Leinster Senior Football Championship R1 Kildare v Offaly - Verdict: Kildare Carlow v Louth - Verdict: Louth Longford v Wicklow - Verdict: Wicklow Meath v Dublin - Verdict: Dublin (yet a sneaky suspicion that the apple-cart may just be upset) If verdicts are right, this is how Leinster Senior Football Championship Quater-Finals Look, Kildare v Wexford - Verdict: Kildare Louth v Laois - Verdict: Laois Wicklow v Westmeath - Verdict: Wicklow Meath v Dublin - Verdict: Dublin (yet a sneaky suspicion that the apple-cart may just be upset) If verdicts are right, this how semi-finals look, Kildare v Laois - Verdict: Kildare (it will be tight but I can hardly say Laois) Dublin v Wicklow - Verdict: Dublin And so Leinster Final.... Kildare v Dublin ......... expect a close one but would imagine Dublin to win by 5 or 6 points,,,,, hopefully not by 20 points that Wexford, Laois and Offaly have had to endure in recent years... If Meath beat Dublin then I'd fancy that the Leinster Championship will be one of the most exciting championships in years cuz anybody and everybody is in with a chance!! Come on the Lilywhites!!!!

yearofthelily (Kildare) - Posts: 279 - 04/05/2009 14:50:56    274529

Leinster Senior Football Championship R1

Kildare v Offaly - Verdict: Kildare
Carlow v Louth - Verdict: Louth
Longford v Wicklow - Verdict: Wicklow
Meath v Dublin - Verdict: Dublin (yet a sneaky suspicion that the apple-cart may just be upset)

If verdicts are right, this is how Leinster Senior Football Championship Quater-Finals Look,

Kildare v Wexford - Verdict: Kildare
Louth v Laois - Verdict: Laois
Wicklow v Westmeath - Verdict: Wicklow
Meath v Dublin - Verdict: Dublin (yet a sneaky suspicion that the apple-cart may just be upset)

If verdicts are right, this how semi-finals look,

Kildare v Laois - Verdict: Kildare (it will be tight but I can hardly say Laois)
Dublin v Wicklow - Verdict: Dublin

And so Leinster Final....

Kildare v Dublin ......... expect a close one but would imagine Dublin to win by 5 or 6 points,,,,, hopefully not by 20 points that Wexford, Laois and Offaly have had to endure in recent years...

If Meath beat Dublin then I'd fancy that the Leinster Championship will be one of the most exciting championships in years cuz anybody and everybody is in with a chance!! Come on the Lilywhites!!!!

No sneaky suspicions - commit yourself. We can all have "sneaky suspicions" - otherwise called "sitting on the fence"!! CALL IT

Otherwise I would go with your other predictions except I think Westmeath will beat Wicklow. Doesn't matter though as I'm going for a Dublin V Kildare final and Kildare to win.

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 04/05/2009 15:03:32    274538

sorry Real Louth Fan.....

At start of year I would have Dublin by a mile to beat Meath but O'Brien seems to be doing a steady job down there and Gilroy seems to be bringin the Dubs backwards from last year... Thats why I've sneaky suspicion....

I threw in Wicklow to beat Westmeath cuz I think there has to be a shock along the way..... it was either that match or Louth v Laois,,,,,????

I'll stick to my prediction

yearofthelily (Kildare) - Posts: 279 - 04/05/2009 15:10:26    274546

i dont know how anyone could say we have gone backwards under gilroy two bad performance against derry and galway when we hadnt a settled team we were without mark davoren mark vaughan henry not in his best position no brogan no griffin no ryan no magee how you can judge us without the core of our team i dont no dubs will have a big say in this years all ireland

stekhli (Dublin) - Posts: 3121 - 04/05/2009 15:42:04    274561

Leinster Senior Football Championship R1
Kildare v Offaly - Verdict: Kildare
Carlow v Louth - Verdict: Louth
Longford v Wicklow - Verdict: Longford

QF:
Kildare v Wexford - Verdict: Kildare
Louth v Laois - Verdict: Laois
Wicklow v Westmeath - Verdict: Westmeath
Meath v Dublin - Verdict: Dublin

SF:
Kildare v Laois - Verdict: Kildare
Dublin v Westmeath. Verdict: Dublin

Final
Kildare v Dublin ......... Dublin by a couple

wingwonder (UK) - Posts: 535 - 04/05/2009 15:59:34    274565

Sure missing the core of your team for the first 6 months of the year hardly bodes well for the championship does it???

