Galway GAA discussion thread

MfMan

orl wrote: »

@Gilberto_eire i watched the match back as well. I was less optimistic than i was leaving Croke Park on Friday. I would be worried about the fitness of Dublin although hopefully a few of the under 21s will be wrecked. I also wonder how much Joe's hand will recover in a week.

On the positive side i liked the character of the team. for a young guy hanbury will not let others push him around. I thought that there was good interplay with the Galway backs. The forwards need to replicate. Johnny coen was great in the second half. it was right to keep him on but moved off schutte.

I think jonathan glynn should start as he is a big guy and so are many of the dubs. i think cyril donnellan will be much better the next day. i love his work ethic - just needs to improve accuracy.

every one from midfield up scored, except glynn, which is also good.

on balance i am also optimistic

If you look back on it though, Hanbury made a lot of mistakes that weren't fully noticed or punished. I fear his inexperience could be exploited the next day.

MfMan

MfMan wrote: »

If you look back on it though, Hanbury made a lot of mistakes that weren't fully noticed or punished. I fear his inexperience could be exploited the next day.

Agree, he's been highlighted as a good performer but really did nothing of note.

Dropped a crucial ball at the end. Gave away a needless free. Was always going through the back of people during the league.
Realistically your 3 should be one of your most dominant players, able to field in a 1v1 and drive out. He doesn't have those traits.

Id put Daithi back there this weekend as while he's our best 6 going forward we may as well just go with three from Tan, Lally, Mac and Collins for now.

T0001

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=238546

RTÉ have announced that they will have live coverage of the replayed Leinster SHC quarter-final this weekend.

Michael Lyster will be joined by Eddie Brennan and Tomás Mulcahy at O’Connor Park, with commentary from Marty Morrissey and Donal O’Grady.

donnem33

Galway team unchanged for the replay on sat. very surprised to see McInerney start again..imo Lally is a far superior hurler and should be starting

Diabhal Beag

I can't see that team starting. Could see Lally or Daithi Burke pop in for Mc. Could bring in Nially Healy for half of the forward line in all honesty.

MfMan

It is indeed hard to see the same team starting, yet maybe the management are angling to finish the game with their best team rather than begin it. (Also the possibility of extra-time tomorrow.) I feel Galway will play with more confidence, simply because they survived last Sunday but grave concerns persist over McInerney, Cooney and Glynn, Hanbury too. Will JC be more effective, Harte as effective again, will Donnellan ever finally use possession more cleverly? Sideline simply has to make positional switches with more alacrity than the last day.

T0001

It seems management are trying a Limerick of 2013 plan of of finishing with your best 15. It stops them from fading in the last 10-15 mins and can help them mount a genuine comeback if needs be

citykat

MfMan wrote: »

It is indeed hard to see the same team starting, yet maybe the management are angling to finish the game with their best team rather than begin it. (Also the possibility of extra-time tomorrow.) I feel Galway will play with more confidence, simply because they survived last Sunday but grave concerns persist over McInerney, Cooney and Glynn, Hanbury too. Will JC be more effective, Harte as effective again, will Donnellan ever finally use possession more cleverly? Sideline simply has to make positional switches with more alacrity than the last day.

This smells of yerra talk.

MfMan

citykat wrote: »

This smells of yerra talk.

Oh God, no! I've been consistent in these POVs for many months now.

Utopia Parkway

Galway footballer Shane Walsh has broken his hand in a fatal car accident in the early hours of this morning.

The42.ie reports that a 55-year-old man from Tuam, who was the driver of one of the cars involved in the crash, was pronounced dead at the scene while Walsh and one other were taken to University Hospital Galway for their injuries.

Nominated for an All-Star and Young Footballer of the Year in 2014, the Kilkerrin/Clonberne clubman was making his way home from a challenge match against Cork in Limerick yesterday evening when the crash happened on the N17, on the Galway City side of Tuam, at around 2.20am this morning.

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Diabhal Beag

Playing Laois in Tullamore Saturday week at 5pm in the Leinster semi. Fairly sure it's on Sky.

donnem33

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Playing Laois in Tullamore Saturday week at 5pm in the Leinster semi. Fairly sure it's on Sky.

it is on sky ya but is it definitely fixed for tullamore?

they really should just have a toss for home venue..there wont be a big crowd at it!

donnem33

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Playing Laois in Tullamore Saturday week at 5pm in the Leinster semi. Fairly sure it's on Sky.

http://www.leinstergaa.ie/leinster-gaa-championship-fixtures-2012/leinster-gaa-shc-2012.257.html

seems to be fixed for portlaois at 5pm?

Congrats to Laois, put up a big score today. They have ran us to the wire the last couple of years so can't be taken lightly. We have been down to Portlaoise for championship at least 5 or 6 times the last 10 or 12 years so happy enough to get it in Tullamore. Laois have now got to a level that we can't be gifting them home advantage for the good of promoting hurling like might have been argued until a couple of years ago.

Tactically Laois have got it spot on against Galway the last couple of years and won't leave the kind of space Dublin left for us yesterday evening. Physically Laois will put it up to Galway but today aside Laois didn't do as well as they may have hoped in league or championship along with some behind the scenes issues.

Forewarned should be forearmed here. You'd hope we can push on from yesterday and build a bit of momentum ahead of the Leinster final.

With that result I presume Offaly will be in the round robin next year?

donnem33

donnem33 wrote: »

http://www.leinstergaa.ie/leinster-gaa-championship-fixtures-2012/leinster-gaa-shc-2012.257.html

seems to be fixed for portlaois at 5pm?

