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Lads is the game a sell out was talking to a friend who works in Supervalu and they told me there out of tickets.
Do the supermarket get an allowance? Per branch.

donkey balls wrote: »

Lads is the game a sell out was talking to a friend who works in Supervalu and they told me there out of tickets.
Do the supermarket get an allowance? Per branch.

No, it's not. Still Cusack Upper, Hogan Lower and terrace for sale. Supervalu sell the same tickets that tickets.ie do.

Bonniedog wrote: »

no. No. Have to bate the ****e out of them tomorrow. Put all notion of them beating
Dublin out of their heads, That's what they did. Payback :-)

Oh right. But we have 30 years of hurt to get them back for. This decade is shaping up very nicely in the revenge department, but we have two more to go, before we can talk about getting even remotely even with them. We are no where near settling any final scores avec Les Animaux. My only regret about these days of wine and roses, is that Heffo - Lord bless him and save him - is not around to witness them.

Slattsy wrote: »

Coddle for breakfast.

Food of Champions.

Washed down by eight cans of noble Dutch lager one presumes?

Vodka and pineapple breakfast. Expect to feel human in about an hour.

Well, it is only for a particularly sophisticated palate.

It also contains all the major nutritional requirements such as Vitamin C and.... other stuff

Out with dogs a while ago. Looks like it be a bit cooler than yesterday. No wind.

This definitely feels like it is morning of big championship game.

A lot at stake today, both sides. Anything could happen and probably will!

Bonniedog wrote:

This definitely feels like it is morning of big championship game.

Not as nice now.

Has a big game feeling alright

We are living in Halcyon days. Lucky to be witness to the greatest team ever to wear the blue. And quite possibly the greatest team ever to play the game....... okay, that's the vodka part of the pineapple talking :-)

Bonniedog wrote: »

Vodka and pineapple breakfast. Expect to feel human in about an hour.

What? In the same glass? :eek:

What is this....a 1980's Lionel Richie video?

Nippy enough in Croker, despite all the predictions for heatwaves this weekend. Pack yer anoracks along with yer prawn & coddle sambos.

Fairly defensive stuff from Kildare & Galway so far. Don't think either one is gonna be setting Div 1 on fire next year.

Well beaten today. Bernard and Philly were particularly poor, we probably missed Connolly who was up to his usual crap. None of our forwards really got into the game other than Kilkenny maybe, and of course Mannion when he came on.

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

Well beaten today. Bernard and Philly were particularly poor, we probably missed Connolly who was up to his usual crap. None of our forwards really got into the game other than Kilkenny maybe, and of course Mannion when he came on.

Mannion to start in the summer?

Mixed feelings about today.

Positives

Mannion looked the part today. If he keeps this form he's going to have a savage championship.

I thought Reddin had a good first half and Kilkenny was defintely an offensive threat instead of playing "quarterback"


Negatives

Defensively in the second half we were baffling. Lethargic, naive and gave far too much space to Kerry. Lazy tackles conceding frees too easy. It's like we left our energy in the dressing room

Despite that the most disappointing thing for me was the stupid lack of discipline that is going to cost us in the Championship. McCarthy was lucky to stay on. I can't believe a player of his experinece is willing to risk numerous off the ball stupid strikes. Philly doesn't need to make the tackles with a closed fist. He's setting himself up for a red. Dermo done a dermo. Even Fenton was at silly stuff

Thats the part Gavin needs to sort out before the championship

Poor performance. Kerry ran the legs off us.

How BB finished the game is an absolute mystery to me but it highlights the area where Dublin are deteriorating. Our forwards used to expose the likes of Fionn Fitzgerald in one on one battles. Now, physically, he seems to have the upper hand. Mannion came on and did what Andrews, Kev Mc and Brogan used to routinely do....run at and expose his man. The difference he made was startling. I know some of them are heroes but we've too many men in their late twenties/early thirties in the forwards. Mayo exposed a lot of these frailties the last serious game we played but sheer doggedness got us over the line. Can't last. Time marches forward. Hope we see the likes of C O'Callaghan and Mannion grab it by the bollox come the summer.

Kerry worked out McMahon too. Gone are the days of wasting a forward chasing him. He works hard up and down the pitch but i'd much prefer a corner back who believes stopping his man is his primary job. Without Bastick (and Connolly even though most don't appreciate that part of his game) we're suddenly vulnerable to runners coming through the middle. I was beginning to believe the hype about Cian and the magic sweeper role. Nah knew it was bull****. Maybe a switch of O'Sullivan for McMahon is on order. O' Sullivan is a tenacious man marker and McMahon has all the football in him to play like Ger Brennan used too from 6. Too obvious??????

An awful 20 minutes, some strange calls, some cracking scores from kerry and still it takes a last minute free hitting the post for us to lose.

Agree with most of what has said but This will stand to us. More confident then ever of the big three