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Joe Canning

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭FatherTed


    Scored 4 points from sideline cuts on Sunday.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 526 ✭✭✭betonit


    FatherTed wrote: »
    Scored 4 points from sideline cuts on Sunday.

    feckin hell


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭hawkwing


    4 sidelines is brilliant, but of 1-16 only 2 was from play and this included 2 periods of extra time, also the goal was mi**** which should not have gone in so it wasn't nearly as good a display as it looks on paper. WIT's freetaker got a big score too, eoin reid 1-05 from play is a better show in my opinion than canning's??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,282 ✭✭✭gucci


    hawkwing wrote: »
    4 sidelines is brilliant, but of 1-16 only 2 was from play and this included 2 periods of extra time, also the goal was mi**** which should not have gone in so it wasn't nearly as good a display as it looks on paper.
    In fairness 1-16 in a final regardless of how many from frees and including extra time isnt a bad return!! Plenty of players might have been presented with the same number of opportunities and not had the same return.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    He's a lovely little hurler. :) Seen him play a few times, his cuts are unreal.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    hawkwing wrote: »
    4 sidelines is brilliant, but of 1-16 only 2 was from play and this included 2 periods of extra time, also the goal was mi**** which should not have gone in so it wasn't nearly as good a display as it looks on paper. WIT's freetaker got a big score too, eoin reid 1-05 from play is a better show in my opinion than canning's??

    1-9 from frees. 0-4 from sidelines. 0-2 from play and 0-1 from a 65. Not a bad day's work I'd say. He does get plenty of scores from play aswell as being a brilliant freetaker. And when last did you see a player score 4 sideline cuts in one game?

    I may be biased being a Galwayman but I'm not one for getting carried away about our young players as we've had too many good underage hurlers who never lived up to their reputation at senior level. That said I'm finding it hard not to be excited about this lad. He's a rare talent.

    He's already proved he can handle himself against senior players. In the 2006 club final, at age 17, the Newtownshandrum lads pulled and dragged and hit him at every opportunity and he still finished up with 1-6 (out of 2-8) and a man of the match award. In fact Pat Mulcahy (I think it was) got sent off eventually for persistent fouling on Canning.

    An Citeoig mentioned in another thread that he is carrying a bit of weight and that's something he needs to watch. Loughnane actually commented last year, when asked about Canning joing the senior panel, that Joe was nowhere near the required fitness level for county senior. That fitness will surely come if and when Gerlock gets his hands on him. I'm really hopeful that this lad can be a big star for us in the years to come.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,369 ✭✭✭UnitedIrishman


    As an outsider, a relatively young one at that, I don't think I've ever seen a better young player. He is a phenomenal talent and I think he really made Loughnane eat his words about not being built enough for senior hurling after he was kicked and hit and everything else in that final against Athenry a couple of years ago.

    I hope he doesn't get an injury of any sort that would hinder him because he is something special I think.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,394 ✭✭✭megadodge


    after he was kicked and hit and everything else in that final against Athenry a couple of years ago.

    Did you mean Loughrea ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭CyberDave


    This guy really is special. He has come in for some rough treatment from oppositon, but he is so good it's the only way he can be stopped. He is overweight slighly and speed isn't one of his strengths. Despite his score in the Fitzgibbon Cup he was bottled up quiet well on a few occasions in open play. Having said that he is flawless in every other aspect of the game. Being a Galwayman, I am looking forward to seeing him line out this year for Galway (preferably at full-forward). I really think he can help deliver a couple of long awaited Liam McCarthys west of the Shannon. It's well time to end Kilkenny's reign. He isn't invincible as Tipp proved in the 2006 Minor final. He is very similar to Eugene Cloonan when he first broke on the scene back in 1997. Cloonan has now ended his career without an intercounty all-ireland senior medal, a terrible shame. I hope the same doesn't happen to this guy.


  • Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭CyberDave


    megadodge wrote: »
    Did you mean Loughrea ?

