Great performance, can't ask for much more. Hopefully that puts all the stupid rumours to bed
Richie Reid my man of the match.
Wexford and westmeath draw, kilkenny garenteed a top 3 finish in leinster, beat wexford and we are in the leinster final, its not all doom and gloom, well done to all involved
Why are we persisting with long puck out and getting absolutely wiped out?
All 3 start and Alan Murphy.
Browne, J Maher, B Ryan and Buckley out
Had enough rumours for one week :)
Kenny isn’t physically up to it yet. Reid be a surprise. Hopefully no other injuries if true
Rumours of 3 changes to the team... Mossy, R. Reid and Kenny, may not be true.
Would like to see a better performance than the last day but I haven’t seen anything from Dublin to suggest that the same performance tonight wouldn’t be good enough to win the game
Id be suprised if that team starts. Cody made 2 changes before the second half v galway. Normally when he makes changes like that those 2 players don't start the next day. Sadly his options mat not improve matters
Couldn’t be confident of beating Wexford if they can’t beat Dublin.
Be nice to get to half time without needing substitutions. Plenty of other players with room to improve from the last day as well. Unless leahy or fogarty have been going well in training I can’t see any change, looks like his preferred starting team
If Kilkenny beat Wexford they will progress to the next phase no matter what happens against Dublin. In that sense tonight is not strictly 'must win'. Just that a few people have said this but Kilkenny do have a safety net.
Dublin will clean out them two lads in midfield if thats how the team starts, the Dubs were excellent in the middle v Wexford.
Huw will obviously be a huge loss. He was outstanding in the league match against ronan hayes who on his day can cause trouble with his direct running . Huw has great pace and has grown into that troublesome position that was causing us trouble.Delaney looked to be the next full back before he got injured a few years ago but he has had a good few injuries over the last few years and hasn't really kicked on. I would be worried about his pace but he was probably the only option without making wholesale changes. Tommy never looks comfortable at 3 at this level. Dublin will surely go after our full back line.
People saying blanchfield and Kenny are suffering from the westmeath match. I agree they both might need another year of s&c but anyone at the galway match could see alot of our lads were desperate on the day but are picked again.We were absolutely shocking in that first half.I think it's a bit stupid picking dummy teams but maybe this will start but I'd be suprised. I could see blanchfield starting and browne pushing up for Buckley. We can't afford to give donal Burke a few run of parnel Park. This is a must win game for kk so there's pressure on.
And I was shocked.
Woah! The poster never said excluding Galway. Just wants Offaly, Laois etc better at senior. Calm yourself!
When I say we wouldn't need Galway to have a competitive Leinster. I meant the traditional province of Leinster's teams would be competitive. That we wouldn't be relying on Galway as the only team who regularly put it up to Kilkenny. If you read my post you'll see I never mentioned anything about omitting Galway. As a Leinster man I hope the teams, in the province geographically, who have tradition improve.
Well I'm sorry but Galway are staying in Leinster for the forseeable future in hurling competitions until the provincials are fully abolished and there's no way the Leinster Council is going to risk financially or reputationally by getting rid of a team which has brought a bit more competitiveness compared to the way things were before so forget any thoughts of expelling Galway and maybe just accept it and move on....
Kenny is another thats not going to start again due to the westmeath game i think, along with Keoghan. Leahy/Fogarty haven't played, bench is fairly limited, going for experience and physicality
Why can't you delete posts any more? Best of luck to the team tomorrow, can't be easy with whatever shite is going on in the background
But he did start Buckley against Galway and he was completely anonymous.
Feels like a dummy team. Wasn’t picked on the last match anyways though to be honest our issue is the players we swap in and out are much of a muchness. That said, why not Blanchfield at midfield if he’s not actually starting in the backs.
Not coughing up a load of scores from mistakes would be more important, though we flunked the first real test that regard.
KK, Galway and Tipp have gone back a long way in the last while. Dont think they're any better than they were previously alright
think he lost confidence in Blanchfield in the westmeath game, think he needs another year anyway. Who else would you change? James Maher isn't going too well this year, hope he can turn things around. May as well start Buckley and see how he goes, Alan Murphy will be on at some stage. Donnelly and Keoghan aren't going too well, will see Donnelly on at some stage as well. And Richie Reid is not going to start no matter what by the looks of it. Leahy is on the bench, dont know how hes going
The dressing room thing is probably well hyped. Cody might have said something about Kilkenny men with Galway in the heat of it and it grew legs.
The oul saying comes to mind about believing none of what you hear and half what you see!
A win tomorrow and the narrative changes.
7 of that Laois minor team lost to Kildare last year. Covid effected training a bit. But some turn around. The captain Eoin Cuddy is a grandson of PJ, who had many a battle with Brian Cody. The older posters might remember from the 80s and 90s, when Laois seniors were better.
Around the early to late 80s Offaly, Laois, Wexford, Dublin, the traditional Leinster counties could hold their own. Westmeath also had a league win over Kilkenny and were good on their day. Would be nice to have Leinster hurling like that again. Where Galway aren't needed as much to make the province competitive.
I never thought it was likely, although going into the championship I didn't necessarily think Waterford are anything to fear. I still don't. Just that we are going downhill fast.
need both Limerick and Waterford in the other semi to have any chance of that. A lot needs to go right
Is that not what you said the last time for Galway
I'd be shocked if that team lines out
phew, Lawlor was expected, at least there's noone else missing, should never listen to rumours. Think they should win ok, dont think much of Dublins forwards, Dublin backs seem reluctant to play the ball into them, doesn't look like they have much confidence in them either to win a ball. No surprises in the selection, expect they'll start as named
It's not a great team is it? Nothing against them personally but what have Buckley or Browne done to warrant starting again?
We are always going to be in trouble with Lawler out but there's lads on the bench who have a right to be very pissed off.
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