Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

Doctors room ghost

Ha hoooo up the tribes.
Gleeson.what a boy.
Congrats to the lads.they dug in for a finish.
Congrats to joycey and the lads.

Hulk Hands

I was only listening on radio so will hold back on too many rash judgements but sounds as if every single kickout went long where we got cleaned out, and very open at the back. Worrying. That Galway team named should be beating that mayo side every day of the week. Positives obviously the comeback, while down to 14 for a bit also. Soccer keeper Gleeson obviously a very good shot stopper. Nice to win also but probably not worth the injuries

threeball

Hulk Hands wrote: »

I was only listening on radio so will hold back on too many rash judgements but sounds as if every single kickout went long where we got cleaned out, and very open at the back. Worrying. That Galway team named should be beating that mayo side every day of the week. Positives obviously the comeback, while down to 14 for a bit also. Soccer keeper Gleeson obviously a very good shot stopper. Nice to win also but probably not worth the injuries

Who got injured?

jr86

threeball wrote: »

Who got injured?

O'curraoin down for 10 odd minutes. And Johnny heaney

Utopia Parkway

Robert Finnerty playing great stuff for NUIG against UCC. 1-4 from play and not yet half time.

Hulk Hands

Is that game on Tg4 online? Saw it mentioned but can't find it on YouTube if anyone has a link handy

Utopia Parkway

Hulk Hands wrote: »

Is that game on Tg4 online? Saw it mentioned but can't find it on YouTube if anyone has a link handy

Yeah Electric Ireland channel on YouTube.

jr86

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Robert Finnerty playing great stuff for NUIG against UCC. 1-4 from play and not yet half time.

Was wondering where he was for Galway today!

He's a serious talent. Had a fine campaign for Salthill last year

Himself and Tierney will surely push for a starting spot this year. Fierce talent emerging up front

Happyilylost

Heartbreak NUIG. Never nice to see a young miss a free of that importance.

Utopia Parkway

Happyilylost wrote: »

Heartbreak NUIG. Never nice to see a young miss a free of that importance.

Wet underfoot but yeah you have to be nailing those.

Diabhal Beag

Not good news regarding FOC's injury. Sounds very serious unfortunately.

seligehgit

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Not good news regarding FOC's injury. Sounds very serious unfortunately.

Very sorry to hear that.It seemed terribly serious at the time given the ten minute or so delay.

Wishing him a very speedy recovery.

h2005

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Not good news regarding FOC's injury. Sounds very serious unfortunately.

Jesus that's terrible if that's the case. He's had a tough time with them.

Utopia Parkway

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Not good news regarding FOC's injury. Sounds very serious unfortunately.

Terrible for a fella who's had awful luck with injuries.

Galway beginning to look light in midfield now already. FOC and Duggan both with possible serious injuries and Cooke unavailable for the year.

Leaves just Flynn and Conroy. They could probably do with D'Arcy breaking through and making himself an option. Who's left after that? Steede maybe.

On the plus side Robery Finnerty was superb today for NUIG against UCC. Finished with 1-9 and he must have kicked 1-5 or 1-6 of if it from play. Best player on the pitch and there were a lot of top players on both sides.

donnem33

Nice workout for the hurlers today - Parnell Park is always a difficult place to go.

Some of the new players impressed; especially TJ Brennan and Kilcommins. Kilcommins will push hard for a championship place on the team imo.

Murphy in goal looks solid and great to see G Mc looking back to his best. A few bits of magic from Cathal Mannion was the difference between the teams - the man is sheer class. Good to get another game into some of the younger players before the league starts. Decent crowd at the match today too.

threeball

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Terrible for a fella who's had awful luck with injuries.

Galway beginning to look light in midfield now already. FOC and Duggan both with possible serious injuries and Cooke unavailable for the year.

Leaves just Flynn and Conroy. They could probably do with D'Arcy breaking through and making himself an option. Who's left after that? Steede maybe.

On the plus side Robery Finnerty was superb today for NUIG against UCC. Finished with 1-9 and he must have kicked 1-5 or 1-6 of if it from play. Best player on the pitch and there were a lot of top players on both sides.

