await us in the semi final.

And, if we win next weekend, All-Ireland quarter finals will be;
Galway -v- Clare
Cork -v- Kilkenny

Hard to call who would meet us in the semi final, Cork are the only team we can be kept apart from.
It would all hinge on the Cork/Kilkenny game, a Cork win and we meet Clare or Galway.
A Kilkenny win, two scenarios;
1) If Galway win, semi finals are (DUB v KLK) and (LIM v GAL)
*(In this case, Dublin have already played both Kilkenny and Galway, provincial finalists are kept apart in this case meaning Dublin would meet Kilkenny, and not Galway who they defeated in the Leinster final)
2) If Clare win, semi finals are (DUB v CLA) and (LIM v KLK)

So as you can see above, many permutations, far from straight forward yet!

There's an all ireland final place up for grabs either way. Main thing is to try and avoid KK. Next weekend v Waterford could see them at their most vulnerable.

Copper_pipe · 08-07-2013 12:48pm

billyhead wrote: »

Are there any terrace tickets still available for Sundays game preferably in with the Limerick supporters?

Two terraces available now https://gaa.tickets.ie/Booking/EventTickets/15519/munster-gaa-hurling-final-limerick-v-cork-gaelic-grounds-14-July-2013

slegs · 08-07-2013 5:23pm

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Two terraces available now https://gaa.tickets.ie/Booking/EventTickets/15519/munster-gaa-hurling-final-limerick-v-cork-gaelic-grounds-14-July-2013

comes up as sold out for me now...

Copper_pipe · 08-07-2013 7:00pm

Clare end on Ticketmaster now

Rightwing · 08-07-2013 7:04pm

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Clare end on Ticketmaster now

Anyone interested in going, buy soon, this will be a sellout imo.

Browney7 · 08-07-2013 7:21pm

Rightwing wrote: »

Anyone interested in going, buy soon, this will be a sellout imo.

Agree. A lot of clubs will have their meetings tonight Tue or wed to distribute tickets. A lot of people could be disappointed in the clubs (lack of family tickets/stand tickets) so families might swoop on the remaining Terrace tickets

Rightwing · 08-07-2013 7:24pm

Browney7 wrote: »

Agree. A lot of clubs will have their meetings tonight Tue or wed to distribute tickets. A lot of people could be disappointed in the clubs (lack of family tickets/stand tickets) so families might swoop on the remaining Terrace tickets

Weather is going to be good as well, so no worries with rain etc.

Did the GAA get the go ahead with their beer tent plan inside the ground?

bigpink · 08-07-2013 8:54pm

No support from the councillors it seems and the application wasn't put in then

glasagusban · 08-07-2013 9:34pm

They can change the drinking laws on Good Friday for a rugby game though.

bigpink · 08-07-2013 10:15pm

Munster Rugby shur
Not going to help future concerts for Gaelic Grounds

Rightwing · 08-07-2013 10:19pm

Well it just means another big pay day for the pubs close by, and no one can begrudge them. We didn't get a big match in years, and 3 or 4 this year.

Copper_pipe · 08-07-2013 10:26pm

Jerome o Connell from the Leader tweeted earlier saying that there was just over 2000 city end terrace tickets left and they can be got from the gaelic grounds office between 10 and 5

premierstone · 09-07-2013 9:56am

Rightwing wrote: »

Well it just means another big pay day for the pubs close by, and no one can begrudge them. We didn't get a big match in years, and 3 or 4 this year.

There just isn't enough of them close by, it was next to impossible to get a drink before the Tipp/Limerick game and that only had an attendance of 20k, the loss of the Davin Arms has been a disaster.

slegs · 09-07-2013 10:02am

premierstone wrote: »

There just isn't enough of them close by, it was next to impossible to get a drink before the Tipp/Limerick game and that only had an attendance of 20k, the loss of the Davin Arms has been a disaster.

The Ardhu (on front of old Ryan Hotel) is right beside Gaelic Grounds at City End and has a huge beer garden

grenache · 09-07-2013 10:22am

Rightwing wrote: »

There's an all ireland final place up for grabs either way. Main thing is to try and avoid KK. Next weekend v Waterford could see them at their most vulnerable.

You hear this a lot from people and it irks me. If limerick/cork or whoever, don't think they are capable of beating Kilkenny, they and their fans should not bother turning up. Kilkenny are not the team they were 3 or 4 years ago, that is for certain. Quite a lot of mileage in that squad of players and still heavily reliant on Shefflin. Dublin and Galway have shown they are beatable if the right system is employed. Dublin dragged them all over the place in Portlaoise with quick diagonal ball to their forwards. They also ran at them and took on the KK backs. James Woodlock for Tipp made huge inroads into their defence when he ran at them last weekend. Scored a good point and created one if not two goal opportunities. Most importantly both Tipp and Dublin (and Galway last year) hurled KK man to man, none of this dropping a man back into defence as a sweeper - that just plays right into Kilkenny's hands.

So lets hope for a clash with KK sooner rather than later. Wanting to avoid them just shows you think you're not good enough to beat them. And I think both cork and limerick are. If you want to be the best, you'll have to beat the best.

Soulcrew09 · 09-07-2013 10:24am

slegs wrote: »

The Ardhu (on front of old Ryan Hotel) is right beside Gaelic Grounds at City End and has a huge beer garden

It was an absolute shambles for the Tipp game, 3 lads behind the bar, hundreds trying to get served, we even had to change the tellys over to the KK/Offaly as they had golf on! kitchen staff and security standing aound scratching their holes while the outside taps were not being used.......:eek:

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