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Replying To Jedobi:  "Average team, Cork or Limerick would batter you. Only won because you were playing an even worse Wexford team. Had a free ride for years to the semi final and still couldn't win an All Ireland."
Won '80 '87 and '88 all Irelandss on the free ride to the semis, so you're not correct there. We didn't need to beat 'even worse Wexford' to know we don't match up with Cork or Limerick.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4132 - 10/05/2025 20:20:27    2608166

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Strange game. Never felt like losing it even when they got it back to 3 points. One thing is for certain, we won't beat Dublin. But that will leave us third and into a
Quarterfinal. Just fear the day Cathal Mannion doesn't preform. Well off the boil in some sectors. Would expect any team to come out of Munster to put us to the sword. But that's all down the line, a fired up Antrim visit next. Then onto the capital

CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 522 - 10/05/2025 20:24:12    2608169

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Replying To Jedobi:  "What's Westmeath got to do with it?"
They could playing Wexford next year.

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2769 - 10/05/2025 20:31:34    2608171

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "Won '80 '87 and '88 all Irelandss on the free ride to the semis, so you're not correct there. We didn't need to beat 'even worse Wexford' to know we don't match up with Cork or Limerick."
Don't recall Galway competing in a provincial championship in 80,87,88 so why I am incorrect in saying Galway had an easier path to the All Ireland? Galway played 3 games in 1980 and 1987 and 2 in 1988 and beat Kerry and Kildare in All Ireland quarter finals. Spent the whole of the 1960s in Munster without winning a title and won 3 Leinster titles since being in it.

Jedobi (Wexford) - Posts: 237 - 10/05/2025 20:41:40    2608176

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Replying To Jedobi:  "Exactly. No argument from me."
It appears you came in here looking for one!

Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 112 - 10/05/2025 21:04:09    2608190

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Replying To Jedobi:  "Don't recall Galway competing in a provincial championship in 80,87,88 so why I am incorrect in saying Galway had an easier path to the All Ireland? Galway played 3 games in 1980 and 1987 and 2 in 1988 and beat Kerry and Kildare in All Ireland quarter finals. Spent the whole of the 1960s in Munster without winning a title and won 3 Leinster titles since being in it."
You're incorrect in saying they couldn't win an all ireland, when they won '80 '87 '88 and '17.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4132 - 10/05/2025 22:06:35    2608223

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Replying To Galway456:  "Ye got a 10 point beating and ye come over onto the forum to call us average. I remember when ye bet us last year the celebrating ye did and yere forum was hopping for weeks, no galway man called ye average that day, you claim we only player scoring for us, well let me tell ya ye only have one average hurler and when he retires yere finished for a long time"
I understand you're replying to a silly post but calling Chin average is beyond ridiculous.

In your entire history you've produced some excellent players but only one better than Chin ever.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3583 - 10/05/2025 22:07:54    2608224

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "I understand you're replying to a silly post but calling Chin average is beyond ridiculous.

In your entire history you've produced some excellent players but only one better than Chin ever."
Great , thanks for backing me up, no wonder Wexford are where they are at, a Wexford fan backing Galway against another Wexford supporter. Nothing silly about my post but what I expect from the Wexford forum.

Jedobi (Wexford) - Posts: 237 - 10/05/2025 22:14:10    2608227

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Replying To Cockney_Cat:  "They could playing Wexford next year."
And Kilkenny

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15714 - 10/05/2025 22:28:20    2608239

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Replying To Viking66:  "And Kilkenny"
Touché.

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2769 - 10/05/2025 22:58:01    2608257

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "I understand you're replying to a silly post but calling Chin average is beyond ridiculous.

In your entire history you've produced some excellent players but only one better than Chin ever."
Maybe I haven't seen enough of Lee, but I'd rate Cathal Mannion ahead of him, and I'm not sure if that's who you had in mind? Have you seen every Galway hurler in 'entire history? You must be 100+ years old.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4132 - 10/05/2025 23:14:44    2608262

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "I understand you're replying to a silly post but calling Chin average is beyond ridiculous.

