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Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭I says


    DVDM93 wrote: »
    Hurling board meeting last night;

    County delegates have asked Pat Kearney & John Fahy to approach Forde/Larkin to take the position.

    A motion from the floor asked if MOD would come back.

    Could it get anymore comical


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,144 ✭✭✭DVDM93


    I says wrote: »
    DVDM93 wrote: »
    Hurling board meeting last night;

    County delegates have asked Pat Kearney & John Fahy to approach Forde/Larkin to take the position.

    A motion from the floor asked if MOD would come back.

    Could it get anymore comical

    When I seen it I just rolled my eyes tbh, it's a fcuking circus.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,016 ✭✭✭Hulk Hands


    Frozen Veg wrote: »
    One thing for certain with Joyce is he will quash some of the egos in the dressing room. No harm. Less of the Instagram for the lads.

    Why would you think that? Joyce is hardly shy of social media. As much as I worship him, if I was telling any of them to be cutting down on the tweeting it'd be Joyce himself. Or remove himself from the medium altogether now he's in the role


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    DVDM93 wrote: »
    Hurling board meeting last night;

    County delegates have asked Pat Kearney & John Fahy to approach Forde/Larkin to take the position.

    A motion from the floor asked if MOD would come back.




    MD is no fool.
    He hasn’t a notion of going back I’d say.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 999 ✭✭✭mjp


    Frozen Veg wrote:
    One thing for certain with Joyce is he will quash some of the egos in the dressing room. No harm. Less of the Instagram for the lads.


    From speaking with some of the guys involved in minor setup during Joyce's reign and Donal o fathartas time they say that o fatharta wipes the floor with Joyce on his player management and tactical awareness. Will be interesting if both go for the job.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,266 ✭✭✭threeball


    mjp wrote: »
    Frozen Veg wrote:
    One thing for certain with Joyce is he will quash some of the egos in the dressing room. No harm. Less of the Instagram for the lads.


    From speaking with some of the guys involved in minor setup during Joyce's reign and Donal o fathartas time they say that o fatharta wipes the floor with Joyce on his player management and tactical awareness. Will be interesting if both go for the job.

    Don't know much about O Fatharta but I've always found Joyce's analysis of games when working as a pundit to be well off the mark. Remains to be seen but I'm convinced he needs a top end coach pulling the strings behind the scenes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭spurshero


    How in the name of god did sarsfields get to a county q final. They were beyond poor . Mellows didn’t have to get out of second gear and won’t know where they really are till a fortnights time


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭cosatron


    mjp wrote: »
    Frozen Veg wrote:
    One thing for certain with Joyce is he will quash some of the egos in the dressing room. No harm. Less of the Instagram for the lads.


    From speaking with some of the guys involved in minor setup during Joyce's reign and Donal o fathartas time they say that o fatharta wipes the floor with Joyce on his player management and tactical awareness. Will be interesting if both go for the job.
    Padraic joyce never managed the u 18 it was stephen joyce.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,476 ✭✭✭MfMan


    spurshero wrote: »
    How in the name of god did sarsfields get to a county q final. They were beyond poor . Mellows didn’t have to get out of second gear and won’t know where they really are till a fortnights time

    When are semis on?


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,223 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    MfMan wrote: »
    When are semis on?

    In a fortnight.

    Probably a double header in athenry


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭spurshero


    MfMan wrote: »
    When are semis on?

    This day 2 weeks double header in Athenry is the word


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 999 ✭✭✭mjp


    cosatron wrote:
    Padraic joyce never managed the u 18 it was stephen joyce.


    You getting wrong end of the stick. We talking bout Stephen Joyce here and not padraig Joyce.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    mjp wrote: »
    You getting wrong end of the stick. We talking bout Stephen Joyce here and not padraig Joyce.
    So which one of them wrote Ulysses?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,372 ✭✭✭✭Utopia Parkway


    Two cracking semi-finals in store for the SHC. All four sides will fancy their chances now.

    Liam Mellows v Cappataggle
    St Thomas' v Turloughmore


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭jr86


    MfMan wrote: »
    When are semis on?

    Two weeks time double header in Athenry on bank holiday sunday.

    Two fascinating matches, very hard to call. Both games really could go either way.

    There'll be a humongous crowd in Athenry


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 786 ✭✭✭aw


    Galway Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final Fixtures

    Double header in Kenny Park on Sunday, October 27.

    Cappataggle v Liam Mellows (1.30pm)
    St Thomas' v Turloughmore (3.15pm)

    Source


  • Registered Users Posts: 693 ✭✭✭grbear


    I see Roscommon have followed recent trends and appointed a commercial manager. Is there a need for Galway to follow suit or is Gottsche responsible for those areas?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭KBurke85


    jr86 wrote: »
    Two weeks time double header in Athenry on bank holiday sunday.

