Kilkenny V Galway - Saturday 20th June

allthedoyles

I believe Kilkenny have no midfielders for this one, with both Cha and Derek Lyng injured .

Anyone know where they could find some ?

blackbelt

Hogan is out too so Kilkenny might be slighly understrength.I'd say Cody knows who he'll bring in for cover.

Kilkenny to win by 7.

enda1

I thought this match was on on Saturday 20th in Tullamore??

aidan24326

enda1 wrote: »

I thought this match was on on Saturday 20th in Tullamore??

It is.

Though I don't know why the two semis couldn't have been a Croke Park double-header, with Dublin involved alongside 3 other teams I'd have expected a decent crowd. That said, I do think it's no harm to use the provincial grounds a bit more.

Can't say I've much faith in Galway at the moment. Far too often they've promised alot and delivered nothing. One of these years it will come together but whether it'll be 2009 I don't know. I doubt it. Win or lose against Kilkenny the performance is key, if Galway can keep it reasonably close and show some real fight (that has been missing in recent years) then I'd be satisfied with that for now. Just something to show that the team is heading in the right direction. If it's a 15 point hammering and another gutless performance then we may just forget about hurling and stick to the football.

Diabhal Beag

Saturday is a ****ing retarded day to have this match on. I'm feeling so confident for this match.

Anybody else going to Offaly for this match of the year candidate?

parker kent

I think Kilkenny are bound to be on the receiving end of a shock soon enough, maybe Galway in their first proper Leinster match could do it? I thought it was primed for a Wexford Park ambush of KK but the draw fecked it up. Would be great to see a Wexford-Galway final so Wexford finally get to play a final with some mild belief they could win it.

Diabhal Beag

parker kent wrote: »

I think Kilkenny are bound to be on the receiving end of a shock soon enough, maybe Galway in their first proper Leinster match could do it? I thought it was primed for a Wexford Park ambush of KK but the draw fecked it up. Would be great to see a Wexford-Galway final so Wexford finally get to play a final with some mild belief they could win it.

No a Dublin-Galway final would be a closer match IMO

LeoB

parker kent wrote: »

I think Kilkenny are bound to be on the receiving end of a shock soon enough, maybe Galway in their first proper Leinster match could do it? I thought it was primed for a Wexford Park ambush of KK but the draw fecked it up. Would be great to see a Wexford-Galway final so Wexford finally get to play a final with some mild belief they could win it.

Inclined to agree that Kilkenny will get stung at some stage. This is what Galway have wanted and if they are not to wound up this could be the day.

It would be great to see Dublin in a final against anyone:)
I think it is good to use provincial grounds anything less than 50,000 in Croke Park is a waste.

Diabhal Beag, Saturday suits a lot of people who have to work on Sundays. I would nearly prefer more matchs to be played on Saturday evenings.

tippspur

Kilkenny have plenty of cover..

soccymonster

tippspur wrote: »

Kilkenny have plenty of cover..

Agree totally.. although I want Galway to win..

Diabhal Beag

tippspur wrote: »

Kilkenny have plenty of cover..

True but we have Joe Canning :pac:

parker kent

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

No a Dublin-Galway final would be a closer match IMO

Yeah I agree Dublin would probably put up a better match but tribalism towards Wexford makes me want that moreso!

bricky10

I would love to see Galway beat them. If they played like Tipp did in the league final, anything is possible. Also, they beat KK in 2001 and 2005!

MotteDai

Are Galway the last Team to beat KK? IMHO i can't see it, I would love to but I havent yet seen this team preform as a 'Team'.
JC is a great advantage but he can't do much on his own and im sure Brian Cody will plan to ensure the ball goes no where near him. It'll be interesting but I see either an honerable defeat in late stages by KK or a total hammering..

