Deiseboy, Theres not a new craze of people proclaiming to be diehard dub hurling supporters, anyone who is only taking an interest in the last couple of years will gladly tell you so, plus with juvenile and underage getting more numbers playing now,more parents of those children who would normally be football are bringing the kids and following the team,band wagon supporters is a lazy statement, people have to start at some stage.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 17/03/2012 18:04:23    1131359

I think its great that hurling numbers are increasing if what youre saying is true athcliath.ALL are welcome.

TheRoad (Galway) - Posts: 1339 - 17/03/2012 18:24:36    1131372

Dublin hurlers are the Man City of the hurling world.

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 17/03/2012 21:21:24    1131461

Yup,theyre both on the way up.

TheRoad (Galway) - Posts: 1339 - 17/03/2012 21:37:38    1131468

17/03/2012 21:21:24
BettystownRoyal
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Dublin hurlers are the Man City of the hurling world.

You mean they're a bunch of overpaid a**holes who play a boring and slow game?

hurlinspuds (Cork) - Posts: 1494 - 18/03/2012 08:51:24    1131480

Dublin 3-8 Kilkenny 1-9 at half-time in Nowlan park. How well does that fit with your myth theory?

Gaillimh_Abu (Galway) - Posts: 1033 - 18/03/2012 15:18:30    1131573

The author of this thread is throwing up after gorging on humble pie!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8746 - 18/03/2012 16:07:01    1131602

Lost by a sodden point, threw away the lead!!!! Some scoreline 5-16 to 6-12

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 18/03/2012 16:14:16    1131612

the myth continues

longrun (Carlow) - Posts: 99 - 18/03/2012 16:19:25    1131616

I dunno much about hurling but Dublin looked pretty real to me!

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 18/03/2012 16:31:23    1131626

how much did sutcliffe score? He sounded class.

When was the last time kk conceded that many goals?!

Fair play to both sets of attacks and brutal from both defences.

hurlinspuds (Cork) - Posts: 1494 - 18/03/2012 16:34:43    1131629

longrun
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Look a wee bit beyond the actual single point defecit, its a long hard summer ahead, Dublin had a lot of guys missing they'll be there or there abouts. Can't imagine either Daly or Cody being happy with that scoreline. That KK backline looks rather shaky.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4953 - 18/03/2012 17:12:46    1131669

Dublin should be very happy with pressure on squad through injuries and sending off. I think Daly will be happier than Cody. Dubs will go close this year.

gaillimh73 (Galway) - Posts: 669 - 18/03/2012 17:29:12    1131688

arock
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longrun
County: Carlow
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Look a wee bit beyond the actual single point defecit, its a long hard summer ahead, Dublin had a lot of guys missing they'll be there or there abouts. Can't imagine either Daly or Cody being happy with that scoreline. That KK backline looks rather shaky.

They always seem to have alot of guys missing

moomoo (Kerry) - Posts: 4023 - 18/03/2012 19:43:02    1131826

did they have 15 on the field

longrun (Carlow) - Posts: 99 - 18/03/2012 19:52:44    1131838

No, Ryan O'Dwyer was sent off early enough!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8746 - 18/03/2012 20:04:36    1131849

Yet another loss on the board. Not a bad performance but you'd expect KK to be able to up it when it matters.

Is relegation now a big concern for Daly and the Dubs?

Certainly looks that way,

daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 20/03/2012 13:27:28    1133056

Not sure why my reasonable response to silly posts here were not put up when you have people who quite obviously know no more about Dublin hurling than my bottom does about snipe shooting taking cheap shots.

For the record, Dublin have a few chances of avoiding relegation. Going to be us and Waterford playing off anyway barring Cork or Tipp both losing twice and ourselves and Waterford winning twice, and with a bit to spare to make up score difference. And no, it is not a great concern. Next year 1B is likely to be Offaly, Wexford, Limerick, Antrim, Carlow and Dublin or Waterford. So not exactly Junior B! Would be disappointing but as I said previously, we have bigger fish to fry this year and a different timescale.

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 20/03/2012 14:08:52    1133111

True, it's not over yet, just look at how Wexford avoided relegation last year against Cork & Tipp (even though we were effectively relegated anyway by the league restructure but that's another discussion)

It would be a shame to see Dublin relegated the year after winning the league because they don't belong in division 1B, no more than Tyrone do in Division 2 of the football

gigoer (Wexford) - Posts: 1998 - 20/03/2012 14:34:35    1133150

gigoer,

You get what you deserve in football and hurling. You can't make up rules for teams like the dubs and tyrone to avoid relegation and then treat teams like wexford with the sort of disdain croke park did last year by relegating them.

daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 20/03/2012 14:53:50    1133166