Galway GAA discussion thread

Disallowed game would have made a game of it. Thomas' went up the other end and got their goal and that was it really. To be fair Thomas' were by far the better team. Gort have gone past their best. Created a couple of half goal chances in 1st half but overall were a big disappointment. To be fair it was a miserable day for a game, the attendance was poor and the atmosphere flat. We did get the county championship finished in good time this year but were unlucky with the day weather wise.

I think the fact that there is no dominant team in the senior ranks highlights to supporters that the overall quality of the championship is average. The dominance of the likes of Portumna and Athenry over the years masked the fact there was a lot of poor senior teams but now that there is no dominant team we are seeing that even with the top teams there isn't an abundance of top quality hurlers in the county. The good thing is that a lot more teams feel they have a chance which is important to keep lads interested.

Thomas' looked set for a period of glory after their last All-Ireland but to be fair that was a weak All-Ireland club championship that year. They don't have the depth they need but they've a lot of players who've amassed big day county experience at senior or underage. They'll need their big men to deliver and a lot of the lesser lights to perform above themselves to have a chance of landing a 2nd All-Ireland but they'll give a much better account of Galway hurling than Sarsfields did anyway.

Id imagine there'll be even less neutrals at the football next Sunday.

Tommy Kelly

Not to sure who the a lot more teams that will feel they can win it are.

It would be fairly handy to pick 3 if not the 4 semi finalists again next year.

Take a look at that fantastic Kiltormer team that was honored at half time there today for instance and now look at the top teams in Galway at the moment.

You couldn't pick a 15 from the 4/5 teams at top of Galway hurling today that would beat that Kiltormer team.

That's how bad things have gotten in Galway.

westsidestory

charlie1980 wrote: »

You sould have made a few phone calls to Tuam,they would round up a starting
15 after a night out on the gargle and give ye a game.

The townies are soft,they would have to call an AGM to get anything done.

Contacted close on 20 clubs but was too short notice and with some clubs finished up and others at business end of things last weekend it didn't work out,

We had a kick about Saturday and got stuck in to the Galway nite life afterwards!

Tommy Kelly

Tommy Kelly wrote: »

Not to sure who the a lot more teams that will feel they can win it are.

It would be fairly handy to pick 3 if not the 4 semi finalists again next year.

Take a look at that fantastic Kiltormer team that was honored at half time there today for instance and now look at the top teams in Galway at the moment.

You couldn't pick a 15 from the 4/5 teams at top of Galway hurling today that would beat that Kiltormer team.

That's how bad things have gotten in Galway.

I love this mentality of the golden old day. The hurlers in today's game are vastly superior in skill to those teams of the past. Literally every single aspect of club players have improved.:rolleyes:

Some amount of muck talking about people about the good old days. There are some exceptional hurlers scattered throughout the county championship, stop spouting utter nonsense.

MfMan

peterswellman wrote: »

I love this mentality of the golden old day. The hurlers in today's game are vastly superior in skill to those teams of the past. Literally every single aspect of club players have improved.:rolleyes:

Some amount of muck talking about people about the good old days. There are some exceptional hurlers scattered throughout the county championship, stop spouting utter nonsense.

You're right! County final last Sunday was only as good as conditions allowed, no worse in quality or skill levels than most other county c'ships. The Galway c'ship has consistently been among the best over the past 30 years, as evidenced by the amount of AI club titles win in that spell. Give credit where it's due.

For next year, watch out for Turlough'. An awful lot of good skillful young players coming through, and if they can get a solid management team and settled club environment (not so easy) around them, they will be a seriously good side within a couple of years.

charlie1980

Good news ,Mayo gaa are in disarray over their goal keeper debacle.Clarke is not coming back.Therefore its a rookie or the hapless

Hennelly.


HAPPY DAYS!

Tommy Kelly

peterswellman wrote: »

I love this mentality of the golden old day. The hurlers in today's game are vastly superior in skill to those teams of the past. Literally every single aspect of club players have improved.:rolleyes:

Some amount of muck talking about people about the good old days. There are some exceptional hurlers scattered throughout the county championship, stop spouting utter nonsense.

Exceptional hurlers? Everyone's bar would be different as evident by your 2nd sentence but Joe Canning aside who are these exceptional hurlers scattered around the county.

Tommy Kelly

Tommy Kelly wrote: »

Exceptional hurlers? Everyone's bar would be different as evident by your 2nd sentence but Joe Canning aside who are these exceptional hurlers scattered around the county.

