Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

threeball · 06-10-2019 9:21am

basillarkin wrote: »

threeball wrote: »

Portumna are in free fall. Sarsfields and athenry are middle of the road. Clarinbridge are bouncing back towards the top. St Thomas's are still in the mix to win it again.

portumna and castlegar have retained their senior A status for 2020, Kiltormer are still intermediate.

Portumna was skin of their teeth stuff against a Gort team in total disarray due to infighting. I think it's the only game they won all year.

basillarkin · 06-10-2019 12:33pm

threeball wrote: »

Portumna was skin of their teeth stuff against a Gort team in total disarray due to infighting. I think it's the only game they won all year.

you are correct, the only game they won, damien hayes has retired now, ollie still playing, team on the older side, was surprised they won to be honest

threeball · 06-10-2019 4:45pm

Ollie Turner was going on about a Kilconly Milltown amalgation on the radio today. I knew milltown were keen, but kilconly less so. Anyone know if it's happening.

Happyilylost · 06-10-2019 5:20pm

No supermac vans in the stadium today....

threeball · 06-10-2019 5:24pm

Happyilylost wrote: »

No supermac vans in the stadium today....

No hurling manager, no football manager, no sponsor???

Happyilylost · 06-10-2019 5:44pm

threeball wrote:

No hurling manager, no football manager, no sponsor???

One of the officials at the match I know said a new sponsor is "sorted" but knowing the ****e that is going around Galway it's probably as true as Elvis been seen in Tuam.

threeball · 06-10-2019 5:57pm

Happyilylost wrote: »

threeball wrote:

No hurling manager, no football manager, no sponsor???

One of the officials at the match I know said a new sponsor is "sorted" but knowing the ****e that is going around Galway it's probably as true as Elvis been seen in Tuam.

That is sh1te. No one sources a new sponsor in a week unless it's for next to nothing.

irishgeo · 06-10-2019 6:06pm

threeball wrote: »

That is sh1te. No one sources a new sponsor in a week unless it's for next to nothing.

Galway county board logo on the jersey.

Happyilylost · 06-10-2019 6:47pm

irishgeo wrote:

Galway county board logo on the jersey.

With the ego of our county board it wouldn't surprise me

GalwayLurker · 06-10-2019 10:42pm

Back on the playing fields we have a Corofin Tuam Stars county final in 2 weeks time. Some Tuam supporters I've spoken to think they're going to be the ones to stop the 7 in a row, can't see it happening, Corofin just starting to up the gears at the moment, think they'll win by 7-10 points.

Happyilylost · 06-10-2019 10:55pm

GalwayLurker wrote:

Back on the playing fields we have a Corofin Tuam Stars county final in 2 weeks time. Some Tuam supporters I've spoken to think they're going to be the ones to stop the 7 in a row, can't see it happening, Corofin just starting to up the gears at the moment, think they'll win by 7-10 points.

Tuam impressed me today. Thought Moycullen would win but Tuam have a very effective gameplan. But as you said it's impossible to see past Corofin. Second half of the intermediate game today was a great game. May be calling this way to early but Matt Tierney is going to Superstar. Sean Devir gave a great game for MB too.

threeball · 07-10-2019 9:30am

irishgeo wrote: »

threeball wrote: »

That is sh1te. No one sources a new sponsor in a week unless it's for next to nothing.

Galway county board logo on the jersey.

They probably have enough in the boot of the car to keep us funded for 3 years

MfMan · 07-10-2019 9:54am

threeball wrote: »

Portumna was skin of their teeth stuff against a Gort team in total disarray due to infighting. I think it's the only game they won all year.

What in-fighting is going on in Gort? Wouldn't be like them, would it?

DVDM93 · 07-10-2019 11:51am

Tony Ward has withdrawn his nomination to be Galway Senior Hurling manager.

spurshero · 07-10-2019 2:36pm

DVDM93 wrote: »

Tony Ward has withdrawn his nomination to be Galway Senior Hurling manager.

Well with Larkin and Forde saying they will only take job of the county chairman steps aside it looks like we have currently 0 runners for the manager of Galway senior hurlers . Some laughing stock we have turned into

Happyilylost · 07-10-2019 2:57pm

spurshero wrote: »

Well with Larkin and Forde saying they will only take job of the county chairman steps aside it looks like we have currently 0 runners for the manager of Galway senior hurlers . Some laughing stock we have turned into

Chairman won't go. Which means the solution is to wait till the AGM in December to remove him. Other solution is the county board will go outside those nominated and recruit a manager. It would seen this to be the most likely.

threeball · 07-10-2019 4:50pm

MfMan wrote: »

What in-fighting is going on in Gort? Wouldn't be like them, would it?

