Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

Not much life on here considering we have a massive all Ireland semi in 48 hours . Gonna be tough but I always fancy us more when we underdogs . Team named tonight hard to see too many changes . Possible to see tuohy come in at midfield for Burke or coen and keep which ever drops for last 25 . I have doubts over McInerney been exposed for pace would like to see joe Cooney to 6 and bring somebody else to half forward line maybe Niall Burke but doubt that will happen ..who knows though he wasn’t afraid 2 make big calls last week withdrawing his 2 midfielders at half time .limerick look good but if we play as well as we can we will take beating too . Gaillimh Abu !

cosatron wrote: »

team i hope to see
murphy
harte
daithi
shane cooney
gmac
joe cooney
fintan burke
p mannion
touhy
joe canning
c mannion
conor cooney
flynn
whelan
concannon
P mannion will act as a fourth half back, cathal to come into midfield and jason flynn brought to the half forward line touhy will pick up lynch, joe cooney on hegarty, keeping lynch and hegarty quiet will be vitally important. i would love to see us go after hannon and dan morrisey, hannon is only good on lose ball and the midfield are always protecting him. Morrisey isn't a full back and i think if whelan got a run at him, he will be in trouble. The winning and losing of the game will be in the middle 8

Flynn won't win any ball in half forward line. Niall B will prob start ahead of him

cosatron wrote: »

i would use flynn for his pace and run at hannon. His a clever player flynn and picks up nice positions on the field.

Can't see him winning enough dirty ball to trouble hannon.
Needs to be playing in the FF line

cosatron wrote: »

i would use flynn for his pace and run at hannon. His a clever player flynn and picks up nice positions on the field.

I would rather not see Flynn at all. Burke works harder than him and doesn't drop the head when the first two balls go against him. Better under a high ball too.

P Mannion to pick up Lynch and Cooney on Hegarty. Mannion being a natural defender will be ideal for picking up Lynch and has the hurling to match him. Cooney has the size, strength and hurling to match Hegarty. Cathal M can drag Hannon around the place and run at him when the opportunity arises.

Same team as the last day.

bcklschaps wrote: »

Good to see David Burke restored to starting 15. He probably doesn't have a full 70 in him, soo Flynn can replace him around 55mins. He played very deep the last day. Be better to see him play around the middle. He's a pretty accurate shooter from distance.

Touhy can probably feel hard done by, he was very impressive when he came on the last day. But good to have him in reserve.

Its cliche at this point, but its more than a 15 man game. Every team needs subs who can add something new and change things up, if required.

Its gonna be a hell of an ask to beat Limerick....but at the same time, we are certainly capable of doing it....Gallimh Abu

Wouldn't take the 2 named teams as being defo starting 15. More a case of giving the media 15 names and cat and mouse.
Can see Touhy starting instead of Coen and possibly One other change

BloodyBill wrote: »

No they ll be the two teams that start. O Neill and Kiely would be similar in that regard. None of that Davy Fitz dummy teams garbage

Clare and Tipp did it last week, its pretty common, Clare actually
had 3 changes in there last 2 games,Dublin footballers most renowned for it in the last decade.

BloodyBill wrote: »

No they ll be the two teams that start. O Neill and Kiely would be similar in that regard. None of that Davy Fitz dummy teams garbage

Can't say anything like that for definite and o Neill hasn't been in the county game long enough to know if its his form or not. Too much at stake here and expect there to be one or two changes as nobody will want to give an inch in this battle.

Soo..... on a lighter note.

We have three Cooney's and three Burke's starting tomorrow.

And bothers Padraic & Cathal Mannion.

Are either of the Cooney's or Burkes related?

Joseph & Conor Cooney cousins?? right?

BloodyBill wrote: »

Well I'm fairly familiar with Shane O Neill from school and Na Piarsaigh. He just would see dummy teams as beneath him. We all grew up with rugby being tbe main sport around is and a dummy team would never ever be acceptable in that game. Kiely just wouldn't do it either. Its a matter of integrity..Its childish carry on. Davy Fitz loves it..

Beneath him? What planet are you on?? They weren't beneath Jim Gavin, he'd even do it for a leinster 1st round against Carlow

cosatron wrote: »

conor and shane cooney are brothers from St Thomas's no relation to joseph cooney from sarsfield
david and fintan burke are cousins from St Thomas's no relation to Diathi Burke from Turloughmore

Isn't Whelan related to Conor Cooney. His cousin i think.

Really looking forward to four o'clock now. Limerick are obviously a fearsome team but it should be a great game.

grbear wrote: »

Really looking forward to four o'clock now. Limerick are obviously a fearsome team but it should be a great game.

Don't fear them at all. IF we play to our full potential we win

Think huge part of galways success will come down to what forwards show up. Guaranteed to get strong showing from Canning and Whelan most days and Brian Concannon been strong all year. In order for us to win today we need Conor Cooney to contribute on the scoreboard and bring in his club form for Thomas's and form from 2017 . An early score can settle him and be massive for his confidence. Was evident from the few wides he missed against wexford how it frustrated him and could also see this disappointment when he took off helmet after being subbed. Management know he has it in him hence why they have been so loyal to him but he has to deliver on the scoreboard. If we can cathal mannion into the game and on scoreboard early he has potential to shoot the lights out similar to way waterford went in 2nd half yesterday. Seen chunky hayes mention it on tribetalk podcast but also feel galway could do with throwing canning in at 14 and rotate with whelan/Concannon to target inexperience in limerick full back line . Space will be hard got in middle third with that area being a dogfight hence why placing canning in full forward line for some time could prove fruitful