Galway GAA discussion thread

Utopia Parkway · 21-05-2018 2:38pm

grbear wrote: »

Standout result from the first round of the club championship is probably Annaghdown giving Tuam an absolute trouncing.

They got closer to Corofin than anyone else last Autumn and they've laid down a real marker with that result.

Can't see Corofin being beaten but yeah Annaghdown might be the only side that has a chance to dethrone them.

22-05-2018 1:08pm

Was just reading the paper and seeing results from the Leinster MHC.

It went completely over my head at the time but they took Down and Antrim into the province.

I know Galway got a 3 team group with the provincial runners which is an improvement but they have no second chance in that format while the teams in their group used theirs.

While the Ulster teams are in the lower tiers in Leinster it still provides an avenue to the provincial finals.

That's farcical that they were taken in while we get the same rubbish the seniors were getting when the qualifiers had groups.

TCDStudent1 · 22-05-2018 10:54pm

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Was just reading the paper and seeing results from the Leinster MHC.

It went completely over my head at the time but they took Down and Antrim into the province.

I know Galway got a 3 team group with the provincial runners which is an improvement but they have no second chance in that format while the teams in their group used theirs.

While the Ulster teams are in the lower tiers in Leinster it still provides an avenue to the provincial finals.

That's farcical that they were taken in while we get the same rubbish the seniors were getting when the qualifiers had groups.

They absolutely should never have agreed to that deal

macslash · 26-05-2018 10:31am

Same team named for the Cats. Glad to see Concannon get another start.

Was just thinking, has Paul Killeen made any sort of comeback since his horrible injury last year? He was tearing up trees before it. It was against Dublin I think?

Happyilylost · 26-05-2018 10:42am

macslash wrote:

Was just thinking, has Paul Killeen made any sort of comeback since his horrible injury last year? He was tearing up trees before it. It was against Dublin I think?

Came on as a sub in the last round of club matches.

macslash · 26-05-2018 1:03pm

Happyilylost wrote: »

Came on as a sub in the last round of club matches.

That's good to hear, thanks.

26-05-2018 1:37pm

Assuming things go to plan and Dublin/Offaly win one between them it could very well come down to PD if we lose one of the next two(and the winner loses in the KK-Wex game).

So here's hoping Wexford don't come close to 12 tomorrow.

jr86 · 26-05-2018 1:46pm

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Assuming things go to plan and Dublin/Offaly win one between them it could very well come down to PD if we lose one of the next two(and the winner loses in the KK-Wex game).

So here's hoping Wexford don't come close to 12 tomorrow.

Probably not the proper thing to say but I actually think the more matches they can get the better for this Galway side this year.

No harm at all not winning Leinster imho. It was a very rusty league campaign and given the mentally draining winter after winning the AI the extra matches could be ideal to get lads fully back into form

They'll beat Dublin anyway so top 3 won't be an issue. That said I do think galway will win tomorrow

Ray Bloody Purchase · 28-05-2018 9:40am

We did a good job on KK yesterday. I think we were probably lucky to finish with 15 men. McInerney and Daithi could defo have walked.

Great to see a bit of steel though.

djPSB · 28-05-2018 10:32am

Very good performance.

MD has a nice panel now with loads of options on the bench.

May need to freshen it up over the next two weeks.

jr86 · 28-05-2018 10:45am

That was incredibly comfortable, Galway looked as if they never got out of 2nd gear. So many passengers on that KK side, Wexford should certainly beat them

We'll probably learn more about Galway next week but there's 3 matches now left in Leinster to give lads more gametime and for lads (midfielders in particular) to play themselves into form again

Its early days but no-one is really tearing up trees in Munster - it's probably a bit early for Limerick too

Unless Tipp can rediscover their 2016 form (they've been awful for 105 out of 140 minutes so far) I can't see Galway relinquishing their title even if they do drop off a bit from last year

Daithi Burke is surely the best defender in the country

MfMan · 28-05-2018 11:17am

jr86 wrote: »

That was incredibly comfortable, Galway looked as if they never got out of 2nd gear. So many passengers on that KK side, Wexford should certainly beat them

We'll probably learn more about Galway next week but there's 3 matches now left in Leinster to give lads more gametime and for lads (midfielders in particular) to play themselves into form again