I'd say Daithi and David Burke would get on anyone's team.
Callanan is probably the best goalie, I know Gleeson was touted this year but all his highlight saves were direct shots at him.
Conor Cooney is up there and Conor Whelan has the potential ditto Padraig Mannion.

Tommy Kelly

6 maybe 7 at a push so. In all fairness gilberto_eire if there were that many 'exceptional hurlers' in the county we'd be making a lot better attempts that we are at winning a senior All-Ireland.

When I hear supporters saying the poor conditions (bit of drizzle) contributed to what went on last Sunday (Gort only managing to score 1 point from play in the 2nd half) I do really start to worry.

Robson99

peterswellman wrote: »

I love this mentality of the golden old day. The hurlers in today's game are vastly superior in skill to those teams of the past. Literally every single aspect of club players have improved.:rolleyes:.

The hurlers nowadays are fitter and more athletic. I wouldn't say they are more skillful

Heraldoffreeent

charlie1980 wrote: »

Good news ,Mayo gaa are in disarray over their goal keeper debacle.Clarke is not coming back.Therefore its a rookie or the hapless

Hennelly.


HAPPY DAYS!

A possible second Connacht title in a row??

Can we dare to dream................???

MfMan

Tommy Kelly wrote: »

6 maybe 7 at a push so. In all fairness gilberto_eire if there were that many 'exceptional hurlers' in the county we'd be making a lot better attempts that we are at winning a senior All-Ireland.

When I hear supporters saying the poor conditions (bit of drizzle) contributed to what went on last Sunday (Gort only managing to score 1 point from play in the 2nd half) I do really start to worry.

Persistent, cold rain more like. I was out in it.

h2005

Robson99 wrote: »

The hurlers nowadays are fitter and more athletic. I wouldn't say they are more skillful

There is no comparison layers today are far more skillful. I don't remember too many sideline cuts going over in the 80's. Watch The Wests Awake some of the passages of play in it are shocking.

Tommy Kelly

h2005 wrote: »

There is no comparison layers today are far more skillful. I don't remember too many sideline cuts going over in the 80's. Watch The Wests Awake some of the passages of play in it are shocking.

If they were playing on pitches that resembled sitting room carpets I'd imagine they'd be lobbing them over far more often back in the 80's.

What would you call what Conor Hayes did against Athenry in the 91' County Final when he sent over the winning point from his own square, last puck of the game job? I don't think I've ever seen anything like that since. Same year same team, Damien Curley, again a last puck of the game job when he sent over a free in Duggan Park from an almost impossible angle to level things up with Tipp's Cashel King Cormac's.

I could go on and on, only difference these days is the players are drinking all sorts of nutritional crap, protein powders and all that malarkey. Whick in turn is making them more athletic etc. Add into that then the fact they'd be complaining if there was a bit of muck on the pitch. Same thing when it comes to a shot of drizzle...

bodhrandude

Is there a way I can get the GAA announcer to speak quieter at Pearse Stadium, I live in the surrounding housing estate area and the sound bleed is terrible. Is there anything I can do to get this changed short of burning down Pearse Stadium to the ground.

So congrats to Corofin on their 4 in a row. Head and shoulders above everyone else in what admittedly has been a poor standard of county championship of late. Small crowd in Pearse Stadium by the sounds of it. I think Corofin peaked 18-24 months ago and it'll be difficult to see them winning the club All-Ireland but I'm sure they'll give it a go.

Ahascragh-Fohenagh winning the Intermediate fairly comfortably against Ballinderreen who were a disappointment. Clarinbridge winning the
minor very comfortably. The sizeable crowd in Athenry v the crowd in Pearse Stadium was very telling.

Congrats to Monivea Abbey on progressing in the Connacht intermediate and Oranmore-Maree on getting back to intermediate.

I said

bodhrandude wrote: »

Is there a way I can get the GAA announcer to speak quieter at Pearse Stadium, I live in the surrounding housing estate area and the sound bleed is terrible. Is there anything I can do to get this changed short of burning down Pearse Stadium to the ground.

Was the stadium there before ya moved into the house?Or were you born and reared there.

Tommy Kelly

bodhrandude wrote: »

Is there a way I can get the GAA announcer to speak quieter at Pearse Stadium, I live in the surrounding housing estate area and the sound bleed is terrible. Is there anything I can do to get this changed short of burning down Pearse Stadium to the ground.

No, No there isn't so burn away please.