And if you haven't improved under Gilroy (albeit missing the names you mentioned yet I wouldn't stick Vaughan or Magee into a sentence with CORE OF DUBLIN) and you have got whipped by the likes of Derry at Parnell Park (not a bad result if up north but at home????) then surely ya have gone backwards.....

why is anybody to believe that the Dubs (already an ageing side) are to make any impact on the All Ireland this year>>>Tyrone taught ya's a real lesson last year.... that's how far off the pace ya are.....ya ain't done nothing this year so far to suggest that that gap has been closed.... Meath will run ya's close

yearofthelily (Kildare) - Posts: 279 - 04/05/2009 16:18:28    274580

Leinster Senior Football Championship R1
Kildare v Offaly - Verdict: Kildare
Carlow v Louth - Verdict: Louth
Longford v Wicklow - Verdict: Longford

QF:
Kildare v Wexford - Verdict: Kildare
Louth v Laois - Verdict: Louth
Longford v Westmeath - Verdict: Westmeath
Meath v Dublin - Verdict: Meath

SF:
Kildare v Louth - Verdict: Kildare
Meath v Westmeath. Verdict: Westmeath

Final
Kildare v Westmeath - Kildare

Matthew (None) - Posts: 1077 - 04/05/2009 16:28:23    274586

100% agree with wingwonder above. Dublin will win the Leinster Championship.

gaelicgames (Tipperary) - Posts: 38 - 04/05/2009 16:30:33    274589

Dublin have gone backwards.....

Hammered by Derry at Parnell Park? Missing Who? Vaughan and Magee CORE TO DUBLIN - ya, good point... they featured so much in Dublin's starting XV last year...

And if the core of your team is missing for the first 6 months of the year then how does that bode well for championship???

And another point, Tyrone gave ya a good beating last year....i've seen nothing so far to suggest that gap has been closed..in fact ya have gone BACKWARDS

yearofthelily (Kildare) - Posts: 279 - 04/05/2009 16:54:32    274600

yearofthelily, Dublin going backwards? Dunno where your gettin that from. Some good young players gonna get a go this year. I'd be more optimistic than last year for the dubs. Looking forward to a good game with meath. They've been playin down their chances but I believe they fancy themselves against the dubs. I'd be happy to see a strong meath team again cos I really miss that rivalry. Leinster needs it.

bluboy (Dublin) - Posts: 318 - 04/05/2009 17:02:33    274604

04/05/2009 15:10:26
yearofthelily
County: Kildare
Posts: 13

274546

I'll stick to my prediction

So Dublin or Meath?

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 04/05/2009 17:07:42    274607

REAL LOUTH FAN

Dublin.... I fancy them to win Leinster..... thats why in my predictions i have Dublin through to next round....

And I not trying to have go at the Dubs just tink that they are miles off the pace.... sure they got their worst beating in 40 years last year

yearofthelily (Kildare) - Posts: 279 - 04/05/2009 17:15:06    274614

04/05/2009 17:15:06
yearofthelily
County: Kildare
Posts: 15

274614 REAL LOUTH FAN

Dublin.... I fancy them to win Leinster..... thats why in my predictions i have Dublin through to next round....

And I not trying to have go at the Dubs just tink that they are miles off the pace.... sure they got their worst beating in 40 years last year

That's fine. Just to be sure as you did put in a disclaimer about Meath. But at least now we are clear. Thanks for that.

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 04/05/2009 17:20:26    274621

ye but you forgot to mention that alan brogan david henry paul griffin shane ryan and mark davoren were missing who will all start against meath in the championship and sure we did get a beating gaainst tyrone last yearas kildare would if they were playing dublin but i guarantee you we have gone forward since then in that we now have a full back and a new corner back who is a great marker and griffin will be centre back so are defence alredy looks a lot tighter we also have mark davoren an excellent full forward who scored 1 3 against kerry on his debut we have alan brogan whos an all star we have bernard brogan another quality forward and conal keany a good physical player who can notch a few points as well as create a few and then we have young players like pasddy andrews blaine kelly and diarmuid connoly who have a lot of potential in mi opinion we are in for a good year

stekhli (Dublin) - Posts: 3121 - 04/05/2009 17:52:31    274644

Players that will not be playing in this years all ireland hurling and football championships

stekhli (Dublin) - Posts: 3121 - 04/05/2009 18:11:12    274659

i c alot of kildare v dublin in da final??? kildare wont even get past wexford!!!!!!!!!!

airmax (UK) - Posts: 56 - 04/05/2009 18:11:44    274660

were hot and were cold were in and were out were up and were down but were blue

dublin007 (Dublin) - Posts: 39 - 04/05/2009 19:00:33    274695

Offaly will beat Kildare!

stevieG (Offaly) - Posts: 156 - 04/05/2009 19:08:54    274702

Hill 16's , gonna be taken ova, Hill 16's , gonna be taken ova, Hill 16's , gonna be taken ova, Hill 16's , gonna be taken ova, - take that

yearofthelily (Kildare) - Posts: 279 - 04/05/2009 19:32:36    274717

OFF-ALY good prediction there stevie g.........we have that game sewn up as we placed a kildare man at the helm just to make sure you wud go wrong... but speaking to him in the pub on saturday night he reckons ya'd have done a good job of that yourselves....

The only thing offaly will be beating this year is a bahrán wen Obama comes to Moneygall's parade

Offaly beat Kildare......hahahahahahahahaha Off-aly funny

yearofthelily (Kildare) - Posts: 279 - 04/05/2009 19:43:09    274723