    The final he was abused in was against Loughrea. However, in a way I think it was a valuable lesson for him as a young player and has helped him to become better at dealing with this type of abuse in the game. He will see a lot of similar treatment because he is so talented, it's the only way the oppositon can stifle him.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    Now i am not much of a hurlin man but credit where its due this lad is one of the greats and best about it is he has alot more of the same ahead to enjoy please god


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭hawkwing


    Hope Canning turns out to be a star, GAA needs them. Reminds me of the lad below whose scoring in both codes will hardly be equalled,one example :

    "Tipperary take control as stunning individual display by Declan Browne wipes out Waterford
    GAA

    by John Murphy
    Tipperary 4 17 Waterford 3 9
    THE sheer artistry of football All Star Declan Browne illuminated this extraordinary first round Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship game at Pairc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.
    A Tipperary victory looked an out and out improbability when they trailed a rampant Deise opposition by 11 points - 2 6 to 0 1 after just 11 minutes. Waterford were totally dominant and looked so superior that a facile win was on the cards for them.
    Then enter Declan Browne with one of the most outstanding individual displays this or any other venue has witnessed in many a year. He unerringly pointed four frees between the 12th and 22nd minutes before he unleashed an incredible goal blitz that saw him crashing the ball to the Waterford net three times in as many minutes. The first, in the 25th minute, was set up for him by the industrious Ray Killeen. The second a minute later, saw an impressive Colm Morrissey in the role of provider, and the third inside another 60 seconds was all down to the class and silken skills of this rare dual talent.
    Browne’s hat trick enabled Tipp to go in at the half time break leading by two points, 3 7 to 2 8, against all the earlier odds, and with the stiff breeze backing them on the turnover, they were firmly in the driving seat. It was Waterford, however, who made the better second half start and they regained the lead when their top forward, Sean Daly, set up Stephen Cunningham for a peach of a goal.
    Tipp levelled within a minute with a Pat Maguire point and once Morrissey edged them back in front, they were never subsequently headed.
    Browne, brilliant in everything he did, rifled over a brace of points that were sandwiched between his and Tipp’s fourth goal. It was a pure gem as he ghosted past Alan Kirwan, who had earlier replaced the hapless Niall O’Donnell, and planted the ball in the corner of the net.
    His final point in the 59th minute was another marvellous score and it capped a virtuoso performance which yielded Browne a personal tally of 4 12.
    The game ended on a sour and controversial note when Waterford goalkeeper, Alan Robinson was dismissed for a strong challenge on Maguire which forced the full forward’s substitution. It was the final nail in Waterford’s coffin.
    Scorers, Tipperary; D. Browne 4 12, C. Morrissey 0 3, P. Maguire, S. O’Meara 0 1 each.
    Scorers, Waterford; S. Daly 1 1, S. Barron 1 1, S. Cunningham 1 0, B. Hannon 0 3, J. Fitzgerald, B. Henley, A. Fitzgerald 0 1 each.
    TIPPERARY: S. Butler, T. Hogan, M. Ryan, M. Gleeson, D. Keogh, D. Hackett, D. Gleeson, S. Maher, J. Teehan, S. O’Meara, C. Morrissey, D. Corcoran, R. Killeen, P. Maguire, D. Browne. Subs; M. Spillane for Teehan, E. Ryan for O’Meara, P. O’Dwyer for Maguire.
    WATERFORD: A. Robinson, N. O’Donnell, G. Harris, J. O’Donovan, J. Coffey, L. Dalton, B. Wall, G. Power, S. Barron, S. Cunningham, B. Henley, P. Prendergast, B. Hannon, S. Daly, A. Fitzgerald. Subs; A. Kirwan for O’Donnell, J. Fitzgerald for Power, T. Curran for A. Fitzgerald.
    Referee: John Sexton (Limerick). "


  • Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭CyberDave


    hawkwing wrote: »
    Hope Canning turns out to be a star, GAA needs them. Reminds me of the lad below whose scoring in both codes will hardly be equalled,one example :

    "Tipperary take control as stunning individual display by Declan Browne wipes out Waterford
    GAA