TCDStudent1

Borders no.2 wrote: »

So congrats to Corofin on their 4 in a row. Head and shoulders above everyone else in what admittedly has been a poor standard of county championship of late. Small crowd in Pearse Stadium by the sounds of it. I think Corofin peaked 18-24 months ago and it'll be difficult to see them winning the club All-Ireland but I'm sure they'll give it a go.

Ahascragh-Fohenagh winning the Intermediate fairly comfortably against Ballinderreen who were a disappointment. Clarinbridge winning the
minor very comfortably. The sizeable crowd in Athenry v the crowd in Pearse Stadium was very telling.

Congrats to Monivea Abbey on progressing in the Connacht intermediate and Oranmore-Maree on getting back to intermediate.

Would probably be a good thing for Galway & Kevin Walsh if Corofin get beaten in Connacht so we have those players available from the beginning of next year.

h2005

Tommy Kelly wrote: »

If they were playing on pitches that resembled sitting room carpets I'd imagine they'd be lobbing them over far more often back in the 80's.

What would you call what Conor Hayes did against Athenry in the 91' County Final when he sent over the winning point from his own square, last puck of the game job? I don't think I've ever seen anything like that since. Same year same team, Damien Curley, again a last puck of the game job when he sent over a free in Duggan Park from an almost impossible angle to level things up with Tipp's Cashel King Cormac's.

I could go on and on, only difference these days is the players are drinking all sorts of nutritional crap, protein powders and all that malarkey. Whick in turn is making them more athletic etc. Add into that then the fact they'd be complaining if there was a bit of muck on the pitch. Same thing when it comes to a shot of drizzle...

Seriously you've picked out a couple moments. Conor Hayes was a joy to watch, might not have had the belt on the ball you remember though! You're last last paragraph is a nonsense, it has no bearing on skill. TG4 regularly plays games form the 70's and 80's if you think the skill level matches todays game I hope you're not coaching
On a separate note well done to Corofin, some achievement

Utopia Parkway

http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/home-comfort-for-galway-leinster/

A lot of justifiable anger brewing in Galway over this.

threeball

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/home-comfort-for-galway-leinster/

A lot of justifiable anger brewing in Galway over this.

They should just pull plant and leave Leinster to it. Then the Central council will have to act. We'll be in a semi final anyway and we won as many back then as we do now so let the clowns go back to being fodder for Kilkenny.
The whole set up of the Gaa is a shambles due to asswipes like these guys.

munchkin_utd

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/home-comfort-for-galway-leinster/

A lot of justifiable anger brewing in Galway over this.

the reasoning from the link above seems to be a geographical one.

“I think if Galway had Ballinasloe in shape. I think part of it is going as far as Salthill is partially the problem, it’s just the distance. You are going nearly the width of Galway to it.

“We have discussed that every year and there is no change."

in a sense its a bit unfair, but also in fairness Salthill is an insanely stupid place to put a stadium.
The previous stadium in Tuam was much handier to get to, and with the new motorway coming on line soon, would be very easy to get to from east of the Shannon.

jam83

Didn't the Galway board a few months ago hint at a nuclear option of pulling out of Leinster, if they didn't get a home game?

They have my blessing to pull out and screw up the championship. It'll be back to the group qualifiers which had no life to them but that's the way it'll be.

The GAA at these high levels, provincial or otherwise, are so backward it's almost funny.
Provincial championships are dying and yet the Leinster council want to run the risk of Galway pulling out? Dinosaurs in charge there.

I think the Leinster counties know that the Galway County Board are a bunch of clowns and haven't the guts to pull out of Leinster. Im not that bothered about not getting home games. Tullamore is manageable and we haven't had any full away matches bar Dublin in Croke Park which has its upsides too and the quarter final games. Playing the likes of Westmeath or Laois in Salthill is no benefit to us anyway.

The funny thing about it is the inconsistency. We have Antrim and Kerry getting home games yet not Galway.

We are benefiting from being in Leinster, we are a lot less inconsistent now partly because we are getting games but with Dublin gone back into the doldrums Galway's inclusion has been the only thing keeping the Leinster Championship as a credible competition. Dublin will rise again and Wexford will probably get a spike for a year or two but the gap between Kilkenny and the rest is still massive.

As for Galway getting an extra €20,000, the two games against Kilkenny in Tullamore in 2014 would more than cover that cost for a number of years.

My gripe is that the underage teams are being excluded from Leinster which is helping no-one.

