Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

Mars Bar · 22-04-2021 11:17AM

I really like the white one

Utopia Parkway · 22-04-2021 11:26AM

Home jersey seems grand. There is a watermark there but it's barely visible. Not a fan of the big watermark on the away one though. Would probably look much better if it was plain white.

MfMan · 22-04-2021 12:18PM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Home jersey seems grand. There is a watermark there but it's barely visible. Not a fan of the big watermark on the away one though. Would probably look much better if it was plain white.

Agreed.

flazio · 22-04-2021 06:15PM

Not mad on it if I'm honest. The clipper watermark looks like tourist souvenir tack. The camo look was cool among younger supporters, can't see the same people going for this. The home, well it'll just look like a maroon jersey. Maybe once I see it in the flesh I'll think differently.

cson · 22-04-2021 09:08PM

Here's a throwback;

https://www.elverys.ie/elverys/en/Elverys/GAA/Connacht/Galway-Jersey-%7C-Elverys-%7C-Shop-Galway-GAA/O%27Neills-Galway-1998-Retro-Jersey-Maroon/p/000000000001115018_MAROON

My Tommy Varden one I had as a kid is buried in the attic somewhere.

threeball · 23-04-2021 03:59PM

Mars Bar wrote: »

I really like the white one

Its a bit much. Last years white one was the nicest jersey we've had, possibly ever.

Mars Bar · 23-04-2021 05:09PM

threeball wrote: »

Its a bit much. Last years white one was the nicest jersey we've had, possibly ever.

I agree with that! I have it and wear it so often

breezy1985 · 25-04-2021 08:50AM

The home kit looks like my grannys wallpaper

BENDYBINN · 25-04-2021 10:18AM

Any truth in the rumor that joe canning has retired?

25-04-2021 10:21AM

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Any truth in the rumor that joe canning has retired?

It would seem a little late in the day to be packing it in now.
Although I wouldn't be surprised if he left after this year.

Hes at that age now. He'll end up straight into punditry after as hes well able to talk and articulate himself properly.
So in a sense the money is only really made post retirement.

cosatron · 25-04-2021 12:16PM

The tommy varden Jersey is a thing of beauty. Nicest jersey we ever had

Utopia Parkway · 27-04-2021 01:42PM

Galway’s Cillian McDaid will undergo a scan on Thursday to ascertain the extent of knee damage sustained in training.

The promising Monivea Abbey footballer has been unfortunate with a number of injuries since he returned from AFL club Carlton in 2018 where he suffered a foot setback that ruled him out for most of that season.

Lining out for Galway in 2019, McDaid was reduced to four starts and two substitute appearances due to recurring injuries.

At the end of last year, he started both the Division 1 and Connacht final defeats to Mayo, coming on as a substitute in the final round loss to Dublin.

The 23-year-old was a star performer for Galway’s U21s when they beat Dublin in the 2017 All-Ireland final. He later featured for the seniors in their championship games against Donegal and Kerry prior to heading Down Under.

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threeball · 27-04-2021 04:15PM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

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You'd really have to question the training they do in AFL. The amount of lads that come back brittle or with recurring injuries is ridiculous. Nearly every players I can think of coming back from Oz was either a crock or couldn't kick snow off a rope when they came back. Marty Clarke being the only exception and possibly the young Tyrone lad.

sgthighway · 27-04-2021 09:06PM

Do we actually have a Home and Away Jersey. I thought our colour is Maroon and we only wear white if there is a clash of colours. I have both but the White one doesn’t hide the Guinness stains.

SqueakyKneecap · 28-04-2021 10:06AM

sgthighway wrote: »

Do we actually have a Home and Away Jersey. I thought our colour is Maroon and we only wear white if there is a clash of colours. I have both but the White one doesn’t hide the Guinness stains.

The white is really just the goalie jersey.

Bad news on McDaid. Plagued with injuries for a while now.

fearruanua · 28-04-2021 10:08AM

SqueakyKneecap wrote: »

The white is really just the goalie jersey.

Bad news on McDaid. Plagued with injuries for a while now.

Yeah. We've never really seen him reach his potential at inter county level

Utopia Parkway · 28-04-2021 01:23PM

Tom Flynn has informed the Galway football management team that he is unable to commit to the squad for the coming season.

That’s Flynn, Adrian Varley and Ian Burke who have opted out for the year now.

Obviously lads have lives outside football but Galway aren’t really in a position where they can afford to lose good players.

Utopia Parkway · 28-04-2021 07:52PM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Tom Flynn has informed the Galway football management team that he is unable to commit to the squad for the coming season.

That’s Flynn, Adrian Varley and Ian Burke who have opted out for the year now.

Obviously lads have lives outside football but Galway aren’t really in a position where they can afford to lose good players.

Athenry have posted on their FB page that Flynn is part of the Galway squad this year after all.

Galway footballers homepage got some wrong information by the looks of it.

06-05-2021 08:45PM

I assume by the lack of activity in here, and the forum in general, that most others aren't very enthusiastic about the GAA since Covid?

Personally I feel the diminished season and degrading of the league has unnecessarily ruined it.

There was justification for the season last year but there was no need a year later to be stripping everything back.

Anyway that aside the hurling team is out.

More of the same as last season. Its hard to see us bridging the gap to Limerick when its the same old faces.
The upside is that what's there is still top 4 and if Limerick falter, genuine contenders.

The football isnt even worth caring about, PJ isnt the man to take down Dublin and he could end up leaving without a championship win as they could lose to Roscommon.

Dublins dominance has just ruined the football anyway but maybe with the younger players in the county theres potential to do something in 3/4 years... hard to see Dublin falling away before then anyway but who knows after the 28+ crowd start to drop off.

ShamNNspace · 06-05-2021 09:17PM

Its all a bit of a cod shur we've no idea who's performing or not with no club matches, everythings lost its sparkle for me anyway, a lot of the joy has gone out of it

KevIRL · 07-05-2021 03:13AM

Who would likely be on frees this weekend?

fearruanua · 07-05-2021 08:30AM

KevIRL wrote: »

Who would likely be on frees this weekend?

Niland I presume

benji79 · 07-05-2021 08:52AM

Conor coney I thought maybe

SqueakyKneecap · 07-05-2021 10:09AM

I thought I was optimistic enough for this season and then realised Conor Cooney and Niall Burke are starting tomorrow. They've been eternally found out at intercounty since 2017 (Burke had a few decent games in 2018 though tbf). Maybe we genuinely have nobody on the bench better though. That's 2 managers now that have backed them both in a big way.

I'm also very skeptical about Loftus at corner back. He just doesn't have the physicality for intercounty imo. Thought Cronin would be a good shout to test out in the corner.

Don't even want to think about the setup for the footballers

Happyilylost · 08-05-2021 02:04PM

Cathal Mannion has eyes on the back of his head with his passing. Still think him going off injured was the biggest single turning point against Limerick last year.

Sadler Peak · 08-05-2021 02:48PM

What was the Keepers yellow for?

Happyilylost · 08-05-2021 02:51PM

Sadler Peak wrote:

What was the Keepers yellow for?

The flick back after he lost it I'm guessing.

BENDYBINN · 08-05-2021 02:54PM

Score?

Happyilylost · 08-05-2021 02:55PM

BENDYBINN wrote:

Score?

Cricket. 5.34 to 1.16

threeball · 09-05-2021 05:52PM

The opposition was poor but thought the team looked very sharp. The passing was crisp and it was great to see the new blood putting their hand up.
Conceding as much as we did against that opposition is a bit of a worry though.

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