Still might be worth a few euro as im sure Galway will be big odds.. 2 horse race and all that.

nice_guy80

this will bring a big crowd to Tullamore. the galway crowd are used of Saturday evening club games. I'd say Galway will give them a good game. might not have enough to beat the cats, but could set them up for a run through the back door

phase-3

If Galway play rough within the rules, like Tipp did, they are well able to beat Kilkenny. I also hope Tommy Walsh gets the treatment he usually throws out at other players!

Orizio

Should have been a double header in Croker with free admission for the kids.

galway.gaa

ive got this wierd feelin that galway will beat the cats but killkenny will still go on to win the all ireland comfortably

gaillimh abu

Pollythene Pam

Been talking to a couple of the Galway selectors.
The cats have a few injurys, and Galway are well up for the battle.
Galway by 3 pionts.

aidan24326

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Saturday is a ****ing retarded day to have this match on. I'm feeling so confident for this match.

Anybody else going to Offaly for this match of the year candidate?

You are? Based on what?

MotteDai

I'm from Galway and after years of dissapointment, im not anyway conifidant moreso going now with an openmind and hoping for a good match, few pints and a bit of craic.
I hear Ollie Canning may also be back, will be sorely needed.

brettmirl

Anyone know if tickets for this game have seat numbers allocated or is it unreserved seating?

Power-surge

Ollie is some man

premierstone

phase-3 wrote: »

If Galway play rough within the rules, like Tipp did, they are well able to beat Kilkenny. I also hope Tommy Walsh gets the treatment he usually throws out at other players!

Do Galway really have the players capable of matching KK physically though??

And I wouldnt say that about Tommy Walsh either to me the guy is in top 3 hurlers in the country and is a genius tbh - and I say that as a very envious Tipp man

jossnjuice

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

True but we have Joe Canning :pac:

according to the star this morning joe is rated 50/50 with a groin injury for sat........huge blow to galway. still think there will only be a couple of points in it, head says the cats but love to see leinster pay off for galway in the first season cause it would silence a lot of doubters that the move should ever had been made to let them into leinster.

portumna

Seemingly Ollie is fine but there's a doubt about Joe. Some stomach/grion problem thats been troubling him for a while.

As for walsh he is some man. Plays to the edge of the rules like all good hurlers but never seen him as a dirty player. Fair enough he threw the hurl at someone once but so have a good few others. I think i remember Ollie Canning doing the same thing last year or the year before.

aidan24326

jossnjuice wrote: »

according to the star this morning joe is rated 50/50 with a groin injury for sat........huge blow to galway. still think there will only be a couple of points in it, head says the cats but love to see leinster pay off for galway in the first season cause it would silence a lot of doubters that the move should ever had been made to let them into leinster.

Joe Canning would be a huge loss, a fatal blow I'd say. But there's no
use risking him if he's not fit. Win or lose on Saturday there will be another game to come.

Always hard to know with Galway going into these sort of games. Could end with anything from a Galway win to a 15 points defeat. The percentage call has to be Kilkenny though. If they're even at 85% of their best they should prevail by 4 or 5 points at least, possibly more.

Gingy

Orizio wrote: »

Should have been a double header in Croker with free admission for the kids.

Good idea in theory, but it wouldn't work. There was a dismal 18,000 at the Leinster Final last year between KK and WX. Galway never bring a huge support and for Dublin's match against Wexford last year, they didn't bring many. These provincial grounds put a lot of work in and the atmosphere would be a lot better than an empty Croker.

As for the result, Kilkenny by 5. And Dublin by 4. (No bias:D:D:D:D)

Diabhal Beag

jossnjuice wrote: »

according to the star this morning joe is rated 50/50 with a groin injury for sat........huge blow to galway. still think there will only be a couple of points in it, head says the cats but love to see leinster pay off for galway in the first season cause it would silence a lot of doubters that the move should ever had been made to let them into leinster.

Do we trust the Star though?

premierstone

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Do we trust the Star though?

