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This one should be a cracker at Tuam Stadium on November 26th. Can Corofin avenge their 2015 defeat on the same stage and surpass Clan na nGael as the most successful club in Connacht or will Castlebar pick up their fifth title in the competition? We'll use this thread to discuss the big clash out west. Administrator (None) - Posts: 2274 - 16/11/2017 10:29:24 2062624 Link 0 |
I expect Corofin to shade a tight battle. Castlebar have been poor in early stages but improving with every game, however I think Corofin will be too strong for them. That said neither team is a s strong as they were 2/3 years ago and I don't expect any All Ireland to come west regardless of who is successful on the 26th imonmyway (Mayo) - Posts: 113 - 16/11/2017 11:31:32 2062634 Link 0 |
I have not seen the Feeney brothers names on the Castlebar team sheet this year. Are they retired, injured, emigrated?. Two lads that would strengthen any club team. HEREBENJI (Donegal) - Posts: 421 - 16/11/2017 20:21:46 2062752 Link 0 |
Corofin avenged for their 2015 defeat last year by beating Castlebar in MacHale park. That game finished 0-11 on 60 mins before Corofin prevailed in extra time, i would expect a similar low scoring encounter here. Worrying for the favourites Corofin is the fact they could easily have been beaten by a Brigids side in transition in normal time last Sunday and Castlebar have a better defence and midfield than Brigids currently have. ispeakwisdom (Roscommon) - Posts: 2487 - 16/11/2017 20:51:18 2062762 Link 0 |
The ref was very kind to Brigid's now at times.There won't be much in the corofin v castlebar game.
bud14 (Galway) - Posts: 296 - 16/11/2017 21:21:31 2062770 Link 1 |
Is it on TG4? Or anywhere else? The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2088 - 16/11/2017 21:31:39 2062773 Link 0 |
I'm sure it will be on TG4, either live or deferred. Difficult to know how good Castlebar are at the moment. They won the Mayo championship in a workman like fashion and struggled at times against the Leitrim and Sligo champs. Would fancy Corofin to edge it in the end. MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 420 - 16/11/2017 22:50:50 2062787 Link 0 |
Both playing on Castlebars intermediate team
reffingmad (Roscommon) - Posts: 371 - 16/11/2017 23:40:04 2062796 Link 1 |
Replying To ispeakwisdom: "Corofin avenged for their 2015 defeat last year by beating Castlebar in MacHale park. That game finished 0-11 on 60 mins before Corofin prevailed in extra time, i would expect a similar low scoring encounter here. Worrying for the favourites Corofin is the fact they could easily have been beaten by a Brigids side in transition in normal time last Sunday and Castlebar have a better defence and midfield than Brigids currently have." facethepuckout (Roscommon) - Posts: 214 - 18/11/2017 00:15:28 2062940 Link 0 |
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2120 - 22/11/2017 03:09:32 2063236 Link 0 |
There's been very little between these two teams over the last few years. Along with Brigid's, they've completely dominated Connacht club football over the last decade. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2040 - 22/11/2017 13:11:34 2063264 Link 1 |
The game hasn't started yet but I just want to point out that Marty Duffy is the ref. That's all I'm saying. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 26/11/2017 13:59:47 2063581 Link 0 |
Can anyone tell me why did the Tuam Stadium stewards stop the Castlebar Mitchells team from entering the field through the main gate at the pitch, telling them they had to jump the wall beside the gate?? A minute later they open the gates for the Corofin panel. Seems ridiculous and very bad sportmanship from the galway lads. galwayfan (None) - Posts: 764 - 26/11/2017 13:59:50 2063582 Link 1 |
Great comeback from Castlebar to force extra time. I hope they go on and win it now. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 26/11/2017 15:30:17 2063589 Link 2 |
To be fair to Corofin they came out to play in extra time and showed they were the better side but it never should have gotten to that. They should won the game in normal time. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 26/11/2017 16:04:37 2063599 Link 2 |
I agree with you. Never should have gotten to extra time. Corofin need to play SMARTER football as they might not get away with it next time.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2120 - 26/11/2017 16:32:32 2063607 Link 0 |
Corofin were the better team. Castlebar kicked a lot of crazy wides but so did Corofin. Both teams have slipped back in my opinion. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11231 - 26/11/2017 17:01:26 2063613 Link 1 |
Well done Corofin, work ment I had to listen on the Radio once again a shocking performances from Galway Bay FM Ollie Turner . He dose not follow the game and is full of doom and gloom.
heartbroken (Galway) - Posts: 370 - 26/11/2017 20:10:31 2063653 Link 0 |
Corofin did make heavy weather of it, and took some very poor options, when they could have killed off the game earlier. They did a lot better around midfield than in previous encounters with Castlebar and dominated possession. The pitch looked in poor condition, but then most are at this time of the year. Credit to both teams for trying to play positive football most of the time. Ian Burke although he didn't score, caused plenty problems and won a lot of ball. Sice had one of his better games that I've seen for quite a while. It's a wide open championship from here. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2040 - 26/11/2017 20:59:46 2063669 Link 0 |
Corofin's great use of their strong squad saw them over the line again. The likes of Daithi Burke, Justin Burke and Dylan McHugh are worthy starters. Liam Silke is developing into a top player. He could play anywhere and Micheal Lundy played brilliantly just 10 days after an appendix operation. Toney (Meath) - Posts: 298 - 26/11/2017 21:09:40 2063672 Link 1 |