    by John Murphy
    Tipperary 4 17 Waterford 3 9
    THE sheer artistry of football All Star Declan Browne illuminated this extraordinary first round Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship game at Pairc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.
    A Tipperary victory looked an out and out improbability when they trailed a rampant Deise opposition by 11 points - 2 6 to 0 1 after just 11 minutes. Waterford were totally dominant and looked so superior that a facile win was on the cards for them.
    Then enter Declan Browne with one of the most outstanding individual displays this or any other venue has witnessed in many a year. He unerringly pointed four frees between the 12th and 22nd minutes before he unleashed an incredible goal blitz that saw him crashing the ball to the Waterford net three times in as many minutes. The first, in the 25th minute, was set up for him by the industrious Ray Killeen. The second a minute later, saw an impressive Colm Morrissey in the role of provider, and the third inside another 60 seconds was all down to the class and silken skills of this rare dual talent.
    Browne’s hat trick enabled Tipp to go in at the half time break leading by two points, 3 7 to 2 8, against all the earlier odds, and with the stiff breeze backing them on the turnover, they were firmly in the driving seat. It was Waterford, however, who made the better second half start and they regained the lead when their top forward, Sean Daly, set up Stephen Cunningham for a peach of a goal.
    Tipp levelled within a minute with a Pat Maguire point and once Morrissey edged them back in front, they were never subsequently headed.
    Browne, brilliant in everything he did, rifled over a brace of points that were sandwiched between his and Tipp’s fourth goal. It was a pure gem as he ghosted past Alan Kirwan, who had earlier replaced the hapless Niall O’Donnell, and planted the ball in the corner of the net.
    His final point in the 59th minute was another marvellous score and it capped a virtuoso performance which yielded Browne a personal tally of 4 12.
    The game ended on a sour and controversial note when Waterford goalkeeper, Alan Robinson was dismissed for a strong challenge on Maguire which forced the full forward’s substitution. It was the final nail in Waterford’s coffin.
    Scorers, Tipperary; D. Browne 4 12, C. Morrissey 0 3, P. Maguire, S. O’Meara 0 1 each.
    Scorers, Waterford; S. Daly 1 1, S. Barron 1 1, S. Cunningham 1 0, B. Hannon 0 3, J. Fitzgerald, B. Henley, A. Fitzgerald 0 1 each.
    TIPPERARY: S. Butler, T. Hogan, M. Ryan, M. Gleeson, D. Keogh, D. Hackett, D. Gleeson, S. Maher, J. Teehan, S. O’Meara, C. Morrissey, D. Corcoran, R. Killeen, P. Maguire, D. Browne. Subs; M. Spillane for Teehan, E. Ryan for O’Meara, P. O’Dwyer for Maguire.
    WATERFORD: A. Robinson, N. O’Donnell, G. Harris, J. O’Donovan, J. Coffey, L. Dalton, B. Wall, G. Power, S. Barron, S. Cunningham, B. Henley, P. Prendergast, B. Hannon, S. Daly, A. Fitzgerald. Subs; A. Kirwan for O’Donnell, J. Fitzgerald for Power, T. Curran for A. Fitzgerald.
    Referee: John Sexton (Limerick). "

    How is it that Browne never turned out for the Tipp seniors?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    CyberDave wrote: »
    How is it that Browne never turned out for the Tipp seniors?

    Often wondered that myself. He was surely good enough. Even at intermediate level 4-12 is a phenomenal score.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,096 ✭✭✭An Citeog


    CyberDave wrote: »
    How is it that Browne never turned out for the Tipp seniors?
    aidan24326 wrote: »
    Often wondered that myself. He was surely good enough. Even at intermediate level 4-12 is a phenomenal score.

    I'm nearly sure I remember him playing at corner forward for the Tipp senior hurlers a few years ago. Can anybody give a definitive answer?:confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,394 ✭✭✭megadodge


    I remember him playing with the senior hurlers a few years ago also.
    He wasn't bad but I'm not sure did he get that long of a run in order to justify his ability.


  • Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭CyberDave


    Maybe in the League but never in the Championship. I think he chose to concentrate on football then or something.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 79 ✭✭phase-3


    Joe Canning will without a shadow of a doubt be the best hurler ireland has seen in about 5 years time. Hes good at everything on the pitch, sideline cuts, frees, so accurate, huge puck and he is very strong. A tad bit slow but that can be worked on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,478 ✭✭✭✭cson


    Looks like he's gonna be playing for Galway this year. Part of a 5 strong Portumna contingent called up by Loughnane. Damien Hayes, Eoin Lynch, Any Smyth and Chunky Hayes being the others while Ollie Canning could yet return, he's taking time to think about returning.