Not sure. I heard off numerous people there was serious blow ups in camp. No cohesion at all.

Utopia Parkway · 07-10-2019 6:33pm

https://twitter.com/JohnFogartyIrl/status/1181217463469510657?s=20

RMAOK · 07-10-2019 7:09pm

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

https://twitter.com/JohnFogartyIrl/status/1181217463469510657?s=20

That's laughable tbh. One of the highest profile jobs in hurling (based on the county's potential for all-ireland success) and we won't have any nominees. :rolleyes:

mjp · 07-10-2019 10:52pm

RMAOK wrote:

That's laughable tbh. One of the highest profile jobs in hurling (based on the county's potential for all-ireland success) and we won't have any nominees.

Football job mightn't be whole lot better. We're making a holy show of ourselves and need the gaa public in Galway to rally and look to oust the current board. Nothing I'll happen unless they are put under pressure to move on.

Doctors room ghost · 08-10-2019 8:02am

There isn’t one in the country who will touch the hurling job.
Imagine that.recent all Ireland winners and they can’t get a manager all on account of a dirty rotten county board.
A major cull is wanted.
One of the best managers in the country in Michael Donoghue and they managed to fcuk that up aswell.
2 nominations for the football job.

Robert2014 · 08-10-2019 8:18am

Surely this all has to come to a head now. Time for the County Board to go and root and branch reform. How can we expect our senior teams to compete when things are like this?

DVDM93 · 08-10-2019 8:24am

All three candidates nominated for the Galway Senior Hurling Manager's position have decided to withdraw from the process to select the new manager. Outgoing selectors Noel Larkin (Meelick/Eyrecourt) and Francis Forde (Turloughmore), along with Tony Ward (Sarsfields) were the three names in the hat.

On Monday, former Galway Senior Camogie & Galway U21 hurling manager Tony Ward indicated that he was not going forward to the Interview process and now comes the news that both Noel Larkin and Francis Forde have also pulled out of the race to become Senior manager.

Interviews with the candidates had expected to be set up imminently but this decision by the three nominees to withdraw will serve to both elongate the process to find a successor to Micheal Donoghue as well as adding further scrutiny to the fallout since the departure of the 2017 All Ireland winning manager.

jr86 · 08-10-2019 9:41am

Back to nominations with the clubs again so?

Happyilylost · 08-10-2019 9:55am

On the upside we should be in a Connacht final even if I took over the footballers!

Hulk Hands · 08-10-2019 10:12am

I can't understand why the likes of Pat Kearney won't step down. What exactly is keeping him in the role? The Sponsor has come out and basically accused you of mismanaging finances, at best. Managers are refusing to put their name forward and the general public wants blood. What exactly is the upside of subjecting yourself to this embarrassment? Croke Park have taken over the finances so it's not as if more money can be swindled away

Utopia Parkway · 08-10-2019 11:13am

Not that I expect him to go easily but surely Kearney's position is untenable now? I would be very surprised if anyone from Galway puts themselves forward now. A situation that cannot continue when intercounty squads are a back doing training programs next month. Meanwhile Galway have no management team and no sign of that changing any time soon.

Spanish Johnny · 08-10-2019 1:50pm

Hulk Hands wrote: »

I can't understand why the likes of Pat Kearney won't step down. What exactly is keeping him in the role? The Sponsor has come out and basically accused you of mismanaging finances, at best. Managers are refusing to put their name forward and the general public wants blood. What exactly is the upside of subjecting yourself to this embarrassment? Croke Park have taken over the finances so it's not as if more money can be swindled away

Deserves all the criticism in the world as regards the management situation but very wrong, inaccurate and dangerous with your insinuations regards finance. They are legacy issues that predates his chairmanship. He called in CP to look into it. That needs to be very clear and seperated from the incompetence in other areas despite the opportunistic timing of Supermacs statement.

Hulk Hands · 08-10-2019 2:08pm

He was in-situ at the time of the Ed Sheeran gigs was he not?

grbear · 08-10-2019 3:09pm

Spanish Johnny wrote: »

Deserves all the criticism in the world as regards the management situation but very wrong, inaccurate and dangerous with your insinuations regards finance. They are legacy issues that predates his chairmanship. He called in CP to look into it. That needs to be very clear and seperated from the incompetence in other areas despite the opportunistic timing of Supermacs statement.

Agreed. For all the flaws the current executive may have the audit last year exposed a lot of bad behaviour that was costing Galway GAA fortunes. Kearney did facilitate that audit happening even though it would have been easier politically for him to try and bury it and pretend everything was hunky dory.

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