true enough, im not sure how it goes this year it was leinster v munster last year in the semis and leinster v ulster this year i think its leinster ulster so all going to plan it could be dublin/kildare v tyrone with cork v kerry on the other side
i agree on ulster been in decline, although tyrone if they got a good win under their belts could push on, they are very like kerry in that regard, in 08 tyrone looked like a spent force but a big win against dublin and pushed on and won the all ireland at their ease
from what you are saying it sounds like he is enjoying himself, maybe he is bored with his mum and she is twisting it, my young lad is just gone 5, we do pretty much the same stuff as you and your boy, he loves it, we go to the local woods too and he thinks it's a big adventure, we hunt monsters i have brought him up the mountains with me for a change, i bring him to matches with me, he is too young to appreciate them but there are lots of other kids so he plays with them while dadddy shouts at the ref, when we play i am 5 again
i was at that league final and i thought cork were brilliant in the final quarter, head and shoulders above anything at the minute but all that can change too
as for kilkenny been hungry , the lacked it in the final last year and in the league final this year, they will have someyhing to prove against dublin so we will see
i went down to see kk train and compared to other years i don't see the same intensity now maybe they will up it, but i wouldn't judge them on the wexford game, the injuries will hit dublin but if the stick to their system i think they have a real chance
but galway would probably perform better against a more traditional team, dublin have a good panel so i wouldn't worry there, what i do wonder though is how hungry are kk
i think it's a good thing that their putting dublins wins down to abject performances by opponents, the truth is dublin are very hard to play against, winning puck outs is the key and dublin are doing this better than anyone so far this year, i think the leinster final will be a very tight game, i fancy dublin for it
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i certainly am, even if the beat tyrone sunday, they will be found out, i don't rate them atall