    As much as it pains me to say it, I think Galway will do feck all better than last year. Gave Kilkenny a game for 60 minutes and the same again would be a decent achievement. Why? Well our backline is utter ****e. We have the forwards but when your backline contains 2 players, Ger Mahon and Shane Kavanagh, that were part of a defence that conceded 6-20something in the county final, how can you hold much hope for an All-Ireland?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    Does anyone have a picture of the stamping incident from a couple of years back?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭CyberDave


    That's good to hear, but he could well have called up Eugene McEntee as well. The defence isn't as weak as you say. Initially I didn't rate Mahon but he is developing well, Lee is rock solid and Moore makes the full-back line when he is in there. I have been watching Cathal Dervan at corner back for the last few games as well and he seems to be improving with the every game. If Ollie Canning does come back he may well be tried out at full-back. Diarmuid Cloonan is a player that isn't on the panel but I think could have been the solution to the full back problem. We are spoilt for choice in the half back line. Lee is a fixture in the centre. Then you have the likes of Andrew Keary, Shane Kavanagh, Adrian Cullinane, Collins still to come back. The one remaining problem is the full back position. Regan is a good player, but he still isn't a top quality inter county full back to the same standard as 'The Rock' or Noel Hickey. We have plenty of options from midfield up. I don't think this year is going to be as bleak as you predict. I really think we can beat Kilkenny this year if we get a couple of good hard competitive games before we meet them. They are not invincible. If Ollie Canning comes back, Joe Canning gets into better shape, we have a real chance. I think the famine may very well end this year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    Cyberdave I admire your optimism but don't entirely share it. I'd agree with cson that the defence is a problem area. They've been shipping a serious amount of scores over the last few years. The forwards are moving well but we'll struggle to win the big games while the defence is so leaky. If we could get Ollie Canning and Fergal Moore back into the fullback line that would certainly be a big help.

    As for Joe Canning it's good to see that he'll be joining up and I'd say even people outside of Galway will be keen to see how he fares at senior level. He needs to lose a few pounds but no doubt Loughnane will get to work on that. We could badly do with having his brother back aswell though.


  • Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭CyberDave


    It balances out though. A defence with a bad full-back ill leak scores, but with a prolific forward line, they can cancel out the mistakes at the other end. I know it's not the ideal situation. A better full back would really eleviate it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Hurling needs a "star" like Joe Canning.

    The game is in decline and needs a boost. Guys like Canning whoare young and articulate are needed,and the GAA needs to protect these players from the hatchet men who are out there and who substitute foul play for skill.
    Galway needs him,hurling needs him.


  • Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭CyberDave


    Hurling needs a "star" like Joe Canning.

    The game is in decline and needs a boost. Guys like Canning whoare young and articulate are needed,and the GAA needs to protect these players from the hatchet men who are out there and who substitute foul play for skill.
    Galway needs him,hurling needs him.

    He is a very level headed lad, given the fact that he took time out of the game last year so as not to suffer from burn out. He has learned how to cope with the hatchet men since the county final against Loughrea. Having said that though, that doesn't mean they will stop trying to chop him down. I would compare him to a young Henry Shefflin (with more skill). You very rarely hear of Shefflin beinbg treated this way because he can look after himself, Canning is young and will develope this attribute through experience.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/senior-citizen-1342223.html
    No delays, no subterfuge, no dummy teams, no effort to conceal the inevitable. At last the moment has arrived.

    There was a time when Ger Loughnane might have sought to provide some stealth for an asset like Joe Canning on the cusp of his first ever full senior match for his county.

    Loughnane may not have introduced the concept of the dummy team, but he has certainly embellished it in the past as a primary weapon in the preparation for a major game.

    Fergal Hegarty was Niall Gilligan's 'wooden horse' for Clare's 1997 All-Ireland final with Tipperary. The following summer the established Mike O'Halloran and Conor Clancy were the cloaks of cover for Brian Quinn and Alan Markham in a Munster semi-final against Cork.

    Last year Loughnane took the tactic to a new level when he only informed his own Galway players just seconds before the throw-in for their qualifier game against Clare in Ennis as to what the actual team lay-out was. It backfired badly.

    This time there may have been a temptation to hold Canning in reserve because that is what's normally done with debutants at this level, especially 19-year-old debutants.

    And the thought might have crossed Loughnane's mind to parachute him -- Gilligan style -- into the Gaelic Grounds for Sunday's first league semi-final against Cork.

    But what would be the point in all of that? Why disguise the inevitable? Why keep him wrapped in cotton wool for another second when he has shown the ability absorb pressure at every grade he has stepped up to in a much-documented career?