    Two fascinating matches, very hard to call. Both games really could go either way.

    There'll be a humongous crowd in Athenry

    Not according to the turnstiles:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭mountgomery burns


    Can someone enlighten me, what is a ticket debt?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,779 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Can someone enlighten me, what is a ticket debt?

    The county board owed Croke part for their allocation of AI final tickets from 2017.
    https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/galway-pay-390k-to-croke-park-for-all-ireland-ticket-debt-887008.html


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  • Registered Users Posts: 693 ✭✭✭grbear


    The ticket was there at the end of 2016.
    https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/treasurer-hits-out-unauthorised-use-13749053

    "He also highlighted a debt of almost half a million euro to Croke Park over tickets - which was paid a year later.

    Burke continued: “In relation to the lack of control over tickets, I was absolutely shocked to learn that tickets drawn down by Galway GAA [from Croke Park] to the value of €440k in 2016 were not paid for until well over a year later."


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,144 ✭✭✭DVDM93


    Francis Forde & Noel Larkin have reiterated their stance and will not be taking charge of the Galway Senior Hurlers in 2020.

    Former All-Star and Galway manager Noel Lane was tasked by Galway hurling board to contact the pair and see if they would take over the team.

    This comes after the pair withdrew their names from the nomination process last week.
    Hurling delegates were hopeful that a fresh approach to Forde and Larkin, which would involve them taking the job without a formal interview process, would be successful and that they could be ratified this week.

    However, a Galway hurling board spokesperson confirmed that Forde and Larkin are not for turning.

    A special meeting of Galway hurling board has been called for this evening when a new approach will be undertaken.

    It is believed that many clubs did not make nominations initially because of a belief that Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald was likely to take over, while there was also a reluctance by clubs to stand in the way of Forde and Larkin if they wished to continue.

    Successful underage managers Jeffrey Lynskey and Brian Hanley are among a number of candidates who are now likely to be proposed as Galway try to put a management team in place just two years after winning the All-Ireland title.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭testtech05


    A bit more "detail" in this on the 42 aswell, really is turning into a pantomime as if it hadn't already I suppose. Fair play to the 2 lads for sticking to their position I think.
    I'm not convinced nomination were being held back by the clubs previously to be honest. Be interesting to see what names they end up with this time round.

    https://www.the42.ie/galway-hurling-manager-forde-larkin-4851572-Oct2019/


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭jr86


    Managed to get to all the hurling quarters
    Turlough impressive but faced very little resistance from senior B Craughwell. C’well had some momentum built up, but clearly beating senior B teams handy is zero preparation for challenging the top sides. Anyone with any ambition of challenging for the title need to be up in A hurling.

    Thomas’s were really made to dig it out by a hugely committed and dogged, however ultimately wasteful, Tommies. Thomas’s not at the races at all and lucky enough to progress

    Mellows and Sars was a complete turkey shoot. Sars look a poor senior B team without the Cooneys unfortunately.

    Cappy the most impressive side all weekend. Have now accounted for the Bridge and Lrea which is seriously impressive.

    The best county player on show all weekend was Whelan for Kinvara. Not many standouts in the senior. Conor Cooney and David Burke (cracking sideline aside) were peripheral for Thomas’s and Flynn was well held in open play by Shane Cooney. Loftus and Daithi weren’t standout for Turlough but didn’t really need to be. Tadhg Haran was well held from play by Hynes yesterday.

    From the players not involved with Galway yet the Mannions, Darragh Dolan (Cappy), Jack Hastings (Mellows), Ronan Murphy and kevin McHugo (Larkins) stood out in particular. Flannery from Thomas’s is a huge prospect also. For Turlough, Daniel Loftus looked good and Conor Walsh had his moments.

    The semis will be very hard to call. Cappy won’t lack motivation anyway. Still don’t know how they didn’t beat Mellows last year, but Mellows now have the defending champions target off their backs and have been very impressive in the knockouts this year (even accounting for Sarsfields’ horrific showing). I actually think Mellows might just grind it out again. They’re seriously lacking ball winners up front though apart from Haran but the half back-line of Collins, Barrett, Hughes and midfield of Hastings and Forde are the best in the county on form. Gus Callanan and Conor Kav are rolling back the years too, when they get a sniff in the opposition 21.