In your entire history you've produced some excellent players but only one better than Chin ever."
Yes that was only to get a reaction Chin is a brillant hurler but to say we only produced one better hurler is even more ridiculous, first of all compare Cathal Mannion and lee chin i would say mannion is a better hurler, then to dive deeper joe canning, david burke, joe cooney, eugene cloonan, and i would say Conor Whelan and if we count in the backs and what our lads have achieved id say daithi Burke is a far better hurler than chin, a 4 time all star who would pocket any hurler on his day

Galway456 (Galway) - Posts: 140 - 11/05/2025 03:09:46    2608284

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Replying To Jedobi:  "What's Westmeath got to do with it?"
No rule that says a poster from a neutral county can't comment on a game that doesn't involve them. It happens all the time . Actually I think it's good to get the views good or bad from anyone outside of the participating teams. All are welcome.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 453 - 11/05/2025 04:15:37    2608286

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Replying To Jedobi:  "Great , thanks for backing me up, no wonder Wexford are where they are at, a Wexford fan backing Galway against another Wexford supporter. Nothing silly about my post but what I expect from the Wexford forum."
Need to be gracious in victory or defeat mate.

Galway's long history of underachievers is nothing to do with us being well beaten yesterday.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3583 - 11/05/2025 07:38:02    2608297

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "I understand you're replying to a silly post but calling Chin average is beyond ridiculous.

In your entire history you've produced some excellent players but only one better than Chin ever."
Calling Chin average is absolutely ridiculous in fairness. He is a class act, one of the greats. Don't agree that we only had one lad better than him in all time but certainly only a few.
In relation to the match, we had to win it and we did so job done and on to next week.

Trucker1 (Galway) - Posts: 429 - 11/05/2025 09:53:12    2608338

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Replying To CillTormoir:  "Strange game. Never felt like losing it even when they got it back to 3 points. One thing is for certain, we won't beat Dublin. But that will leave us third and into a
Quarterfinal. Just fear the day Cathal Mannion doesn't preform. Well off the boil in some sectors. Would expect any team to come out of Munster to put us to the sword. But that's all down the line, a fired up Antrim visit next. Then onto the capital"
Dublin v KK should be interesting and will reveal more about the Dubs strengths and weaknesses .

Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 112 - 11/05/2025 10:02:35    2608341

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Lee Chin is a fantastic hurler, but the facts are he will be on his holidays after the 25th!!!

ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1687 - 11/05/2025 10:27:52    2608356

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "Need to be gracious in victory or defeat mate.

Galway's long history of underachievers is nothing to do with us being well beaten yesterday."
Humble in victory and gracious in defeat was the motto, I think. Defeat hurts everyone and blaming the opposition is the way some "supporters " express their anger. We in Galway know a fair bit about losing in both codes but to claim that the provincial system was to our advantage historically in hurling, is laughable.

Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 112 - 11/05/2025 10:38:36    2608361

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Replying To katser:  "I agree with you, we could possibly end up in a Leinster Final and actually win it. After the shambles of a League and start to the Leinster Championship this run of Offaly, Wexford, Antrim and Dublin respectively suits us!"
Two down and two to go, this handy run of Div 2 teams is setting us up nicely for the Leinster Final.

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2563 - 11/05/2025 11:22:54    2608377

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Anyone know if our game against dublin will be in parnall park or croke park after the yup bros spread round up on the pitch. I would fancy our lads in croke park. Everyone seems to be writing us off against Dublin big time, i suppose there is merit to it with our record against dublin, but i watched the offaly dubs game and the dubs werent great, without john hereton coming on and they resorting to long balls against a shakey offaly defence the biffos would have won, also against Wexford, of course the penalty but that game went down the wire, and we had wexford at arms length yesterday and never looked like losing. Maybe its a good thing we are being wrote off

Galway456 (Galway) - Posts: 140 - 11/05/2025 11:26:12    2608379

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