    Convinced

    An internal match over the weekend that pitted Canning between Damien Hayes and Iarla Tannian convinced Loughnane that the only route to take was the most direct one. So, late on Monday night Loughnane declared his hand earlier than ever before in the week of a match. He named Canning at full-forward beside his Portumna sidekick Hayes and Tannian. The early declaration and the absence of condition or secrecy is a statement in itself that Galway are prepared and ready.

    Hurling fans beyond Galway should be excited at the prospect of Canning finally pulling on a maroon jersey at senior level. It's been a while coming.

    Conor Hayes tried to tempt him into the squad in the summer of 2006 as he chased a third successive All-Ireland minor medal, a pursuit that ultimately failed when Tipperary hammered Galway in the final.

    Last year the spectre of that 2006 Galway senior final that Portumna lost to Loughrea was always in the air as Canning resisted invitations to cross the threshold, citing travel as a preferred summer option.

    But once the All-Ireland club championship was wrapped up and a second medal in three years was in his pocket, he was always going to turn to the ultimate challenge in an already decorated career.

    Rarely, if ever, has an inter-county hurler or footballer made a debut under the weight of such a bulging profile.

    What other young star could expect contracts from a leading sportswear company (adidas) and a leading isotonic drinks provider (Powerade) without ever pucking a ball in an inter-county senior match?

    He has the CV to pack out any profile he carries after impressive club and college campaigns this spring.

    Perked

    His selection has perked up the mood in Galway even more in advance of Sunday's meeting with Cork as the last man to manage an All-Ireland winning senior team in the county observed.

    "It's the right time to start him. Galway need their best available team out against Cork and Joe Canning will be part of any Galway team," said Cyril Farrell.

    "He's coming off the back of a successful club campaign, he's flying and he has no injury worries. Why wouldn't he take the shortest route to the team?"

    Farrell feels he's the best he has seen in Galway since Joe Cooney and nominally describes him as "our Henry Shefflin."

    "It might be seen to be putting unnecessary pressure on Joe, but he's well used to it. He's a relaxed sort and I feel hurling in general should look forward to seeing such a great practicioner in action.

    "He's a great team player too. People question his pace for senior hurling, but he'll always find enough room to strike off either side. That's the instinct he has."

    Fergal Moore returns to the defence after missing the Limerick game, while Fergal Healy has been confirmed as Galway captain, taking over from Alan Kerins who had been holding the armband in David Collins' absence as he recuperates from a bad ankle ligament injury sustained in last year's inter-provincial final.

    Galway (SH v Cork) -- J Skehill; C Dervan, T Og Regan, F Moore; A Cullinane, J Lee, G Mahon; K Hynes, R Murray; G Farragher, F Healy, N Healy; D Hayes, J Canning, I Tannian.

    Exciting stuff. I'll be at Nowlan Park but will watch if at all possible.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭GalwayDub2


    Have I heard correctly or is it just a rumour that Canning is playing against Cork this weekend?? :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    :rolleyes:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭gaeilgegrinds


    Was announced that he was, so there's no rumour about it!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭GalwayDub2


    Ooooops Sorry!! It was probably mentioned already, I just didnt have time yesterday to go through all the posts. Yep, I just heard he's on the panel, come on the tribes! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭john concannon


    At least if Canning has a bad game (which I hope he does not) Iarla Tannion is in great form.Does anyone else think it's time we got on hands and knees to get Ollie Canning back.He was outstanding for Portumna.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    Does anyone else think it's time we got on hands and knees to get Ollie Canning back.He was outstanding for Portumna.

    Totally agree. Loughnane should be outside his house with a big bunch of flowers singing him lovesongs if that's what it takes.

    Exciting that Joe is starting and we'll finally get a look at him in a senior jersey. As the article in Thursday's independent said it's very unusual or even unique for a player to have built up such a high profile already without ever having played county senior. To the extent that all eyes will be on him on Sunday. No pressure then!

    He did play against Waterford earlier on in the year for LIT and had an excellent game, so there's no doubt he's well ready for this level. Dan Shanahan even commented in his post match interview that he hoped not to run into Canning again this year. But going straight in against Cork in a league semi final is a tall order on his debut so it wouldn't be fair to expect too much. If he can hold his own and chip in with a couple of scores that would be a satisfactory start.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    Will he be given free-taking duties? It'd be a crime for him not to.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    MrJoeSoap wrote: »
    Will he be given free-taking duties? It'd be a crime for him not to.

