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Replying To BarneyGrant: "They might fix it for Saturday just to rub nose in it!" Barney, I am hearing a crowd of close to 40,000 is expected for the Leinster Hurling Final this Sat. Hopefully Dubs fans turn out in big numbers to support our team. Not often we get to a Leinster Hurling Final. Although, with the way things are going, the same could be said of our footballers in the coming years… :o( Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5014 - 03/06/2026 12:50:13 2677580 Link
Replying To Fionn: "Barney, I am hearing a crowd of close to 40,000 is expected for the Leinster Hurling Final this Sat. Hopefully Dubs fans turn out in big numbers to support our team. Not often we get to a Leinster Hurling Final. Although, with the way things are going, the same could be said of our footballers in the coming years… :o(" Clubs seem to be really buying into the ticket scheme for kids. Great idea. I'd say 40,000 maybe more. They have caught the imagination and hopefully turn in a big performance regardless of a win or not. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4376 - 03/06/2026 13:10:01 2677593 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Clubs seem to be really buying into the ticket scheme for kids. Great idea. I'd say 40,000 maybe more. They have caught the imagination and hopefully turn in a big performance regardless of a win or not." The nerves and excitement already kicking in Barney. I really just hope we play to the best of our ability. We can't ask for more than that. These days don't come along that often. This is only our 6th Leinster Senior Hurling Final in the last 35 years, and we have only won 1 in 65 years - an rud a bhíonn annamh is iontach..! Our Hurlers deserve a big crowd cheering them on…! Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5014 - 03/06/2026 13:33:08 2677605 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "They might fix it for Saturday just to rub nose in it!" Just as I thought Barney….! Sunday with a 2pm throw in. https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0603/1576576-louth-and-armagh-clash-confirmed-for-inniskeen/ Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5014 - 03/06/2026 14:10:32 2677615 Link
Replying To Fionn: "Just as I thought Barney….! Sunday with a 2pm throw in. https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0603/1576576-louth-and-armagh-clash-confirmed-for-inniskeen/" Donegal v Cork, Kildare v Kerry and Cavan v Dublin are the only 3 games that won't be televised… Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5014 - 03/06/2026 15:19:01 2677647 Link
Replying To Fionn: "Injuries are a real issue this year, for this average Dublin squad. Not sure what the Dublin management are going to do about the goalkeeping position….!!! Playing away from Croke Park is actually a good thing for the Dublin footballers these days. And I think it is actually better for us to now play outside of HQ." Looks like EF is on the same wavelength. https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0603/1576595-trip-away-from-croke-park-could-help-dublin-fitzmaurice/ So much for playing in Croke Park being a massive advantage for the Dublin Footballers eh. ;o) Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5014 - 03/06/2026 15:32:29 2677655 Link
Replying To Fionn: "Looks like EF is on the same wavelength. https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0603/1576595-trip-away-from-croke-park-could-help-dublin-fitzmaurice/ So much for playing in Croke Park being a massive advantage for the Dublin Footballers eh. ;o)" https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0603/1576547-dubs-in-freefall-after-another-second-half-horror-show/ Isn't it funny how all the experts suddenly think the Dubs are better off playing outside of Croker now…. A new narrative eh…. Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5014 - 04/06/2026 10:04:28 2677778 Link
Replying To Fionn: "https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0603/1576547-dubs-in-freefall-after-another-second-half-horror-show/ Isn't it funny how all the experts suddenly think the Dubs are better off playing outside of Croker now…. A new narrative eh…." Multiply the Dubs by 2. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2855 - 04/06/2026 11:07:18 2677801 Link
Replying To WanPintWin: "Multiply the Dubs by 2." All the scaremongers - ex players, pundits and posters on here look very foolish now…! Mass hysteria over a generational squad of footballers, who once gone left a very average squad coming through behind them… No one would listen to the Dublin posters on here who knew what was coming down the tracks. Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5014 - 04/06/2026 11:21:16 2677807 Link
Typical Jarlath Burns and the GAA playing hard ball in public but "soft chatting" the Dubs by playing their game with Cavan on Sunday when Brennan's ban expires instead of on the Saturday when the ban would have still been in place. Sure it's only Cavan no one will mind. offtheditch (Cavan) - Posts: 183 - 04/06/2026 11:52:36 2677821 Link
Replying To Fionn: "https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0603/1576547-dubs-in-freefall-after-another-second-half-horror-show/ Isn't it funny how all the experts suddenly think the Dubs are better off playing outside of Croker now…. A new narrative eh…." The drop off in Dublin football support has been alarming to say the least. I'd say the players (like the hurlers) would prefer to play in a smaller venue with a better atmosphere. peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1656 - 04/06/2026 11:52:40 2677822 Link
Replying To peiledoir20: "The drop off in Dublin football support has been alarming to say the least. I'd say the players (like the hurlers) would prefer to play in a smaller venue with a better atmosphere." Yep 100% Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5014 - 04/06/2026 12:09:05 2677830 Link