Its early days but no-one is really tearing up trees in Munster - it's probably a bit early for Limerick too

Unless Tipp can rediscover their 2016 form (they've been awful for 105 out of 140 minutes so far) I can't see Galway relinquishing their title even if they do drop off a bit from last year

Daithi Burke is surely the best defender in the country

On yesterday's display alone Padraig Mannion would give him a run. Been good since he came into the team but now blossoming into a quite superb player. Midfield still not at full throttle but, like the Offaly match, David Burke came more and more into it as the game progressed, his tracking and covering back is excellent - an absolute thoroughbred of a hurler. Why was JC not nominated for MOTM? Terrific again yesterday, with some gems from play; Conor Cooney only got going in the closing minutes, well and all as he struck his points.

More later.

jacool · 28-05-2018 11:33am

MfMan wrote: »

On yesterday's display alone Padraig Mannion would give him a run. Been good since he came into the team but now blossoming into a quite superb player.

He was my MOTM - did everything except missing one score in the first half. Credit to him when he got in the same position 5 minutes later he flicked it out to his left and put in one of the forwards (Corcoran?) for the score.

danganabu · 28-05-2018 1:38pm

jr86 wrote: »

Daithi Burke is surely the best defender in the country

He is hands down the best full back in the country and because of that probably the most valuable defender in the game, but is no where near the 'best defender'

jr86 · 28-05-2018 1:43pm

Nowhere near? Who are better?

I even saw him render Joe Canning virtually anonymous in a club game at centre back last year (which would have always been his natural position)

Hulk Hands · 28-05-2018 1:55pm

danganabu wrote: »

He is hands down the best full back in the country and because of that probably the most valuable defender in the game, but is no where near the 'best defender'

Who exactly is that much better than him? Paudie Maher is the only comparable I can see. Remember that Daithi's a very good hurler and is being wasted to an extent at FB, he'd be better out the field but does such a solid job he's put there

danganabu · 28-05-2018 2:52pm

jr86 wrote: »

Nowhere near? Who are better?

I even saw him render Joe Canning virtually anonymous in a club game at centre back last year (which would have always been his natural position)

Cillian Buckley, Padraig Maher, Paul Murphy, Tadgh De Burca, Declan Hannon, Padraig Mannion, Noel Connors, Diarmuid O'Keeffe, Chris Crummey, Gearoid McInnerney...........all of course in my very humble opinion, sorry if I seem to have upset you!

MfMan · 28-05-2018 3:05pm

danganabu wrote: »

Cillian Buckley, Padraig Maher, Paul Murphy, Tadgh De Burca, Declan Hannon, Padraig Mannion, Noel Connors, Diarmuid O'Keeffe, Chris Crummey, Gearoid McInnerney...........all of course in my very humble opinion, sorry if I seem to have upset you!

Oh come on Dangan; Burke is better than Connors, Crumney, GMac on any day and currently better than Hannon, TDB, Buckley and Murphy. Mannion, as I've stated is consistently very good; Maher has had a great career for Tipp' but not without flaws; no great pace, not great to turn, has a tendency to drive the ball and lift the crowd but forget to deliver it properly, isn't suited to a central position etc. Daithi isn't flawless either but many in Galway believe he's already the best FB we've ever had.

He has (at least) one very simple but very great, nay priceless asset, -- he uses both hands on the hurl to lift the ball. Cost Cork the match in Thurles yesterday.

jr86 · 28-05-2018 3:14pm

Why would I be upset,

I'm not even from Galway but am involved in club hurling here

I'm as delighted as anyone to see Mac's rise last year and he's proven to be a hell of an effective centre back but he's not in daithi's league, no way.

Most of the other names look like a case of just plucking out names for the sake of being contrary. Maher is the only one who I'd accept but as MfMan says he has his flaws too

Barring injury I've little doubt he'll pick up a 4th All star in 4 full seasons and yet there's apparently 10 better than him?

MfMan wrote: »

He has (at least) one very simple but very great, nay priceless asset, -- he uses both hands on the hurl to lift the ball. Cost Cork the match in Thurles yesterday.