    Hard to know. Ger Farragher is starting so I'd say he'll be taking them. Canning will undoubtedly take over freetaking duties in due course but might be better to give him a taste of things on his debut without that added pressure. We also have Kerrill Wade on the bench who was Galway's first choice freetaker last year so we're a bit spoiled for choice in that department.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,478 ✭✭✭✭cson


    I'll be Farragher. Its the only reason he's in the team. Useless from play.

    Anyway, off to the match now! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    Utterly superb debut. That sideline cut was the best I've ever seen him or anyone else do.

    Farragher was far from useless too!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,307 ✭✭✭cruiserweight


    More good news for Galway regarding another Canning

    http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0415/canning.html
    Former All Star hurler Ollie Canning has come out of inter-county retirement following talks with Galway manager Ger Loughnane.

    Canning initially retired from in January 2007 after admitting that his enthusiasm for playing inter-county hurling had diminished.

    However, after talks with Loughnane and his back-room staff last week, he has taken the decision to return to the Tribesmen ahead of this year's Championship.

    Canning has been named in the All Star team three times, earning the accolade in 2003, 2005 and 2006.

    He also helped spearhead his club Portumna to All-Ireland glory last month when he captained them to victory over Birr in the Club Hurling final at Croke Park.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    More good news for Galway regarding another Canning

    http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0415/canning.html
    Wonder if it was the flowers....;)
    aidan24326 wrote:
    Totally agree. Loughnane should be outside his house with a big bunch of flowers singing him lovesongs if that's what it takes.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭john concannon


    I can't help but feel me and aidan played a massive part in the return of Ollie Canning.But seriously do any of ye think a brown envelope was slipped in a certain direction;)


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  • Registered Users Posts: 280 ✭✭dartsfan


    I can't help but feel me and aidan played a massive part in the return of Ollie Canning.But seriously do any of ye think a brown envelope was slipped in a certain direction;)

    Absolutely not.

    MrJoeSoap - Yes, it was some sideline alright but I've seen him do it beyond the 65 as well. Any sideline Galway get now is as good as a free in.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    dartsfan wrote: »
    Absolutely not.

    MrJoeSoap - Yes, it was some sideline alright but I've seen him do it beyond the 65 as well. Any sideline Galway get now is as good as a free in.

    I've definitely seen clips from further out but never seen one curl as much as Sunday. Incredible score.


  • Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭Groe


    People were saying that its isnt asd good scoring points from freesa than ffrom play but to a team any score you can get matters!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    I can't help but feel me and aidan played a massive part in the return of Ollie Canning.But seriously do any of ye think a brown envelope was slipped in a certain direction;)

    No doubt brown envelopes are involved from time to time in GAA circles but in the case of Ollie Canning I doubt it. He's been out of the county scene for a couple of years now and was probably itching to get back into it. Joe being involved now aswell would have been an added incentive.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,478 ✭✭✭✭cson


    Not overly disappointed with the loss today. It'll do the world of good if Loughnane sits down and reviews the video, because a lot of players were shown up today.

    Firstly, the forwards. Hugely overrated by the media. Bar the two Portumna boys Joe (1-6) and Damien (0-4) the forwards weren't at the races. Bear in mind that Joe more or less created the other two goals as well. I had to check who was playing centre forward for us - Fergal Healy. Utterly ineffective as was Niall Healy. Iarla Tannion had a diasasterous game, didn't get more than one or two touches. Alan Kerins didn't do badly when he came on, he needs game time. Aonghus Callanan and Kerril Wade were passengers when they came on.

    Secondly, I have been less than complimentary about Shane Kavanagh but he and John Lee had an imperious game today. Adrian Cullinane wasn't quite as good but all things being said, the half back performance was excellent. Which leads to the full back line. Cathal Dervan and Fergal Moore were average, Moore had a decent game against one of the best in Eoin Kelly. And then Tony Og Regan. Mother of God. The amount of space Lar Corbett got off him. Full back is a problem to say the least.

    Midfield is also a problem area. Richie Murray isn't good enough at this level. Kevin Hynes is a useful player but he needs someone with him. He can't fight the battles on his own.

