Galway GAA Discussion Thread #2

It has been confirmed to Galway Bay FM Sport that Tuam Stadium will not be ready for the Allianz National Football League meeting between Galway and Derry on the 25th of February.  

Galway GAA Confirmed that development works were ongoing at the ground and as a result, the game will now be played in Pearse Stadium on that date.

It was also confirmed that Tuam stadium will be ready for the opening rounds of the forthcoming Connacht U20 Championship when Galway play Leitrim on Wednesday March 20th and Sligo on April 3rd. 

Galway’s other games in the Connacht U20 Championship are against Mayo on March 27th in Castlebar and against Roscommon in Hyde Park on April 10th. 

The team is being managed this year by Cortoon Shamrock’s Derek Savage.

Weather has been cat altogether from a building perspective in this time with storms, snow, ice and an amount of rain. Be great to get Tuam upgraded and bring the crowds back.

Have Galway ever played a hurling match in Tuam, certainly not recently and don't recall senior club matches being played there either, so doubt that'll happen, but, certainly football league matches should definitely be played there.

Can’t imagine you’d have too many people from the hurling heartlands around Portumna, Loughrea, Gort etc being keen on the idea of heading to Tuam for a club match.

Easier to get in and out of Tuam than Pearse Stadium plus there's plenty of hurling in North Galway now. It'd be good for the promotion of the game.

to be fair that was a very experimental team with 2 or 3 thomas's lads thrown back into the fire early on ,i wouldn't worry when it mattered last year ye had enough to win against tipp but not only that in the last two years ye have came mighty close to limerick when they were at their peek compared to munster levels , the puck outs look more of a worry but the performances of nilland and some serious scores from stupid angles form conor whelan would bring me to quote a very famous gerry Addams warning !!!

I agree we were down players but we gave Tipp a platform to generate a huge lead. I dont see the way they play evolving as they've been doing the same the last 2 years. The same was said last year and they didn't evolve, they spent the season pumping high hopeful balls onto a forward line that's not built to win that ball.

If they go short through the lines or deliver long low ball into space we generally get alot of joy from that but I'd say we're getting turned over on 85 to 90% of ball we pump high and long including puckouts. Surely now is the time to develop the style that best suits you and gives you a smidgen of a chance if you play Limerick. What we're doing now is 100% guaranteeing you lose.

the holy trinity are back in the half back line. Hopefully they can get a run of games together before the start of the championship.

Anyone hear what is going on with Galway ladies team and the noticeable absence of the kilkerrin clonberne girls. I see that Ailish morrissey is the only KK Clonberne girl on the matchday squad of 30 again this weekend and has been the case for first 3 matches. Neither of the 2 x Divilly's or the 2 x ward sisters are available who would be regular starters in previous years. Know they under new management this year with Daniel Moynihan but doesn't augur well for the teams chances if they are without a number of these players. the all ireland club finals as mid December so would expect them to be back in the fold at this stage.

They were given an extended break. Think manager is trying to uncover a few extra.

Surely those old seats will be removed and replaced with new ones?

79%G v 21%T possession and we're a point down 🤔

Slow, ponderous play with no purpose. No runners coming off the shoulder to draw attention or break the line. Football in general is dross at the moment, but we're one of the least adventurous teams in the country.

Excatly. No runner off the shoulder makes us so easy to defend against. No options for Gleeson either on Kick Outs

That's just football today. Positions that would have been considering good scoring opportunities 20years ago are now ignored to get 5m closer but take 50 passes to get there.