Might force them to go with a smaller more mobile midfield which might be no bad thing if they're just launching kick outs into midfield right now.

mjp

threeball wrote:

Might force them to go with a smaller more mobile midfield which might be no bad thing if they're just launching kick outs into midfield right now.

Would like to see Molloy tried out there as has the mobility and ball playing ability to play there. I see Mathias Barrett from the u20s last year replaced o curraion when he went off. Will probably get a few opportunities to stake a claim with us short on options there

Doctors room ghost

Hopefully o’curraoins injury isn’t too serious.
Fair play to the lads today for digging deep when 6 points down and scraping through for the win.they showed heart and it only January.congrats to them

MfMan

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Hopefully o’curraoins injury isn’t too serious.
Fair play to the lads today for digging deep when 6 points down and scraping through for the win.they showed heart and it only January.congrats to them

Anyone know the nature of FOC's injury? GBFM seemed to suggest it was shoulder/upper body rather than leg?

MfMan

donnem33 wrote: »

Nice workout for the hurlers today - Parnell Park is always a difficult place to go.

Some of the new players impressed; especially TJ Brennan and Kilcommins. Kilcommins will push hard for a championship place on the team imo.

Murphy in goal looks solid and great to see G Mc looking back to his best. A few bits of magic from Cathal Mannion was the difference between the teams - the man is sheer class. Good to get another game into some of the younger players before the league starts. Decent crowd at the match today too.

We do need more forward power; how many county lads were playing today for NUIG today? Worryingly, none of their starting forwards scored form play. Heartening to hear GMac is back to a bit of form.

Doctors room ghost

MfMan wrote: »

Anyone know the nature of FOC's injury? GBFM seemed to suggest it was shoulder/upper body rather than leg?

They were saying concussion with possible neck injury but I’d rather not speculate until they say themselves.
I just hope he’s ok and makes a good recovery.

Utopia Parkway

GBFM reporting injury to FOC is not as serious as first thought thankfully. He's been released from hospital. He got a bang to the head.

Happyilylost

MfMan wrote:

Anyone know the nature of FOC's injury? GBFM seemed to suggest it was shoulder/upper body rather than leg?

PJ said in his interview after it was a neck injury.

Diabhal Beag

Great news on FOC. Hopefully he makes a speedy recovery.

furandfeather

Very enjoyable match in castlebar. A lot of positives and an awful lot to work on to . We won all our first 6or 7 long kick outs and got got great fast balls into the full forward line.
We struggled badly at midfield after that though.
Centre and full back were a big problem. O'Donnell definitely is not and never will be a no3.
Daly has a lot to learn to become a county centre back.
Thought michael Daly, Walsh and varely were all excellent up front.
Add comer, burke,finnerty,farragher and tierney to that forward unit and I'd be very happy with them.
You would imagine the other tierney and molloy will get a try out midfield when available.
We're badly missing a dominant no 6 though.
All in all I'm positive for the season, there's the makings of a good team, joyce just needs to discover his tomas mannion for centre back!
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threeball

mjp wrote: »

Would like to see Molloy tried out there as has the mobility and ball playing ability to play there. I see Mathias Barrett from the u20s last year replaced o curraion when he went off. Will probably get a few opportunities to stake a claim with us short on options there

Molloy has the engine but has he the hands to field ball when needed. Tierney from oughterard has to feature in the league at some stage. Where's the young full back that was on the minor team a couple of years back. Any sign of him coming through.

MfMan

threeball wrote: »

Molloy has the engine but has he the hands to field ball when needed. Tierney from oughterard has to feature in the league at some stage. Where's the young full back that was on the minor team a couple of years back. Any sign of him coming through.

So where's SAOC? Dropped off the panel?

furandfeather

MfMan wrote: »

So where's SAOC? Dropped off the panel?

Heard hes on a tailored training programme to get him right for the season

Diabhal Beag

threeball wrote: »

Molloy has the engine but has he the hands to field ball when needed. Tierney from oughterard has to feature in the league at some stage. Where's the young full back that was on the minor team a couple of years back. Any sign of him coming through.

Mulkerin is on the panel but was playing for NUIG

MfMan wrote: »

So where's SAOC? Dropped off the panel?

He was on the bench today apparently

jr86

MfMan wrote: »

So where's SAOC? Dropped off the panel?

Was on bench. AhRef has programme up on Twitter