    Big ask for Donovan and Reilly to hold the Mannions though. Really is so hard to call

    The other is equally tough to call. Thomas’s won their quarter in ideal circumstances, playing awful and grinding it out late on. Turlough simply weren’t challenged. On form it’s a Turlough win but Thomas’s have been down this road before and experience may just edge them over the line. Need much more from the Burkes and Cooney though. They are extremely lucky minor Flannery bailed them out with crucial scores Saturday. I can’t see Toms playing as badly again though and this is new territory for most of this Turlough side

    Can’t see Thomas’s losing a county final so if they’re going to be caught it’ll be Sunday week.

    Absolutely cannot wait now. The 4 best teams in the county in the semis – there’ll be a massive crowd and great atmosphere

    Worth noting in the minor Ardrahan, Oranmore and Carnmore are all in the semis. Great to see new blood in with a shout of winning it


  • Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭Wegian


    Where to now with the main job so...

    Ward, Forde and Larkin seem to be gone but it would be great if the minds of Forde/Larkin could be changed

    Mulqueen likely to be nominated

    Lynskey, talks that he going in with Clare and regardless he doesn’t appear to have popular support

    Cathal Murray, strong reputation build with a county title and an AI

    Anthony Daly, now a free agent, potential to be a uniting force given he is neutral

    Kevin Lally, good club reputation build and has TJ Ryan on the line also

    Eddie Brennan would be a gamble IMO

    It’s an unenviable task to find the chosen one


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,365 ✭✭✭Robson99


    Wegian wrote: »
    Where to now with the main job so...

    Ward, Forde and Larkin seem to be gone but it would be great if the minds of Forde/Larkin could be changed

    Mulqueen likely to be nominated

    Lynskey, talks that he going in with Clare and regardless he doesn’t appear to have popular support

    Cathal Murray, strong reputation build with a county title and an AI

    Anthony Daly, now a free agent, potential to be a uniting force given he is neutral

    Kevin Lally, good club reputation build and has TJ Ryan on the line also

    Eddie Brennan would be a gamble IMO

    It’s an unenviable task to find the chosen one

    No one left only Bang over the Bar Cyril


  • Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭Wegian


    Robson99 wrote: »
    No one left only Bang over the Bar Cyril

    It would be nuts to a monkey Ger


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭WallyGUFC




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,266 ✭✭✭threeball


    WallyGUFC wrote: »

    Time for all teams to threaten to strike unless the board is removed. That's Hurlers, footballers, camogie, the lot.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,877 ✭✭✭Pogue eile


    threeball wrote: »
    Time for all teams to threaten to strike unless the board is removed. That's Hurlers, footballers, camogie, the lot.

    Camogies is a completly seperate entity with their own county board.


  • Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭Wegian


    threeball wrote: »
    Time for all teams to threaten to strike unless the board is removed. That's Hurlers, footballers, camogie, the lot.

    I don’t think a hurling strike would achieve anything for 2 reasons
    The Cunningham heave is still associated with this group
    Without a manager they are not being prepared effectively for next year anyway, a strike won’t impact this in a positive way

    I think the senior players have a role to play in ensuring the best management team is recruited, and the first step there is probably working with Forde/Larkin to work through their issues. I know it’s different but Davy staying with Wexford seems to have been at least in part player influenced


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,476 ✭✭✭MfMan


    threeball wrote: »
    Time for all teams to threaten to strike unless the board is removed. That's Hurlers, footballers, camogie, the lot.

    I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but what's a new board going to achieve that the existing one is failing at? Why is Kearney the purveyor of all evils? Really IMO there should be no connection between the teams' efforts on the playing fields and the composition of who's in charge at the top table.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,372 ✭✭✭✭Utopia Parkway


    MfMan wrote: »
    I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but what's a new board going to achieve that the existing one is failing at? Why is Kearney the purveyor of all evils? Really IMO there should be no connection between the teams' efforts on the playing fields and the composition of who's in charge at the top table.

    Unless it hinders getting the best possible management team in place. It's obvious now that Donoghue's entire coaching staff have huge problems with Kearney. Now maybe a different management team wouldn't have but at this moment it seems like he's practically ran off the first management team to win Galway an All-Ireland in decades. Granted he seemingly wanted them to stay but they obviously found him intolerable to work with. Donoghue is as mild mannered a man as you could meet so you'd be doing well to frustrate him so much he would just up and leave like he did.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    It’s strange if you ask me that there isn’t a mention of the hurlers in either the tribune or the advertiser this week.
    I wouldn’t be surprised if they were asked not to mention the saga and see would some dust settle


  • Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭GalwayLurker


    Senior county final on Sunday, have Tuam any chance? To be honest I can't see past a Corofin win, they're not going to let the chance of a 7 in a row of county titles and a tilt at doing 3 in a row all Irelands slip. The new seated terrace in the stadium is going to be open which is great, they're expecting a big crowd. Not so great is the €20 they want for admission! Bit steep for a county final.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,476 ✭✭✭MfMan


    Ireland have a better chance of beating NZ tomorrow than Tuam have of overcoming Corofin. Probably neck and neck I'd say.


