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Two entertaining games

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2115 - 14/01/2025 22:34:37    2585935

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Looking forward to this. Looks like they've sold a pile of tickets already and have Davin on sale now.

Hope that Na Fianna win but honestly no idea how it might go. Sars defeat of Ballygunner is most serious piece of form but NF have turned into a very tough team to beat and always look like they might have more in them even when winning.

Great day and especially when there are Dublin clubs involved even when not one's own - and not Crokes :-) Joking of course!!

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3301 - 19/01/2025 10:24:02    2586337

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Expect a high scoring game if both teams cut loose and go hell for leather .

Why not you might never get another chance.

Very hard to call but sarsfields beating ballygunner make them slight favourites. But watching Na fianna they look like a team that if the shooting is on song they would rack up a high score . And still tough to score against .
Looking forward to it Ben starved of games since no pre season competition .

Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 317 - 19/01/2025 12:03:08    2586347

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There could have been 6 different winners this year as there were no outstanding teams, some absolutely cracker games that could easily have went a different way. However we are down to the final two and IMO I can't see pass Na Fianna. They just seem to have that little extra all over the pitch. I'm going for a comfortable 4pt win.

exref (Antrim) - Posts: 72 - 19/01/2025 13:26:15    2586352

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Replying To exref:  "There could have been 6 different winners this year as there were no outstanding teams, some absolutely cracker games that could easily have went a different way. However we are down to the final two and IMO I can't see pass Na Fianna. They just seem to have that little extra all over the pitch. I'm going for a comfortable 4pt win."
An incredible win!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8681 - 19/01/2025 15:13:36    2586364

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Very disappointing and one sided final. Na Fianna comfortably the better team and if anything 9 points flatters Sarsfields, could've been 19 tbh. Na Fianna definitely top club in Ireland this year, bar Loughrea who probably should've beaten them, they were fairly ahead of the pack for a finish. Congratulations to them and hard luck to SARS, still a great year and to get to a club all Ireland is still unbelievable achievement. Attention now turns to the county game again.

Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin (Wexford) - Posts: 291 - 19/01/2025 15:14:22    2586365

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Na Fianna/Errigal Ciaran backed for the double. €10k if both win. Handy money. 50 on Darragh Canavan for MOTM.

CorkLiamMcCarthy24 (Cork) - Posts: 72 - 19/01/2025 15:21:30    2586367

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Congratulations to Na Fianna, and commiserations to Sars. Final never really got going, which was a shame for us neutrals!

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14295 - 19/01/2025 15:35:14    2586370

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Na Fianna comfortably. Imagine the side they'd be, if they had 'the rishhts' for it.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3914 - 19/01/2025 15:38:24    2586372

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Replying To CorkLiamMcCarthy24:  "Na Fianna/Errigal Ciaran backed for the double. €10k if both win. Handy money. 50 on Darragh Canavan for MOTM."
"Na Fianna/Errigal Ciaran backed for the double. €10k if both win. Handy money.'

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2672 - 19/01/2025 16:14:26    2586376

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "Na Fianna comfortably. Imagine the side they'd be, if they had 'the rishhts' for it."
:-D

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14295 - 19/01/2025 17:02:14    2586382

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Replying To Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin:  "Very disappointing and one sided final. Na Fianna comfortably the better team and if anything 9 points flatters Sarsfields, could've been 19 tbh. Na Fianna definitely top club in Ireland this year, bar Loughrea who probably should've beaten them, they were fairly ahead of the pack for a finish. Congratulations to them and hard luck to SARS, still a great year and to get to a club all Ireland is still unbelievable achievement. Attention now turns to the county game again."
Top club in Ireland. Full stop. Never mind bar loughrea.

conordee (Galway) - Posts: 451 - 19/01/2025 18:25:50    2586404

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Replying To Viking66:  "Congratulations to Na Fianna, and commiserations to Sars. Final never really got going, which was a shame for us neutrals!"
It got going just fine! Great Dublin double!

foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2124 - 19/01/2025 19:03:10    2586412

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Replying To foreveryoung:  "It got going just fine! Great Dublin double!"
Except those clubs were not representing Dublin, that system was scrapped many many moons ago.

Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 83 - 19/01/2025 20:26:28    2586432

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Replying To Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin:  "Very disappointing and one sided final. Na Fianna comfortably the better team and if anything 9 points flatters Sarsfields, could've been 19 tbh. Na Fianna definitely top club in Ireland this year, bar Loughrea who probably should've beaten them, they were fairly ahead of the pack for a finish. Congratulations to them and hard luck to SARS, still a great year and to get to a club all Ireland is still unbelievable achievement. Attention now turns to the county game again."
Only teams came close to beating Na Fianna in knockout were Vinnies in Dublin semi and Crokes in final.

Loughrea? No.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3301 - 19/01/2025 22:10:24    2586463

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Replying To CorkLiamMcCarthy24:  "Na Fianna/Errigal Ciaran backed for the double. €10k if both win. Handy money. 50 on Darragh Canavan for MOTM."
You want to knock the oul betting on the head pal!

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3301 - 19/01/2025 22:18:44    2586468

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "Only teams came close to beating Na Fianna in knockout were Vinnies in Dublin semi and Crokes in final.

Loughrea? No."
Yeah I would agree and the last game in the round robin was an uncomfortable loss to Lucan.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4948 - 19/01/2025 22:49:28    2586473

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Katser.

Not bad for lads batting about like table tennis :-)

We might put out the under 20s for last match in Parnell.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3301 - 19/01/2025 23:12:20    2586480

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Replying To Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin:  "Very disappointing and one sided final. Na Fianna comfortably the better team and if anything 9 points flatters Sarsfields, could've been 19 tbh. Na Fianna definitely top club in Ireland this year, bar Loughrea who probably should've beaten them, they were fairly ahead of the pack for a finish. Congratulations to them and hard luck to SARS, still a great year and to get to a club all Ireland is still unbelievable achievement. Attention now turns to the county game again."
Loughrea? They had a good first 20 minutes against Na Fianna but Na Fianna took over in the second half and had slicker hurlers.

Na Fianna without a doubt the best club team in Ireland at present.

Past hurler (None) - Posts: 849 - 19/01/2025 23:50:09    2586488

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Replying To Crashingwaves:  "Except those clubs were not representing Dublin, that system was scrapped many many moons ago."
Wake up and smell the 21st century. Two Dublin clubs winning means a double for the county. It's club-level, clown, not inter-county. Please try to get up to speed. I can't believe that Ireland is still rearing fellas like you, but obviously it is!

foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2124 - 20/01/2025 04:12:38    2586491

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