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Hi Folks, Really looking forward to this game over the weekend - should be an interesting match, to see where both teams are - Galway are always very strong at this level so will be a really tough test for our lads.

Have Galway any Senior Intercounty Hurlers on this team?

HurlingMadBiffo (Offaly) - Posts: 4 - 02/04/2024 12:11:02    2535158

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Replying To HurlingMadBiffo:  "Hi Folks, Really looking forward to this game over the weekend - should be an interesting match, to see where both teams are - Galway are always very strong at this level so will be a really tough test for our lads.

Have Galway any Senior Intercounty Hurlers on this team?"
I don't believe there are any seniors on the u20 side this year. I think Gavin Lee and Tiernan Killeen are both over age now as they were u20 the last couple of years

But you are in for a treat when you see Aaron Niland

Kinvara (Galway) - Posts: 200 - 02/04/2024 16:16:33    2535219

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Replying To HurlingMadBiffo:  "Hi Folks, Really looking forward to this game over the weekend - should be an interesting match, to see where both teams are - Galway are always very strong at this level so will be a really tough test for our lads.

Have Galway any Senior Intercounty Hurlers on this team?"
We won't have any seniors. Most of the squad will be underage for u20 next year but there should be at least a few who progress to senior. Aaron Niland, Tiarnan Leen, Rory Burke and Paddy MacCartaigh probably the four that stand out.

galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 897 - 02/04/2024 16:36:15    2535223

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U20 team named for Offaly game. Bit surprising to see Tiarnan Leen at midfield. Michael Burke named at 14 but will play out the field. Aaron listed at 15 but will be interesting to see what the plan is when he is double marked. They might just let him hurl away and feed him ball knowing that Offaly full back line will struggle on him.

galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 897 - 04/04/2024 23:15:45    2535723

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Rory Burke at 6 is interesting. Back 6 definitely looks weaker than the forwards. Kinvara man Josh O'Connor named 17 is a right good player so hopefully he gets a run

Kinvara (Galway) - Posts: 200 - 05/04/2024 12:19:32    2535801

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Replying To galway19:  "U20 team named for Offaly game. Bit surprising to see Tiarnan Leen at midfield. Michael Burke named at 14 but will play out the field. Aaron listed at 15 but will be interesting to see what the plan is when he is double marked. They might just let him hurl away and feed him ball knowing that Offaly full back line will struggle on him."
Galway U20's very poor, very lucky to get a draw, backs and midfield outplayed .
Too much hype, was as bad a performance as some of last years. Offaly left it behind them.
No team play, all individuals.
Very disappointing considering conditions should have suited Galway more than Offaly.
They want to change midfield for definite, they were like buses turning when Offaly ran at them.

WesternSeaBoard (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 06/04/2024 16:08:05    2536051

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Replying To WesternSeaBoard:  "Galway U20's very poor, very lucky to get a draw, backs and midfield outplayed .
Too much hype, was as bad a performance as some of last years. Offaly left it behind them.
No team play, all individuals.
Very disappointing considering conditions should have suited Galway more than Offaly.
They want to change midfield for definite, they were like buses turning when Offaly ran at them."
Leinster team, Leinster venue 'home venue even', Leinster referee. Explain how any of these 'conditions' should have suited Galway more than Offaly?

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4145 - 06/04/2024 16:47:53    2536060

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "Leinster team, Leinster venue 'home venue even', Leinster referee. Explain how any of these 'conditions' should have suited Galway more than Offaly?"
Are you suggesting a Leinster referee will favour any Leinster team when playing against Galway?