Yeah, a natural right hander of course, playing with the citeog

danganabu · 28-05-2018 3:25pm

I think ye have both very selectively forgotten that I did say categorically that he is the best full back in the in the country and because of that he is the most valuable defender in the country.

Hulk Hands · 28-05-2018 3:49pm

danganabu wrote: »

I think ye have both very selectively forgotten that I did say categorically that he is the best full back in the in the country and because of that he is the most valuable defender in the country.

He's a better half back than basically every player you named also, with the exception of maybe Maher. Look at his 2015 season at wing back. You made a bold statement and are now trying to find silly ways of justifying it

danganabu · 28-05-2018 4:02pm

Hulk Hands wrote: »

He's a better half back than basically every player you named also, with the exception of maybe Maher. Look at his 2015 season at wing back. You made a bold statement and are now trying to find silly ways of justifying it

I simply offered an opinion, I apologise if this has caused so much trauma

,you obviously have a differrent opinion and thats perfectly fine and valid, there is no quantifiable measure for comparing players on different teams against different opposition etc so it will always be a subjective matter.

FWIW I wouldnt have Maher at the top of my list either and he has plenty of expoitable deficencies.

flatty · 28-05-2018 4:11pm

Joe Canning was absolutely outstanding yesterday. One of those games where just about every time he touched the ball he did something constructive with it. He is a Rolls Royce of a player at the top of his game. Motm for me also. But everyone played well. We held kk to two points from play. Remarkable effort. Delighted.

Ray Bloody Purchase · 28-05-2018 4:15pm

flatty wrote: »

Joe Canning was absolutely outstanding yesterday. One of those games where just about every time he touched the ball he did something constructive with it. He is a Rolls Royce of a player at the top of his game. Motm for me also. But everyone played well. We held kk to two points from play. Remarkable effort. Delighted.

He is a truly remarkable player. It would have been a tragedy for him never to have won an All-Ireland medal.

That's not the first time i've seen him flick a players elbow too for the yellow card that he got.

Nettle Soup · 28-05-2018 4:38pm

Is Canning ok? He seemed to get a smack on the hand and went off immediately.

flatty · 28-05-2018 8:53pm

Ray Bloody Purchase wrote: »

flatty wrote: »

Joe Canning was absolutely outstanding yesterday. One of those games where just about every time he touched the ball he did something constructive with it. He is a Rolls Royce of a player at the top of his game. Motm for me also. But everyone played well. We held kk to two points from play. Remarkable effort. Delighted.

He is a truly remarkable player. It would have been a tragedy for him never to have won an All-Ireland medal.

That's not the first time i've seen him flick a players elbow too for the yellow card that he got.

He's been battered from pillar to post since he was a minor. There's no malice in his play at all.

Ray Bloody Purchase · 29-05-2018 10:40am

flatty wrote: »

He's been battered from pillar to post since he was a minor. There's no malice in his play at all.

There's no malice, just a bit of steel.

Robson99 · 29-05-2018 11:48pm

flatty wrote: »

Joe Canning was absolutely outstanding yesterday. One of those games where just about every time he touched the ball he did something constructive with it. He is a Rolls Royce of a player at the top of his game. Motm for me also. But everyone played well. We held kk to two points from play. Remarkable effort. Delighted.

Should have been ahead of Conor Cooney in Motm nominations but P Mannion was our best player on Sunday. Superb throughout

grbear · 31-05-2018 9:25am

The football match with Sligo isn't generating much buzz is it? I know Galway are heavy favourites but a few co-workers were genuinely surprised it was happening this week when I mentioned it yesterday. I suppose a lot of that is due to the understandable focus on the hurlers and their two big games but I can't remember such a subdued build up to a match for ages, especially considering people are excited by this Galway teams potential.

TCDStudent1 · 31-05-2018 11:36am

grbear wrote: »

The football match with Sligo isn't generating much buzz is it? I know Galway are heavy favourites but a few co-workers were genuinely surprised it was happening this week when I mentioned it yesterday. I suppose a lot of that is due to the understandable focus on the hurlers and their two big games but I can't remember such a subdued build up to a match for ages, especially considering people are excited by this Galway teams potential.

No printed tickets for season ticket hokders either - just use your card. So it seems they are not expecting a big crowd for it.

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