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Replying To giveitlong:  "Agree, and it has reopened the question, are west board lads as committed to their clubs, county and teammates as their north board mates? I am just looking at those missing over the past 2/3 years...."
Sean Kelly,Paul Conroy,John Maher are all West Board players so what is your point?

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 597 - 17/05/2026 16:33:19    2673568

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Replying To giveitlong:  "Agree, and it has reopened the question, are west board lads as committed to their clubs, county and teammates as their north board mates? I am just looking at those missing over the past 2/3 years...."
Re-opened the question? I've never heard such a question asked before.
We had two lads playing against Roscommon who play for Dublin clubs. Both originally from North Board clubs. Does that re-open a question about North Board lads' commitment to their clubs?
Of course it doesn't. It makes as little sense as your supposed question.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2808 - 18/05/2026 00:06:33    2673706

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I don't think we will see McDaid on Saturday; I hope he will be ok for the following game.

Jellybaby (Dublin) - Posts: 386 - 18/05/2026 06:21:14    2673717

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Replying To giveitlong:  "Agree, and it has reopened the question, are west board lads as committed to their clubs, county and teammates as their north board mates? I am just looking at those missing over the past 2/3 years...."
The question was never open.

How could you begrudge a lad for taking an opportunity within the lifetime time of the opportunity ? All you can do is wish him look, no more than when Ian Burke went off to do his MBA.

devrandom (Galway) - Posts: 78 - 18/05/2026 09:29:39    2673742

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Conor Gleeson needs to be in goal from now on. He is a better keeper imho.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2752 - 18/05/2026 12:50:35    2673848

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Replying To galwayford:  "Conor Gleeson needs to be in goal from now on. He is a better keeper imho."
Gleeson has his faults for sure. He is prone to mistakes when attempting short ones and is not comfortable in possession.
I'm not sure in what area Flaherty is superior though - maybe mid range kicks?

He hasn't looked comfortable going short either unless it's blatant - i.e. a defender on his own in acres with no real risk involved.
Gleeson is a far superior shot stopper (look at Ros 3rd goal in Connacht final where Flaherty was already on the ground before yer man had even shot - brutal goalkeeping) and has a much longer kickout.
Neither will kick you points from long range frees to any level of consistency.
I can understand dropping Gleeson if there is a much better alternative but on all available evidence I don't believe that to be the case with Flaherty.

galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1413 - 18/05/2026 13:26:04    2673860

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Replying To galwayford:  "Conor Gleeson needs to be in goal from now on. He is a better keeper imho."
I'd expect he'll be back in goal v Kildare. Starts for Tierney,Heron and Comer I would think.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 838 - 18/05/2026 14:03:21    2673874

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How many error did Gleeson make when he came on against Leitrim?

Would rather Flaherty get a proper run in the team like Gleeson has done.

TheBishop (Galway) - Posts: 321 - 18/05/2026 14:12:12    2673884

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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "I'd expect he'll be back in goal v Kildare. Starts for Tierney,Heron and Comer I would think."
I would be surprised if Comer starts

Jellybaby (Dublin) - Posts: 386 - 18/05/2026 14:35:04    2673894

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Replying To galwayman2:  "Gleeson has his faults for sure. He is prone to mistakes when attempting short ones and is not comfortable in possession.
I'm not sure in what area Flaherty is superior though - maybe mid range kicks?

He hasn't looked comfortable going short either unless it's blatant - i.e. a defender on his own in acres with no real risk involved.
Gleeson is a far superior shot stopper (look at Ros 3rd goal in Connacht final where Flaherty was already on the ground before yer man had even shot - brutal goalkeeping) and has a much longer kickout.
Neither will kick you points from long range frees to any level of consistency.
I can understand dropping Gleeson if there is a much better alternative but on all available evidence I don't believe that to be the case with Flaherty."
Both keepers have there faults listening to Brian Fenton on R.T.E he made the point that continually changing keepers only makes kick outs harder for the outfield players especially midfield as each keeper has their own signals etc and he should know haven spent year's playing with Cluxton

minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 306 - 18/05/2026 18:10:57    2673981

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Replying To minor77:  "Both keepers have there faults listening to Brian Fenton on R.T.E he made the point that continually changing keepers only makes kick outs harder for the outfield players especially midfield as each keeper has their own signals etc and he should know haven spent year's playing with Cluxton"
Ive been thinking about what makes a kick out strategy successful and , and, in my opinion there are 2 keys. 1) isolating 1 on 1s where your player clearly has a pace advantage and then pop it in front of him. Problem for us is that we are lacking such pace in the critical areas. 2)when its kicked long break the ball in to intelligent areas and then fight like dogs for it. These are issues that we need to work more on but to be fair to management its not just a strategy issue...its questionable if we have the resources.

anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 1074 - 18/05/2026 19:23:43    2673996

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