    The positives: Its early yet and this might be the kick up the arse the team needs. They are not as good as they're protrayed in the media and hopefully they learned this today.

    Changes that need to be made: I find it incredible that only 2 players out of your county and All Ireland champions are making this team. Most of the Cork/Kilkenny AI winning teams had a backbone of Newtown and Ballyhale lads. The Portumna attack is a well proven unit at this stage and that should lead to Kevin Hayes coming in at centre forward and Andy Smith in one of the half forward positions. In the full backline Ollie Canning can slot in at corner back with Cathal Dervan moving to full back. I also think Eoin Lynch should partner Kevin Hynes in midfield.

    All that being said, all that was between the sides today was the first goal the Skehill made a shite of.

    Sidenote: Tipp played well today with Paul Curran, Shane McGrath, Lar Corbett and Eoin Kelly turning in excellent performances. The half back Maher had a great game too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    Looks like Tipperary have finally created an attack that doesn't begin and end with Kelly.

    6 weeks time in Cork will be very tight. Tipp definetly have the more settled side right now, and finally have a quality full back. A Cork defeat wouldn't be a shock.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭john concannon


    I do think that Tipp deserved it more.Skehill didn't do himself justice.
    OHHHH!Memories of Liam Donoghue flooding back.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    I do think that Tipp deserved it more.Skehill didn't do himself justice.
    OHHHH!Memories of Liam Donoghue flooding back.

    Didn't do his team justice either, it was a shocking mistake.

    Joe was pretty anonymous first half, but exceptional in the second. His harrying and hand-pass for Callanan's goal was great to watch, and his own goal was just mesmerising, such power and skill.


  • Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭CyberDave


    Agree with CSON on most points. Regan is just not an intercounty full-back. He always looks in bother. He is never convincing. Very disappointing to loose but it's good to be getting such top quality games nearer to championship time. A draw would have been even better from a Galway point of view. It looked on the cards for a couple of minutes near the end.

    Skehill was very shaky after a good game last Sunday, which leads me to the question, Whay was Callanan dropped from goals? He never made any mistakes last year. The full back line is the problem area. I don't know if Dervan is the solution to full back either. I would really love to see either Diarmuid Cloonan or Eugene McEntee (neither of which are on the panel) get a go.

    Kavanagh and Lee were immense today. They got Regan out of jail a couple of times. Cullinane did some some great things but he also overcarried the ball on some occasions. Collins should take the No.7 spot though. (If he isn't out for the championship with injury?) Agree about Richie Murray. He just seems to be disinterested or not up to the pace or something. Lynch should partner Hynes (who gave a very workmanlike performance today).

    Smith and Chunky should be in the half forward line. I was very disappointed in Niall Healy and Fergal today. Farragher was out of sorts, but maybe because of that back injury he was supposed to have? He should retain his place on the championship team. But then there is Kerins and Forde vying for half-forward spots as well. I don't really rate Forde.

    Hayes was excellent today the only forward to turn up really. Tannian was poor at full-forward but as he showed last week, he has the potential. Then there's Joe Canning, of course I expect him to keep his place on the team and he got a great goal today as well as being involved in the build up to the other goals. He is slightly overweight though and I think he was closed down too quickly on a few occasions today. He is however still adjusting to the top level and I expect Loughnane will help shed some of that excess weight before championship time.

    Loughnane tends to interfere with the team too much to quickly. Examples of this include the subs at half time and the continious switching, overexperimenting really. He persisted with Regan at full-back until the damage was done. Just looking at the match programme there is very little cover for the full-back line. Ollie Canning will help shore up but he's not a full back. The main problem areas are still full-back, midfield and centre-forward. Chunky may be th solution at centre-forward but the other two for now remain unresolved.

    Loughnane's reign has established very little really. Conor Hayes made more progress during his term. Lee I suppose is his big success, a sweeping centre back very much in the mould of Seanie MacMahon. I think Loughnane himself is still feeding off the Clare success in the nineties, trying to replicate too much what he did back then often referencing his time with Clare in interviews. Much of the training and professionalism of Clare in the nineties still applies but he has to leave that behind him. Galway are not Clare.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 718 ✭✭✭thirdmantackle


    yeah.

    cannot understand how more Portumna players aren't nearer the team

    maybe its due to them not being one of the traditional big hurling clubs in the county????


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