  • Registered Users Posts: 513 ✭✭✭Frozen Veg


    Senior county final on Sunday, have Tuam any chance? To be honest I can't see past a Corofin win, they're not going to let the chance of a 7 in a row of county titles and a tilt at doing 3 in a row all Irelands slip. The new seated terrace in the stadium is going to be open which is great, they're expecting a big crowd. Not so great is the €20 they want for admission! Bit steep for a county final.

    €20 for two county finals and kids free is not bad really.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 369 ✭✭1984baby


    Senior county final on Sunday, have Tuam any chance? To be honest I can't see past a Corofin win, they're not going to let the chance of a 7 in a row of county titles and a tilt at doing 3 in a row all Irelands slip. The new seated terrace in the stadium is going to be open which is great, they're expecting a big crowd. Not so great is the €20 they want for admission! Bit steep for a county final.

    €20 is great value.
    €20 for the Irish soccer vs NZ is robbery 😂😂


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,223 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    MfMan wrote: »
    Ireland have a better chance of beating NZ tomorrow than Tuam have of overcoming Corofin. Probably neck and neck I'd say.

    If that's to be the case, then it's ominous for tuam.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,266 ✭✭✭threeball


    MfMan wrote: »
    I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but what's a new board going to achieve that the existing one is failing at? Why is Kearney the purveyor of all evils? Really IMO there should be no connection between the teams' efforts on the playing fields and the composition of who's in charge at the top table.

    No one's questioning the players efforts but the prospective managers all obviously have issues, the outgoing managers had issues, joe canning said there's issues during the week. A new board is obviously needed when this many people have serious issues with their conduct. It's no inconceivable we head into the new year with no hurling manager and no sponsor. They even caused hassle with Pjs backroom team before he was appointed. Every indication is they're a shower of wasters.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭TCDStudent1


    RMAOK wrote: »
    If that's to be the case, then it's ominous for tuam.....


    Not convinced it's a lost cause for Tuam at all. While it would be foolish to back against Corofin, Tuam are a very fit team while Corofin have arguably regressed during this year's championship.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭jr86


    Not convinced it's a lost cause for Tuam at all. While it would be foolish to back against Corofin, Tuam are a very fit team while Corofin have arguably regressed during this year's championship.

    Tuam have serious momentum built up

    I could well be eating these words tomorrow but I actually think it'll be seriously close tomorrow.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,266 ✭✭✭threeball


    Not convinced it's a lost cause for Tuam at all. While it would be foolish to back against Corofin, Tuam are a very fit team while Corofin have arguably regressed during this year's championship.

    Corofin have been carrying alot of injuries all year but I think they're starting to move through the gears now and have lads coming back in to the fold. Anything bar at least another Connaught would surprise me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭jr86


    They'll be beat eventually but whether it's tomorrow remains to be seen

    Will need the other team to have a flawless day in front of the posts, but for example if mbellew and salthill had buried a few of their good goal chances they could well have pulled it off


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,266 ✭✭✭threeball


    jr86 wrote: »
    They'll be beat eventually but whether it's tomorrow remains to be seen

    Will need the other team to have a flawless day in front of the posts, but for example if mbellew and salthill had buried a few of their good goal chances they could well have pulled it off

    And I hope they do but I would like to see them do the 3 all Irelands in a row. It would be great to have a Galway team achieve possibly the greatest feat in Gaelic games.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭ShamNNspace


    I'm a bit surprised tg4 aren't showing the country final live what with corofin being all - Ireland champions the last 2 years and going for 3 in a row... Would the county board have any say at all in whether such matches are televised live I wonder?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    They haven't shown the football final in years. Don't even think they showed Mellows county title win and it was a standalone fixture iirc.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭jr86


    Salthill eat Caltra alive in minor

    Get used to it folks, when you have a ridiculous pick like they do at underage, and two huge residential suburbs, they'll be romping to minor titles for years and years to come.

    Aiming for their 7th westboard in a row next year


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭jr86


    I'm a bit surprised tg4 aren't showing the country final live what with corofin being all - Ireland champions the last 2 years and going for 3 in a row... Would the county board have any say at all in whether such matches are televised live I wonder?

    Very strange - especially given the 7 in a row story, and Tuam of all teams the side that lies in their way


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭ShamNNspace


    jr86 wrote: »
    Very strange - especially given the 7 in a row story, and Tuam of all teams the side that lies in their way
    I suppose they're catering more to the gaelic speakers by showing the Donegal final


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