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2776 - 06/04/2024 17:06:11    2536065

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Replying To Cockney_Cat:  "Are you suggesting a Leinster referee will favour any Leinster team when playing against Galway?"
That's what I'm seeing on a regular basis, yes, with Galway underage sides in the Leinster championship. Possibly not that surprising either, when you think it through. Galway aren't universally welcome in Leinster championships, among Leinster hurling folk.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4145 - 06/04/2024 17:42:26    2536073

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "That's what I'm seeing on a regular basis, yes, with Galway underage sides in the Leinster championship. Possibly not that surprising either, when you think it through. Galway aren't universally welcome in Leinster championships, among Leinster hurling folk."
After penalty Galway got some soft frees , so ref wasn't against us , a poor performance is still a poor performance

WesternSeaBoard (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 06/04/2024 21:49:56    2536112

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Great to get a home game next week in Tullamore. Must be the only sport where a team is admitted to a competition on the condition they don't play any games at home. Anyway, we will go again next week.

galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 897 - 07/04/2024 00:37:00    2536133

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Replying To WesternSeaBoard:  "Galway U20's very poor, very lucky to get a draw, backs and midfield outplayed .
Too much hype, was as bad a performance as some of last years. Offaly left it behind them.
No team play, all individuals.
Very disappointing considering conditions should have suited Galway more than Offaly.
They want to change midfield for definite, they were like buses turning when Offaly ran at them."
'too much hype'

Who was hyping them? I didn't see much hype anywhere, Galway were marginal bookies' favourites to win a game they played poorly in but scrambled a draw from the jaws of defeat.

Be more concerning for Offaly that they were the better side for basically the entire second half, led by 4 with a few minutes left and had an extra man but still couldn't get the job done, at home with a favourable referee.

I'm not sure why the 'conditions should have suited Galway better' either? Based on what?

Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 912 - 08/04/2024 13:20:41    2536582

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Replying To WesternSeaBoard:  "After penalty Galway got some soft frees , so ref wasn't against us , a poor performance is still a poor performance"
He was letting high challenges by Offaly backs (in particular) go all day, you couldn't blame them for repeatedly 'offending' when he wasn't pulling them up for it. In the first half in particular he seemed to be only refereeing one team

You can 'underperform' and still feel aggrieved at the officiating: the two are not exclusive

Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 912 - 08/04/2024 13:23:33    2536583

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "Leinster team, Leinster venue 'home venue even', Leinster referee. Explain how any of these 'conditions' should have suited Galway more than Offaly?"
If my youngest daughter refereed that game she would favour Galway. She can't stand Offaly for some reason. My eldest would favour you if you were playing Kilkenny. The 2 boys wouldn't have favourites to dislike tbh. Maybe that's a girl/boy thing I don't know. Up or down to say a Leinster ref would favour Offaly is pure nonsense. Would a Mayo ref favour you at football if you were playing Wexford?
As regards venue Offaly were drawn at home. Offaly is in Leinster. So therefore the venue was always likely to be in Leinster! As an aside I know a few Offaly lads well and they wouldn't regard Tullamore as being their home venue, which would be St Brendans Park as far as they are concerned.
Tbh getting a draw with Offaly was better than I thought you would do.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15795 - 08/04/2024 18:29:42    2536699

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Replying To Viking66:  "If my youngest daughter refereed that game she would favour Galway. She can't stand Offaly for some reason. My eldest would favour you if you were playing Kilkenny. The 2 boys wouldn't have favourites to dislike tbh. Maybe that's a girl/boy thing I don't know. Up or down to say a Leinster ref would favour Offaly is pure nonsense. Would a Mayo ref favour you at football if you were playing Wexford?
As regards venue Offaly were drawn at home. Offaly is in Leinster. So therefore the venue was always likely to be in Leinster! As an aside I know a few Offaly lads well and they wouldn't regard Tullamore as being their home venue, which would be St Brendans Park as far as they are concerned.
Tbh getting a draw with Offaly was better than I thought you would do."
The thing is Galway don't have "home games" which is crazy in a system that is supposed to be fair and equitable. Why can't the minors / U20's have home games like the seniors (who have only had home games in the last few years)? Why would you think that "getting a draw with Offaly was better than I thought you would do"?

tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 08/04/2024 19:54:22    2536731

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Replying To tommy k:  "The thing is Galway don't have "home games" which is crazy in a system that is supposed to be fair and equitable. Why can't the minors / U20's have home games like the seniors (who have only had home games in the last few years)? Why would you think that "getting a draw with Offaly was better than I thought you would do"?"
I've Offaly as dark horses to win the AI. I agree 100% you should have home games but I think one of the issues is having young lads travelling at all hours of the night as some of the fixtures are usually midweek. I can't remember your minors or u20s playing in the Park either.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15795 - 09/04/2024 07:48:58    2536784

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Galway got away with one and it was a poor performance. Now the conditions were shocking down there but I wasn't impressed with the backs and midfield.

I don;t think Burke is best suited at 6, MacCartaigh should have started and I have no idea how O Donovan who is one of Gorts best players in my estimation didn't get a run at all!

Kinvara (Galway) - Posts: 200 - 09/04/2024 08:36:33    2536797

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Disappointing performance for sure all be it in very poor conditions.
Is it something in the coaching of Galway underage teams that the dont play as a team but a group of individials.
Galway were very shaky at full back and this may have unsettled the backs as a group.
Midfield was for me the root of the problems. If we can learn anything from succesful teams midfield should be the feeders rout to the forwards. These guys kept shooting and starving the forwards( NOT TEAM PLAYERS).
They were slow and lacked work rate in midfield. How many times did Offaly run from midfield without a challange and when the backs did put in a tackle it was a foul.
Midfield has to change or we will have the same result as last year

1shot (Galway) - Posts: 14 - 09/04/2024 10:02:19    2536819

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Replying To Viking66:  "If my youngest daughter refereed that game she would favour Galway. She can't stand Offaly for some reason. My eldest would favour you if you were playing Kilkenny. The 2 boys wouldn't have favourites to dislike tbh. Maybe that's a girl/boy thing I don't know. Up or down to say a Leinster ref would favour Offaly is pure nonsense. Would a Mayo ref favour you at football if you were playing Wexford?
As regards venue Offaly were drawn at home. Offaly is in Leinster. So therefore the venue was always likely to be in Leinster! As an aside I know a few Offaly lads well and they wouldn't regard Tullamore as being their home venue, which would be St Brendans Park as far as they are concerned.
Tbh getting a draw with Offaly was better than I thought you would do."
Your daughter didn't referee the Galway u21 games of 2018 v Kilkenny and Wexford though. Infamously, Alfie Devine and John O' Brien did.

Perhaps you felt a need to introduce your family to us for some reason, but I think they're a pretty irrelevant sample illustration relating to the subject matter, unless any or all of them have serious ambitions about becoming intercounty referees. If they do, and if they climb that particular ladder of Leinster hierarchy to the point of refereeing underage Leinster championship games, it's quite possible that their current dispositions regarding their 'favourites' could change on the journey. Might even need to change, to climb the ladder.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4145 - 09/04/2024 10:58:24    2536836

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Replying To 1shot:  "Disappointing performance for sure all be it in very poor conditions.
Is it something in the coaching of Galway underage teams that the dont play as a team but a group of individials.
Galway were very shaky at full back and this may have unsettled the backs as a group.
Midfield was for me the root of the problems. If we can learn anything from succesful teams midfield should be the feeders rout to the forwards. These guys kept shooting and starving the forwards( NOT TEAM PLAYERS).
They were slow and lacked work rate in midfield. How many times did Offaly run from midfield without a challange and when the backs did put in a tackle it was a foul.
Midfield has to change or we will have the same result as last year"
Agree with most of your post but I'd like to point out that Offaly already had played a match and Galway had not. I expect Galway to be far more settled in the next match. It's not an easy ask to start out on the road vs a team as good as Offaly have in your first match. I'm expecting a far better performance from Galway next time out.

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2509 - 09/04/2024 11:52:16    2536852

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