(Oldest Posts First) - Go To The Latest Post
|
You were the one who saw a pathway for "this current Galway team" to beat Tipp, and win the semi final and be in the All Ireland final this year. Big swing in opinion of Galway's ability all of a sudden.Welcome to the real world.
PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 2038 - 22/06/2025 14:49:35 2619879 Link 1 |
|
No they didn't wilt, they hit 5-6 wides that knocked the stuffing out of them. Tipp missed very little
Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2218 - 22/06/2025 14:59:32 2619884 Link 0 |
|
Dubs were probably saving themselves, figured they didnt want to play Tipp then Cork. They often beat you, and beat Limerick this weekend. Only 2 points at the 65 minute mark in our game against you despite playing our worst game of the year. Hardly won 4 at a canter so.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16367 - 22/06/2025 15:34:35 2619891 Link 0 |
|
Yep
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16367 - 22/06/2025 15:35:02 2619892 Link 0 |
|
Yes the real world been laughed at by the Tipp supporters in the GG as Sheedy said on TV Galway just gave up and threw in the towel and as you said I'll go to the game more in hope.....so what bonus did you get from it? Welcome to the real world is right katser (Galway) - Posts: 2643 - 22/06/2025 15:44:21 2619898 Link 1 |
|
CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 562 - 22/06/2025 16:10:12 2619906 Link 0 |
|
Spot on, thats where we are at on our day we could beat Wexford or Dublin one day ... and lose to them the next! We are not going to beat KK and we are going to get hammered in the playoffs. When I saw Conor Cooney starting I knew we were screwed. This is not going to change overnight the supply chain is broken and the players are not there, we have Cooney, Flynn and 35 year old David Burke( he played well in fairness) on the cusp of the team. Lets not look at getting to a semi or AI final in senior lets see if we can win a couple of minor or U20s or at least get to the finals and be competitive as stepping stone. MOD has 4 years and Im afraid hes going to need all of them
BostonGuy (Galway) - Posts: 178 - 22/06/2025 18:26:52 2619946 Link 1 |
|
Think MoD will have to start picking lads on merit from the Galway club championship and giving them real game time rather than lads living off past glorys. Forgot about "they're training well" and start going with how they're playing in matches. BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 156 - 22/06/2025 19:04:49 2619961 Link 0 |
|
Your not going blowing about the Loughrea lads again......they got plenty of chances since the start of the League and none of them set the world alight.
katser (Galway) - Posts: 2643 - 22/06/2025 19:53:59 2619992 Link 1 |
|
It was disappointing to see changes before throw in where the younger players were dropped. I am not sure MD is able in his own head to trust any new young player when push comes to shove. This would be a cancer to development. Maybe it's a 2 to 3 year project for himself . There are many many more questions after yesterday.
1shot (Galway) - Posts: 28 - 22/06/2025 20:50:20 2620021 Link 0 |
|
In all fairness Wexford could have hurled from then until now and never looked like winning that game. Galway we always in complete control and the 10 point margin was a fair reflection in the same was Tipps 9pt margin yesterday against us was. The dublin game vs galway... it was over with 10mins to go. Dublin scored 2 very late goals and still lost by 5 points. And the offaly game was a canter, as was antrim one. But delighted for Dublin. I really hope they back it up with another performance against Cork. if they produce the kind of performance in last years leinster final where they rolled over and let Kilkenny tickle their belly by 16 points then we will all wish Limerick had won. mr305 (Galway) - Posts: 61 - 22/06/2025 23:29:12 2620055 Link 0 |
|
Incredibly disappointing. Structure of the team is wrong, to start with we need out toughest men warriors in the backline, TJ Brennan was a colossus when he was introduced- him and Fintan Burke arguably our two greatest warriors have to be on the team, Lee has potential maybe as a midfielder, Cianan Fahy was doing well all year at midfield , I have seen no advantage to having him at Number 5, Personally Id have him in the half forward line and he would provide a much needed ball winning option and athleticism Tom Monaghan is lost with the physical stuff but perhaps he could be useful as a roving midfielder the forward line overall is proving very disappointing. Mannion and Whelan to be fair are doing their best but we continue to struggle with the other four. Ive always has question marks over Donoghue- the All Ireland in 2017 - the spade work at the end of the day was done by the previous management- the