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I find that the best way to get the top seats in Croker is not to sit in your own seat!! Usually works, unless there's a full house.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4172 - 27/05/2025 10:33:53 2612965 Link 1 |
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There are decent Hogan Stand tickets available on Ticketmaster, section 329 around the 45 to the Davin side.
streaker (Galway) - Posts: 513 - 27/05/2025 12:01:50 2613009 Link 1 |
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Went on early and got between the 45 and 65 lower cusak hill side so can't complain I see the hill is open when it usually isn't for Leinster finals might bring a bit more atmosphere
Galway.11 (Galway) - Posts: 6 - 27/05/2025 14:19:44 2613054 Link 0 |
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Went on early and got between the 45 and 65 lower cusak hill side so can't complain I see the hill is open when it usually isn't for Leinster finals might bring a bit more atmosphere
Galway.11 (Galway) - Posts: 6 - 27/05/2025 14:43:45 2613060 Link 0 |
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Not so delousional or arrogant after all. Dublin have regressed this year and thats a fact. Galway are on an upward curve and are coming good at the right time. Kilkenny are going for 6 in a row which becomes routine for them. This is the time to catch KK for sure. They may have beated us by 12pts in the first game but Galway didnt play on the day and are a different animal now. Kilkenny were at their best the first day. Galway will win the Leinster Final put your money on it. 1shot (Galway) - Posts: 17 - 27/05/2025 15:15:38 2613071 Link 1 |
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WUM
Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 160 - 27/05/2025 15:44:26 2613076 Link 1 |
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Not in the head, ref explained that it was in the chest hence the yellow card.
Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 160 - 27/05/2025 15:46:44 2613077 Link 1 |
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Not at all. Galway will give it a serious rattle and I will be backing it
1shot (Galway) - Posts: 17 - 27/05/2025 16:49:05 2613101 Link 1 |
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Maybe ref explained his decision but watch it contact was with the head. Anyhow I'll be supporting the Leinster team in the final.
sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 917 - 27/05/2025 18:30:18 2613127 Link 0 |
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Yep id say ye will have the cats number this time thete still depending on an old man which is a bad sign and he wont do anything in croke park.
Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 377 - 27/05/2025 19:41:04 2613139 Link 1 |
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Yep id say ye will have the cats number this time thete still depending on an old man which is a bad sign and he wont do anything in croke park.
Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 377 - 27/05/2025 19:41:20 2613140 Link 1 |
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Those in glass houses…
Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 160 - 27/05/2025 21:45:38 2613159 Link 1 |
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The annual hype train is in full flow. Armchairreporter (Galway) - Posts: 107 - 27/05/2025 22:07:38 2613161 Link 1 |
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He did. He was showing to the players that he saw it as a hit to the chest. That's why he gave the yellow. When it happens that quickly, it's very difficult to tell. I've watched the replay a couple of times. It's definitely into the chest to start with. Daithí also doesn't lift his shoulder or turn the hit upward. The issue is it's with such force, that there's possible follow through on the neck and chin. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2343 - 27/05/2025 22:12:41 2613164 Link 1 |
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The referee didn't have an opportunity to watch it. It's not rugby, where Var meets ER and you get 10minute on field consultations to deliver the correct call, and fantastic words like mitigation get mentioned and all. Daithi Burke's mitigation was that he hit chest first, which is what the referee called, without even seeing a replay. Why would anyone care who you're supporting in the final? I'd be surprised if anyone gives a ****. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4172 - 27/05/2025 23:37:54 2613177 Link 2 |
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The referee was broadly fine I thought, I think in real time he got the DB call right, based on the initial contact. The DF incident he wouldn't have seen and it was down to the umpire(s)/Linesman to inform him, the Fleming incident looked like it occurred blind side of the referee and again it would have been for the umpire(s) to inform him, and the PM call was on balance the correct one as it was unfortunate and not malicious and the yc I feel was correct in the circumstances. Thankfully he used his discretion as we couldn't have complained based on the rulebook if Mannion had seen red. Refereeing is a difficult enough job in its own right without the boys on TSG soapboxing, you may be sure that had the referee sent off all 4 players (which of course wouldn't have happened as one rc fundamentally warns all other players, etc.) those same pundits would be castigating the referee for 'ruining the game'. They can't win. On a side note, I don't feel it's fair or reasonable for tv replays to show 'disciplinary incidents' slowed down, the officials get one chance to see it in real time, and any replays shown should also be shown in real time. Slow motion replays should be kept for disciplinary meetings if necessary and not used to hang referees out to dry. Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 928 - 28/05/2025 11:24:30 2613218 Link 3 |
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Joe calling for Leinster final to be out of Croke Park and denying us supporters what is possibly our only trip to Croke Park now. Clueless CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 531 - 28/05/2025 11:31:02 2613219 Link 0 |
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As if we haven't been there plenty of times before. And you can go there whenever you want to. Complaining about this has the bang of Dublin, Offaly and Wexford opposing Galway's introduction into Leinster at minor because it was going to 'deny them opportunities'. We can't be hypocrites about this. If we are good enough we will get another trip there anyway, and if we aren't, we won't. Playing a match with 20K people at most in an 80K capacity stadium kills the atmosphere. I've attended enough flat Leinster finals. Bring it elsewhere I say. Tullamore seems optimal. It would bring something fresh and a big crowd would enhance the occasion Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 928 - 28/05/2025 13:15:13 2613234 Link 1 |
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Are you for real? First of all from a supporters' POV you must be one of the few fans that is happy with the extra time and expense it takes to travel to the capital. Or else like me, you must be living in or relatively close to Dublin and Croke Park is a convenient venue for you. Secondly, in 2023 when we last appeared in a Leinster final and the opposition was Kilkenny, the official attendance was 24,483. This was a time when we had the "Henry factor", when there was a optimism around the team that we could be All Ireland contenders and Kilkenny also had strong hopes of going all the way. Different landscape this time...there is a general belief in both counties (and in the country as a whole) that neither team are genuine All Ireland contenders, the trust level between the Galway hurling public and the team is only in the early stages of repair , there's still a fear about that when we actually come up against a good team that we'll get a tonking or, like what happened in the round robin fixture in Nowlan Park, that the team wont "turn up" or put in an insipid display. Then you have the fact that at the moment our footballers are getting the more attention as a team the Galway public can get behind and that have the potential to achieve something (that might all change after the weekend of course). If less that 25,000 attended the Leinster final in 2023 when there were more "pull" factors to attract a large crowd I reckon the attendance this year will struggle to reach 20,000. Joe Canning's suggestion makes complete sense. PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 2025 - 28/05/2025 13:15:44 2613236 Link 1 |
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Oh you of little faith.....doesn't bother me where its played once We win and get ready for the All Ireland Semi Final!
katser (Galway) - Posts: 2604 - 28/05/2025 14:53:29 2613257 Link 1 |