It was reported in all the papers, so the only question is whether we can trust the Galway management

Diabhal Beag

premierstone wrote: »

It was reported in all the papers, so the only question is whether we can trust the Galway management

Ger Loughnane is gone (thank Christ). Joe would be a huge loss if he misses out.

Erin Go Brath

I'm kind of surprised this game didn't get top billing for the weekend ie. the 4pm sunday slot instead of playing second fiddle to Tipp v Clare. Seems a poor decision to push such a high profile game back to the Saturday evening slot. Especially it being Galways first game in Leinster which if anything adds to the occasion.

cruiserweight

Erin Go Brath wrote: »

I'm kind of surprised this game didn't get top billing for the weekend ie. the 4pm sunday slot instead of playing second fiddle to Tipp v Clare. Seems a poor decision to push such a high profile game back to the Saturday evening slot. Especially it being Galways first game in Leinster which if anything adds to the occasion.

The TV schedule and fixture list would have been decided in advance. Plus TV3 have the Tipp vs Clare game, even if they could doubt they would agree to move it to help RTE

premierstone

The Tipp/Clare game would have been given the 4pm slot back when the tv deals were been done at that stage the draw for the Leinster semis wasnt even made

premierstone

you type too fast for me cruiser, either thator i shouldnt be posting when im playin poker:D

MotteDai

Is it all ticket? I doubt it, i'm presuming you can pay at the gate

Erin Go Brath

cruiserweight wrote: »

The TV schedule and fixture list would have been decided in advance. Plus TV3 have the Tipp vs Clare game, even if they could doubt they would agree to move it to help RTE

That explains it. I wouldn't expect TV3 to give away their prime slots of course. On the plus side there is a feast of games over Saturday and Sunday being shown between the 2 channels.

dotsflan

MotteDai wrote: »

Is it all ticket? I doubt it, i'm presuming you can pay at the gate

I think its all ticket?? well at least ive got mine! I woulndt be surprised if this game was sold out to be honest so if i were you id try get my hands on some tickets just to be safe

cruiserweight

Looks like Cha will be fit, but Hickey might be out. If Hickey is out I guess that Delaney will play full back

http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0617/kilkenny.html

Brian Cody's Kilkenny have been given a major boost after James 'Cha' Fitzpatrick was given the all-clear to face Galway in the semi-final of the Leinster SHC at Tullamore on Saturday.


The influential midfielder has shaken off a hand injury and is expected to start for the Cats, who are chasing their fourth All-Ireland in a row.


Kilkenny selector Martin Fogarty told the Irish Sun: 'Cha is coming on well at the moment and should be fine.'


However, full-back Noel Hickey shipped a leg injury last weekend and is running out of time to prove his fitness.

Fogarty confirmed: 'Noel suffered a bit of a setback over the weekend. He hurt his leg. It is a setback so we will have to monitor that situation over the coming days.'

Orizio

What GAA games are being televised this weekend then?

cruiserweight

Orizio wrote: »

What GAA games are being televised this weekend then?

There is a thread with outlines of the GAA coverage this year here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055552525

As for the details, this weekend on TV and online we have

Kilkenny vs Galway Saturday 7pm RTE
Tyrone vs Derry SUnday 2pm RTE/BBC NI
Tipperary vs Clare Sunday 4pm TV3

Waterford vs Limerick Saturday 5pm www.rte.ie
Wexford vs Dublin Sunday 3:30pm www.rte.ie

run_Forrest_run

cruiserweight wrote: »

Kilkenny vs Galway Saturday 7pm RTE
Tyrone vs Derry SUnday 2pm RTE/BBC NI
Tipperary vs Clare Sunday 4pm TV3

Waterford vs Limerick Saturday 5pm www.rte.ie
Wexford vs Dublin Sunday 3:30pm www.rte.ie

plenty of entertainment there, I doubt i will be able to make it to Tulamore so glad I can catch it on the box. I'm also hoping for an improved game between Limerick and Waterford.

grenache

the loss of Noel Hickey will be a big blow to KK if he's not fit, of course its all academical if Joe Canning isn't fit, Galway need him if they've any chance of winning. KK will be wary of the Tribesmen from previous years and i expect it to be a tight match, with the Cats coming out on top by 3-4 points.

