LSHC QF: Dublin v. Galway ; Croke Park; 31st May @14:00

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A thread to discuss Dublin v. Galway

Teams are as follows:

Dublin:
Alan Nolan;
Cian O'Callaghan, Peter Kelly, Paul Schutte;
Shane Durkin, Chris Crummey, Conal Keaney;
John McCaffrey, Simon Lambert;
Ryan O'Dwyer, Liam Rushe, Danny Sutcliffe;
David O'Callaghan, David Treacy, Mark Schutte.

Galway:
Colm Callanan;
Johnny Coen, John Hanbury, Pádraig Mannion;
David Collins, Iarla Tannian, Gearóid McInerney;
Joseph Cooney, Aidan Harte;
Andrew Smith, Cyril Donnellan, Jonathan Glynn;
Cathal Mannion, Joe Canning, Jason Flynn.

Dublin 5/6, Draw 9/1, Galway 5/4

homeofhurling

very quiet in Galway not much been said about them thats when they are at their best, they are missing a few but i think they could nick a win on sunday. in saying that Dublin hurl great in the league blew limerick off the field in croker and threw away the game again cork, this is 50/50 but we could see Galway on a good day.

Pretty fast

Fifty fifty. I'd just give the nod to Galway.

Flukey

As is always said about them: It depends on which Galway shows up. They'll fancy their chances, but Dublin do seem to be on the up, so Dublin may just shade it. It could be a very good game.

Diabhal Beag

Dublin just have a notch over this particular Galway side. Fear for the lack of pace up top.

KevIRL

I don't see how this match is rated 50/50 by most observers, pundits and bookies. Galway being hugely overrated I feel. Dublin to win handy enough and I think Dublin -1 in the handicap betting at 6/5 is like finding money on the street

MfMan

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Dublin just have a notch over this particular Galway side. Fear for the lack of pace up top.

Lack of pace all round. Wet day may suit Galway perhaps.

diarmo06

Anybody know if tickets are available at croke park on the day?

DoctaDee

diarmo06 wrote: »

Anybody know if tickets are available at croke park on the day?

Ticket van is generally behind tbe entrance to Hill 16.

Rightwing

Hard to cal this one. Galway have far more skill, but may not have the stomach for it. I'll still reluctantly go for Galway by about 5/6 points.

letowski

I think Dublin to win, going by this year so far. Galway being down Cooney is a big loss, the Burkes to a lesser extent, so it's up to Glynn, Flynn and Mannion to really step up today as they have the ability. I wouldnt have Canning on the edge of the square v Kelly, I think Kelly is the best full back in the country and he could negate Canning influence, I think at 11 on Crummy would be better. I think Tannion on Rushe would be a concern as Tannion has always been his guy to hurl his own game.

Big game for Dublin and Cunningham to see build on their good league form. Looking forward to seeing Schutte, he looked excellent in the league. But I think his striking of his right is a bit questionable and can be marked. Dublin could really do with him developing into a top forward.

dastardly00

If Galway win by 10 points I wouldn't be surprised.

If Dublin win by 10 points I wouldn't be surprised either.

DoctaDee

DoctaDee wrote: »

Ticket van is generally behind tbe entrance to Hill 16.

No ticket van today

BunkMoreland

Pattern on the grass is distracting.

KevIRL

Galway far more impressive so far.

letowski

KevIRL wrote:

Galway far more impressive so far.

Good goal, the Dubs cant get their key men up front in the game. The backs are struggling too, most notably Keaney on Donnellan.

Boom__Boom

Massive response by the Dubs to the Galway goal.

LuckyGent88

The Galway goal has seemed to wake Dublin up

Boom__Boom

Canning not getting on any sort of ball.

Boom__Boom

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

The Galway goal has seemed to wake Dublin up

And put Galway to sleep - only scored 1 point since then

LuckyGent88

How did he miss that

nice_guy80

If an U10 player missed that you'd be annoyed

Boom__Boom

Dublin fairly lucky there to avoid conceding another goal.

Dublin have outscored Galway 0-7 to 0-1 since the goal went in.

Utopia Parkway

Galway should have had about 3 frees there. Ref ingored them all.

Mars Bar

Coen is getting torn apart in the corner

Strumms

Hope the ref doesnt have a negative impact on this one.. missing a lot of obvious fouls and pulling up some borderline stuff...

alphasully

Dublin's 16th man doing a good job for them so far

Dyr

Dublins handling is poor again, keep running towards the pass at speed and leaving the sliotar behind

Diabhal Beag

Coen has to be subbed at this stage. Being torn asunder by Schutte.

Donnellan has been excellent and shows no rustiness at all in comparison to Cooney and Harte in midfield.

Canning's miss was something else but there could be 3 Galway goals on that scoreboard. A guy like Niall Healy will win a tight game like this for Galway.

Dublin's FB line is as dodgy as our own.

Utopia Parkway

Canning doesn't seem to be moving all that well. Have a feeling he's carrying an injury of some type.

Copper_pipe

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Galway 1st goal @ 2.20, Surely an error...

LuckyGent88

Lovely score from mannion

BunkMoreland

Bit of a funeral home atmosphere.

Boom__Boom

Fairly scrappy stuff now.

KevIRL

Dublin should be much further ahead here

Utopia Parkway

Galway have missed so many goal chances. Could easily have at least 3 on the board by now.

alphasully

Could this ref be any more biased

Diabhal Beag

Some fairly poor refereeing here.

Mars Bar

Do they not bother to practice the art of pulling on the ****ing ball? Jesus christ.

Utopia Parkway

Another goal chance for Galway. Got a point out of it at least this time.

LuckyGent88

Galway backs well on top now. Rushe has been anonymous

Mars Bar

Galway must surely create the most goal chances over the course of a season and miss the most!

Boom__Boom

Did Marty just say "energetical" ?

Utopia Parkway

Another soft free.

letowski

Very evenly matched game. Galway have spurned most oppertunities i think. I think its destined for a draw.

Boom__Boom

letowski wrote: »

Very evenly matched game. Galway have spurned most oppertunities i think. I think its destined for a draw.

If it doesn't end up a draw, whoever wins it should consider themselves fairly lucky.

Utopia Parkway

Cannot touch Rushe apparently.

Mars Bar

Oh for god sake. Galway are so frustrating to watch!!

dastardly00

I think a draw is probably a fair result.

Mars Bar

That was fortunate. He turned in to them and tried to charge.

Mars Bar

Why is Joe Canning taking that? He should be in there swinging the hurl.