much maligned but underrated Anthony Cunningham (there is something very passive about him and I just wonder about his motivational skills- anyway I dont want to make that the main point of my post,) Anyway hoping there are better times ahead. Daithi Burke, the Mannions, Whelan, Fahey, Morrissey , Fintan Burke, TJ Brennan, Lee Can we find seven to ten more who can properly develop and make us a proper team again, to conclude Liam Sheedy made a good point about the players already reading in to the "four year plan" A contact of mine from the hurling heartland of Loughrea telling me before Kilkenny that "there was absolutely no expectation for Galway hurlers to do anything this year" this unfortunately seems to be the mentality of the players themselves also, A lot of soul searching ahead. AmandaClarke (Galway) - Posts: 2 - 23/06/2025 00:32:59 2620066 Link 1 |
|
It must just be the Galway management and myself CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 562 - 23/06/2025 11:50:36 2620217 Link 0 |
|
Ronan Glennon and Sean Linnane are simply not at the level reuired. And its that black and white. MinorChamp_09 (Galway) - Posts: 22 - 23/06/2025 12:07:07 2620224 Link 0 |
|
The whole thing was just flat on Saturday, the players, the supporters, everything. It just had an air of inevitability about it. Sad. ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1713 - 23/06/2025 12:38:50 2620249 Link 0 |
|
Who on earth is this MoD lad people keep referring to? He gets mentioned on so many posts about Galway hurling. I've never heard of him! Surely you don't mean Micheál Donoghue who would be MD? mr305 (Galway) - Posts: 61 - 23/06/2025 14:30:26 2620320 Link 0 |
|
Katser you've just shown me why I don't value any of your opinions, most of which have been wrong all year might I add. Judging a young fella in a league game in winter Vs championship in summer are two different things. Anyways, could they be as bad as what took to the field on Saturday? Because from what I can see, I'd rather lads that will put in a good honest hard working shift than the rubbish that was on show Saturday. The management keep doing the same things and expecting different outcomes- that's called insanity. There's a huge makeover required, no competitiveness in the squad because no matter how bad they play, some lads are still guaranteed to start.
BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 156 - 23/06/2025 14:39:03 2620324 Link 0 |
|
You're correct. He is lacking tactically and strategically. He inherited that team from Cunningham. Couldn't bring anything fresh in 2018, it was all high ball into Johnny Glynn and nothing else. We have gone backwards this year if anything
BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 156 - 23/06/2025 14:41:39 2620327 Link 0 |
|
Lets not get carried away here and put a Halo on Cunningham, he was/is a decent manager. Remember there was a revolt to get rid of him and MD was appointed. MD brought in a serious S&C guy who I think made a huge difference, he won in 2017 and was a puck away form winning in 2018. Joe Canning was a big part of why they were successful and we had the raw material there. MD "tweaked it", roving Joe Canning and a young Conor Whelan, a Conor Cooney who could score and a huge blocker with Gearoid Mac in the center, like a Brian Hogan not a great hurler but hard to get past. Point is we had a solid team for a number of years but couldn't get over the line. I think Henry will be proven to be a good manager in the future, he simply did not have the talent, neither does MD right now and it starts out with Minor and U 20 if we plan to be competitive in 4 years. There are so many kids hurling in Galway, by law of averages there has to be some raw talent we should be able to harness but it has to start now with U16, 18 and 20 we can forget about seniors for a while. TBH I would prefer to see Galway win a couple of underage titles now than see Galway Seniors get to a semi or final and get hammered.
BostonGuy (Galway) - Posts: 178 - 23/06/2025 15:23:04 2620356 Link 0 |
|
Very disapointed with the weekend - feckin Tipp as well. Your right in terms of plenty young lads hurling in the county. I kind of though this year would be like what Cunningham did in 2012 in that he got rid of some of the older lads, kept some key experience and introduced some good young lads full of running and pace (as well as that youth, carefree, to hell with the opposition - attitude). As this year has gone one, we seen less and less of it. Im hoping theres a master plan and some of the young lads we seen in early league rounds as well as maybe in development squads have been given specific training plans with 2026 in mind? Im hoping, but sure its the hope that kills ya. The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 804 - 23/06/2025 16:05:20 2620379 Link 0 |