It says O'Moore Park or O'Connor Park on that link. We played Offaly in 2012 in Portlaoise so presume that would have been the venue if we were playing Offaly and Tullamore for the game against Laois. I'm going on the Tribesman GAA facebook page which is giving it as Tullamore.

donnem33

Borders no.2 wrote: »

It says O'Moore Park or O'Connor Park on that link. We played Offaly in 2012 in Portlaoise so presume that would have been the venue if we were playing Offaly and Tullamore for the game against Laois. I'm going on the Tribesman GAA facebook page which is giving it as Tullamore.

cheers for that mate

I wasnt sure if they were giving home advantage to the winner..seeing at its a semi its only right it should be in a neutral venue!

Alanhooly

It's in O'Connor Park, Tullamore!

Mentioned several times on Midlands 103.

nootroc

Other semi is listed for Nowlan Park regrdless of who was in it.

T0001

Its in Tullamore as Galway have home (lol) advantage so its a neutral venue

cocoman

Does anyone know if there's park and ride available for the Mayo game?
I seem to remember it a couple of years ago and it was very handy.

Utopia Parkway

On tonight for those interested.

No posts for three days when we've a big game this weekend.... Don't think any other county thread would be that inactive the week of a game.
And to add to that we're off the back of two weeks running and have another game next week.

Are there that few of us here to keep it bumped?

TCDStudent1

gilberto_eire wrote: »

No posts for three days when we've a big game this weekend.... Don't think any other county thread would be that inactive the week of a game.
And to add to that we're off the back of two weeks running and have another game next week.

Are there that few of us here to keep it bumped?

It appears so. Meanwhile, over on the Mayo thread, they have been discussing possible teams etc. Quite the difference. I think there are more Galway Hurling GAA followers on this thread however.

sgthighway

Never mind the Internet. Lets just wait in the long grass for these Mayo boys

MfMan

Hard to get really talking about Sunday until the team is named I'd say. FWIW, I'd say it will probably be same as started v Leitrim, with Flynn coming in for Walsh (with Conroy moving to no. 11). Big performance needed from backs, (well, all over really).

Clutching at straws, Mayo could be vulnerable; no game in 10 weeks or so, new untested management, question marks about fitness of best forward, how hungry are they for another prolonged run at the championship, Corofin easily dismissed their county champions in the Club campaign (then again, Corofin's defence was probably better than the current Galway one). For all that they eased past Galway last year, remember that Galway always answered Mayo's goals with the next few scores and had Walsh netted that peno, they would have had the wind and momentum to buoy them along.

T0001

Galway by 3. I think its 3rd time the charm for these lads. Certainly gonna give us a great performance. Expect the main guys to give us a big performance. Kevin Walsh is giving us fighting talk and I imagine he has the players fired up for this. Could see us hitting 2-3 goals. Mayo wont be as defensive as other teams so Comer will have alot of space to work with

MfMan

Team announced;

1. Manus Breathnach

2. Johnny Duane 3. Finian Hanley 4. Cathal Sweeney

5. Liam Silke 6. Gary O’Donnell 7. Sean Denvir

8. Fiontán Ó Curraoin 9. Paul Conroy (Captain)

10. Gary Sice 11. Patrick Sweeney 12. Tomas Flynn

13. Danny Cummins 14. Damien Comer 15. Michael Lundy

Seems Breathnach is now first choice, after recovering from injury. Flynn in as expected, and P Sweeney for O'Griofa, rumours latter was carrying an injury also. The closer it gets, the weaker the team starts to look on paper. :-(

T0001

O'Gríofa is injured but may play as a sub I'm led to believe

I was optimistic for this one when the draw was made and in early spring but at the minute i'm finding it hard to see where Galway can win this one. I can't really see us getting on top in the middle sector. If we are to do anything, we will have to try and use the full width of the pitch and move the Mayo midfield around, whether we have the kick out to do that I'd question. On their ball we'll have to just try and turn it into a scrap and hope the likes of Lundy, Sice and Flynn can pick up loose ball.

The Mayo full back line (Keith Higgins aside) is weak. David Clarke is there to give them physical presence for the long high ball but its an area I believe we can get joy if we play in the right ball.

If Tom Cunniffe is to line up at centre back that's the channel I'd be running at with any ball we get.

Having said that I've seen nothing yet this year from Galway that suggests the defence can hold up against any kind of decent attack and any attempts at playing defensive football proved disastrous during the league.

On paper, there is a good choice of forwards in the Galway panel but we haven't put up big scores in many matches and with Shane Walsh missing its asking a lot of Damien Comer to be our go to man unless he gets players working off him.

Mayo won relatively easily last year. I just don't think Galway have made the jump forward they needed this year. Even allowing for the absence of the Corofin lads we failed badly in a weak division 2. Mayo didn't tear up any trees in the spring but were comfortable in division 1.

Home advantage should be a help, even if the stand will be a Mayo area. U21 All-Irelands and All-Ireland clubs are all well and good but in reality this is the level where players have to prove their worth and we need everyone to turn in a big display to have a chance Sunday.

Worthwent14

Bar the injury to Shane walsh, KW has gone with what he feels is his strongest 15. O griofa is fit enough but maybe just not 100%. I expect lundy to play a similar role to that he played for corofin! It's a speedy dangerous FF line on paper. Breathnach is clearly Walsh's number 1 I presume since he was picked! Half back line is our weakest line and sice will need to drop back and help out! If we don't concede early goals and can stay competitive comin into the last 15 then I believe we can do it but it's a big if. Mayo are a serious outfit so this will tell us where we're at