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Yet another year will pass in which Joe Canning will not win an All Ireland with the Galway Hurling team. A few questions: Will he ever win one with them? How long more will he play with them? Would it help if the county players stopped playing with their clubs and concentrate on playing for JUST the county? WoodlawnPat (Galway) - Posts: 288 - 17/08/2016 12:47:45 1902255 Link
Replying To WoodlawnPat: "Yet another year will pass in which Joe Canning will not win an All Ireland with the Galway Hurling team. A few questions: Will he ever win one with them? How long more will he play with them? Would it help if the county players stopped playing with their clubs and concentrate on playing for JUST the county?" I hope Joe does win an All Ireland and think he will. I reckon he'll play for about 5 more years. I'm not sure would just playing county help, firstly I reckon Joe would stick with Portumna and leave the Galway set up and secondly club championships dont generally interfere with county and they only train with the county anyway. Joe_Bloggs (Tipperary) - Posts: 186 - 17/08/2016 13:15:43 1902263 Link
To be honest most clubs see very little of their county players outside of club championship Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1909 - 17/08/2016 13:23:39 1902269 Link
Would it help if the county players stopped playing with their clubs and concentrate on playing for JUST the county? By using Kilkenny as the barometer for success, they've no problems hurling with the clubs during the intercounty championships, so why should any other county not do the same? Maybe the poison in Galway club hurling needs lanced to allow the county team to gel a bit better. bricktop (Down) - Posts: 2503 - 17/08/2016 13:38:45 1902281 Link
Joe is the equivilant of Michael Murphy BAGS of talent Incredible natural player But..... Not living up to potential due to misuse by manager after manager Had both been left in the square by managers for the last few years they would have been incredible Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 17/08/2016 14:37:30 1902310 Link
No individual has ever won an All-Ireland - Team's have. Not sure what the obsession is about Joe winning an All-Ireland! Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1415 - 17/08/2016 14:39:22 1902312 Link
Don't worry about Joe, he has 4 of the All Ireland medals that really matter. onlyhurling (Galway) - Posts: 800 - 17/08/2016 15:16:19 1902325 Link
Replying To Liamwalkinstown: "Joe is the equivilant of Michael Murphy BAGS of talent Incredible natural player But..... Not living up to potential due to misuse by manager after manager Had both been left in the square by managers for the last few years they would have been incredible" Totally Agree Southsham (Limerick) - Posts: 738 - 17/08/2016 15:31:58 1902332 Link
Replying To Liamwalkinstown: "Joe is the equivilant of Michael Murphy BAGS of talent Incredible natural player But..... Not living up to potential due to misuse by manager after manager Had both been left in the square by managers for the last few years they would have been incredible" I totally disagree. He hasn't been misused by managers at all. It also not true to say that he's falling short of his potential. For the main part, he's hurled superbly for about 13 seasons now, since first emerging to public notice on the 2004 Galway minor side. Canning not playing to standard, where to play Joe etc, will he ever win a medal -- all just waffle commentary really. On the all-Ireland medal for example, if KK win next month, they'll have hoovered 12 of the last 17 titles, which tells anyone but the severely clueless, that this is the main reason why Joe Canning hasn't yet won an all-Ireland, and has nothing at all to do with his 'apparent' failure to reach 'potential'. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3422 - 17/08/2016 18:10:46 1902406 Link
The obsession with Joe knows no bounds. ZeitChrist (UK) - Posts: 154 - 17/08/2016 23:27:02 1902543 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "I totally disagree. He hasn't been misused by managers at all. It also not true to say that he's falling short of his potential. For the main part, he's hurled superbly for about 13 seasons now, since first emerging to public notice on the 2004 Galway minor side. Canning not playing to standard, where to play Joe etc, will he ever win a medal -- all just waffle commentary really. On the all-Ireland medal for example, if KK win next month, they'll have hoovered 12 of the last 17 titles, which tells anyone but the severely clueless, that this is the main reason why Joe Canning hasn't yet won an all-Ireland, and has nothing at all to do with his 'apparent' failure to reach 'potential'." Well said, couldn't agree more. If he was a Kilkenny man he'd have a clatter of medals. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1909 - 18/08/2016 11:10:23 1902650 Link
I will never go to a county match again if club players don't play for their clubs as well. Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 18/08/2016 13:24:13 1902746 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "I totally disagree. He hasn't been misused by managers at all. It also not true to say that he's falling short of his potential. For the main part, he's hurled superbly for about 13 seasons now, since first emerging to public notice on the 2004 Galway minor side. Canning not playing to standard, where to play Joe etc, will he ever win a medal -- all just waffle commentary really. On the all-Ireland medal for example, if KK win next month, they'll have hoovered 12 of the last 17 titles, which tells anyone but the severely clueless, that this is the main reason why Joe Canning hasn't yet won an all-Ireland, and has nothing at all to do with his 'apparent' failure to reach 'potential'." Agree. Joe Canning has been the most consistently excellent hurler in Ireland for years bar none - he would have 9 or 10 medals already if he was born in Kilkenny and would be considered one of the greatest of all time. McFan88 (Limerick) - Posts: 447 - 18/08/2016 13:35:40 1902755 Link