The Slobs

Borders no.2 wrote: »

I think the Leinster counties know that the Galway County Board are a bunch of clowns and haven't the guts to pull out of Leinster. Im not that bothered about not getting home games. Tullamore is manageable and we haven't had any full away matches bar Dublin in Croke Park which has its upsides too and the quarter final games. Playing the likes of Westmeath or Laois in Salthill is no benefit to us anyway.

The funny thing about it is the inconsistency. We have Antrim and Kerry getting home games yet not Galway.

We are benefiting from being in Leinster, we are a lot less inconsistent now partly because we are getting games but with Dublin gone back into the doldrums Galway's inclusion has been the only thing keeping the Leinster Championship as a credible competition. Dublin will rise again and Wexford will probably get a spike for a year or two but the gap between Kilkenny and the rest is still massive.

As for Galway getting an extra €20,000, the two games against Kilkenny in Tullamore in 2014 would more than cover that cost for a number of years.

My gripe is that the underage teams are being excluded from Leinster which is helping no-one.

Minor and U21

Munster
1.Clare

2 Cork

3Tipp

4Waterford

5 Clare

Leinster

1. Offaly
2 Carlow
3. Laois
4.Westmeath
5. Kildare
6. Dublin
7. Kilkenny
8.Wexford
9. Meath

There already 9 teams in Leinster and only 5 in Munster

So why Leinster ( Yes I hear you say we need Galway to supply a challenge to Kilkenny and more recently Dublin at Minor ) U21 is more competitive with wexford carlow and Westmeath having their moments in recent times and in any given year Laois or Offaly fancy their chances,

Going forward with minor going to u17 this grade will be less important and might even suit an open draw competition as the excuse of tradition will not be a reason to say no.

In The Leinster u21 championship with 9 teams involved and with the matches starting in end of May right before the leaving and may Kids who are 19 are not able to play as they are doing the leaving cert because of the numbers doing TY. The Munster championship starts after the leaving cert and Galway I know come in cold in third week in august .

so why leinster why not Munster and not always be knocking lenister.

True KK & Dublin will be competitive but why blame the other leinster counties for objecting to galway as they see them a a threat to the rare opportunities they have of success/
After all Galway were in Munster once a upon a time and came out of it because they could not win matches

Goose and gander and all that

Diabhal Beag

County Board won't pursue this any further so the Leinster structure is safe for years to come. We don't have the bottle to stand up to the Leinster Council. This is the time to pull whatever power play we have.

elefant

Tommy Kelly wrote: »

What would you call what Conor Hayes did against Athenry in the 91' County Final when he sent over the winning point from his own square, last puck of the game job?

I'd love to see some evidence of this 130m score...

Tommy Kelly

elefant wrote: »

I'd love to see some evidence of this 130m score...

I'd love to see it again myself too. It was only the other day myself and Sylvie Linnane were talking about it. Hayes was some operator.

If anyone would know of where to get a video of it somewhere give me a shout.

The Slobs

The Slobs wrote: »

Minor and U21

Munster
1.Clare

2 Cork

3Tipp

4Waterford

5 Clare

Leinster

1. Offaly
2 Carlow
3. Laois
4.Westmeath
5. Kildare
6. Dublin
7. Kilkenny
8.Wexford
9. Meath

There already 9 teams in Leinster and only 5 in Munster

So why Leinster ( Yes I hear you say we need Galway to supply a challenge to Kilkenny and more recently Dublin at Minor ) U21 is more competitive with wexford carlow and Westmeath having their moments in recent times and in any given year Laois or Offaly fancy their chances,

Going forward with minor going to u17 this grade will be less important and might even suit an open draw competition as the excuse of tradition will not be a reason to say no.

In The Leinster u21 championship with 9 teams involved and with the matches starting in end of May right before the leaving and may Kids who are 19 are not able to play as they are doing the leaving cert because of the numbers doing TY. The Munster championship starts after the leaving cert and Galway I know come in cold in third week in august .

so why leinster why not Munster and not always be knocking lenister.

True KK & Dublin will be competitive but why blame the other leinster counties for objecting to galway as they see them a a threat to the rare opportunities they have of success/
After all Galway were in Munster once a upon a time and came out of it because they could not win matches

Goose and gander and all that

The Munster u21 championship has less teams but is very competitive. The bottom line is that the standard in the Leinster u21 championship has been poor the last few years. No Leinster winner since 2008. Minor teams coming out of Leinster not too hectic of late either. Galway in Leinster might help balance the provincial championships a bit.