CyberDave

I have a good feeling about this one. For a change lots of people I have been talking to about this match have a positive outlook. Even if it does turn out to be a disaster for Galway. They are not gone from the championship like last year against Cork. I wouldn't believe Canning is out for this one, probably the management trying to pull a fast one.

Tipp have shown the way to unsettle Kilkenny in the league final and Galway like Tipp are in general a young fast team. Galway probably have more finishing forwards than Tipp so if they got into the position Tipp were in, they may be able to take better advantage of it. The defence is the problem. It's very much a case of scoring more than they will concede. Even if you go back to 2005 (a game most of the current team are still living off), Galway scored 5-18 but they conceded 4-18. They were also 8/9 points up at one stage and allowed Kilkenny back into it. Kilkenny were also missing Noel Hickey that day and it's hard to imagine Kilkenny would have leaked 5 goals with Hickey there.

2007 Galway showed up well and while most people would think that Fergals Moores loss that day was the reason Kilkenny evevtually finished us off, I think it was the replacement of Iarla Tannian. Up until his replacement, Tannian had been doing a decent marking job on Tommy Walsh, stifling the supply of ball to the lethal Kilkenny forward line not giving them the chance to take on the already weak Galway full-back line, which had been further weakened by the loss of Moore. After Tannians replacement, Walsh resumed normal service to the forwards allowing them to do the neccessary damage. If Tommy Walsh could be successfully contained again like that Galway could have a chance.

Also, for me, if Kilkenny have a weakness, it could be Kavanagh in the corner. This was shown up in the league final and he was eventually taken off. If Niall Healy or Damien Hayes got the right supply of ball they could exploit this weakness.

Galway have nothing to loose really and maybe they will open up and play to their abilities when it isn't a knock out game (last year against Cork). No matter what happens they will learn from it.

Erin Go Brath

I think Galway will get a few goals off the kilkenny full back line. Kilkenny are beatable when its put up to them, and Galway have the full forwards to do just that. Fascinating game, really looking forward to it.

toiletduck

cruiserweight wrote: »

There is a thread with outlines of the GAA coverage this year here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055552525

As for the details, this weekend on TV and online we have

Kilkenny vs Galway Saturday 7pm RTE
Tyrone vs Derry SUnday 2pm RTE/BBC NI
Tipperary vs Clare Sunday 4pm TV3

Waterford vs Limerick Saturday 5pm www.rte.ie
Wexford vs Dublin Sunday 3:30pm www.rte.ie

Don't forget

Mayo vs Roscommon Saturday 5pm RTE

aidan24326

Orizio wrote: »

What GAA games are being televised this weekend then?

Saturday:

5pm RTE Mayo v Roscommon

7pm RTE Galway v Kilkenny

Sunday:

2pm RTE Tyrone v Derry

4pm TV3 Clare v Tipp

The Dublin v Wexford game on Sunday (3.30pm) is also on rte.ie live webcast

MotteDai

Does anyone know if you can get tickets outside the game or pay as you enter? They're on sale in Ticket master but theres a 2.50 E charge on them I hate giving that to ticketmaster

istabraq

Kilkenny team to play galway: Pj Ryan
kavanagh jj delaney tyrell
t walsh tennesyon dalton
rice fennelly
shefflin comerford larkin
brennan power fogarty

Orizio

Mayo ****ing Roscommon ahead of the hurling?

Someone give me a car bomb, I'm going to blow up Montrose.

davestar

Orizio wrote: »

Mayo ****ing Roscommon ahead of the hurling?

Someone give me a car bomb, I'm going to blow up Montrose.

the hurling will be showed live at 7 after the football at 5