Replying To bricktop: "Would it help if the county players stopped playing with their clubs and concentrate on playing for JUST the county? By using Kilkenny as the barometer for success, they've no problems hurling with the clubs during the intercounty championships, so why should any other county not do the same? Maybe the poison in Galway club hurling needs lanced to allow the county team to gel a bit better." You don't know what your talking about. There's no more poison in Galway club hurling than there is in any other county. Maybe 8 or 9 years ago there was, but not now. Presume your comment is based on what Ger Loughnane said on TSG. Again more BS. Loughnane is as out of touch with what's happening in Galway hurling as any man could be. PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1903 - 18/08/2016 14:17:23 1902771 Link
Replying To bricktop: "Would it help if the county players stopped playing with their clubs and concentrate on playing for JUST the county? By using Kilkenny as the barometer for success, they've no problems hurling with the clubs during the intercounty championships, so why should any other county not do the same? Maybe the poison in Galway club hurling needs lanced to allow the county team to gel a bit better." What poison do you refer to? The Galway club championship is hotly contested every year just like every other counties. The Monday after the club final the losing team travel to the home of the winners for a few pints , how's that for poison? More a case of 'what's your poison? Joe is a superb hurler and I believe he will win a senior All Ireland before he retires. If he dosnt he dosnt so bloody what? Barnowl94 (Galway) - Posts: 3150 - 18/08/2016 14:48:05 1902796 Link
He cut a forlorn figure at the end of the game last weekend, to hefty challenges. I do think he will be an all ireland winner it is just a matter of time for this talented Galway team. He is a supreme hurler and athlete. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4896 - 18/08/2016 17:54:24 1902933 Link
This bitter inter club rivalry that ppl talk about is imo an easy excuse when Galway lose a big match. If there was such rivalry between players do you think that they would get as far in the championship? Ger loughnane talked about this on the sunday game but mulcahy wasnt lettting him off the hook easily. Build the bridge Ger and skip over it. They only lost by a point on sunday and couldve easily won it.Bar the clare game , It was the first time in a long time i have seen them fight all the way to the end. I was disappointed but not dis-heartend. Regarding the canning debate. He is a quality hurler up there with the like of gleeson, Richie hogan , Tj reid,tony kelly. These players can produce something out of nothing and are players that can inspire those around them. Will canning win an all ireland with Galway? As is the case with Galway Who knows but hopefully fireinthebelly (Galway) - Posts: 89 - 18/08/2016 18:24:09 1902946 Link
Replying To Barnowl94: " Replying To bricktop: "Would it help if the county players stopped playing with their clubs and concentrate on playing for JUST the county? By using Kilkenny as the barometer for success, they've no problems hurling with the clubs during the intercounty championships, so why should any other county not do the same? Maybe the poison in Galway club hurling needs lanced to allow the county team to gel a bit better." What poison do you refer to? The Galway club championship is hotly contested every year just like every other counties. The Monday after the club final the losing team travel to the home of the winners for a few pints , how's that for poison? More a case of 'what's your poison? Joe is a superb hurler and I believe he will win a senior All Ireland before he retires. If he dosnt he dosnt so bloody what?" Exactly. Itll be nice for him to win the big one but at the end of the day its just the icing on the cake. Hes had a brilliant career already regardless, and besides he does have a hatfull of all ireland medals (club, underage). joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 20/08/2016 16:07:36 1903580 Link
Replying To Joe_Bloggs: "I hope Joe does win an All Ireland and think he will. I reckon he'll play for about 5 more years. I'm not sure would just playing county help, firstly I reckon Joe would stick with Portumna and leave the Galway set up and secondly club championships dont generally interfere with county and they only train with the county anyway." 5 more years is about what I would guess too. WoodlawnPat (Galway) - Posts: 288 - 20/08/2016 17:10:18 1903600 Link
Replying To Ban: "No individual has ever won an All-Ireland - Team's have. Not sure what the obsession is about Joe winning an All-Ireland!" It's not an obsession just a question. As a Galway supporter I want the whole team to win but as Canning has won at every level EXCEPT senior I was curious on what others thought. WoodlawnPat (Galway) - Posts: 288 - 20/08/2016 17:23:41 1903608 Link